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New York Gun Manufacturer Moves to Pennsylvania. “Catch Us if You Can.”

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“New York passed the SAFE law on gun manufacturers in January, after debating for one day. That sent a message to one gun manufacturer. It bought 600 acres — almost a square mile — of land in Pennsylvania. It’s moving out. The Kahr company’s vice president of sales explained: ‘One of our big concerns was, OK, the SAFE Act was passed in the middle of the night. You wake up the next morning and boom, that was it. We just felt like, gee, if they can do this, what can they do next?’  This used to be called ‘voting with your feet.’ If you get tired of living under a government’s taxes and regulations, you move.”

http://teapartyeconomist.com/2013/07/05/new-york-gun-manufacturer-moves-to-pennsylvania-catch-us-if-you-can/

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CA Medical Marijuana Dispensary Numbers Shrink in Two-Pronged War of Attrition

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“Anyone who is following the situation in the Golden State at all closely has seen a numbing litany of reports of dispensaries forced out of business, including from some of the most venerable, respected, and law-abiding operations in the state. What had been the occasional raid or prosecution by the DEA or federal prosecutors during the early years of the Obama administration has turned into a heightened onslaught since the issuance of the notorious Cole memo, written by Assistant Attorney General James Cole, two years ago next week and the announcement by California’s four US Attorneys that fall that they were declaring open season on dispensaries.”

http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2013/jun/27/ca_medical_marijuana_dispensary

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World’s largest pot shop can stay open in Oakland, judge rules

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“A medical marijuana dispensary billed as the world’s largest cannabis store may stay open while the city of Oakland fights a U.S. government effort to shut it down or seize the property, a federal judge ruled on Wednesday. There has been a tug-of-war in California between federal and local authorities over cannabis sold for purported health reasons. In February, Magistrate Maria-Elena James, the same judge who ruled on Wednesday, said the city had no right to intervene in a federal prosecutor’s civil-forfeiture action against the Harborside Health Center, which was featured on the Discovery Channel reality TV show ‘Weed Wars.'”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/07/03/worlds-largest-pot-shop-can-stay-open-in-oakland-judge-rules/

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Marijuana’s March Towards Mainstream Confounds Feds

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“It took 50 years for American attitudes about marijuana to zigzag from the paranoia of ‘Reefer Madness’ to the excesses of Woodstock back to the hard line of ‘Just Say No.’ The next 25 years took the nation from Bill Clinton, who famously ‘didn’t inhale,’ to Barack Obama, who most emphatically did. Now, in just a few short years, public opinion has moved so dramatically toward general acceptance that even those who champion legalization are surprised at how quickly attitudes are changing and states are moving to approve the drug – for medical use and just for fun.”

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_MARIJUANA_GOES_MAINSTREAM_ABRIDGED?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

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Pot Is Legal, but Some Towns Won’t Partake

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“More than two dozen cities and towns have already prohibited marijuana retail stores, according to the Colorado Municipal League, a lobbying group for the state’s cities. Others, like Aurora outside of Denver, decided to postpone a decision on whether to allow sales. In Denver, leaders want to allow pot sales, but have said they want to push back the starting date for new businesses other than medical-pot outlets. The opt-out clause included in the Colorado pot law doesn’t exist in Washington, which also legalized recreational pot last November. But local officials are using licensing and zoning to keep pot shops at bay.”

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323689204578571833933003230.html

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The People’s Republic of California is Sinking

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“California lost 73,578 businesses from 4Q11 to 4Q12 to rank last among states. The decline was a  drop of 5.2%.”

http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2013/07/the-peoples-republic-of-california-is.html

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Vermont Marijuana Decriminalization Law Goes Into Effect

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“Starting Monday, Vermonters will not be arrested for possessing less than an ounce of marijuana.  The decriminalization law, signed by Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin (D) last month, will remove criminal penalties on small amounts of cannabis and replace them with civil fines.  According to the new measure, first-time offenders will not get more than a $200 fine for possession. The fine will increase for repeat offenders — $300 for a second offense and $500 for every offense thereafter — but, under the law, marijuana possession will no longer result in the creation of a criminal record.”

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/01/vermont-marijuana-decriminalization_n_3529294.html

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Honduras Startup City Redux: from RED to ZEDE to … Freedom?

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“The legislation triggered fierce opposition by municipalities, which feared competition. Those objections were answered in floor debate by the observation that municipalities could themselves convert to ZEDE, winning all the same advantages. On June 12, 2013, the ZEDE legislation passed by a vote of 102 to 26. In broad terms, the ZEDE legislation authorizes the creation of startup cities that will operate under the supervision, but not direct control, of the central government. The ZEDE might not sound much different from China’s special economic zones or Dubai’s International Financial Centre, but the Hondurans have authored a daring new approach to governance.”

http://www.fee.org/the_freeman/detail/startup-city-redux

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Texas Governor Rick Perry Signs a Pair of Bills Upholding Fourth Amendment

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“With Governor Perry’s signature on HB 912, Texas now joins Idaho, Virginia, Florida, Montana, and Tennessee on the list of states that have enacted laws regulating the use of drones in their sovereign skies.  Meanwhile, on June 14, Governor Perry signed into another important bill.  As explained prior to Governor Perry’s signing of the bill by the blog Law360, HB 2268 ‘would establish the strongest email privacy protections in the U.S. by becoming the first measure to override a provision in the federal Electronic Communications Privacy Act that allows law enforcement to access emails that are open or more than 180 days old using only a subpoena.'”

http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/constitution/item/15789-governor-rick-perry-signs-a-pair-of-bills-upholding-fourth-amendment

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National Lawyers Guild Report Supports Further Marijuana Legalization Initiatives

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“As the nation waits for a response from the White House, the NLG joins other organizations and individuals in calling for the end to marijuana prohibition. ‘Marijuana legalization will create new jobs, generate millions of dollars in tax revenue, and allow law enforcement to focus on serious crimes,’ said Brian Vicente, NLG member and one of the primary authors of Colorado’s legalization amendment. ‘It would be a travesty if the Obama administration used its power to impose marijuana prohibition upon a state whose people have declared, through the democratic process, that they want it to end.'”

http://www.nlg.org/high-crimes-strategies-further-marijuana-legalization-initiatives

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