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John Longnecker: School Shootings, Armed Teachers, And A Greatly Improved School Safety
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"... let's look at the question of arming teachers versus arming students versus arming staff or security. Let's look at it as how best to work for the safety of our adult and minor children at school as well as that of Teachers."
"Arming adult students is the most effective for several reasons. This, of course, includes armed employees, armed parents and other visitors who have a right to be on campus."
"1. Gun owners know that — as citizens — they have all legal authority to use up to lethal force when in the reasonable apprehension of grave danger – wherever it finds them. These citizens assert that administrations have no legal authority to interfere with this as gun bans do – admissions agreement or not. ..." ... |
We're the Only Ones Automatically Secret Enough
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"The Albany Police Officers Union wants to keep secret the names of any officers who illicitly purchased machine guns through the department years ago." "Naturally. And we'd expect them to fight just as hard for the principle that non-'Only Ones' deserve the same privacy considerations when they intentionally violate gun edicts, right?"
"Seriously, how come these elites aren't being prosecuted?"
"The U.S. attorney's office declined to take action on the Albany gun purchases. Federal prosecutors in Albany were briefed about the matter four years ago by the ATF, sources in the investigation said." "Right. That's the same BATFU that's throwing all the king's horses and all the king's men at destroying Red's Trading Post ..." ... |
SC: Homeowner Shoots 2 Burglars
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"Spartanburg County deputies said two home invasion robbers were shot early Tuesday morning by the homeowner they tried to burglarize."
"Deputies said that the men forced their way into the home on Harley Court about 4 a.m."
"Lamont Dawkins, the homeowner, said that he heard glass break and someone kicking at his back door."
"Dawkins told WYFF News 4 that the men were shouting that they were from the 'Spartanburg County Police.'"
"Spartanburg County does not have a police force. Dawkins said that he grabbed a pistol gun and hid behind his refrigerator."
"When the men came into the home, Dawkins fired what he says was about five rounds. There was a bullet hole in the fence outside the home."
"The men ran away." ... |
PA: Armed intruder fatally shot in E. Liberty
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"A man in an East Liberty apartment fatally shot one of two men who broke into the residence early Monday, Pittsburgh police said."
"The men, one of whom had a gun, entered the apartment ... about 3:15 a.m. ... A man in the apartment grabbed a shotgun and shot the armed intruder in the side of the head when he pointed a gun at residents ..."
"Police are trying to determine the identity of the man who died at the scene. The other intruder fled by jumping out of a window but was caught outside by police." ... |
NY: Police: Putnam, NY homeowner killed man he thought was intruder
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Police say a Putnam County homeowner shot and killed a man who he thought was trying to break into his home while his family slept.
State police charged Peter Guerriero, of Putnam Lake, with manslaughter Monday in the death of 32-year-old David Schachnow, of Southeast.
They say the 42-year-old Guerriero shot Schachnow in front of his house early that morning on a walkway that leads up to the front door and a deck. Schachnow was pronounced dead at 3:58 a.m. at a local hospital.
State Police Capt. Keith Corlett says that it does not appear that Guerriero intentionally caused Schachnow's death, "but recklessly did it."
Guerriero's attorney refused to comment on the charges. |
South Africa: Man, 77, allegedly guns down intruder
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Police opened a murder case after a 77-year-old man allegedly killed an intruder in his Vredehoek home early this morning.
Police said they were investigating the incident.
ER 24 spokesperson Derrick Banks said a man in his late 20s had allegedly broken into a home in Vredehoek at about 6am.
"He apparently hit the 77-year-old occupant of the house over the head with a plank," said Banks.
The elderly man retaliated and a shot was fired.
Banks said when paramedics arrived on the scene they found the intruder dead on the doorstep.
When the Cape Argus visited the house, the man was clearing glass from his lounge. On spotting the media, he came to the gate and said he did not want to talk about the incident. |
Empty Holsters Make a Point but Are Still a Fashion No-No
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"The Second Amendment is having a moment. Students for Concealed Carry on Campus has organized a protest of concealed weapons bans at colleges. As part of the protest, students all over the country are wearing empty holsters this week, the O'Collegian reports. 'It is a chance to draw attention to our cause,' said one Oklahoma State University protester."
