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Colt suing Maine gun manufacturer
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Gun maker Colt Defense is suing its Windham-based competitor Bushmaster for trademark infringement.

Colt's suit, filed in U.S. District Court in Norfolk, Va., claims Bushmaster has is trading on Colt's good name by marketing knockoffs of its popular M-4 military rifle, and seeks unspecified damages.

Colt's lawsuit levies similar allegations against Hartford, Conn.-based gun maker Heckler and Koch.

The lawsuit says Bushmaster's semiautomatic XM-15 E2S rifle is being improperly advertised as an "M-4 type rifle."

Colt's M-4 automatic rifle is its best-selling weapon, sold only to military and law-enforcement agencies.

Colt says Bushmaster deliberately copied the look of its M-4 rifle.

Bushmaster vice president Allen Faraday says the company is confident their marketing fairly and accurately reflects their products.

Moms March Again for U.S. Assault Weapons Ban
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"Alarmed that the U.S. Congress seems likely to allow an assault weapons ban to lapse, the women who organized the gigantic Million Mom March in 2000 are planning a smaller reprise in Washington this Mother's Day."

"Organizers intend a smaller-scale protest this time, planning for tens of thousands instead of hundreds of thousands. They will gather on May 9 on the west side of the U.S. Capitol, a smaller venue than the expansive National Mall they used in 2000."

"The goal is narrower too. The marchers are not trying to get new laws on the books this time but say they want to pressure Congress to renew the 1994 assault weapons ban, set to expire on Sept. 13."

John Kerry: Dove Lover Or Wolf In Sheeps Clothing? Submitted by: Newslinks Admin	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
Consider just some of Kerrys most recent votes: * Lock up your safety. * Feinstein semi-auto ban. * Gun show ban. * Hunting ammo ban. "These are just some of the votes from this year. A trip down "memory lane" for the past ten years reveals more infringements of peoples liberties..."

Proof that "Bowling for Columbine" movie is full of lies!!!
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"In the field of mockumentary filmmaking, there are two giants. Rob Reiner created the genre with his film This is Spinal Tap. Michael Moore has taken the genre to an entirely different level, with Bowling for Columbine." ...

"This is Spinal Tap is an excellent movie which was, unfortunately, neglected by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. No such fate befell Bowling for Columbine. While only an unusually dim minority believe that Tap is truth, Bowling for Columbine has seduced almost all of its audiences with its brazen mockumentary."

Assault Weapons Like Those Used at Columbine Still a Threat (JTO)
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Five Years After Columbine Shooting, Assault Weapons Continue to Threaten Public Safety, Illustrating Need to Strengthen and Renew Federal Assault Weapons Ban

"Five years after Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold killed 12 students and one teacher with an arsenal that included a Hi-Point Carbine assault rifle and a TEC- DC9 assault pistol, assault weapons continue to threaten America's police and public-in spite of a 1994 federal law intended to ban these military-style weapons-the Violence Policy Center (VPC) warned today (April 19th). Without action by Congress and President Bush, the law will expire on September 13, 2004."

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Never mind that they're used in less than 2 percent of crimes, right?

Ron Paul: The Lessons of 9/11
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"The 9/11 Commission soon will release its report after months of fanfare by those whose reputations are at stake. The many hours and dollars spent on the investigation may well reveal little we dont already know, while ignoring the most important lessons that should be learned from this egregious attack on our homeland." ...

"...Two specific regulations proved to be disastrous for dealing with the thugs who, without even a single gun, took over four airliners and created the havoc of 9/11. Both the prohibition against guns in cockpits and precise instructions that crews not resist hijackers contributed immensely to the horrors of 9/11."

"Instead of immediately legalizing a natural right of personal self-defense guaranteed by an explicit Second Amendment freedom, we still do not have armed pilots in the sky. Instead of more responsibility being given to the airlines, the government has taken over the entire process. This has been encouraged by the airline owners, who seek subsidies and insurance protection. Of course, the nonsense of never resisting has been forever vetoed by all passengers."

