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WI: Deputies broke no laws in chase, prosecutors say
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"The chase began in Glendale and ended in Racine County when a Milwaukee County sheriff's deputy veered his vehicle into the stolen SUV. The deputy's vehicle flipped on its side and the driver being chased subsequently surrendered."

"The entire scene was captured on television news video, during which a deputy appeared to step on the back of the suspect's neck after the man lay facedown on the pavement."

NY: Sentencing of frail, elderly bookmaker outrages his family
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"A elderly cancer-stricken bookmaker from Amherst was sentenced to four years and three months in federal prison Monday afternoon for threatening an FBI informer with a knife."

"The sentence angered friends and family members of Russell 'Hymo' Amsden, 75, who say Amsden was emotionally prodded by the paid informer before he finally 'blew his stack' and poked him in the chest with a small knife during a confrontation in December 1998."

NY: DWI cop tried bribe: DA
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"A drunk and bleeding NYPD sergeant tried to bribe his way out of trouble on the night he slammed into a car on Long Island, killing two Central American immigrants, prosecutors charged yesterday."

"Sgt. William Miley reeked of alcohol and handed a fistful of $20 bills to a Nassau cop who asked for his ID, Assistant District Attorney Robert Biancavilla said as Miley's trial on vehicular manslaughter and DWI charges opened yesterday."

Probe feds in 9/11 jail abuse
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"The Justice Department is investigating 33 complaints that government agents abused people detained after the Sept. 11 attacks, a report revealed."

"The incidents include allegations of beatings, verbal abuse and harassment at federal detention centers nationwide."

"The most serious case allegedly occurred at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, where dozens of detainees were held for months in isolation while agents probed terror ties."

Basics of the Second Amendment Submitted by: MichiganShooter.cOm Website: http://www.michiganshooter.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"What has become known as 'The Emerson Case" has been largely overrated and articulated by the left and the right. Defenders of the Second Amendment and radical left-wing gun grabbers have attributed too much to the single case and less to the essence of the core issue and facts."

UK: L-driver fails test after giving way to carjackers Submitted by: P. Jones	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"An 18-year-old failed his driving test yesterday. He completed the reversing and turn in the road satisfactorily but was at a complete loss when, halfway through the test, two knife-wielding robbers held him up and stole the driving school car."

Canada: Montreal officer on trial for threatening referee Submitted by: P. Jones	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
" A detective-sergeant with the Montreal police force, who allegedly yelled, 'If your referee leaves the arena, I'll kill him,' is on trial for uttering death threats last May at his 10-year-old son's hockey game." ------- Doesn't every parent feel safer knowing that this particular cop is armed and on the job?

FL: Seminole deputy, ex-wife found dead, police say Submitted by: Newslinks Admin	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"A Seminole County deputy sheriff may have used his department-issued gun to kill his ex-wife and then commit suicide early Monday, while four children slept in another part of the woman's home, police said." "Awakened by the gunfire, a 12-year-old boy dialed 911 about 12:15 a.m. and asked a dispatcher to send an ambulance. 'My mom and dad are dead,' he said."

UK: Man, 76, gets 3 years for killing soccer fan
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"A man of 76 who stabbed a noisy football fan through the heart was jailed for three years for manslaughter yesterday."

"John Martindale plunged an 8 in kitchen knife into the chest of Keith Rea, 21, who died in the arms of his pregnant girlfriend..."

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His sentence? Three years for manslaughter. He "was spared a lengthy prison term because of his age." Is murder less wrong when you're 76?

In an interesting contrast, rural farmer Tony Martin shot two career burglars who had broken into his house, killing one of them. HE got life in prison for murder.

AZ: Simcox, companion cited by park ranger
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"Simcox said the two were simply hiking, but Chief Ranger Thane Weigand said it appears that they were conducting a border patrol operation without permission." ...

"Rangers confiscated equipment Simcox was carrying: his pistol, two two-way radios, a police scanner, a cellular phone and a digital camera. 'It's evidence of him conducting a non-permitted activity in the national park,' Weigand said."

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Thus start harassment and lies about citizens protecting America's borders, when, obviously, their government has failed to do so.

Firearms Experts to Speak in Philadelphia Submitted by: Newslinks Admin	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"Second Amendment Sisters of Pennsylvania (SAS-PA) today announced a weekend lecture series with Massad Ayoob and Walt Rauch. The weekend kicks off with a dinner on April 4 at Cannstatter Volksfest Verein in Philadelphia. The two-day lecture series runs on Saturday, April 5, and Sunday, April 6, at the Holmesburg Rod and Gun Club, also in Philadelphia."

IA: ATF Agent Faces Multiple Charges
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"Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agent Jon Peterson will appear in court today. He faces several counts of assault with a weapon, public intoxication and drunk driving."

"Peterson was the head of Iowa's branch of the ATF. He was arrested last September after a group of Indianola students accused him of threatening them with a loaded gun. In October, Peterson entered a written plea of not guilty to the charges."

CA: Pot project yanked from science fair
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"A project on the possible medical benefits of marijuana has been tossed out of the science fair at a California school."

"A 13-year-old student at Ralston Intermediate School in Belmont has been told she can't present her science project at the fair..."

"Veronica Mouser says she had permission from her science teacher to do the project and spent months working on it."

"But school officials say the projects are supposed to be hands-on experiences -- and marijuana is illegal."

MO: St. Louis gets $300K in federal funds to reduce gun violence
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"The funds are through Project Safe Neighborhoods Project Sentry program, a national initiative to reduce gun violence in U.S. communities. The project works to target gun dealers and adults who illegally purchase or provide firearms to juveniles, or those who contribute to a juvenile committing a crime with a firearm."

" 'Through Project Safe Neighborhoods we are continuing to send out the message: gun crime means hard time,' Bond said, in a statement."

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And here we thought that any kind of violent crime is heinous - not just the type committed with a firearm.

MD: Arundel police probe fatal shooting
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"Anne Arundel County police today are investigating the fatal shooting of a man last night by a woman who told officers she opened fire on the victim after he and another man entered her home in an attempted burglary."

"The woman told police that both men were armed with handguns, but during the confrontation, she was able to get a handgun from a dresser drawer and shot one of the men 'multiple times' in the upper body, authorities said. The second suspect then ran away, the woman told police."

FL: Key witness in Miami cops case didn't see any guns planted Submitted by: Newslinks Admin	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"A key prosecution witness in the corruption trial of 11 Miami police officers told a judge Tuesday he didn't see fellow officers plant guns on shot suspects or hear them talk about it." ... "The 11 defendants are accused of planting guns on shot suspects or covering for officers who did. The questionable shootings left three men dead and a fourth wounded in the mid-1990s..."

UK: Shot teenager's mother to lead march
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"A woman whose teenage son was shot dead in a street attack is to lead a crowd of 2,000 on a march to protest about gun crime." ...

"The event, organised by the Mothers Against Guns group, follows a similar meeting in London last November."

"Mothers Against Guns is pressing for tougher gun laws, including a 10- year prison sentence without parole for those caught with a firearm, life imprisonment without parole for gun murderers and a ban on the sale of replica weapons."

TX: Girl Dies From Gunshot Wound To Head
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"Investigators told News2Houston that the 7-year-old girl accidentally shot herself playing with a gun belonging to her father, Glen Forest Hill, who is a Houston police officer in the Clear Lake area."

"The girl's parents had gone out for the night and left her and her three other siblings in the care of their oldest sister who is 13 years old..."

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'A police officer now faces a tragedy thanks to his utter incompetence in keeping firearms out of unsupervised, young hands. As a professional, he should have known better. As a father, he should have been more responsible.

PA: Coroner finds trooper justified in killing unarmed boy
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"A coroner's jury in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, ruled Monday that a state trooper was justified in shooting and killing an unarmed 12-year-old boy in the back on Christmas Eve."

"The ruling in Uniontown came after Trooper Samuel Nassan testified that he fired only after his partner's gun went off accidentally -- leading Nassan to believe mistakenly that his partner had been shot."

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Yes, when in doubt, blame the gun for "going off accidentally."

VA: Rabid coyote attacks man in yard in New Kent Submitted by: Ray Haring	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"Jimmy Hawthorne was riding his lawn mower outside his home when a coyote ran out of the woods and attacked him." "By kicking and jabbing the coyote with a stick, Hawthorne fought off the animal for more than 20 minutes Sunday before killing it with a shotgun."

MI: Students Pro-Life T-shirt Is Equivalent to the Swastika Says School Principal; Submitted by: Bob Wolfley	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"The mother of an honor student at Abington Junior High School was told by the principal that her sons pro-life t-shirt was unacceptable school clothing because its message was the equivalent of the swastika. The t-shirt displayed the messages, 'Abortion is Homicide. You will not silence my message. You will not mock my God. You will stop killing my generation. Rock for Life.' "

TX: Police Have Difficulty Identifying Toy Gun From Real
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"When a Lubbock teenager pointed a replica gun at police last week, officers shot and killed him."

"The incident raises a tough question: Is it possible to identify a fake firearm?"

"Police say there is no noticeable difference between a replica and the real thing. Deadly weapons can come in any shape or form. Officials say even crudely constructed weapons can put officers in a life-threatening situation."

