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The 2004 Hunt: Presidential candidates on guns
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"Democratic presidential candidates have recently taken up a new calling: offering advice to hunters. Governor Howard Dean supports extending the assault-weapons ban next year 'because I never met a hunter who needed an AK-47 to shoot a deer.' Senator John Kerry offered, 'When I go out there and hunt, I'm going out there with a 12-gauge shotgun, not an assault weapon.' "

"Clearly what worries these senators is that people and not deer will be 'hunted' with these guns. As Senator Carl Levin noted early this year, allowing the ban to expire will 'inevitably lead to a rise in gun crimes.' ..."

"The most-charitable interpretation is that the ban's proponents know nothing about guns." ...

Concealed Carry Permits Fire up Debate Over Workplace Shootings
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"In the crime blotter from Dec. 26, 2000, Louis 'Sandy' Javelle's name appeared alongside those of six other victims who had been shot to death by a disgruntled co-worker at Edgewater Technologies, Inc., in Wakefield, Mass."

"Javelle distinguished himself that day by trying to delay and disarm the gunman, Michael McDermott, before being killed. But Javelle might have saved his own life and at least four others if the concealed handgun permit he held in New Hampshire had allowed him to carry a weapon on his job in neighboring Massachusetts."

"Ironically, the gun laws in Massachusetts prevented him from carrying a concealed handgun. But these same laws did not prevent Michael McDermott from obtaining illegal firearms."

Kennedy: Senator Holding Plastic Gun Bill
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"A bill to ban plastic guns which terrorists could slip past airport metal detectors has been blocked in the Senate by an anonymous GOP senator, Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass. said Tuesday."

" 'That's unacceptable, and the Senate leadership has a responsibility to act,' Kennedy said. 'The need for action before Congress adjourns is obvious. An undetectable Republican senator cannot be permitted to embarrass the entire Senate by blocking action' on the bill." ...

"Lawmakers want to reauthorize the Terrorist Firearm Detection Act of 1988, which bans the creation or possession of plastic firearms. Military and intelligence agencies are exempt."

NRA is on record in support of the ban.

FBI curbed in tracking gun buyers
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"The FBI has launched a new background-check system that notifies counterterrorism agents when suspects on its terrorist watch list attempt to buy guns, but regulations prohibit those officials from obtaining details if the transaction occurs, according to federal officials familiar with the system."

"IF THE purchase is blocked, however, the FBI is permitted to investigate the person who attempted to buy the weapon."

"The result, according to the officials, is an awkward situation in which terrorism suspects who do not complete gun purchases may be located but those toting lawfully purchased weapons may not be sought."

"The rules are the result of Attorney General John D. Ashcrofts interpretation of the Brady gun-control law..."

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"If you could live in a perfect society, what kind of world would you choose?" ... "I dont usually write book reviews for my column, but I felt this one was worth it. If there was ever a novel that will inspire you to fight harder, this is it. It makes you see whats possible, allows you a glimpse of paradise and makes the spoils of the battle tangible for everyone who fights for freedom."

Guns in Book Bags
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"On two sides of Tampa Bay, guns have shown up in book bags. A 13-year-old boy carried a loaded Titan .25-caliber handgun to Tampa's Sligh Middle School on Thursday, only to tell police he needed it 'for protection.' A 14-year-old boy brought a .45-caliber semiautomatic gun to St. Petersburg's Lakewood High School a week earlier, and police say he and two friends passed it around in the bathroom."

"That no one was hurt is a blessing, though not necessarily a comfort. The prevalence of guns in schools is the frightening extension of so many guns at home, and the United States now loses children to firearm deaths at a rate that is 16 times greater than 25 other industrialized nations. Each year, more than 20,000 young people under the age of 20 are killed or injured by firearms, including a 12-year-old Largo Middle School student who skipped school two months ago and ended up dead at the hands of a friend who accidentally fired his father's gun." ...

