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Kids 'n Guns
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... "What do you think might have happened in Ashtabula had a brave boy not defended himself with available means?
"And since when do blanket ignorance and avoidance produce superior results over age-appropriate training and discipline?" ... |
Another School Shooting While Chiefs and Sheriffs Disarm Their Constituents
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"Of late – as if not every single week these days – too many law enforcement Chiefs Of Police and Sheriffs are opposing concealed carry and second amendment rights on their own initiative. As we know, 2A is the force which protects all other rights. Non-gun owners are beneficiaries of gun rights efforts. Examples are boondoggles such as anti-crime policies which mandate all citizens to comply with greater intrusion, tracking and other unreasonable mandates. I don't know how belligerent the new administration will get on takings of weapons across America, but the fraud of coaxing people to disarm and thereby increase crime statistics is well underway." ... |
A Gun under the Tree, Becoming a Trend
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"One of the hottest retail gifts for this year may be a new gun. Snohomish, Washington, like many small towns in America felt that many of their voices went unheard on November 4th and now they are worried about eroding constitutional rights."
"Snohomish is just like any other small community across the nation in that they believe in God, country and strong family values. One other ideal that seems to be emerging in Snohomish is the right to 'keep and bear arms'. There are several gun stores in Snohomish County ..."
"The national buying trend on guns is showing a rush on automatic[sic] weapons and handguns. There are many reasons for this latest upswing in sales ..." ... |
Reminder to News Media: Sunday, November 30 Marks 15th Anniversary of Signing of the Brady Bill
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"Sunday, November 30 marks 15 years since President Bill Clinton signed the Brady Bill after an eight-year legislative struggle. Since the bill became law, more than 1.6 million criminals, stalkers and court-adjudicated mentally ill persons have been stopped from purchasing a firearm."
"The Brady Center will issue an informational report Sunday morning on the law. The report, called Brady Background Checks: 15 Years of Saving Lives, details the Brady Law's long record of success." ... |
VT: Murder Charges Dropped, Shooting Was Self-Defense
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Murder charges have been dropped in a fatal shooting in Windsor County.
Kyle Bolaski, 24, of Springfield, was charged with second-degree murder, for killing Vincent Tamburello, 32, of Springfield, in August during a fight at a park in Chester. Bolaski claims Tamburello was chasing him with an ax, so he shot him twice.
A grand jury agreed the shooting was self-defense.
Bolaski will face aggravated assault charges for allegedly hitting Tamburello with the gun after the shooting. |
NC: Burglary suspect dead, shot by business owner
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"The suspect in a Tuesday break-in at a Corinth business has died from a gunshot wound inflicted by the business owner, police say." ...
"Lancaster said the business owner reported he heard a noise at the front of the store and took his handgun when he went to check it out."
"When he saw a man coming through a window, he ordered the intruder to stop, but he did not. Instead, the suspect came inside the business, reached up and ripped down the video surveillance equipment."
"The owner said he again told the suspect to stay where he was or get out, but the suspect charged toward him and he fired one shot, which struck the intruder in the abdomen, Lancaster said." ... |
Four Decades of Defending Self-Defense
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"reason has been on the gun beat since the very first issue of the magazine appeared 40 years ago. In 'Violence in the U.S.—the Reversal of Cause and Effect,' founding editor Lanny Friedlander described the political reaction to the assassination of Bobby Kennedy: 'Gun laws, we find them screeching, from every radio received, gun laws, gun laws, gun laws! Make it illegal for anyone to own a gun and enforce that law at the point of a gun. ... Forget that it leaves the victim unarmed, but leaves the victimizer free to operate. Forget that it makes self-protection a crime, but leaves the criminal better off than he was before. Forget that an assassin can make a gun or steal a gun or even use another type of weapon. Forget all that.'" ... |
Obama asks an odd question
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"One particular question in the Obama questionnaire for prospective appointees has raised eyebrows around the country, with good reason."
"... Question 59: 'Do you or any members of your immediate family own a gun? If so, provide complete ownership and registration information. Has the registration ever lapsed? Please also describe how and by whom it is used ...'"
"Advocates for gun rights took the question as a sign that the incoming administration is openly hostile to the idea of gun ownership and will seek to abridge Second Amendment rights, as they have feared all along."
