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 Reposted from email Dear Patriot, AmmoLand News has never relied on rigged search engines, government grants, or elite donors.  As  anti-gun AI  quietly buries pro-2A voices in Google results, we’ve stayed true—funding our fight for the Second Amendment the same way we report the truth:  independently . But now, our cornerstone funding sources have disappeared in a perfect storm: The firearms industry has pulled back ad budgets  due to falling sales and a weak market. With the “Trump Effect,” fewer readers are buying gear through our product links , another way AmmoLand has traditionally funded our independent reporting. That’s left a dangerous funding gap—and unless it’s filled fast, we’ll be forced to reduce the  legal coverage, alerts, and investigative reporting  you’ve come to rely on. This isn’t just about AmmoLand—it’s about the future of  truthful, fearless, pro-gun journalism. We need to raise  $15,000 this week  to k...

David Codrea Originally posted December 15, 2017: Reposted from my OK column and retreived via Internet Archive, so embedded links may no longer work. Nothing some UN troops and another gas tax can’t handle. Right? (Richard Boykin/Facebook) “Cook Commissioner Richard Boykin … flew to New York on Thursday to discuss what he described as a ‘quiet genocide’ in Chicago’s black community with the U.N.’s assistant secretary-general for peacebuilding support, Oscar Fernandez-Taranco,”  The Chicago Tribune reports . His bright idea? Foreign UN blue helmets patrolling American streets. “The United Nations has a track record of protecting minority populations,” Boykin claimed. “There was tribal warfare between the Tutsis and the Hutus in Africa, and they deployed peacekeeping troops there to help save those populations and reduce the bloodshed. We have to do something — black people in Chicago make up 30 percent of the population but 80 percent of those who are killed by gun violence.” That’...

Could the Second Amendment Task Force have initially been established as a FACA compliant advisory committee to include a non-government panel of experts? Yes, the Attorney General could have established a FACA-compliant advisory committee to include a panel of non-government experts instead of creating an internal DOJ task force . The Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) provides a legal framework for this, and the DOJ regularly creates such bodies.  Differences between the two approaches Aspect FACA-Compliant Advisory Committee Internal DOJ Task Force Membership Can include outside experts, stakeholders, and other non-government personnel. Consists solely of full-time federal employees from within the Department of Justice. Purpose To provide outside advice and recommendations to the DOJ on policy and programmatic issues. To coordinate internal departmental efforts and execute specific operational and enforcement tasks. Transparency Must adhere to strict transparen...

From WarOnGuns Correspondent CDT, via email as follow-up to this post : I had a call from Maricopa County Sheriff's Office today (quite speedy response!) and I now believe I fully understand what is going on. MCSO has its tit in a unique wringer that other sheriffs do not. MCSO website : In a class action lawsuit filed in 2007,  Manuel de Jesus Ortega Melendres v. Arpaio , MCSO was found to have relied on racial profiling and unlawful traffic stops of Latinos. The court found that, under the direction of Sheriff Joe Arpaio, the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office violated the constitutional rights of Latinos. MCSO is currently under oversight by a Federal Court appointed Monitor. We are applying unprecedented financial and personnel resources to help us to achieve full and effective compliance with the court orders. Website of MC Supervisor Debbie Lesko : After 18 years, four different sheriff administrations and over $300 Million later, the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office is sti...