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A leap in the dark
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"The midterm election has given us evil twins — a Department of Homeland Security and a Middle Eastern war. The unintended consequences will be costly to Americans and come back to haunt Republicans and conservatives." ... |
Who's to blame for gun violence?
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"And you thought Solomon had it tough. Dividing a baby might seem simple compared to the task attempted by a Florida jury last week." ...
"And how about the National Rifle Association? It treats every possible restriction on gun makers - even the most sensible ones - as if jackbooted thugs are stealing the stripes off the flag. Does the NRA bear culpability? As long as we're splitting the baby?"
"Where do you stop? The schools? The churches? The neighborhood? The bullet maker?"
"In the end, you have just one weapon, one shooter and one corpse. But as this jury found out, when it comes to gun violence in America, the math is never that simple." |
Killings stir gun database debate
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"Calm may have been restored with the arrest of two suspects in the Washington-area sniper case, but the debate over ballistic fingerprinting laws continues to rage."
"The killing spree has led to an outcry for a national ballistic fingerprinting law to help link guns used in crimes to their owners." ...
"But gun rights supporters said the system is flawed in several ways and is nothing more than a back-door effort to scrap the Constitutional guarantee of a right to bear arms for law-abiding citizens." ... |
OH: "Saturday Night Special" ban sunsetting in Toledo
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"The City of Toledo's three year ban on so-called Saturday Night Specials is sunsetting, and interested Toledoans will have the opportunity to voice their opinion on the law's renewal."
"The Toledo Blade recently reported that burglaries in Lucas Co. are up 24 percent, robberies are up 27 percent, and car theft is up 34 percent. Wasn't rising crime the reason Carty and the Toledo city council made lawful firearms ownership nearly impossible in Toledo in the first place?" ... |
Amendment to Homeland Security Bill Defeated
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"Senate Democrats today failed in an attempt to kill what they described as "special interest" favors in legislation to create a Department of Homeland Security, and the bill appeared headed for swift enactment."
"The Senate voted 52-47 to reject an amendment that would have removed from the bill seven provisions that Democrats said were favors to friends of Republicans." ...
"With the amendment out of the way, the Senate was set to ...end five months of contentious debate on how to carry out the most monumental reorganization of the federal government in over half a century." ... |
VA: Fake officer
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"A gentleman was showing off a badge that said Richmond Detective on it...at one point, the gentleman even pulled it out and pinned it on one of the patrons."
"The badge was a fake. Keyser actually works part time at a store inside nearby Southpark Mall."
"After police questioned him about the incident, he turned over several police badges, a fake police ID, and a 9mm pistol. Police say the shields can be purchased off the Internet or from stores that sell merchandise to police officers." ... |
UK: Teen gunman avoids custodial sentence
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"A TEENAGER who caused a pistol stand-off with armed cops in Brixton has escaped a custodial sentence." ...
"Only afterwards were police able to tell that it was a BB gun which looks identical to the real thing."
"The youth, who cannot be named, was found guilty of possession of an imitation firearm." ...
"A district judge gave the teenager a three-month action plan order at Balham Youth Court yesterday."
"He was also given a 10pm to 7am curfew to run for the same period." ... |
UK: Battle of the tap room
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"Armed with a gun and a baseball bat, the ...pair weren't banking on the muscle-power of bar manager Andy Duckworth - an ex-Royal Marine and veteran of the Falklands and Gulf wars." ...
"John punched one raider while his barman soaked another in beer; and a regular hit one with a snooker queue. Other drinkers barricaded them in the living area of the Pack Horse."
"To escape the wrath of the boozers, the gang had to smash a window and injured themselves leaping 20ft on to concrete." ... |
NH: Federal lawsuit charges police brutality
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"The lawsuit ...names Collins, police officers Stephen Shultz and Theodore Korontjis and the town of Newmarket as defendants."
"In his lawsuit, LaFramboise charges excessive force, illegal arrest and false imprisonment, trespass, failure to render medical care, assault and battery, municipal liability, supervisory liability, conspiracy to violate civil rights, negligence, intentional infliction of emotional distress, malicious prosecution and abuse of process." ... |
Who is It?
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"The National Institute of Standards and Technology this month will release large-scale test results for 14 vendors’ facial-recognition systems."
"P. Jonathon Phillips, an electronic engineer in NIST’s Visual Image Processing Group, said he has been evaluating such products since 1992..."