"But in the context of the form, it is more a sign that the people asking that question don't know much about firearms." ... |
PA: Gun owners dodge tax on ammunition
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"Pennsylvania gun owners dodged a bullet when lawmakers failed to enact legislation that would have levied a 5-cent tax on each shell and required encoding ammunition with serial numbers and registering those numbers in a statewide database."
"Introduced in February, the bill remains in the state House Judiciary Committee and will die at the end of the session on Sunday. But it could be reintroduced in January, and gun advocates expect to fight it again next year."
"It's part of a growing effort nationally to target ammunition as one way to stem gun violence." ... |
MA: Rockland man allegedly posed as agent to board plane
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"State police and airline ticket agents whisked a Rockland man who claimed he had a gun around TSA security checkpoints at Logan International Airport, putting him on a plane after he flashed a Chatham assistant harbormaster’s badge and claimed he was a federal agent ..."
"Federal prosecutors yesterday charged Stephen Grant, 48, of Rockland with impersonating a federal agent. Grant is a medical supply salesman who worked summer weekends in Chatham monitoring boaters."
"Grant told the Herald last night he is innocent, claiming a misunderstanding, and said the situation was settled nearly two years ago after he admitted to mistakes and paid a $4,000 fine. He said at no time did he carry a gun." ... |
NJ: Cardboard figure keeps police at bay
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"A cardboard figure of a person inside a Somerset County bank kept police at bay for 90 minutes tonight ... " ...
"Police responded to the bank when an alarm went off about 8:40 p.m."
"When officers arrived, they saw what they thought was at least one person through the windows of the bank, which had its blinds drawn ..." ...
"Authorities tried to make contact with whoever might be in the building. Officers used bullhorns, and then tried to call inside the building ..."
"After failing to get any response from the figure inside, the SWAT team entered."
"To their chagrin, they discovered the 'person' seen inside the building was a full-size cardboard figure ..." |
TN: Brighton Police officer fired, faces charges in false report
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"A Brighton Police officer has been fired and charged with crimes after investigators determined his report of exchanging gunfire with a would-be burglar was false." ...
"Officer Todd Riggins is charged with filing a false report and vandalism."
"Riggins had reported that he exchanged gunfire with a hooded man at the backdoor of Brighton Pharmacy just after 2 a.m. Friday."
"The officer also reported he may have struck the suspect, but that the man jumped into a big, black truck with an Arkansas tag and got away."
"Riggins reported he injured his back once the gunfire started."
"The officer did fire his gun into the wall of the pharmacy, but there was no suspect or truck, Dunavant said." ... |
GA: Ex-Georgia Cop Charged with Molestation Running from the Law
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"Police said Friday that they thought they were closing in on a former Georgia cop who is on the run from the law. Officers in Panama City, Florida said they nearly captured Gregory Graham of Sharpsburg. The former Fulton County officer is charged with child molestation."
"Graham was not supposed to leave the state as part of his $50,000 bond for child molestation. Concerned he was on the run after he failed to show up for court, police tracked Graham to Florida, where he was almost captured."
"Panama City police dealt a blow to Graham's run from the law. Officers in Florida have Graham's pick-up truck. Officers spotted the truck Wednesday night, hoping to arrest Graham who is now considered a fugitive." ... |
WI: Lawsuit: Police forced vets to lick ground
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"Two Iraq war veterans allege in a federal lawsuit they were forced by small-town Wisconsin police officers to lap up what was thought to be urine." ...
"The guardsmen, both of whom have served two tours of duty in Iraq, were in the Dells for weekend training. Two police officers stopped them in the early morning of June 1."
"The suit says officers Wayne Thomas and Collin Jacobson accused the guardsmen of urinating in public and pointed out a wet spot in an alley that they thought was urine. The guardsmen denied having relieved themselves there."
"In order to prove that it was not their urine and avoid citations, the officers made Anderson and Schiman lick the ground, the lawsuit claims. ..." ... |
Nigeria: Arms in wrong hands
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"Military authorities last week demonstrated a strong resolve to deal with the unrest in the troubled Niger Delta region by handing down life sentences and demotions to soldiers implicated in the sale of arms from the Nigerian Army armoury to militants. The soldiers who appeared before a General Court Martial had racked up a N100 million windfall from the sale of over 7, 000 military weapons to a militant group, Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND ..."
