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Europe: Minister warns of 'Orwellian' police force
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Belgian minister of home affairs Antoine Duquesne warns of creating a European police force that takes over or could take over from the authorities amid increasing security concerns triggered by the terrorist attacks in the United States. Speaking at a two-day conference on "Integrated security in Europe, a democratic perspective", Mr Duquesne stressed that "more than ever, we should avoid that the actual developments drive us to create Orwellian situations."

Pakistani Native (and U.S. Citizen) Stunned by FBI Raid
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CHESTER, PA -- When armed FBI agents suddenly broke down his door, held his wife at gunpoint, swabbed his furniture and questioned him about biochemical agents, Asif Kazi said it was like living a TV nightmare.

Authorities wouldn't say why the homes were searched. FBI spokeswoman Linda Vizi has declined to identify the seized items. Federal court documents used to obtain search warrants were sealed. No charges have been filed.

Homeland Security: A Police State in America? Let's Prevent It, If We Can
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"This project is dedicated instead to the principles upon which this country was founded: that rights belong to individual people, who in cooperation with one another form their governments for the purpose of protecting those individual rights...period. ... America is the idea that people own themselves and have the right to determine their own destinies by any peaceful and honest means they choose."

Many Nervous About Expanded Fed Powers - Ashcroft's moves alarm Congress
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Law enforcement agencies have been given expanded wiretap authority, military tribunals are being set up for some terrorism defendants and federal agents have approval to listen in on a lawyer's jailhouse phone calls, despite constitutional limits on such eavesdropping.

Cops will be able to trace e-mail on mere suspicion without a judge's permission and the CIA will be able to collaborate with the FBI on domestic security issues...

Congress Reopens Debate On National ID Card
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With "popular support" for a national ID system gaining ground, Congress once again is "being forced" to debate an idea it has rejected numerous times.

BUT-- At a House Government Reform subcommittee hearing on the matter today, Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), said Sept. 11 demonstrated that a national ID system would not have stopped the terrorist attacks. "The events of Sept. 11 show us that systems like national identification cards will not deter the crazed terrorist from his or her mission."

Demand the Bush Administration Withdraw from Anti-gun Lawsuits
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GOA Alerts -- legal theories attempted to outlaw both cigarettes and guns by arguing that manufacturers should be held liable for all adverse consequences stemming from misuse of those products.

Currently, the targets are tobacco companies. But gun dealers, manufacturers, and owners could just as easily be the victims of these lawsuits in the future.

ACTION: Write the Bush administration. Ask it to drop lawsuits against companies that use theories which could also outlaw gun ownership.

Man arrested *for self-defense* in fatal stabbing, now released
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FORT WORTH -- Man arrested in fatal stabbing released -- A 19-year-old man arrested Friday in connection with the fatal stabbing of an 18-year-old Sansom Park man was released Monday pending a grand jury hearing.

Detective Sarah Waters said the case is in a 'gray area'. "You have a right to defend yourself when you're outnumbered three to one. But at the same time, a man died, you can't just ignore it."

Allied Pilots Association Applauds Security Legislation: 'A Good First Step'
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In a letter to Secretary of Transportation Norman Mineta today, the Allied Pilots Association (APA), collective bargaining agent for the nearly 12,000 pilots of American Airlines, praised the "Airport Security Federalization Act of 2001" and called for "a more definitive approach concerning the arming of pilots." As written, the Act authorizes the carriage of firearms only "if the policy of the air carrier permits its pilots to be armed."

VPC Misquotes Massad Ayoob in Anti-Gun Press Release Submitted by: Doug Charette	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
In response to the reported spike in handgun sales since the Sept. 11th attacks, the Violence Policy Center (VPC) today released "Unintended Consequences: Pro-Handgun Experts Prove That Handguns Are a Dangerous Choice For Self-Defense" KABA NOTE: Also see our recent article, "VPCs Thanksgiving Turkey - How the Gun Control Group Cooks Up Proof Against Handguns," by Sean Oberle

AZ: Firearm Permits and Sales Surging
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"Local gun dealers and state authorities believe fear caused by the Sept. 11 attacks spawned a wave of people trying to buy firearms and applying for concealed weapons permits.

"The Department of Public Safety's firearms clearance center, which conducts background checks on people buying guns or buying back guns from pawnshops, has seen an increase in the number of names being processed since September."

Adults need to take charge of gun "safety"
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"Common Sense About Kids and Guns" encourages adults to follow these six "common-sense safety" steps.

All gun owners must:

- Unload and lock up guns.
- Lock and store ammunition separately.
- Keep keys and combinations where kids are unable to find them.

All parents must:

- Ask if guns are safely stored at places their kids visit or play.
- Talk with their kids about guns.
- Teach young children not to touch a gun and to tell an adult immediately if they find one.

Bush "Defends" Order For Military Tribunals
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"I need to have that extraordinary option at my fingertips," Bush said after a Cabinet meeting yesterday. "I ought to be able to have that option available should we ever bring one of these al Qaeda members in alive. It's our national interests, it's our national security interests that we have a military tribunal available. It is in the interests of the safety of potential jurors that we have a military tribunal."

Taliban executes hundreds of its own members who want to surrender Submitted by: Newslinks Director Website: http://www.KeepAndBearArms.com/Forums	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
TALOQAN, Afghanistan -- "In bloody desperation, Osama bin Laden loyalists and other foreign members of a besieged Taliban force in Kunduz are executing Afghan Taliban fighters who advocate surrendering," U.S. and anti-Taliban leaders said Monday. "People have been found with bullets in their heads, and not in the front," said Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.

NJ: Court Upholds Gun Lawsuit Dismissal Submitted by: Newslinks Director Website: http://www.KeepAndBearArms.com/Forums	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit brought by Camden County, NJ, that accused gunmakers of creating a "public nuisance". "To extend public-nuisance law to embrace the manufacture of handguns would be unprecedented under New Jersey state law and unprecedented nationwide for an appellate court," the court said.

Wendy McElroy: Arm the Afghan Women
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"It is commonplace to assume that toppling the Taliban will free Afghan women. But in an unstable country where soldiers celebrate conquest by raping and where there is currently no guarantee that whatever form of government eventually assumes control will not be equally oppressive toward females women have to protect themselves to remain free."

In the Nov. 12 Newsday, journalists Matthew McAllester and Ilana Ozernoy quoted a woman named Malika, a mother whose family lived on the Taliban front line of Bagram just north of Kabul. "At night I go up on the roof with my Kalashnikov [a Russian assault rifle] and my hand grenades to protect my house," Malika declared.

Staying Safe With NRA Submitted by: Doug Charette	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"Since September 11, firearm sales have increased dramatically as law-abiding Americans everywhere are re-evaluating issues of personal safety. Whether or not you have chosen to own firearms as part of your security plan, NRA programs are available to help you bring a greater degree of safety into your daily life..."

NRA On The Racetrack
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"The Valvoline Runoffs, a week of Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) championship racing at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course ... concluded September 23rd with NRA member Marc Hoover winning the DSR Class National Championship.

Marc, a longtime NRA support who always flies the NRA banner at the track and sports NRA decals on his No. 96 Mazda Cheetah, had previously won the Norther Pacific divisional title."

British government "defends" jail without charges Submitted by: Newslinks Director Website: http://www.KeepAndBearArms.com/Forums	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
Responding to stinging criticism from left and right, Britain's home secretary today defended a proposed law permitting suspected terrorists to be jailed without trial by arguing that the measure is not as tough as President Bush's recent executive order authorizing secret military tribunals for foreigners charged with terrorist offenses in the United States.