Al Quaeda and Gun Checks

Al-Qaeda spokesman and possible successor to Osama Bin Laden, Adam Gadahn, just circulated a chilling new video calling on “lone wolves” in the U.S. to buy assault rifles and carry out a wave of shootings.

Gadahn informs his fellow terrorists that they have a “golden opportunity” to exploit gaps in our gun laws and kill innocent people:

“You can go down to a gun show at the local convention center and come away with a fully automatic assault rifle, without a background check, and most likely without having to show an identification card.”

Watch the new al-Qaeda video and share it with your family and friends.

Unfortunately, al-Qaeda is correct -- loopholes in our nation’s gun laws let dangerous people purchase firearms with no background checks and no questions asked.

It’s clear that our enemies are ready to exploit this gap in our national security. We need to take action right away to keep terrorists and other dangerous people from getting their hands on guns.

Share the new al-Qaeda video today and spread the word about fixing gun checks:

www.FixGunChecks.org/al-Qaeda

Let’s make sure terrorists lose this “golden opportunity” to claim more American lives.

Thanks for speaking out,
Mayors Against Illegal Guns

Louisiana Does the Right Thing

The News Star reports

Legislation allowing concealed weapons on public university campuses thankfully was shot down again this week.

Rep Ernest Wooton, I-Belle Chasse and chairman of the Louisiana House's Criminal Justice Committee, has repeatedly attempted to pass this legislation, maintaining that it would improve an individual's chances for safety in a threatening environment.

That thought is well-intentioned, but the logic is faulty. No college campus needs students, faculty and staff wandering around packing guns, waiting for the next opportunity for a shoot-out.

This time, the legislative committee didn't even listen to testimony, silencing the bill on an 8-3 vote.

Doesn't it seem odd that a state like Louisiana, which one might associate with the Deep South, seems to have more sense than Arizona or Florida?

What's your opinion? Please leave a comment.

Fantasy Fodder for the Gun Crowd

via Fat White Man

This is what it's all about, kill or be killed. Only real men can survive one of these encounters. The fact that, unless you're a cop or a drug dealer, the chances of running into one of these situations are about the same as experiencing a meteorite strike, has nothing to do with it. This is what we dream about. This is what we prepare for.

The Gun Show Loophole Explained

via Chris Brown at Media Matters

Al Queda Advice - Go to the Gun Shows

via Chris Brown at Media Matters

In a video released today Al Qaeda spokesman Adam Gadahn encourages terrorists to use American gun shows to arm themselves for potential Mumbai-style attacks. Gadahn's video laid out a new tactic for Al Qaeda to continue their murderous terrorist agenda:

June 2011 News relating to MN Gun Violence

June 3, 2011 STrib:

A fugitive on the Hennepin County Most Wanted list is in jail after he was arrested Monday in Canada.
Ahmed Abdulqadir Abdi, 29, of Hopkins, had been on the run for five years after he was charged in 2005 with attempted first-degree murder for allegedly shooting a man in the head in Minneapolis.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police arrested Abdi in connection with an assault that occurred at a bar in Alberta. After Abdi was fingerprinted, the Canadian police discovered he was wanted on a felony warrant in Hennepin County.
Abdi is in jail in Alberta awaiting extradition.

MARY LYNN SMITH

MN Memorial Weekend Shooting Arrest

June 3 2011 STrib:
Police have arrested a suspect in the fatal shooting of a 26-year-old Burnsville man Sunday night in south Minneapolis.
Acting on information from investigators, patrol officers arrested the 28-year-old suspect at 26th Street and Nicollet Avenue S. on Thursday afternoon, police spokesman Sgt. William Palmer said in a news release. The man is being held in the Hennepin County jail pending charges.
He's suspected of shooting Guled Hashi Mohamed near Nicollet and Groveland Avenues about 11:30 p.m. Off-duty police officers heard shots and saw a vehicle leave the scene.
They found the vehicle at the SuperAmerica station at 26th Street and Nicollet. Mohamed had been driven there and was inside the car with a gunshot wound. He died Monday at Hennepin County Medical Center.
Police have not identified a motive in the shooting.
He was among six people shot late Sunday or early Monday during a night of unusually heavy gunfire in the city.
The investigation into Mohamed's death will continue, and police are asking anyone with information relating to the case or any of the other shootings to call them