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Brady Campaign Response To (N.Y.) Political Candidate: Bad Dealers, By The Numbers
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"A candidate for Federal public office in New York State yesterday suggested that there is no link between reckless gun dealers and crime guns on the streets of New York. His remarks, Jim Brady said this morning, 'show a level of cluelessness that is remarkable given his desire to serve in an important public position.'"
"'John Spencer must have bumped his head,' said Brady, the former press secretary to President Ronald Reagan who was wounded in the assassination attempt on the President 25 years ago last week. 'The man should think before he speaks. He's not running for dog catcher -- he wants to be a United States Senator.'" ... |
Rwanda: Documents Shed New Light on Genocide Planning
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"Organizers of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda used a 'civilian self-defense system' to mobilize participants in the campaign to exterminate the Tutsi minority, Human Rights Watch said in a briefing paper released today."
"The 17-page paper, 'The Rwandan Genocide: How It Was Prepared,' draws on previously unpublished documents to lay out the way the extermination system was planned in the months before the genocide was launched, 12 years ago this week."
"'Genocidal violence did not just break out as a result of fear or hatred of the Tutsi minority,' said Alison Des Forges, senior adviser to the Africa division at Human Rights Watch. 'It was launched by military, administrative, and political authorities using the machinery of the state.'" [emphasis added] ... |
NE: CCRKBA Urges Nebraska Lawmakers to Close the 'Omaha Loophole' (CCRKBA)
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"Passage of a concealed carry statute in Nebraska was a good first step toward insuring the safety of Cornhusker State citizens, but the new law has a gaping loophole that apparently allows cities like Omaha to continue denying their residents the right of personal protection."
"The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA) is encouraging residents of Omaha, Lincoln and other communities to start contacting their city councils, demanding that they reject any attempt to prohibit concealed carry as the City of Omaha is apparently planning to do, based on a 70-year- old ordinance." ... |
CA: HSU students rally in wake of sexual assault
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"Students brainstormed the idea just 16 hours earlier, but hundreds attended a rally at Humboldt State University to share their outrage and sadness over a campus rape this week."
"Campus police said a 19-year-old student reported a sexual assault by a stranger at knifepoint on Tuesday night." ...
"The event was intended to get people talking and thinking about the issue of rape in general, not just this particular case, said student Willa Damon, one of the event organizers. She said more open dialogue is needed."
"'Rape happens on this campus and in this community, and people don't know that it happens,' she said." ...
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Iraq: Firearms flying off shelves in Iraq
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"Iraq has long been awash with guns. But after the bombing of a sacred Shiite shrine in Samarra in late February, sectarian tensions exploded, and more Iraqis than ever have been buying, carrying and stockpiling weapons, adding an unnerving level of firepower to Baghdad's streets." ...
"Few killings have been investigated, eroding what little faith there was in law enforcement. The suspicion is growing that officers in the Shiite-controlled police forces are linked to the death squads, which leaves people feeling even more vulnerable."
"'I don't believe anyone can protect me,' said Nahrawan al-Janabi, a television journalist and new owner of a Glock pistol. 'Not the Americans, not my government.'" |
South Africa: Businessman gunned down near his shop
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Mthatha businessman Vincent Venter was shot dead a kilometre away from one of his shops on Thursday, Eastern Cape police said.
Venter was killed at the Lubanzi village in Mqanduli, Mthatha, between 7am and 7.30am on Thursday, Superintendent Nondumiso Jafta said.
Venter was driving to the Zithulele trading store with his wife and children when four men, armed with pistols, opened fire on them.
Venter was killed instantly, Jafta said.
Venter's wife took her husband's pistol and shot back at the men. She and her children were not harmed. They were treated for shock. [emphasis added]
Shortly after the incident, village residents made a citizen's arrest and handed over a suspect to police, Jafta said. |
GA: Two arrested in handgun incident at high school
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"Two Hart County residents were arrested Tuesday for bringing a handgun onto the campus of Stephens County High School and pointing it at a student."
