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Oregon Sen. Burdick Wants Female Teachers Defenseless Against Abusers, Says CCRKBA
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"Oregon State Sen. Ginny Burdick's plan to sponsor legislation designed to make female teachers more vulnerable to abusive ex-spouses by specifically stripping away their right of self-defense on school campuses is a 'new low in gun control extremism,' the [CCRKBA] said today."
"Burdick, an anti-gun Portland Democrat, has announced that she will introduce a bill that would specifically authorize Oregon school districts to ban firearms on campus ... this [bill] will be aimed at the rights of teachers like the one in Medford, who is fearful of an ex-spouse against whom she has a restraining order. That teacher has gone to court to force the Medford school district to live by state firearms law and the Oregon Constitution." ... |
SAF Says Milwaukee Judge Understands State Constitution Better Than Doyle
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"Milwaukee County, WI Circuit Judge Daniel A. Noonan understands the Wisconsin Constitution far better than Gov. Jim Doyle and the Legislature's Democrat majority, the Second Amendment Foundation said today."
"Judge Noonan nullified charges Monday against a Milwaukee pizza delivery man who had been accused of shooting two would-be robbers, ruling that a state law prohibiting concealed carry -- at least as it applies to the case against Andres Vegas -- is unconstitutional. Article 1, Section 25 of the Wisconsin State Constitution affirms that 'The people have the right to keep and bear arms for security, defense, hunting, recreation or any other lawful purpose.'" ... |
HI: Police Say Maui Resident Shot Intruder
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"A Huelo resident shot an intruder who broke into his home with two boys on Monday night, according to Maui police." ...
"The resident of the home confronted a man and two boys who were trying to steal some of the contents, police said."
"The resident shot the man in the stomach, police said. The injured man struck the resident in the face with an object from inside the home, authorities said."
"The three intruders took off." ...
"An ambulance took the resident who was hit in the face to Maui Memorial Center as well. He suffered multiple facial fractures. He went into surgery in satisfactory condition."
"Police arrested two male juveniles and then released them to their parents." ... |
MA: Size Matters
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A grocery store clerk in Framingham had a surprise Monday night for a would-be robber who flashed a .22-caliber Ruger and demand cash, police said.
The grocery store clerk pulled out a more powerful gun.
After looking at the .22, the clerk at A & J grocery on Kendall Street grabbed a .45-caliber semi-automatic pistol and loaded a round into the chamber, police said. As the failed robber fled, the clerk pulled the trigger, firing a round that missed the man but hit an ATM machine and a door inside the store, police said.
Police did not release the name of the clerk, who was in his 40s. The robbery suspect was described as a black male with medium to dark colored skin who was between the ages of 18 and 25. |
OH: Man Aquitted In Lockland Shooting Death
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A man is acquitted in a murder outside a local gas station. 30 year old Nashid Muhammad was accused of shooting Ronnie Rose outside a Marathon in Lockland in September of 2005.
According to the judge's ruling, the case was dropped because the facts of the case didn't add up. Muhammad's attorney, Mike Allen, says it's rare to see acquittals in Hamilton County.
"It was a case of self defense that we presented. It was a case of self defense where, obviously, the majority of the jurors believed in our self defense claim."
Muhammad had faced murder and voluntary manslaughter charges. |
DC: City Asks Appeals Court To Preserve Rifle Rule
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"Attorneys for the District government told a federal appeals court yesterday that the city's requirement that shotguns and rifles be kept unloaded or outfitted with trigger locks should remain in effect until the Supreme Court decides whether it will consider the constitutionality of the gun law." ...
"Attorneys for the residents who challenged the law pointed out that the city's petition [for certiorari] asked the court to consider whether 'the District of Columbia's longstanding law banning handguns but authorizing private possession of rifles and shotguns violates the Second Amendment.' The residents' attorney said the city was, in effect, conceding the unconstitutionality of what they called the 'functional firearms ban.'" ... |
WI: Wisconsin Circuit Court Sides With Gun Owners
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"Today, Monday, September 24, the 31st Circuit Court of Milwaukee County ruled that the Concealed Carry Weapons (CCW) statute was unconstitutional as applied to a particular defendant -- in this case, a pizza delivery driver who carried a gun for self-defense on the job, after being robbed repeatedly in a high crime area."
