Southern Inyo Mining At Risk? (Inyo Register... Monday, April 27, 2009)

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Southern Inyo Mining at Risk? Monday 27, April 2009 Inyo Register By Mike Gervais

The Land that they are speaking of has been set aside for the American Public, that is why it is called Public Lands, if they are going to do what they are proposing to do then they are making it Private Goverment Property similar to that of Area 54, a Military Base that is out in the middle of the desert, that the American Public cannot use or even be caught on without being prosecuted for Trespassing! The lands that they are talking about would create a higher then normal area for wild land fires, since the area would not be broken down and cleared as fast as when they would have the four wheeler's, Side by sides, Horses, and the like on the land useing it as the good lord intended us to do! 

Area's where there is no use the sage brush piles up, and doesn't break down as fast as when it is being used, like I preveosly mentioned, all that brush that would just lay on the ground, which by the way would not be used to make a home for anything, that lives in the desert today, Unless you are a Termite, then you have a home, and food for a short time and then you move your whole colony. This whole Idea is moving backwards! It is a terrible Idea! 

Southern Inyo mining at risk?

Monday, 27 April 2009

Cerro Gordo Peak Road will serve as a boundary for one of the proposed wilderness areas in Southern Inyo County. The road, which leads to Cerro Gordo Mine, would be cherry-stemmed if Senator Dianne Fienstein chooses to carry the legislation and it passes into law. File photo By Mike Gervais Register Staff 4-25-2009 Senator Dianne Feinstein is still considering a new set of wilderness designations in Inyo County that were proposed by the California Wilderness Coalition.  Cerro Gordo Mining District President and local minor Mike Patterson said he recently met with representatives from Feinstein's office in Fresno to discuss the proposals and "voice our concerns." Feinstein's office received a request by the California Wilderness Coalition in summer of 2008 seeking several new wilderness designations in Southern California, five of which are proposed for Inyo County's Fifth District, including areas of Death Valley. Patterson, on Tuesday, asked the county Board of Supervisors to write a letter opposing the wilderness proposals to Senator Feinstein, who has not yet decided if she will carry the new wilderness designations in the Senate. The five new wilderness proposals include the Great Falls Basin Wilderness located near Trona on the southeast side of China Lake Naval Weapons Station, the Malpais Mesa proposed wilderness addition on the west side of Death Valley National Park, the Slate Range proposed wilderness just west of the Great Falls Basin proposal, and two wilderness additions within Death Valley National Park, one of which includes the area around the Ubehebe Crater, but does not include the crater itself. Patterson said one of the new proposals surrounds his Cerro Gordo Mine, but cherry stems his property. "Even the mention of wilderness in the mining community is like shouting fire in a crowded theater," Patterson said. He added that in a previous meeting on the proposals, representatives from the Wilderness Coalition admitted that the wilderness designations are being proposed to "block out" mining in mineral-rich Southern Inyo. Patterson said the new wilderness proposals, though Feinstein has not agreed to support them, have already had a negative impact on the area.  According to Patterson, Timberline Resources was looking into an operation in Southern Inyo, but decided to pull out when the Wilderness Coalition proposed the new designations. He also said that there are two other prospectors looking at operations in the area, and they too will probably pull out if discussions continue about the wilderness designations. Patterson said he told Feinstein's staffers that the Inyo County Board of Supervisors had gone on record opposing the new wilderness proposals and they "expressed surprise and expressed that they did not know the Board of Supervisors would hold such a position." "I'm surprised they're surprised," Second District Supervisor Susan Cash said, noting that the board has sent at least one letter to Feinstein's office expressing opposition to the proposed wilderness areas. Patterson said he directly asked Senator Feinstein to say, "in the media, that she would not support more wilderness" in Inyo County. The staffers who were speaking with Patterson said they did not believe Feinstein would make that announcement at this time. Patterson also said that Feinstein's staffers boasted about legislation the senator is supporting that would designate millions of dollars for clean-up and rehabilitation on abandoned mines throughout the West. "I said that they didn't need to spend that money on clean-up if the mines could continue to operate," Patterson said. According to Patterson, the Cerro Gordo Mining District is preparing for the senator to support the designations, and has gone through a reorganization that has given it standing as a federal, state and county mining district. By gaining federal status, Patterson said, the district will have the ability to coordinate with the senator and Wilderness Coalition on the wilderness legislation should Feinstein decide to support it. The Mining District also updated its General Plan by adding new land-uses to the area it covers, allowing for wind, solar and other "natural energy uses," which would be banned in any wilderness designation that is passed. Fourth District Supervisor Marty Fortney was grateful that Patterson took the initiative to meet with Feinstein's staffers to discuss the negative implications to the proposed wilderness designations. "Thank you for meeting with them and continuing with this," Fortney said. "We have to pay attention to our own business," Patterson said. "It's easy for them to ignore voices like myself, but the board's actions are critical." Arcularius moved to write "yet another letter" to Feinstein's office voicing its opposition to the legislation.