"Some opponents of the ban argue that carrying weapons makes campuses safer and point to the Virginia Tech shooting as an incident in which other students carrying weapons could have prevented more violence. 'We think one person at the right place at the right time could have lessened or eliminated the body count,' said a Miami University student." ... |
UT: Weber State University Offering Concealed Weapons Class
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"Events on Tuesday will commemorate the six-month anniversary of an incident that shocked the nation. A student at Virginia Tech systematically gunned down students and teachers, killing 32."
"At one university in Utah that incident is being used to justify a push for more concealed weapons."
"Some professors are packing heat and maybe some students too. A class in Weber State University's Continuing Education Program is specifically aimed at getting people on and off campus to carry guns."
"Classroom instructions are given by a professor of anthropology, who doubles as a concealed weapons instructor. Ron Holt says, '... 99.99 times you'll never need it, but if you ever do need it, you'll probably really need it.'" ... |
OH: UC Students Rally To Carry Guns On Campus
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"College students here in the Tri-State and across the nation rally for their safety this week."
"They want to carry guns on campus. To make their point, many students plan to wear empty holsters all week."
"Students with concealed carry permits want to be allowed to carry their guns on campus. Using the Virginia Tech massacre as an example, they say students who met the requirements to carry a concealed weapon could have changed the outcome that day."
"UC Sophomore, Michael Filtcraft, says taking away students' weapons leaves them helpless in an attack. ..." ... |
CO: Guns dangerous in schools, homes
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"Last month two more fatal shootings took place on college campuses killing two athletes. ..."
"Why? Anger? Some of us are angry every day, or every week. Most of us get angry at least once a month. But I didn't shoot anybody. You didn't either. They did. But who are they? Not just the disturbed individuals that shot these young men, but those on other campuses too."
"Virginia Tech, University of Washington, Shepherd, Case Western, Arizona Nursing College, Appalachian School of Law and the University of Arkansas all suffered the meaningless loss of life since 2000. At the hands of angry human beings-- angry human beings with guns still on our campuses." ... |
IA: Firearms trigger little talk despite their pull
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"Brian Halterman is keeping an eye on how presidential candidates answer gun control questions."
"Halterman, a 39-year-old rural Keokuk resident, has noticed the issue has not taken center stage as it had in previous elections, and that is a concern to him."
"'For me, it's a fairly large issue,' Halterman said, just moments before an appearance of Democratic presidential candidate Bill Richardson this month in Fort Madison. 'I collect antique weapons, and I believe I have the right to do that.'" ... |
CA: Getting Away With Murder
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"Here is a particularly woeful crime statistic from the Federal Bureau of Investigation: nationwide, nearly 40 percent of all homicides go unsolved each year. In California, the percentage of unsolved homicides is even higher, but a groundbreaking measure signed into law earlier this month by the state’s Republican governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, offers a realistic hope for bringing more murderers, gang members and other armed criminals to justice."
"Under the new measure — the Crime Gun Identification Act — manufacturers of semiautomatic weapons will have to equip new guns sold in California starting in 2010 with inexpensive technology known as microstamping. ..." ... |
MN: Golden Valley wants new trial in Hixon case
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"Lawyers for the city of Golden Valley are requesting a new trial in a federal excessive-force case in which Al Hixon was awarded $778,000 after police mistook him for a bank robber and pepper-sprayed him two years ago." ...
"Hixon was changing his oil at a Golden Valley gas station in 2005 when a nearby bank was robbed. Although the robber was white and Hixon is black, Hernandez helped a fellow officer pin Hixon face down before pepper-spraying him." ...
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NY: Crooked-Cop Cases Surge
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"THE number of NYPD cops using drugs, stealing property - even from the dead - and committing other acts of corruption, including extorting sex from female suspects, spiked sharply last year, according to a confidential NYPD report."
