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OH: Cincinnati Violent Crimes Task Force Revived Submitted by: Newslinks Director Website: http://GunControlVictories.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
The Cincinnati Police Department is reviving its Violent Crime Task Force, because Homicides and bank robberies skyrocketed in 2001. Part of the new plan is to also turn more felony gun crimes over to federal courts.

TX: More buy ammo, learn self-defense after Sept.11 Submitted by: Newslinks Director Website: http://GunControlVictories.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
El Pasoans may not have gone running to the gun stores for firearms after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, but they were quick to stock up on ammunition and sign up for self-defense classes. Nearly four months after the attacks, some El Paso firearms dealers and self-defense teachers said they are still seeing more business than usual.

MI: CCW permits up nearly 400% since July; No violence
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Nearly 6,500 people in Genesee and 4 surrounding counties received gun permits during the first 6 months under the state's new concealed weapons law, with another 2,560 applications pending. Officials in Lapeer, Shiawassee, Livingston and Oakland counties saw similar increases.

But despite gloomy predictions by some critics, police agencies report no increase in violence attributable to the flood of new gun permits.

CDF's Annual "Data" Report, "Protect Children Instead of Guns"
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In its "continuing effort to serve the needs of our nation's children," the Children's Defense Fund released "Protect Children Instead of Guns 2001". Additionally, CDF has newly released the "Protect Children Instead of Guns: Community Action Toolkit, a comprehensive user-friendly guide to help individuals take action to make communities safer."

For FREE COPIES of the "data" report, call 800.233.1200 or email yvrc@childrensdefense.org

UN Says Sierra Leone Disarmament All but Complete Submitted by: Newslinks Director Website: http://GunControlVictories.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
The United Nations "peacekeeping force" said it had disarmed all but a few of Sierra Leone's remaining fighters on Saturday, "allowing" one of the world's poorest nations "to begin recovering" from a brutal civil war. More than 42,000 fighters have handed in guns in the past year, but those in some eastern areas stopped disarming in December.

MD: Initiative nets 120 guns, 100 arrests
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"The police take from a night of New Year's revelry is a telling microcosm of the firepower wielded on Baltimore streets." -- In a few hours of work late Monday and early Tuesday, Baltimore police arrested nearly 100 people shooting and carrying 120 firearms.

"This is a big problem," Police Commissioner Edward T. Norris said during a news conference. "This is just a little snapshot" of what people carry every day.

ATF: More Demand for Bomb- (and Gun-) Sniffing Dogs Submitted by: Newslinks Director Website: http://GunControlVictories.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
Find a bomb, get some kibble. Find a gun, get some more kibble. That's the message drilled into the dogs at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms' Canine Training Center.

Afghanistan: Armed Warlords Stealing Food from Disarmed People Submitted by: Newslinks Director Website: http://GunControlVictories.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
An effort to feed Afghan refugees returning from Pakistan descended into violence here today as food ran short and local soldiers beat back a hungry crowd. As the crowd dispersed, relief officials said they had run low on food because shipments had been stolen by local warlords...the same soldiers who were trying to control the crowd were actually linked to the source of the problem.

'Campus Follies' Highlights Liberal Bias in Higher Education Submitted by: Newslinks Director Website: http://GunControlVictories.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
The nation's largest conservative outreach organization to America's college youth says there is a "complete disconnect between the American people...". Ron Robinson, president of the Young America's Foundation (YAF) says most American taxpayers have no idea what kind of "teaching" goes on at colleges and Universities across the country...

Announcing: Operation: Restore the Eagle Submitted by: Newslinks Director Website: http://GunControlVictories.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
Americans have rights, too - a message that many have been trying to convey to the powers in Washington. Our goal is simple and within the power of our Congress: to end the ESA and all laws, judicial orders associated with it. To restore productivity, self-sufficiency and return American lands to Americans.

Tampa Police Reveal Poor Performance of Face-Recognition; Suspend Use Submitted by: Newslinks Director Website: http://GunControlVictories.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
Tampa Police Records Reveal Poor Performance of Face-Recognition Technology; Tampa Officials Have Suspended Use of the System, ACLU Reports -- System logs obtained by the ACLU through Florida's open-records law show that the system never identified even a single individual contained in the departments database of photographs.

The following Federal agencies may be armed during flight... Submitted by: ChicagoFarmer	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
Thirty different Government groups. Now they need to add just one more: Qualified American Citizens with CCW and Aircraft training.

Gun owners should be aware of "safety devices" Submitted by: Newslinks Director Website: http://GunControlVictories.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"While there are no set guidelines that fit every home or circumstance, there are certain basic steps that every responsible gun owner should take...Children are curious by nature and hiding guns or gun parts will not keep them out of their hands. Ammunition should never be stored with a gun." --Alton Thygerson of the "National Safety Council" Send Feedback to the Deseret News

Court to Hear Case Affecting Scope of Searches Submitted by: Newslinks Director Website: http://GunControlVictories.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
The Supreme Court agreed today to hear a case about police power to search passengers on public transportation -- Justices to decide if police who want to look for evidence of crimes must first must inform public transportation passengers of their rights.

UT: Rule OKs Weapons In Capitol
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An emergency rule approved Friday by the Capitol Preservation Board spells out that anyone with a valid concealed-weapon permit may pack heat in the state's most prominent government building.

The new regulation -- without saying it in so many words -- also permits citizens to enter the Capitol with a gun strapped on their hip, or in an openly visible manner, so long as there is no round in the chamber.

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TN: Infant Shoots, Kills Cop Father
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"A 22-year-old policeman was killed by his 3-year-old son when the boy picked up his father's gun off the kitchen table and accidentally fired."

--A tragic accident. But I wonder what safety rules were broken? And I wonder how it is that the gun-ban advocates think there is some magic that goes with a badge that makes police safer, less mistake prone, etc. than the concerned citizen who gets licensed, takes training, searches for safe arms, practices often, and maintains his equipment well?

IL: Fate of gun shop on line in Glenwood Submitted by: Kevin Novak	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
The village's present gun shop ordinance mirrors the Cook County ordinance, which prohibits the sale of guns within a quarter-mile of a public facility, such as a school or golf course. It also outlines code requirements and "strict security measures for businesses wanting to sell guns," Durkin said.

MD: A Lesson in Firearms Safety Submitted by: Kevin Novak	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
Sadly, Gov. Parris Glendening doesn't believe strongly enough in gun safety education for kids. He vetoed legislation to require school systems to have firearms safety programs for all grades, kindergarten through high school. Gun deaths among children are on the decline. "Part of that drop is due to tougher gun laws."

Judge OKs FBI Keyboard Sniffing Submitted by: Daniel Gordon	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
Not gun-related, but significant nonetheless: "The Justice Department can 'legally' use a controversial electronic surveillance technique in its prosecution of an alleged mobster." Whatever happened to that little provision in Article VI of the Constitution making it the "supreme law of the land"? And the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution?