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Constable gets 14 years for Aggravated Assault and Official Oppression
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"A jury Tuesday sentenced La Feria Constable Jose Alfredo Jimenez to 14 years in prison for two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and two counts of official oppression."
"A jury indicted Jimenez on June 28. He pleaded with jurors for probation, adding it was his first felony conviction."
"What the jury said is simple — they won’t tolerate abuse at the hands of their public officials, and they’re serious about it." --Assistant District Attorney John Blaylock |
Anti-terrorism Bill Approved (a different view)
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The House approved legislation Wednesday to give police new search powers in response to last month’s terrorist attacks, including the ability to secretly search homes, tap phones and track people’s use of the Internet.
Critics say it goes too far.
“This legislation is based on the faulty assumption that safety must come at the expense of civil liberties,” said Laura Murphy, head of the American Civil Liberty Union’s Washington office. |
Keeping Guns Away From Terrorists
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"Some citizens believe that they need to purchase firearms for self-protection. If the recent increase in firearms sales is attributable to people who may lawfully purchase firearms, that is the decision of the individual and not a matter that should be the subject of government oversight. If, on the other hand, any firearm purchased in this country falls into the hands of a terrorist because no background check was done, that is another national tragedy waiting to happen." |
Put firefighters back on the truck! (FL)
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"He said it obstructed his view and the truck's ladder controls. Two fellow firefighters say they agreed. Later, the three firemen, who are black, tossed around their Afrocentric philosophies as they have been known to do in casual, firehouse rap, between calls. Keeping the trio at home is overkill. They should be back on the truck." |
Guns recovered from burglary demonized by Sheriff; Owner doesn't want them back
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OHIO -- "Sheriff's detectives seized seven long guns taken in a burglary, including a semiautomatic rifle converted to fully automatic, and five juveniles are in custody, Sheriff Dave Vore said Tuesday."
"The firepower with these weapons are astronomical," Vore said. "There's really no hunting use for them, no target shooting use for them."
"The guns' owner, who took the weapons after his son died, told investigators he did not want the guns back, Vore said." |
Offensive Anti-gun Fliers sent with CWP Pickup Notices (MI)
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"Jeanne Kidle, a Flint Township mother of four, was taken aback when she received a notice to pick up her new concealed weapon permit."
"The letter from the Genesee County clerk's office was accompanied by two fliers from the Michigan Partnership to Prevent Gun Violence."
"The fliers... warned about the risks of keeping a firearm around the house... also solicited donations to the anti-gun violence group, which helped lead efforts to overturn the state's new concealed weapons law." |
74-year-old woman charged with having loaded .38 at airport
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"The 74-year-old woman arrested at Capital Airport Sunday after a loaded .38-caliber handgun was found in her baggage."
"Lynn Kelly of Las Vegas was taken into custody by airport security officers after the revolver was found in the second of her two bags that were run through a metal detector during routine baggage check-in."
"Kelly was charged Tuesday with unlawful use of a weapon, a Class A misdemeanor punishable by up to a year in jail."
A year in jail for a misdemeanor? |
Boys with BB gun cause school lockdown and are arrested (CA)
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"Police have arrested three boys who caused a lockdown of La Mesa Middle School on Monday when they were seen near the campus carrying what appeared to be a semiautomatic handgun."
"It turned out to be a BB gun, police said. 'Of course people didn't know it was a BB gun so they were pretty upset,' Lt. Bobby Barrett said yesterday. 'People were in fear.'"
"The boys... were arrested on suspicion of resisting arrest, possession of a firearm and possession of marijuana." |
Report says gun violence in movies "least attractive dramatic element"
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The nationwide survey, sponsored by the nonprofit [and anti-gun] Entertainment Industries Council (EIC), covered 462 people, about half adults and half teenagers.
"The survey shows that gun violence in movies or TV is, brace yourself, the least attractive dramatic element. At 19%, gunplay comes in dead last, so to speak, on a long list of movie-TV attractions, below physical conflict (40%), sex/romance (55%), suspense (67%) and adventure (75%). Put that in your storyboard and write it." |
House OKs Bill to Fight Terrorism (U.S.)
