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I am a Gun Owner
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"I am decent, honorable, honest, and peaceable. I am a GUN OWNER" ...
"And on February 10th - which I'm declaring Gun Owner Day - I'm going to put on my pins, button, and label, and let the country see that I'm just one of a hundred million decent people." |
PA: Borough May Sell Tommy Gun
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"A western Pennsylvania town is considering selling its 75-year-old Thompson automatic machine gun among other guns that its police force no longer uses." ...
"Police Chief John Karasek says someone made an offer to buy the machine gun for two thousand, 500 dollars several years ago and it may be worth more now. Money from the Tommy gun sale would likely be used to help buy officers new side arms."
"Irwin may also sell .357 revolvers, a Colt .45 revolver and some .38-caliber revolvers." |
UK: Residents watch gun arrest drama
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"Stunned neighbours saw armed police swoop to arrest a 62-year-old man after a gun scare in the centre of a Suffolk market town." ...
"No one was injured during the incident and other people living in the housing complex remained in their homes." |
America's war on terrorism overlooks small-arms trade
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"The overwrought fears of American gun owners are bollixing up the war on terrorism. Arms move easily in a globalized world, and until that world comes together to stem their flow, new weapons and the ordnance left over from old wars will continue to fall into our enemies' hands."
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It figures they'd find a way to blame those who treasure their freedoms for the failure of the "war on terrorism" instead of the ineptitude of power-hungry bureaucrats. |
TN: Police: Area Pharmacist Shoots Alleged Robber
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"A pharmacist raised the stakes on a man who attempted to rob a drug store at knifepoint on Sunday afternoon. The druggist pulled a .38-caliber Smith and Wesson pistol and shot the robber in the hand."
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Lesson learned: don't bring a knife to a gunfight. |
MD: Md. Police: Disabled Man Has 'No Good Reason' For Handgun
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"Maryland has denied a physically disabled citizen a permit to carry a concealed handgun because he does not have a 'good and substantial reason' to be armed." ...
"What Sullivan calls his 'visually obvious physical disability' makes him an attractive target for criminals, he believes. It also makes it almost impossible for him to flee or physically defend himself from an assault. Despite those facts, Maryland State Police denied Sullivan a permit for a concealed handgun."
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It's unconscionable that this man has to justify defending his life to a band of fascist thugs. |
Albania: Albania's gun culture proves hard to shift
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Someone at the UN seems to have a clue. Who would have thought?
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" 'You can imagine yourself as a villager, isolated in the mountains, out of sight of the nearest house', says Lawrence Doczy, who is in charge of the United Nations' Small Arms Control Programme."
" 'If you're in trouble, threatened, and the police can't come to help you because they don't have a vehicle, then you can't really be blamed for wanting to hang on to a weapon for your own protection.' " |
OH: More jail time for gun crimes
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"Criminals could spend an average of six times longer behind bars if convicted of gun-related charges under a new Cincinnati program aimed at sending them to federal prison."
"Project Disarm was launched in late 2001 as a joint effort by Cincinnati police and several federal agencies to crack down on increasing gun violence in the city."
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Do Ohio law enforcement authorities believe beating someone to a bloody pulp with a baseball bat warrants less jail time than shooting them? |
IL: Gun misfires 3 times
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"A Joliet man has been charged with attempted murder of a police officer after he allegedly pointed a gun at the back of a sergeant's head and pulled the trigger three times, misfiring each time."
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Sgt. Gordon Corp had a guardian angel watching over him today. |
UK: Police arrest seven terror suspects in early-morning raid on London mosque
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"Dozens of officers wearing bulletproof vests stormed the red-brick Finsbury Park mosque and two neighbouring houses just after 2 a.m... Police seized computers and documents, and found a stun gun, an illegal canister of CS gas, similar to pepper spray, and a blank-firing imitation gun."
"They found no evidence of ricin in the mosque, where previous worshippers included confessed shoe-bomber Richard Reid and extremists who plotted to blow up the U.S. Embassy in Paris, officials say." |
FL: Protestors Want Answers From Cocoa Police Department
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"Around 50 people marched this afternoon toward the police department. Many were family members of Willie Kimbrough. He died last month after a three-day stay in the Brevard County Jail."
"His family claims Cocoa police officers beat him as they were arresting him for loitering outside a bar. Cocoa police chief David Crawford resigned after the investigation started."
"The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is investigating."
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UK: Police name prime murder suspect
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"Police today named their prime suspect in a murder hunt after a partygoer was shot dead in a toilet."
"Detectives said they wanted to question William Moore, also known as 'Billy the Boxer', about the murder in Bangor, Co Down in the early hours of Sunday."
"Richard Hamill, a 28-year-old bachelor, was shot in an upstairs toilet as revelers partied downstairs." |
NY: Restaurant Employees Locked in Refrigerator
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"Two night porters in an Upper East Side restaurant spent more than an hour locked inside a refrigerator after a masked machine-gun-wielding robber forced them inside, police said."
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Armed Pilots Update from APSA
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"The TSA is charged with implementing the armed pilot law and, even though much of their discretion has been removed, the TSA STILL HAS VERY BROAD DISCRETION on how the program will be constructed. APSA has had numerous meetings with the TSA."...
"Here are some concerns:
* The TSA might enact UNREASONABLE SCREENING STANDARDS for FFDO's that are EVEN MORE RESTRICTIVE THAN THOSE USED FOR FEDERAL AIR MARSHALS (FAM's).
* The TSA might VIOLATE THE PRIVACY RIGHTS AND ENDANGER THE JOBS OF FFDO CANDIDATES by providing the FAA and/or the airlines with results from FFDO screening evaluations.
* The TSA might create A TRAINING PROGRAM THAT IS EXCESSIVELY LONG and covers subject areas that are outside of the narrow focus of the FFDO: Defending the cockpit of an airliner.
* There are no limits in the law on how quickly the TSA must deputize all pilots that are successfully trained and screened, or how quickly the training must be accomplished if a pilot volunteers to be an FFDO. THE TSA CAN DRAG ITS FEET INDEFINITELY AND STILL REMAIN WITHIN THE LETTER OF THE LAW." |
NH: LPNH Endorses Free State Project
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"The Free State Project is a rapidly growing movement that seeks to gain commitment from 20,000 people who pledge to move to a single, low-population state and work to peacefully institute political reforms there. FSP members will integrate into existing communities and work together with longtime residents to hold politicians accountable and to make government smaller and more responsive. Currently, the FSP has over 2,400 signed-on participants. New Hampshire is among the ten states being considered as the FSP target state." |
Canada: Teen beaten, fatally shot in Internet cafe
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"A teenager killed in a Coquitlam Internet cafe on the weekend was beaten by three suspects before being shot to death, the cafe's owner said yesterday."
" 'Basically, three people come in and take him into the corner, beat him up and then fire a gun shot,' said Harry Law, who was not in the Pro Gamer Internet Cafe at the time of the Saturday night shooting but said he learned details later from employees." |
Man Accused Of Having Guns Near White House Faces Evaluation
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"Jeffrey Cloutier, 33, of Newport, has been held at St. Elizabeth's psychiatric hospital in Washington since September fourth when police arrested him about two miles from the White House." ...
"Last month, prosecutors rejected a deal that called for Cloutier to plead guilty to a charges of carrying a pistol without a license and unlawful possession of a gun. In exchange, he would have been returned to New Hampshire for further medical treatment." |
NY: Bartender Escapes Death When Gun Misfires
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"A Brooklyn bartender narrowly avoided being shot Sunday when a man he tossed out of the bar pointed a gun at him and pulled the trigger, only to have it misfire, police said." ...
"Braga, 32, of Staten Island, walked back into the bar, put a .45-caliber pistol to the bartender's head and tried to shoot, Camacho said."
"Three off-duty police officers who were in the Bay Ridge bar tackled Braga, who tried to fire the gun again, only to have it misfire once more, police said." |
UK: Music not cause of gun crime, says star
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"And after her appearance she said Home Secretary David Blunkett had been 'irresponsible and misguided' by saying that music was the cause of escalating gun crime in the country."
"Beverley, who performed two songs, Fallen Soldier written in memory of Stephen Lawrence and Sister Sister, added: 'He is picking up on a soft target - music - and saying that is responsible for gun crime.' " |
UK: CCTV studied after rape
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"Detectives believe city centre cameras captured the rapist shortly before the attack, at 10.15pm on Thursday, in an alley off Queen Victoria Road."
"The 20-year-old woman was dragged into the alley with a gun held to her head and raped."