Last Updated ( Wednesday, 29 April 2009 )

Omnitrans Pushes Faster Bus Service (By Stephen Wall San Bernardino Sun April 26, 2009)

Omnitrans pushes faster bus service

Stephen Wall, Staff Writer

Posted: 04/26/2009 07:05:49 AM PDT

SAN BERNARDINO - It's clean, green and a traffic-fighting machine.

The public can learn about plans for an express bus service between north San Bernardino and Loma Linda during a workshop Monday.

The nearly 16-mile route, called sbX, is intended to provide a faster, more convenient alternative to regular bus service. It would operate on compressed natural gas rather than diesel fuel, reducing ozone-forming emissions by an average of 80 percent, officials say.

Expected to hit the streets in December 2011, sbX would go through downtown San Bernardino along E Street and make stops at Cal State San Bernardino and Loma Linda University Medical Center.

Omnitrans, the bus provider for the San Bernardino Valley, is the lead agency on the project.

The proposed service would start at Palm and Kendall Drive in San Bernardino and end near the Jerry L. Pettis Memorial Veterans Medical Center in Loma Linda. Part of the route would have dedicated "bus-only" lanes and traffic-signal priority to allow buses to bypass congested intersections during heavy traffic times.

"Public transportation is going to be revolutionized here shortly," said Loma Linda Councilman Floyd Petersen, a member of the Omnitrans board of directors.

The Federal Transit Administration has prepared an environmental assessment for the project. The public can submit comments on the report through May 16.

The project is estimated at $175 million, with the bulk of the money coming from federal funds. State and local dollars also would be used.

David Rutherford, Omnitrans' communications and community relations manager for the project, said the route could be a "tremendous catalyst" to help revitalize downtown San Bernardino.

"The region desperately needs something like this to give it a shot in the arm," Rutherford said.

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IF YOU GO: Learn about plans for an express bus service during a workshop from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Monday at the Norman Feldheym Public Library, 555 W. Sixth St., San Bernardino. Information: 1-877-729-4777.

Bernanke Views Economic Recovery With Cautious Optimism (Fox News 041409) Fed Reserve Chair warned that any hope for lasting recovery hindes on Gov.

Bernanke Views Economic Recovery With Cautious Optimism

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke warned that any hope for a lasting recovery hinges on the government's success in stabilizing shaky financial markets and getting credit to flow more freely again.

AP

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Tuesday there's been "tentative signs" that the recession may be easing. But he also warned that any hope for a lasting recovery hinges on the government's success in stabilizing shaky financial markets and getting credit to flow more freely again.

Specifically, the Fed chief mentioned improvements in recent data on home and auto sales, home building and consumer spending as flickering signs of encouragement.

"Recently we have seen tentative signs that the sharp decline in economic activity may be slowing," Bernanke said in remarks prepared for students and faculty at Morehouse College in Atlanta.

"A leveling out of economic activity is the first step toward recovery. To be sure, we will not have a sustainable recovery without a stabilization of our financial system and credit markets," he said.

But the Fed is "making progress on that front as well," Bernanke said, and will keep working to ease financial and credit stresses so those markets operate normally.

To revive the economy, the Fed has cut a key bank lending rate to a record low of near zero and has rolled out a number of radical programs to spur lending to Americans, a key ingredient to turning around the economy.

On that front, the Fed recently plowed $1.2 trillion into the economy in an attempt to reduce interest rates for mortgages and other loans. The Fed, meanwhile, also is considering expanding a program to jump-start consumer lending, Bernanke said.

Many analysts believe the economy will continue to shrink in the April-June quarter but not nearly as much as it had been -- perhaps at a rate of 2 to 2.5 percent.

The economy shrank at a 6.3 percent rate in the final three months of 2008, the worst showing in a quarter-century. Some economists say it fared about as poorly in the first three months of this year, while others expect a 4 to 5 percent rate of decline. The government releases its initial estimate for first-quarter economic activity at the end of April.

President Obama is counting on the $787 billion stimulus of tax cuts and increased government spending to help bolster economic activity. The administration also has put forward plans to prop up troubled banks and to reduce home foreclosures.

The government is battling a three-headed monster: housing, credit and financial crises, which are the worst since the 1930s.

"The current crisis has been one of the most difficult financial and economic episodes in modern history," Bernanke said.

Even as the Fed chief mentioned improvements in some recent economic data, a government report released Tuesday showed the economy remains in a fragile state. Retail sales dipped 1.1 percent in March, a much weaker showing than analysts expected.

All the Fed's aggressive actions to fight the crisis also will help fend off any risk of a widespread and prolonged decline in prices, known as deflation. Bernanke didn't use the "d" word, but said that because of the weakness in economic conditions in the U.S. and worldwide, inflation has been low and will "remain quite low for some time."

Wholesale prices fell 1.2 percent in March as the cost of gasoline, other energy products and food plunged, the government reported Tuesday. Excluding volatile food and energy prices, the Producer Price Index was unchanged, below analysts' forecasts of a 0.1 percent rise.

Because the Fed's policies can help thwart a destabilizing drop in prices, they are "not at all inconsistent" with the central bank's goal of achieving stable prices over time, Bernanke said.

Some critics worry that the Fed's policies could spur inflation over the long run if key interest rates aren't quickly boosted and special lending programs aren't rapidly dismantled once the economy shows strong signs of turning around.

Bernanke acknowledged this will be a challenge and require a delicate balancing act. But he was optimistic the Fed is "well equipped to make those judgments appropriately."

Meanwhile, the government's bailout of giant insurer American International Group Inc., to the tune of more than $180 billion, underscores the urgent need for stronger regulations and new powers to minimize the damage from the collapse of a huge nonbank financial company, the Fed chief said.

"In my view, preventing the failure of AIG was the best of the very bad options available, but it nevertheless involved major costs, including financial risks to the taxpayer," Bernanke said.

Police on Alert After Vandals Cut Phone, Internet Service to 50,000 California Customers.. 04092009 Assoc. Press

Police on Alert After Vandals Cut Phone, Internet Service to 50,000 Calif. Customers

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SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Vandals severed a number of fiber optic cables on Thursday, leaving thousands of people in Santa Clara, Santa Cruz and San Benito counties without cell phone, Internet and landline service, police said.

San Jose police said there is evidence that someone removed a manhole cover and severed a number of cables. Police said the incident is being investigated as vandalism.

AT&T says it's aware of a cut in the area and has repair crews out.

Verizon Communications spokesman John Davies says about 50,000 of its landline and Internet customers are without service, mainly in the Morgan Hill and Gilroy areas.

"Our concern is 911. If someone is having an emergency and can't make a phone call, they should go to the nearest firehouse, police station or hospital emergency room," Santa Clara County spokeswoman Joy Alexiou said. "We have people at those areas with radios."

Alexiou said the sheriff's department has doubled patrols since the outage.

ON THE SECOND AMENDMENT, Do NOT Believe Obama!! (NRA Publication)

