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Gun Bans Kill; D.C. Newsman Is Latest Victim, So It's News, Says CCRKBA
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"The District of Columbia's gun ban has claimed another victim, and this time a veteran newsman has died, all because criminals know citizens in the nation's capitol cannot fight back ..."
"'Our hearts and prayers go out to the family of veteran New York Times reporter and editor David E. Rosenbaum, who died Sunday from injuries he suffered during a brutal robbery Friday night near his home in northwest Washington, D.C.,' said CCRKBA Chairman Alan M. Gottlieb ... 'We cannot know whether Mr. Rosenbaum would ever have kept a gun for personal protection, but we do know that every law-abiding citizen now living in the District can't. And we also know that for years, criminals have taken advantage of this environment of public disarmament ...'" |
And That's the Trouble : The gun debate, personalized
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Nevada salt flat with my mother leaning over my right shoulder, folding my hand around the oh-so-smooth butt of a .22-caliber revolver. ..." ...
"'You'll get it, don't worry. You need to learn how to shoot this,' my mother said, patting my head. 'You never know how you might need it someday.'"
"She was right. I did learn how to shoot, and I did need a gun someday ... several somedays. And I came to respect the way a gun could save my life."
"I also came to hate guns for the ways they have just as easily, just as coldly, unthinkingly, devastated life around me and come close to ending my own life time and again." ...
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Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence: Why America Should Care that Judge Alito Would Have Struck Down Federal Ban on Machine Guns
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"Judge Samuel A. Alito's judicial views pose serious dangers to the safety of our communities, our families, and our children, as evidenced by his troubling dissent in U.S. v. Rybar, 103 F.3d 273 (3rd Cir. 1996). For this reason, the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence announced its opposition to Judge Alito's nomination to the United States Supreme Court last month. (It is the first time in its history that the Brady Center has opposed a Supreme Court nomination.)"
"In the Rybar case, Judge Alito concluded that the federal machine gun ban is an unconstitutional exercise of Congressional power under the Commerce Clause. Alito attempted to erect arbitrary hurdles to Congressional efforts to reduce the availability of machine guns to the criminal element. ..." ...
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NGOs call on UN members to banish sale of arms
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"The Control Arms Campaign, an organisation fighting arms proliferation has called on UN member states to govern the sale of weapons which have led to bloody conflicts across the world. This comes ahead of a UN meeting this week to prepare the ground for a conference on small arms controls in June. Control Arms Campaign argues that existing arms controls are powerless to protect innocent civilians. There is no international agreement governing the transfer of arms."
"'In 2006, the world has a choice. Either it continues to ignore the massive human cost of arms proliferation or it finally acts to control the arms trade,' says Colin Roche, Advocacy Executive of Oxfam Ireland." ... |
UN: UN to review progress in worldwide fight against illegal gun trafficking
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"Since its adoption in 2001, an international action plan to counter illegal gun trafficking had caused unprecedented government activity in the fight against the scourge, but the weapons continued to cause human misery, destabilize States and squelch development, the top United Nations disarmament official said today as he opened a planning meeting for a review of progress on the issue."
"'The problem is a long-term one,' Nobuyasu Abe, the Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament Affairs, said at the start of the preparatory session for the Review Conference to Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons, which will be held in New York from 26 June to 7 July 2006." ... |
TN: Jenkins Says Son Of County Attorney Taylor Acted In Self-Defense
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"Attorney Stewart Jenkins told a Criminal Court jury from Franklin County on Monday that Rheubin Taylor 'Taylor' II acted in self-defense in firing shots just after the Bessie Smith Strut June 9, 2003." ...
"Attorney Jenkins said Timothy Beasley fired a shot that whizzed by 'Taylor's' head before he reached for the .357-magnum. He said 'Taylor' fired shots to the rear that went over the heads of those allegedly attacking him."
"But special prosecutor Mike Taylor of Rhea County said 'Taylor' should be convicted of second-degree murder for firing the 'extremely powerful' weapon indiscriminately in the direction of a crowd."
"He said it did not matter who fired the first shot." ... |
AK: Fire away if threatened
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"A move is afoot in the state Legislature to make it easier for people to shoot an attacker, even though Alaska's self-defense law is already quite liberal." ...
"State Reps. John Coghill Jr. and Carl Gatto think these standards for self-defense are too restrictive. They have pre-filed separate but identical bills to drastically expand the 'castle' rule. If a potential attacker confronts you anywhere you have a legal right to be, you don't even have to think about safely retreating. For good measure, their bills also virtually eliminate the retreat rule in any other self-defense situation. Unless you know 'to a certainty' you can retreat safely, you are free to fire away in self-defense." ... |
CO: Law offers funky sense of justice
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... "Christou is facing a criminal charge of first-degree aggravated assault after shooting an intruder who was breaking into the Funky Buddha at 4 a.m."
