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MN: Cloquet police to sell vintage submachine gun, purchase new weapons systems
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"The Cloquet Police Department is giving up an old war horse in favor of 'putting the most effective tools possible in the hands of our officers,' said Chief Wade Lamirande at Tuesday nights meeting of the city council."

"The council voted unanimously to allow the police department to sell an old Thompson submachine gun that has been in its arsenal for the past 71 years and use the proceeds to purchase new weapons systems for each of its squad cars." ...

"Laine and Lamirande explained to council members that with the proceeds from the sale, the department was requesting the go ahead to purchase five M4 Law Enforcement Carbines, one for each of its squad cars and one for its detective. Laine said the M4 is the same as those used by the United States Military and added that it has proven very effective in law enforcement work as well." ...
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But according to the antis, "there is no legitimate reason to have an assault weapon other than to kill as many people as possible in a very short period of time" so why would cops need them?

UK: To protect and serve themselves
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"When they heard that shots had been fired at a barbecue at a house in Highmoor Cross, near Henley in Oxfordshire, a police team of fit, young men arrived with helmets, bullet-proof vests and Hekler and Koch submachine-guns. They had all had special training for dealing with dangerous situations. They had a mobile incident centre and full back-up."

"Georgina Gibson lives in the house next door to where the shots were fired. She is a woman of 58 with no training about what to do when faced with guns and no experience of violence. She had nothing except her wits with which to protect herself."

"Yet while Mrs Gibson ran straight into her neighbour's house the moment she heard the gunshots, desperate to do anything she could to help the victims, the armed policemen hesitated for a full hour before they crossed the threshold of the house in which Victoria Horgan lay bleeding to death." ...
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So not only are the Brits prohibited from defending themselves (with guns or swords or even knitting needles) but armed and armored cops won't protect them either!

Gun Group's Radio Show Tests Limits on Advocacy
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"In a direct challenge to federal limits on political advocacy, the National Rifle Association plans to begin broadcasting a daily radio program on Thursday to provide news and pro-gun commentary to 400,000 listeners." ...

"The N.R.A. says its three-hour program constitutes news and commentary, not advertising. As a result, when other advocacy groups are required to stop running political commercials, 'NRANews' intends to continue broadcasting its reporting and commentary against politicians who favor gun control to Nov. 2." ...

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More proof that McCain-Feingold is a worthless attempt at incumbent protection that has no hope of cleaning up elections, but rather just violates our constitutional rights for no good reason.

UK: A man fired a harpoon gun into a 15-year-old boy's face as he was attacked with a baseball bat by a gang and is being charged with intentional infliction of Gross Bodily Harm
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"Nathan Kirk, 25, fired the harpoon after being stabbed just short of his heart, Reading Crown Court heard."

"The youth's injury was so serious that he lost an eye and paramedics had to use bolt-cutters to remove the three-pronged harpoon from his face." ...

"[After a confrontation, Prosecutor] Baughan said, the teenager returned with two men and attacked Mr Kirk, who was dressed only in boxer shorts, punching, kicking and stabbing him."

"But Mr Kirk, who is alleged to have left the harpoon gun by the front door, fired it in the face of the teenager, he said."

"Mr Baughan told the court it was 'little short of a miracle' that the teenager survived and added: 'Although he was injured, Kirk reacted violently and deliberately.'"
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So while you are being stabbed, kicked and beaten with baseball bats you are not allowed to react "violently and deliberately" in the UK.

The inmates are running the asylum.

Tout Torture, Get Promoted: Defending Cruelty Can Be a Career Booster in Bush's Administration
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"What a revelation to learn that the Justice Department lawyer who wrote the infamous memo in effect defending torture is now a U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals judge. It tells you all you need to know about the sort of conservative to whom George W. Bush is turning in his attempt to pack the federal courts."

"Conservatives once were identified with protecting the rights of the individual against the unbridled power of government, but this is not your grandfather's conservatism. The current brand running things in D.C. holds that the commander in chief is above all law and that the ends always justify the means. This has paved the way for the increasingly well-documented and systematic use of torture in an ad hoc gulag archipelago for those detained anywhere in the world under the overly broad rubric of the 'war on terror.'" ...

Stun weapons to target crowds
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"WEAPONS that can incapacitate crowds of people by sweeping a lightning-like beam of electricity across them are being readied for sale to military and police forces in the US and Europe."

"At present, commercial stun guns target one person at a time, and work only at close quarters. The new breed of non-lethal weapons can be used on many people at once and operate over far greater distances."

"But human rights groups are appalled by the fact that no independent safety tests have been carried out, and by their potential for indiscriminate use." ...
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How about the fact that their use can't be anything but indiscriminate?

CA: Officers drop suits against Miller family for the 'distress' they suffered from shooting her
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"Two of the former Riverside police officers who fatally shot Tyisha Miller agreed Tuesday to end legal action against her family, but continue to fight the City of Riverside in federal court."

"Former officers Daniel Hotard and Paul Bugar had sued Miller's estate for assault and battery. They claimed the 19-year-old Rubidoux woman's actions had caused them emotional distress, attorneys for the Miller family said."

"Attorneys would have been prepared to try the case in front of a jury, but everyone was happy to have it behind them, said Brian Dunn, a Miller family attorney. The 'mutual release' agreement did not involve any exchange of funds."
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So they shot her and sued because it distressed them?!?

CA: Witness recounts the slaying of two after restraining order filed
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"A 76-year-old woman broke into tears yesterday as she told a Superior Court jury how her son-in-law fatally shot her son and another man and wounded her and her daughter in the kitchen of her daughter's Alpine home."

"'He was coming right around the refrigerator and started shooting everyone,' Irene Paulson testified, sobbing as she pointed to a diagram showing where her son, William Paulson, fell mortally wounded on June 6, 2002." ...

"The day of the shooting, Paulson testified, her daughter had obtained a restraining order against Contreras and an order requiring Contreras to vacate the Alpine Boulevard home the couple shared. Contreras and Vettel had been married for about three years." ...
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More victims of "paper protection".

NY: New York Cop In Probe Taken Into Custody
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"A Schenectady police officer once fired for using a racial slur only to be ordered back on the job by an arbitrator was arrested early today by members of his own police department and the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives on weapons charges after a two-month investigation of an alleged illegal firearms sale."

"Officer Kenneth Hill was charged with felony counts of criminal possession of a stolen handgun and criminal possession of a firearm, both felonies. A high-ranking law enforcement official speaking on condition of anonymity said, 'He actually gave it [the handgun] away, but giving is selling, under the statute.'"
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But only cops and the military . . . right Sarah?

MD: Arundel deputy police chief has gun stolen -- .40-caliber weapon taken from Jeep; 'I'm devastated by this'
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"Emerson C. Davis, an Anne Arundel County deputy police chief, experienced another side of crime when his service weapon was stolen from his Jeep earlier this week."

"'I'm devastated by this,' Davis said today. 'I've spent 27 years of my life trying to protect the community, and now there's an item of mine out there that could bring harm to the community and to my family.'"

"Davis said that when he reached his Arnold home after work Monday, he put his .40-caliber Sauer handgun in a padlocked box and placed the box on the floor of his unmarked 1998 Jeep Cherokee." ...
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But only cops and the military are responsible enough to be trusted with guns, right Sarah?

Civil Liberties Restoration Act: Section by Section Summary
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"With the benefit of more than two years of hindsight since September 11, 2001, many security experts, law enforcement representatives, government officials, Members of Congress and community leaders have concluded that a number of the governments post-9/11 initiatives have not only failed to make us safer from future attacks, but may have undermined our security while eroding fundamental civil liberties. The policies in question disserve the nations twin goals of freedom and security by weakening public trust in the government, undermining legal safeguards that ensure fairness and due process, engendering a climate of fear and suspicion, and damaging our relations with other nations with whom we must make common cause." [emphasis added] ...

MI: Court says Detroit gun dealer shouldn't face charges for alleged 'straw buy'
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"A gun dealer should not face a misdemeanor charge for selling a firearm to an undercover law enforcement officer who indicated it was for an underage person who didn't have a license, the Michigan Supreme Court said in a decision released Wednesday." ...

"The Supreme Court pointed out that the dealer told the undercover deputies that he couldn't sell a gun to an 18-year-old without a license. The dealer also refused to accept payment for a firearm from Little, insisting that it come from one of the undercover deputies although they had indicated it was for Little."

"The Supreme Court said there is no dispute that Epps bought the gun because he had a gun license, selected it and handed Laney the money to pay for it."

"'Because (the dealer) complied with the plain and unambiguous language of the stature, he committed no crime,' the Supreme Court said."
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What an amazing concept: If you comply with the law you are not committing a crime!

NY: Samurai sword - lethal and legal
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"Buying a potentially deadly samurai sword is no big deal on the streets of New York."

"The razor-sharp swords, some of them as long as 4 feet, can be obtained legally in Chinatown - and all over the Internet, too, no questions asked."

"The Daily News bought one yesterday on Mott St. for $150."

"It was a modestly sharp sword with a dragon design and 2-foot blade that sliced through a watermelon like butter."

"Other samurai swords - not unlike the one police say 18-year-old Michael Desiderio used to hack another teen to death - are available for as little as $50."

"'We see those headlines and cringe,' said Mike Lee, manager of the Honda martial arts supply store on W. 30th St. in Manhattan." ...

NY: Unsheathed insanity [second opinion on page]
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"Samurai swords. Broadswords. Highland claymores. Scimitars. Dueling swords. Reasonable facsimiles of King Arthur's Excalibur. Various other cutting-edge weapons. If you want one, or more, they are more than readily available. No background checks. No waiting period. All sales perfectly legal, even if the buyer recently got sprung from Bellevue and is refusing to take his meds."

"Can't find a sword shop in your neighborhood? You can get the lethal blades on the Internet. Or through the mail (no pun intended). "Collectors" like them. So do military reenactors. And the wacky sort of guys who just like to dress up in armor once in a while. For whatever reason. (Armor's available, too.)" ...

UK: Tackling Tyranny Of Yob Rule On Streets
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"Gangs of yobs are causing mayhem in Lenton Abbey. Police have received scores of calls about them and will use new powers to end the misery of residents. Crime Correspondent STEVEN FLETCHER and ALISTAIR HARRIS report"

"Death threats, shootings, robberies, criminal damage... the list of recent crimes on the Lenton Abbey estate makes for grim reading."

"Young yobs have ruled the streets around Woodside Road and Baslow Drive and tormented its law-abiding citizens."

"Between November and April, police received 112 calls reporting crimes. The Post has today printed a diary of those calls which shows just why a dispersal order for the area is needed." ...
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An inevitable consequence of disarming the law-abiding.

Thailand: Thai gun shops offer discounts to teachers
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"Gun shops in Bangkok are offering discounts to teachers in Thailand's troubled Muslim south where a spate of almost daily attacks show no signs of abating despite government promises to restore peace."

"On Wednesday, a school guard was shot on his way to work and a Buddhist policeman was killed at a government office, police said. More than 200 people have been killed in the violence that erupted in January."

"Schools have been common targets for arson and gun attacks, leading to teachers being given permission to apply for licences for firearms for self-defence."

"Several Bangkok gunsmiths have appointed teachers as salespeople to lure potential customers to the capital with promises of discounts, said Pairat Vihakarat, who heads a teachers union with 20,000 members in five southern provinces."

"'A colleague of mine told me he would rather carry a gun than have 20 friends go about with him. Everyone can equally be killed here,' Pairat said."

NC: School gun bill questioned
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"How much time should a person who shoots a gun on school property serve behind bars?"

"Five to six months, for a perpetrator with no previous record?"

"Ten to 13 months?"

"Thirteen to 16 months?"

"A state House judiciary committee debated the issue Tuesday when it considered a bill increasing the penalty for such crimes after a shooting at Burns Middle School in Cleveland County last year."

"The sponsor of the bill, Rep. Tim Moore, R-Cleveland, would like to see the tougher penalty become law."

"'If someone is firing a gun inside a school, in my opinion, they need to see the inside of a jail,' Moore said. 'I think there should be as much exposure for jail time as possible.'"

A Travesty (blog) Submitted by: Blake Wylie Website: http://nashvillefiles.com/blog	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"Today I received bad news regarding Mark Lancaster's case. The government has decided to appeal the downward departure given to him just over a month ago. A few minutes ago I wrote a letter to a group of Mark's friends that all know him through church. Rather that re-writing the context of that letter, I will simply post it here and allow my points to be made in this forum for all to see." ...

CA: California Deputy Shot During Confrontation Dies From Friendly Fire
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"Officials say a Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy who was shot by a colleague during a confrontation with a suspect last week in Hacienda Heights has died."

"Deputy Michael Arruda was shot June ninth when he and other deputies were called to a Motel Six to check on a man who then allegedly pointed a B-B pistol at them. The deputies thought the gun was real."

"Officials say Arruda was apparently struck by a bullet fired by a fellow deputy. He was flown to a hospital and underwent surgery. He had been listed in critical condition as late as Monday, but a sheriff's spokeswoman says the 13-year veteran died from his wounds."
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If these two were "civilians", wouldn't the shooter be facing charges?

UK: Burglars threatened to rape 23-year-old student
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"THREE men held a student hostage at gunpoint and threatened to rape her."

"Di Zhao, aged 22, of Floyd Road, Charlton, together with Lia Nan, aged 25, and Tong Lui, aged 18, both of Hillreach, Woolwich, broke into the student's accommodation armed with a pistol and knife, Snaresbrook Crown Court heard on June 8."

"Nan then held the imitation firearm to the terrified 23-year-old's head while his co-defendants bound and gagged her on January 3 this year."

"Zhao held a knife to the woman's throat and threatened to rape her as Nan and Lui ransacked her student flat in Holland Road, West Ham."

"Police arrived at the address after receiving an emergency call." ...
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The police arrived in time, but the will they for the next disarmed victim? Or will she be reduced to whimpering "Please don't hurt me again."

OR: 'Shootout at Horse Ridge' returns for ninth year
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"The Single Action Shooting Society presents The 9th Annual Shootout at Horse Ridge."

"COWBOY ACTION SHOOTING in Central Oregon The Public is Welcome!"

"The Horse Ridge Pistoleros will host the 2004 Single-Action Shooters Society (SASS) Northwest Regional and 9th Annual Shootout at Horse Ridge at the COSSA Shooting Sports Complex on July 15, 16, 17, 18, 2004."

"Events will include: The Gallows, Ore Cart, Hell Town, a Long-Range Buffalo Match, and a Lever-Action side match."

"To find COSSA, travel east on Highway 20 toward Burns. COSSA Shooting Park is located ˝ mile past milepost 24 on the north side of the highway."

"For more information, contact Mitchell Howard (541-389-4037) or e-mail HRPistoleros@aol.com" ...

PA: Confused Teens Force Evacuation At Philly International Airport, Then Tear-Gas Pistol Found In Bathroom
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"A tear-gas pistol and three lost teenagers triggered delays of about 90 minutes and the rescreening of 2,500 passengers at Philadelphia International Airport Tuesday."

"After the Cancun-bound teenagers lost their bearings and were escorted by a worker through an off-limits area, authorities evacuated the terminal Tuesday."

"Soon after, a passenger spotted what turned out to be a tear-gas pistol on the floor of a women's restroom. Three aircraft on the tarmac were off-loaded after the incidents."

"No charges were lodged against the teens, who missed their charter. 'They were kind of confused. They didn't mean any harm,' said Capt. Domenic Mingacci, airport police commander." ...

MO: Sheriff Updates Conceal, Carry Status
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"Franklin County Sheriff Gary Toelke reported 311 residents have applied for conceal and carry permits -- 30 are pending."

"According to Toelke, that number is about what the sheriff's department had originally predicted when it decided to issue the permits." [Nice to know the Sheriff's Department can "decide" whether or not to comply with the law!]