On the Second Amendment, Don't Believe Obama Print PDF version The presidential primary season is finally over, and it is now time for gun owners to take a careful look at just where nominee Barack Obama stands on issues related to the Second Amendment. During the primaries, Obama tried to hide behind vague statements of support for "sportsmen" or unfounded claims of general support for the right to keep and bear arms. But his real record, based on votes taken, political associations, and long standing positions, shows that Barack Obama is a serious threat to Second Amendment liberties. Don't listen to his campaign rhetoric! Look instead to what he has said and done during his entire political career. FACT: Barack Obama opposes four of the five Supreme Court justices who affirmed an individual right to keep and bear arms. He voted against the confirmation of Alito and Roberts and he has stated he would not have appointed Thomas or Scalia.17 FACT: Barack Obama voted for an Illinois State Senate bill to ban and confiscate "assault weapons," but the bill was so poorly crafted,it would have also banned most semi-auto and single and double barrel shotguns commonly used by sportsmen.18 FACT: Barack Obama voted to allow reckless lawsuits designed to bankrupt the firearms industry.1 FACT: Barack Obama wants to re-impose the failed and discreditedClinton Gun Ban.15 FACT: Barack Obama voted to ban almost all rifle ammunitioncommonly used for hunting and sport shooting.3 FACT: Barack Obama has endorsed a 500% increase in the federal excise tax on firearms and ammunition.9 FACT: Barack Obama has endorsed a complete ban on handgun ownership.2 FACT: Barack Obama supports local gun bans in Chicago, Washington, D.C., and other cities.4 FACT: Barack Obama voted to uphold local gun bans and the criminal prosecution of people  who use firearms in self-defense.5 FACT: Barack Obama supports gun owner licensing and gun registration.6 FACT: Barack Obama refused to sign a friend-of-the-court Brief in support of individual Second Amendment rights in the Heller case. FACT: Barack Obama opposes Right to Carry laws.7 FACT: Barack Obama was a member of the Board of Directors of the Joyce Foundation, the leading source of funds for anti-gun organizations and "research."8 FACT: Barack Obama supported a proposal to ban gun stores within 5 miles of a school or park, which would eliminate almost every gun store in America.9 FACT: Barack Obama voted not to notify gun owners when the state of Illinois did records searches on them.10 FACT: Barack Obama voted against a measure to lower the Firearms Owners Identification card ageminimum from 21 to 18, a measure designed to assist young people in the military.11 FACT: Barack Obama favors a ban on standard capacity magazines.12 FACT: Barack Obama supports mandatory micro-stamping.13 FACT: Barack Obama supports mandatory waiting periods.2 FACT: Barack Obama supports repeal of the Tiahrt Amendment, which prohibits information on gun traces collected by the BATFE from being used in reckless lawsuits against firearm dealers and manufacturers.14 FACT: Barack Obama supports one-gun-a-month handgun purchase restrictions.16 FACT: Barack Obama supports a ban on inexpensive handguns.9 FACT: Barack Obama supports a ban on the resale of police issued firearms, even if the money is going to police departments for replacement equipment.9 FACT: Barack Obama supports mandatory firearm training requirements for all gun owners and a ban on gun ownership for persons under the age of 21.9 1. United States Senate, S. 397, vote number 219, July 29, 2005. (http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=109&session=1&vote=00219) 2. Independent Voters of Illinois/Independent Precinct Organization general candidate questionnaire, Sept. 9, 1996. The responses on this survey were described in "Obama had greater role on liberal survey," Politico, March 31, 2008. (http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0308/9269.html) 3. United States Senate, S. 397, vote number 217, Kennedy amendment July 29, 2005. (http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=109&session=1&vote=00217) 4. David Wright, Ursula Fahy and Sunlen Miller, "Obama: `Common Sense Regulation` On Gun Owners` Rights," ABC News` "Political Radar" Blog, http://blogs.abcnews.com, 2/15/08. (http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/02/obama-common-se.html) 5. Illinois Senate, SB 2165, March 25, 2004, vote 20 and May 25, 2004, vote 3. 6. "Fact Check: No News In Obama`s Consistent Record." Obama '08, December 11, 2007. (http://www.barackobama.com/factcheck/2007/12/11/fact_check_no_news_in_obamas_c.php) 7. "Candidates` gun control positions may figure in Pa. vote," Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Wednesday, April 2, 2008, and "Keyes, Obama Are Far Apart On Guns," Chicago Tribune, 9/15/04.(http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/s_560181.html) 8. 1998 Joyce Foundation Annual Report, p. 7. 9. "Obama and Gun Control," The Volokh Conspiracy, taken from the Chicago Defender, Dec. 13, 1999. (http://www.volokh.com/posts/1203389334.shtml) 10. Illinois Senate, May 5, 2002, SB 1936 Con., vote 26. 11. Illinois Senate, March 25, 2004, SB 2163, vote 18. 12. "Clinton, Edwards, Obama on gun control," Radio Iowa, Sunday, April 22, 2007. (http://learfield.typepad.com/radioiowa/2007/04/clinton_edwards.html) 13. Chicago Tribune blogs, "Barack Obama: NIU Shootings call for action," February 15, 2008, (http://blogs.trb.com/news/politics/blog/2008/02/barack_obama_comments_on_shoot.html) 14. Barack Obama campaign website: "As president, Barack Obama would repeal the Tiahrt Amendment . . ." (http://www.barackobama.com/issues/urbanpolicy/#crime-and-law-enforcement.) 15. Illinois Senate Debate #3: Barack Obama vs. Alan Keyes (http://www.ontheissues.org/2008/Barack_Obama_Gun_Control.htm andhttp://www.ontheissues.org/IL_2004_Senate_3rd.htm) Oct 21, 2004. 16. Illinois Senate, May 16, 2003, HB 2579, vote 34. 17. United States Senate vote 245, September 29, 2005 and vote 2, January 31, 2006 and Saddleback Forum, August 16, 2008. 18. Illinois Senate Judiciary Committee, March 13, 2003. To see the vote tally go to:http://www.nrapvf.org/Media/pdf/sb1195_obama.pdf.

