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Clark favors gun safety locks
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"Wrapping up a two day trip through New Hampshire on Wednesday, retired General Wesley Clark said he favored safety locks on firearms as a general principle though he said he needed to review the situation more before he would make any specific suggestions on how, if elected president, he plans to mandate such an action."

"Clark said guns were always in his house while growing up in Arkansas , but he never touched them because his father warned they were always loaded. And even during a 35 year career in the military he said he always stored guns in an arms room away from his son."

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"James Nichols, the brother of Oklahoma City bombing conspirator Terry Nichols, says he was tricked into appearing in the anti-gun documentary Bowling for Columbine, according to a federal lawsuit filed against filmmaker Michael Moore." "Nichols also alleges in the lawsuit, filed in Detroit, that Moore libeled him by linking him to the terrorist act."

THE RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS: (Just Don't Shoot the Messenger)
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"Right now the Brady Bunch is going nuts because the sun is about to set on some gun laws on the federal level. ...This law has done nothing at all for the crime rate and is one of the most ineffective laws ever passed. It needs to go away." ...

"Right now we have a recall going on in the city of Coquille to do away with five of our city councilors because of the poor handling of our water and sewer system and the rates which they raised without a vote of the people. Well, we also need to recall these people because they are the very ones who also allowed our crime rate to stay the same instead of lowering it, by passing a simple ordinance that could help." ...

Recoil often affects shooting accuracy
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"This year Remington has introduced a new line of bullets - Managed Recoil - for centerfire rifles. The bullets in this new line include a .270 Win 115 grain, a .30-06 Springfield 125 grain and a 7mm Remington Magnum 140 grain. All of them reduce recoil by 50 percent without reducing the ability of the bullet to take down game quickly and efficiently. These bullets have less than a 2 percent point-of-impact change versus standard loads, making the new bullets perfect for deer out to 200 yards and possibly further. With these new loads, Junior can take his dad's rifle out deer hunting and shoot it accurately without flinching or experience a heavy recoil."

"I tested the .30-06. I piled up sandbags to keep the rifle steady and fired a traditional round. Next, I tested one of the Managed Recoil rounds and couldn't believe the difference. Shooting the Managed Recoil round with 125 grains caused the .30-06 to have less recoil than my .243."

"I shot five more rounds of this new ammunition and enjoyed every minute of it."

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"Gun-control activist Dustin Hoffman was irritated to learn that the National Rifle Association left him off its enemies list of 'Anti-Gun Individuals and Celebrities'." "So the film star wrote to the NRA and alerted them to the omission, reports the New York Daily News." " 'I was deeply disappointed when I discovered my name was not on the list,' said Hoffman."

Gun column left out points (Letter)
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I would like to share my opinion on DeWayne Wickhams commentary (NRA list is one name short, Oct. 17). Its OK if he wants to declare that he is my enemy.

However, a couple of points need to be explained. The statistic of one child killed every two hours includes a variety of criminals up to age 21 killed by police and during crimes.

While its true there are no license plates on guns, they are highly regulated. Every controllable sale is limited by the age and background of the purchaser. Every sale has to be approved by the FBI.

Thats enough! Prosecute the criminals who are causing the problems.

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"Deborah Lewis of Irondale won Grand Champion honors in this national air rifle competition. Lewis shoots for Lakeshore Foundation. In her first full year on the 11-event tour, she won nine golds and two silvers, winning an unprecedented eight consecutive matches. Mike Dickey of Trafford finished second in the national competition and five other Alabamians finished in the top 18."

Nigeria: Cop Guns Down Pregnant Woman, Taxi Driver
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"The Ondo State capital, was thrown into mourning yesterday as a trigger-happy policeman shot into a crowd killing a pregnant woman and two others in broad daylight."

"He had earlier killed a taxi driver."

"To forestall public anger at the incident from boiling over, police authorities drafted scores of heavily armed policemen onto the major streets even as taxi drivers promptly withdrew their vehicles from the roads to protest the killing of their colleague."

"Eye-witnesses said the killer cop, who was guarding a bank at old Market park in the heart of the state capital, appeared drunk at the time of the incident."

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And the reaction of the government? Dispatch more cops to quell justifiable outrage.

