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ND: House panel endorses tobacco ban
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"A House committee stunned the Capitol Wednesday by endorsing a bill that would ban the sale and use of tobacco products in North Dakota."
"Rep. Mike Grosz, R-Grand Forks, was extremely proud after the House Finance and Taxation Committee voted 9-4 in favor of his bill, HB1174. He sponsored the bill and is a member of the committee. The bill now goes to the full House for consideration." |
UK: Burglar should have been sent to prison
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"A couple whose home was burgled as they slept has slammed a judge's decision not to jail the culprit."
"Billy Smith, who has the mental age of a youth, was given a curfew order and told to pay £500 compensation to Jean and Phillip Sandy." ...
"The burglary has left Mrs. Sandy afraid to go out on her own after dark and dislikes being left on her own in the house."
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So not only does Britain disarm its victims... sorry... subjects, but it allows criminals to go free to victimize more unsuspecting, disarmed Brits. |
A toy gun, a real crime
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"The debate has made curious bedfellows of the toy industry, concerned about loss of profits, and gun rights groups, who object to the implication such a ban could have on real guns."
" 'We don't think that the government has any business regulating toys, especially guns,' said Angel Shamaya, executive director of the guns rights organization Keep and Bear Arms. 'Banning toy guns is just another feel-good anti-gun maneuver, and we oppose it.' "
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For the record: CNN misquoted Angel Shamaya, thereby giving the impression that he'd oppose any regulation of toy safety. His actual quote was, "We don't think that the government has any business banning harmless toys -- banning toy guns is just another feel-good anti-gun maneuver, and we oppose it." |
Court Refuses Ky. School Shooting Case
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"The Supreme Court refused Tuesday to revive a lawsuit that blamed Hollywood for a school shooting in Kentucky." ...
"The court did not comment in rejecting an appeal filed by the families of three girls killed in 1997 at a high school near Paducah, Ky. They argued that entertainment companies were wrongly using the First Amendment free speech protection to shield themselves from lawsuits." |
IN: Cough Medicine Tip from Walmart Leads to Police Chase
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"The chase started about 7 p.m. Monday after a Wal-Mart clerk reported that a man had just purchased several boxes of cold medicine, an ingredient commonly used in the illegal manufacture of methamphetamine."
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CA: Student pulls gun in class
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"The lockdown began around 9:15 a.m. after a 15-year old sophomore jumped-up from his seat in his English class and threatened his class with a loaded semi-automatic handgun, according to police."
"The student's best friend was able to calm him down, while two other students tackled and restrained him."
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Once again it wasn't administrators or police who diffused the situation. It wasn't the lockdown that got the gun away from this disturbed kid. It was his friends and intended victims. |
Germany: Hunter shot by dog
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"A German hunter has been shot in the backside by his dog."
"The man and a friend had put their shotguns on to the front seat of their car as they rested."
"But when they set off again the dog jumped on to the seat and the gun went off."
"Police said it was loaded with lead shot and the injured man was hit in the left side of his rear end."
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Canada: Swiss-cheese gun control
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"It would seem that at least the registration portion of the legislation may not be serving anything other than itself. It does not heal the anguish of those who have suffered due to firearm misuse. It is very unclear how this will reduce crime. It is damn expensive. It may not be implementable. It is also making the politicos who implemented this look like nincompoops. (Note: I would normally use stronger language here but my editor has reminded me that this is a family newspaper.)" |
OH: Tale of Two Cities: Toledo woman dies, Charlottesville man lives
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"John Franks remembered his daughter, Cathy McCune, as a good person who wouldn’t hurt anyone."
"That’s why it’s so difficult for him to understand how someone could shoot and kill her and wound her husband, Richard, during an apparent robbery at their North Toledo auto parts business."...
"Meanwhile, in a state that allows its law-abiding citizens to a carry concealed handgun for self-defense, a shockingly similar story had a much different ending for this concealed carry permit holder." ... |
TX: Trial starts today for Houston's police chief
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"The first Houston police chief to be charged with a crime while in office is going on trial, accused of intentionally lying about cursing a subordinate."