"In some ways, the best weapon against school weaponry is education itself. Students have to be taught the danger of guns and why they can't tolerate that anyone would possess one." ...

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Once again this paranoid hack is using doctored numbers to push an anti-freedom agenda. Get this straight: a person 18-20 years of age is not a child. A large majority of "children" who die in gunfire are dying in gang violence. Injury can be prevented with some parental responsibility and solid firearms training. But gun grabbers apparently do not want to hear about that.

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Guns deaths cannot be compared to car fatalities (Letter)
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"First, your figure of 30,000 gun deaths (40,000 minus the 10,000) is an inappropriate analogy between cars and guns. Most of the 40,000 car deaths were 'accidental,' whereas the 30,000 gun deaths (seems a bit high, even for CDC) were not all accidental. Many in that number provided by CDC were intentional shootings by gangbangers, thieves, robbers, and police (even self defense shootings are included in the CDC figure youre not opposed to self-defense, are you?). Another point worth considering is that licensing and insurance havent reduced the number of deaths by autos. Finally, if you are going to use CDC as an authority on gun control issues, you might want to read their latest report that analyzed 51 studies, over three years, concerning the effectiveness of gun control laws. They found no, repeat, no reduction in violent crime or gun accidents where gun control laws were put in place."

"It didnt make any difference what gun control law was used, no decrease was seen. In fact, several violent crimes showed increases after the gun control laws were put into effect."

Shootings are no accident (Letter)
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"For me, the problem with this argument is that the vast majority of gun deaths in this country are not accidents caused by the gun owners ignorance about weapons handling. They are violent crimes. The problem of gun violence in the United States is not being caused by law-abiding gun owners. The violence is caused by criminals, who, frankly, are no more concerned about the legality of gun possession than they are about the legality of hurting innocent people. ...Maybe when its clear that licensing the Second Amendment wont accomplish the idealistic goal of making us all safe, theyll start licensing the First Amendment, too. Incrementalism the American liberals path to oppression."

Recoil affects accuracy
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"I never have liked the recoil in a pistol or a shotgun, but have shot all the magnum calibers and big guns. Today I prefer to take deer with a .243, because of its low recoil, and my old Mannlicher .30-06, because it has a set trigger, which means I don't have an opportunity to flinch. Apparently, other hunters feel like I do and don't enjoy hunting with rifles that kick."

"This year, Remington Arms Company has learned this truth."

"Remington has learned that heavy recoil causes hunters to flinch and not shoot as accurately as they can."

FBI may collect juveniles' DNA
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"DNA profiles from hundreds of thousands of juvenile offenders and adults arrested but not convicted of crimes could be added to the FBI's national DNA crime-fighting program under a proposed law moving through Congress."

"The law, if enacted, would be the greatest single expansion of the federal government's power to collect and use DNA since the FBI's national database was created in 1992. The FBI says its national DNA database holds genetic profiles from about 1.4 million adults convicted of state and federal crimes."

"The changes, in a little-noticed section of a bill that would authorize $755 million for DNA testing, were approved by the House of Representatives on Nov. 5." ...

Australia: Toy pistol scares teacher, pupils
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FULL TEXT BELOW:

A YEAR 10 student frightened his classmates and a female teacher when he pulled out a "pistol" during a classroom lesson.

The weapon turned out to be a toy gun but police said it had "scared the hell out of everyone" at Matraville Sports High School in Sydney's eastern suburbs.

A police spokeswoman said yesterday the 15-year-old boy produced the pistol during a class lesson at 10.15am last Wednesday.

"Police were contacted but the child had left the school before they arrived," she said.

"He was spoken to at home at 9.15pm by Maroubra police."

Police issued the boy with a caution and he was suspended from school for 20 days.

VA: Death or life in prison for convicted sniper?
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Public beheading on closed circuit, pay-per-view television, giving all proceeds to the surviving families, sounds about right. Bury him in a coffin filled with the remains of slaughtered pigs, and make that widely known.