"Andres Vegas is a pizza delivery driver and has been robbed and mugged while attempting to deliver a pizza on four different occasions. ... Vegas, armed with a firearm, exercised his constitutional right of self-defense and shot one of the assailants. ... He was subsequently told by the prosecuting District Attorney that if he were to use a firearm in self-defense again he would be prosecuted." ... |
Federal Court in Georgia Blocks Bloomberg Bid to Move Lawsuit
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"A federal district court in Georgia has denied a request by attorneys for New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg to transfer a lawsuit filed against the mayor and others by Adventure Outdoors, a Georgia retailer, to a federal court in New York State."
"That lawsuit, supported by the Second Amendment Foundation, names as defendants Mayor Bloomberg, the Corporation Counsel of the City of New York, the city's Criminal Justice Coordinator and police superintendent, and a private investigation company that was hired to conduct so-called 'sting' operations against Adventure Outdoors and several other gun shops in at least five states. The lawsuit was filed in 2006 in federal court in Georgia ..." ... |
Nicki F: Buffoons and computers don't mix well
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"Brandeis student Brian Levenson has penned an exceptionally ignorant editorial claiming guns do not belong on campus. Brian is so hoplophobic, he doesn't even think campus police ought to be armed. You see, he'd rather see unarmed police officers respond quickly to an emergency and be left as defenseless as the rest of the victims on campus."
"Brian was extremely disturbed at the announcement that Brandeis police will be armed. Brian was also appalled to hear that police officers on campus would actually leave their jobs if they were forced to be defenseless." ...
"... Brian would like to see officers die for him and refuses to trust them unless they're willing to take a bullet from an armed psycho for him." ... |
MA: Guns and campus don't mix well
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"Brandeis police have exceptional response times; parties are broken up before they even begin, and cars are ticketed before the parking brake is pulled. That is, unless you are locked out of your room in a towel, in which case you would be lucky to be back inside within the hour. Following the tragedy at Virginia Tech, I discussed the issue of whether or not to arm our police officers with a few suitemates and, unsurprisingly, all three of us have very different views on gun control and how much power police officers should have. However, we all agreed that the Brandeis officers should not be armed. And so I was dismayed to read University President Jehuda Reinharz's announcement two weeks ago that the police will indeed be armed." ... |
Guns are not a solution
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"It has been almost a year since the gruesome school house shootings in the Amish community of Bart Township, PA shocked the nation. Violence in schools has been an issue of concern since the Columbine tragedy, but this massacre caught everyone off guard." ...
"... How can we prevent these tragedies from happening in the future? The subsequent shooting spree at Virginia Tech showed that we still haven't figured that out yet. The issue rages on today, with various 'solutions' being offered."
"A teacher in Ashland, Ore. has ... quite possibly the worst ideas to date. This teacher, who is known by the pseudonym 'Jane Doe' in court and newspaper articles, wants to bring her 9-mm pistol to school with her while she teaches." ... |
KY: Guns: license to skill
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"So, I get the idea that college campuses just aren't safe anymore. ... Friday, Sept. 21, two students were shot on the campus at Delaware State University."
"However, all AP reports indicate that the victims knew the attackers but wouldn't give their identities to police, fueling speculation that the crimes may not have been an act of random violence."
"Eventually, all forums of campus safety and security return to one bitterly divisive issue: gun control. So let's skip the small talk and delve straight into the issue. How relevant and far-reaching is the Second Amendment's right to bear arms? As a society, is it acceptable that every citizen have the liberty to own a deadly weapon?" ... |
Giuliani Is Everyone's Worst Nightmare
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"Former New York City Mayor and Republican Presidential contender Rudy Giuliani said this week that he was 'liberals' worst nightmare.' However, the truth is, Rudy Giuliani is everyone's worst nightmare." ...