OH: Inmate indicted on multiple charges in gun incident
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"A Toledo man charged with three murders has been indicted for firing a handgun at a corrections officer in the Lucas County jail."

"Prentiss Williams, 24, was indicted yesterday by a county grand jury on two counts of felonious assault and one count each of escape and possession of a deadly weapon while under detention. The charges carry specifications that a gun was used in the crimes."

"Williams is accused of firing a 9mm handgun that had been smuggled onto the jails sixth floor, the facilitys maximum-security unit. The gun was pulled on the officer Oct. 14 while Williams was at a maintenance closet."

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Gun control in a government facility didn't seem to be effective in preventing this shooting.

PA: Salford residents complains of noise from nearby gun club
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"Salford Supervisors last week heard a complaint from Webber Road resident Steve Bub, who said he is being disturbed by gunshots coming from a nearby gun club."

"The Souderton-Harleysville Gun Club on Schultz Road in Salford Township is a 60-year-old private club. Members fire guns on Wednesday evenings and occasionally on Sunday afternoons."

"Bub said the intermittent sounds of the gun blasts in the evenings make it difficult for him and some of his neighbors to get to sleep. He asked if the township could ask the club's board of directors to shorten their shooting times."

Boxcutter found on airplane at Logan Airport
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"State and federal law enforcement officials are investigating the discovery of a boxcutter found on board a US Airways commuter plane that arrived at Logan Airport in Boston today from Rockland, Maine."

"Transportation Security Administration spokeswoman Ann Davis said the boxcutter was found by a flight crew doing a routine sweep of the twin-engine turbo prop plane."

"Security at the airport was never breached, Massport spokesman Phil Orlandella said."

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And still TSA is dragging its feet on arming pilots.

UK: Gun Prank Pupils Banned
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"Two 15 year-old boys were suspended from Selby High after firing plastic pellets from a replica ball-bearing gun earlier this month. One pupil was said to have been hit by a pellet inches from his eye while another had a tooth chipped."

"Both students accused of taking 'pot shots' have now been permanently excluded after losing appeals to stay at the 1,100-roll Leeds Road school."

"The mum-of-three said: 'We are talking about a toy gun here that was bought at the seaside, not a weapon. My son has never been in trouble before. He doesn't drink or smoke and now has to pay a heavy price for an incident that has been blown totally out of proportion.' "

Philippines: Mayor Emano orders gun ban
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"TO FURTHER secure the safety and welfare of its constituents and visitors, the City Hall's top honcho ordered a gun ban in the City of Friendship Wednesday."

"Mayor Vicente Emano said Cagayan de Oro city is fast acquiring the reputation of being a 'City for Conferences', a 'Malling City' and a place for rest and recreation not just nationwide but worldwide."

"He cited the two major gatherings ongoing for this week alone: the 12th Mindanao Business Conference in Pryce Plaza and the Government Association of Certified Public Accountants (GACPA) in Xavier Heights Country Club."

"Inevitably, the mayor said more and more local executives who have armed bodyguards are now roaming in the city."

OH: Man convinces alleged burglar to drop gun
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"Stanley Romine isn't a hostage negotiator or a police professional, but he was able to talk an armed man into putting down a loaded pistol and leaving his Colonial Drive house."

"Romine, 51, said he just returned home from physical therapy early Monday afternoon when he allegedly found 22-year-old Ian L. Crowley crouched in his dining room and armed with his own loaded .380 caliber semi-automatic pistol."

"Romine said it wasn't easy, but he was able to talk Crowley into putting down the pistol down."

" 'I talked him out of it,' Romine said. 'I wouldn't say it was too easy. I let him go. I just wanted to get him out of the house.' "

MN: Woman shoots Rottweilers after they attack llamas
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"When Kim Fedje went to check on her livestock she didn't fully load her rifle because she didn't think she'd need it. She was wrong."

"Fedje was getting ready for work earlier this month when she heard dogs barking on her western Minnesota property."

"Fedje first checked the animals in the barn, then headed to the pasture shared with her neighbors. There, she said, she saw her neighbor's herd of llamas clustered in a tight circle. Llamas only stand in such a circle to fight off predators, Fedje said."

