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Rules of Engagement: Real American Sniper Experts Wanted
Submitted by: Nicki Fellenzer
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"We've got work to do, folks. Forget about Congress authorizing the President to wage war. Whoever is waging war against us didn't bother with legislative authorization. Read the news report below, and then roll up your sleeves. In short, the Washington Metroplex is under an effective siege at this time. If we don't get on top of this, no doubt it will spread." ...
 

UK: Britain Delays National Gun Owner Database (technical difficulties)
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"A central register of English gun owners has been delayed by technical difficulties, the government said Thursday, prompting criticism from both anti- and pro-gun groups."

"The Firearms Certificate Holders Register will hold the names of every licensed gun owner in England and was part of gun legislation passed in 1997." ...
 

TX: Examiner says teacher's firing not justified
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"There wasn't good cause or enough evidence to fire a Friendswood teacher who has been accused of shooting a gun in her classroom, a state hearing examiner has ruled."

"Kemah resident Norvella Susette Gibson was let go from her job after authorities said she fired a shot into her classroom at Friendswood Junior High School before school started last year on Nov. 30."

"When the incident first happened, Gibson reported that someone had fired three shots into her classroom. Nobody was injured, but the report led to a four-hour lockdown of the campus."

"In March, a Galveston County grand jury indicted the reading and language arts teacher on one count of carrying a weapon where possession is prohibited, a third-degree felony." ...

"Robert J. Thomas, the hearing examiner assigned by the state, said there was a lack of evidence, no investigation by the school district and no thorough police records in the case..."

"Thomas said missing police records, a videotape that showed three students discussing how they disliked Gibson and how they planned to bury the gun used in the incident, and no witness statements taken from students in the classroom all added up to a case based on hearsay."
 

NH: Report outlines technical infractions by police chief
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Infractions too numerous to list. But here's one:

"As a result of the investigation into firearms training and procedures, it was discovered that police in Kensington did not complete adequate training, had a policy of leaving loaded shotguns overnight in police cruisers, and often trained on a firing range before classroom training."
 

FL: Anti-gun Senator facing arrest over altered prescription for painkillers
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"An arrest warrant was issued Wednesday night for state Sen. Mandy Dawson, D-Fort Lauderdale, on a prescription drug fraud charge, a third-degree felony, police said."

"The warrant was signed by a Tallahassee judge Wednesday night."

"Dawson, who is up for re-election on Nov. 5 against independent Fred Segal, is expected to turn herself in to police soon, although neither a time nor place was announced." ...
 

Why bullets aren't very useful in police investigations
Submitted by: Nicki Fellenzer
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Remarkably one-sided "news" report, which leans heavily to the "regulate bullets" side with a mere blurb to the opposing view.
 

Conyers Says Gun Makers 'Marketing Sniper Rifles to Criminals'
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"The ranking Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee has accused some gun manufacturers of marketing so-called 'sniper rifles' in a manner that 'appears to intentionally appeal to law breakers.' "

" 'The D.C. Metropolitan area has been hit by a tragic flurry of gun violence,' Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) said at a Capitol Hill news conference Thursday. 'Nine innocent people have been killed or injured by a serial killer who is using the technology of sniper rifles.' "
 

MI: Drug dealers, gun traffickers -- are cops
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"The indictment of nine people on charges of stealing at least 222 pounds of cocaine from the Detroit Police Department's evidence room is the first step in a wider investigation to account for weapons and cash that could be missing from the storage area, Chief Jerry A. Oliver Sr. said Wednesday."

" 'There are whole lockers and vaults of weapons that have to be inventoried and accounted for,' Oliver said. 'I don't know how many guns we have. We have far too many guns,' he said." ...
 

Demand your right to self defense
Submitted by: J W Parsons

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"Six people were killed by sniper bullets in the Washington, D.C., area last week, while another two people were wounded – including a 13-year-old boy – but authorities are, so far, stumped as to suspects and motive." ...

"But whether these shootings are the opening rounds of a new homeland-based terror campaign or simply the work of a lunatic – the 'death card sniper,' if you will – it's a safe bet one of the first responses made by our leaders, once they get over the shock of the attacks, will be to stump for more gun control. There is nothing more dangerous to liberty and freedom than a frightened lawmaker. And after decades of trying to breed our survival instinct out of us, it's only natural for millions of Americans to turn to others for protection." ...
 

GA: College kids caught in gun smuggling
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"Richard Waldburg thought he had the ideal part-time job for a college student."

"In a few hours, the public relations major at Georgia Southern University could earn more than other students could in a semester."

"Waldburg, 24, had no trouble buying nine pistols at a Jonesboro pawn shop in February and slipping them into what federal officials call the 'iron pipeline' between the Deep South and the urban streets of Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York." ...
 