"Though particulars in this case could still come to light, Christou's situation sparks a couple of questions about the limited scope of Colorado's 'make my day' law."
"In 1985, Colorado passed the Homeowners Protection Act, which provided legal protection to homeowners and residents who felt that a person was threatening them. It allows homeowners, in essence, to shoot intruders."
"For some strange reason, the law does not specifically extend this fundamental right of self-defense to business owners. And that's not the only problem inherent in the law." ... |
Feinstein Reverts to Type on Alito (blog)
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"California's senior senator just repeated all the left's cliches about Alito, in the hearing today: pro-machine gun opinions, Roe as a synonym for abortion and privacy rights, Alito must mirror O'Connor, affirmative action, reapportionment ('one man, one vote'), and the 'fifth vote.' Of course, it is virtually impossible that Alito could make any difference at all on Roe, since there are now at most only three other anti-Roe votes on the Court."
"Now of course the left is using Bush's defense of the country as a cudgel against any expansive views of executive power the nominee may hold. These are of course affirmations of elected authority (which Feinstein raised as well, though on behalf of dubiously expansive readings of the commerce clause)." ... |
Feinstein Gets It Wrong Again (blog)
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"Sen. Diane Feinstein (D.-Calif.) followed the lead of her committee cohorts by first kissing the floor that Justice O'Connor walks on and then slamming Alito by misrepresenting the facts of a past ruling."
"Her remarks were based on Alito's stand in U.S. v. Rybar:"
"'Your dissent argued that Congress lacked the authority to ban the possession and transfer of machine guns based essentially on a technicality that congressional findings from previous statutes were not explicitly incorporated in the legislation.' [Note: Actually, Judge Alito said only that Congress could not ban mere possession of firearms, not transfer.]"
"But...it turns out Judge Alito was only following precedent set forth by Justice O'Connor and her Supreme Court colleagues. ..." ... |
Parker v DC: Taking care of business... (blog)
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"While I've been distracted, there have been some minor events in the Parker case. I'm going to try to catch up with them all en masse here. The last we heard, the court had issued a motion requesting limited amicus curiae briefing. My usual sources have been silent on these developments, probably because they are minor details rather than big developments. Unfortunately, this means I don't have ready access to all the documents." ... |
Seegars v Gonzalez: Moving forward at the Supreme Court (blog)
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"There are some new events in Seegars v Gonzalez since I was last sufficiently unbusy to check. The last we heard, the deadline to respond to the Seegars petition for certiorari from the Supreme Court had been set for November 21st, 2005. ..."
"Now, the deadline is past and all responses are in. A conference has been scheduled to hear the petition for certiorari (NOT the case itself, just deciding whether or not to hear the case) on January 20th. That bit of news was just issued on Jan 4th, so I'm not that far behind on my coverage."
"We're not likely to see any more events until that conference, but things will heat up shortly thereafter." |
NY: Principal's drastic measure to keep students safe
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"In what appears to be a sad sign of the times, the principal at a Bed-Stuy elementary school has canceled outdoor recess. He's afraid children could be caught in gunfire." ...
"Because of that threat there was an emergency meeting today between department of education officials and the principal of P.S. 21. Academically this is an excellent school. It's been written up as one of the better schools in the city, but now students are forced to think not only of their school work, but of their safety once they step outside the building."
"The school yard at P.S. 21 might normally be filled with children at play during recess, but the threat of stray gun shots had changed that indefinitely." ... |
FL: MU student raped, robbed at gunpoint
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"A Miami student was tied up, raped and robbed by a ski-masked man who invaded the North Campus Avenue home of five Miami students early Monday morning."
"A student’s voice trembled with fear and anguish as she frantically described the alleged horrors which befell her housemate around 4 a.m."
"'Someone’s got in the house,' she told a 911 operator. 'My housemate just got raped. He’s got a gun. He told her he’d kill her.'"
"As she continued speaking with dispatchers, she implored police to 'hurry.'"
"'He’s right outside,' the student said. 'He left like two minutes ago.'" ...
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TN: Loaded gun found at McMinn County High School
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"Two McMinn County high school students are charged with bringing a deadly weapon to school."
"School officials say they got a tip on Friday, January 6 that a student had a loaded pistol hidden in a back pack."
"John Forgety, Director of schools for McMinn County, says two students were arrested."
"He says both of them allegedly handled the gun while on school property. 'The youngster was not there, I don't think, to threaten anyone. This was more a possession issue than a malicious issue or threatening issue.'"
"Forgety says school leaders and resource officers acted fast so the school was never put into lock down." ... |
NC: Gun found on Brunswick County jail inmate
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It's a bad situation that could have turned out a lot worse: a prisoner at the Brunswick County jail had a gun.