"The astonishing wrongdoing in cluded everything from cops solicit ing sex in exchange for overlooking crimes to stealing credit cards from the homes of dead people to hiring a hit man to commit murder." ...
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LA: No means no
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"A Tulane University police officer was let go after a student reported he made unwanted sexual advances toward him and may have even used a taser to incapacitate and rape him."
"... The officer escorted the student to his room and officer pushed his way inside. Before the student could call for help, he felt a sharp pain in his neck and blacked out. He woke up the next morning without clothes on and had two deep holes in his neck, similar to those left by a taser ..."
"The victim contacted an advocate separate from the University to help him file a report with the TUPD and the New Orleans Police Department. An administrative third party and the University held a meeting and let the officer go before any charges could be filed." ... |
KY: Deputies suspended after Taser incident
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We have new details about a Taser incident that has two Jefferson County sheriffs deputies in trouble.
One of those deputies apparently shot a judge's clerk with his Taser at the Hall of Justice, according to Deputy Circuit Court Clerk Larry Bond.
Bond says the judge's clerk was startled but didn't require medical attention after he was hit with the Taser Friday.
Bond believes a deputy sheriff was changing the cartridge in his Taser gun when it accidentally went off.
A spokesman for the sheriff's office will only say that they're investigating an unauthorized use of a Taser.
Two deputies have been suspended with pay while the investigation is underway. |
WI: Racine officer faces charges for sexual activity with underage drinker in squad
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"A Racine police officer faces criminal charges for engaging in sexual activity in his squad with an underage drinker he saw urinate in public on July 3."
"Officer Frank Williams, 37, of Racine, is charged with one count of misconduct in public office. He could face up to $10,000 in fines and 3 1/2 years imprisonment."
"The charges come after the Racine County Sheriff’s Department investigated a complaint made by a 20-year-old woman, who said Williams touched her inappropriately in his squad car after he caught her urinating in public on July 3. She made the complaint to the Racine Police Department on July 4." ...
"DNA analysis found the woman’s genetic material on Williams' squad microphone, according to court records." ... |
NY: Officer Surrenders After Road-Rage Shooting
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"A New York City police officer turned himself in to colleagues on the street yesterday and said he might have shot and killed another driver."
"... Jayson Tirado, 25, raised his hand, pointed a finger at the officer ..."
"At that point, the officer is believed to have opened fire with his 9-millimeter mini-Glock handgun, the police said." ...
"Mr. Tirado’s two passengers ... said in interviews yesterday evening that the other driver did not identify himself as an officer before opening fire." ...
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OH: Ohio Cop 'Shocked' Over Criticism
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"A police officer who resigned last month amid an uproar over homemade Web videos disparaging blacks, Jews and other minorities said she's shocked that some labeled her a racist."
"'I've never been a racist, it's not in my heart,' Susan Purtee told Columbus television station WBNS."
"In videos posted on YouTube.com, Purtee and her sister refer to blacks, Jews, Cubans and illegal immigrants as 'filthy' and accuse Jews of abusing their positions within the media and entertainment industries."
"Purtee, a 15-year patrol officer, was initially reassigned to a desk job in late August after the videos came to light and were condemned by city officials. She announced her resignation Sept. 14. ..." ... |
CA: Bradbury Play Censored by 'Undercover' California Official
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"A California 'undercover investigator' identifying himself to this reporter as 'Agent Egan' entered the Fremont Center Theatre at 8:00 PM curtain time tonight and halted the performance of Pulitzer Prize and National Medal of Arts author Ray Bradbury’s play Dandelion Wine. ..."
"The play ... includes performances by several young actors, and ... reference was made to an obscure California law requiring a State of California licensed teacher to be present at all performances with young actors. ... The play’s director ... later suggested to this reporter that the play’s cancellation might have more to do with Mr. Egan’s finding an excuse to shut down the performance due to his previously having been denied free tickets to the play." ... |
CA: Nothing wrong with selling ammo
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"This is in response to the letter 'Take ammo, liquor from Wal-Mart shelves,' published Oct. 19."
