Another one of those “law-abiding gun owners” has been arrested with seven other suspects accused of plotting international terrorism.

But wait, you say, that can’t be possible.  He had a “certified good guy card.”

Well, nobody’s perfect.

Via the AP:

Federal investigators have searched the home of a North Carolina terrorism suspect, seizing counterterrorism literature, ammunition and portable electronics.

A search warrant released Wednesday shows agents searched the home of Anes Subasic….

…The warrant says Subasic had a concealed handgun permit. Agents reported taking boxes of ammunition, knives and an empty box for a “super sniper” rifle scope.

Subasic is one of eight North Carolina suspects accused of plotting international terrorism. He is in federal custody. His attorney did not immediately return a call Wednesday seeking comment.

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Read more about the story from NBC-17 (Raleigh):

…The original indictment charges that Daniel Boyd, Zakariya Boyd, Hysen Sherifi, Dlyan Boyd, Anes Subasic, Ziyad Yaghi, and Mohammad Omar Aly Hassan were involved in a conspiracy to provide material to support terrorists. The men are accused of conspiring to murder, kidnap, maim and injure people and property overseas.

In the latest indictment, Daniel Boyd is also being charged with providing a Ruger mini 14 rifle and a .223 ammunition to a convicted felon.

In a press release U.S. Attorney George E.B. Holding commented: “These additional charges hammer home the grim reality that today’s homegrown terrorists are not limiting their violent plans to locations overseas, but instead are willing to set their sights on American citizens and American targets, right here at home.”…

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Apparently, National Rifle Association leaders thought they could bully the hundreds of mayors who have joined a coalition called Mayors Against Illegal Guns.

It looks like the bully brought a boomerang to a political gunfight.

The NRA sent postcards to its members around the country in typically hysterical fashion, calling the Mayors group every name but American.  (Remember their literature last year against President Obama found to be “intentionally dishonest” and “pants on fire wrong” by PolitiFact?  Same thing.)

Yet America’s mayors, law enforcement officers and community voices — rather than ask the NRA how high they should jump — are telling NRA leaders to go jump in the lake.

Just a few recent examples,

• Mayor Richard Ward, of Hurst, Texas: “You can be for the rights of law-abiding gun owners but also for common-sense policies to keep guns out of the hands of criminals.”

• Mayor Pat Gerard of Largo, Florida: “I have no intention of quitting…. Certainly, I support people’s rights to own guns.  I’d like to keep our police officers safe while keeping guns out of the hands of the bad guys.”

• Mayor Robert Romano of Vineland, New Jersey: “The NRA is not being truthful.  They view this organization as a threat. And now they want to dismantle us.”

• Pennsylvania State Police Commissioner Frank Pawlowski to Pennsylvania mayors: “As commissioner of the Pennsylvania State Police, I want to thank you for stepping forth and speaking out concerning this important issue, and to pledge my support for your efforts as you advance an agenda for common-sense reforms to reduce access to illegal guns across Pennsylvania”

• The Beaver County Times of Beaver, Pennsylvania: “Nobody in his right mind could oppose efforts to stem the flow of illegal guns into our communities, right? Well, we’ve never accused the National Rifle Association of being rational, have we?”

• InForum of Fargo, North Dakota: “A hearty hallelujah! to Fargo Mayor Dennis Walaker for telling the National Rifle Association to shove off.”  Followed by this letter from a North Dakotan in agreement: “Anyway, hats off to Mayor Dennis Walaker. He has my support in standing up to the almighty NRA, which thinks it has power over everyone.”

• The Republican of Springfield, Massachusetts: “The Republican has and will continue to support the rights of gun owners, but sometimes we wish the NRA would focus more on promoting marksmanship and gun safety instead of badgering small town mayors. We’ve been shooting a little high and right lately, and we could use the NRA’s help. But when it comes to politics, we can think for ourselves.”

• Monica Yant Kinney of the Philadelphia Inquirer: “A funny thing happened amid all the fearmongering: Fourteen Pennsylvania mayors left the group, but 25 joined in spite of the pressure.”

