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Welcome to the Second Amendment Talk Blog and Forums

Welcome to the Second Amendment Talk Blog and Forums

2ATalk contains both a blog and a forum for discussion and debate about the Second Amendment, guns, firearms, gun rights, and gun control laws.  All are welcomed, whether you are a card carrying member of the NRA or the Brady Campaign, or neither. Second Amendment Talk takes no position on the issues.  All posts by the admins are strictly to encourage discussion. Language will be restricted, but the expression of ideas will not be inhibited.  This is a place to discuss, debate, and have discourse with people and ideas that are not always going to be inline with your own.  Don’t be shy, but please be civil. If you have a news story or even an editorial item that you would like to see posted as a front page item, then please contact the admin after you have registered to submit your story.

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Are you safer with all firearms outlawed?

Are you safer with all firearms outlawed?

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Federal District Court Holds that 2A Does Not Apply Outside the Home

Federal District Court Holds that 2A Does Not Apply Outside the Home

In Moore v. Madigan, 11-cv-03134 (DC CDIL, 2/3/2012), the court held that the Second Amendment does not provide a right to possess firearms outside of one’s home.  The opinion contained a list of recent cases addressing the issue, which is set forth below.  The full...

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Man shoots wife, claims it is an accident

Man shoots wife, claims it is an accident

The Las Vegas Review-Journal, August 2, 2011,  reports that: A man arrested Monday on a murder charge after shooting his wife said her death was an accident, his arrest report revealed Tuesday. Robert Marshall, 66, wanted to show his wife, Dorothy Marshall, that guns were...

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Boyfriend charged in accidental shooting in Centerville, GA

Boyfriend charged in accidental shooting in Centerville, GA

Macon.com (August 13, 2011) reports that: The boyfriend of a Centerville woman he shot accidentally in the chest Aug. 2 has been charged with reckless conduct, police said.Jacob Aaron Riley, 19, is free on a $2,500 bond. His girlfriend, Madison Whaley, remains hospitalized at...

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Arizona man shoots himself in the penis with fiancee’s little pink gun

Arizona man shoots himself in the penis with fiancee’s little pink gun

NYDailyNews.com (August 89, 2011) reports that: A hapless Arizona man was facing possible gun charges Tuesday after he accidentally shot himself in the penis – with his fiancee’s little pink pistol. Joshua Seto was walking with Cara Christopher to a convenience store in the...

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Richland County Sheriff’s Deputy 4-Year Old Son Shoots Himself

Richland County Sheriff’s Deputy 4-Year Old Son Shoots Himself

WLTX.com, Richland County, SC (August 10, 2011) reported that: A four year-old boy was hospitalized and is in critical condition Wednesday, after he accidentally shot himself. His father is a Richland County Sheriff’s Deputy. Major Stan Smith, with the Richland County Sheriff’s Department says one of their veteran investigators...

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Experienced Hunter Accidentally Discharges Rifle in NOLA Airport

Experienced Hunter Accidentally Discharges Rifle in NOLA Airport

As former Louisiana chapter president of Safari Club International, a member of the Louisiana Wildlife Federation and a national board member of Ducks Unlimited Inc., Edward “E.J.” Deubler of Harvey impressed friends as one of the most active hunters in the state — and...

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Court dismisses civil suit over stop of open carry in state park

Court dismisses civil suit over stop of open carry in state park

In Embody v Ward, the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, dismissed a civil lawsuit alleging violations of the plaintiff’s rights under the Second and Fourth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution. The plaintiff had sued the officers who had stopped...

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Seventh Circuit: Chicago Firing Range Ban Appears to Violate 2nd Amendment

Seventh Circuit:  Chicago Firing Range Ban Appears to Violate 2nd Amendment

The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed the district court that had refused to issue a preliminary injunction against Chicago’s firing range ban. Although the preliminary injunction is only good while the litigation is pending, the court’s opinion bodes well for final decision...

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Gun accidentally discharged inside Neversink, NY Town Hall

Gun accidentally discharged inside Neversink, NY Town Hall

The recordonline.com,  Grahamsville, NY (April 23, 2011), reports that two town employees have resigned aftewr a firearm they were playing with accidentally discharged. GRAHAMSVILLE — Two Town of Neversink employees abruptly resigned this week after one of the employees fired a gun in Town...

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Koran-Burning Pastor’s Gun Discharges Outside of Detroit TV Station

Koran-Burning Pastor’s Gun Discharges Outside of Detroit TV Station

Foxnews.com, April 21, 2011, reports that pastor who attracted worldwide attention for burning the Koran accidentally discharged his firearm outside a Detroit Fox TV station. Police were called Thursday night after Koran-burning pastor Terry Jones accidentally discharged his firearm in the parking lot of...

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Video of robber shot by security guard

AllVoices .com, Orlando, FL (April 20, 2011), at http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/8846423-shocking-video-footage-of-internet-cafe-shootout-robber-shot-by-guard-has-died has posted a story and video of a security guard at an internet cafe shooting a robber who later died. The robbery reportedly happened at an Internet Cafe near Orlando on Tuesday. You can clearly see the...

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South Dakota inebriated woman accidently shoots her roommate

South Dakota inebriated woman accidently shoots her roommate

The ArgusLeader.com, Sioux Falls, SD (April 20, 2011) reports that an inhebriated woman accidentlly shot her roommate. The woman who accidentally shot her roommate with a .357 handgun Monday afternoon allegedly had a blood-alcohol content more than three times the legal limit to drive....

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Off Duty Police Officer Shoots Himself While Cleaning Gun

Off Duty Police Officer Shoots Himself While Cleaning Gun

SILive, Staten Island, NY (April 19, 2011) reports that a an off duty police officer shot himself in the hand. STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — An NYPD officer accidentally shot himself in the hand while he was cleaning his gun in his Arden Heights home...

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