Lott: Guns & Elections
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Commentary by John Lott.
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"Little has been said about gun control during this campaign. Oh, sure, Gray Davis is running on gun control in California, but in states from Illinois to Michigan to Pennsylvania, where Democrats gubernatorial candidates with strong gun-control records are running, the issue is being played down. Is this a real change of heart or merely a tactical retreat?" ...
 

OH: Judge names police monitor
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"A Berkeley, Calif., lawyer who has overseen police reforms in 13 cities around the country will lead a team of 20 legal and law-enforcement experts to monitor a sweeping overhaul of Cincinnati's police department." ...

"The [police] monitor's role is a critical one. Dr. Kalmanoff will provide the key oversight of two historic agreements the city made this year in the aftermath of the April 2001 riots, which were sparked by the police shooting death of a fleeing unarmed man in an Over-the-Rhine alley."

"The agreements ended a Justice Department investigation and suspended a federal lawsuit that accused Cincinnati police of racial profiling and decades of discrimination against African-Americans."
 

UK: Top officer voices concern as gun crime levels rocket
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"Lambeth's chief policeman has spoken of his fears at the level of rising gun crime in the area."

"A meeting of the Community Police Consultative Group heard last week that while the numbers of street muggings and burglaries are falling, gun crime had increased significantly."

"Acting Borough Commander for Lambeth Brian Moore told the meeting gun crime had risen by 40 per cent in August, with 22 reported offences and 14 guns being seized."
 

MD: Critics cite gun database limit
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" 'The shootings in Montgomery County are a perfect example of how valuable complete ballistic fingerprinting would be,' said Eric Gorovitz, who tracks gun laws for the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence. 'It makes sense for every firearm made to be ballistically fingerprinted. It doesn't expose anybody to the specter of tyranny.' "
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Liar! Maryland's database hasn't solved a single crime since its implementation. What makes him think that it'll solve this one if rifles were included?
 

UK: Parents fear gun crime epidemic
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"The number of gun-related crimes in the West Midlands went up by almost half last year, from 1,512 in 2000/01 to 2,262 in 2001/02."

"The latest attacks came just three days after West Midlands Police relaunched its Operation Ventara initiative to combat black-on-black gun crime." ...
 

'Fingerprint' bullets? - guns called 'weapon of mass destruction'
Submitted by: Nicki Fellenzer
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"We've got terror right here at home, Mr. President, stirred up by a lunatic with an old-fashioned weapon of mass destruction, a gun."

"Which brings me to an urgent question: If we respect the constitutional right of people to bear arms until they use those arms to commit crimes, why do we not use all of our available tools to trace bullets and guns used in those crimes?"
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Weapon of mass destruction?????

Clarence Page's ignorance is off-the-charts high.
 

UK: Gunmen open fire in police drug bust
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More evidence of how well gun control works...

...to arm criminals.
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"Gunmen fired at unarmed police officers in a Battersea street after drugs were found in a car during a routine spot-check last week."

"The four male officers were patrolling Wandsworth last Friday, October 4, when they stopped two men acting suspiciously in Broughton Street at around 9pm."

"They decided to search their car and discovered a package of drugs. At this point, one of the suspects suddenly produced a gun, firing at the officers as the pair ran off along the street."

"Although the officers were unarmed, they chased the pair through neighbouring streets but they managed to escape minutes later."
 

Canada: Controversial Taser is police force's newest weapon
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" 'It is a less-lethal option and decreases the risks of injury to both the police and to suspects,' said Const. Chris Bracken. 'This is not a replacement for lethal force, but it can be used in violent confrontations.' "

"It's expensive - at $700-$800 a piece, and, according to some experts, it's less effective on those accustomed to working with electricity - people such as technicians and electricians."
 

Could the Beltway Sniper be Stopped by Gun Control?
Submitted by: Nicki Fellenzer
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" 'It's just a nonsense comment to say that somebody is going to break the law about murder, but obey the law about which tools they can use,' Kevin Watson, legislative director for the Law Enforcement Alliance of America said. 'It's pretty obvious that people who are not influenced by laws banning murder aren't going to be too influenced by laws banning what tools of murder they can use.' "
 

PA: Mayor admits his crime statistics were off
Submitted by: P. Jones

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"For weeks, Mayor Street has been touting Operation Safe Streets, his anti-drug program, in neighborhood rallies across the city."

"Yesterday, Street conceded that some of the rosy crime statistics that he's been bragging about at those rallies are false."

"On Wednesday, Street said that drug-related homicides between May 1 when the program started and mid-September had dropped to just nine this year, compared to 51 for the same period last year when there was no Safe Streets initiative." ...