FedEx, United Parcel, Other Cargo Pilots May Carry Guns May 1
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"Pilots of cargo airlines including FedEx Corp. and United Parcel Service Inc. may start carrying guns as early as May 1, expanding U.S. efforts to prevent a repeat of the 2001 terrorist attacks."

"The first group of cargo pilots begins 56 hours of training Monday and those who complete the course will be deputized as federal officers, said Andrea McCauley, a Transportation Security Administration spokeswoman in Washington. Training will be at a law-enforcement center in Artesia, New Mexico, she said."

"Thousands of U.S. passenger airline pilots are carrying government-issued .40-caliber semi-automatic pistols in locked cases into cockpits under a voluntary program that began in April 2003. ..."

Airport security gaps concern many
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"There's now 45,000 screening personnel and a huge government agency devoted to airline safety. But some in Congress are questioning whether air travel is actually safer. This comes after classified undercover testing shows an alarming failure rate." ...

"While some air travelers at Nashville International Airport are glad the government was checking the system, others were disturbed the system doesn't seem to be working effectively."

Airport screeners miss mock weapons
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"Airport security screeners miss many mock bombs and weapons in undercover tests despite billions of dollars spent by the government to deploy a force of trained federal employees, investigators told Congress."

"The comments came during a hearing to evaluate an experiment with private screeners at five airports."

"Private and government screeners 'performed about the same...equally poorly', said Homeland Security Inspector-General Clark Kent Ervin."

CT: A Father's Good Deed Earns Him Bruises, Apology (part I)
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"When John Minter found a sawed-off shotgun in the closet of his teenage son's bedroom Tuesday, he briefly thought about taking the weapon and tossing it into the Connecticut River."

"But he knew the right thing to do was to take it to the police department, so he did."

"Hartford police, in turn, showed their appreciation by arresting and cuffing him, taking him on what became a bruising ride to headquarters and then keeping him in a holding cell until they realized their mistake."

"By Wednesday afternoon, Minter, 60, was talking to his lawyer and receiving an apologetic phone call from acting Police Chief Mark R. Pawlina, who said he was just as upset as Minter at what happened."

CT: Officers May Be Penalized Over Improper Arrest (part II)
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"Two Hartford police officers have been placed on administrative duty and could face disciplinary action in connection with the improper arrest of a Bloomfield man after he turned in a sawed-off shotgun at city police headquarters this week."

" 'We want the public to know in no uncertain terms that anytime they want to turn weapons or contraband over to us, they will be welcomed and appreciated,' Pawlina said. 'The officers' conduct in this case sent exactly the wrong message.' "

" 'Maybe they shouldn't have done what they did, but those officers should be entitled to due process,' said Sgt. Michael Fago. 'Our police chief and our union president are convicting them before the trial even starts.' "

CT: Questionable arrest still under investigation
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"A Police investigation into the questionable arrest of a man who turned in a gun is taking longer than expected." ...

"John Minter, who turned in a gun found in his son's bedroom and was arrested hours later, has hired an attorney and plans to file suit."

"He says he was arrested after leaving the Hartford police headquarters Tuesday."

"Minter says Hartford officer Maurice Washington came to his Bloomfield home and arrested him."

OH: Police Say Football Player Used Phony Gun During Robbery But Are Charging The Victim Who Fought Back With A Real Gun
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"City prosecutors have charged a man with aggravated murder in the shooting death of a high school football player."

"Rodney Roberts was charged Wednesday. He is accused of shooting 16-year-old Lorenzo Hunter in the chest, arm and hip about 2 a.m. last Friday."

"Police said a witness told them that Hunter was trying to rob Roberts with a plastic gun. Roberts then pulled out a real one, according to police."

"Hunter was a 6-foot-4, 185-pound sophomore [who played] wide receiver and safety."

"A defense lawyer said although he hasn't seen the evidence, Roberts might be able to claim self-defense."

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A 6'4" man pulls a gun on someone at 2 in the morning and shooting him might be self-defense?!?!

OH: Gun charges may be dropped
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"A Cincinnati police officer could have five felony charges against him dropped after a judge decided Thursday that other police officers improperly gathered evidence used to charge him." ...

