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Chicago Mayor Daley seeks more gun control -- including bans on semi-auto militia rifles
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"Daley, an ardent gun-control advocate, said that even though guns were not used in the Sept. 11 attack, new gun regulations need to be passed. City attorneys are drafting legislation to require background checks on those who buy weapons at gun shows and to prohibit the sale of several types of semiautomatic military-style weapons to ordinary citizens. The legislation also would require that some types of military-style guns be registered with the state."
"This is different times. Sept. 11 is a different time," Daley said. "The Police Department thinks it's very important." |
Guns Are Not for Us--Say Toyshops
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"LONDON (Reuters) - Guns are not for us -- that is the somber message from toyshops round the world as the U.S. kamikaze attacks cast a dark shadow over parents buying Christmas presents."
This "report" tells us that toy gun sales are down all over the world, more or less, then gives us this quote:
"Hamleys, London's most famous toy store, stopped selling toy guns after the 1996 Dunblane massacre when a crazed gunman ran amok in a Scottish primary school." |
Senator Seeks to Confiscate War Relics, Other Guns
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Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.) added the provision, "...to ensure demilitarization of significant military equipment formerly owned by the Department of Defense," to S. 1438 while it was under review in the Senate Armed Services committee, of which he is chairman.
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Libertarians: Gun Control Impedes Fight against Terrorists
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The Libertarians quoted various media reports as proof that gun sales have increased among all demographic groups, especially women, after the September 11th attacks. Politicians should take notice, Dasbach said, and immediately start repealing laws that prohibit law-abiding Americans from buying and carrying guns to protect themselves and their families.
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Establishment Allows Guns For Pilots But Certainly Not For Patriots
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The Hartford Courant reported that the Connecticut Board of Firearms Permit Examiners denied a handgun permit to Michael Gibbs, a 24 year-old leader of the World Church of the Creator, an organization which the board called "a recognized hate group." Of course, the first question this author asked upon learning of the case is, "recognized’ by whom?" |
Facing up to security challenges -- facial recognition for San Francisco
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"If he tries to fly out of Fresno, Osama bin Laden can be in handcuffs within minutes, caught by new technology in Fresno Yosemite International airport."
"David McDonald, president and chief executive officer of Pelco, the company that designed the PelcoMATCH Facial Recognition System, donated the first installation of the equipment to the airport. Fresno Mayor Alan Autry says it makes ours the safest airport in the nation." |
Second Amendment's right in reality and in court
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"At stake in the gun control debate is whether we control government and defend freedom, or government controls us. Should our defense against hijacking terrorism be limited to government fighter planes shooting down hijacked planes, killing everyone on board, or extended to allowing airplane crews and qualified passengers (such as off-duty law enforcement officials) to take defensive measures without fear of litigation or prosecution?" |
AOL Version: House to Vote on Aviation Security
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But the bills have much in common. Both would allow pilots to carry guns if they are trained and choose to do so. Both would strengthen cockpit doors, screen checked bags and deploy more air marshals on flights. |
UK: Man with homemade shotgun shot dead by police
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"A 30-year-old man brandishing an unloaded home-made shotgun who was shot dead by a police marksman has been named."
"Steven Dickson was gunned down outside his ex-partner's house in the village of Codnor, Derbyshire, following a domestic row."
"Officers had been called to the house by a woman saying Mr Dickson was threatening her with a knife. Officers spoke to him and calmed him down but later he returned to the house with what appeared to be a shotgun."
KABA NOTE: Threats with knives? Banned. Homemade shotguns? Banned. Laws work? Only for law-abiding. |
Former sheriff's deputy charged in battery
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"A former Portage County sheriff's deputy faces a felony battery charge after a domestic disturbance closed down part of a Stevens Point street for several hours."
"Joseph Dougherty, 38, was charged with substantial battery and domestic abuse..."
"Dougherty is accused of striking his girlfriend across the left side of her face and ear, rupturing her eardrum and knocking her to the floor. The report said Dougherty then kicked her in the left leg." |
Man mauled to death by bear(s) while hunting
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"A Great Falls [Montana] man was mauled to death by a bear or bears while hunting late Tuesday night in Powell County near the Blackfoot-Clearwater Wildlife Management Area."
"Game Warden Jeff Campbell of Lincoln said he believes the attack was caused by a grizzly."
"A friend reported the hunter missing after he waited for hours by the hunter's truck hoping he would return." |
Sawed off shotgun called "a weapon of mass destruction"
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The story involves a felon in possession of a firearm. (If it was a non-violent felony, there is nothing constitutional about the prohibition, but that isn't the point of this submission.)
Says the report, "deputies seized four weapons, including a sawed-off shotgun, a rifle and two pistols. Cromartie was charged with possession of a weapon of mass destruction..."
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Swastika-carving former sheriff's deputies are going to federal prison
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"Forest Service officials described Mascher and Price as two grisly characters who dressed in camouflage and toted semi-automatic weapons on their forest forays. An enlarged photograph of the pair leaned against a back wall. In it, the men lounge in portable chairs underneath a swastika they'd gouged in a tree."
Oath-breaking Nazi cops will have a good time in prison. Enjoy. |
Armed farmer dissuades two carloads of Middle Easterners, Sheriff says
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[One item of interest hidden toward the end of the story. Does this count as self defense?]
"In Goodhue County near St. Paul, Sheriff Dean Albers said residents reported on Oct. 7 that two carloads of men who appeared to be Middle Easterners drove away shortly after they were approached by a local landowner and a man who was hunting on the property. Albers said police were unable to find the men." |
Michigan County anti-CCW prosecutor looking for money to prosecute gun crimes
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"Bay County Prosecutor Joseph K. Sheeran secured the Community Gun Violence Grant, which would provide $40,000 a year for the county to hire an assistant prosecutor for three years to focus on crimes involving guns."
"He said his request isn't related to a new state law that makes it easier for people to get permits to carry a concealed weapon. Sheeran opposed the law, and resigned from a county gun board that approves the permits." |
HISD gets high marks for safety
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Hitchcock, TX -- Judy Renick and Charles Gunter of the Texas School Safety Center spent Monday and Tuesday visiting Hitchcock schools ...
Renick and Gunter tour the state by invitation, evaluating schools and training parents, students and school personnel on safety issues. That includes everything from building security to emergency plans and heading off gangs and bullies. |
Libertarians: Repeal all gun laws
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"One result of the recent terrorist attacks in the U.S. has been a surge in gun sales, prompting the Libertarian Party to call on lawmakers to repeal a number of gun-control measures." |
Labor fight may keep air security bill grounded
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The House of Representatives is expected to vote today to give the federal government control over security at airports and on airplanes, but a political dispute over a labor issue could indefinitely delay enactment of the measures. |
(OK) State legislators draw up special security task force
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"State House and Senate leaders created a special task force Wednesday to examine security issues in Oklahoma, mainly the state's ability to protect its citizens from a terrorist attack.
[House Speaker Larry] Adair said the first duty of government is public safety.
Group members assured the public the state is ready for disasters, and would respond quickly to any threat, including bioterrorism."
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