"I support and encourage the American Canyon Wal-Mart to continue selling firearm ammunition. The Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution guarantees all law-abiding citizens the right to keep and bear arms. Why would anyone want to constrict this fundamental civil right? ..."
"Secondly, Napa is a rural county that offers thousands of acres of public hunting grounds and several public shooting ranges. The waterfowl hunting areas in the Napa Marsh are just minutes away from the very Wal-Mart in question. Hunters are the original environmentalists in this country ..." ... |
CO: Furtive guns and secrecy
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"In Hinsdale County, one in 10 people has a concealed-weapons permit. ..." ...
"In such a place, which still shows the imprint of the Old West, it is perhaps not surprising that 10 percent of the population can legally pack a concealed weapon. Nor is it shocking that, just over the Great Divide, one in eight Mineral County residents has such a permit."
"Here in Boulder County, the ratio is much lower: One in 191 residents has a concealed-weapons permit ... Knowing who holds permits is a matter of public concern. Sadly, these records remain secret from the citizens whose government decides who will and who won't be allowed to pack heat surreptitiously." ... |
NY: Turkey shoot was a golden opportunity
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"On a sunny, warm and colorful fall Sunday, nearly 500 people came to the Falcon Sportsmen's Club's annual Turkey Shoot."
"Sunday marked the 50th anniversary of the highly anticipated fall gathering. For all five decades, the gathering has been an important fundraiser for the club."
"'This is one of the main moneymakers for the club,' said Harvard Harding, club president. 'We wouldn't be able to keep the club alive without it.'"
"For many participants, the shoot has been a long-standing family tradition." ... |
NY: Cache of Weapons Found in Vacant Upper Darby Home
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"Upper Darby police are looking into the discovery of a small but potentially lethal cache of weapons found in the basement of a duplex home late Monday night." ...
"Chitwood ... adds that the last occupant of that property is an Irish immigrant who returned to his homeland 'under questionable circumstances' within the last two weeks." ...
"While it appears that none of the weapons were stolen, it’s unclear where they came from or why they were being stored there."
"Included in the stash, according to Chitwood, were .45-caliber handguns, a .223 assault rifle, and a .45-caliber machine gun."
"Chitwood vowed that the weapons, which he labeled as 'war guns' not appropriate for hunting, would be melted down for use as nails." |
NY: Guns: For the people
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"'A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not infringed'"
"When it comes to the creation, interpretation and, ultimately, the enforcement of laws wording is everything. The anti-gun crowd understands this quite well and has invested considerable effort in the analysis of the language of the Second Amendment. They are bent on using semantics to make the Constitution meet their needs despite knowing that these needs in no way match the original intent of the founding fathers."
"The most cherished argument of those against guns is their belief, based upon their bastardization of the wording, that the right to bear arms is a collective one ..." ... |
CT: A-hunting We Will Go
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"It was quiet out there – too quiet."
"As my son, Tom, and I loped over the sandy trails last Sunday in the Albany Pine Bush Preserve – a spectacular, richly diverse, 3,010-acre ecosystem that is one of the largest of only about 20 such inland pine barrens in the world – I couldn’t shake the feeling that we were being watched."
"Sure enough, we rounded a bend and came face-to-face with three camo-clad hunters carrying crossbows. I don’t know about you, but as far as I’m concerned few incentives to pick up the pace are more powerful than men armed with deadly weapons. ..." ... |
MD: Black Bear Hunt Begins Despite Activists' Protests
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"Maryland's black bear hunting season opened Monday with a record-large bruin and a survey from the Humane Society of the United States showing public disapproval of the hunt."
"Coty Jones, 20, of Fishing Creek downed the 615-pound, eight-feet-tall male with her rifle."
"Mary Bubala reports on the controversy over the bear hunt."
"Some 200 hunters headed into the woods Monday looking for bears, despite protests to stop them."
"There were cries for action in Annapolis as dozens of animal rights activists called on the governor to halt Monday morning's bear hunt in far Western Maryland." ... |
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