|
|
CA: Attacks on defenseless sickening
Submitted by:
Tom Allison
Website: http://eternalvigilance.blogspot.com
|
There
are no comments
on this story
Post Comments | Read Comments
|
(Opinion Letter: Debby Taylor--Rio Vista, CA)
"I work with people---either in their golden years or disabled--"
"---we listen to the hopelessness in their voices when their windows are shattered and their radios and other personal treasures are stolen.
They have to deal with domestic terror. I see it in their stricken eyes when they walk back to their cars, hoping that they are not---the next victim."
"Isn't there something that can be done by our community and law enforcement---?" |
Invention Targets Gun Safety
Submitted by:
RPA-PAC
Website: http://www.rpa-pac.org
|
There
are no comments
on this story
Post Comments | Read Comments
|
"A Scottsville family is using ingenuity to start a new business and to prevent children from being killed in accidental shootings." ...
"She came up with what she calls the Lizzy Breach Blocker. A steel rod that fits into the barrell or breach of shotgun with a lock on the end. Liz says with the blocker in place, children can't load the gun." |
WA: Victim's son says deputy drew gun quickly on his unarmed dad
Submitted by:
Doug Charette
|
There
are no comments
on this story
Post Comments | Read Comments
|
"When Deputy Mel Miller pulled his weapon to shoot Robert Lee Thomas Sr., the 'gun came out of there like it was attached to his hand,' Thomas' son said Thursday."
"Robert Lee Thomas Jr. recalled the day his dad died during the fourth day of an inquest into Thomas Sr.'s death. The younger Thomas said he never saw his father with a gun, even though Miller told jurors earlier this week that he shot and killed the senior Thomas in self-defense." |
GOA says Brady campaign 'grasping at straws'
Submitted by:
P. Jones
|
There
are no comments
on this story
Post Comments | Read Comments
|
"They're totally grasping at straws here," said Erich Pratt, communications director for Gun Owners of America (GOA). "They've got the news 'fact' that gun sales may be down and so they're trying to put the best spin possible on this. It's just laughable." |
INS Accused of Lying to Immigrants About Second Amendment
Submitted by:
P. Jones
|
There
are no comments
on this story
Post Comments | Read Comments
|
"A study manual for immigrants seeking U.S. citizenship warns that 'a special permit is required' by anyone wishing to exercise their constitutional 'right to bear arms, or to own weapons.' "
"The manual, issued by the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), departs, at least in tone, from statements issued by U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft regarding the Second Amendment and gun ownership." |
NJ: Attempted Robbery Thwarted
Submitted by:
Nicki Fellenzer
Website: http://www.armedfemalesofamerica.com/index.php?section=TAKING+AIM...
|
There
are no comments
on this story
Post Comments | Read Comments
|
"A botched armored car robbery ended with one suspect being shot several times by a guard. A second suspect was captured a short time later, but a third was still being sought."
"The guards, Guems Geanlys and Carlos Hernandez, were picking up money from the Newport Centre Mall when three men dressed in blue uniforms approached them around 11:30 a.m. Thursday. A scuffle ensued and Geanlys wounded Kevin Henry, 48, of New York City."
KABA NOTE: It's great that a guard in New Jersey can protect himself and has successfully done so. Now let's see similar access to self-defense for regular citizens! |
OK: National Guardsmen join security mission
Submitted by:
serinde
Website: http://www.progunwomen.com
|
There
are no comments
on this story
Post Comments | Read Comments
|
"More than 300 Oklahoma Army National Guardsmen are being mobilized for at least a year in support of Operation Noble Eagle, the code name for the post-Sept. 11 mission of protecting U.S. territory. Their mission: Security at military installations."
" 'Morale is very high. The soldiers are excited to go on active duty and do their part in this homeland defense position,' [Cmdr. Sonny] Hurtado said. 'The war is fought everywhere, not only overseas.' " |
Assaults Increase On National Parks Workers
Submitted by:
Doug Charette
|
There
are no comments
on this story
Post Comments | Read Comments
|
"Assaults on federal employees working in national parks, national forests and other public lands increased -- in some cases, dramatically -- last year, according to a report released this week by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER)."
"The group found that the number of incidents, which included everything from threats and punches to shootings, bombings and arson, that involved Forest Service employees more than doubled, to 78."
QUESTION:
Considering these types of attacks and the animal attacks, isn't it about time the ban on carrying firearms for self-defense in National Parks be rescinded with an apology? |
OK: Bush vows bold defense of freedom
Submitted by:
serinde
Website: http://www.progunwomen.com
|
There
are no comments
on this story
Post Comments | Read Comments
|
"President Bush told an Oklahoma City audience Thursday when it comes to the defense of freedom, America will be relentless, tough and victorious."
" 'My most important job now is to defend innocent life in America,' Bush told those attending a fund-raiser for U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe's re-election campaign and former congressman Steve Largent's campaign for governor."
[Tell that to Charlie Puckett and Dr. Timothy Emerson.] |
"100 Blacks in Law Enforcement" Group Wants To "outlaw realistic toy guns"
Submitted by:
Blacksnake
|
There
are no comments
on this story
Post Comments | Read Comments
|
"The NYPD is defending the actions of two police officers who fatally shot a man in Brooklyn whom they said refused to drop a toy gun that appeared real." ...
"Meanwhile, a police fraternal group is pushing to outlaw realistic toy guns to prevent similar incidents in the future. The group 100 Blacks in Law Enforcement wants legislation to require toys to have a shape that can’t be mistaken for a real weapon, not just a different color, which could be painted over."
"The group is also starting a program to collect toy guns already in the hands of children by trading books for them." |
NY: Mystery Guns of Hempstead Lake
Submitted by:
RPA-PAC
Website: http://www.rpa-pac.org
|
There
are no comments
on this story
Post Comments | Read Comments
|
"Intense summer heat and anemic rainfall combined to drain water holes on Long Island, including the big one at Hempstead Lake State Park. The extended dry spell that left many lakes bone-dry in some spots led to the discovery of a cache of guns that apparently had been tossed into Hempstead Lake, state Park Police Chief Richard O'Donnell said." |
Life on the Edge - Knives can’t go on planes. But they should go everywhere else.
Submitted by:
Doug Charette
|
There
are no comments
on this story
Post Comments | Read Comments
|
"As I listened to the news reporting that United Airlines had announced that it was likely to be filing for bankruptcy this fall, I could not help but smirk a little and wonder if there is justice in the world after all. You see, this spring I was boarding a United Airlines flight and an attendant decided to search my carry-on bag. Tucked in the bottom of the bag was a tiny penknife with a blade about two-inches long. My parents gave it to me and I had forgotten it was there."
"The security man (in his best English) told me he would have to confiscate my knife as it violated new security regulations that forbid any cutting device — including nail clippers — aboard commercial planes. I asked if it was possible to simply put the knife in an envelope and put it in the baggage compartment, so I could get it when I landed. You can carry knives and firearms this way. He replied, 'No.' I asked if I could pay to have it mailed to me. He said 'No' again. So, I got on board and left my knife in Kansas City." |
"The terrible weight of a gun on the job"
Submitted by:
Doug Charette
|
There
are no comments
on this story
Post Comments | Read Comments
|
"There is always a tragic element to law enforcement that we who are outside the world where people wear guns to work do not usually think much about."
"This is especially hard when we have a shooting death like the one two days ago in Brooklyn, where a man was killed by police officers who say that they thought a fake gun he possessed was the real thing."
"Some witnesses say different. They say that when the man, who had been in a trivial argument, turned around and raised his shirt to show that he had no gun, the cops opened up and brought his life to an end. Out of seven shots, he was hit three times." |
UK: MPs back airgun control
Submitted by:
Doug Charette
|
There
are no comments
on this story
Post Comments | Read Comments
|
"MPs from across Britain are stepping up support for the Evening Chronicle's campaign for tight new controls on the sale and use of air guns."