"After school ended Tuesday, a 16-year-old juvenile and Christopher Avery Partlow of Dewy Rose, came onto the SCHS campus and picked up a female student, Lt. Tim Jarrell of the Stephens County Sheriff’s Office said."
"The two individuals confronted several people on the campus and finally pointed a loaded .22 caliber pistol at a student, Jarrell said."
"As the two visitors were leaving the campus, they were apprehended by school resource officer Tom Bennett. He was aided by middle school resource officer Todd Mayfield and parking security officer Tonya Laiz." ... |
NY: Mike rapped on gun suits
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"Senate hopeful John Spencer fired a shot at fellow Republican Mayor Bloomberg yesterday, saying his views on gun control amount to 'liberal solutions that simply do not work.'"
"Bloomberg recently voiced support for suing irresponsible gun dealers, while decrying federal legislation that would bar cities from using the gun-trace data needed to file such suits."
"'I don't buy into the equation that going after the sellers or merchants or anything else has anything to do with reducing crime, and if someone can show me the statistics where it works, I'd be very interested in seeing it, but they don't exist,' Spencer said." ... |
MO: Self-defense bill fights way through House
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"Four out of five legislators who represent Boone County voted for a bill Thursday that supporters say will shield people who use deadly force in self-defense from prosecution."
"'I think every citizen in the United States and Missouri should have the right to defend themselves,' said Rep. Ed Robb, R-Columbia."
"Besides granting immunity from criminal prosecution and civil lawsuits to anyone who uses lawful deadly force, the bill also legitimizes deadly force if somebody 'takes actions that create a reasonable fear of the imminent use of unlawful force in another person and who unlawfully enters or remains in vehicles, residences, or buildings used for lodging.'" ... |
CT: Man banned from town property
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"Officials obtained a temporary restraining order banning a longtime town critic from municipal buildings and grounds after someone alleged to police that he may have carried a gun into a Town Council meeting."
"... local police are investigating a report that Ilio Fusciello, 68, of Autran Avenue was seen at the March 27 Town Council meeting carrying a firearm." ...
"Fusciello Thursday emphatically denied that he would ever carry a weapon into a public building. He keeps a pistol at home, he said, simply for home protection and never takes it out." ...
"He said the town’s filing for a restraining order was an absurd measure, considering the length of time he has been coming to council meetings." ... |
NM: Hobbs Officer Cleared In Fatal Shooting
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Another investigation has cleared a Hobbs police officer in a fatal shooting early last year.
District Attorney Terry Haake's investigation into the shooting death of Francisco Barva, 23, cleared officer Reid Gunter, according to an announcement by the Hobbs Police Department.
Haake found that the officer acted in self-defense in January 2005 and that the shooting was justified.
It was the fifth report to clear the officer.
A report by the Lea County Sheriff's Department found that Gunter was wrestling Barva to the ground when Barva pointed a gun at the officer. The report said the officer drew his gun and fired once, killing Barva. |
MI: Mom Dies After Boy's 911 Call Considered Prank
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"A 6-year-old boy's 911 call for help was thought to be a prank, but the call was real and the boy's mother died."
"Robert Turner called 911 to get help for his mother, Sherel Turner, 46, whom he found lying unconscious on the kitchen floor of their Detroit apartment."
"911 Operator: '911. What's the problem?'"
"Robert: 'My mom has passed out.'" ...
"911 Operator: 'Where's the grownups at?'" ...
"911 Operator: 'Let me speak to her before I send the police over there.'"
"'I tried to tell them she wouldn't talk.' said Robert." ...
"911 Operator: 'I don't care. You shouldn't be playing on the phone. Now put her on the phone before I send the police out there to knock on the door and you gonna be in trouble.'" [emphasis added]
"Robert: 'Ugh!' (Hangs up.)" ... |
CA: Testimony begins in Chico police shootout case
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"Jurors must decide whether a Chico man acted in self-defense during a shootout with police responding to a domestic disturbance call at his residence last summer." ...
