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Lawmakers on hot seat as weapons ban expires
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"Gun control may emerge as a wedge issue in the fall elections, as Congress decides whether to reauthorize the assault weapons ban."

"The 10-year ban expires this September..." ...

"The bill's fate may rest in the hands of powerful lawmakers such as House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Sugar Land, a vocal gun control opponent who has already suggested House Republicans may let the measure expire." ...

"Gun control advocates suspect that the White House is trying to have it both ways, rhetorically supporting the ban to appease moderates while keeping the GOP base happy by letting the House kill the gun measure."

Gun-toting rock wife aims for Kerry
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"IF you go down to the woods today, make sure you are wearing a bright orange safety vest and hope that Shemane Nugent is not hiding behind a bush with a .38 tucked in her belt and a steel-tipped arrow loaded in her hunting bow."

"The blonde huntress, who is the wife of rock star Ted Nugent and mother to son Rocco, stormed into Washington last week to introduce the capital's urban elite to a growing political phenomenon: gals who like guns." ...

"Nugent made it clear that Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry, who some right-wingers consider soft on gun owners' rights, was in her sights."

"Someone better tell Kerry that when a mother bear is defending her young she is unstoppable," she said."

Pat Durkin: Intolerance of gun owners nation-wide problem
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"...I cant help but notice the worried looks and whispers of waiting passengers while helping a ticket agent check in my rifle or muzzleloader at the airport. In one case, my daughters overheard a woman tell her husband, 'Youd think with children in his house he wouldnt keep guns around.' "

"Amazing. I would have thought she would have been more impressed that my three daughters then fairly young had stood in line for 30 minutes without irritating the spit out of everyone within hearing. At some point you would hope those judgmental sorts would look at your family group, consider the evidence before them, and realize gun ownership isnt an indicator of criminal intent or aberrant behavior."

Gun Control and Common Sense
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"An effective gun control program can readily accommodate the legitimate needs of hunting, marksmanship, collection and self-defense. That's not the problem. The problem has to do with the Second Amendment, which was placed in the constitution for two reasons. First, an effective citizens militia was regarded as essential to national defense. Second, it was thought to be more difficult for an unjust government to tyrannize over an armed citizenry than an unarmed one." ...

"As regards the second reason, things are not so simple. We live peaceably under a benign government, and the threat of tyranny is perhaps the last thing the average citizen has on his mind. It can't happen here. Or can it? ..."

Gun owners: Know your friends (Letter)
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"Senate action in February and March loaded down a certain bill with anti-gun amendments. ..." ...

"Additionally, Sen. Tom Daschle, D-S.D., along with 11 other switch hitters cosponsored pro-gun legislation even while plotting to kill it. ..."

"Daschle is up for re-election this year, and so is Dorgan. So, you hunters and gun owners, now know who your friends are. Let's get Daschle and Dorgan out and replace them with folks who respect our Second Amendment rights."

"I hardly need to add that a vote for Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry would be comparable to a turkey voting for Thanksgiving."

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Of course, so would voting for Bush. But no one seems to mention this little uncomfortable fact.

IL: Former police officer gets 24 years for thefts
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"A former Chicago police officer was sentenced to 24 1/2 years in prison Friday for stealing more than 200 pounds of marijuana and cash from a narcotics dealer and trying to hold up other drug dealers on three occasions in 2001."

"The sentence imposed on Mario Morales, a patrol officer since 1996 who at the time of the thefts was assigned to the Rogers Park District, was among the stiffest handed down in U.S. District Court against a law enforcement officer, according to a government filing."

IL: Convicted cop sues to get his job back
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"A fired Maywood police officer, heading to prison on one set of charges and awaiting trial on another set, is suing the village to get his job back."

"Harold Jenkins, a 25-year officer, claims he didn't get a fair hearing before the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners voted to terminate him. In a suit filed Friday in Cook County Circuit Court, Jenkins is asking that his termination be overturned and he be reinstated."

"Jenkins was convicted in April of illegally discharging a firearm, theft and official misconduct. That stemmed from a 2001 incident in which he fired shots at a man, then took a toolbox from him but never entered the toolbox into evidence."

UK: Man shot dead by police named Submitted by: Newslinks Admin	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
FULL TEXT BELOW: An "armed man" wanted by police and shot dead by officers in an incident in south London has been named. Nicholas Palmer, 23, who was shot dead in Brigstock Road, Thornton Heath, was wanted for firearms offences. A handgun was allegedly found near his body. He was named by the new Independent Police Complaints Commission, which is to investigate the death.

South Africa: 233 arrested in Soweto crime blitz Submitted by: Newslinks Admin	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
FULL TEXT BELOW: A total of 223 people were arrested for various crimes in the Soweto area today, police said. Police say some of the suspects were on police's wanted list for serious crimes. Of those arrested, 21 were for rape, three for armed robbery, two for murder, three for attempted murder, six for possession of unlicensed firearms and seven for possession of stolen goods.

Israel: Police kick off firearms-return campaign
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Israel Police, in conjunction with the Interior Ministry, kicked off a firearms-return campaign Sunday. According to the plan, weapons held by the public without proper permits must be returned by the end of the year.

In the first stage of the campaign, letters will be sent to some 32,000 citizens who hold firearms without a valid permit.

At the end of the operation in October, criminal investigations will be launched into the citizens who did not respond to the mailed-in warning.

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It's difficult to believe that a country that supposedly realizes the value of an armed citizenry in crime prevention still uses fascist permitting and licensing schemes.