"Today three Teesside MPs are going to Downing Street calling for new legislation on the issue following problems in their constituencies, including the death of a 14-year-old." |
WA: Shoot-'em-up, lying nets former lawmen jail time (follow-up)
Submitted by:
Doug Charette
|
There
are no comments
on this story
Post Comments | Read Comments
|
"Two former law enforcement officers have been sentenced after pleading guilty to shooting up a Stevens County neighborhood with a submachine gun, then lying to investigators."
"Former Stevens County deputy Will Clark and his onetime Suncrest roommate, former Newport police reservist Christopher Spurlock, accepted plea agreements Wednesday from Prosecutor Jerry Wetle." |
"Bush Invites Canuk Army To Patrol US Streets"
Submitted by:
Doug Charette
|
There
are no comments
on this story
Post Comments | Read Comments
|
"Washington and Ottawa are close to a deal allowing U.S. soldiers to cross the border and operate on Canadian soil in the event of a terrorist attack."
"The proposal, revealed by Defense Minister John McCallum yesterday, would likewise let Canadian troops take part in anti-terror operations south of the border." |
UK: Fair takes lead in debate on the future of shooting
Submitted by:
Doug Charette
|
There
are no comments
on this story
Post Comments | Read Comments
|
"THE future of shooting and its importance to the economy of rural areas will be pressed home in a debate at the first Game and Country Fair at Malvern's Three Counties Showground."
"Leominster MP Bill Wiggin and Mid-Worcestershire MP Peter Luff are among those invited to take part in the forum, joining the chief executive of the Countryside Alliance, Richard Burge." |
FL: Police Analyze Beanbag Shooting of Wheelchair-bound Senior Citizen
Submitted by:
Bob Wolfley
|
There
are no comments
on this story
Post Comments | Read Comments
|
"Inquiries proceeded on two fronts Thursday as Lakeland police and state health-care officials looked into the case of an 81-year-old nursing-home resident who was hit with four beanbag charges fired from a police shotgun."
"Police are reviewing the actions of the two officers who used the beanbag charges and a chemical spray to subdue Willie D. Foster after he threatened a nurse and officers with a glass vase Tuesday night."
"Police Chief Cliff Diamond said he was awaiting additional reports from officers before making any decisions, but he added that the two officers involved in the incident Tuesday night were put in a no-win situation."
" 'They pretty much followed the use-of-force (policy) by giving commands and warnings,' Diamond said. 'In days of old, there is a high likelihood that this guy would have been shot.' "
HARDLY
More likely, in "days of old," staff would have handled this without having to call in the cavalry. |
Australia: Medicine mix-ups kill 2000 patients every year
Submitted by:
Anonymous
|
There
are no comments
on this story
Post Comments | Read Comments
|
"MIX-UPS with medicines are killing more than 2000 Australians every year. Illegible prescriptions, poor drug packaging and mistakes with drugs cause more deaths each year than car crashes."
"One of Australia's leading health experts said medication errors may be killing up to 5000 Australians every year."
"THE state's health watchdog wants tighter drug controls and a computerised prescribing system for hospitals."
-- more deaths than with guns |
TX: Off duty HPD officer in shootout with 3 bar patrons
Submitted by:
Doug Charette
|
There
are no comments
on this story
Post Comments | Read Comments
|
"An off-duty Houston police sergeant got into a shootout with three suspects at a southeast Houston bar overnight."
"HPD Sgt. Greg Thompson got into a verbal argument with the three suspects at Phil's Music Bar & Grill in the 2400 block of Wentworth about midnight, said officials." |
Lies Americans for Gun Safety Tell You!
Submitted by:
Jeff Rau
Website: http://www.grnc.org
|
There
are no comments
on this story
Post Comments | Read Comments
|
GRNC alert:
"An alert issued to support the AGS legislative package was based on a shooting that would not have been prevented with a state run mental health data-base."
"What is the real reason Andrew McKelvy wants the state to intrude on your mental/medical privacy?" |
AZ: Appeals court rules gun makers, sellers not liable in slayings
Submitted by:
Doug Charette
|
There
are no comments
on this story
Post Comments | Read Comments
|
"People who manufacture and sell guns that later are used to kill someone cannot be held liable, the Arizona Court of Appeals ruled."