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Spurred by the Sept. 11 attacks and the current anthrax scare, the House voted, 357-66, in favor of the USA "Patriot Act", which includes a range of anti-terrorism tools.
To quell concerns that the new law could lead to civil liberties violations if abused, many of the bill's provisions will expire in four years. |
Clause Inserted in Anti-terror Bill Reduces Concerns
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The anti-terrorism legislation that the U.S. House passed Wednesday would require a judge to monitor the FBI's use of an email surveillance system that stirred privacy worries.
The requirement, added by House Majority Leader Dick Armey, cheered civil liberties groups who have misgivings about the many new powers the bill would give law enforcers to confront terrorist suspects. |
Auction Benefiting The Violence Policy Center, November 4th (CA)
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"Shoot Pictures, Not People," an exhibition and auction of photographs to benefit the Violence Policy Center, Sunday, November 4, from 2pm to 5pm, in a Venice, CA, artist's studio.
"Each day 79 Americans die from gun violence; on this day artists are taking a stand against this senseless loss of life," says Josh Sugarman, Exec. Dir., VPC |
Bisbee residents alert to predator - one women is ready with her shotgun
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"During October, at least two women, and possibly as many as four, have been victims of an intruder... preying mainly on young women living alone, particularly blond women."
"Fliers have been posted... [suggesting] women be on alert, consider staying with friends and report any suspicious incidents..."
"According to one female resident who lives near the site of the first incident, she feels much better now that she has her shotgun loaded and next to her bed." |
Cars at Airport Subject to Search
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Air travelers, beware. If you have a gun in your car, even if it is in your trunk, it can get you into a whole lot of legal trouble at the airport.
When David Leland dropped his car off at valet parking at the airport, he says he did not realize he had left a rifle in his trunk. The attendant found it and called police. The next thing you know Leland was being questioned by authorities. His gun was taken, and he was with illegal possession of a firearm, a misdemeanor. |
Jacob Sullum on Emerson: "Second Sight"
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This one gets ready to be antigun under a full 2d Amendment rights recognition regime.
The technique is suggesting, ever so subtly, expansion of the realm of "reasonable restrictions," adding more categories, as Emerson was added under Lautenberg, to the obvious category of idiots, infants, and felons. Look for claims practically every disarming "regulation" is a "reasonable exception." |
Pilots and Protectors
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Op-Ed advocating arming commercial airline pilots, noting that they're well-trained, and those who require training could easily master a firearm. |
Florida's aviation schools balk at tighter regulations
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"Flight school students, for the most part, are not people from the Middle East coming here to learn to fly a 747 straight and level into a building," Cooper added. "We shouldn't treat them all as if they were criminals." |
Florida Senators approve secret committee meetings
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The Senate drew fire Thursday from a new source: gun-ownership lobbyist Marion Hammer, executive director of the Unified Sportsmen of Florida, who said the change could allow a Senate President to call a meeting of anti-gun legislators who could decide the state needed to confiscate guns ``for security reasons.' |
Vermont gun dealers report sales increases of 30-50% -- including to anti-gunners
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"The sales increase far exceeds the predictable hunting season sales spike."
"In addition much of the increase is for the sales of non-hunting firearms such as handguns and short-barrel shotguns, according to gun dealers."
"Many of the customers are reportedly first-time gun owners."
"And some dealers report that the terrorists threat has prompted even some gun-control advocates to buy firearms for self-defense." |
CT "public servants" considering banning the .50 caliber BMG -- AGAIN
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"Two legislative leaders said Wednesday they plan to revive a proposal to ban or strictly regulate long-range .50-caliber rifles in the state, citing a new report that says those weapons are a favorite of Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda network and other terrorist groups."
The "report" they are citing is the pack of lies and distortions of "Violence Policy Center". |
A Right of the People - The meaning of the Emerson decision
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"People can differ in good faith about what constitutes reasonable regulation. The Emerson decision, even if affirmed by the Supreme Court, would not foreclose advocates of gun control (as opposed to gun prohibition) from making a case in favor of laws to disarm people who are provably dangerous." By David Kopel & Glenn Reynolds |
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