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NY: Rhinebeck gun club litigation costs rise
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"The town has incurred $5,400 in legal expenses arguing, without success so far, that the Northern Dutchess Rod and Gun Club requires a zoning variance to upgrade its target-shooting facility and lighting scheme."
"At a Town Board meeting earlier this week, Town Attorney Scott Volkman said the cost, nonetheless, is expected to stay within a $10,000 budget approved five months ago."
"'I do not expect to go over that original estimate,' he said. 'It would be an opportunity for some cost sharing on the part of the two appellants, the private citizens as well as the town, at least as it pertains to the preparations of working on an appeal.'" ... |
NE: Prosecutors drop charge against man in fatal shooting
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"Lancaster County prosecutors Wednesday dropped a firearms charge against a Lincoln man connected with the fatal shooting of 19-year-old Lerodrick Johns."
"Jemaine Sidney, 18, had been charged with shooting a firearm into an occupied vehicle. Johns was a passenger in the vehicle and was struck by a bullet." ...
"Prosecutors have alleged Lerodrick Johns' brother, Kevin Johns, 25, drove his car into the driveway at 731 S. 21st St. and fired one shot at a person standing on exterior steps of the duplex."
"The person, Sidney, returned fire."
"Prosecutors said Wednesday they decided to dismiss the charge against Sidney because they believed they could not prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he did not shoot in self defense." ... |
PA: How gang got 'easy' access to a gang of arms
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... "The Sigarms Sig Pro semiautomatic .357 was the gun favored by the Manny Boo gang. All told, police retrieved five of these German-made guns from members."
"The pistols are more commonly used by cops than criminals. Homicide Lt. Philip Riehl said he hasn't come across one since his law enforcement task force put Manny Boo and his gang away."
"Manny Boo's gangsters got friends and girlfriends to buy their Sig Sauer guns at a South Philadelphia gun shop, the Firing Line, according to police."
"Buying guns for other people this way is known as straw purchasing."
"City Councilman Darrell Clarke said current gun laws in Philadelphia and Pennsylvania make it too simple for criminals to get weapons." ... |
MI: Range ruling irks hunters
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"It's been busy at the Island Lake State Recreation Area Shooting Range lately as hunters hone their skills before the start of firearm deer season Monday."
"But as the gun enthusiasts took aim at their targets during a visit last weekend, many of them worried it would be the last time they would be able to use the range. A Livingston County judge has approved an injunction ordering the entire complex - both the rifle range and the skeet, trap and sporting clay range - closed." ...
"'We had a gun range at Proud Lake (State Recreation Area), and the encroachment of civilization closed that one,' said Barry Mathews of Canton. Mathews said the way things are going, there eventually won't be any public ranges for hunters and shooting aficionados." |
South Africa: Hijacker killed in shootout with driver
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"A hijacker was shot dead after he and his companion made off with a car in Krugersdorp on Thursday, West Rand police said."
"A 24-year-old man was getting into his Honda Civic in the parking lot of a metal company in Millsite, Krugersdorp, when he was approached by two men around 10.30am, Inspector Yolande Bouwer said."
"One of the men held him at gunpoint while the other searched him and took his car keys and cellphone."
"As the men were driving away, a shootout ensued between them and the driver."
"Kagiso police found the car, riddled with bullet holes in Kagiso, around 11.45am ..."
"One of the men was found dead in the car. He had been shot in the head."
"His companion is still at large, armed with the pistol." ...
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FL: Police Taser 6 Year Old Elementary Student
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"A 6-year-old boy was subdued with a Taser while wielding a piece of glass and threatening to hurt himself in the principal's office, officials said Thursday."
"The boy, who was not identified, was shocked by police with 50,000 volts of electric current on Oct. 20 at Kelsey Pharr Elementary School."
"Principal Maria Mason called 911 after the child broke a picture frame in her office and waved the piece of glass, holding a security guard back."
"When two Miami-Dade County police officers and a school officer arrived, the boy had already cut himself under his eye and on his hand."
"The officers talked to the boy without success. When he cut his own leg, one officer shocked him with a Taser, then another grabbed him to prevent him from falling, police said." ... |
TX: Officers pushing for stiffer assault gun laws
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"Law enforcement officers are speaking out about the need to reform gun laws following a deadly shootout that took a man’s life near Weslaco last week."
"An officer with the Texas Department of Public Safety had come across a man he suspected was drunk inside his car on Mile 12 North on Oct. 30. As the trooper was detaining the driver, later identified as Cipriano Briones, the man broke free and drove away. During the chase, Briones started firing an automatic weapon out his window. The trooper was injured when a bullet fragment ricocheted and hit his face."