"In a unanimous decision Thursday the three-judge panel threw out the claims of the families of three employees of an East Side Pizza Hut who were shot to death during a 1999 robbery." |
'Don't Tread On Me' flags set sail on all Navy ships
Submitted by:
Anonymous
|
There
are no comments
on this story
Post Comments | Read Comments
|
"Traditionally, only the Navy’s oldest actively commissioned ship — currently the Kitty Hawk, now based here — has the honor of flying the 'First Navy Jack' flag, a rattlesnake moving across a field of 13 red stripes above the warning 'Don’t Tread On Me.' "
"But Navy Secretary Gordon England’s recent directive authorized all Navy ships to fly it in place of the Union Jack at the front of each vessel, to show the Navy’s solidarity with the war on terrorism." |
NC: Lee County Assistant DA Arrested For Plotting To Kill Wife
Submitted by:
Doug Charette
|
There
are no comments
on this story
Post Comments | Read Comments
|
"A Lee County assistant district attorney is accused of allegedly trying to hire someone to kill his wife."
"Lee County Assistant District Attorney Bill Huggins appeared before a judge Friday where two attorneys from the state Attorney General's Office were brought in from Raleigh to handle the case for the state."
IN FAIRNESS
If this fellow is found guilty, he should be sentenced to the general population of a prison where he's helped send other violent criminals. |
Signing of Gun Safety Bill Earns Illinois Governor George Ryan Praise
Submitted by:
Doug Charette
|
There
are no comments
on this story
Post Comments | Read Comments
|
"Sponsored in the Senate by Sen. Peter Roskam (R-Glen Ellyn) and in the House by Rep. John O. Jones (R-Mt. Vernon), the law will make it easier for thousands of Illinois citizens to receive life-saving gun safety training."
"Previously, safety conscious citizens were required to possess an Illinois Firearm Owners Identification (FOID) card in order to receive safety training. When combined with the red tape
associated with obtaining a FOID, the application fee deterred many
citizens from taking advantage of gun safety training opportunities."
"With the passage of SB1936, gun safety students will not have to
be in possession of a FOID card so long as their instructor holds
a valid FOID."
FYI
ISRA is NRA's Illinois affiliate group. |
CA: Former L.A. helicopter reporter get mere two months in prison for unregistered machinegun sales
Submitted by:
Doug Charette
|
There
are no comments
on this story
Post Comments | Read Comments
|
"A former television helicopter reporter has been sentenced to two months in prison and four months house arrest for possession of illegally altered firearms."
"U.S. District Judge Lourdes Baird said Thursday she was convinced that Bob Pettee's crime was an aberration in an otherwise law-abiding life and a lenient sentence was appropriate."
"The judge also found that the former KNBC Channel 4 pilot did not deliberately commit a crime when he sold the guns to a friend for about $3,000."
KABA NOTE: The National Firearms Act of 1934 is as unconstitutional as every other gun law and should be repealed. However, it's peculiar to see a California judge treating a former media reporter so leniently -- when chances are good a "regular citizen" would have done some hard time. |
PA: Mayor charged with stealing handguns from evidence room
Submitted by:
Doug Charette
|
There
are no comments
on this story
Post Comments | Read Comments
|
"The mayor was charged with stealing handguns, pellet guns and ammunition from a police evidence room that he allegedly planned to sell at flea markets or keep for himself."
"The charges against Mayor James W. Brubaker Sr., 65, were filed Tuesday, about two weeks after Indiana County detectives searched Brubaker's home and allegedly found four handguns, 11 pellet guns and four boxes of ammunition, all believed missing from the police station." |
Canada: Firearms lab to leave Alberta
Submitted by:
Doug Charette
|
There
are no comments
on this story
Post Comments | Read Comments
|
"Canada's federal police agency is in the process of consolidating lab services across the country, including the Edmonton firearms section used by Calgary Police Services for exhibit analysis."