"The trial of Chief Clarence Bradford is expected to last about a week. Jury selection was to begin today." |
Australia: Boy tells of terror in truck
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"The boys were driven to another petrol station where Mr. Moorby got out and a man with a gun, handcuffs and a balaclava got in, the court heard." ...
"The gunman continued on with the group as Mr. Moorby drove to a paddock, the court heard."
"The boy told the court the gunman ordered them all out and said to walk with their hands in the air."
" 'I don't know where he shot but he shot twice and we ran off,' he said. 'I was scared. I thought I was going to die.' "
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TN: Howls of outrage after shooting of dog have town covering its ears
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"The now-famous dog-shooting incident, the video tape of which has been played again and again worldwide, has meant death threats to officer Hall, and his young children have had to be removed from school. It's meant thousands of calls to local and state officials from outraged animal lovers who say they'll never set foot in Tennessee again." |
CA: Gun Group Blasts 'Anti-Gun Prejudice' in California
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"A new state law in California requires handgun buyers to pass a 30-question written test and pay a $25 fee for a Handgun Safety Certificate, which is good for five years. A gun rights group is outraged, saying the new law amounts to a 'literacy test' for would-be gun owners."
" 'It is an outrage that California law now treats gun buyers in much the same way that African-Americans were treated in the South to prevent them from voting,' said Alan Gottlieb..." |
UK: Jailed for shooting at club owner
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"A Kirkby man who twice fired a revolver at a club owner after being refused entry was jailed for ten years yesterday."
"Sentencing Lee Yates, the judge, Mr. Justice Keith pointed out: 'The use of guns is on the political agenda at the moment in view of what happened in Birmingham a few weeks ago. The jury has decided you were intending to kill Eddie Bean when you fired at him that night.' "
"Yates ...had been convicted of attempted murder by a majority decision of ten to two ..." |
UK: Painter wounded in shotgun attack
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"The painter, in his early 20s and from Norris Green, Liverpool, suffered minor injuries after being shot in the buttocks as he decorated a disused sports changing room in Clubmoor, Liverpool." ...
"There have been four deaths by shootings in the Merseyside area since December and a string of other gun-related incidents where victims have survived." |
UK: Four jailed for gun crimes
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"Four men have been sentenced for the possession and supply of weapons and ammunition which police believe were destined for Lambeth."
"Officers found boxes in a BMW car near Elephant and Castle, containing eight semi-automatic 8mm weapons which had been converted from blank firing guns and 48 rounds of ammunition."
"The men were arrested on July 2 last year by officers from Operation Trident following an intelligence-led operation." |
FL: Robberies put pizza deliverers on guard
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"The best way to prevent a robbery is to 'just use good intelligence,' he said. Drivers should be aware of their surroundings and avoid dark places."
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" 'Give me your money,' [Pizza Hut deliveryman Rosario Morales] remembers one of the would-be robbers shouting."
"Instead, Morales reached toward the small of his back. He said the thieves thought he had a gun and ran away." |
PA: Federal lawsuit planned in police shooting of 12-year-old
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"Nationally-known civil rights attorney Geoffrey Fieger of Michigan and a Pittsburgh attorney are planning to file a federal civil rights suit next week against two state troopers from the Uniontown barracks for allegedly shooting and killing 12-year-old Michael Ellerbe on Christmas Eve." |
PA: Troubled cop leaves force
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"Suspended Johnstown police Officer Jeffrey Novotny, accused of hitting his girlfriend in a domestic violence case, resigned yesterday from the force as he entered a guilty plea to a minor charge of harassment."
"Novotny, a five-year member of the force, will be able to work as a policeman in Pennsylvania and wants to resume his career in law enforcement, defense attorney Robert Davis Gleason said after the hearing." |
Canada: Sentencing of murderer sends signal on gun crime
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"A life sentence is mandatory for second-degree murder. Along with it, the Criminal Code sets a minimum no-parole period of 10 years. Judge Campbell imposed an additional 12 years to that, a decision well above the 15-year parole ban asked for by both the prosecution and defence." |
NY: Pilot arrested after gun found in bag
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"Authorities arrested a Northwest Airlines pilot Tuesday after security screeners found a gun in his bag at LaGuardia Airport, the Queens, New York, district attorney's office said." ...