UK: Police praise bravery of man shot dead after chasing robbers
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"Police in Bradford hunting the killer of a man shot dead while chasing robbers praised the dead man's bravery but urged members of the public yesterday not to put their lives at risk by tackling dangerous criminals."

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No just stand by and idly watch a disarmed victim get raped, brutalized or killed and wait for the police to arrive. You will never have the right to defend yourself or others with a firearm, so might as well just sit back and watch the show. What kind of an absurd country is this?

Australia: Gunman in robbery spree
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"A single gunman is believed to be responsible for three convenience store robberies in Melbourne's south-east overnight."

"In the first hold-up, police said a man robbed a 7-Eleven store in Balaclava."

"He struck about 2am (AEDT), armed with a handgun, and escaped with a quantity of cash."

"An hour later, a 7-Eleven store in East Bentleigh was robbed, and 30 minutes later another 7-Eleven store in Mulgrave was held up at gun-point."

Canada: It's no wonder firearms owners are a little gun-shy
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"Although his wife, Carol, demanded to stay and oversee the search, the police told her to go outside or she'd be arrested. Then, they searched the home. According to family friend Norm Minard, the RCMP took the couple's firearms, ammunition and registration papers, guns, gun powder, primers and registration papers that Ward had been storing for other people, Ward's diary cataloguing the contact he'd had with police leading up to the search, personal telephone numbers and addresses and gun club papers and records. Then, bizarrely, a bullet collection, books, bullet moulds, a portable search light, certificates, diplomas and even a decorative scrimshaw powder horn hung as artwork on the wall."

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Jack booted thugs appropriate private property for "the common good."

MA: Plane evacuated after box cutter is found
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"A flight waiting to depart Boston for San Francisco was evacuated Tuesday when a passenger found a box cutter on board -- the same sharp object allegedly used by the Sept. 11 hijackers, officials said."

"The incident occurred as passengers were boarding United Airlines Flight 179, which was scheduled to leave Boston's Logan International Airport at 3:30 p.m. EST, the Transportation Security Administration said."

Social Contract
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"Between, YOU, an individual and The Omnipotent United States Government: WHEREAS, I wish to reside on the North American continent, and WHEREAS, the United States of America's Government controls the geographical area of the continent on which I wish to reside, and WHEREAS, tacit or implied contracts are vague and therefore unenforceable, I hereby agree to the following specific terms and conditions:" ...

So, Now Bigger Is Better?
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"...Now that Bush is running the federal government, its size doesn't bother him so much. Two years after taking office, Bush is presiding over the biggest, most expensive federal government in history. He has created a mammoth Cabinet department, increased federal spending, imposed new federal rules on local and state governments, and injected federal requirements into every public school in America."

WA: Sheriff's office assessing gun rules, safety
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"Clark County Sheriff's Cmdr. Jack Foyt said he has spoken with about 30 law enforcement agencies across the nation and has found that most do not have a specific policy on how weapons should be stored when officers are off duty."

"[Foyt] is studying what weapons policies should be adopted in the wake of the Jan. 13 shooting death of Sgt. Craig Randall's 10-year-old daughter by his 13-year-old son."

KY: Local Authorities Join Federal Anti-Gun Crime Effort Submitted by: Newslinks Admin	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"Defendants accused of using guns to commit crimes could face federal charges under a new initiative between federal and McCracken County prosecutors." "As part of Project Backfire, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Kentucky will review local cases involving firearms. Local and federal prosecutors will then decide which jurisdiction will try the case."

Guns dont start stupid lawsuits; people start stupid lawsuits
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An alleged anti-gunner's view of the Bushmaster lawsuit.

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"OK, to set the record straight, I hate guns with a passion! I would be happy if we shot them all into the sun, or somewhere equally inaccessible, and were done with them. However, some people actually like these evil bringers of death and destruction, and on top of that, it is legal to own one. This means it is also legal to buy one, which means it is legal to sell one, meaning it is legal to make one. Stupid, stupid Second Amendment."

"Of course, I will concede that guns alone cannot kill a human being; triggers require fingers to pull them. However, if used responsibly, a gun is not just a weapon, but a tool as well. Some people hunt for their food and some people feel it necessary to protect themselves by any means possible."

"People have a demand for guns, and the vast majority of those people own and use them responsibly. I would like to make all guns illegal, but until that happens, I cannot fault someone for legally supplying people with a good that they demand. You cannot sue a company for making a product legally!"

Gun Violence Victims, Lawmakers Unite to Fight Legal Immunity for Gun Industry Submitted by: Newslinks Admin	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
Looks like Brady and company will whine even louder in the new year. ------- Press conference opposing gun lobby plan to take away the legal rights of gun violence victims. The proposed sweeping special interest protections would shield gun dealers and gun manufacturers from legal accountability -- even when they act negligently.