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New Film Counters Michael Moore on Guns, History, Politics
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"Michael Moore argues that America possesses 'too many guns.' If so, why in the last 20 years -- with gun ownership up -- has violent crime declined in America? Liberals believe gun control reduces crime. Does it? What about the effect on urban crime when cities outlaw so-called 'cheap Saturday night specials'?"
"How often do Americans use guns for defensive purposes? I wanted to put this question to Moore. He tells us, for example, that over 11,000 people die each year because of guns. But how many Americans credit their lives with their ability to use a gun to defend themselves?" |
Gun-maker praises lawsuit shield
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"U.S. Senate passage of a bill that shields gun-makers from certain lawsuits is viewed as a boost for the industry, including Remington Arms Co. Inc., based in Madison."
"The bill's passage in the Senate by a 65-31 vote last month was 'a watershed event for Remington - and the entire firearms industry,' Remington's chief executive, Tommy Millner, said, according to a transcript of a recent earnings conference call."
"Millner said that the law would provide a legal shield for Remington and other gun-makers for the criminal acts by third parties using the company's products." |
Zylon Vests Fail to Stop Bullets 58 Percent of Time in Government Tests
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"Bullets fired in government tests penetrated more than half the police body armor vests containing the synthetic fiber Zylon, already the subject of lawsuits over reliability."
"The Justice Department tests showed that vests made with Zylon lose strength over time, well before their standard five-year warranty expires and even when the armor appears to be in good condition, . . ."
"The vests were subjected to six shots from 9-millimeter pistols and other weapons. Sixty vests, 58 percent of the total, were penetrated by at least one round."
"Even among the armor that stopped all six shots, all but four vests failed another test that measures the impact, or blunt force trauma, an officer could expect to absorb." |
MN: Chief Resigning After Crashing Car
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"The Cottage Grove police chief has agreed to resign over his leaving the scene of an accident after rolling his vehicle in Lakeville. John Mickelson was scheduled to be the city's on-call police supervisor the night of May 8, when his vehicle was found on its top with the motor running."
"Lakeville police didn't find him until 13 hours later. Mickelson said he left the scene to seek medical attention."
"Authorities found Mickelson's badge and loaded gun as they searched his vehicle. They also found two open alcoholic beverage containers." |
MN: Minneapolis Cop Faces DWI, Firearm Charges
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"An off-duty police officer was three times over the legal limit and carrying a loaded gun at the time of his drunk driving arrest last week, according to court documents."
"Officer James K. Brickley, 38, was arrested early Friday in Ramsey County for allegedly driving while intoxicated. He was charged Monday with drunk driving as well as carrying a pistol while under the influence."
"This was Brickley's second DWI arrest. If he is convicted of a second DWI, he could lose his job as a Minneapolis police officer." |
PA: Berks Country police chief kills wife with service weapon
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"After a violent outburst while he was chief of police in Millerstown, Richard C. Curran was barred from bringing his service pistol into the Perry County Courthouse, officials said Thursday."
"Curran, who was named police chief in Bernville earlier this month, is under arrest in the shooting death of his ex-wife." |
PA: Police officer, slain ex-wife argued over child custody (Another report)
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"A police officer accused of shooting his ex-wife to death at the hospital where she worked had argued with her an hour earlier over the custody of their two daughters, according to police and a neighbor."
"Richard C. Curran, 31, on Thursday awaited extradition to Pennsylvania from Niagara County, N.Y., where he was arrested Wednesday night as he tried to cross the border into Canada several hours after the shooting. An extradition hearing was scheduled for Tuesday."
"Tina Curran, 31, of Mount Carmel, was shot several times at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Shamokin Area Community Hospital, where she had worked for about a year as a nurse. She was later pronounced dead at Geisinger Medical Center in Danville." |
TX: HPD cop suspended over Taser abuse allegations
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"The Houston Police Department is investigating an officer for allegedly intimidating civilians with his Taser. The officer is suspended pending the outcome of the investigation." ...
"The Taser has a computer chip inside that when downloaded can tell supervisors how many times the weapon was discharged."
"That's what happened with Officer Seong Kim from the Westside Patrol. Investigators reportedly found some disturbing information while downloading Kim's taser information on to a computer." ...