"Donaldson was being held pending arraignment later Tuesday on felony charges of criminal possession of a loaded gun, the district attorney's office said. The charges carry a penalty of up to 15 years in prison upon conviction."
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FL: Homeowner shoots intruder during mid-day break-in
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"According to Santa Rosa County Sheriff's Office reports, the homeowner, whose name was not released, was awakened about noon by a banging at the back door of his house on the 4200 block of Bell Lane in Pace. After hearing the sliding glass door open, he grabbed his .22-caliber handgun from the night stand and went into the hallway."
"He saw the intruder - whom police would not identify - enter the master bedroom and approached the doorway. The homeowner was startled and accidentally discharged his gun, shooting the intruder in the right calf." |
Canada: RCMP refuses to return marijuana and equipment to legal patients
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"All charges have been dropped against him since November of 2002, but Steve Kubby still doesn't have his marijuana or grow equipment. Despite a ruling from Judge Moon of Sechelt Provincial Court, the RCMP have refused to return equipment and marijuana to Mr. Kubby." ...
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New Zealand: Hands severed in sword attack
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"A man is dead and two women critically injured with sword wounds after a man went on a rampage that started on the Hauraki Plains last night and ended in Auckland this morning." ...
"...one of the woman had to have her hand amputated and the other's hands were 'partially severed'."
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VA: .50 BMG ban proposed in Virginia Assembly
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"Summary as introduced:
Importation, sale, possession or transfer of weapons that fire certain rounds; penalty. Provides that any person who imports, sells, possesses, or transfers a firearm that fires the U.S. Army .50 caliber Browning Machine Gun round, the Russian/Chinese Army 12.7 mm round or the Russian/Chinese Army 14.5 mm round is guilty of a Class 6 felony."
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MO: NRA Missouri Action Alert
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On Wednesday, January 22, Senate Bill 13 will be heard in the Senate Judiciary Committee. Sponsored by Senator Peter Kinder (R-27), SB 13 prohibits cities and the state from filing reckless lawsuits against gun manufacturers. Please contact the members of the Judiciary Committee at (573) 751-3824 and urge them to support this important bill. |
Campus Feminism With a Twist -- and a .22
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"...the chapter at Mount Holyoke, a campus of just 2,000, claims up to 75 members."
"Focused on political advocacy and gun-use education, Second Amendment Sisters contrasts with traditional hunting and shooting clubs that have attracted men and women at schools such as Harvard for more than 100 years. The group's emergence at a venerable women's college in a state with some of the nation's strictest gun laws has troubled some alumnae." ... |
U.S. Special Registration for non-immigrants continues, despite criticism
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"In the past month, controversy over the program has increased as hundreds of people have been arrested and unknown numbers are still detained by the INS without legal representation."
"Part of the US Patriot Act passed last year ...the National Security Entry-Exit Registration System ...otherwise known as Special Registration, is designed to 'ensure our nation's security by protecting the rights of individuals coming to this country as well as the safety of the American people.' " |
CA: San Francisco May Be Next City to Oppose PATRIOT Act
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"Politicians and activists banded together in solidarity on the steps of City Hall Monday to voice their opposition to the USA PATRIOT Act and to urge the city of San Francisco to support a resolution that would censure the act." ...
"The proposed resolution would instruct a city employee to refuse, where legally possible, to help the federal government investigate matters that would put a person’s civil liberties at risk." |
The Internet, taxes and liberty: Somehow they don't go together
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"Before leaving for its holiday recess last November, Congress moved to reimpose a federal moratorium on Internet access taxes, while adroitly sidestepping the more important issue of collecting taxes on e-commerce. This paved the way for delegates from 33 states to agree on a radically new and 'simplified' sales tax scheme." |
Philippines: Philippine police suspends gun license issuance
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"National police chief Hermogenes Ebdane Jr. has ordered a temporary suspension of issuance of gun licenses and 'permits to carry firearms outside residence' amid public furor over the killing of a law school graduate in a road traffic dispute." ...
"The killing of Llamas - in a confrontation with another motorist after a minor accident - has generated public opposition to carrying guns, with media commentators saying it would have not been possible if the other motorist had carried no gun."
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