"More recently, NIST has been conducting the Face Recognition Vendor Test 2002 under a mandate in the USA Patriot Act of 2001." ... |
Judge: Cincinnati cannot sue out-of-state gun associations
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Hamilton Co. Common Pleas Court Judge Robert Ruehlman ruled Friday that Cincinnati cannot sue non-Ohio gun manufacturers locally. If the city wants to sue the gun associations — the city sued the National Shooting Sports Foundation and American Shooting Sports Council — it would have to file the suit in the states where the associations are based, Ruehlman said.
Ruehlman granted a motion by the gun associations to be dismissed from the suit the city filed against Beretta, among others. |
OH: Brady Campaign Misrepresenting Ohio CCW Bill
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The Brady Campaign is ratcheting up their rhetoric machine, aiming to destroy Ohio's Concealed Carry Reform bill, under consideration in the Senate.
In the Nov. 15, 2002 newsletter, Brady claims that the "gun lobby is trying to force Ohio police to let almost anyone carry concealed handguns in public - even into our playgrounds, shopping malls, sports stadiums and schools."
But in truth, Ohio's HB274 disallows permit holders from carrying in schools. So what else are they lying about? |
South Africa: Samaritan shot dead attempting to stop British tourist rape
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"A South African motorist has been shot dead after going to the aid of a British woman who was being gang raped." ...
"The young British woman was raped during a 14-hour ordeal in the province-home of the Kruger national park - on Saturday."
"She was driving with a South African friend when their car was hijacked by four armed gangsters, the Citizen newspaper states." ...
"A passing motorist who stopped to help was shot dead by the attackers who then fled the scene." ... |
MD: Editor misleading the public needs to be set straight
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The editorial from the liberal anti-gun Baltimore Sun would lead you to believe that the XM-15 is able to be bought over the counter in Maryland -- that's not true. The XM-15 is a regulated weapon like a handgun and subject to the same restrictions... but this fact is lost on the liberal editors.
Email them and correct them on their blatant misrepresentation: letters@baltsun.com. |
TN: Anti-gun black leader is severely deluded, but there's some good news...
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HOW IGNORANT CAN PEOPLE BE? READ THIS!Rep. Veasy said the public had become convinced that the risk of danger was so great that they need a weapon to protect themselves.
'Pro-gun does not mean you are pro-America,' she said, adding that Second Amendment rights were being misconstrued. She said the purpose of the amendment was to allow the militia in Revolutionary War times to keep guns in their homes. It was not about 'everybody protecting themselves in their house.'
First of all, "Rep. Veasy" is not an elected official; she's the "head of the Black Children's Institute of Tennessee" -- as pointed out in this very article.
Staff writer who reported this absurdity: dcheek@tennessean.com.
Jaunita Veasy, head of the Black Children's Institute of Tennessee, deserves an email, too: bcitn@nashville.com
Be sure to copy your letter to the Editor, as well: letters@tennessean.com
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There is also good news in this article:
Numerous changes "are in a series of proposed bills that would relax weapons standards for 130,000 Tennesseans who have received permits since the conceal-and-carry permit program began in 1994. The bills, all sponsored by state Rep. Ben West Jr., D-Hermitage, and backed by the Tennessee Firearms Association, were discussed last week by the House Judiciary Committee, which was reviewing them in an interim study session." ... |
OH: Toledo police are buying Taser Guns
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"Almost a week after officers shot and killed a man attacking them with a sword, Toledo police say they're buying TASER guns for their officers. Police said Eric Woffard started swinging a yard-long sword at officers. Police then shot him six times. Woffard died. Toledo Mayor Jack Ford asked his police department to find a non-lethal method of force."
"We've learned they're getting TASER guns. A TASER gun is like a regular handgun, except police say you can't die if you're shot." ...
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UK: British police get expanded stop and search powers
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"Police stop and search powers are to be extended to allow officers to deal with people suspected of carrying paint spray cans or marker pens to write graffiti, the Home Office announced yesterday."
"Ministers believe that the power will help in their pledge to crack down on anti-social behaviour, despite figures showing stop and search has been used disproportionately against people from the Afro-Caribbean and Asian communities." ... |
The Dark Side Of The Illegal Alien Invasion - View from the Right
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"San Francisco is a warm and fuzzy city for illegal aliens. It doesn't matter if they're fleeing persecution or if they're seeking a better life or if they want to break into your house. They're all welcome here, no questions asked. And, as with the homeless, if you build a safe haven, they will come. And we have, and they have..." ... |
AZ: "County leaders oppose border militia: Tombstone weekly seeks a call to arms"
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COCHISE COUNTY -- "The Douglas City Council will be asked today to adopt a resolution to oppose a militia group that has organized with a stated purpose of stemming the flow of illegal immigrants and activity over the U.S.-Mexico border."