Not only did he have the gun but it was loaded.
Sheriff Ron Hewitt says the man could have hidden the gun in his baggy clothes. The sheriff says the man was never in with the general jail population; rather he was in a holding cell.
Sheriff Hewitt says the man was given a sandwich and tried to hide the gun between the bread. He then threw the sandwich away and that's when officers found the gun.
Sheriff Hewitt says this is just human error. He says this needs to serve as a wake up call for officers to remember just how dangerous their job is. |
Colombia: Leaked Memo: Corrupt DEA Agents in Colombia Help Narcos and Paramilitaries
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"The drug war is supposed to follow a very clear script: According to the official screenwriters, the U.S. justice system is pitted against corrupt players in foreign countries who are trying to flood American streets with illicit drugs. ..."
"But what happens when evidence surfaces that turns that script on its ear? What happens if proof emerges that it is the U.S. justice system that is corrupt? A document obtained recently by Narco News makes those questions more than hypothetical queries. In this document, Department of Justice attorney Thomas M. Kent claims that federal agents with the Drug Enforcement Administration’s office in Bogotá, Colombia, are the corrupt players in the war on drugs. ..." ... |
CO: Officer, city reach deal on suspension following fatal shooting
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The city of Denver has reached a deal with a police officer suspended over the fatal shooting of an unarmed man.
Ranjan Ford Junior had been suspended for 90 days after the 2004 shooting of Frank Lobato. The settlement calls for a 50-day suspension.
Ford shot Lobato because he believed he was holding a gun. Lobato was lying in bed and holding a soda can.
Ford and other officers were looking for someone else after getting a domestic violence report. |
CA: Police officer facing discipline resigns
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"A San Francisco police officer who allegedly pulled his gun on a crowd of people outside a nightclub has resigned rather than face disciplinary charges."
"Officer DeMarco Foster, 26, a four-year veteran, was brought up on department charges last fall for allegedly drawing his weapon improperly outside Kelly's Mission Rock nightclub ... in August 2004."
"Foster allegedly came upon a fight near his car as he was leaving the waterfront club. He pulled a .40-caliber pistol on the combatants and bystanders, an action that was 'unwarranted and unnecessary,' the disciplinary charges said."
"Foster identified himself as a police officer and displayed his badge, then ordered people to 'get the f -- off' his car, the charges said." ... |
UK: Gun Thug Gets Job At Military Police
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"AN army security guard, with convictions for gun crime and violence, was given the keys to the armoury at a barracks, it was revealed last night."
"Brian Winton, 45, had access to weapons at the Roussillon base ... home of the Royal Military Police."
"He looked after the rifles and ammunition used to train up to 200 soldiers for 15 months before his past was discovered."
"Winton was suspended on full pay after police checked his 10-page police record."
"It revealed 31 court appearances for crimes including unlawful possession of firearms and actual and grievous bodily harm."
"The dad of three had also been arrested for rape, but was never charged, and jailed several times for stealing cheque books and credit cards." ... |
South Africa: Cop shoots wife 'by mistake'
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A policeman from the KwaZulu-Natal North Coast apparently shot his wife in the stomach at the weekend when she got up in the night to go to the toilet and he thought she was an intruder.
An inspector at Gingindlovu police station fired the shot on Friday night shortly before midnight, when his wife was returning to bed from the bathroom, said captain Jabulani Mdletshe.
He said the couple were having alterations done at their house and there was no glass in one of the windows.
The policeman apparently grabbed his private pistol and fired at what he thought was an intruder.
Mdletshe said a docket of attempted murder had been opened and the pistol confiscated.
The woman is in a stable condition in a Durban hospital. |
Ghana: Cop In Custody For Alleged Murder
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"The Upper East Regional Police Command has placed in custody a police constable and recommended his immediate interdiction for allegedly killing a 40-year-old man, Mr Victor Ballengo, at Navrongo, the capital of the Kassena-Nankana District, at about 8:30 p.m. last Friday."
"Constable Patrick Aluko of the Navrongo District Police, who was on duty at the Navrongo branch of the Ghana Commercial Bank, (GCB), was alleged to have corked his AK-47 rifle during a scuffle with the deceased but the weapon went off, killing Ballengo instantly."
"Consequently, the regional police command has started intensive investigations into the case to establish the facts of the incident." ... |
TN: Chattanooga gun distributor named in federal lawsuit
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"A Chattanooga company is among 41 gun distributors and manufacturers being sued by New York City officials, who say some crimes in New York involved guns from Tennessee."
"Chattanooga Shooting Supply, a wholesale distributor, was named in the federal lawsuit that seeks tighter regulations on how guns are sold." ...
"Officials at Chattanooga Shooting Supply declined to comment, but an attorney representing several distributors said the company hasn't done anything wrong."
"'This lawsuit brought by New York City claims that guns are a nuisance,' attorney Chris Chiafullo said. 'It's a broad-brush statement where the plaintiffs are looking for social change.'" ... |
IN: Baptist ministers offer food, clothing for surrendered weapons
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"Baptist ministers across northwestern Indiana are encouraging people to give up their guns by offering vouchers for groceries or clothing."
"Anyone who turns in a firearm to Gary police can take the receipt to one of a series of Baptist revivals and exchange it for one of the vouchers."
"Pastor Dwight Gardner of Trinity Missionary Baptist Church ... said he began planning the gun buyback after attending a church conference in Nashville, Tenn., last year."
"'They were asking us to go back to our local churches and communities with four major initiatives. The first was violence in African-American communities,' Gardner told the Post-Tribune of Merrillville."
"Forty Baptist churches in the city raised money for the $50 vouchers." ... |
IL: Safeguard our rights (letter)
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"We Americans have slowly, yet relentlessly, been giving up freedoms for perceived safety -- gun control lobbies being one threat to our rights."
"The Second Amendment was not added to the Constitution to protect hunters' and sport shooters' rights, it is there so the people can protect themselves from an out-of-control government."
"San Francisco is installing cameras in neighborhoods where crime is high. We don't need Big Brother spying on us, we need good neighbors."
"The Fourth Amendment guarantees the security of our houses, papers and persons from unlawful search and seizure. The Patriot Act circumvents this protection." ... |
VA: World Of Weaponry: Gun Show A Big Draw
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"Camo and ammo and mags. Oh, my."
"The Richmond Gun Show drew several thousand people to the Richmond Raceway Complex this weekend. 'Great selection,' promised ads. 'Rifles, shotguns, handguns, modern and antique guns and knives.'"
"Wandering the aisles of a chilly exhibition hall yesterday morning, attendees browsed through some 240 tables of merchandise."
"And a couple of reporters from The Times-Dispatch who both grew up as preacher's kids were there to scope out the gun show from their own perspectives." ... |
IL: ISRA: Chicago Mayor Daley Leads Democrats on Election Year Suicide Attack Against Illinois Hunters and Sportsmen
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"'Misguided, unfair and unenforceable,' is how the ISRA is characterizing a gun control bill introduced in the Illinois General Assembly late last week. The introduction of HB2414 is the latest effort by Illinois Governor Blagojevich and Chicago Mayor Daley to clamp down on private firearm ownership in the state. Under HB2414, a large portion of firearms currently owned by law-abiding Illinois citizens would be banned. Subsequent to the ban, persons found in possession of affected firearms would face felony prosecution. Previous attempts by Daley-aligned House Democrats to institute gun bans have fallen to defeat." ... |
PA: Township could enact firearms law
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"Neighbors of the Swamp Creek Rod and Gun Club have not heard gunfire for the past month or so."
"When a high-powered rifle round veered from the range and hit a home on Gerloff Road in December, the club shut its gates until the range was deemed safe enough to reopen."
"Now, the Board of Supervisors has stepped into the equation. With residents pleading for their safety, the board is considering adopting two ordinances on firearms."
"According to Supervisor Bill McGovern, the first ordinance is aimed at regulating the use of firearms throughout the township. The second would regulate existing gun clubs. Both ordinances were presented at Tuesday’s Board of Supervisors meeting and could be passed as early as February’s meeting." ... |
UK: Armed police swoop drama
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"THIS is the dramatic moment a man wanted in connection with shooting at two police officers was arrested in Blackpool." ...
"Officers – armed with automatic weapons and Taser stun guns - then stormed a house in Sherbourne Road and led away a man in handcuffs."
"Minutes later, a woman was also arrested."
"The drama, which unfolded at 11am on Saturday, comes two months after police were shot at in a terrifying incident in Huddersfield."
"Investigating an earlier shooting, the armed officers were themselves targeted by a gun-toting thug.
Their unmarked car came under fire from a man armed with a pistol."
"He fired it directly at their windscreen, showering them in glass. ..." ... |
Canada: Making violence less hip
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"The first time Rodrigo Bascunan saw a real gun he was 6 years old. It was shown to him by his friend's dad who had been in the military."
"'He was sort of a gun enthusiast,' remembers Bascunan. 'He always had gun catalogues around and my friend and I would always flip though them.'"
"'One day he asked if we were interested in seeing a real rifle and we said sure. He let us know about the seriousness of guns and he was very careful and safety conscious around us. But to me it was like seeing any other piece of machinery. It wasn't a big deal.'" ...
"But guns are a big deal in Bascunan's life now. For the past three years Bascunan ... [has] been working on a book about gun culture in North America. ..." ... |
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