"By April 2004, three of six firearms labs in the Firearm and Tool Mark division of the RCMP will no longer handle firearms-related exhibits, but will continue to operate in a redefined capacity, an RCMP spokesman in Edmonton said." |
UK: In 'gun-free' England, having more than they allow you can land you in prison
Submitted by:
Doug Charette
|
There
are no comments
on this story
Post Comments | Read Comments
|
"But the judge also said: 'The fact is the use of firearms without a licence is so serious that custody will always be imposed for these cases. They are dangerous items and their possession must be carefully curtailed and restricted.' "
"A Crown Prosecution Service spokesman said they considered Seller's offences a serious breach of his firearms certificate."
"He said Sellers had two rifles and 300 rounds of ammunition more than he was entitled to." |
FL: Doctor's arsenal is no reason for more gun control
Submitted by:
Doug Charette
|
There
are no comments
on this story
Post Comments | Read Comments
|
(letter)
"First off let me make it clear that I in no way support the activities of Dr. Robert Goldstein. But at the same time I am 100 percent against any further restriction on firearms purchases. What needs to be investigated is where Goldstein got the explosives and (especially) the light anti-armor weapons (both of which are illegal)." |
NJ: "Training prepares women to fend off attackers"
Submitted by:
Newslinks Admin
|
There
are no comments
on this story
Post Comments | Read Comments
|
Big surprise -- not a word about firearms for self-defense.
"Rape Aggression Defense system" sounds like a great program.
But expecting a small framed woman to defend herself against two or three large men with knives -- with only her bare hands -- is not only ludicrous, it's criminal. |
WA: Son: 'Please let me save my dad'
Submitted by:
Newslinks Admin
|
There
are no comments
on this story
Post Comments | Read Comments
|
"Robert Thomas Sr. stopped by the side of a road and tried to offer fatherly guidance to his son about relationships through an old blues song when an angry man approached their truck, the son testified yesterday during an inquest into his father's shooting death."
"The stranger demanded they leave, Thomas Jr. testified. Seconds later, the father lay bleeding as the son pleaded for help to revive him, the son told jurors."
"Those are among the details Robert Thomas Jr. offered yesterday in what for witnesses and many observers in the packed courtroom at the Regional Justice Center in Kent, was the most emotional testimony of the week's proceedings."
"The son's testimony diverged dramatically from the account of the shooter, off-duty King County sheriff's deputy Melvin Miller." |
"Deadly domesticity: An American epidemic"
Submitted by:
Newslinks Admin
|
There
are no comments
on this story
Post Comments | Read Comments
|
Here's another report that describes how useless a "restraining order" or a "protection order" is against a determined killer.
Sadly, its writer lacks the knowledge or will to discuss the most effective, most affordable, easiest to use and easiest to conceal form of self-defense ever devised: the handgun. The only time she mentions a gun is when someone was criminally misusing it.
Do be sure the read the "suggestions for helping people in abusive relationships" -- that's the section where "loan them a handgun until they can get their own, and teach them how to use it effectively." |
ID: Adult sentenced for role in accidental shotgun killing
Submitted by:
Newslinks Admin
|
There
are no comments
on this story
Post Comments | Read Comments
|
FULL TEXT BELOW...
-------
"A 32-year-old Boise man will spend another week in jail for his decision to open his home to a teenage drinking party."
"Last December 28, a party at Freddie Galan's house resulted in the accidental shotgun death of 15-year-old Phillip Tinney."
"During a sentencing hearing yesterday, 4th District Magistrate Judge Kevin Swain told Galan his actions were reckless and that he was at least indirectly responsible for the accident."
"Galan pleaded guilty to one count of dispensing liquor to minors. Swain sentenced him to 180 days in jail, but suspending 150 of them. He's already served 22 days and has another eight to go."
"Galan was also fined and ordered to attend a 'rethinking errors' class." |
MD: Man shoots two deputies dead in county known for its abusive police
Submitted by:
Newslinks Admin
|
There
are no comments
on this story
Post Comments | Read Comments
|
PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND -- "A man who police say killed two deputies as they tried to take him away for emergency psychiatric care remained at large Friday and was believed to be armed."
"James Logan, 23, hid in a bedroom of his parents' house Thursday, then shot the sheriff's deputies with a handgun when they confronted him, said Capt. Andrew Ellis, a spokesman for the Prince George's County Police Department."