"Toelke, who spoke at the Washington Rotary Club last week, said he knows there are some citizens who opposed the law, citizens who thought conceal and carry would lead to more crime."

"However, Toelke spoke to some sheriffs in other states that already had conceal and carry laws who helped allay some of his own reservations." ...

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"Well, it seems the Violence Policy Center wants to get behind a ban on .50 caliber rifles. They have their usual parade of lies and omissions in support of the ban. But that's not the real point." ... "We've seen what the Violence Policy Center thinks of the .50 rifle today. Let's take a stroll back in memory lane and see what they thought of the Assault Weapons Ban when it was passed." ...

Malaysia: Indifference encouraging snatch thefts says Shahrizat, ignoring the outlawing of self-defense tools as a factor
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"The indifferent attitude practised by society can result in snatch thieves becoming braver in searching for prey, Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil said on Tuesday."

"Stating that society usually ignore incidences of snatch theft even when it happened under their very noses, she said: "Let us not give rise to this attitude just because we think it won't happen to us. Change this attitude so that snatch thieves are less brave to act'." ...

"Calling snatch thieves lazy for turning to crime for easy money, Shahrizat said Malaysia was a prosperous country and there was no excuse for people to turn to crime when there were many opportunities to make an honest living.
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But why work when the government has guaranteed you disarmed sheep for you to fleece?

ND: MAILBAG: Reagan came by his support for 2nd Amendment honestly [First two letters]
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"History will remember Ronald Reagan as one of America's greatest presidents, but long before he was recognized as the man who helped win the Cold War, he was a genuine hero to a woman named Melba King."

"According to recently-surfaced reports, when Reagan was a radio sportscaster in Des Moines, Iowa back in the fall of 1933, he came to the rescue - gun in hand - of King, who then was a 22-year-old nursing student. ..." ...

"Small wonder, then, that the man who would later become president understood the value of gun ownership. During his time as president, Reagan signed the Firearm Owners Protection Act, which was written to protect law-abiding gun owners from harassment for merely exercising their constitutional right to own firearms." ...

Malaysia: 'Dont take law into own hands'
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"Making a citizens arrest is fine but members of the public should not be over-zealous about it and take the law into their own hands." ...

"However, [Chief Shaari] cautioned that while helping a victim, the public should not go overboard and hurt the suspect unless it was in self-defence."

"Fauzi cited the case of a snatch thief who today succumbed to his injuries in Klang after being beaten up."

"He was in a coma since Friday when he was set upon by a group who saw him snatching the bag of a woman as she was walking along Jalan Meru at 10.15pm."

"The group of customers from a nearby restaurant rushed to her aid and caught the suspect."

"'They started hitting the suspect repeatedly with a blunt object till he was unconscious,' Fauzi said, adding that he has not regained consciousness." ...
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Poster's note: But I'll bet snatch thieves move to a new area . . .

IN: Teen Protects Mother by Shooting Abusive Boyfriend
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"You may be protective over your children, but it goes both ways. In fact, police say a teenager went as far as to shoot a man who was beating his mother."

"The man accused of abusing his girlfriend was shot at least three times."

"Some say it doesn't come as a surprise that a 17-year-old boy would pull the trigger on a man standing over his mother, still lying beaten on the ground." ...

"Police say 36-year-old Carlos Davadi hit his girlfriend several times in the face knocking her to the ground. That's when they say her 17-year-old son came out of his room and shot Davidi several times." ...
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But if Davidi had died, the VPC et al. would have counted it as a teen killing with a gun.

OH: New online poll tests Shelby Co. Sheriff's assertions about 'vague' law
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"A new survey is testing Shelby Co. Sheriff Kevin O'Leary's assertion that the words county of residence in Ohio Revised Code are 'convoluted, vague, and open to interpretation, and could be construed specifically as the name of the county or the full address at which the permit holder resides inside the county.'"

"Is Shelby County Prosecuting Attorney Jim Stevenson spending his time wisely investigating 'to see if there are different ways to interpret the language'?"

MD: Boy's suspension overturned
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"The Superintendent of Queen Anne's County Public Schools overturned the 10-day suspension given to an 11-year-old Grasonville Elementary student who brought a steak knife to school as part of a class project."