"In his opening statements ... Warren's attorney, Jesus Rodriguez, maintained his client had acted in self-defense."
"Rodriguez contended the officers entered Warren's apartment without a warrant or proper justification and precipitated the gunfight when one of the cops threatened to use his electrical Taser stun gun to try to subdue the Chico man." ...
"Warren and backup officer Matthew Nowicki testified 'exigent circumstances' existed for them to go into the apartment without a warrant when the suspect ran toward a darkened bedroom out of their sight." ... |
TX: Escapee who stole police car: 'I panicked'
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"Two Corinth squad cars sped into Denton with emergency lights flashing early Thursday. One was chasing the other."
"A police dog was a passenger in the first car, which was being driven by a handcuffed man a Corinth officer had taken into custody moments earlier."
"Corinth police were in the second car, attempting to reclaim their K-9 unit."
"The suspect abandoned the car and the dog on the shoulder of Interstate 35E in south Denton and hid in some woods, where a Texas Department of Public Safety helicopter later spotted him with a heat-sensing device." ... |
PA: Drug-bust shooting in Snydersville leads to lawsuit
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"The family of Barron Wright, the Bushkill man killed by state drug agents in a Snydersville parking lot two years ago, has filed a wrongful death suit against the six agents who took part in the botched drug sting that led to Wright's death." ...
"The case drew nationwide attention. Wright, an African-American, was unarmed when he was shot and killed. He had no known criminal record in Monroe County."
"The state drug agents said they shot Wright in self-defense when he tried to run them down in a Ford Explorer after they moved in to arrest him. ..." ... |
AR: Ex-Chaffee Top Cop Loses Law Certification
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"Former Fort Chaffee Public Safety Director Michael Hardy, who resigned last year amid an internal and criminal investigation, was stripped of his law enforcement certification Thursday."
"The Commission on Law Enforcement Standards and Training voted unanimously to decertify him, according to CLEST office personnel."
"Hardy, who did not show up for the hearing, can no longer be a law enforcement officer in Arkansas."
"The Arkansas National Guard and the Crawford County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office began investigating Hardy in February 2005 on suspicion of extortion, selling confiscated weapons and unauthorized use of government property." ... |
CA: Accidental Shooting Wounds California Officer
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A 40-year-old police officer was shot in the stomach Thursday when another officer's gun accidentally discharged at the end of a target practice session.
The wounded man, a 13-year veteran of the force, was listed in stable condition at Long Beach Memorial Medical Center. He was not identified.
"Hopefully, everyone will learn from it," said Long Beach Police Sgt. David Cannan. Cannan said the officers were finishing up a day of training on the city's pistol range and were "going to secure their guns" when the incident happened. |
DC: McKinney Bodyguard Shoves WSB Reporter
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"As she was heading into the U.S. Capitol to apologize for a run-in with a police officer, a bodyguard for Rep. Cynthia McKinney shoved a reporter for Channel 2 Action News."
"Reporter Scott MacFarlane was trying to question McKinney as she entered the Capitol." ...
"At one point the unidentified bodyguard and MacFarlane bumped into each other."
"The bodyguard then shoved the reporter telling him, 'I'm going to put your ass in jail.'"
"When asked if he worked for the Capitol Police the bodyguard responded, 'I work for Ms. McKinney.' On the tape of the incident you can hear the man say that he wasn't a Capitol police officer but that, 'I am a police officer.' McKinney's office is now saying that the man was not a police officer ..." ... |
NY: NY police guilty of mafia murders
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"Two retired New York policemen have been convicted of murder for participating in mafia killings."
"Louis Eppolito, 57, and Stephen Caracappa, 64, were found guilty of working for the Luchese crime family while serving as detectives."
"Assistant US Attorney Daniel Wenner called the case 'the bloodiest, most violent betrayal of the [police] badge this city has ever seen'."