"I yelled, 'Here, llamas!' "

"Instead of llamas, she got big dogs - a pair of charging Rottweilers."

"I thought 'Run!' and at the same time knew that if I ran I would be dead... I aimed my .22 and started firing."

Box cutter found aboard airliner in Philadelphia
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"A box cutter was found Tuesday aboard US Airways flight 177 as it prepared to leave Philadelphia International Airport for Phoenix, Arizona, a spokeswoman for the Transportation Security Administration told CNN."

"TSA spokeswoman Ann Davis in Boston, Massachusetts, said the blade was found by a passenger in the seat pocket in front of him a few minutes before the flight was due to leave for Phoenix. He notified the flight crew, and all passengers on the plane were moved off the aircraft and re-screened. They have been re-booked on a flight later Tuesday night, Davis told CNN in a phone interview."

OH: 9-year-old arrested for waving toy gun
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"His mother, Tamyka Saunders of Sheffield Lake, said her son, Thomas Clark Jr., told Lorain police when they approached him outside a Broadway business that the gun was a toy. An officer aimed his weapon at the boy's head, ordered him to the ground, handcuffed him and arrested him for juvenile delinquency by reason of inducing panic, according to the police report."

"Saunders, 28, was also charged with obstruction of justice and resisting arrest when she pleaded with police not to arrest her son and to give him a warning, according to a police report."

UK: Woman Shot at Home by Robbers in Gun-Free Britain
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"A 35-year-old woman is recovering in hospital after she was shot when she disturbed a robbery in her home."

"The woman arrived at the house in Stratford Avenue in Beeston, Leeds, to find two men had forced 10 of her family members, including four children, to lie on the floor at gunpoint."

"She was dragged to the ground by one of the men, who was believed to be holding the gun, and received facial injuries when a shot was fired."

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Her Majesty's Government still maintains firearms are not needed for personal defence! Then why are the Queen's guards armed?

Japan: Gangster admits shooting U.S. serviceman in 'car rage'
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"A gangster turned himself in at a police station in Hiroshima on Tuesday night and admitted shooting a U.S. serviceman and threatening two others last Sunday, saying he did it because they had stepped in front of his car, the police said."

"A former ranking member of an organized crime group, now unemployed, handed over an automatic pistol when he appeared at the police station, the police said."

"He was arrested on suspicion of violating the firearms and swords law, the police said."

India: Criminal gets cops beaten by family and escapes
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"WHEN the police went to arrest an alleged criminal today they were beaten up by his neighbours and family members, and in the commotion the accused even managed to escape, Nand Nagri police said."

"Head Constable Naresh Kumar along with his colleague had gone to arrest Dilshad, wanted in several criminal cases in the Sunder Nagari area."

" 'We had information that Dilshad had come to meet his sister in the O-Block, Sunder Nagari, today afternoon. When our team reached there and arrested him, his sister Sophia and her son Iqbal, along with 10-15 persons of the locality, started beating up the police and also tried to snatch constable Nareshs service revolver,' claimed police officials."

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But only cops are competent to use guns?

Australia: 3 1/2 years for lethal kick
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"ONE thrill-seeking martial arts-style kick killed Aaron Linskens -- but yesterday the 18-year-old's grieving family felt they had copped another bewildering blow."

"After his son's killer was jailed for a minimum of 3 1/2 years, a tearful and shaken John Linskens said his family was 'totally confused and upset' with the justice system."

"The judge rejected the initial claim to police by Johns that he had acted in self-defence."

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Do you suppose if he killed the young man with a gun under the same type of circumstances, he'd be rotting in jail for life?

Japan: Self-Defense Force man flashes privates at jr. high school girls
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A member of the Maritime Self-Defense Force was arrested Wednesday for exposing his genitals to two junior high school girls at a karaoke club last year, police said.

Eiji Hiyakawa, from Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, has admitted to the allegations of violating a local ordinance that bans obscene behavior toward youths.

Hiyakawa, 37, took the two 14-year-old girls, who he became acquainted with through a telephone-dating service, to a karaoke club in Yokohama in late December last year.

He stayed in a private booth at the club for about an hour, during which time he showed his genitals after making one of the girls stand in front of the window to block the view from outside.