"England, 47, was arrested and charged with theft in office, a felony that likely would end his law enforcement career if he is convicted."

"Police charged that, while on duty Nov. 23, England took possession of guns and ammunition that were to be destroyed by police but kept two guns and some ammunition for his personal use."

NJ: Boy Suspended Over Peanut Allergy
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Assault with a deadly cookie?

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"A sixth-grader was suspended after school officials accused him of threatening to expose a highly allergic teacher to peanut butter cookies, the boy's father said Thursday."

"...The father said Jules was carrying a snack packet of Nutter Butter cookies and did make a comment about having 'something dangerous' but never said he had a weapon. 'They mishandled this,' Gabriel said." ...

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Another example of zero-tolerance policies running wild.

NY: Gun Control Follies
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"IT'S not often that the lunacy of liberal 'logic' gets exposed by someone attempting to support it. But that's the case regarding an attempted bodega robbery in Queens - as illuminated by the alleged robber's defense attorney."

"Attorney Scott Brettschnieder thinks the Queens DA's office should recuse itself from prosecuting the case against client Devon Keitt, who was wounded during his attempted hold up. The reason? They 'illegally' let store clerk Edwin Marte 'off the hook' for having an unlicensed firearm - the one he used to save himself during the alleged attempted robbery by the defendant."

" 'Gun control,' the liberal dogma that allows gun-toting punks to conduct an undefended reign of terror against small businesses is a fraud."

IL: Bill defending gun owner's right to fire in self-defense on hold
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"A plan to expand the legal rights of gun owners who fire in self-defense is headed for legislative purgatory in the Illinois House, a key legislator said Thursday."

"The legislation was a response to the case of a Wilmette man who shot a burglar in his home and was then charged with violating a local law that outlawed owning handguns."

"Rep. William Delgado, House Judiciary Committee chairman, said he would create a subcommittee to study the bill and that further action should wait until the fall. He said approving the measure could open up loopholes that would let gun owners use their weapons on the streets and escape punishment."

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Only if they used them in self-defense or defense of another and could prove it to a jury! But maybe this pathetic tyrannical slug wants to see people more reliant upon the state, giving him and his ilk more power. The best way to do that is to prosecute self-defense.

IL: Police: Burglars Beat Two, Set House On Fire
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"A 39-year-old man was tied up and beaten and his girlfriend suffered smoke inhalation when two masked men broke into their south side home and set it on fire after an apparent robbery attempt."

"The man and a 35-year-old woman were both taken to Jackson Park Hospital after the masked men fled from their burning home at 1406 E. 71st Place, according to a police First Deputy Superintendent's report."

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But according to Illinois politicians, it would have been much more noble for these victims to die in the fire than defend themselves with a firearm without permission from the nanny state bureaucrats.

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"Police are hunting a 17-year-old man in a south Wales town after reports that a woman was threatened with a gun." "The woman and her family were taken to a place of safety following the incident in Cwmbran on Friday afternoon." "Armed officers recovered a gun from a block of flats nearby."

Australia: Woman found dead, gun seized
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A WOMAN died in an apparent shooting incident at a house in south west Sydney early this morning, police said.

The woman, believed to be in her late 20s, was found by police in the upstairs bedroom of a home in Keats Avenue, Hurstville about 12.30am (AEST).

Officers at the scene arrested a woman aged in her late 20s and also seized a handgun, a police spokesman said.

The woman was being questioned by detectives from Hurstville police.

The dead woman is yet to be formally identified and a post mortem examination will be carried out over the weekend.

UK: 'Gunman on ward': two arrested
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Two men have been arrested following a firearms incident at a hospital ward.

Armed police were called to the Manchester Royal Infirmary after a gunman burst on to the ward just after 4pm on Friday.

A spokesman for Greater Manchester Police said: "Two men were arrested by officers from the Tactical Firearms Unit after patients had reported being threatened with what appeared to be a gun."

One man is being questioned on suspicion of firearms offences and a second man has been arrested on suspicion of affray.

Nobody was injured during the incident and the hospital, in Nelson Street, remained open throughout, police said.