"Briones was shot and killed by law enforcement officers after an unnamed civilian collided with him and brought his car to a stop."
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KY: Artillery unit combed for missing weapon
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"Members of the 3rd Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, remained 'locked down' today at Fort Campbell as the unit searches for a missing rifle."
"Maj. Tom Bryant, the public affairs officer of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, of which the artillery unit is attached, said the weapon sought is an M-4 carbine."
"Bryant said the weapon came up missing between 2 and 5 a.m., Wednesday."
"'The unit 'lock down' means the unit has been limited to its home battalion area while the investigation takes place,' said Bryant."
"The military police and the Criminal Investigation Division are leading the investigation. There are about 250 soldiers of all ranks affected in this search." ... |
Haiti: Amnesty condemns Haitian human rights failures
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"Rights group Amnesty International has condemned what it said were summary executions by police, serious human rights abuses and an alarming number of illegal detentions in Haiti."
"After an 18-day visit to the impoverished Caribbean nation, Amnesty called on the interim government to investigate the police, and urged it and a UN peacekeeping force to carry out a program of disarmament." [emphasis added]
"While acknowledging interim Prime Minister Gerard Latortue inherited numerous problems from the ousted democratically-elected president Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Amnesty said, 'None of these difficulties can be invoked by state agents to justify violations of human rights committed in total impunity'." ...
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Jamaica: No covering up of police killings, says Nicholson
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"Attorney-General and Minister of Justice A J Nicholson yesterday criticised the human rights group, Jamaicans For Justice, which had accused the government of covering up police excesses."
"'The administration of which I am a member does not support killings that are undertaken outside the ambit of the laws of Jamaica. There will be no confidence in the security forces if the government is perceived as sanctioning unlawful killings,' ..."
"'... Killings by the police and by soldiers are justifiable only when done in self-defence or in any other circumstances permitted by law,' he said." [emphasis added] ...
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France: Three injured in Eiffel tower shooting [after suspect grabs cop's pistol]
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A Venezuelan man swiped a policeman’s pistol and opened fire today at the foot of the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
One police officer and two security guards were injured, officials said.
The man, aged in his 30s, was taken into custody after the incident, which took place as he was being questioned for attempting to enter a restricted area of the Paris monument, said French police.
The suspect grabbed the pistol while he was handcuffed behind his back, the officials said.
The man was not further identified, and an investigation was under way.
The officer was hit in the arm, and a security guard suffered a bullet wound to the shoulder.
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IN: Israeli students co-exist with guns
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Adam Noble (Nov. 4), whose opinion I respect, responded in the Exponent to a letter by Bill Arevalo (Oct. 27), a student who frequents his university while carrying a loaded gun concealed on his person. Mr. Noble expressed his disdain with the carrying of arms on campus.
However, he should visit Tel Aviv University in Israel, where it is possible to see some students coming to study with fully automatic assault rifles (me included) as well as privately owned pistols. This does not infringe upon its academic atmosphere at all. As far as I know, there has never been a rape on campus. As to the question of what these guns are for, the answer is "nothing at all, we hope."
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ID: Police find weapons at high school [two days in a row]
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"On two consecutive days recently, police found students with weapons at Minico High School."
"On Nov. 3, Minidoka County Sheriff Department officer Gary Overlin responded to a report that school security officer Phil Sillin had discovered a student with a stun gun, according to the police report."
"A teacher had been told that the 16-year-old suspect and a friend had been carrying a knife, two stun guns, four walkie-talkies and other items not allowed on school property in their backpacks." ...
"The following day, Detective Randy White responded to a report that a 17-year-old student had been seen drinking on school property."
"Sillin said he had been told that the student was drinking on campus and got permission to search his car. A bottle of Jack Daniels whiskey and a loaded .22 caliber rifle were found in the car." ... |
MS: School exec downplays gun incident
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"A Brandon Middle School sixth-grader accused of bringing an unloaded pistol to school may have done it to impress his friends, a school official said Thursday."
"'I know this is going to upset a lot of parents, but I hope in a way it gives them confidence that our system works,' said Matthew Evans, Rankin County school district assistant superintendent. 'It wasn't 15 minutes between the time we heard about it and the time it was resolved.'"
"While he was caught within 15 minutes of administrators being told, the boy apparently had the gun throughout the school day." ... |
WI: Hunters set scopes on the prize
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"New hunting rifle: $450."
"Blaze-orange hunting clothes: $179."
"Wisconsin deer hunting license: $20."
"Missing a 10-point buck because you didn’t sight in your gun: priceless."
"And if you spend the time, and the $4, to sight in your gun at a local range, you can help the community and other sportsmen in the process."