He reportedly gave the then second-year students 14,000 yen. Police officers questioned him after one of the girls told them about his obscene behavior when questioned as a victim in a separate crime.

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But, of course, only governments (the military and law enforcement) should be allowed to have guns.

AK: Jurors say Mielke should not have entered church
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"The Big Lake pastor who shot and killed two men he caught burglarizing his chapel before dawn on an April morning should never have gone into the church in the first place, said three of the jurors who deliberated on the case."

"But those same jurors also said that the Rev. Phillip Mielke had a legal right to check on the chapel -- and deserved to be acquitted on criminal charges that could have brought up to 20 years in prison."

"A fourth juror said she felt the preacher was innocent from day one."

"A day after a Palmer jury acquitted Mielke on four counts of manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide, several jurors reached by phone Tuesday shared some of the details of their otherwise secret deliberations."

FL: Deputies Say Slaying at West Boca deli was self-defense
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"A deli owner shot and killed a business associate who threatened him at the Corner Deli on Tuesday morning, sheriff's officials said."

"Deli owner Ralph Liotta, 46, was questioned by detectives but was not arrested because there is evidence to back up his claim that he shot John Gurino, 48, in self-defense, sheriff's spokeswoman Diane Carhart said."

"The deli had not yet opened for the day when shots were fired about 10:20 a.m. Gurino was struck several times and died in the deli's doorway amid shards of broken glass."

IA: Assaults lead to increased safety precautions but weapons still prohibited to students
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"Recent assaults on the ISU campus have caused some students to take additional safety precautions."

"According to Daily staff reports, an Ames-area resident reported being struck in the head and sexually assaulted near Campustown in the early morning of Oct. 19. Another ISU student reported to ISU Police she had been physically assaulted in stadium parking Lot S-4 Oct. 20. ISU Police are continuing investigations into the cases, said Jerry Stewart, director of Department of Public Safety."

" 'We are increasing the level of patrol in certain areas,' Stewart said. 'We have also asked for additional lighting to be reactivated in the Iowa State Center lots.' "

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ISU explicitly prohibits all weapons, including replicas and toys. Could this possibly explain the recent assaults?

Airlines, attendants' union differ on security
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"Advanced self-defense training for flight attendants won't have to be paid for by the nation's airlines under legislation up for a vote this week."

"The proposal has prompted acrimonious debate of late because of changes in how the legislation is crafted."

"The Association of Flight Attendants contends Houston-based Continental was responsible for wording changes that will make advanced training -- as well as basic training -- voluntary instead of mandatory."

" 'Flight attendant security training should be mandatory,' the association's Dawn Deeks said. 'This is part of our job now, and flight attendants need to be trained to handle this very important job responsibility.' "

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And pilots need to be armed!

Personal Protection From Crime
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"Patire's newest book, 'Personal Protection Handbook,' is full of tips for protecting yourself and your family."

"If the attacker physically grabs you, you need to be prepared to fight back. When it comes to fighting back physically, Patire advises people to 'confuse, then leave' or 'stun and run.' The less physical you have to be and the less time you have to spend near your attacker, the better. People who have taken self-defense or martial arts classes often forget what they've learned because they've only used the moves in very controlled, classroom situations."

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Nothing about the safest, most effective way to defend yourself!

MI: Oliver Faces Federal Fines For Gun
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"Federal authorities have charged Detroit Police Chief Jerry Oliver with failing to declare a loaded pistol stowed in his checked baggage."

"He'll be fined between $300 and $1,000 by the Transportation Security Administration."

"Oliver was notified last week of the TSA's decision to charge him with a civil infraction. Deputy Chief Tara Dunlop said he will pay the fine."

"Wayne County prosecutors are debating whether Oliver should face criminal charges over the Oct. 18 incident."

"Oliver reportedly said he carries a small, .22-caliber automatic handgun every day."

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What is there to debate about? Would the same debate take place if it were a civilian in such a situation?

Kenya: Over 100 Guns Seized
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"Police in the Rift Valley Province have netted 134 assorted firearms and 1,020 live ammunition."

"The Provincial Commissioner, Mr. Aggrey Mudinyu, said the weapons were used in banditry attacks and armed robberies in which many innocent people had lost their lives. The operation was conducted over a period of nine months."

