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Five years later, no accountability for post-Katrina gun grab
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"Five years ago this weekend, Hurricane Katrina slammed into southern Louisiana and Mississippi, devastating the City of New Orleans, killing hundreds of people and setting the stage for an outrage that still angers American gun rights advocates."
"In the days after Katrina hammered New Orleans and adjacent St. Tammany Parrish, an order was issued that only police would be allowed to have guns. Law enforcement personnel from various other states, as far away as New York and California, along with National Guard troops came in to help restore order. In the process, many citizens’ firearms were seized, sometimes at gunpoint, and invariably with the use of intimidation." ... |
The Case For Two Guns
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"One thing that I have always tried to do is keep an open mind to new ideas that cross my desk. Rather than dismiss things with a dictatorial wave of the hand, I have taken a 'let's test it and see' approach. ..."
"It was with that attitude that I considered the issue of carrying two pistols. The idea is not new by any stretch, but it came up recently during a discussion with SI Staffer Roger Phillips on the ambidextrous pistol training we were working on. Earlier, I had seen the concept at a Zero To Five Feet class. A student, 'Frankdude72', wore two AIWB Glocks during the force on force work and did quite well." ... |
Does the Chiappa Rhino Need Rhinoplasty?
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"Yesterday, I suggested that the Chiappa Rhino could be a big hit, thanks to its entirely sensible caliber (.357), promise of low(er) recoil and totally rad design (Battlestar Gallactica meets Terminator). According to the presser, the gat has a hexagonal barrel. The side-on pics didn't show much on that front (so to speak). So I contacted my main man Charles Brown over at MKS Marketing. He sent me these shots ... for your dining and dancing pleasure. Notice that the Rhino's barrel is flat-sided, which should make the gun easier to carry. I still think the 4" barrel version will be The One. Meanwhile, good grief! Charlie’s sending TTAG a testing and evaluation model. We promise to review the weapon the same day it’s received. ..." |
Gun violence remains a moral outrage
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... "There is great anguish and outrage at the prospect of the legalization of same-sex marriage, that it will lead to the moral collapse of America. I suggest that a country that has legalized the killing of unborn children and the unchecked production, distribution and ownership of handguns and assault rifles that have no use other than the killing of human beings has already reached the depths of moral decay. Even if the Supreme Court declares same-sex marriage legal, as they have declared that anyone with a uterus has the right to kill a child, and that the Second Amendment, written in the 18th Century, which has been obsolete for 175 years, is somehow still valid in the 21st Century, these issues will never be 'settled law' in God's court." |
CA: Paris Hilton’s Boyfriend Disarms Knife-Wielding Intruder with Gun. That’s Hot!
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"According to the Daily News, 'Vegas nightlife impresario and Paris Hilton paramour Cy Waits, 34, pulled a gun on that would-be intruder at Hilton's Los Angeles home early Tuesday.' Apparently, Waits forced the suspect to drop two knives and held Nathan Parada, 31, at bay until cops arrived. 'Parada was formally charged with felony burglary and remained behind bars Friday on $50,000 bail. His next court date is Sept. 3. ...' At the risk of seeming insensitive to celebrity stalkerhoodnessitudeosity, did Waits have a permit for that weapon?" |
Gun owners dodge the bullet ban
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"The Supreme Court's recent McDonald and Heller decisions have thus far thwarted the gun grabbers' best efforts by upholding the individual's right to own firearms. Late Friday, the Environmental Protection Agency added another victory to the list as it shot down an attempt to undermine the Second Amendment through the regulation of bullets. ..."
"... [T]hese activists asserted that bullets weighing less than half an ounce might hit the ground and somehow poison the planet. It just isn't true. The Clinton administration's EPA looked into the issue and found no cause for concern. ..." ...
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EPA Surrenders to NRA on Gun Control Issue
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"In a swift and unexpected decision, the [EPA] today rejected a petition from environmental groups to ban the use of lead in bullets and shotgun shells, claiming it doesn't have jurisdiction to weigh on the controversial Second Amendment issue. ..."
"The EPA had planned to solicit public responses to the petition for two months, but this afternoon issued a statement rejecting a 100-page request from the Center for Biological Diversity, the American Bird Conservancy, and three other groups for a ban on lead bullets, shot, and fishing sinkers. ..." ...
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Environmental Protection Agency Reviewing Petition to Ban Lead Bullets
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"Will [EPA] Administrator Lisa Jackson make a back door move to ban lead bullets the day before the November 2 elections?"
"Several environmentalist groups led by the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) are petitioning the EPA to ban lead bullets and shot ... under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). Although EPA is barred by statute from controlling ammunition, CBD is seeking to work farther back along the manufacturing chain and have EPA ban the use of lead in bullets and shot because non-lead alternatives are available. But here's the catch: the alternatives to lead bullets are more expensive. ..."
"Although the EPA could have dismissed the request due to a lack of jurisdiction, it is obliging CBD ..." ... |
NRA Warns Against New Gun Control Push ... From EPA
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"The National Rifle Association, already on high alert over gun control rumors, has gone to battle stations to fight a new scheme before the [EPA] to restrict hunters and anglers from using lead bullets, shot and sinkers."
"Chief NRA lobbyist Chris Cox charges in a letter to the EPA that the effort amounts to 'a vehicle to implement gun control' ..."
"... The Center for Biological Diversity says in a 100-page petition that lead used by outdoorsmen and women can be blamed for causing deaths in some 130 species of birds like eagles. ..."
"The NRA counters that claims lead is causing a horrific toll on wildlife is bogus. The proof, they say, is the population explosion of American Eagles around the nation ..." ... |
Gun Lobby Won't Endorse Reid
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"Senator Harry Reid's votes for President Obama's two Supreme Court nominees have cost him the support of the [NRA]."
"Despite Mr. Reid's longtime relationship with the powerful gun lobby, the group announced Friday it will not endorse him this year because he voted for Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor, both of whom the N.R.A. deems a threat to 'the future of the Second Amendment.'"
"'Her evasive testimony exacerbated grave concerns we had about her long-standing hostility towards the Second Amendment,' Chris W. Cox, the chairman of the N.R.A.'s political arm said, referring to Ms. Kagan. He noted that the group 'strongly opposed her confirmation' and made clear that those votes would be used to score candidates." ... |
NRA to Harry Reid: Get lost
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"How big a deal will this be in the Nevada Senate race?" ..."... After careful consideration, the NRA-PVF announced today that it will not be endorsing Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid for re-election in the 2010 U.S. Senate race in Nevada." "The NRA sent out a letter to its members in July 2009 praising Reid’s stand on gun rights as Senator, leading some to wonder whether the group would eventually endorse Reid in his re-election campaign. ..."
"That idea created a huge backlash, however, and apparently Cox has reconsidered his opinion ..."
"The real question is whether the NRA will endorse Sharron Angle, or just remain on the sidelines in Nevada. I suspect it will be the latter ..." |
Top political ads of Summer
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"Is it the sun, the heat, too much time on the beach? For whatever reason, this summer has certainly inspired some strange political ads. ..."
"For your enjoyment, here's POLITICO's top 10 list of the most memorable political ads of summer. (And click above for our medley of campaign ad moments.)" ...
"'Driving The Left Nuts!' — Pamela Gorman for Congress"
"How do you prove your Second Amendment bona fides? By shooting not one, not two, not three, but four firearms in a campaign ad. Arizona Republican congressional candidate Pamela Gorman did just that in her spot, juxtaposing her gun-wielding toughness with glamour shots of herself ..." ... |
IL: Truth Test: Quinn's TV Gun Ad Vs. Brady
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"In the race for governor, a new attack ad by Pat Quinn is drawing fire from his GOP opponent, state Sen. Bill Brady. The TV commercial focuses on assault weapons, murder and fear."
"CBS 2's Susan Carlson puts the ad to the truth test."
"'Who is this guy?' the Quinn ad asks. 'The more we learn about Bill Brady, the worse it gets.'"
"That's wrong: Plenty of people know about Brady's stance on guns. For years, he has been a well-known supporter of the [NRA] and the rights of gun owners." ...
"Brady has voted against bans on weapons, including assault rifles. But not those like the one featured in the Quinn [ad]."
"It is a type of machine pistol, specifically outlawed in Illinois and in most states. ..." ...
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MD: For District 34
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... "On the Republican side, there are four candidates for delegate: Randolph Craig, of Havre de Grace, Glen Glass, of Edgewood, Patrick McGrady, of Aberdeen, and John Paff Jr., of Abingdon."
"Craig, who has served three years on the Havre de Grace City Council, would make a good delegate in our opinion because he has demonstrated he can work effectively in a legislative environment. We recommend that Republican voters in District 34 choose him as one of their two nominees. Among the other three, we suggest GOP voters select Paff, who has clearly enunciated views on such issues as concealed carry permits and other Second Amendment rights and on family values. ..." ... |
President Signs Industry Excise Tax Bill into Law
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"The President has signed into law the Firearms Excise Tax Improvement Act of 2010 (H.R. 5552). The bill passed the House of Representatives at the end of June by a vote of 412-6 and on August 5 it cleared the Senate by unanimous consent."
"This important legislation corrects a longstanding inequity in the Internal Revenue Code by permitting firearm and ammunition manufacturers to pay the federal excise tax payment on a quarterly basis, just as other industries that support conservation through a federal excise tax do ..." ... |
OH: Bill Aims To Allow Concealed Carry In Workplace Parking Lots (video available)
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"Managment shouldn't infringe on employees' Second Amendement rights, according to State Rep. Joe Uecker."
"'House Bill 571 is a fair, viable effort to protect employees in the state of Ohio. When enacted, it will prevent employees from unjust discrimination or termination simply for exercising their second amendment rights,' Uecker said."
"When asked why government buildings like the Ohio Statehouse are exempt from the bill, Uecker said, 'At the present time, the bill as written will not include legislators while at the Statehouse or other government buildings. The bill was proposed at the request of many citizens and is for their benefit, not the legislature's. ...'" ... |
NV: Coroner inquest in Costco shooting may be on TV
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"Clark County Commissioner Steve Sisolak wants to televise a fact-finding coroner's inquest hearing into the Las Vegas police shooting death of an armed man outside a Costco store."
"Erik Scott, a medical device representative, was killed July 10 by police responding to a disturbance call at the warehouse store. Police say Scott reached for a handgun."
"Coroner Mike Murphy says the seven-member inquest jury will hear testimony starting Sept. 22. The panel will decide whether lethal force was justified, excusable or criminal."
"Sisolak says he will ask Sept. 22 for commission approval to televise the inquest. ..."
"Sheriff Doug Gillespie and the coroner approve televising the inquest." |
D.E.A. Loses Tracking Device
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The local branch of the Drug Enforcement Agency has turned to Omaha Police for help in retrieving some missing property from the office.
According to the police report agents with the D.E.A. are missing a GPS tracking device.
The agents say the missing tracker was last known to be on a 1997 silver Honda Civic with unknown plates.
The D.E.A. was able to provide officers with the serial number of the missing device so it could be entered into a missing property database. |
NC: Editorial: Watching is a Crime?
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"The resisting-arrest conviction last week of Felicia Gibson has left a lot of people wondering. Can a person be charged with resisting arrest while observing a traffic stop from his or her own front porch?"
"Salisbury Police Officer Mark Hunter thought so, and last week District Court Judge Beth Dixon agreed. Because Gibson did not at first comply when the officer told her and others to go inside, the judge found Gibson guilty of resisting, delaying or obstructing an officer."
"Gibson was not the only bystander watching the action on the street. She was the only one holding up a cell-phone video camera. But court testimony never indicated that Hunter told her to stop the camera; he just told her to go inside." ... |
NY: Oneida County settles fight lawsuit
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"The Oneida County Board of Legislators voted Wednesday night to settle a lawsuit in the case of a man who says an Oneida County Deputy Sheriff used excessive force trying to break up a fight."
"26-year-old Dustin Brown will soon be the recipient of $25,000.00, after suiting Oneida County over an incident that happened outside a Clayville bar on May 31, 2008."
"Brown and the deputies involved tell two different stories of what happened that night." ... |
OH: Sheriff's Deputy Faces Kidnapping, Menacing Charges
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A Franklin County Sheriff's deputy was taken into custody on Tuesday morning, accused of stalking.
Deputy Mark Blackwell was charged with felony menacing by stalking, 10TV News reported.
Blackwell was already charged with kidnapping.
An ex-girlfriend accused Blackwell of holding her against her will.
According to Blackwell's attorney, the alleged incident happened at the woman's home in June.
Blackwell is off the job and is recovering from injuries from a motorcycle crash in May, 10TV News reported.
Sheriff Jim Karnes said he is aware of the charges but did not know any other details. |
GA: Ex-Tybee Island cops indicted in tazing of autistic teen
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"Two former Tybee Island police officers were indicted Wednesday on charges of concealing the role of a non-certified jailer in connection with the May 21 Tasing of autistic teenager Clifford Grevemberg."
"Chatham County grand jurors charged Travis Daniel, 25, and Timothy Sullivan, 36, with concealing the participation of Adam Thran in police reports involving the Tasing. The officers also are charged with falsely reporting to Georgia Bureau of Investigation agent John Barry that they were the only ones present during the events leading to the Tasing, the grand jury said." ... |
TX: Houston Police officer charged with pulling over motorists, ripping them off
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"A Houston Police officer is charged with stealing cash from drivers he pulled over in the Third Ward area just southeast of downtown."
"Matthias Dornellian, 24, appeared in court today to face a felony count of Theft by a Public Servant."
"Fellow HPD officers say Dornellian is a former New York Police Department officer, but the reason he left NYPD is unclear. He joined HPD last year and his colleagues say motorists kept on complaining that he would pull them over and steal cash from them."
"Officers say some were known drug suspects, people who have had all kinds of dealings with police and are less likely to file a complaint if an officer violates their rights." ... |
NC: Scathing SBI audit says 230 cases tainted by shoddy investigations
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"The North Carolina justice system shook Wednesday as an audit commissioned by Attorney General Roy Cooper revealed that the State Bureau of Investigation withheld or distorted evidence in more than 200 cases at the expense of potentially innocent men and women."
"The full impact of the disclosure will reverberate for years to come as prosecutors and defense attorneys re-examine cases as much as two decades old to figure out whether these errors robbed defendants of justice. Some of the injustices can be addressed as attorneys bring old cases back to court. For others, it's too late: Three of the defendants in botched cases have been executed." ... |
MN: Minneapolis will pay $165,000 to zombies
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"The Minneapolis city attorney's office has decided to pay seven zombies and their attorney $165,000."
"The payout ... settles a federal lawsuit the seven filed after they were arrested and jailed for two days for dressing up like zombies in downtown Minneapolis ... to protest 'mindless' consumerism."
"... [T]hey were arrested by police who said they were carrying equipment that simulated 'weapons of mass destruction.'"
"However, they were never charged with any crime."
"Although U.S. District Judge Joan Ericksen had dismissed the zombies' lawsuit, it was resurrected in February by a three-judge panel of the Eighth U.S. Circuit ... which concluded that police lacked probable cause to arrest the seven ..." ... |
GA: Family of woman killed in botched drug raid to receive $4.9 million
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"The city of Atlanta will pay $4.9 million to the family of Kathryn Johnston, a 92-year-old woman killed in a botched November 2006 drug raid, Mayor Kasim Reed's office announced Monday."
"Johnston was shot to death by narcotics officers conducting a 'no-knock' warrant. Investigators later determined the raid was based on falsified paperwork stating that illegal drugs were present in the home."
"The incident prompted a major overhaul of the Atlanta police drug unit, and three former police officers were sentenced to prison terms for a cover-up that ensued." ... |
MO: Man whose conviction was overturned still fighting
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"After Ted White Jr. was wrongfully convicted of molesting his 12-year-old stepdaughter, his parents poured everything they had into clearing their son's name."
"When he won his freedom after finding out that the detective who led the sex-abuse investigation was his estranged wife's secret lover, White wanted someone to pay — to pay the legal bills and to pay for what he went through during his nearly six years behind bars."
"Now, more than five years after his release, he's still waiting for the Kansas City suburb of Lee's Summit to do what it once promised — pay the multimillion-dollar court judgment against former Detective Richard McKinley."
"The city doesn't deny signing a 2006 agreement ..." ... |
AR: Man arrested for felony after calling cops Nazis on video
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"An Arkansas man who was filming police from his own property ended up arrested on a felony weapon charge."
"But the video shows he was really arrested for contempt of cop."
"The man was clearly an instigator, calling the cops Nazis as they were arresting a woman in the street in front of his house."
"He did this after one of the officers waved at him, so they were not even concerned about the camera in the first place."
"The action starts a little after the 5:45 mark." ... |
FL: MDPD's "Terrorist Awareness Guide" turns photogs into suspected terrorists
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"The Homeland Security Bureau of the Miami-Dade Police Department has published a 'Terrorist Awareness Guide' where it advises citizens to be on the lookout for people taking 'inappropriate photographs or videos.'"
"And no, they are not talking about perverts shooting up the skirts of women."
"They're talking about people taking photographs of surveillance cameras and other things that are plainly visible to the naked eye." ...
"Read the entire document below. The portion on photography is on the second page in the right-hand column circled in red." ... |
NV: Internal Arrairs: Officer under suspicion
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"Las Vegas police Detective Bryan Yant is under investigation for apparently lying about drugs he didn't seize and actions he didn't take during a 2009 police raid that never happened, the Las Vegas Review-Journal has learned."
"Yant, a 10-year veteran of the department who remains on paid leave, last week was cleared by a coroner's inquest in the fatal shooting of Trevon Cole, 21, while serving a drug warrant in June. In seeking the search warrant, Yant made gross misstatements about Cole's criminal history."
"The department's internal affairs unit is investigating that case and is questioning Yant's actions in at least one other drug probe." ... |
OK: Stephens County Deputy Charged with Allegedly Sexually Assaulting 3 Women
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"A former Stephens County sheriff's deputy is charged with crimes relating to the alleged sexual assaults of three women."
