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Second Amendment Group Wants Expansion of Armed Pilots Program
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"A Second Amendment group, relieved to have a stronger pro-gun majority on Capitol Hill and a gun-friendly president in the White House, says it will now press for an expansion of the nation's armed pilots program." ...
" 'This is the first real opportunity that gun owners have had in recent memory to go on the offensive,' said CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb."
"In addition to improvements in the armed pilots program, CCRKBA is calling for national concealed carry legislation for private citizens, which it sees as vital for homeland security." |
MI: Judge orders closing of Island Lake Shooting Range; State plans to appeal
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"In one of his last acts in office, retiring Livingston County Circuit Court Judge Daniel Burress ordered the Island Lake Shooting Range closed pending the outcome of a trial."
"No date has been set in the case filed by the Green Oak Township board in June, to force the state Department of Natural Resources to comply with township noise regulations. The gun range is in the Island Lake State Recreation Area, east of Brighton in Green Oak Township."
"A spokesman said the state would appeal the ruling."
"At the conclusion of three days of testimony in the case, Burress said Tuesday he would sign an order prohibiting the discharge of 'pistols, rifles and shotguns,' which will effectively shut down both the rifle range and privately operated skeet, trap and sporting clay range. The order was expected within the next few days." ... |
UT: State Supreme court upholds law banning felons from having guns
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"The Utah Supreme Court on Friday upheld the state law prohibiting felons from having guns."
"Wade L. Willis, 24, had contended the law was unconstitutional. He argued that the Legislature had the power to regulate his use of a firearm but not his right to possess one."
"A stolen gun was found in Willis's bedroom closet ...while he was on probation at the time for evading a police officer, a third degree felony. Willis has a history of nonviolent misdemeanor convictions and charges..."
"A Fourth District judge rejected the argument, and the Utah Court of Appeals agreed, ruling in 2002 that the statute did not run afoul of a person's constitutional right to bear arms." ... |
VA: School lockdown over student "returning from a school shooting course"
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ORANGE, Va. -- "A student who carried a firearm into Orange County High School earlier this week, prompting a two-hour lockdown that delayed dismissal, was simply returning from a school shooting course, the sheriff's office said Friday."
"The student was wearing camouflage pants and a black T-shirt when a teacher saw him with the firearm Monday. The student came forward Wednesday and will not be punished, Sheriff C.G. Feldman said before detailing another problem the situation sparked."
"During the lockdown, he said the sheriff's office had to contend with false reports including that a person had been shot and that a whole class was being held hostage." ... |
ME: Man shot in self-defense has a violent past
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ELIOT, Maine - "No charges have been filed in an alleged home invasion that happened in the early morning hours on Wednesday, but police say the man accused in the incident is not unknown to them."
"Mark Murphy, 39, of 206 Goodwin Road, remains in serious condition at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston after being treated for a gunshot wound to his chest. He was shot after allegedly forcing his way into the home of another Goodwin Road resident." ...
"Murphy has a criminal record in New Hampshire involving four convictions for assault."
" 'This guy has a number of sentences; it looks like he was here four times,' said Jeff Lyons, spokesman for the New Hampshire Department of State Corrections." ...
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"Oeser admits that he shot Murphy with a .308-caliber handgun he had in his home." |
FL: Fisherman Accused In Alligator Stabbing
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SARASOTA, