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Your Bank Account, Your Liberties
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This is a MUST READ, MUST SHARE article -- one that should make people from all political persuasions seriously consider what is happening in this country.
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"I went to the bank today. My debit and ATM card had stopped functioning on New Year's Eve. I was told, in no uncertain terms, that I must visit the bank to review my account because of 'possible fraud'." ... |
MD: Guns, Locks and Lives
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"You would think from their orchestrated bleats that Maryland gun dealers were caught off guard -- and hadn't known perfectly well for nearly three years that an internal-trigger-lock law would take effect on Jan. 1, 2003. Suddenly ...they fear for their livelihoods... Glossed over in their despair is any acknowledgment that the law might have the effect intended by its advocates: saving lives, especially those of children."
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Meanwhile the collective bleat from the anti-gun lobby remains the same: Screw your livelihoods. It's for the children. How vapid and predictable! |
FBI sources: Informant's story about U.S. infiltrators is false
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"Some FBI officials now believe an account of five men infiltrating the United States from Canada -- leading to a nationwide manhunt for the men for questioning -- was fabricated, sources inside the FBI said Monday."
"The alert, based on an account by Michael John Hamdani, prompted widespread news coverage and fears of possible terrorism around the holiday season. The FBI and 18,000 state and local law enforcement agencies made finding the quintet a top priority." ... |
White House Trims Cyber-Security Plan
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"The Bush administration has reduced by nearly half its initiatives to tighten security for vital computer networks, giving more responsibility to the new Homeland Security Department and eliminating an earlier plan to consult regularly with privacy experts." ... |
Security is a work in progress
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"The not-so-good news is there still are plenty of gaping holes in transportation security, particularly away from the airports in the nation's shipping, trucking and rail industries. Although Congress ordered better security as part of the 2001 USA Patriot Act, more than a year later many specific rules and regulations still aren't finalized." ... |
ME: Some colleges question request
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"The FBI has not yet asked Maine’s major colleges and universities to hand over personal information about foreign students and teachers."
"But if it does, it will get answers ranging from a qualified 'OK' to 'not without a court order.' And some schools don’t know what they’d say." ...
"Officials at the Maine Technical College System ...said they would ask for an individual’s consent before providing personal information to the FBI. But if the student or teacher says no, officials said they would likely hand over the information anyway." ... |
'Smart Guns' are Safer Guns
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"The safety ramifications for this move are significant. Smart guns can help prevent accidental deaths or suicides. Gun accidents, including suicides, took the lives of 1,200 children and teens in 2000 in the US. Further, some 18,000 young people aged 19 or younger were injured by firearms, and 1,776 were killed in homicides according to the Centers for Disease Control." ...
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So many lies and misinformation in one little article, it's hard to figure out where to begin! For starters, accidents are not suicides. Suicides are intentional. Accidents are not. Lumping them together is disingenuous. Also, since a vast number of the "teens" killed by gunfire are criminals, how will "smart" guns save them? |
George Orwell, here we come
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"Imagine a world where every street corner is dotted with disposable microcameras, equipped with face-recognition software that identifies pedestrians and constantly updates their individual files with up-to-the-minute location information. (Wearing masks won't help: Many states already have antimask laws, and the rest would follow suit if masks became sufficiently popular.) ..." |
VA: Cops go to bars to arrest drunks
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"[Officers] were talking to one of the guests, then physically pulled him off the barstool"
"They tapped one lady on the shoulder–who was on her first drink and had just eaten dinner–to take her out on the sidewalk and give her a sobriety test,"
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I have personally witnessed officers (unknown if on or 'off' duty calling in on their cell phones as people leave the bar. This has been going on for a while.) |
TX: Mother's plea for daughter
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"The mother of a 20-year-old woman imprisoned in a Texas jail under new anti-terrorism laws has made an impassioned plea to US President George W Bush asking him to free her daughter." ...
"Megan told (her friend) that she was immediately strip-searched and thrown into the county jail under the new anti-terrorism laws." ... |
TX: Violent crime down, but Dallas high on FBI list
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"For the first six months of 2002, the city's crime rate for serious offenses such as homicide, robbery and assaults was among the highest for U.S. big cities, according to federal crime-reporting data released last month. Statistics were unavailable for New York and Chicago." ... |
DE: Shootings rose, homicides fell in Wilmington in 2002
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"But for the first time in seven years, homicides saw a substantial decline, a 38 percent decrease from 2001. Ten people were killed in Wilmington in 2002. In 1995, there were seven homicides, the fewest in recent years." ...
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Mayor Baker and his henchmen are quick to point out that while the number of shootings rose, most of the victims "are literally drenched in crime." Keep this in mind the next time the Million Misguided Morons start braying that too many "innocent" children (15 to 24 years old) are being killed by the proliferation of guns in our country. |
Joe Foss, 87, Flying Ace Who Led NRA, Is Dead
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"Joe Foss, a Medal of Honor winner as a Marine fighter pilot in World War II who was a two-term governor of South Dakota, commissioner of the upstart
American Football League and head of the National Rifle Association, died last Wednesday, Jan. 1, at a hospital in Arizona. Mr. Foss, who lived in Scottsdale, was 87." |
White Dads More Likely To Allow Toy Guns
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"Dr. Tina Cheng and colleagues surveyed more than 900 parents and guardians visiting pediatricians' offices in Washington, D.C., and its suburbs. The survey included questions on child-rearing attitudes and practices, lifestyle, and demographic information." ...
"Almost 70 percent of parents surveyed felt it was 'ever OK' for a parent to let a child play with toy guns. The parents who allowed their children to play with toy guns were more likely to be white males, with male children." ... |
UK: British government announces mandatory jail term for gun possession
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"Britain will introduce a minimum five-year jail sentence for carrying an illegal firearm, a bid to stamp out a growing 'gun culture' on the streets, the government said Monday. The decision - which would apply to handguns and automatic weapons, firearms most often used in crime - came as the shooting deaths of two teenagers last week reignited the debate on gun violence. A ban on replica guns that can be adapted to fire live bullets also is reportedly under consideration." ... |
IL: Man Arrested With Gun At Midway Airport
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"A 52-year-old man was arrested at Midway Airport Sunday after trying to pass through security with a gun, police said."
"Thomas Rogus, of Vernon Avenue in Brookfield, was charged with unlawful use (??) of a weapon and failure to have a firearm owner's identification card, according to police News Affairs officer JoAnn Taylor." ...
"The man told police he was a businessman who had forgotten the gun was in his carry-on luggage..." |
NY: Screener finds stun gun in Utah man's luggage
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"A Utah man was to be arraigned Monday after being arrested at Syracuse Hancock International Airport for having a stun gun in his checked luggage."
"Andrew N. Forgash, 22, of Salt Lake City, was charged with misdemeanor criminal possession of a weapon, a count that carries a penalty of up to one year in jail."
"Forgash was arrested just before 7 a.m. Sunday as he was checking a backpack onto an American Airlines flight bound for Chicago..." |
NC: Careless shooting wounds man
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" 'They're new, they're toys, they want to play with 'em,' Suttle said. 'If you're just some idiot shooting into the trees, or just shooting at a target in your yard, you're being negligent, in my opinion. But there's no charge for stupidity. I wish there was.' " ... |
WA: Judge will not be charged for trees cut in Seattle park
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"After months of ruminating over the case, King County Prosecutor Norm Maleng this morning announced he won't file criminal charges against a federal appeals-court judge who hired crews that cut down more than 100 trees in Seattle's Colman Park last summer." ...
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Black robes scare hell outa some prosecutors, it seems! Now if this'd been some working stiff it'd mean jail time for certain! |
UK: Welsh police chiefs' dire warning
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"In their first summit conference with Peter Hain since he became Welsh Secretary, Wales's four chief constables said yesterday that there was increasing evidence of infiltration by armed criminal gangs..." ...
"Mr. Blunkett said, 'While we already have some of the toughest gun laws in the world, there has been an unacceptable increase in the flagrant use of guns in crime across the country.' " ...
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You'd think they would learn, wouldn't you? |
Judge asked to end war on Sunshine Coast cannabis patients
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"All charges have been dropped against him, 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 -- unless he picks it up himself. Mr. Kubby, who is currently recovering from high level radiation therapy, said he is disappointed the RCMP won't return the equipment to his home, especially since he was arrested illegally in the first place." ... |
Canada: Police trace gun that killed boy
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"The gun, a Spanish-made Star Firestar 45, is a relatively inexpensive version of a military-grade weapon that's hard to use accurately and packs a mighty recoil..." ...
"Nor was the gun registered with the federal gun registry in Ottawa..."
"A young kid could not pull back the slide on a .45 to strip a cartridge out of the magazine, and insert it into the chamber..."
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PA: Pa. Gun Background Checks Result In Fugitive Arrests
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"State police spokesman Jack Lewis said it works this way: A criminal tries to buy a gun, the gun shop clerk gets on the phone to conduct the background check, finds out the would-be buyer is a fugitive, calls police and they arrive at the shop and arrest the person on the spot."
"In more than 500 cases, Lewis said, the people were still there when the police showed up." ... |
AR: U. Of A. Vows To Protect Student Privacy During FBI Inquiries
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"Officials at the University of Arkansas will follow federal student-privacy law in responding to FBI inquiries about foreign students, university representatives said." ...
"In responding, university officials must balance requirements of the USA Patriot Act with provisions of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act. School officials said it is up to the universities, not the FBI, to determine whether they can legally release information." |
FL: Shooting range doing bang-up job attracting patrons
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"The Indian River County Public Shooting Range started the new year with a bang as patron numbers have shot far ahead of what Range Master Holden Kriss anticipated." ...
"Kriss said the county has approved spending about $60,000 for installing lights at the archery, airgun, rifle, pistol and shotgun ranges at the facility. He said the county is in the process of going out for bid on the project." |
UK: Postman who stole shotgun is spared prison
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"A man convicted of illegally possessing a shotgun was given a community punishment yesterday after a judge said that the proposed five-year minimum jail sentence for possessing firearms was 'unjust'."
"Richard Fitzerman, a post office worker, stole a gun that he was supposed to have delivered. At Oxford Crown Court, Fitzerman, 44, of Byfield, Northamptonshire, pleaded guilty to the theft of the 12-bore shotgun and possessing it for eight months before he was caught." ... |
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