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ID: Limits on police pursuits help to protect bystanders
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"But experts say pursuits without clear evidence of a violent felony use an 'old-school' approach that escalates the situation, putting the public in unnecessary — and sometimes fatal — danger from car accidents."
"Launching a high-speed pursuit on the suspicion of a stolen car is a poor choice, said Geoff Alpert, a national expert on police pursuit policies and a professor at the University of South Carolina." ... |
Canada: Stop firing at gun control
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"The available evidence on gun control to date suggests that we can gain -- and have gained -- substantial benefits in community safety." -- Just look at how gun control has affected crime in England!
"Strengthening controls over handguns, rifles and shotguns appears to be producing the intended results." -- If those results include leaving the populace disarmed and vulnerable to armed thugs.
"Consider, as well, the relatively minimal social intrusion of gun licensing and registration -- practices that we don't even question for automobiles." -- This registration can only be used to confiscate your property when guns are finally completely outlawed. It's no big deal. |
Canada: Senior stops burglar with shovel
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"As he fled police a 32-year-old burglary suspect ran smack into an elderly man shoveling his walkway in Saint John Friday night. The suspect told the shoveller he would shoot him if he didn't get out of the way."
"That was a big mistake. The pursuing police officer came around the corner to find the fugitive was now running toward him, and begging him to call off the man who had clobbered him with a shovel." |
UK: Armed men terrorise garage
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"Three masked men armed with swords and a gun terrorised staff and a customer at a petrol garage."
"One man wielded a gun and the other two had ornamental swords when they struck at Washington Services, on the northbound carriageway of the A1."
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Canada: Saskatoon man plans more protests
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"A local gun owner whose campaign against firearms control led him to an Ottawa jail cell on New Year's Day plans more civil disobedience in Saskatoon this week." ...
"Now, having burned his license to own a gun, he wants to stage another public display of law-breaking by selling an unregistered gun to an unlicensed friend without any of the required paperwork -- right outside the front doors of the city police station." |
IRS Committed Fraud, Appeals Court Rules
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"A federal appeals court has ruled the Internal Revenue Service committed fraud and acted deceptively after giving secret deals to two pilots in return for their testimony against 1,300 other pilots who had bought into the same tax shelters."
"The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday overturned a previous ruling against the pilots who were found guilty of tax evasion and were ordered to pay more than $2 billion in penalties." |
UK: Lecturer is sacked over student's plastic gun
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"A lecturer who allowed a student to bring a plastic toy rifle into a college for use in a photography project has been sacked for breaching health and safety regulations."
"Richard Browning, 40, from Doncaster, was dismissed as a photography teacher at Doncaster College in South Yorkshire last Monday."
"The student, a 16-year-old girl, had brought a two-foot green and black rifle to the college last November to photograph it for her HND course." |
NJ: Coroner's flawed report shatters policeman's life
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"He spent two weeks in jail before posting $500,000 bail. Suspended from his $75,000-a-year job, he sank into a deep depression, and a judge awarded custody of his two daughters to his in-laws."
"Then, last month, prosecutors dropped a bombshell: Ellen Andros died of natural causes. Elliott Gross, who had ruled her death a homicide, botched the autopsy. In fact, Ellen Andros, 31, died of a rare heart ailment." |
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"For those who do not have a computer or cannot afford the cost of Internet access at home - from $250 to $600 a year - libraries are critical to their access to electronic information and communications. Today, many librarians fear that their patrons have already begun to self-censor their library use due to fear of government surveillance." |
Senator Robert Byrd is Porker of the Year
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"Senator Byrd, a.k.a. the King of Pork, was selected as the July Porker of the Month for taking to the Senate floor and chastising Office of Management and Budget Director Mitch Daniels and President Bush for their efforts attempting to reign in spending establishing spending limits." |
CO: Larimer workers may soon be armed
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"Larimer County commissioners are poised to adopt a policy allowing the county's 1,400 employees to carry guns on the job, a prospect that has gun-control advocates up in arms."
"Officials said the policy is likely the first of its kind in Colorado." |
VA: Student Sex Survey Rattles Officials
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"How old were you when you first had sex? Did you drink alcohol beforehand? Have you ever had oral sex?"
"Those are some of the proposed questions on a survey to be given to thousands of Fairfax County students this spring, along with more than 100 other questions on drug use, suicide, weight loss and family relationships." ...
"Fairfax's survey, which will cost $60,000 to $65,000, is designed by a task force of health officials, school administrators, police and parents." ...
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