"It is, however, scandalous to believe that this nefarious act had been going on undetected since 2000 and perhaps would have continued if the MEND leader, Henry Okah, had not been arrested in Angola and repatriated to Nigeria. ..." ... |
UK: Ex-officer charged with sex crime
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A former special constable based in west London has been charged with 13 offences, including engaging in sexual activity with a child under 16.
Kevin McLean, 29, was charged with 12 counts of making indecent images of children under the age of 16.
He also faces one charge of engaging in sexual activity with an underage child.
Mr McLean, who has been released on bail, is due to appear before Westminster Magistrates' Court on 3 December. |
UK: Policewoman charged over escort girl claim
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"A NORTHUMBRIA policewoman allegedly caught advertising herself on a saucy escort website has been charged with misconduct in a public office."
"PC Vicky Thorne answered her bail this week and was charged by fellow officers."
"The 28-year-old was arrested in August over claims she offered her services for £100 an hour."
"She was arrested by her own colleagues and was immediately suspended from her position."
"Miss Thorne was among eight women and six men nabbed by officers investigating organised prostitution and corrupt public officials across Northumbria, County Durham, Greater Manchester, Cleveland and the Scottish Borders." ... |
CA: Gun dealers aim to meet demand
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"Fresno gun dealers are spending a lot of time on the phone these days, trying to find pistols, shotguns and military-style semiautomatic rifles to sell to anxious gun owners."
"By early next year, Democrats will be in control of the White House, the Senate and the House of Representatives, and some believe that means new gun restrictions, or even bans, are on the way. It's the talk in gun stores, at shooting ranges and on firearm-related Web sites."
"President-elect Barack Obama tried to reassure voters throughout his campaign that he respects the right to own guns." ...
"But many aren't convinced." ... |
TN: Dealer says 'great conspiracy theory' leading to increased gun sales
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"With a new president who takes office in January 2009 and the thoughts of possible changes in firearms laws, local firearms dealers have noticed an increase in the sales of weapons usually large caliber and military assault-styled weapons. Fears of a change in the law were evident across the country after the election of Barack Obama who, according to reports, will not attempt to make drastic changes in gun laws."
"Warren Duncan of Volunteer Ordinance Works said a rumor mill and the 'great conspiracy theory' which had fed the increase in sales has been generated at gun shows and relates to the Second Amendment right to bear arms and the Fourth Amendment right to protect against illegal search and seizure. ..." ... |
WV: Look out, America, here come the liberals
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"There's a new day dawning, and we'd better prepare ourselves for the impending liberal onslaught."
"Understand the liberal loons feel vindicated and believe the American people have finally come out of the closet and shown their far-left colors by electing the most liberal president ever to grace the White House colonnade. ..."
"The liberal 'to do list' is long, and they've languished in the air of conservatism long enough ..." ...
"Next is the dismantling of our right to bear arms. The NRA levels that Obama is a 'serious threat to our Second Amendment liberties' and opposes four of the five Supreme Court justices who affirmed an individual's right to keep and bear arms." ... |
SC: Sister Get Your Gun
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"We do things a bit differently here in South Carolina …"
"Rather than actually fix our state’s bass-ackward tax code, we prefer to keep our citizens stupid and then offer them gimmicks involving guns."
"Only in South Carolina ... will you find a 'tax free weekend' on the purchase of firearms, which is precisely the sort of meaningless crap that our state legislature passes all the time." ...
"But thank you, Rep. Pitts, for this tax free holiday on gun purchases."
"Your symbolic support of the Second Amendment is touching, and we're sure it says a lot about your commitment to preserving this basic American freedom."
"We’re also sure the NRA will stroke you a fat campaign check ..." ... |
MT: Montana voters (second letter)
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"The Montana voters deserve congratulations for giving a win to McCain and Palin in spite of the pile of money spent in the state by the Obama campaign ..."
"Montana folks recognized the real Obama by his documented liberal record in spite of his rhetoric portraying himself to be a 'moderate.' Sen. Obama's middle name shouldn't be Hussein. He should be Barack Socialist Obama."
"Gun owners around the country and in Montana did not buy into his declaration of gun rights."
"The flyer on Obama's Second Amendment rights position distributed by the Democratic Party was not believable."
"No wonder gun sales are booming, no pun intended." ... |
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