"Several area gun clubs open their ranges to the public in the weeks leading up to Wisconsin’s gun-deer hunting season and run supervised clinics to allow people to tune up their rifles and shotguns. This year’s season starts Nov. 20."
"At De Pere Sportsman’s Club, hunters can sight in their guns at marks from 25 yards to 100 yards. Club members volunteer their time and help gun owners troubleshoot problems when they can’t hit their mark." ... |
AL: Shooting Club hosts annual rifle match
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"The Alexander City Shooting Club will host the first rifle competition Nov. 14. The event will begin at 2 p.m. This is an event for the entire family. With opening day of gun season quickly approaching, this would be a great way to get that old rifle warmed up. ..." ...
"Entry fee will be $10 per shooter. The club will attempt to return 60 percent of the entry fees to the shooters. Number of paid winning places to be determined by match director." ... |
IN: Hunters await firearms season
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"One of America's oldest traditions and Michiana's most popular hunting season kicks off in Indiana Saturday when hunters can pursue deer with a gun."
"The Hoosier firearms season runs until Nov. 28 while Michigan hunters must wait until Monday and can hunt until Nov. 30. Hoosier hunters may also use archery equipment during the firearms season."
"Hunting prospects are about the same as last year, according to biologists in both states. However, Indiana officials report that the harvest during early archery season (opened Oct. 1) has been running slightly behind 2003 figures. On the other hand, statewide weather hasn't provided favorable hunting conditions and that could impact harvest numbers." ... |
MO: Hunters play by new rules
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"Carrying armfuls of clothing at Springfield's Bass Pro Outdoor World earlier this week, Rick and Nina Crowe prepared for today's start of firearms deer season."
"The Osage County couple estimated they would spend $500 on clothing and gear during their shopping trip."
"That kind of spending helps turn deer hunting not only into a popular outdoor activity in Missouri, but into an $800 million business, the Missouri Department of Conservation estimates."
"This season, though, won't be business as usual for hunters, who will have to consider new regulations as they head into Missouri's fields and forests." ... |
MI: State deer hunters answer Cabela's call of the wild
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"There was the Lebanese native who grew up hunting birds with his father not all that far from Beirut, looking for a scope for his vintage rifle."
"There was the man from Indian River, donning a pair of hearing enhancers, which were really earmuffs with microphones on the outside, so that a deer's footsteps might be heard more easily. He was perusing the aisles of the massive store getting ready to take his 14-year-old daughter deer hunting for the first time."
"There was the man from Clinton, in search of deer scents, who used to hunt up north but now stays close to home because his wife has cancer. There was the woman from Milan, who rides horses and shoots pistols and who can't think of anything better than hitting the woods with her husband in November." ...
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MN: Young Hunter Learns Lessons From His Father
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"Lots of shots boomed through the woods early on Saturday morning where Brad Trevena was deer hunting southeast of Bigfork. Saturday marked the opening of Minnesota's 16-day firearms deer hunt, and a good share of an expected 400,000 deer hunters were getting shots."
"But Trevena hadn't heard what he most wanted to hear."
"'The shot I want to hear is that .30-30,' said the man from Proctor, Minn."
"Trevena was talking about his grandfather's old rifle, the Winchester Model 94 that was now in the hands of Ryan Vanderscheuren of Cloquet. Vanderscheuren, 18, is a friend of Trevena's son, Josh, 18, a student at Itasca Community College in Grand Rapids. ..." ... |
NH: In deer season, residents urged to think safety
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"New Hampshire’s firearm deer hunting season began Wednesday, and members of local game clubs are asking hunters and non-hunters to be aware of each other until the season ends Dec. 5."
"In 2003, New Hampshire hunters took 9,492 deer during the firearm, archery and muzzleloader seasons. The firearm season is the most popular statewide, bringing many of the state’s approximately 67,000 deer hunters into the field over 26 days, according to New Hampshire Fish and Game Department."
"The agency estimates this year’s deer population at about 85,000, with the greatest portion in the southern part of the state. Local hunters are looking forward to a bountiful season." ... |
DC: One Week Back on Job, Cabdriver Slain in D.C.
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"Andrew B. Kamara drove a taxicab for nearly a decade but gave up his job three months ago to concentrate on fixing and reselling cars, his passion."
"But the 50-year-old father of six returned to his old trade last week to earn extra cash so he could visit his mother and other relatives in Sierra Leone. Early yesterday, D.C. police found Kamara fatally shot in the front seat of his taxi in Northwest Washington."
"Police believe that Kamara was the victim of a robbery. His death might also be connected to four others taxi robberies in upper Northwest in the last few weeks, police said." ...