"A jury took two days to convict the two men, who face life imprisonment." ...
"Prosecutors said the two men carried out two killings themselves, after halting the victims' vehicles at traffic stops. ..."
"The court also heard that on one occasion, the two detectives arrested a mafia figure only to hand him over to be tortured and murdered." ... |
Canada: Canadian War Museum gunning for vintage musket
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"The Canadian War Museum is appealing to Hamilton police not to destroy a rare, vintage musket likely used in local battles during the War of 1812."
"The whole point of the gun amnesty is community safety, said Deputy Chief Ken Leendertse. Owners who turned in guns did so knowing they were entering into a contract with police." ...
"Police say people must not lose focus on why Hamiltonians want to get rid of guns."
"'The people of Hamilton have an intolerance for gun violence,' Leendertse said. 'If we save one life, that's worth more than any history.'" |
Guyana: Fifteen soldiers being probed over missing weapons - Chief of Staff Collins
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"Some fifteen members of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) are being investigated in relation to the missing AK-47s and pistols, according to Chief of Staff Edward Collins who also confirmed that two senior officers have been sent on leave for having links to the underworld."
"In his first public statement since the February 27 announcement of the missing weapons, Collins yesterday told reporters that the initial report that 33 AK-47s were missing is wrong."
"Thirty AK-47s and five pistols are missing. He attributed the mix-up to the duplication of serial numbers during the checks which were ordered by him following reports of an arms theft in neighbouring Suriname." ... |
OK: 4-H Shooting Sports Program receives NRA grant
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"The Garvin County 4-H Club is in full swing with their Shooting Sports Program thanks to a generous grant from the National Rifle Association."
"The nearly $5,000 NRA grant has allowed the for the purchase of a top of the line electronic clay target thrower, two youth model 20 gauge shotguns, two adult 12 gauge shotguns, 15 sets of eye and ear safety gear and many boxes clay targets and ammunition."
"Like the NRA the 4-H shooting sports program is focused on safety and having fun. Through the shotgun discipline 4-Her's learn how to shoot skeet and trap in a safe and controlled environment with lots of adult supervision." ... |
ND: Hunter education: Not just for kids
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"He sticks out in the hunter education crowd, and it’s not really because he’s 6-foot-4 and his classmates are mostly less than five feet tall. What separates this Norwegian from the crowd is that he’s twice as old as the average student."
"His name is Terje Heggem, but you can call him Gunner. Ironic, really, as he’s enrolled in hunter education so that he can finally go hunting with his friends."
"'Most of my friends are hunters and they’ve already had hunter’s safety,' Heggem says. 'I'm kind of getting sick of being a truck hunter, sitting there and watching. I'd rather be out with the rest of my friends.'" ... |
DC: Mother's Felony Charge For Gun in D.C. Rejected
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"A D.C. Superior Court judge yesterday threw out a gun charge against a woman whose 7-year-old daughter showed up at an elementary school with a loaded pistol."
"Maryam Williams told police at the time that the gun was hers. Williams, 32, said that her daughter had taken it by mistake when she grabbed a bag out of the trunk of her car, prosecutors said."
"Magistrate Judge Ronald A. Goodbread did not appear to doubt that account of the March 14 incident. But he found that prosecutors did not have adequate evidence that the mother herself was in possession of the handgun outside her home -- the key element of the felony charge of carrying a pistol without a license." ... |
MI: Another 13-year-old found with loaded gun
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"In an all-too-familiar incident, Saginaw police took a loaded handgun from a 13-year-old boy strolling through an East Side neighborhood Thursday night." ...
"The proliferation of illegal guns, particularly those that end up in the hands of youngsters, continues to alarm Saginaw police, who investigated two weapons incidents Thursday."
"... dispatchers Thursday night told police that a resident was reporting two strolling teens passing a gun back and forth ..."
"Once arriving, officers patted down two boys and seized a gun from the older youth. ..."