"When the Daily News first asked for supporting data, Keel produced a chart from Police Commissioner Sylvester Johnson that showed drug-related homicides between May 1 and Oct. 9 going in the opposite direction - 46 for this year and 45 for last year."
 

MD: Spate of shootings rousing parents to protect schools
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"Rob Foreman... said it might be a little bit much."

" 'I think the parents are more paranoid than we are,' he said. 'I can't see some little old mother stopping someone from coming in with a gun, but I understand why they're there.' "

[Unless, of course, the little old mother had a firearm of her own. But no - not in Maryland. They must depend on "real" security.]

"Officials are careful to stress that the parental presence doesn't take the place of real security measures."
 

Film Review: 'Bowling for Columbine'
Submitted by: Nicki Fellenzer
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Another sycophantic drool-fest for Moore's latest effort at helping relieve us of our freedoms.
 

WV: State Police to review allegations against Shepherdstown cop
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Shepherdstown businesswoman Nancy VanTol was initially stopped for a burned-out headlight.

Luke Collins, who was working at the Blue Moon Cafe at the time, said that after VanTol got out of her car and started walking toward the restaurant, Lynch "took her down aggressively."

Lynch rolled VanTol over, put his knee on her back and handcuffed her, Collins said.

A second officer ran to the scene and held his gun about 3 feet from VanTol as she was on the ground, Collins said.
 

NC: Teen-ager with gun arrested at Western Harnett High
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"A 15-year-old boy was arrested Thursday for trying to bring a loaded gun to Western Harnett High School."

"A .25-caliber semi-automatic pistol loaded with three bullets was found in a side pocket of the boy's backpack, the report said. Maj. Steve West said the boy, who lives in Spring Lake, could be charged with possession of a weapon on educational property. Students found with weapons are automatically suspended for 365 days." ...
 

OH: Police Officer Attacked By Teens, Gun Stolen
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"A suburban Cincinnati police officer is recovering from a beating at the hands of three teenagers."

"The officer, whose name has not been released, is a member of the Norwood Police Department; he was working with another officer as part of an undercover investigation when he was attacked."

"The officer suffered head injuries, but the injuries are not life threatening." ...
 

UK: Op for latest gun crime victim
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"At least eight high-calibre shots were fired into the Renault 19 car, hitting the driver in the upper body and also injuring his passenger..."

"It was one of two daytime shootings in the city yesterday."

"In the second incident, a man was shot three times in the chest and neck as he was in a car travelling ... just 50 yards from a primary school."
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And Brits claim lax gun laws in the US are responsible for violence? Gee, strict gun laws are sure helping the UK's gun violence problem!
 

PA: Questionable police shooting ruled justified
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... "[Delaware County District Attorney G. Michael] Green said that a 9mm handgun was found a short distance from Pinder's body, but that tests for fingerprints and for whether he had fired the weapon were inconclusive."

"Vanessa Pinder said yesterday: 'Of course, I'm not agreeing with [Green]. They're discrediting my son's character, and I'm not going along with that. It just doesn't make sense for him to give them his license and then try to shoot at them.' " ...
 

PA: Ex-officer who was cleared sues over firing
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"Innocent Until Proven Guilty"?
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"A former police officer who was acquitted in June of charges he had sex with a 13-year-old South Philadelphia girl has filed a federal lawsuit seeking reinstatement to the force."

"Kraig Graham, 22, who was assigned to the 12th Police District in Southwest Philadelphia and had served 18 months on the force before his arrest in December, says his civil rights were violated when he was dismissed while the investigation was ongoing. The suit was filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Philadelphia."

"In June, a Philadelphia jury acquitted Graham of charges of statutory sexual assault and corrupting the morals of a minor. The South Philadelphia girl testified that the pair had had sex the previous July or August." ...
 

How stupid are we?
Submitted by: Nicki Fellenzer
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This editorial on WorldNetDaily.com is pushing FOR gun registration -- it comes from Ellen Ratner, who dubs herself "Liberal and Proud".
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"No, it's not an exploding volcano or shifting tectonic plates. It's the dreaded SLIPPERY SLOPE!"

"At the bottom of that slope is gun registration and confiscation, taking away everybody's SUVs, limits on CEO compensation, estate taxes, in short, pure, unadulterated fascism. The American Reich. The British are coming!"

"I say, poppycock! Early in the last century, the United States Supreme Court ruled that nobody had the right to yell, 'Fire!' in a crowded movie theater. But somehow, free speech in this country hasn't been affected a bit. As a society, I think we're mature enough to tolerate a few commonsense regulations without turning over the shebang to the Brownshirts." ...

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