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'Folks, he still sits right in front of you without a shred of remorse.' - Prosecutor

"In a verdict that could cost him his life, John Allen Muhammad was convicted yesterday of using a high-powered rifle, a beat-up car and a teenage sidekick to murder people at random and terrorize the Washington area last year."

"The jury immediately began hearing evidence on whether the 42-year-old Army veteran should get the death penalty or life in prison." ...

WI: CCRKBA calls Doyle veto "Demagoguery," urges Legislative Override
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"Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyles veto Tuesday of a reasonable concealed carry bill was an act of political demagoguery that should be answered with a legislative override, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA) said today."

" 'Gov. Doyles veto is an insult to every law-abiding Wisconsin gun owner who believes in the right of self-defense,' said CCRKBA Executive Director Joe Waldron. 'At a time when Democrats nationwide are laboring to present themselves and their party as more friendly to firearms civil rights, along comes Jim Doyle to strip away the façade and demonstrate once again that the Democrat philosophy is still one locked in paranoia about guns and mistrust for gun owners.' " ...

SD: Rapid City Police and Pennington County Sheriff's office Giving Out Free Locks
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They call these things gun locks, but rumor has it they are helpful for: locking a gate; locking a boat trailer; locking a bicycle; and locking a gun-banning politician to the caboose of a train bound for a faraway place, preferably in the neighborhood of the Panama Canal.

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"Accidental shootings are not common, but they do happen and local police are working with the state to prevent them."

"The Rapid City Police and Pennington County Sheriff's office are handing out free gun locks. The locks make it impossible to fire the gun, intentionally or not." ...

"It is good for one thing, and that is to keep the gun from operating." --Sgt. Fred Eisenbraun

WI: Gov vetoes Wisconsin gun bill
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"A bill allowing gun-owners to pack concealed weapons even into the state Legislature -- has sparked a political shootout in Wisconsin, with Republican proponents blazing away rhetorically at 'criminals, druggies and wackos,' while Democrats return fire with equal passion."

"At one point during debate of the 'concealed carry' bill in the Republican-controlled Legislature, where it passed on a largely party-line vote, one Democrat mocked its chief Republican strategist by vowing to show up in the capitol 'with three-times the firepower' of his rival."

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Isn't it sad to think that the politicians, who derive their power to rule from the populace, mock those very same people's God given rights?

GA: Intense training keeps citizens safe Submitted by: Newslinks Admin	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"Dougherty County Sheriff's Deputies have to qualify with their firearm every year. But to make sure they are ready for any emergency, the deputies hit the training range every three months." ... "Most of the deputies say they have never fired their weapon in the line of duty, but this kind of training makes them know they would be ready if needed."

IL: Better Safe Than Sorry
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"The National Shooting Foundation has partnered with local law enforcement to distribute more than 698,000 free gun locks in Illinois as part of the national Project ChildSafe initiative. PCS is designed to help make homes with firearms safer by raising awareness about responsible firearm ownership and storage."

"An expansion of NSSF's Project HomeSafe, Project ChildSafe is funded by a $50 million dollar grant from the Department of Justice and will provide nearly 20 million free gunlocks and firearm safety educational materials to families in all 50 states, the five U.S. territories and District of Columbia."

UK: Shop Staff Threatened With Gun
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"ARMED raiders burst into a Cambridge convenience store and threatened staff with a gun."

"One of the terrified workers at the Savers store in Milton Road was struck over the head in the robbery which netted the crooks between Ł600 and Ł800."

"The incident took place yesterday evening, less than two weeks since another armed raid at the beleaguered store."

"Four men - one holding a pistol - entered the store at 6pm wearing hooded tops and with scarves over their faces."

"They took the money from the till and fled on foot along Green End Road towards Nuffield Road."