WA: Jail locked down after officer's gun discharges
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"The Spokane County Jail was placed in limited lock-down after a corrections officer was wounded when his handgun discharged as he entered a secure area, a spokesman said." ...

"As the officer went through a second interior door, his personal weapon, a 9mm semiautomatic, went off inside the gym bag he was carrying. The bullet went through one of the officer's legs and into the other."

"He was taken to a hospital for treatment."

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Maybe some police officers should be the first to get those "smart" guns. They don't appear to be bright enough to keep their weapons from going off on their own.

PA: Put your hands in the air, and put down ... your phone?
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"Penn State University student, faces criminal charges for allegedly threatening partygoers with his cell phone." ...

"Someone at the party called police to report that a man was waving a gun..."

It turned out to be a cell phone.

"It was an outdoor party, and it was night so the lighting wasn't very good..." ...

"Laubach faces charges of disorderly conduct and making terroristic threats."

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Under the guise of fighting terrorism we are now seeing people charged with making terroristic threats for brandishing a cell phone!

Still think you're free?

PA: Equipment update may stall gun permits
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"Unless Fayette County updates its gun-permitting program by early summer, gun owners there face an indefinite delay in registering their firearms."

"Addressing the board of commissioners, Sheriff Gary Brownfield said Thursday that, effective July 1, the county's gun permits will be obsolete. After that, those needing to renew their permits or obtain new ones won't be able to do so until the new system is in place."

"The machine Brownfield is eyeing for the task costs $14,031. With the new equipment, a five-year gun permit will cost $26. The fee appears to be an increase over the current statewide fee of $19, but Brownfield said it can be viewed as a savings."

First Amendment? What First Amendment?
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"The FCC (Federal Censorship Commission) is on a roll, radio station owners are in a state of near panic, and broadcasters are losing their livelihoods. ..."

"Americans suffering from AHD (Acute Hypersensitivity Disorder) are fueling the situation, eagerly writing letters and voicing complaints whenever they hear something come from their radio that offends them. A new right is being claimed, the right to not be offended. Politicians anxious to retain their positions of privilege and power in an election year goad the FCC on."

FL: Marco parent: TBE should reconsider zero-tolerance policy on weapons
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"It's time to reconsider the zero-tolerance policy regarding weapons on school campuses, a Marco Island parent says."

"After his 7-year-old first-grader took a pocket knife to the playground at Tommie Barfield Elementary last month and got suspended for three days, Robert Aylwin said there needs to be more common sense applied to the policy." ...

"Principal Jory Westberry said she had no choice but to suspend the youngster for three days because that was the punishment prescribed in the Collier County School District Code of Conduct handbook."

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"PUPILS at one of Scotland's leading private schools who were caught smoking cannabis are to face a programme of random drug-testing." "The scheme is to be introduced at George Watson's College in Edinburgh after photographs of pupils smoking the drug were found at a beauty spot."

PA: House considers changes to Pa. protective-order law
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"With lawmakers poised to consider a slew of changes to the state law that governs domestic-violence restraining orders, the issue of gun seizures is emerging as the most controversial element of the proposed revisions."

"Under current law, judges can direct subjects of 'protection-from-abuse' orders, or PFAs, to relinquish weapons used or threatened to be used in a domestic-violence incident, but some judges rely on the broader language of federal law to order that all weapons be turned over."

"One of the proposed revisions to Pennsylvania's protection-from-abuse law would give state judges explicit discretion to have all guns taken."

OH: Senator Lynn Wachtmann: Portrait of a Senate Leader
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"Senator Lynn Wachtmann deserves to hear from you, because his service has been so good." ...

"Sen. Lynn Wachtmann, a Napoleon Republican, says that throughout his history of serving the citizens of rural northwest Ohio..."

"Sen. Wachtmann has been a leader for the self-defense rights movement in the Senate. He introduced concealed carry bills in the Senate in both the 124th and 125th General Assemblies, and rallied others to co-sponsor the legislation." ...

"So why did he offer floor testimony opposing Senate passage of Am. Sub. HB12, and vote 'no', when it was rushed to the floor last month?"