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Canada: Gun registry costs rise
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"The Canadian Firearms Program will cost taxpayers another $120 million."
"'It seems more like a money grab than anything,' said Tom Hoy, an acquisition and possession instructor in Brandon."
"'To me, it's not going in the right place.'"
"Hoy was 'shocked' to learn more money was being allocated for the program."
"'I thought after all that's been wasted on this, it would be cut back. It seems like we're flogging a dead horse,' he said." ...
"'The government says that the objective of the Canadian Firearms Centre is to reduce firearm tragedies, accidental deaths or injuries, and criminal firearms violence by strengthening controls on firearms,' said [Conservative MP Inky] Mark." ... |
Belgium: Four killed by gunman in Belgium
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Four people have been killed in two shootings this morning in western Belgium.
Police are searching for a single gunman believed to be responsible for both attacks.
Two women were killed at around 3am (0200 GMT) in Nieuwerkerken, near the city of Aalst, and two men shot to death later in Sint-Armandsberg, on the outskirts of Ghent.
Police suspect the same assailant shot all four people. There was no immediate indication of a possible motive for the shootings.
A man was also seriously wounded during the first shooting in Nieuwerkerken, while a house where the shootings took place in Sint-Armandsberg was set on fire. |
Trinidad: Valencia family held with guns, ammo
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A VALENCIA family of five, including two schoolboys, were held yesterday for possession of three firearms and three rounds of ammunition. They are expected to appear before a Sangre Grande Magistrate today. According to reports, at around 12.30 pm, officers of the Sangre Grande CID led by Cpl Jaimungal went to a house on the Valencia Old Road where they executed a search warrant and found three 16 gauge homemade shotguns and three rounds of 16 gauge ammunition. A lorry loader, 48, his 25-year-old wife, sons aged 14 and 12 and a friend, 64, a retired technician of Santa Rosa Heights, Arima, were arrested. |
Ghana: Enforce law on illegal possession of firearms
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"Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, the Asantehene, has called for stricter enforcement of the law on illegal possession of firearms. This, he said, had become necessary, since the country could not pretend to be far away from the trouble spots in the West African sub-region."
"Otumfuo Osei Tutu said this in an address read on his behalf by the Atipinhene, Oheneba Osei Agyeman Badu, at the launch of the campaign on small arms and light weapons in Kumasi on Wednesday. It was organised by the Ghana National Commission on Small Arms, with support from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)." ...
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Pakistan: Ban on air guns import resented
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"A local importer of air guns and pistols expressed surprise over the government decision to put the item on the list of banned item despite allowing the import of non prohibited bore arms and ammunition."
"Baroda Sports said in a press release, the federal commerce minister while announcing the trade policy for 2004-05, declared lifting of ban on import of non prohibited bore arms and ammunition."
"It claimed that as air guns and pistols also fell in the same category, a request to import them had been turned down by the ministry contrary to the announcement made by the minister."
"It contended that local made items were too heavy as well as not perfect in use. So it was unfit for any shooting competition." ... |
UK: Replica guns are removed from sale
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"REPLICA guns on sale at a mainline train station, are to be sent back to suppliers after a hail of complaints."
"Last week the High&I reported that realistic firearms were being sold openly at a stall in Wells Terrace outside Finsbury Park station."
"Colin Agett, 62, from Hornsey and his wife noticed the fake guns when waiting for a bus home."
"They complained to trading standards officers and Hornsey and Wood Green MP Barbara Roche, who, together with the Friends of Finsbury Park lobbied for action." ...
"The stall owners - who last week said they would stop selling guns when stocks sold out - have now agreed to withdraw them immediately." ... |
Ivory Coast: Rioters rape Europeans as they flee from Ivory Coast
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"Several dozen white women have been raped in the Ivory Coast over the past week, as pro-government gangs plundered the homes and businesses of Europeans, although last night an uneasy calm prevailed in the capital, Abidjan."
"The men from the Young Patriots movement loyal to the Ivory Coast's president Laurent Gbagbo had attacked the women in retaliation for what they felt to be unjust French interference in their country's internal affairs, the French military said yesterday. General Henri Poncet said in Ivory Coast: 'There have been rapes. There were ... tragedies for a certain number of women.'" ...
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UK: Women hit back on mean streets
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"ATTACKERS who target women on the streets of Manchester may be in for a nasty shock in future - thanks to self-defence skills learned from crack commandos."
"The Royal Navy and the Royal Marines are joining forces with police to run free classes designed to give women the basic skills to defend themselves."
"PT instructors from the Navy and the Marines hope to pass on the skills to about 200 women during two days of training at The Sugden Centre, Manchester Metropolitan University next Monday and Tuesday." ...
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