"The weapons ranged from sophisticated M16 rifles to home-made guns and two hand grenades."

"They were recovered from Turkana, Samburu, Baringo, West Pokot, Kitale and Nakuru districts."

TN: Off-duty officer kills gunman in shootout
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"An off-duty police officer shot and killed a gunman who broke into a karate school looking for a teenage runaway, police said today."

"The runaway, a 15-year-old girl whose name was not released, had stopped by Memphis Aiki Kai Dojo on Monday night to visit the owner, a family friend, police said in a statement."

"The teenager's family had telephoned the business owner from Chicago and asked him to be on the lookout for her."

"Police said the girl traveled to Memphis with Jose Arcos, 23."

"The school owner refused to let Arcos enter the building and locked the door."

"Police said Arcos fired three shots from a .45-caliber handgun into the school and forced his way inside, where five students, including an off-duty officer, were training."

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"A Birmingham judge has warned gun criminals to expect stiff sentences after he jailed a drugs dealer who kept a cache of weapons to 13 years." ------- Oh yeah, laws won't work. Pleas won't work. Nice letters from police and music concerts won't work. But warnings from a judge will work to reduce crimes committed with firearms?

New Zealand: Gun fright or Whipping up more absurd fears over toys
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"Police are deciding what charges to lay against a Raglan businessman after seizing 275 air pistols from his shop, because people complained about being shot at by children."

"Raglan police constable Chris Greenwood said there had been several incidents in the town where people complained about having the imitation firearms pointed at them, or complained they were shot at."

"Police found a shop owner in the town selling the guns without a dealer's licence and seized 275 of the guns, which fire small plastic pellets."

"The pellets stung if they connected with skin. Mr. Greenwood said they were dangerous."

" 'If it got at your eye you could lose an eye,' he said."

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And if you stuck a pencil in your eye you could lose an eye too. Are pencils next on the confiscation list?

IN: Students raise concerns about shots
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"Multiple shots were fired in Parking Lot 9 outside Rhoads and Mills halls early Sunday morning." ...

" 'I saw shooting and people running,' Allen said. 'It was pandemonium.' "

"Allen also said he did not see the police respond to the multiple calls they (the police) received about the shooting until several minutes after the violence began."

"Instead of worrying about why the violence happened on campus, sophomore theater major Jeff Stemerick is mad at the system for letting it happen."

" 'It bothers me most that there are laws in place that prevent me from having a handgun on campus to protect myself, but there are criminals on campus that are using them,' Stemerick said."

MD: Robberies are bound by aggressive trend (and disarmed victims)
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"Jason Steinbach prides himself on having steady nerves."

"Nevertheless, the 33-year-old manager of Rockaway Bedding in Timonium says he "can't help" but feel anxious on the job these days."

" 'I guess you could say I get nervous sometimes, especially when I am alone in the store,' he said."

"Steinbach's jitters are understandable. He was one of the first victims in a spate of particularly aggressive armed robberies that have hit local retailers and hotels over the last six weeks."

"Since the third week of September, employees at six area businesses _ including four hotels or motels, a restaurant and the bedding store _ have been tied up or otherwise physically restrained by handgun-wielding intruders demanding cash."

MN: Appeals Court Hears Church's Claims Against Handgun Law
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The Minnesota Court of Appeals heard arguments Tuesday from a group of churches that claims the state's handgun law infringes on religious freedom.

David Lillehaug represents the 45 church groups and says the religious groups want to worship without firearms on their property.

The state law, in effect for five months, prohibits churches and other property owners from barring guns in their parking lots and rental facilities.

Deputy Attorney General Hilary Caligiuri defended the law, telling the three-judge panel that it provides no criminal penalties or mechanism to enforce it on churches that flout it.

Therefore, she says it makes no real inroads on religious freedom.

The law makes permits to carry firearms available to most law-abiding, mentally competent adults.

MD: Wheeler due to be released today
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"An alleged member of a white supremacist group who is accused of having 80 pounds of gunpowder improperly stored in his Southeast Baltimore rowhouse is expected to plead guilty today in city Circuit Court to misdemeanor charges and then go home, his lawyer said."

