Bloomberg Anti Gun Group Lies Again About Facts.

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Source; The Blaze.

The latest iteration by that Rabid Anti-Gun anti-Constitutionalist Michael Bloomberg has struck again complete with his lies and spin on School shootings by pretending they were on the order of Columbine or Sandy Hook in scope. A check of the facts shows a different story altogether. Bloomberg has set up a new attack on Constitutional Freedoms by instituting a new Anti-Gun Group. It is called 'Everytown' and includes major gun control advocate Shannon Watts.

The group has released what they call pertinent data on School Shootings ( http://everytown.org/article/schoolshootings/  ) and claim there have been 1.37 shootings every week since the Sandy Hook Shootings in 2012 The total they come up with is listed at 74 School Shootings. However since the list was posted, some of the shootings have come under scrutiny because thewy occurred off campus and in one instance it was self defense.

 

Journalist Charles C. Johnson decided to dig into the posted data and posted his findings on twitter. He also criticized Everytown for including Gand related violence and violent disputes under the 'School Shooting' banner. Johnson said;" It's not a school shooting when someone goes after a specific person on campus. It's a shooting that happens to take place at school."

 

The catch phrases that evgerytown put out were basically along the typical gun grabber rhetoric like " Since the December 2012 shooting in Newtown CT, there have been at least 74 school shootings in America. How many more before our leaders pass common-sense laws to prevent gun violence and save lives?" 

Let me just say there is no law that will ever PREVENT any kind of violence, all the laws can do is to see to the punishment of offenders.

Or something like this; " Communities all over the country live in fear of gun violence. That's unacceptable. We should feel secure in sending our children to school_comforted by the knowledge that they're safe."

 

Let me again say something. How in hell do they think removing guns from law abiding citizens and making school and other places gun free zones (shooting galleries for the criminally bent and mentally unbalanced)and taking away any real means of self defense will make it safer and more secure? Are they that stupid? Let's ask them to take away the guns of their body guards and see just how safe they are then.

 

Here is a list that Everytown put out as the same types of school shootings as Newtown and Columbine.

To read the full report. ( http://3gbwir1ummda16xrhf4do9d21bsx.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-cont... )