"Officers said the teens claimed they armed themselves for protection because of the recent spike in gun violence and the dwindling ranks of police." ... |
UK: Pledge over gun charges
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"EDUCATION bosses last night promised pupils' schooling would not be affected after their headteacher was charged with firearms offences."
"Police searched Ysgol Deiniol, in Marchwiel, near Wrexham, following the arrest of Martin Davies but no guns were found."
"The 59-year-old, of Brynhyfryd, Johnstown, was remanded in custody on Wednesday when he appeared before magistrates charged with possessing a semi-automatic pistol and a semi-automatic air rifle."
"He is due to appear before the Wrexham court today."
"Hywyn Williams, chief learning and achievement officer with Wrexham Council, said the council was co-operating fully with police." ... |
UK: Gun gang walks straight into Sweeney trap
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"A GUN-TOTING gang who tried to rob a cash and carry walked straight into a Flying Squad trap."
"Cops recovered a Browning semi-automatic pistol and a Mac 10 machine pistol - dubbed whispering death for its ability to spew 1,100 rounds a minute - when they arrested the men."
"The four armed robbers were jailed at Kingston Crown Court on Monday for a total of 41 years after pleading guilty to conspiracy to rob and carrying firearms." ... |
Canada: Guns are not toys
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"Recent events in Chilliwack and elsewhere reveal a disturbing trend in the use and abuse of firearms."
"This week it was confirmed that a man who had been shot in the face with a pellet gun would lose his eye. Earlier, an 18-year-old youth was charged after a Chilliwack high school student was shot with an 'Air Soft' air gun."
"And in Nanaimo this week two youths were arrested for taking shots at passing vehicles with a sawed-off 22-calibre rifle." ...
"Police take the use of a firearm very seriously - even if that weapon is only capable of propelling plastic darts. An air gun can lead to a serious charge if it is used in the commission of a crime." ... |
Australia: Gun-toting man enters cop station
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A MAN allegedly walked into a Melbourne police station with a loaded gun as he reported for bail.
The 30-year-old man walked into Narre Warren station, in Melbourne's outer south-east, about 8pm (AEST), allegedly carrying a concealed .32 calibre pistol, police said tonight.
"The man...was reporting to the station as part of bail conditions," senior constable Wayne Wilson said tonight.
"He wore a bag under his shirt with the loaded gun in it."
Constable Wilson said the man, from suburban Berwick, was searched after he was arrested on two outstanding warrants.
He was charged with firearms offences and remanded into custody to appear at Dandenong Magistrates Court on Monday. |
UK: Car lot staff told they'd be 'stabbed in neck' by teenage yobs
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"STAFF at a Croydon car lot were left fearing for their lives after a group of teenage yobs held them at gunpoint."
"The attack happened at about 11.50am on Wednesday as seven youths brandishing a pistol and meat cleaver stormed Towergold dealership in South Croydon."
"Car lot owner Marios Christodoulides and four staff were threatened after refusing to allow the group to use the site's rear entrance as a shortcut." ...
"They returned with their weapons. They swore and shouted insults, he said, before kicking one member of staff in the groin."
"Staff were also told they would be killed."
"But the brave workers stood up to the group again and, when Mr Christodoulides picked up the phone to call police, the gang fled." ... |
Jamaica: Grim facts about guns
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"A FEW comments on Senator Kidd-Deans private citizens' gun advocacy. ..."
"(1) The gun which is obtained for 'self-defence' is hardly ever used in that capacity. Instead it is usually used by accident ... or in anger when the owner ... uses it against a friend or family member."
"(2) The criminal elements no longer have to go through elaborate means to get their hands on a gun; they just rob it from 'Mr. Law-abiding-citizen'."
"(3) If someone steps on Mr. Law-abiding-citizen's foot, it is more likely to escalate into violence because he has a gun and feels his 'oats'. Without a gun, a simple apology would be accepted, but with the gun the offender has to 'eat crow' or else." ... |
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