http://www.usnews.com/news/newsgram/articles/2013/06/28/us-park-police-lost-track-of-hundreds-of-guns
The U.S. Park Police has lost track of hundreds of firearms that remain unaccounted for in its inventory, pointing to a "decades-long" run of inaction by the organization's leadership, according to a report from a federal watchdog agency.
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The investigation began when the Interior Department's Office of the Inspector General received an anonymous complaint alleging that the park police could not account for government-issued weapons, that it had not conducted weapons inventories and that some missing weapons may have been taken by USPP officers for their own use, the report says.
In the report, released on Wednesday, the OIG said it discovered more than 1,400 weapons that could not be accounted for, some of which should have been destroyed.
One section of the handbook of the National Park Service, which oversees USPP, says the number of firearms the force can have is limited to the "minimum necessary for an effective law enforcement program," according to the report. Despite the fact that the USPP has about 640 sworn officers, OIG investigators found hundreds of extra weapons, including 477 military-style automatic and semiautomatic rifles.
Mary Kendall, the office's deputy inspector general, said in the report that the investigation brought to attention several problems, ranging from errors in record keeping to "glaring nonfeasance by senior command officers."
"Basic tenets of property management and supervisory oversight are missing in their simplest forms," Kendall said in the report. "Commanders, up to and including the Chief of Police, have a lackadaisical attitude toward firearms management."
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Kendall said the evidence showed the force's lack of management created a condition that was primed for theft and misuse of the firearms, as well as the ability to "conceal the fact if weapons were missing."
Though it is unclear if any criminals have gotten a hold of missing weapons, investigators suggested in the report that Park Police officials may not have known if they did, due to the force's lack of a sufficient inventory system.
Investigators also said they have "little confidence" that the USPP will follow up on the 10 recommendations laid out in the report "without direct and frequent oversight," in part because they found similar problems within the force in 2008 and 2009 that remained unresolved.
In 2008, for example, the OIG said a lack of management within USPP "adversely affected the level of security" at the national monuments and parks the force is tasked with monitoring.
Kendall said in the report that the OIG inteds to conduct a series of reviews and inspections to address the issue of USPP's accountability.
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The force has 45 days to respond to the OIG with a plan to address its recommendations.
Jeffrey Olson, a spokesman for the National Park Service, told The Washington Post that Chief of Police Teresa Chambers has been ordered to implement the inspector general's recommendations "without delay," including an immediate weapons inventory.
"I have no tolerance for this management failure," said Park Service Director Jonathan Jarvis in a statement, according to the Post. "The safety and security of our visitors and employees remain our highest priority."
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Sunday, June 30, 2013
Saturday, June 29, 2013
Colorado Magpul's last stand: High-capacity magazine giveaway - Washington Times
I'm sure some green energy company will come to the rescue of the area. LOL They will suck up a few hundred million of gimme cash and be dead in 2 years. Just like all the other billion dollar Obama corporations.
Colorado Magpul's last stand: High-capacity magazine giveaway - Washington Times
The gun accessories maker Magpul Industries Corp. is giving out 1,500 empty 20- and 30-round magazines at a “Farewell to Arms” festival to mark the company’s departure from Colorado, in protest of the state’s recent legislative clampdown on Second Amendment freedoms.
Colorado recently passed new bans on magazines and expanded background checks on gun buyers. Magpul, a magazines and gun-accessory company located in Colorado, said the new laws will kill its business and in March, announced intent to move shop.
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Colorado Magpul's last stand: High-capacity magazine giveaway - Washington Times
The gun accessories maker Magpul Industries Corp. is giving out 1,500 empty 20- and 30-round magazines at a “Farewell to Arms” festival to mark the company’s departure from Colorado, in protest of the state’s recent legislative clampdown on Second Amendment freedoms.
Colorado recently passed new bans on magazines and expanded background checks on gun buyers. Magpul, a magazines and gun-accessory company located in Colorado, said the new laws will kill its business and in March, announced intent to move shop.
Read more: MagPull read more
Friday, June 28, 2013
NY Firearms Ban ~ another Q&A session turns out protestors & HOPE.
About 100 gun owners turned out last night at the Port Crane Fire House for a forum on the NY SAFE Act led by Assemblyman Cliff Crouch.
The forum was supposed to be a question and answer session, but quickly turned into a rally against the controversial NY SAFE Act.
After explaining the problems with the gun-control law, crouch said that wherever he goes, constituents are saying “kill the law.” Crouch said an effort to repeal the SAFE Act is now in committee, but the Democratic majority is unlikely to let the bill get to the floor for a vote.
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From Press connects:
There has been considerable conversation in recent months about how Governor Cuomo’s SAFE Act was going to kill youth shooting.
The SAFE Act, which is now apparently written in stone despite huge upstate outcry, forbids the transfer of ammunition by anything other than a direct transfer, with a dealer handling the transaction and a background check of the purchaser.
One of the ways youth shooting programs can stay affordable is to purchase deeply discounted ammunition and have it shipped directly.