#	Date	City	State	School Name	School Type
1.	1/08/2013	Fort Myers	FL	Apostolic Revival Center Christian School	K-12
2.	1/10/2013	Taft	CA	Taft Union High School	K-12
3.	1/15/2013	St. Louis	MO	Stevens Institute of Business & Arts	College/University
4.	1/15/2013	Hazard	KY	Hazard Community and Technical College	College/University
5.	1/16/2013	Chicago	IL	Chicago State University	College/University
6.	1/22/2013	Houston	TX	Lone Star College North Harris Campus	College/University
7.	1/31/2013	Atlanta	GA	Price Middle School	K-12
8.	2/1/2013	Atlanta	GA	Morehouse College	College/University
9.	2/7/2013	Fort Pierce	FL	Indian River St. College	College/University
10.	2/13/2013	San Leandro	CA	Hillside Elementary School	K-12
11.	2/27/2013	Atlanta	GA	Henry W. Grady HS	K-12
12.	3/18/2013	Orlando	FL	University of Central Florida	College/University
13.	3/21/2013	Southgate	MI	Davidson Middle School	K-12
14.	4/12/2013	Christianburg	VA	New River Community College	College/University
15.	4/13/2013	Elizabeth City	NC	Elizabeth City State University	College/University
16.	4/15/2013	Grambling	LA	Grambling State University	College/University
17.	4/16/2013	Tuscaloosa	AL	Stillman College	College/University
18.	4/29/2013	Cincinnati	OH	La Salle High School	K-12
19.	6/7/2013	Santa Monica	CA	Santa Monica College	College/University
20.	6/19/2013	W. Palm Beach	FL	Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts	K-12
21.	8/15/2013	Clarksville	TN	Northwest High School	K-12
22.	8/20/2013	Decatur	GA	Ronald E. McNair Discovery Learning Academy	K-12
23.	8/22/2013	Memphis	TN	Westside Elementary School	K-12
24.	8/23/2013	Sardis	MS	North Panola High School	K-12
25.	8/30/2013	Winston-Salem	NC	Carver High School	K-12
26.	9/21/2013	Savannah	GA	Savannah State University	College/University
27.	9/28/2013	Gray	ME	New Gloucester High School	K-12
28.	10/4/2013	Pine Hills	FL	Agape Christian Academy	K-12
29.	10/15/2013	Austin	TX	Lanier High School	K-12
30.	10/21/2013	Sparks	NV	Sparks Middle School	K-12
31.	11/1/2013	Algona	IA	Algona High/Middle School	K-12
32.	11/2/2013	Greensboro	NC	North Carolina A&T State University	College/University
33.	11/3/2013	Stone Mountain	GA	Stephenson High School	K-12
34.	11/21/2013	Rapid City	SD	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	College/University
35.	12/4/2013	Winter Garden	FL	West Orange High School	K-12
36.	12/13/2013	Arapahoe County	CO	Arapahoe High School	K-12
37.	12/19/2013	Fresno	CA	Edison High School	K-12
38.	1/9/2014	Jackson	TN	Liberty Technology Magnet HS	K-12
39.	1/14/2014	Roswell	NM	Berrendo Middle School	K-12
40.	1/15/2014	Lancaster	PA	Martin Luther King Jr. ES	K-12
41.	1/17/2014	Philadelphia	PA	Delaware Valley Charter HS	K-12
42.	1/20/2014	Chester	PA	Widener University	College/University
43.	1/21/2014	West Lafayette	IN	Purdue University	College/University
44.	1/24/2014	Orangeburg	SC	South Carolina State University	College/University
45.	1/28/2014	Nashville	TN	Tennessee State University	College/University
46.	1/28/2014	Grambling	LA	Grambling State University	College/University
47.	1/30/2014	Palm Bay	FL	Eastern Florida State College	College/University
48.	1/31/2014	Phoenix	AZ	Cesar Chavez High School	K-12
49.	1/31/2014	Des Moines	IA	North High School	K-12
50.	2/7/2014	Bend	OR	Bend High School	K-12
51.	2/10/2014	Salisbury	NC	Salisbury High School	K-12
52.	2/11/2014	Lyndhurst	OH	Brush High School	K-12
53.	2/12/2014	Jackson	TN	Union University	College/University
54.	2/20/2014	Raytown	MO	Raytown Success Academy	K-12
55.	3/2/2014	Westminster	MD	McDaniel College	College/University
56.	3/7/2014	Tallulah	LA	Madison High School	K-12
57.	3/8/2014	Oshkosh	WI	University of Wisconsin – Oshkosh	College/University
58.	3/21/2014	Newark	DE	University of Delaware	College/University
59.	3/30/2014	Savannah	GA	Savannah State University	College/University
60.	4/3/2014	Kent	OH	Kent State University	College/University
61.	4/7/2014	Roswell	NM	Eastern New Mexico University-Roswell	College/University
62.	4/11/2014	Detroit	MI	East English Village Preparatory Academy	K-12
63.	4/21/2014	Griffith	IN	St. Mary Catholic School	K-12
64.	4/21/2014	Provo	UT	Provo High School	K-12
65.	4/26/2014	Council Bluffs	IA	Iowa Western Community College	College/University
66.	5/2/2014	Milwaukee	WI	Marquette University	College/University
67.	5/3/2014	Everett	WA	Horizon Elementary School	K-12
68.	5/4/2014	Augusta	GA	Paine College	College/University
69.	5/5/2014	Augusta	GA	Paine College	College/University
70.	5/8/2014	Georgetown	KY	Georgetown College	College/University
71.	5/8/2014	Lawrenceville	GA	Georgia Gwinnett College	College/University
72.	5/21/2014	Milwaukee	WI	Clark Street School	K-12
73.	6/5/2014	Seattle	WA	Seattle Pacific University	College/University
74.	6/10/2014	Troutdale	OR	Reynolds High School	K-12

 

 Everytown decided to use this criteria; The incidenst were classified School Shootings if a firearm was discharged in a school building or on campus grounds for any reason. The data was gleaned from News reports as they were reported to the public.They supposedly left off the incidents when guns were brought to school and not fired or if they were fired off campus.

 

As was said before, Charles Johnson did a study of the list and found these listings to be different than was reported by Bloomberg's group.

Here is what Charles found and tweeted about;

 http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2013/feb/07/shooting-reported-indian-riv... 

Another fake shooting listed by everytown. A gunman ran onto campus, was chased by police, shot student accidentally.

 

http://abc7news.com/archive/8992648/

Another fake school shooting listed by everytown. 19-year-old shot in elementary parking lot over dice game at 9 PM.

 

 http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local/student-wounded-at-grady-high/nWbhG 

Another fake school shooting listed by everytown. Gang-involved student accidentally shot herself in thigh.

 

http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/story/21755974/davidson-middle-school-closes-following-8th-grade-students-suicide

Another fake school shooting listed by Everytown. Teen committed suicide.

 

http://www.wvec.com/news/escu-221819011.html

Another fake school shooting by Everytown. Off campus, gang-related shooting in NC.