"A bad bill is not better than passing no bill", Wachtmann told his colleagues before the vote. ..."

Kenya: Illegal Firearms Blamed for Rising Insecurity
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"The influx of illegal guns is the cause of rising insecurity in the city, the Nairobi Provincial Commissioner Francis Sigei has said. He said that insecurity had led investors to shy away from the capital."

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Blaming economics (the law of supply and demand) is ignorant. By making guns illegal, the Kenyan government is ensuring that "illegal" guns will continue to flow into the country and end up in the hands of criminals, while the law-abiding will be vulnerable and disarmed and at the mercy of armed thugs.

IN: Hostettler Back in SW Indiana Following Gun Incident
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"Indiana Congressman John Hostettler hopes voters will forgive his 'stupid mistake.' "

"The five-term Indiana congressman is back in the 8th district for the first time since his run-in with the law at Louisville International Airport." ...

"So, how does this affect his re-election campaign? Hostettler says, "It's not a stupid mistake because election day is few months away. It's a stupid mistake because even somebody who is not running for public office should have rechecked their bags. ..."

MO: Sheriff Issues First Concealed Gun Permits
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"The first two permits allowing Franklin County residents to carry concealed guns were issued this week."

"Sheriff Gary Toelke said the permits were issued Monday and Tuesday. However, they didn't go to citizens who were first in line to register Monday, March 29, when the county started taking permit applications, the sheriff noted."

"Applicants must comply with a number of criteria, including a criminal background investigation by the Missouri Highway Patrol and FBI, before they are issued permits."

ND: Dru memorial would grace UND, mall
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"I wept, again, Saturday when I heard that Dru Sjodin finally had been found. I wept for her and for her family and friends. I wept for everyone who has or will experience violence. I pray that my three children and other children never will have to endure what Dru endured."

"I admire Dru's family for their perseverance and eternal hope, which have brought Dru home. They have found their darling girl. Now they should rest."

"I envision a memorial, perhaps a statue, of Dru placed on the front yard of Dru's sorority."

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I envision as a memorial a change in the laws and policies which disarmed Dru. She had time to make a call on her cell phone, she would have had time to retrieve a gun and shoot her attacker.

My Personal Declaration of Independence
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"On my honor as a human being, I solemnly pledge to give zero respect, support, or obedience to illegitimate laws upcoming and present:"

"- The law, coming soon, which will forbid private conversations across the internet. ..."

"- Gun confiscation. I will not 'register' any firearm(s) that I might own. Should I choose to purchase additional weapon(s), I will make every effort to do so in a way that does not leave a paper trail for thugs to follow. Unlike the government, I do not arm to aggress, and if I do own weapon(s), they will be used strictly for immediate self-defense." ...

"When is a law illegitimate? Whenever it regulates or prohibits anything but actual aggression (force or fraud) upon others. ..."

DE: Prices Corner man's home arsenal included ammonium nitrate
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There are several points of contention here. The most laughable is Major Baylor spinning an excuse about a "2-tiered system" to explain why Sarah's beloved Brady Bill didn't stop the guy from buying a gun. It would appear to anyone other than the jack-booted thugs that this guy merely has an attraction to weapons. As you can see in the pictures, the "assorted explosives" are nothing more than commercial propellants for reloading, something many of us already have in quantity.

Papua New Guinea: Firearm laws need clear cut review
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"DEFENCE Force officer Lieutenant-Colonel James Laki has raised an issue that has been of concern to Papua New Guineans for a long time.
It is the issue of prominent people those in positions of authority being licensed to carry firearms."

"The use of guns in violent crimes is a matter of enormous concern to everyone in the country and it is beyond belief that those who are placed in positions of responsibility to solve this problem are arming themselves instead of protecting the people. The majority of little people are vulnerable to attacks by criminals with guns and they have been crying for years for leaders to do something about disarming those thugs."

"Yet those who are supposed to be protecting them are looking after themselves arming themselves and making sure the people know they are armed."

"This a total disgrace."