"Furthermore, if anyone thinks that George W. Bush is obsessed with domestic spying and surveillance, just wait until Giuliani becomes President. You can count on him pressing his anti-Fourth Amendment and anti-Second Amendment agendas to the nth degree through all sorts of executive orders and signing statements." ... |
Giuliani Defends Right to Bear Arms
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"Rudy Giuliani, who called for tough gun control as New York's mayor, said Tuesday the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and a recent court ruling on personal liberties framed his current outlook defending a right to bear arms."
"'You have to look at all of these issues in light of the different concerns that now exist ...' the Republican presidential contender told The Associated Press in an interview."
"He added that his thinking also was influenced by a federal appeals court's decision this year to overturn a 30-year-old ban on private ownership of handguns in Washington."
"'It is a very, very strong description of how important personal liberties are in this country and how we have to respect them,' he said of the ruling." ... |
Huckabee believes 'our heaven is duck hell,' jokes Stewart
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"The Daily Show's 'Cluster-@#&%$ to the White House' segment for Monday focused on the Republican presidential candidates' appearances before the National Rifle Association last week."
"'No candidate came with more baggage than Rudy Giuliani,' Jon Stewart said before playing an old clip of the former New York mayor criticizing the NRA's opposition to a ban on assault weapons. 'Now that Giuliani's running for national office, he's pro-gun. ...'" ...
"Stewart turned next to a clip of Governor Mike Huckabee gushing enthusiastically, 'I'm pretty sure there will be duck-hunting in heaven ...'"
"'Are you saying our heaven is duck hell?' asked Stewart. 'Is there any place a duck can go to not get shot? ... '" ... |
Giuliani's call
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"Technology changes much faster than the rules of etiquette, so we're a long way from settling on the do's and don'ts of cell phone use."
"But many people, maybe most, consider it rude to interrupt a business discussion ... to take, and complete, a non-emergency personal call. ..."
"And if it's a really important meeting ... taking a cell call from your wife just to say 'have a good trip' is especially disconcerting. Excuse the stereotype, but it's the kind of rudeness we expect from an arrogant New Yorker so full of himself he doesn't care what anyone thinks."
"Which naturally brings us to Rudy Giuliani."
"Giuliani was addressing several thousand members of the National Rifle Association last week ..." ... |
NRA now eyeing role in GOP primaries
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"The National Rifle Association, which did not endorse President Bush in 2000 and 2004 until just a month before the general election, is considering stepping into the presidential campaign fray early next year during the primary season, the group's chief lobbyist says."
"While the NRA waited until October in each of the past two presidential election years before endorsing a candidate, the group plans to take a more high-profile role early in the 2008 Republican nomination process." ... |
NY: Bloomberg Lambastes Gun Law That Giuliani Calls 'Sensible'
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"Mayor Bloomberg may be unwilling to criticize his predecessor directly, but he is leaving little doubt about his distaste for Mayor Giuliani's newfound courtship of the gun lobby."
"'Rudy Giuliani can speak for himself,' Mr. Bloomberg told reporters yesterday at City Hall before launching into a full-throated defense of policy positions that the former mayor has recently disavowed or opposed."
"Mr. Bloomberg was responding to Mr. Giuliani's comments last week to the National Rifle Association, in which he distanced himself from a lawsuit against firearm manufacturers that he initiated as mayor and which the city is still pressing. Mr. Giuliani also voiced support for a gun law that Mr. Bloomberg has mounted a national campaign to overturn." ... |
NY: Bloomberg Begs to Differ With Giuliani on Gun Suit
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"Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg took a rare, veiled swipe at his predecessor yesterday, challenging Rudolph W. Giuliani’s assertion that a lawsuit Mr. Giuliani filed as mayor against gun manufacturers had changed so much that he may no longer support it."
"Saying that the case had 'not changed at all' since its inception, Mr. Bloomberg told reporters at a news conference at City Hall, 'We believe that it’s a good case, and we hope to win it.'"
Last week, Mr. Giuliani, a Republican candidate for president, told the National Rifle Association that the suit had 'taken several turns and several twists that I don’t agree with.'" ... |
Alexander Hamilton, A FULL VINDICATION; "Self-preservation is the first principle of our nature", Dec. 15, 1774
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"...Self-preservation is the first principle of our nature. When our lives and properties are at stake, it would be foolish and unnatural to refrain from such measures as might preserve them because they would be detrimental to others...."
"...If one part endeavors to violate the rights of another, the rest ought to assist in preventing the injury. When they do not but remain neutral, they are deficient in their duty, and may be regarded, in some measure, as accomplices.
"...the united strength of the several members might give stability and security to the whole body, and each respective member; so that one part cannot encroach upon another without becoming a common enemy...."
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The Farmer Refuted, Alexander Hamilton, Feb. 23, 1775
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"Upon this law depend the natural rights of mankind: the Supreme Being gave existence to man, together with the means of preserving and beautifying that existence. He endowed him with rational faculties, by the help of which to discern and pursue such things as were consistent with his duty and interest; and invested him with an inviolable right to personal liberty and personal safety..."
"Hence, in a state of nature, no man had any moral power to deprive another of his life, limbs, property, or liberty; nor the least authority to command or exact obedience. . . . is to violate that law of nature which gives every man a right to his personal liberty, and can therefore confer no obligation to obedience..."
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Cato’s Letters, No. 33 - "to the first law of nature, that of self-preservation", June 17, 1721
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"...And thus men quitted part of their natural liberty to acquire civil security. But frequently the remedy proved worse than the disease; and human society had often noenemies so great as their own magistrates; who, where-ever they were trusted with too much power, always abused it, and grew mischievous to those who made them what they were...."
"...And as to wicked men, their being accountable to God, whom they do not fear, is no security to use against their folly and malice; and to say that we ought to have no security against them, is to insult common sense, and give the lie to the first law of nature, that of self-preservation. Human reason says, that there is no obedience, no regard due to those rulers...." |
PA: Jury Acquits Man In Knife Case
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"'I thought crooked cops were only in the movies.'"
"Unapologetic, undaunted, and acquitted, these were the words of 23-year-old Victor Salib as he sat in the offices of the Wayne Independent to talk about his just-completed trial." ...
"Salib has plenty to celebrate. It took the jury of his peers at the Wayne County Courthouse less than ten minutes to find him not guilty of three charges ..." ...
"A full exoneration, however, was not enough for Salib; he also had to have the last word. On the way out of the courtroom, Trooper Horan, who had stayed to watch the verdict read, nodded to the defendant."
"Salib looked him straight in the eye. 'Crooked cop,' he said, before walking out." ... |
TN: Gun owner receives apology from police chief
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"Trevor Putnam knew the gun laws. The officer who stopped him didn't."
"'When I told him that I hadn't done anything, he said he'd find a reason to put me in jail,' said Putnam, 24, who works with guns every day as vice president of Coal Creek Armory in West Knoxville."
"'It's not that I have a problem with police officers. I deal with police officers nationwide from Arizona to Maine every day. But I lost my confidence in a legal right that I knew I had.'"
"Knoxville police officers will get a refresher course on the state’s gun permit laws after an officer who didn't know the law stopped, frisked and threatened to arrest Putnam for legally carrying a gun inside a Wal-Mart this summer." ... |
NY: Toy gun leads to real cuffs
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"... Thomas Keahon woke up to find a swarm of real-life cops banging at his door."
"Confronted ... by four state troopers, hands on their holstered guns, Keahon said he reached for his bathrobe to keep it closed."
"'Get away from the pockets!' a trooper yelled. 'Put your hands in the air!'"
"When Keahon asked what was going on, he was told only to shut up."
"Keahon was pulled outside, handcuffed and placed on his knees. When his stepdaughter's husband came to the door, he also was cuffed, put on his knees and placed beside Keahon."
"... all because five hours earlier, Keahon's stepgrandson was playing with a toy gun in the back of his family's car." ... |
Canada: Police cruiser goes missing
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Halton Police are looking for a stolen cruiser full of police equipment.
