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REPRINT: Emotionally raping the minds of Arkansans

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Steve D. Jones Fort Smith Gun Rights Examiner Barely four hours had elapsed after the horrific murders had taken place in Tucson, Arizona, before anti-gun Arkansas Times blogger Max Brantley began dancing in the blood of Representative Gabrielle Giffords, hardly allowing time for it to clot. While normal human beings are attempting to grieve over this event, liberal blogger Brantley is using it to emotionally sway opinion, probably before the next-of-kin had been notified. Brantley is blatantly accusing open carry, the Tea Party and Sarah Palin of instigating this attack, even though he has no proof any of these three pushed accused murderer Jared Loughner to commit murder. There is no evidence this man was open carrying. Brantley admitted in his column (after he tries to lead all readers into a mob lynching): “There is, of course, no way to know if the shooting today was related to gun issues or other hot-button issues that roil Arizona, such as i

REPRINT: AG: Racial profiling hotline now live

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AG: Racial profiling hotline now live Originally Posted on 07 May 2007 Arkansas News Bureau LITTLE ROCK — Attorney General Dustin McDaniel announced today the launch of the Racial Profiling Hotline to accept complaints by citizens that have experienced or witnessed what they believe to be racial profiling by law enforcement. Act 768 of 2009, sponsored by Sen. Hank Wilkins, D-Pine Bluff, establishes the hotline. As a result of the complaints, the attorney general will create a report outlining the complaints received and provide it annually to the Legislative Council and Task Force on Racial Profiling. Wilkins sponsored legislation during the legislative session earlier this year to make not wearing a seat belt a primary offense, meaning it could be the sole reason for a traffic stop. That bill, which has been signed into law, drew objections from groups such as the NAACP that said it would open the door to racial profiling. “While I still believe, and certainly hop