 

http://www.abc3340.com/story/22003093/fight-over-money-leads-to-sho...

Another fake school shooting listed by #everytown. Student shoots friend over money they owe for illegal gambling.

http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/story/21755974/davidson-middle-school-closes-following-8th-grade-students-suicide

Another fake school shooting listed by everytown. Honors student shoots self in front of class.

 

http://www.wvec.com/news/escu-221819011.html

Another fake school shooting listed by Everytown. Northwest High School principal shot by her ex-husband on campus.

 

http://www.abc3340.com/story/22003093/fight-over-money-leads-to-sho...

Another fake school shooting by Everytown. Student killed because of gang activity.

 

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/04/29/student-suicid...

Yet another fake school shooting by Everytown. Student shoots another student over dispute over Nintendo Wii payment

 

http://www.newschannel5.com/story/6834915/schools-react-to-asst-pri...

Another fake school shooting by Everytown. Gang-related, student fist fight becomes gun fight.

 

http://www.accessnorthga.com/detail-pf.php?n=215489

Another fake school shooting by Everytown. Crazy man shoots himself at high school, never went to school.

 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/15/student-commits-suicide-te...

Nearly halfway there... Another fake Everytown school shooting. Student kills self in class.

 

http://globegazette.com/news/local/algona-school-grounds-death-appa...

Another fake school shooting by Everytown. Ex-high school student kills self in parking lot.

 

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/11/03/shooting-north...

Another fake school shooting by Everytown. Gang-related drive by is now a mass shooting?

 

http://stonemountain.patch.com/groups/police-and-fire/p/stephenson-...

Another fake shooting by Everytown. Gang-related crossfire hits bystander.

 

http://rapidcityjournal.com/news/mines-professor-apparently-commits...

Another fake school shooting listed by Everytown. Professor kills self on campus.

 

http://www.clickorlando.com/news/student-shot-in-face-at-Florida-sc...

Another fake school shooting by Everytown. Gang banger shoots another student in face.

 

http://abc30.com/archive/9370006/

Fake school shooting listed by Everytown was gang initiation in Fresno.

 

http://abc30.com/archive/9370006/

Another fake school shooting listed by Everytown. MLK elementary school shooting was drive by.

 

http://www.wgal.com/news/susquehanna-valley/lancaster/school-locks-...

Fake school shooting listed by Everytown & promoted by media was gang related in Killadelphia charter school.

http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/national-international/Shots-Fired-a...

School shooting listed by Everytown map was gang-related dispute at Widener University.

 

http://www.wfmz.com/news/news-regional-southeasternpa/Local/classes...

Everytown calls Cesar Chavez High School a "school shooting"; police call it a gang turf war.

"School shooting" listed by Everytown in South Caroline State University was argument that got out of hand & was off campus.

 

Can't find any evidence that supposed "school shooting" at Grambling, LA on January 28, 2014 listed by Everytown even occurred.

http://www.azcentral.com/

"School shooting" listed by Everytown in South Caroline State University was argument that got out of hand & was off campus.

Can't find any evidence that supposed "school shooting" at Grambling, LA on January 28, 2014 listed by Everytown even occurred.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/01/30/florida-state-... 

Wow. "School shooting" listed by Everytown at Eastern Florida State College was actually self-defense.

 

http://www.kcci.com/news/central-iowa/police-investigate-shooting-o...

"School shooting" listed by Everytown at North High School, IA in Des Moines was gang-related, in parking lot.

 

http://www.salisburypost.com/article/20140210/SP01/140219963/

Salisbury High School, NC "school shooting" listed by Everytown was gang-related, accidentally.

 

http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2014/02/police_two_boys_ch...

"School shooting" at Brush High School, OR listed by Everytown was after hours, off campus, over a girl. Ban girls?

 

Union University "school shooting" listed by Everytown gun map was guy shooting his fiancee in parking lot. Staged it to look like suicide.

 

"School shooting" at Raytown Success Academy, MO was in parking lot, not school related.

You can cross-reference the news reports with Everytown for Gun Safety’s list here.

Do you think these shootings should still be classified as “school shootings?”

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A short primer on AR et.al. firearms bans under the Federal Firearms Act, and how they should be contested.

