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SAF Celebrates Patriot's Day, the Root of Second Amendment
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"The Second Amendment Foundation today urges all Americans to celebrate 'Patriot's Day,' the 231st anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord that ignited the American Revolution and led to the addition of the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution."

" 'On this date in 1775,' said SAF founder Alan M. Gottlieb, 'America's Colonial Militia laid the foundation for our Second Amendment, resisting an effort by British troops to seize their firearms. British forces paid dearly for that attempted gun grab, and the world learned just how valuable our forefathers considered their right to keep and bear arms.' "

Mayors' 'Gun Summit' is Planning Session for Gun Grab, Says CCRKBA Submitted by: News Director	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"A highly- publicized 'gun summit' planned by anti-gun Mayors Michael Bloomberg of New York and Thomas Menino of Boston next week is really a planning session to devise more schemes to restrict the rights of law-abiding citizens, which will only lead to more crime because people will be unable to protect themselves, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA) said today."

CO: Machine gun shoot: Owner-shooters, enthusiasts gather here
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"You can own a machine gun."

"All you need is a reasonably clean police record, forms with a photo and fingerprints, a signature from your local police chief or sheriff, a couple of stringent background checks, the patience to wait five weeks to six months -- and deep pockets." ...

"And what does one do with a machine gun?"

"Besides shooting at ranges and in wide-open rural areas with plenty of room, one can go to competitions and shoots put on by various organizations like the 50-cal. group."

DC: Williams to Join Other Mayors in New York for Gun Summit Submitted by: News Director	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams is expected to join more than a dozen mayors from around the country next week to discuss gun violence." "The mayors will meet in New York City to talk about the challenges they face in combating crime and will share ideas for reducing illegal guns in their cities."

FL: Workers Could Keep Guns In Cars Under Bill Approved By Senate Panel
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"A measure to guarantee people the right to keep guns in their cars while parked at their workplace finally began moving in the Senate Wednesday, clearing its first committee after debate about whether businesses' property rights trump the rights of the gun owners."

"The proposal is being pushed by the National Rifle Association, which claims 6 million people in Florida own guns, but opposed by an equally powerful constituency in the Republican-controlled capitol: the business community."

"The measure (SB 206) was approved 5-2 by the Senate Criminal Justice Committee. ...A similar bill is working its way through the House."

KY: He likes guns. You got a problem with that?
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"Conventional expectations, prepare to meet your maker."

"Ordinary folks aren't supposed to enjoy what goes on twice a year at the Knob Creek Gun Range in this small community some 30 miles south of Louisville. They're supposed to wince in disgust. They're expected to recoil forcibly like a Browning M-1917 with a bent muzzle."

"But what if they don't?"

"What if - after wondering for a good long while just what could possibly motivate somebody to want to shoot a machine gun - you actually go out and shoot one? (The gun, that is, not the person.)"

"And what if it's fun?"

LA: Shoot to kill, without lawsuits: NRA-backed bill advances Submitted by: New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Website: http://www.nysrpa.org	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"Someone who shoots a burglar in self-defense should be protected against lawsuits filed by the criminal or his family, a House panel voted on Tuesday."

MS: Elderly man shoots burglar Submitted by: New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Website: http://www.nysrpa.org	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"Deputies arrested a suspected burglar Monday after an 85-year-old Saucier man reported he had shot a man who broke into his home." "Harrison County sheriff's investigators said the resident knew Wayne Thomas Clark and identified him as the burglar. Deputies went to Clark's home on Mack Pete Road and found him asleep with two gunshot wounds to his back, said Sheriff's Capt. Ron Pullen."

OK: Homeowner shoots intruder Submitted by: New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Website: http://www.nysrpa.org	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"Police say a man was shot by a homeowner during a break-in in rural Logan County." "Authorities say 37-year-old Joseph Sean Young of Meridian was shot in the left forearm." "Officials say Homeowner Kelly Joe Wanzer fired his gun numerous times at a man who broke into his home Friday."

CA: Glendora case leads agents to gun stash
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"The search for a man in custody in connection with the shooting of a Glendora police officer and his estranged wife led investigators to a weapons cache that surprised even ATF agents."

"Federal prosecutors have charged a man with illegal arms dealing after authorities uncovered a cache of about 900 firearms, submachine guns and explosives at his home, authorities said Tuesday."

"Officials from the multi-agency task force L.A. Impact and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms say it's one of the largest Southern California firearm seizures in recent memory." ...