"Stephens County District Attorney Bret Burns confirms Brandon Balthrop is charged with two counts of sexual battery, one count of indecent exposure, one count of kidnapping and one count of first degree rape by instrumentation. Read the full charges (Warning: Contains some graphic language).[.pdf file]"
"Burns said two of the victims were women Balthrop stopped for traffic violations while he was working for the Stephens County Sheriff's Office. He also said the third victim was Balthrop's co-worker when he worked for the Duncan Police Department." ... |
TN: Memphis Officer Accused of Sexual Battery During Traffic Stop in Court
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Attorney Blake Ballin will represent a Memphis Police Officer accused of sexual battery and official misconduct.
Police say Officer Michael Kearney offered to a drop a woman’s ticket in exchange for sex during a traffic stop August 1, 2010.
Kearney allegedly touched the woman inappropriately after having her sit in the back of his squad car to write a ticket for driving on a suspended license.
While in court Monday, August 23, 2010, Kearney turned in his permit to carry a handgun. Kearney will head back to court September 14th with Ballin.
Ballin was unavailable for comment.
Right now Kearney is on paid leave from the Memphis Police Department.
Kearney is charged with Sexual Battery and Official Misconduct. |
NH: New Hampshire police confiscate camera from freelance journalist
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"A former cop who was taking photos at an auto collision fatality Wednesday had his camera confiscated by police in New Hampshire."
"Brian Blackden, who is also a former firefighter and EMT, now works as a freelance journalist. On Wednesday, he was working with Penacook Rescue."
"New Hampshire state troopers said they found his actions 'suspicious.'" ...
"... If the accident was visible to the public eye, then he had the right to take photos."
"Police had no right to confiscate his camera without a subpoena because it was not being used in a commission of a crime."
"Blackden has retained a lawyer but police still refuse to return the camera. In fact, they are still considering slapping him with criminal charges ..." ... |
IA: RACIAL FIGHT: A police sergeant with Des Moines Police is standing by his original police report about a fight near the State Fair, saying he heard racial comments from attackers
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"A Des Moines police sergeant is sticking by his report that he heard racial comments the night fights broke out outside the fairgrounds."
"Police arrested 11 people following fights during the 11-days of the Iowa State Fair. Two police officers were injured and attack victims were treated for everything from broken bones to stab wounds and bruises."
"The department is now saying they cannot confirm the fights were racially motivated. But Sgt. Dave Murillo with the Des Moines Police Department filed a report in which he described a large group of 'black male and female juveniles assaulting white citizens' and using the phrase 'beat whitey night.'" ...
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WI: Former officer given 12 years prison in sexual assault of girl
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"The former Racine police officer convicted of sexually abusing a teenage girl was ordered to spend 12 years in prison."
"A jury found Damen Lowe, 36, guilty of repeatedly sexually assaulting a teenage girl. The girl reported the abuse in May 2009, when she was 15, and said the abuse began when she was 13. Lowe resigned from the Racine Police Department as his trial began ..."
"Waukesha District Attorney Brad Schimel, who prosecuted this case ... asked the judge to sentence Lowe to 15 years in prison. The Department of Corrections recommended Lowe serve about five years in prison, and the defense requested probation or the shorter period of prison time recommended by the DOC."
"Schimel said Lowe acted like a sex offender." ... |
CA: Man Sues For Right to Carry Gun Near Cole Valley's Grattan School
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"After San Francisco school officials refused to allow local programmer Kevin Hall to carry a sidearm near Grattan School in Cole Valley, he sued in federal court Thursday demanding respect for what he calls his Second Amendment rights."
"'I want to open carry in San Francisco, but there are schools all over the place,' said Hall, in reference to California's Gun Free School Zone Act of 1995. 'The law says you can't carry within 1,000 feet. There's one 925 feet from my front door. So I can't walk out my front door with a gun.'" ...
"Lest they worry Hall will begin walking the neighborhood guns ablazin', the plaintiff ... said he's more interested in Constitutional principle than shooting Grattan's principal." ... |
NC: Jacksonville response didn't answer questions
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"Folks, after waiting a month, Richard L. Woodruff, ... City Manager's Office, provided a response: 'In response to your inquiry, please find attached section 15-11 of the City Code. ... [A]ny person in possession of a weapon, must comply with all Federal, state and local laws. Should you need further personal direction on this matter, please pursue that legal advice from your personal attorney. Thank you.'"
"Woodruff's advice to me ... is to hire an attorney. In other words, hire an attorney to 'decode' what the phrase 'which is owned or otherwise under the legal control of the city' means in City Code 15-11(a) or run the risk of incurring the penalty as specified in another section of the city code." ... |
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