"After one year of probation, he is expected to be placed on probation before judgment, meaning he will have a clean criminal record, Thompson said. If convicted, he could have faced up to six years in prison."

"He will not be permitted to possess a firearm for the three years he is on probation, Thompson said, but will be free to do so when his probation ends."

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Something stinks in Baltimore, and it's not the kitty litter box.

UK: Appeal after two armed robberies
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"POLICE are appealing for information following two separate armed robberies at grocery stores in Co Antrim."

"In the first incident, three men, aged between 17 and 18 - one armed with a handgun - entered a shop at around 7pm yesterday."

"They stole money and electric cards before fleeing on foot."

"In the second robbery two men in their late teens - one armed with a gun - entered a shop at 8.40pm and demanded cash."

"During the theft, the gun was pointed at a female staff member who was ordered to open the tills. A third man then joined them."

"Cash and mobile phone cards were taken before the men fled towards Moira in a dark-coloured saloon car which was parked nearby."

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Wolves feeding on their government disarmed prey.

OH: Senator Marc Dann (D) accepts invitation to attend Youngstown 'Defense' Walk
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Youngstown 'Defense' Walk organizer Rick Kaleda has announced that Democrat Sen. Marc Dann has accepted an invitation to participate in the Youngstown 'Defense' Walk this weekend!

Many state legislators have been invited, but Senator Dann is the first to accept. Ohioans For Concealed Carry appreciates his leadership on this issue as a member of the Senate Committee on Criminal Justice which considered House Bill 12.

Sen. Dann was named by Senate President Doug White (R) as the minority member of the recently-appointed HB12 Conference Committee. He is the ONLY Senator who White appointed that has heard testimony on this legislation. We look forward to his informed leadership in that position as well.

Canada: Armed crooks rob local youths Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft Website: http://home.comcast.net/~bruce.krafft/	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"A gang of armed thieves targeted young people last Saturday night in central Coquitlam Police say robbers took money from three groups of young people at gunpoint within a three hour-period Oct. 25."

The Politically Correct Rush to Judgment
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"The biggest problem with the culture of political correctness is that it coerces individuals into accepting certain levels of prejudices, values, judgments, and beliefs - all of which are embraced by our society, just for the sake of denying said individuals the right to express their views and freedom of association. At the same time, it also establishes a state-mandated paradigm of contempt, hostility, and hatred for any set of unpopular ideas, beliefs, attitudes, opinions, and values to which the politically correct left neither ascribe nor respect. It is a destructive machination, which compels individuals to deny themselves the right to express their values, beliefs, and views often subject to intense public condemnation, repudiation, and, more often than not, even retaliation."

MA: Student with handgun arrested at Wachusett Regional High School
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"A 15-year-old student with a loaded handgun in his belt was arrested at Wachusett Regional High School on Tuesday morning, but police do not believe he was targeting anyone."

"The Holden resident, whose name was not released because of his age, was charged with unlawful possession of a firearm and arraigned in Worcester Juvenile Court, police Chief George R. Sherrill said."

" 'Our initial investigation leads us to believe that there was no individual or group of individuals seen as targets. There were no threats or anything of that nature,' Sherrill told the Telegram & Gazette of Worcester."

"The student 'brought the gun in as a defensive measure because of perceived threats,' Sherrill said."

FL: Miami Cops Sentenced In Planted-Gun Shootings
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"A judge sentenced four Miami police officers to prison Wednesday for planting guns after questionable police shootings or covering them up with lies."

"The sentences ranged from just over three years to 13 months, far less than prosecutors and victims' families had sought."

"Prosecutors had asked for sentences as long as 11 years in the city's biggest police corruption scandal in nearly two decades, which was blamed on anti-crime units under pressure to halt a rash of deadly tourist robberies in the mid-1990s. Prosecutors sought the stiffest sentence against Aguero, noting he spent more of his 17-year police career relieved of duty than on duty."

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But guns are only appropriate for law enforcement officers, right?

UK: Help Us Trap the Terror Gunman
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"A PREGNANT woman shot during a robbery in Leeds was last night given the news she was praying for she and her unborn baby are fine."

