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Tweet Marin County raised a sharpshooter.  Honest.  A young man who was raised in bluer than blue (and richer than rich) Kentfield discovered his grandfather’s Lee-Enfield WWII rifle in the family’s wine cellar and knew that he’d met his destiny: Growing up in Kentfield, James Macmillan failed to take to any of the gentlemanly pursuits [...]

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Tweet Wayne LaPierre, the NRA’s executive VP, says that our violent culture is to blame for gun violence and that, as long as the culture is what it is, school children should have police protection.  Despite the fact that the majority of Americans agree with him, the drive-by media is excoriating as if he had [...]

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Tweet Within seconds of Romney’s announcement that Ryan would be his running mate, the chatter started.  Democrats expressed delight, because they see Ryan’s stance on Medicare as one they can use to portray Romney and Ryan as Satan incarnate.  A couple of years ago, they showed Ryan pushing grandma’s wheelchair off the cliff.  This year, [...]

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Tweet If I recall correctly, the NRA was cautious in 2008 when it came to Barack Obama.  It campaigned against him, but without vigor.  That tentativeness is gone this year, as demonstrated by the official 2012 NRA campaign slogan:  “All In.” To this end, the NRA has created a page called Firearms Future, which looks [...]

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Tweet Here is a message from the NRA: Anti-gun hysteria has reached a fever pitch in the Golden State. The California Assembly is considering a bill (Assembly Bill 2062) this session that, if passed, will have dire consequences for California’s law-abiding gun owners. AB2062 is scheduled to be heard on Wednesday, May 7 in the [...]

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