"Investigators have already interviewed several suspects and people that Officer Kim came in contact with in recent weeks. Some reportedly told investigators that Kim used the weapon to intimidate them." |
VA: Democrat debuts sportsmen support group
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"Sportsmen for Tim Kaine was detailed for reporters during a skeet shooting outing near Hardy in southwestern Virginia. Using a double-barrel, 12-gauge shotgun, Kaine fired at 24 flying clay targets and hit 14."
"His Republican foe, Jerry Kilgore, plans to announce his counterpart organization of hunters, fishermen and shooting sports enthusiasts on Tuesday."
"Kaine touted his role in guaranteeing a right to hunt, fish and trap game in the Virginia Constitution." |
NM: Domestic dispute cited in fatal Wal-Mart shooting
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"Police say a man who witnesses say stabbed his ex-wife inside an Albuquerque Wal-Mart where she worked was shot dead by another man."
"Albuquerque police spokeswoman Trish Hoffman says the other man, 72-year-old Due Moore, had a permit to carry a concealed weapon."
"Witnesses told police a man was attacking the female employee inside the store Thursday evening when a customer intervened and shot him." |
UK: Police probe post office raid
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Detectives have started an investigation following an armed robbery at a post office in Denny, near Falkirk.
Two men, one carrying a firearm, threatened staff and made off with a large sum of cash from the sub-post office at Fleming Court.
The suspects - who were possibly joined by a third man - escaped in a maroon-coloured Renault Megane.
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NM: Police Probe Homicide at Wal-Mart (Another report)
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"One man was killed and a woman was injured Thursday during an apparent domestic dispute inside a Wal-Mart on the city's southeast side, the second time in less than a week that one of the retail giant's Western stores has been the scene of deadly violence."
"Police spokeswoman Trish Hoffman said a witness told authorities that a man had been stabbing the woman inside the store when another man intervened and shot her attacker." |
OH: Search Under Way For Forest Park Bank Robber
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Another gun robbery from 'gun free' Bank One.
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Police are searching for a man who robbed a bank in Forest Park Thursday afternoon.
The robber entered the Bank One on Northland Boulevard around 3 p.m. and gave a teller a note demanding cash. Police said the man implied he had a gun but never showed it.
The robber is described as a black man with a moustache, about 6 feet 2 inches tall and 250 pounds. He was wearing a white hat with black trim, dark shorts, a dark gray muscle shirt and white tennis shoes. |
IL: Murphy backs off gun bill
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"Cook County Commissioner Joan Murphy is backing away from a gun-control bill she had pledged to support after getting phone calls from residents opposing it."
"The bill, authored by Commissioner Larry Suffredin (D-Evanston), seeks to update the county's 15-year-old assault weapons ban."
"Suffredin said the bill is similar to the federal assault weapons ban that expired last year, and it would set a minimum standard for all villages and cities countywide." |
CA: Gun laws need improvements, says attorney
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"It is illegal for residents to carry guns in their cars, but in some places in the county, it’s not against the law. The only problem is, no one knows where its legal and where its not."
"An appellate court overturned the conviction of Keon Brackenridge, who was arrested last year. He was charged with carrying a loaded, concealed weapon in his car."
"But as it turns out, he was arrested on county land where it’s not even prohibited." |
OH: Man Charged With Shopping Plaza Robbery
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Another gun robbery at 'gun free' Meijer.
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Cincinnati police have a man in custody Thursday in connection with a robbery at the Center of Cincinnati shopping plaza last weekend.
Quentin Nickles faces charges of felonious assault, aggravated robbery, having weapons under disability, carrying concealed weapon and drug possession.
Police said Nickles was brandishing a gun as he took a doctor's Rolex watch, his cell phone and about $40 in cash Sunday outside the Meijer store on Marburg Avenue in Oakley.
Nickles also fired a shot at a man trying to help the doctor, police said.
His bond was set at $255,000. |
WI: Clark takes third in state pistol shoot
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"Larry Clark brought home six more trophies this week as he finished a close third Monday in the Wisconsin Professional Policeman's Association pistol shoot in Wausau, Wis."
"Clark, 59, a former La Crosse police officer and retired University of Wisconsin-La Crosse campus police chief, lost the Champion of Champions award by two points, finishing with 835. Ken Johnson of West Allis, Wis., won for the fifth time with 837 points, while John Traynor of Eau Claire was second with 836."
"Clark, a staff minister at Mount Calvary Evangelical Lutheran Church in La Crosse, had won 11 Champion of Champions awards at the state pistol shoot, with his last state title in 2002." |
Canada: Anti-gun activist shot
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"A father was gunned down last night in the same Scarborough apartment building courtyard where he weeks ago staged a 'Stop-the-Violence' barbecue, residents said." ...
"'Guns do not have a place in Toronto,' Mayor David Miller told reporters this month as he announced plans to hire 150 new police officers. 'I am not going to let our city become one where gun crimes are routine.'"
"The murder rate has been generally falling since 1991, when the city had 89 homicides."
"But flare-ups in gun violence in recent years have shone a spotlight on the city's poorer suburbs." |
Canada: Toronto police can battle gun crime--if they really want to
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"Toronto police will only be able to reduce or at least contain the gun violence as long as political pressure is put on the mayor and the Toronto Police Services Board to take it seriously. If the pressure is not kept up on these criminal-huggers, the city of Toronto will continue on its downward spiral." |
UK: Armed robber hits victim with gun
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"A GUNMAN burst into a petrol station, hit the cashier in the face with a handgun and demanded money in a dawn attack on a petrol station."
"The hooded attacker stormed into the Shell garage on Whitehorse Road in Croydon early on Monday morning, brandishing a handgun and demanding money from the safe."
"The terrified cashier, a 28-year-old man, said he could not open it. He was told to sit on a chair and the attacker hit him in the face with the gun and kicked him in the head." |
UK: Police criticised over gun youth
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"Anti-gun campaigners have criticised police for only giving a warning to a boy seen brandishing a replica handgun on a busy Cheshire street."
"The boy was armed with a BB gun, which fires plastic pellets, in Knutsford town centre, as people walked past."
"Michelle Forbes, of anti-gun group Mothers against Guns, said the teenager deserved more than a telling off." |
Uganda: Museveni orders gun crackdown
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"PRESIDENT Yoweri Museveni has ordered a crackdown on guns in Kampala city following a number of grisly murders of prominent people."
"Museveni said the resurgence of murders was due to the “loose” storage of ammunition that allows armed forces to keep them in their 'huts and houses' rather than in the armoury." |
NE: Agencies hand out gun locks
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"Many people enjoy shooting sports and have guns in their homes for protection."
"However, if that weapon falls into the hands of a child, tragedy can happen."
"That's why the National Shooting Sports Foundation, the Nebraska Sheriff's Association, the Nebraska State Patrol and local law enforcement agencies have partnered to distribute 95,000 cable-style gun locks throughout the state. Project ChildSafe is funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of Justice." |
OH: Wal-Mart Gun Policy Saves New Mexico Woman's Life
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"Ohioans have learned that Wal-Mart stores have consistently removed any 'No Guns' signs posted by local management. Ohioans For Concealed Carry has learned that the majority of these signs are the result of local management being duped by 'compliance kits' mailed out with the impression that the signs are required by law."
"Wal-Mart corporate operations have repeatedly required every single sign to be taken down promptly when representatives or members of Ohioans For Concealed Carry have reported a rogue posting."
"Wal-Mart's policy is made clear by this consistent behavior: Holstered firearms in possession of the law-abiding citizen are not prohibited in their stores." |
PA: Two robbers killed in apparent home invasion
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"Two men who apparently broke into a house were shot to death, and two residents of the home were wounded by gunfire Thursday morning, police said." ...
"The men apparently broke into the rear of the house, duct-taped one resident and forced him to open the front door, police said."
"At this point, one of the people inside the house either wrestled with one of the persons, took a gun from them or had a gun of their own..." |
Canada: Toronto Cops Ticked-off by Controversial T-shirts
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Some T-shirts being worn by young people in Toronto are irritating Toronto cops.
The shirts have a picture of a gun, with the caption, "Rule 1: Be Armed.'
The shirts aren't illegal, just in bad taste.
Sgt. Rob Hargan says kids wearing them will be "hassled.'
But 640 Toronto crime expert and host of The Beat Craig Bromell says that's about all police can do because there's nothing illegal about them.
There are suggestions that two of the shirts have been seized.
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