Posted: 8/18/2008 12:00:00 AM

BS Ranch Perspective:

When is it that we are going to take some action to protect those that live in those States that are currently in the line of fire, from the Zetas! Those people that live in Texas, Arizona, and or California all have a vested interest in believing that their safety is being preserved either by the Border Patrol, United States Military, or some other Public Law Enforcement Entity, Preferably a Force that is Doing a Good, or Better job then has been currently done, a Force that has some Teeth, who can REALLY, TAKE A BITE, OUT of That Crime! 

One of these days, hopefully not soon, because it will be the start of a war the likes we have  not seen since World War One! BLOOD and CARNAGE was the name of that WAR, and it will RETURN for this NEXT WAR!! 

BS Ranch

PS: I pray that it doesn't happen, but something better be done! FAST!

Guatemala finds Mexico drug smuggler training camp  

By Sarah Grainger Sarah Grainger – Fri Mar 27, 7:22 pm ET

GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) – Guatemalan security forces have discovered a camp run by Mexico's most violent drug gang where traffickers trained dozens of gunmen, police said on Friday.

 

Security forces were tipped off about suspicious activity at a ranch in Quiche, in the central highlands, by residents who said men in ski masks were asking villagers to join their ranks, police chief Marlene Blanco said at a news conference.

 

Two commanders of the Zetas, the armed wing of Mexico's Gulf cartel, and 37 recruits fled the camp before the police and army arrived, leaving behind 500 grenades, six rifles and hundreds of rounds of ammunition, Blanco said.

 

The spiraling violence of Mexico's drug war, where rival cartels have resorted to savage tactics in their struggle for territory, killed more than 6,200 people last year and has stoked increasing concern from both ordinary Mexicans and the country's neighbors.

 

"They wanted to recruit young men. They offered training in the use of certain weapons and said they had jobs," Blanco said.

 

Guatemalan authorities, helped by personnel from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, also found an illegal airstrip, an obstacle course and equipment for practicing shooting at moving targets.

 

"We are facing a war against drug trafficking and you can see what kind of weapons they have waiting for us," Blanco said.

 

Mexican President Felipe Calderon has deployed tens of thousands of soldiers in a bid to crack down on the violence.

 

Police believe a series of attacks on buses in Guatemala City in the past week were orchestrated by the Zetas to distract attention from the border where they had been shipping illegal arms and drugs into and out of the country.

 

RPD Press Announcement: Graffiti at the Jewish Community Center

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: Friday, March 27, 2009 Contact: Lieutenant Tim Bacon Phone: (951) 353-7900 File #P09-046039 Graffiti at the Jewish Community Center Riverside, CA – On Thursday, March 26, 2009, during the late evening hours, the Riverside Police Department received a call about vandalism at the Chabad Jewish Community Center on Arlington Avenue. The suspect(s) painted on the windows and walls anti-Jewish slogans along with swastikas and racial slurs. A lone car in the parking lot was also spray painted with similar graffiti. During their investigation, officers found additional graffiti in a pedestrian alley approximately one block from the community center. The graffiti at this location appeared to be of the same origin as the original incident. Officers collected physical evidence, took photographs of the graffiti and spoke with residents in the neighborhood. One person reported seeing two people dressed in dark clothing leaving the area at the time of the vandalism. Police Detectives were called to assist in the investigation and are currently handling incident as a hate crime. Anyone with information regarding this incident is urged to call the Riverside Police Department Centralized Investigations Division at 951-353-7100.