The section of findings by a duly appointed Court i.e. ( In Cases v. United States, 131 F. 2d 916, 922 

(1st Cir. 1942), cert. denied, 319 U.S. 770 (1943), the court, upholding  a similar provision of the Federal Firearms Act, said: ``Apparently,  then, under the Second Amendment, the federal government can limit the  keeping and bearing of arms by a single individual as well as by a group  of individuals, but it cannot prohibit the possession or use of any  weapon which has any reasonable relationship to the preservation or  efficiency of a well-regulated militia.'' See Lewis v. United States,  445 U.S. 55, 65 n.8 (1980) (dictum: Miller holds that the ``Second  Amendment guarantees no right to keep and bear a firearm that does not  have `some reasonable relationship to the preservation or efficiency of  

a well regulated militia'''). ) That portion of the findings and those pertinent to it should be cited to counteract any

         In United States v. Miller,\4\ the Court sustained a statute  requiring registration under the National Firearms Act of sawed-off  [[Page 1194]] shotguns. After reciting the original provisions of the Constitution  dealing with the militia, the Court observed that ``[w]ith obvious  purpose to assure the continuation and render possible the effectiveness  of such forces the declaration and guarantee of the Second Amendment  were made. It must be interpreted with that end in view.''\5\ The  significance of the militia, the Court continued, was that it was  composed of ``civilians primarily, soldiers on occasion.'' It was upon  this force that the States could rely for defense and securing of the  laws, on a force that ``comprised all males physically capable of acting  in concert for the common defense,'' who, ``when called for service  . . . were expected to appear bearing arms supplied by themselves and of  the kind in common use at the time.''\6\ Therefore, ``[i]n the absence  of any evidence tending to show that possession or use of a `shotgun  having a barrel of less than 18 inches in length' at this time has some  reasonable relationship to the preservation or efficiency of a well- regulated militia, we cannot say that the Second Amendment guarantees  the right to keep and bear such an instrument. Certainly it is not  within judicial notice that this weapon is any part of the ordinary  military equipment or that its use could contribute to the common  defense.''\7\          \4\307 U.S. 174 (1939). The defendants had been released on the  basis of the trial court determination that prosecution would violate  the Second Amendment and no briefs or other appearances were filed on  their behalf; the Court acted on the basis of the Government's  representations.         \5\Id. at 178.         \6\Id. at 179.         \7\Id. at 178. In Cases v. United States, 131 F. 2d 916, 922  (1st Cir. 1942), cert. denied, 319 U.S. 770 (1943), the court, upholding  a similar provision of the Federal Firearms Act, said: ``Apparently,  then, under the Second Amendment, the federal government can limit the  keeping and bearing of arms by a single individual as well as by a group  of individuals, but it cannot prohibit the possession or use of any  weapon which has any reasonable relationship to the preservation or  efficiency of a well-regulated militia.'' See Lewis v. United States,  445 U.S. 55, 65 n.8 (1980) (dictum: Miller holds that the ``Second  Amendment guarantees no right to keep and bear a firearm that does not  have `some reasonable relationship to the preservation or efficiency of  a well regulated militia'''). ---------------------------------------------------------------------------          Since this decision, Congress has placed greater limitations on  the receipt, possession, and transportation of firearms,\8\ and  proposals for national registration or prohibition of firearms  altogether have been made.\9\ At what point regulation or prohibition of  what classes of firearms would conflict with the Amendment, if at all,  the Miller case does little more than cast a faint degree of  illumination toward an answer.          \8\Enacted measures include the Gun Control Act of 1968. 82  Stat. 226, 18 U.S.C. Sec. Sec. 921-928. The Supreme Court's dealings  with these laws have all arisen in the context of prosecutions of  persons purchasing or obtaining firearms in violation of a provisions  against such conduct by convicted felons. Lewis v. United States, 445  U.S. 55 (1980); Barrett v. United States, 423 U.S. 212 (1976);  Scarborough v. United States, 431 U.S. 563 (1977); United States v.  Bass, 404 U.S. 336 (1971).         \9\E.g., National Commission on Reform of Federal Criminal Laws,  Working Papers 1031-1058 (1970), and Final Report 246-247 (1971).

The section of findings by a duly appointed Court i.e. " it cannot prohibit the possession or use of any  weapon which has any reasonable relationship to the preservation or efficiency of a well-regulated militia.'' See Lewis v. United States, 

445 U.S. 55, 65 n.8 (1980) (dictum: Miller holds that the ``Second  Amendment guarantees no right to keep and bear a firearm that does not  have `some reasonable relationship to the preservation or efficiency of  a well regulated militia''')." Should be cited to counteract any and all claims by the Government that the extended clips and AR style among all other types of military lookalikes can therefore not be banned because they in fact can be used with the reasonable preservation or efficiency of a well regulated Militia. Since the wording specifies that "the Second Amendment guarantees no right to keep and bear a firearm that does NOT have 'some reasonable relationship to the preservation or efficiency of a well regulated militia" the claims of the politicians lack credibility in their arguments to ban such weapons