• UPDATE:  This just in from the Orlando Sentinel: “The NRA has come out with guns blazing against the increasingly influential mayors’ group. It has waged a scandalous fear-mongering campaign to run mayors out of the coalition whose motives the NRA insists are nothing less than draconian gun control. However, the NRA is shooting with blanks.”

The NRA, with no respect for local politics or sensibilities, seems to have barged their way into alienating a lot of people rather than changing minds.

NRA’s political bomb is looking more like a boomerang every day.

The child then apparently brought the bag to school.

The instructor might want to file this one under “Do As I Say, Not As I Do.”

From the Tyler Morning Telegraph:

…The mother of the pre-school student at St. Gregory School said a loaded gun was found in her child’s backpack on Monday — a gun belonging to the child’s father, a certified concealed handgun instructor in the area.

Don Martin, the Tyler Police Department public information officer, said officers were dispatched to the school and an investigation has been launched. He added this morning the investigation is ongoing.

The child’s mother told the Tyler Morning Telegraph the gun was discovered by a teacher who saw her daughter digging into the backpack while in class….

…Martin said it is illegal to have a gun on a school campus and someone could be charged with making a handgun accessible to a minor….

…The letter sent to parents reads:

“Dear Parents,

“One of the St. Gregory parents told us today that he inadvertently left his holster and gun in his child’s overnight bag. The bag was brought to school. The matter was turned over to the Tyler Police Department….

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Before his conviction, though, he sure was a great guy to have around.

Armed.  With anger management issues.  And a concealed carry permit.

From the News-Herald (Willoughby, Ohio):

The man who fired nine shots into the air during a skirmish in the parking lot of Queensdale Apartments was sentenced to 60 days in jail Monday.

Mentor Municipal Court Judge John Trebets also sentenced Nathaniel Summers, 25, of Cleveland to anger management counseling and ordered that the guns he fired be destroyed.

Summers will be on probation for one year….

…Summers was dropping off a friend at the apartment complex after work, according to police reports.

Two women were fighting in the parking lot and bumped into Summers’ car, police said.

Summers shouted at the women to not touch his car. When another person confronted Summers for shouting, Summers got two guns from his glove box and repeatedly fired into the air, police said.

Nobody was struck by the bullets.

Summers was arrested a few minutes after he left the parking lot.

He pleaded guilty to two counts of aggravated menacing, discharging firearms in the city and improperly handling firearms in a motor vehicle.

The Mentor Prosecutor Lisa Klammer later dismissed the charge of improperly handling firearms.

She said the charge did not apply to Summers’ situation because he had a permit to carry concealed weapons….

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That last line is a bit odd.

Shouldn’t it be that because Summers had a concealed carry permit he should have been held to a higher standard?  One might think he should have known better.

After all, permit-holders are all just “law-abiding gun owners” ready to “protect us” from crime at a moment’s notice, right?

Maybe there’s an exception for the ones who plead guilty to aggravated menacing.

You know, if Dean Allen was a real American, he wouldn’t be giving away some damn Che Guevarra Communist AK-47 to get elected.

Anybody with a lick of sense would be giving away an American-made AR-15, instead.

How can you pretend to flap the Palin wing of American politics and not know that?  Sheesh.

/sarc off

From the Greenville News (South Carolina):

They crowded into a shooting range on Poinsett Highway on a day when heavy rains might have kept them home, itching for a shot at winning an AK-47 rifle or at least shoot something that spit out a lot of lead.

Approximately 500 people showed up Saturday, some paying $25 for barbecue and ammo to take target practice with the weapon of their choice. The sweepstakes for the assault rifle, the type used against U.S. troops in Vietnam, was included at no charge.

The event marked the kickoff of Dean Allen’s candidacy for state adjutant general. Allen, 58, of Greenville, said the “machine gun social” was his way of celebrating the second amendment and showing solidarity against gun-rights opponents….

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Hat tip TPM.