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Firearms FACTS CARD, 2008...

Firearms Fact Card, 2008 The Right to Keep and Bear Arms The Second Amendment says: "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." The right to arms derives from the right of self-defense, and therefore is an individual right. Thomas Jefferson said, "No free man shall be debarred the use of arms." Patrick Henry said, "The great object is that every man be armed." Richard Henry Lee said, "To preserve liberty it is essential that the whole body of people always possess arms." Thomas Paine said, "[A]rms . . . discourage and keep the invader and the plunderer in awe." James Madison, who introduced the Bill of Rights in the House of Representatives, said its amendments "relate first to private rights." Sen. William Grayson said the amendments "altogether respected personal liberty." Tench Coxe said the Second Amendment protected the people's "right to keep and bear their private arms." The Supreme Court recognized the right to arms as an individual right in U.S. v. Cruikshank (1876), Presser v. Illinois (1886), U.S. v. Miller (1939) and U.S. v. Verdugo-Urquidez (1990). In Cruikshank, the Court said the right existed before the Constitution. Constitutional scholar Stephen P. Halbrook has found no historical evidence that the amendment was intended to protect a "collective right" of states to arm militias, or a "sophisticated collective right" to use arms only when serving in a militia. Richard Henry Lee said the militia are "the people themselves." George Mason said the "the whole people" are the militia. In U.S. v. Miller, the Supreme Court described the militia as "civilians, primarily, soldiers on occasion . . . a body of citizens. . . . bearing arms supplied by themselves." The National Guard is subject to absolute federal control (Perpich v. Dept. of Defense, (1990)). When federalized, it is not part of the militia. At other times, it is the "organized militia." At all times, the "unorganized militia" consists of other able-bodied males of age and certain other citizens. In U.S. v. Emerson (2001), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit said the Second Amendment protects an individual right to arms, with "limited, narrowly tailored specific exceptions . . . not inconsistent with the right of Americans generally to individually keep and bear their private arms as historically understood in this country." Recent Legislative and Judicial Issues • BATFE Firearm Traces--"Gun control" supporters mischaracterize traces relative to gun bans, gun purchase limits, dealer restrictions and lawsuits against the gun industry. The Congressional Research Service warns that traces do not show how often specific types of guns are used in crimes, because traced guns are not representative of guns used to commit crimes, most guns used in violent crimes are not traced, and most traced guns have not been used in violent crimes. • Firearm Trace Disclosure--NRA-supported federal legislation limits tracing information to law enforcement agencies conducting investigations. "Gun control" supporters want to misuse the information to sue the gun industry. • Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives--NRA supports legislation to prevent BATFE from revoking firearms dealers' licenses for insignificant technical violations. • D.C.'s Gun Bans--NRA supports repeal of D.C.'s ban on handguns, carrying firearms at home without a permit, and having guns in operable condition at home (which prevents their use for home protection). The Supreme Court will render a decision about the bans in 2008, in District of Columbia v. Heller. • Castle Doctrine – Thirty-three states have laws protecting the right of self-defense, by removing a person's "duty to retreat" from anyplace he has a legal right to be. Of these, 20 prohibit criminals and their families from suing people who injure the criminals in self-defense. • "Assault Weapons"--NRA opposes renewal of the Clinton Gun Ban, as well as expanded legislation that would ban all semi-automatic shotguns, detachable-magazine semi-automatic rifles, and pump-action rifles and shotguns. • Employees' Right to Transport Guns--NRA-supported laws in seven states prohibit employers from firing workers who leave guns locked in personal vehicles on company property. • Gun Show Legislation--NRA opposes requiring registration of people who attend gun shows, and requiring background checks on private sales of guns unrelated to shows. Such legislation is aimed at prohibiting private gun sales altogether, as in California. All gun sales by dealers already go through the national instant background check. • Registration and Licensing--Studies by the Library of Congress and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have shown these laws do not reduce crime. The Supreme Court has ruled that requiring felons to register guns violates the Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination. These laws have made it possible to enforce