"The boy's mother appealed the suspension handed down May 17 by Principal Anne Dodge under the school system's 'zero tolerance' policy for weapons in schools. At the time, Dodge said the knife had been brought to school 'along with other tools' in a decorated showbox for show and tell and no threat was ever made."

"Superintendent Dr. Bernard J. Sadusky said he felt the appeal was justified and the student should be back in school."

"'There was never any intent' to harm, he said."

Flight Attendants Ask for More Security Training
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"Airline pilots may have guns and reinforced cockpit doors, but cabin crews and passengers are still left too vulnerable, say some lawmakers and interest groups who want to arm flight attendants with the skills they need to help prevent a successful hijacking or terror attack." ...

"'When the passengers and flight attendants are locked up in the back of the plane without assistance, [defensive trainers] give us a fighting chance to protect our lives and the lives of our passengers. The people in the plane deserve at least that,' said Dawn Deeks, spokeswoman for the 50,000-member Association of Flight Attendants." ...
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Actually the people on the plane should be able to defend themselves with the most effective tool available.

PA: City council declines to take stand on Patriot Act
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"More than 50 residents showed up at city council's meeting Tuesday night to insist Bethlehem take a stand against the Patriot Act."

"Council President J. Michael Schweder, acting with the approval of most other council members, pulled a resolution opposing the Patriot Act from Tuesday night's agenda because, he said, it wasn't city business."
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Hmmmm, city employees potentially being asked to violate citizens civil rights . . . what business is that of the city council?

PA: Police arrest ex-boyfriend in shooting of Camden teen
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"A man wanted for allegedly attempting to murder a former girlfriend in Camden has been arrested in Philadelphia."

"Darryl Dwayne Townsend, 21, whose last known address was in Pennsauken, allegedly climbed through the window of the 18-year-old victim's apartment in Camden on Jan. 9, violating a restraining order and armed with a handgun, authorities said."

"Townsend allegedly shot the woman twice, just above her left ear and in her left shoulder, while the couple's child was in the room, said authorities.. He then allegedly took the victim's cell phone and several hundred dollars in rent money before fleeing, authorities said." ...

"Click It or Ticket" Sticks It To Drivers
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"Do I believe seatbelts save lives? Yes. But I also believe Jesus saves lives, and I'd oppose an act of Congress requiring you to believe in Him. I can rattle off a bunch of statistics supporting my pro-seatbelt stance. Hell, I can list a hundred reasons why I'm a Yankee fan. That doesn't mean I think Red Sox fans belong in jail. (Some do, I suppose. But not all of them.) Someone I know once told me we need laws to make people do the "right" thing." ...

CA: Mother of Murdered Boy Tries To Evade Her Responsibility and Transfer Her Guilt By Violating Everyone's Rights
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"A father shoots and kills his teenage son, then turns the gun on himself. Now, the boys mother talks to LOCAL 8 CrimeFighters in her first television interview since the brutal murder. Lucy Nash wants changes in the law to keep this from happening to another family." ...

"Lucy thought the restraining order would protect her. Since Evans murder, Lucy has learned a lot about both restraining orders and guns."

"'Once you get a restraining order, you are in more danger than youve ever been in,' said City Attorney Casey Gwinn."

"Gwinn says restraining orders do not make victims safer, especially when guns are involved. Thats because under state law, guns cannot be taken away at the time a restraining order is served." ...

MS: Burglary victims fighting back
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"Gary Henderson's residence near Carnes was the first house that a gang of burglars hit in May."

"Five other homes in the Pistol Ridge, Maxie and Carnes communities quickly followed."

"Now the communities are fighting back as they work to organize a Neighborhood Watch group armed with backing from Forrest County, which is offering up to $2,500 through Crime Stoppers for information that catches and convicts the burglars."

"'We don't leave our doors unlocked any more in south Forrest County and stuff I had outside is now under lock and key,' Henderson said Tuesday." ...
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So they aren't really "fighting back", they are allowing criminals to change the way they live their lives.