" 'They were caught completely by surprise. It appears it was a very quick and violent event,' Ellis said."
According to this report, the police were coming to get Mr. Logan because his wife said he was "behaving erratically."
SUGGESTION:
Before you can fully understand the nature of life under the police jackboot in this troubled Maryland community, consider investing some time reading the in-depth studies put out by the Washington Post last year (link below). When it comes to brutal police officers, Prince George's County, Maryland is known nationally as one of the most problematic areas of the country -- a place where police officers have pushed way beyond some people's limits.
For much more information -- in exhaustive and infuriating detail -- go to: A Blue Wall of Silence: Police Brutality, Even Murder, in Prince George's County
In a community where people consider the police murderers -- with evidence to back up that belief -- it's not unreasonable to expect them to resist arrest, even with force. |
UK: Another socialist community supports increased airgun restrictions
Submitted by:
Newslinks Admin
|
There
are no comments
on this story
Post Comments | Read Comments
|
"WEST Lothian Council has put its weight behind a drive to control the sale of airguns throughout Britain."
"Members of Gateshead Council have called upon local authorities from around the country to support its campaign to introduce tighter legislation to ensure that the potentially dangerous weapons do not fall into the hands of youngsters."
"The English authority is urging the Government to introduce a formal licensing scheme to ensure only responsible adults are able to buy the guns and increase the age limit for use of the weapons from the current 14 years to 18 years." |
OR: Hunter found guilty of manslaughter
Submitted by:
Newslinks Admin
|
There
are no comments
on this story
Post Comments | Read Comments
|
"I swore it was a deer," he said. "I pulled up and shot."
Then he heard Hauser: "I heard him yelling ‘You killed me.’ "
On Wednesday, a 12-person Jackson County Circuit Court jury determined Wilson was guilty of second-degree manslaughter for recklessly firing his rifle and killing Hauser. Judge Patricia Crain presided over the two-day trial. The jury reached a verdict in two hours.
Wilson, a Medford father of two grown children who works at Sherm’s Thunderbird, will be sentenced Sept. 5. He faces a minimum sentence of six years and three months in prison.
-------
TWO WORDS: Orange Vest |
"But I'm Only One Person!"
Submitted by:
Doug Charette
|
There
are no comments
on this story
Post Comments | Read Comments
|
"A recent article addressing how to deal with no rights zones sparked more mail than almost any other piece I've written to date. Some was heartening, some was frightening, some was spam ... but whatever the tone, a majority of the mail expressed a sentiment I found quite disturbing. That disturbing sentiment is the opinion that the actions of one individual -- particularly a 'little guy,' as many individuals described themselves -- just don't matter." |
The Terror of Pre-Crime
Submitted by:
Doug Charette
|
There
are no comments
on this story
Post Comments | Read Comments
|
"John Ashcroft recently released his guidelines for investigating people he suspects as terrorists, and these guidelines exceed even J. Edgar Hoover's contempt for due process." ...
"Also indicating the 'pre-crime' mindset of Attorney General Ashcroft is the following paragraph. 'While no particular factor or combination of factors is required, considerations that will generally be relevant whether the threshold standard for a terrorism investigation is satisfied includes as noted, a group's statements, its activities, and the nature of potential federal law violations suggested by its statements or its activities.' " |
Tina's Got A Gun
Submitted by:
Newslinks Admin
|
There
are no comments
on this story
Post Comments | Read Comments
|
"What do you say when your wife tells you she wants to learn to shoot? How about, 'Yes, dear.' "
"My wife is afraid of birds. She's not terrified afraid, not "chicken," as it were. Tina just considers birds to be air lizards, icky velociraptors in bad boas. They give her the creeps. She feels about birds the way other people feel about snakes or spiders or New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer."
"I, on the other hand, love birds. I spend a lot of money every year and travel thousands of miles for my love of birds. I trudge across acres of muddy fields, push through tangles of forest underbrush and hunker in swamps at dawn simply to find birds--and shoot them. Call it tough love." ... |
|
|