Libertarians Fight Patriot Act
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"Nevada conservative activist Janine Hansen is the first to say she is no Democrat or liberal, but she also complains the Bush administration has gone too far in eroding privacy and civil liberties with the Patriot Act and other anti-terrorism measures."

"Hansen, president of the anti-feminist Nevada Eagle Forum, backed up her complaint Thursday in Reno by stepping forward as a featured speaker at a three-city announcement launching the Nevada Campaign to Defeat the Patriot Act."

"Most criticism of the controversial act is associated with the ACLU and other liberal groups, but more often than not in the West, it is conservative libertarians like Hansen who take the lead."

Rights Advocates Urge Patriot Act Amendments
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"Two years after granting the FBI a series of new electronic surveillance and search powers to combat terrorism, Congress is taking a closer look at the impact of those powers and of other provisions in the USA Patriot Act. What makes the matter particular pressing for politicians is that the act's critics span the entire political spectrum."

"It comes as no surprise that the American Civil Liberties Union would be wary of expanded police powers, but the issue became more complicated when former congressman Bob Barr, known for his conservative leaning, joined the ACLU's cause."

IL: Legislators brother avoids jail term
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"The brother of a state representative avoided serving any jail time on a public intoxication charge in which he allegedly displayed a gun at a Hammond bar earlier this month."

"Rene Aguilera, 37, of the 4200 block of Baring in East Chicago, who is an employee of Lake County government, was sentenced Friday in Hammond City Court to 30 days in the city jail, but the sentence was suspended."

"Instead, the presiding judge placed Aguilera on probation, and made him pay a court fine and fees on a conviction for a misdemeanor charge of public intoxication issued Nov. 4, according to documents in the Hammond city clerks office."

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In a city that has some of the most stringent gun laws in the country, a legislator's brother gets off with a slap on the wrist. Nothing corrupt going on there, is there?

UK: Heroic postmaster pistol-whipped in raid
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"BRUTAL armed robbers, who threatened a four-year-old girl with a gun during a raid two weeks ago, are thought to have carried out another attack in the same village."

"A gang of three, armed with a gun, knife and baseball bat, burst into Wooburn Green post office on Thursday afternoon, savagely attacked the postmaster and threatened his wife."

"Det Insp Phil Chandler, of High Wycombe CID, paid tribute to the victim who was pistol-whipped during a desperate bid to fend off the masked attackers - before they grabbed an unspecified amount of cash from the till."

CA: Attempted robber killed by clerk
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"Galt police say they were looking Monday for an attempted robber who left Compadres Market Friday afternoon after a shootout that left one man dead and another seriously wounded."

"The shootout took place at about 1:54 p.m. Friday at the market. Two men tried to hold up the clerk, but the robbery was never completed because one of the suspects shot the clerk in the back, said Galt police Lt. Ken Erickson."

"The clerk then shot and killed one of the would-be robbers, Tomás Villanueva, 31, whose last address was San Diego, Erickson said. Villanueva was identified through fingerprints by the Sacramento County Coroner's Office, which linked him to an arrest 10 years ago in San Diego County."

PA: Expert says officer's Hirko testimony was inaccurate
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A firearms expert's testimony on Monday starkly contradicted a police officer's accounts of where he was positioned when he shot and killed John Hirko Jr.

"Anthony L. Paul was the only witness to take the stand in the 31st day of the wrongful death trial of Hirko, a 21-year-old suspect in a drug dealing investigation who was killed by Bethlehem police during an April 1997 raid of his 629 Christian St. home."

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TRANSLATION - Cop lied on the stand to cover up whack 'n' stack.

IL: Cop acted in self-defense in killing, officers decide
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"A Chicago police officer who shot and killed a man to thwart an attempted robbery acted in self-defense, police said Monday after a roundtable discussion of the shooting."

"Two men accosted the off-duty officer outside his apartment building Saturday about 8 p.m., police said. The officer drew his gun and fired shots at both men, fatally wounding William Conley. Conley was carrying a black pellet pistol that looked like a larger caliber handgun, said police spokesman Patrick Camden."