Just after 6 p.m. last night, a Halton police officer parked his vehicle in a Dundas neighbourhood. When he returned to his car just after 6 a.m. this morning, it was missing.
The 2004 Buick Century contained the officer's gun, a can of pepper spray, a baton, handcuffs, a bullet-proof vest, and a police radio.
Anyone with information is asked to call Detective Larry Burns at 905-825-4747, ext. 5129 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477. |
NJ: Uninformed Consent
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... "The lesson is that if we really want to protect ourselves from the consequences of racial profiling we need to do more than simply ask police officers to stop singling us out. Most Americans are unaware of their basic constitutional rights during police encounters. ..."
"I habitually remind my family and my congregation that the Fourth Amendment gives us the right to refuse police searches. So when an officer asks to search your car, courteously say, 'Officer, I know you’re just doing your job, but I don’t consent to any searches.'"
"Contrary to popular belief, refusing to consent does not give the police a legal basis to suspect you of criminal activity or to search you." ...
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IL: Let’s Pry Open Those Cold, Dead Hands
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"The national news polls suggest that the majority of Americans support more gun control."
"You wouldn’t know it from the mail I get."
"Whenever I write about the plague of gun violence, I get a huge blowback from the gun lovers of America."
"The rabid response of the gun lobby is damning, but impressive. They out-gun, out-email, gun-control advocates by more than 20 to one. ... The gun army, made up almost exclusively of white men from suburban and rural areas, is loaded for bear." ...
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OH: Ohio Governor Ted Strickland Announced as Keynote Speaker of Ohioans for Concealed Carry Annual Family Picnic (OFCC)
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"Ohioans For Concealed Carry is thrilled to announce that Ohio Governor Ted Strickland has accepted our invitation to serve as keynote speaker at our fourth annual family picnic, the Party in the Park. His office has confirmed that the Governor is eager to speak to our members and supporters at this great event being held on the afternoon of Saturday, September 29th at Liberty Park in Powell, Ohio (north of Columbus)."
"This year's picnic will start earlier than prior years in order to accommodate the obviously hectic schedule of Governor Strickland. Lunch will be served at 11:30 AM. Governor Strickland is expected to arrive at noon and will address the crowd between 12:30 and 1:00 PM." ... |
CA: Wildlife commissioner blames NRA for his ouster
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"The wildlife commissioner forced to resign this month by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Monday that he believes he was fired because he supports banning lead bullets in some areas of the state to protect the rare California condor ..."
"R. Judd Hanna was asked to resign from the state Fish and Game Commission one day after 34 Republican legislators wrote Schwarzenegger, requesting Hanna's ouster because of their 'grave concern' that his stance against lead bullets made him a biased member of a commission that is taking up the issue."
"Hanna ... chided the National Rifle Association and others who oppose a ban, saying they are ignoring scientific evidence that lead poisoning from bullets is killing one of the most endangered birds in North America. ..." ... |
UK: New law warning to airgun dealers
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"POLICE yesterday warned North Wales airgun traders to register as firearm dealers or face prosecution."
"Anyone selling air weapons in North Wales must register with police by next Monday or face the consequences under tough new laws."
"Calls were made for a crack down on airguns after a series of incidents across the region in recent years where people and animals were hurt or killed."
"But one gun shop owner said he had not been told of the changes to the law, despite requests to the government for clarification."
"Ian Okell ... said the regulation of gun shops would not tackle the real problem – that of the illegal gun trade." ...
"Gun traders must buy a £150 registration, lasting three years ..." ... |
UK: Court hears of how dad was stabbed to death
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"A DAD-OF-THREE was stabbed in the throat after confronting a thug who shot his nephew two years earlier, the Old Bailey heard."
"Peter Jones, 38, bled to death after Terry O'Neil, 47, plunged a blade through a major artery in his neck, jurors were told."
"Potters Bar warehouse manager Mr Jones, who had been drinking heavily, had spotted O'Neil in an east London pub on August 12 last year."
"Two years before, O'Neil had allegedly shot an airgun pellet into the back of 14-year-old Gary Jones over a row about a PlayStation." ... |
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