"The good news is they're out of the hands of citizens in this community and in the hands of law enforcement," he said.

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Hmmm. Would that be the same kind of "law enforcement" that stole weapons from New Orleans residents when they needed them most? That kind of law enforcement?

CA: Hermosa officer involved in bar incident Submitted by: News Director	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"A Hermosa Beach police officer named in two excessive force lawsuits was arrested in Redondo Beach last week after he got into a scuffle with someone who reportedly was heckling him during a karaoke performance." ...

Brazil: Security Guard Shoots Own Leg By Accident Submitted by: News Director	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"Even though there was no bank robbery in sight, a Brazilian security guard accidentally shot himself in the leg while working at the Banco do Brasil in the capital Sao Paulo." "Police arrived but could find no signs of a robbery, as customer in the bank were left confused after the gun shot rang. The guard, Ricardo Leandro da Silva, finally admitted he had embarrassingly shot himself."

MI: Gun Violence Activists Protest at Capitol Submitted by: News Director	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"Gun violence activists gathered at the Capitol to voice their opposition to a proposed bill, one that would allow a person to use deadly force to protect their home from an intruder without fear of prosecution if that intruder is killed in the confrontation. The activists say they're worried the law could be twisted to protect bullies and gang members."

NE: NRA Endorses Adrian Smith Submitted by: New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Website: http://www.nysrpa.org	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"State Senator Adrian Smith, Republican candidate for Nebraskas Third Congressional District, announced today that he received the endorsement of the National Rifle Association (NRA)." "Smith is the only 3rd District Congressional candidate to receive the NRA endorsement and has an 'A' rating by the NRA."

GA: Gun Scare Diverts School Busses
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"A teenager in Clayton County faces criminal charges after police said they found him walking to school with a BB gun. The search for the teen forced the diversion of two school busses and the lockdown of Riverdale High School Wednesday morning."

"School officials received an anonymous tip from a parent who said the student planned to bring the gun onto a school bus and then into the school. Police were called into action and diverted two different busses to Tara Stadium. One of the busses was searched and nothing found."

"The second bus was sent on to Riverdale High School... The school went into a lockdown mode as all lockers and backpacks were searched. The search turned up empty..."

Australia: Risdon prison guard on gun charge Submitted by: News Director	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"A RISDON Prison guard appeared in court last night after allegedly being caught taking a gun and drugs to work." "The 28-year-old Brighton man was apprehended on his way to the prison early yesterday morning by police acting on a tip-off." "A .25-calibre semi-automatic pistol and ammunition were allegedly found wrapped in a cloth under his car's passenger seat."

Canada: Forget the rhetoric: The gun registry is still the law
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"When Stephen Harper and his Conservative colleagues first promised they would get rid of the disputed federal long-gun registry, they made it sound so simple. The registry is a waste of hundreds of millions nay, billions of dollars. So a Conservative government would close it down and use the money to hire police officers."

"That was how it was supposed to happen, but reality does not work out so comfortably. Why? In a word, politics."

NJ: Jersey City Officals Call For Gun Control
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"Jersey City Police today released surveillance videotape of a known Bloods gang member running away after shooting a man twice in broad daylight on Easter Sunday near Grant Avenue and Martin Luther King Blvd."

"He's identified as Jamal Ebron and he's still on the loose considered armed and dangerous."

"'The individual who he shot refuses to cooperate with the police,' Jersey City Police Chief Robert Troy said."

"Investigators say this video shows how important it is to enact tough Federal gun legislation."

SC: Gun Found on Bus, Student Arrested
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A Fairfield County teen has been arrested for taking a handgun to school.

Deputies say the 14-year-old brought the gun to school Wednesdya, but left it on the bus. He then went to class at the Fairfield County Learning Center.

Deputies say other students discovered the gun on the bus in the afternoon and notified school officials. Deputies then found the boy and arrested him.

Investigators say the gun was not loaded, and that they found a gun magazine in the boy's jacket.

Deputies believe the boy got the gun from his grandfather's house while the teen was on Easter vacation.

NY: Gun summit fully loaded Submitted by: New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Website: http://www.nysrpa.org	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"Ratcheting up his war on illegal weapons, Mayor Bloomberg announced that he's bringing together a dozen mayors for a national gun summit at Gracie Mansion next week." " 'Illegal guns are hurting innocent people across America, whether you are east of the Mississippi or north or south of the Mason-Dixon line,' Bloomberg said yesterday."