Putting this additional layer of regulation on ammunition, it would seem, means cash-strapped shooting programs simply can't operate.
But Jim Shepard’s website The Outdoors Wire determined that all may not be lost. Shepard talked with Steve Miller, the Executive Director of the Youth Sports Shooting Alliance about the New York problem.
Yes, it’s a serious threat, Miller told The Outdoors Wire. But he said there may still be a way to get youth shooting exempted, along with other organized events.
"Had a conversation with Kevin Bruen, Assistant Counsel of the New York State Police about this very topic on Monday," Miller said. "The provision of the NY SAFE ACT which prohibits direct shipment of ammunition to private citizens, groups or organizations does not come into effect until January, 2014."
Prior to that, Miller said, there is a "rule writing component" to the law which may exclude youth, and other, programs from requiring ammo to be shipped through a licensed dealer.
"Based on my conversation,” Miller told Shepard, “I'd think that supportive comments of this proposed exclusion would be effective in allowing youth programs to take full advantage of industry offers for special pricing."
At this point, one can only hope.
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So the firearms community has finally seen the light of day. Quote: "At this point one can only hope." WOW~ yes, hope and chains . Where were all you firearms owners and supporters in the past? Where were all the counties and clerks? Hun? Didn't matter till it became a pocket issue did it. Firearms owners need to start voting people out of office and run for office themselves. Guess they will havde time for that in 2014 since they will be shooting less.
The forum was supposed to be a question and answer session, but quickly turned into a rally against the controversial NY SAFE Act.
After explaining the problems with the gun-control law, crouch said that wherever he goes, constituents are saying “kill the law.” Crouch said an effort to repeal the SAFE Act is now in committee, but the Democratic majority is unlikely to let the bill get to the floor for a vote.
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From Press connects:
There has been considerable conversation in recent months about how Governor Cuomo’s SAFE Act was going to kill youth shooting.
The SAFE Act, which is now apparently written in stone despite huge upstate outcry, forbids the transfer of ammunition by anything other than a direct transfer, with a dealer handling the transaction and a background check of the purchaser.
One of the ways youth shooting programs can stay affordable is to purchase deeply discounted ammunition and have it shipped directly.
Putting this additional layer of regulation on ammunition, it would seem, means cash-strapped shooting programs simply can't operate.
But Jim Shepard’s website The Outdoors Wire determined that all may not be lost. Shepard talked with Steve Miller, the Executive Director of the Youth Sports Shooting Alliance about the New York problem.
Yes, it’s a serious threat, Miller told The Outdoors Wire. But he said there may still be a way to get youth shooting exempted, along with other organized events.
"Had a conversation with Kevin Bruen, Assistant Counsel of the New York State Police about this very topic on Monday," Miller said. "The provision of the NY SAFE ACT which prohibits direct shipment of ammunition to private citizens, groups or organizations does not come into effect until January, 2014."
Prior to that, Miller said, there is a "rule writing component" to the law which may exclude youth, and other, programs from requiring ammo to be shipped through a licensed dealer.
"Based on my conversation,” Miller told Shepard, “I'd think that supportive comments of this proposed exclusion would be effective in allowing youth programs to take full advantage of industry offers for special pricing."
At this point, one can only hope.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++
So the firearms community has finally seen the light of day. Quote: "At this point one can only hope." WOW~ yes, hope and chains . Where were all you firearms owners and supporters in the past? Where were all the counties and clerks? Hun? Didn't matter till it became a pocket issue did it. Firearms owners need to start voting people out of office and run for office themselves. Guess they will havde time for that in 2014 since they will be shooting less.
Saturday, June 22, 2013
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Thursday, June 20, 2013
Kahr Arms from NY to move to Pa.
http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130620/NEWS/306200325
Gun maker eyes HQ in Pike County
Entire business park considered for move to gun-friendly Pa.
New York unfriendly
"We were ready to sign a deal in rural Orange County, N.Y. But when the governor passed stricter gun control, it made it tough to continue on that path, so we jumped over the river," Harris said.
"New York has become very unfriendly to people in the gun business. We feel like we are being treated like criminals in New York. That is one of the reasons we are coming to Pennsylvania."
Kahr would use some of the business park in Blooming Grove for its own purposes, and sell some lots to other manufacturers, said Pete Helms of Chant Real Estate who is handling the deal.
Thursday, June 13, 2013
New York SAFE ACT (Firearms Ban) News
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New York's Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement Act of 2013, commonly known as the SAFE Act, generally sets a seven-bullet limit in ammunition clips, tightens the definition of illegal “assault weapons” and requires owners of many formerly legal ...
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Marchione and DiPietro are both sponsoring legislation (S.5591 and A.6238, respectively) that would completely repeal the NY SAFE Act. "We the people need to bring these signatures to our Governor so he knows they're not just signatures, but are people ...
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The speciously named NY SAFE Act identified an arbitrary number of bullets as too many, it determined that certain purely cosmetic features can redefine a sporting rifle as an assault weapon, and it focused its attention on law-abiding gun owners ...
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