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So a cop exercised his inalienable human right to self-defense under circumstances that would have led to a murder charge against a civilian.

NY: Forum to target gun violence Submitted by: New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Website: http://www.nysrpa.org	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
FULL TEXT BELOW: Andy Pelosi of New Yorkers Against Violence will be the guest speaker during a community forum on gun violence at 6 p.m. Wednesday in Edward Saunders Community Center, 2777 Bailey Ave. The forum is being hosted by Assemblywoman Crystal Peoples of the 141st Assembly District, Grassroots Inc. and MAD DADS. The event is free to the public. For more information, call 897-9714.

Advice to Defendants
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"I receive requests several times a week from defendants who suddenly find themselves forced to defend their lives, their right to use medical cannabis and even the Bill of Rights. Like you, each defendant is suddenly forced to cope with a predatory criminal justice system that judges them guilty, until proved innocent. This advice is intended to help provide you with the necessary tactics to succeed against the terrifying challenge you now face."

"1. NON-COOPERATION WITH TYRANNY IS A DUTY. America was founded on the premise that we have inalienable rights that cannot be separated from us by any law or government. The Drug War is unconstitutional, immoral, and no longer supported by voters or juries. Your non-cooperation with this corrupt war on American citizens is the surest way our Constitution and Bill of Rights can be restored."

Iraq: Iraq's transition plan includes bill of rights
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"The agreement announced by Iraq's interim Governing Council that details the plans to hand over the control of Iraq to a sovereign transitional administration by the end of June 2004 includes a bill of rights calling for freedom of speech and freedom of religion."

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Since it is largely at the insistence of American politicians that this type of governing document is being adopted, It will be interesting to see if the Iraqi people have a right to KEEP AND BEAR ARMS.

Might be a revealing indicator on how our government really feels about the issue.

Voter-verified ballots make fraud tougher
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"Americans want to believe that each vote counts. However, election fraud makes some votes count more than others." ...

"I'd like to see another check-and-balance feature. Each voter would get two paper ballots - one to place in the official lockbox for official recounts and the other into a second box that would allow anyone to conduct a recount - political science and statistics students, researchers, journalists, polling companies, curious citizens. Using volunteers to scan the second ballots and post them online would give everyone easy access."

"This added layer of scrutiny would make fraud tougher to pull off. Thieves, like roaches, prefer to operate in the dark. It would make unofficial recounts possible in any race, even those that have fraud but are not close enough to draw attention, and egregious cases could lead to official recounts."

Zimbabwe: Police to embark on firearms audit
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"Police will on Friday embark on a countrywide firearms audit."

"The police said they would want to check the number of guns and types that members of the public are keeping in their homes."

" 'Members of the public are required to take their firearms and firearm certificates to their nearest police station for this verification process,' said police spokesperson Superintendent Oliver Mandipaka."

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While the police are busy harassing peaceable citizens, armed criminals victimize them more and more often.

Bermuda: Shooting victim's mother: Gun amnesty doesn't go far enough
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"The mother of Bermuda's last shooting victim believes the Government's gun amnesty will only work if it is immediately followed by stiffer sentences for firearms offences."

"Marsha Jones, whose son Shaundae was blasted to death outside a West End nightclub six months ago, spoke out after Bermuda's first gun amnesty in nine years began at the weekend.
Despite teething problems over exactly how Police would administer the amnesty, and how weapons should be brought in, the opening three days saw two antique replica firearms, four knives, two forks, a machete and various ammunition surrendered."

OR: Portland police will expand use of taser guns
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"Portland Police Chief Derrick Foxworth wants all uniformed officers trained to carry a taser gun and plans to order 255 to allow every precinct officer to sign one out for patrol."