"Rafiat Malik, 35, who is six months pregnant, was shot when she arrived at her brother's house in Stratford Avenue, Beeston, to find two masked men holding 10 members of her family at gunpoint."

"She was shot as she walked into the house and was later rushed to Leeds General Infirmary with a bullet lodged in her jaw."

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And how did Britain's gun ban help this latest victim of government disarmament?

Australia: Man with rifle attacks sunbather
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"A woman was attacked by a man armed with a rifle as she sunbaked at a beach near Byron Bay."

"Police said the 39-year-old woman was sunbaking behind a sand dune at Broken Head Beach, on the NSW north cost, about 1.30pm (AEDT), when she was approached by a man wearing a balaclava and carrying a rifle."

"The woman struggled with the attacker and managed to attract the attention of a passerby by screaming for help."

"The attacker fled into nearby biteau bush."

"Police searched the area extensively but the attacker appeared to have escaped."

"The woman was shaken but uninjured in the attack."

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Meanwhile, the Australian government continues to implement its victim disarmament scheme. Expect an increase in stories of unarmed prey being victimized by armed criminals.

Mexico: Made-in-USA Guns Widely Available in Mexico
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"Despite efforts by Mexican and U.S. authorities to curb illegal arms, there continues to be a flood of guns imported from the United States into Mexico, the Houston Chronicle reported Oct. 12."

"According to the latest report on crime trends by the United Nations, Mexico had 3,589 shooting deaths in 2000, placing the country fifth on the worldwide list for gun deaths per capita."

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So what's the implication here? That it's America's fault that Mexico can't control its criminal problems?

WI: Local law enforcement shoots down idea of concealed weapons
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"Local law enforcement officials are set against a concealed-carry bill which would allow Wisconsin residents to carry a concealed weapon in public but others in the area support the action."

"On Friday the Senate voted 24-8 in favor to overturn the state's 130-year-old ban on concealed weapons. Green and Lafayette county law enforcement officials hope the bill doesn't become a law."

"Those in favor of the bill say allowing citizens to conceal weapons will reduce crimes. Sheriffs Pedley and Roderick disagree with that claim."

" 'I am opposed to the legislation in its current form. I have not seen any evidence that carrying concealed weapons does reduce crime,' [Lafayette County Sheriff Scott] Pedley said."

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Maybe Sheriff Pedley should pick up a copy of John Lott's "More Guns Less Crime," some newspapers and a copy of the US Constitution.

MT: Hunter survives bear attack, but not without scars
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"Facing a charging bear he described as 'the size of a washing machine,' Enar Rosen had time to get off one shot from his deer rifle. When that didnt stop the animal, the Bozeman man knew he was in trouble."

" 'He was just so powerful, there wasnt much to do but let him chew on me,' said Rosen, who spent one night in a Livingston hospital for observation after the Sunday attack. 'I was out of options, except to play dead.' "

"When the attack was over, Rosen had puncture wounds in his shoulder and a gash in his neck."

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Any other questions as to why someone would need a .50 cal handgun?

NJ: 'Patriotic' Stick Figure Drawing Troubles School
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"A 14-year-old New Jersey schoolboy whose dad and stepdad are in the military was suspended for five days because he drew a 'patriotic' stick figure of a U.S Marine blowing away a Taliban fighter, officials said yesterday." ...

"Scott Switzer, of Colts Neck, was sent home last week from Tinton Falls Middle School after a teacher saw the image on a computer and described it to the principal." ...

"Scott said he understood the school's concern for student safety, but was offended by the principal's comments."

" 'Truth be told, I'm more upset that he'd insinuate that I'm mentally unstable,' he said. 'I'm the class clown. I'm not a bully.' "

CO: Muzzleloaders keep pace
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"Muzzleloader seasons for big game have been part of the Colorado Division of Wildlife's game- management programs for more than 30 years. Authorized equipment and regulations have basically kept up with the advances in muzzleloading technology while still retaining the spirit of muzzleloading hunting."

"In-line rifles were banned for a short stretch after a storm of protests by traditionalists, but were returned to the fold when calmer heads prevailed. Historical evidence had been presented to the wildlife commission confirming that in-line black-powder rifles had been in existence since the early 1700s."