FL: NRA finds legislative success an elusive target Submitted by: New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Website: http://www.nysrpa.org	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"It seems like nothing is coming easy this year in Tallahassee for the National Rifle Association." "On the same day the Florida House gave preliminary approval to an NRA-backed bill that would require businesses selling hunting and fishing licenses to provide customers with voter-registration applications, the measure suddenly stalled Tuesday in the Senate."

TX: Dallas Mayor To Attend National 'Gun Summit'
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"CBS 11 has obtained a copy of a survey just completed by the Dallas Police Department."

"It shows last year, in Dallas alone, there were about 6,500 gun related crimes."

"Mayor Miller is taking this information to New York, where she and a dozen mayors from the largest cities in the country will try to develop a strategy to tackle the illegal gun problem." ...

"Both the Dallas Police Department and the mayor agree that Texas has lax laws when it comes to gun possession, and there is no statewide data base in place to track who owns a gun."

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As usual, the bureaucrats' answer to crime is register and violate the rights of the law abiding, while the criminals steal, rob and pillage with impunity.

South Africa: Gun owners show way to true freedom in SA
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"As with the Stockholm hostages who overlooked the fact that they had explosives strapped to their bodies, it would seem that unarmed and helpless South Africans are prepared to tolerate immense abuse from the police for the mere promise of survival and protection."

"This may also explain why several firearm owners, who have made successful use of their personal firearms in defence of life and limb, refuse to adopt similar soft-hearted approaches towards killer cops. ..."

"This could be further explained by the fact that the traditional barrier - police - between gun owners and the criminal thugs has been replaced with, in their own opinion, a stronger and more reliable barrier in the form of a shotgun or two."

UK: Elite gun cops get shoot to kill policy .. for wild animals Submitted by: News Director	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"WHILE proceeding down the high street, the officer happened upon a large, angry rhinoceros outside Woolies... so he shot it dead." "That's how a police report could look if a new booklet on dealing with rampaging wild animals is ever put to the test." "And the pamphlet, sent to to the new FBI-style Serious Organised Crime Agency, reveals a fascinating insight into how jungle beasts behave."

UK: Gunman recognised by his victim Submitted by: News Director	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"A masked gunman burst into a man's home and threatened to "blow his head off" before opening fire and hitting him on the head with the gun." "The man, along with Lee Reid, 25, fled empty-handed from the Kilmarnock home of Maurice and Jean King after Mrs King recognised Reid as their son's friend."

FL: Locked, loaded... and wrong
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"You have a bigger problem when the solution to the first one is for everybody to get his gun." ...

"If ex-Marine John Parker had a firearm in the Ocala National Forest, he might have stopped the gunman who killed him and his friend Amber Peck."

"This is the hypothesis behind a bill to lift restrictions on people wishing to carry guns in Florida's national forests and state parks. Currently, the rules exclude them from the forests, except during hunting season, and from the state parks altogether." ...

"Now, I suppose, if you or I are shot to death as we wander alone in the national forest or at Silver River State Park, they will have to give the shooter the benefit of the doubt."

Canada: Gun registry will be killed, Skelton tells business group Submitted by: News Director	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"Saskatchewan federal cabinet minister Carol Skelton added to speculation Tuesday that the days of the controversial federal gun registry are numbered." ... "Her response was more definitive than that of federal Justice Minister Vic Toews, who admitted Monday that some of his constituents in rural Manitoba are confused about what the government is doing with the registry."

UK: Police fail to answer hundreds of calls in one night
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"POLICE chiefs were today facing demands for an inquiry into how a technical fault left hundreds of non-emergency police calls unanswered."

"Callers to the Force Communications Centre at Bilston Glen could not get through between 6.30pm and 11pm on Monday."

"Lothian and Borders Police admitted they did not know exactly how many calls had been missed as a result of what they described as a 'technical problem.' "

AR: Decatur Students Protest Officer's Absence
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"Students in one Hometown school walked out in protest for not having a school resource officer on campus."

"Decatur's police chief said he removed the resource officer from the Decatur campus because the school wasn't cooperating with officers on campus. Chief Terry Luker said Officer Jeannie Yates and school Superintendent Mike Parrish had a few verbal altercations, so the chief decided to remove her from the school." ...

"Luker said the move partly stemmed from an incident two weeks ago when Yates arrested a middle school student on suspicion of threatening to bring a gun to school."