"Foxworth said he expects the expanded use of the stun gun to reduce officer-involved shootings and injuries to both police and suspects facing arrest. The Portland Police Bureau has field-tested the taser since July 2002 and now has 52 distributed through its five precincts and to the Special Emergency Reaction Team."

FL: UCF cornerback Omar Laurence "suspended indefinitely pending criminal charges that he brought a gun on campus"
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With a proper Second Amendment ruling from the Supreme Court, cases like this would be cut and dried. Hopefully, this player has a good attorney who understands rights.

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"Central Florida suspended cornerback Marcus Glover and defensive lineman Dwight Perkins for the remainder of the season Tuesday for violating team rules."

"UCF has suspended eight players in the last two weeks. Glover had seven tackles and a pass break-up while Perkins did not see any playing time this season." ...

"... Another player, cornerback Omar Laurence, has been suspended indefinitely pending criminal charges that he brought a gun on campus."

WI: Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms Calls Doyle Veto 'Demagoguery,' Urges Legislative Override
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"Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle's veto Tuesday of a reasonable concealed carry bill was an act of political demagoguery that should be answered with a legislative override, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA) said today."

" 'Gov. Doyle's veto is an insult to every law-abiding Wisconsin gun owner who believes in the right of self-defense,' said CCRKBA Executive Director Joe Waldron. 'At a time when Democrats nationwide are laboring to present themselves and their party as more friendly to firearms civil rights, along comes Jim Doyle to strip away the facade and demonstrate once again that the Democrat philosophy is still one locked in paranoia about guns and mistrust for gun owners.' "

War and liberty
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"The Patriot Act is more about the inclinations of the Bush administration than about an American norm of behavior in times of national danger." ...

"The Patriot Act contains several provisions whose impact is limited to ordinary domestic crime. The mass detention of foreign nationals merely carries to an extreme previous policies that vested aliens with fewer and fewer legal rights. When, as is the case with gun control, the Bush administration before the war aggressively supported the right in question, it has steadfastly declared that present military conditions do not justify intrusion into the constitutional rights of Americans."

WI: Reaction to Veto (of concealed weapons bill) is Strong from Both Sides
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"Late last week, St. Norbert College in De Pere conducted a survey to see how people in Wisconsin felt about the concealed weapons bill. Sixty percent said they did not support the bill."

"Fifty-six percent said they did not like the idea of people being allowed to carry a concealed weapon at all."

"Our unscientific sampling, however, showed a majority favored letting people carry a concealed weapon with a permit."

"Many people have strong feelings on the issue, and Governor Doyle's veto, keeping a 130-year-old ban on concealed weapons in place, did not change many minds." ...

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Perhaps not, but the whole process has certainly helped know who to target come the next election cycle.

IL: Cops Raffle Off a Gun? (follow-up)
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"A bronze police memorial has become the symbolic center of a heated debate. The Moline Police Department wants to have a bronze statue to honor Quad City officers killed in the line of duty. With just a little more money, the statue will be complete. But how the money is being raised has gun violence activists up in arms. Police fund-raisers decided to raffle off an assault rifle to raise money."

" 'We respectfully respect that the QC law enforcement reconsider it's choice of an AR15 rifle as a raffle prize to raise money for a memorial to recognize officers killed in the line of duty,' says Thom Mennard of the Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence." ...

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ICHV is a known pack of deceivers.

Zimbabwe: Gun-totting (sic) 'billionaire' fined
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"THE gun-totting [sic] self-proclaimed Harare "billionaire" who threatened members of Zambias national rugby team with a firearm on Friday last week was eventually arrested, briefly disarmed and fined $5 000, police said yesterday."

"Allegations against the man arose from a misunderstanding that followed an incident in which a member of Zambias national rugby team was struck and killed by one of three vehicles that were involved in an accident along Samora Machel Avenue."

"The man, who claimed to be a brother to one of the drivers whose car was involved in the accident, had vitriolic verbal exchanges with some Zambian players who were demanding that the driver be tested for alcohol." ...