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Gun Laws and Sudden Death: Did the Australian Firearms Legislation of 1996 Make a Difference?
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"Mass murders in Dunblane, United Kingdom, and Port Arthur, Australia, provoked rapid responses from the governments of both countries. Major changes to Australian laws resulted in a controversial buy-back of longarms and tighter legislation. The Australian situation enables evaluation of the effect of a national buy-back, accompanied by tightened legislation in a country with relatively secure borders. AutoRegressive Integrated Moving Average (ARIMA) was used to predict future values of the time series for homicide, suicide and accidental death before and after the 1996 National Firearms Agreement (NFA). ..." ...
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TX: Homeowner Shoots and Kills Intruder
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Investigators want to know why a man who was shot and killed was in a family’s home.
It's the first deadly shooting in Gillespie county in ten years. Deputies say it appears 30-year-old Dan Speight broke into the homeowners garage. That homeowner woke up, walked up to Speight and asked what he was doing.
The homeowner told deputies Speight didn't answer, but ran towards him. Investigators say the homeowner shot Speight twice.
Dan Speight did have a criminal history in Gillespie County. He’d been arrested and convicted for burglary.
News 4 WOAI's Demond Fernandez has been following this story. Click here to watch his complete report. |
IN: Police: Woman fired gunshot at fleeing intruder
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"41-year-old Muncie woman fired a gun at a man who had tried to break into her house, she told police."
"The thwarted burglary comes less than a week after another Muncie woman beat a suspected burglar with a cooking pot."
"The woman was asleep early Saturday morning in her home in the 1300 block of East Fifth Street when she heard noises and saw a figure outside her bedroom window, she told police."
"She went to her front door with her .38-caliber revolver and fired a shot in the direction of the burglar as he ran eastward from her home, according to police reports that documented her story." ... |
NC: Asheville teen arrested for bringing loaded gun to school
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"Police arrested a high school student Monday after administrators found a loaded gun in his book bag."
"Joseph Eugene Patton Jr., 17, was charged with felony possession of a gun on school property, said John Dankel, spokesman for the Asheville Police Department. Bond was set at $10,000."
"Patton, a junior, also will be suspended for 365 days as required by federal law when a student is found to have a firearm on school property, school officials said."
"There was no indication that Patton threatened any students or staff with the 380-caliber pistol, said police Chief Bill Hogan." ... |
VA: "Do you favor any changes in gun ownership laws? If so, what would you change?"
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"I have a long and consistent record of supporting the rights of Americans to protect their families and themselves. I remain committed to protecting our Second Amendment rights, including that of law-abiding citizens to own firearms."
"As governor of Virginia, I signed into law the commonwealth's right-to-carry law. In the Senate, I sponsored the 'Law Enforcement Officer's Safety Act,' now law, which allows current and retired law enforcement officers to conceal-carry (firearms) across state lines. ..." ... |
OR: Starrett for governor (13th letter)
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"Both the Republican and Democrat parties are a disgrace! In 1968 the late Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace stated:"
"'There isn't a dime's worth of difference between the two parties.'"
"Both Republicans and Democrats should be ashamed! I respect neither. Why a dumbed down, docile, and ignorant public continues parroting the two party 'Republicrat' rant is insanity. They should know better.
"Mary Starrett, Constitution Party candidate for Oregon governor, remains the credible choice. Again: Both political cartels embrace big government ... and gun control." ... |
NY: Jeff Russell Calls for End of Gun Registration
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"Jeff Russell, Libertarian candidate for United States Senate from New York, in a letter yesterday to various gun organizations called for an end to gun registration and said, all law-abiding citizens should be allowed to own firearms."
"Registration is the first step toward confiscation, he said. Pointing to what happened in New Orleans last year after Hurricane Katrina, Russell noted that the government used registration lists to conduct house to house searches seizing all firearms that had been registered."
"Government should not make self-defense a crime, he said, adding that he had never seen a gun control law that he supported. He called these laws feel good legislation that do nothing to make us safer. ..." ... |
OH: Ohio GOP asks police PACs: Why don’t you call me anymore?
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"October 26, 2006 was the deadline to file the pre-General Election campaign finance reports in Ohio. A review of these initial reports reveals a few substantial surprises if you are a GOP office holder. Adding to what certainly will be a tumultuous shakeup of the Ohio GOP party leadership after this election is the fact that the police PACs have decided to throw their money strongly to Ohio Democrats."
"... The disclosure of these campaign donations is the equivalent of the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) and the Ohio State Highway Patrol (OSHP) leaving a voicemail breaking off the affair, and they want their class ring and letter jacket back." ... |
NY: Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence and New Yorkers Against Gun Violence Endorse Andrew Cuomo for NYS Attorney General
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"New York State Attorney General candidate Andrew Cuomo today earned the endorsements of the New York City Patrolmen's and Port Authority Police and Sergeants Benevolent Associations, the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence and the Million Mom March and New Yorkers Against Gun Violence (NYAGV). The groups praised Cuomo's integrity and record of accomplishments working to protect public safety, and fighting to get illegal guns off our streets."
"Cuomo was also joined by the New York State Court Officers, New York City Detectives and New York State Fraternal Order of Police who have endorsed Cuomo's bid for Attorney General." ... |
OH: Will Ohio gun owners go for the Democrat?
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"Ohio Republican gubernatorial candidate Ken Blackwell has been described by some conservatives as a rising political star."
"Blackwell's platform includes support for the Second Amendment right to bear arms as well as fiscal and social conservatism. But that apparently hasn't helped him, as the latest polls put him between 4 and 20 points behind the Democratic nominee Rep. Ted Strickland."
"Yet, Blackwell has stayed true to his conservative base and refuses to run to the center."
"Blackwell, regardless of his conservative pedigree, is tainted by the two previous GOP governors, Bob Taft and George Voinovich, who for sixteen years between them, held up legal concealed carry in Ohio." ... |
Weapons missing in Iraq
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"Nearly one of every 25 weapons the military bought for Iraqi security forces is missing, a government audit said yesterday. Many others cannot be repaired because parts or technical manuals are lacking."
"The Pentagon can't account for 14,030 weapons - almost 4 percent of the semiautomatic pistols, assault rifles, machine guns, rocket-propelled launchers and other weapons it began supplying to Iraq since the end of 2003, according to a report from the office of the special inspector general for Iraq reconstruction."
"The missing weapons will not be tracked easily: The Defense Department registered the serial numbers of only about 10,000 of the 370,251 weapons it provided." ... |
IL: Teen shot by police stun gun dies
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"A teenager carrying a Bible and shouting "I want Jesus" was shot twice with a police stun gun and later died at a St. Louis hospital, authorities said."
"In a statement obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press, police in Jerseyville, about 40 miles north of St. Louis, said 17-year-old Roger Holyfield would not acknowledge officers who approached him in an intersection and he continued yelling, 'I want Jesus.'"
"Police tried to calm the teen, but Holyfield became combative, according to the statement. Officers fired the stun gun at him after he ignored their warnings, then fired again when he continued struggling, police said." ... |
ND: Toy Guns Looking too Real
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"Local police are very concerned about how 'real' toy guns look."
"Bismarck officers pulled a car over yesterday after a complaint of boys displaying handguns in a car."
"Officers found three BB guns in the car."
"Three boys were cited with disorderly conduct."
"This brings up a serious topic..."
"Lieutenant Dan Donlin says its very difficult to tell BB guns and airsoft pellet guns from real weapons." ... |
UK: Guilty until Proven Innocent
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"A father and his eight-year-old son got off a train at Blackpool on a Friday evening two weeks ago to be confronted by a number of police officers moving passengers towards a scanner. There was a mildly threatening manner about them and it was clear that they expected everyone to pass through the scanner, which they said was being used to search for knives." ...
"... The British Transport Police may insist that its Operation Shield, as this random trawl is known, is for the common good in that it fights knife crime, but think twice about the attitude it betrays and you realise that it is another small erosion in the esteem for the individual. Such behaviour makes everyone a suspect." ... |
OH: Personal Activism Pays Off (OFCC)
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... "I gave him the [No Guns = No Money] card. As I started to leave he stopped me. He ... said I made a convincing argument. After another 20 minutes of talking he said he would be taking the sign down as long as I agreed to never come into his store unarmed. As I was leaving I told him I would make it easy for him and would be happy to take the sign down for him. When I started to hand it to him I asked if I could have it for a keepsake and he told me I could. I thanked him again, shook his hand, and told him I would be happy to be armed and protect him, his employees, and his unarmed customers anytime I was there. As I was leaving, two of the cashiers smiled. One gave me a thumbs up and the other mouthed 'Thank You' to me." ... |
OH: Three Ohio Cities Among Most Dangerous in Country (OFCC)
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"Newsnet5.com is reporting that three Ohio cities are included in a list of the twenty-five most dangerous cities in America. Cleveland was ranked as the Seventh most dangerous city, Youngstown edged into the Top 10 at number Nine, and Cincinnati was ranked Eighteenth." ...
"Thankfully, Ohio has joined forty-eight other states that allow proven law-abiding citizens to carry a handgun for self-defense. From time to time someone will ask me, 'Why do you think you need to carry that gun?' My default answer of 'Because I want to protect my family from criminals that carry guns' can now be slightly altered to 'Because I want to protect my family from criminals that carry guns in some of the most dangerous cities in America that I often visit.'" |
VA: Albemarle County Board of Supervisors in Virginia to Discuss Changing County Firearm Ordinances (NRA-ILA)
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"The Albemarle County Board of Supervisors is scheduled to meet on Wednesday, November 1, at 9:00 a.m. to discuss proposed changes to the county’s firearms ordinances."
"Among the changes likely to be discussed is a countywide prohibition on the discharge of firearms within 200 yards of a dwelling, a business establishment, a public building, a public gathering, or a public meeting place. Such an arbitrary ban on lawful firearms discharge could directly affect the county’s sport shooting ranges."
"These proposed measures seem are a solution in search of a problem. There is no evidence that the lawful discharge of firearms is a public safety concern in Albemarle County." ... |
UK: 'My little Jack will never play with a toy gun'
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"DEVASTATED mother Irene Woods has vowed never to let her toddler son have a toy gun after his older brother died after mistakenly shooting himself in the head."
"Mrs Woods, 44, from Alroy Road, Anfield, made the promise as she publicly warned parents of the dangers of guns."
"Her 20-year-old son Christopher, the third eldest of her ten children, died in April this year after shooting himself in the head with a faulty pistol."
"Mrs Woods, who believes her son was trying to 'show off' to friends and had no idea the gun would go off says the youngest of her children, 14 month-old Jack, will not be put in danger." ...
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