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No, what is a total disgrace is disarming the people and forcing them to rely on others for their very lives - others who have the "privilege" of being armed, but are either unable or unwilling to protect them.

FL: Gun ranges exempted from pollution enforcement
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"The Florida House on Thursday shot down state efforts to enforce pollution regulations on the hundreds of gun ranges across Florida."

"In considering a bill already passed by the Senate (SB 1156), lawmakers made it a crime for state and local government employees to sue range owners or operators who may be polluting the environment."

"To secure this immunity, the owners would have to implement 'best management practices' to protect neighboring properties from lead or other pollutants generated by their facilities by Jan. 1, 2006."

IL: Reasons scarce for arsenal
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" 'This is overblown,' said Dan Bement, an employee at Bullet Stop Gun Shop in Loves Park where Breit told ATF agents that he purchased some bomb-making items."

" 'If this is true, what people are saying, then the guy is an idiot -- there's no reason to fire a gun that way in the city limits. Writing all that stuff down, that was ridiculous,' Bement said. 'If all these allegations are true, then he should be put in jail. ... I think it's just giving the rest of us that like the sport of shooting a bad name, and it makes me mad.' " ...

"The mission of the NRA is to uphold the Constitution and the Second Amendment ... what this person is accused of is not reflective at all of what the NRA stands for."

DE: Firearms confiscated at pawnshop
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"Federal agents raided a Wilmington pawnshop Thursday morning and confiscated firearms." ...

"The raid was part of a joint investigation by the U.S. Attorney's office, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and Wilmington police. No one has been charged."

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Any bets on whether the owner will get what looks like thousands of dollars' worth of property (judging from the photo) back if no charges are placed?

MN: Gun threat locks down high school
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"Eden Prairie High School was locked down and thousands of students were sent home Thursday amid fears that a person with a gun was loose at school."

"Police arrested a 21-year-old man on suspicion of making terroristic threats to use a gun, but no weapon was found in a school search." ...

"Students were locked inside their classrooms, and school staff members quickly found and detained the four people, including the suspect, police said. The school-police liaison officer and, a few minutes later, swarms of Eden Priairie police officers began searching the building and parking lot for a gun. Anxious parents waited outside."

"In the minutes that followed the initial call, teachers rushed through halls and classrooms, ordering students into rooms and locking doors behind them, shouting, 'This is a lockdown! It is not a drill!' "

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It's unconscionable that instead of allowing those inside the school to defend themselves, the bureaucrats lock the disarmed victims inside the school with an armed potential murderer!

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"Someone fired a shotgun blast and hit a remote-controlled advertising blimp Saturday as it flew in a field next to Team Chevrolet-Cadillac-Geo on South Jake Alexander Boulevard." ------- Forget rare and expensive .50-cals that the antis tell us can shoot down airplanes--any common Fudd gun can apparently down a blimp. We must eradicate this menace!

NJ: Rutgers crimes (probably stemming from the large number of defenseless students in the area) spur increased patrols
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"Following a spree of robberies over the past few weeks on Rutgers University campuses and surrounding areas, police are increasing patrols and advising students of safety precautions they can take, authorities said this week."

"Some students are concerned about it and believe Rutgers is not doing enough to protect everyone."

" 'I don't think security is tight enough,' said Katie Grimes, a sophomore at Douglass College. 'We should have more patrol cars passing by. We see the cop cars on College Avenue, but they should also drive around the side streets.' "

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What a pathetic product of government schooling. If there is a problem her first thought is that the government should fix it not that she should do something.

Judicial Supremacy: Threat To Freedom
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"The travails of Manny Miranda show clearly the proposition that the courts are in the business of legislating. Any claims that judicial orders and decisions are part of the rule of law are mostly pretense. Judges are simply politicians wrapped in black robes and given the luxury of legislating without accountability." ...

"Voters had better start asking candidates for the House of Representatives if they are willing to file resolutions of impeachment against judges making unconstitutional rulings. All federal candidates also need to be made to commit to using Congress constitutional powers to strip jurisdiction from federal courts. If the courts cannot get involved in various issues, they cannot legislate there at all."