"The organizer of a militia said he will work with other groups of discontented citizens to do the job he says the U.S. government has failed to do." ... |
Retired Cops Concealed Carry Bill Moves in Committee
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"The Senate Judiciary Committee has approved a measure that would allow some retired law enforcement officers to carry concealed weapons and off-duty officers to be armed outside their jurisdictions."
"The 'Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act' (S. 2480) would allow 'qualified law enforcement officers, including qualified retired officers,' to carry concealed firearms that have 'been shipped or transported in interstate or foreign commerce.' " ... |
AL: 'Ten Commandments Judge' Says the Monument Stays
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"Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore said Tuesday he will appeal a federal judge's order to remove a Ten Commandments monument from the rotunda of the state's judicial building in Montgomery."
"Moore pledged to appeal a ruling by U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson on Monday ordering him to remove the two-and-a-half-ton monument he installed in the state's courthouse last summer." ... |
Ballistic-fingerprint study triggers dispute
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"California Attorney General Bill Lockyer's office has found itself in the middle of a national debate over the crime-fighting weapon known as ballistic fingerprinting."
"Lockyer, a gun-control advocate who supports what could ultimately be a large and costly federal database of the unique markings guns leave on bullets and shell casings after being fired, has emboldened database opponents by commissioning a staff report that concluded such a program probably wouldn't work." ... |
ME: Gun control group honors Portland police chief
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"Maine Citizens Against Handgun Violence is honoring Portland Police Chief Michael Chitwood."
"The gun control group was presenting Chitwood with its annual Buzz Fitzgerald Public Service Award on Tuesday."
' 'For so many years, Chief Chitwood has been leading the fight to stop gun violence, not only in his city of Portland but throughout the state and the nation,' said William Harwood, the organization's president." ... |
AK: Wife Shot by Mistress Waits 48 Minutes on 911
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"The last words that Patti Godfrey heard before her husband's mistress started shooting at her were 'I'll see you in hell.' "
"That was just the start of a story that ended with two dead bodies, and a staggering 48-minute 911 call — the longest 48 minutes of Godfrey's life." ... |
OH: Top cops aided plot to acquire AK-47s - 1,500 machineguns seized
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"Federal agents raided the Lincoln County property of James Carmi in October 2000 and seized a stockpile of 800 machine guns."
"The event, which remained undisclosed to the public for two years, has spurred a massive investigation into how Carmi - a convicted felon - could get a federal firearms permit from the U.S. Treasury's Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and then acquire so many strictly controlled weapons." ...
"Together with weapons taken from other potential defendants, the total of 1,500 machine guns ranks as the largest seizure of automatic weapons in the history of the agency, an ATF spokesman said." ... |
LA: Tattoo shop employee scares two robbers off with gunshot
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"A woman carrying a handgun walked into the middle of an attempted armed robbery Saturday night at a Gonzales tattoo parlor, fired her gun and foiled the robbery, chasing off the would-be bandits, the Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office said."
"The woman was an employee of the shop -- Tattoos by Dody on Airline Highway -- but had just walked outside when two people entered the parlor around closing time and pointed a gun at the people inside." ... |
Senate Passes Homeland Security Bill
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WASHINGTON (AP) - "The Senate voted decisively Tuesday to create a Homeland Security Department, delivering a triumph to President Bush and setting the stage for the biggest government reshuffling in a half-century as a way to thwart and respond to terrorist attacks."
"The final vote was 90-9, belying bitter clashes that pitted Congress against the White House and the two parties against each other and prolonged work on the legislation for nearly a year. Eight Democrats and independent Sen. James Jeffords of Vermont voted 'no' as Congress neared adjournment for the year." ... |
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"In Washington, D.C., the murder rate has skyrocketed 134 percent in the 26 years since lawmakers banned gun ownership. Presently, D.C.'s murder rate is more than 90 percent higher than that of Virginia, where gun ownership is prevalent."
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MI: Gun range still under fire
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"Legal ammunition may be stacked on the side of the Michigan Department of Corrections, but Palmyra Township officials are not afraid of a courtroom showdown to stop a gun range from being built on Parr Highway."
"Palmyra Township Supervisor Jerry Sauter said the township board is prepared to take the shooting range controversy to a judge if MDOC goes ahead with its plans." ... |
Senator Barbara Boxer "targets poor record-keeping by gun dealers"
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"Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., said Monday that she will introduce legislation next year to crack down on gun dealers who fail to maintain records of sales."
"Boxer cited the case of a Tacoma, Wash., gun shop, Bull's Eye Shooter Supply, where investigators looking for sales records for the rifle used in the Washington, D.C., sniper case found the records were not maintained as required by federal law." ... |
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