gun confiscation laws in foreign countries and in some U.S. states. • "Smart" Guns--NRA opposes requiring guns to have expensive, unreliable features, such as grips that read your fingerprints before the gun will fire. • "Ballistic Fingerprinting"--NRA opposes requiring that markings on bullets and cartridge cases fired from new handguns be entered into a database, which amounts to gun registration. In 2008, the National Academy of Sciences concluded that a national database of such markings was unworkable and should not be established. Maryland's State Police Forensics Sciences Division has recommended that the state's expensive, inefficient system be scrapped. California's Attorney General said that it was not technologically possible to enter all new guns in a database and provide useful information for investigators. • "Microstamping" and "Encoded Ammunition"--NRA opposes requiring cartridge cases to be marked with serial numbers by the ammunition factory or by the gun, and registered to purchasers. It amounts to gun owner registration. Criminals could beat the system by using stolen guns and ammunition, disfiguring or switching barrels or other parts, reloading ammunition with fired brass, or by using guns that don't eject cartridge cases automatically. • Mandatory Storage--NRA opposes requiring gun owners to install gun locks on all guns at home, which would prevent the use of guns for self-defense and be enforceable only by police home inspections. • Right-to-Carry--The federal and 44 state constitutions, and the laws of every state recognize the right to use guns for defensive purposes. The 40 RTC states have 26% lower violent crime rates, on average. Carry permit holders are more law-abiding than the rest of the public. Guns are used for self-defense three to five times more often than for crimes. National crime surveys show that people who use guns to defend against violent crime are less likely to be injured than all other victims. A study for the Department of Justice found that 40% of felons do not commit crimes if they believe victims are armed. "Gun Control" Doesn't Work Studies by or for the Congress, the Department of Justice, the Congressional Research Service, the Library of Congress, the National Academy of Sciences, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have found no evidence that "gun control" reduces crime, suicides or accidents in the U.S. or abroad. More Guns, Less "Gun Control," and Less Crime There are more guns (at least 250 million) and gun owners (70-80 million) in the U.S. than ever. During the last decade, "gun control" has been significantly reduced. Forty states have Right-to-Carry. The federal waiting period on handguns ended in 1998, in favor of the NRA-supported national instant check. Congress refused to renew the Clinton Gun Ban, allowing it to expire in 2004. All states have hunter protection laws, 47 have range protection laws, and 47 prohibit cities from imposing gun laws more restrictive than state law. Congress and 33 states have prohibited frivolous lawsuits against the firearm industry. Since 1991, total violent crime is down 38%, murder is down 42%, and robbery is down 45%. Firearm Safety NRA's 55,000 Certified Instructors and 12,000 Law Enforcement Instructors reach 800,000 people annually. NRA's Eddie Eagle GunSafe® Program has been used by more than 26,000 schools, law enforcement agencies, and civic groups to reach more than 21 million children since 1988. The accidental gun death rate has declined 91% since 1904. General Information • Privately owned firearms in the U.S.: Over 250 million, including upwards of 90 million handguns. The number rises by approximately 4 million annually. (BATFE) • Gun owners in the U.S.: 70-80 million; 40-45 million own handguns • American households that have firearms: Approx. 40-45% • Hunters nationwide: 14.5 million (National Shooting Sports Foundation) • NRA State Associations and Local Clubs: 10,000 • NRA Target Shooting Tournaments annually: 10,000 • NRA Certified Instructors and Law Enforcement Instructors: 62,000   Posted: 5/9/2008 12:00:00 AM

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: Monday 23, 2009 Contact: Sergeant Derwin Hudson Phone: (951) 353-7107 File# P08128310 Murder Suspects Arrested Riverside, CA – On Wednesday, March 18, 2009 Detectives from the Riverside Police Department arrested a male juvenile in connection with the murder of Johnny Macias which occurred on September 6, 2008, in the 7400 block of Diamond Street in the city of Riverside. Detectives from the Robbery/Homicide and Gang Units followed up on leads that led them to the 16 year old suspect who is from Riverside. The suspect were taken into custody and booked into Juvenile Hall for murder. The investigation is continuing and additional suspects could be arrested. Anyone with information regarding this homicide is asked to contact Detective Greg Rowe at (951) 353-7136 or Detective Dave Smith at (951) 353-7102.

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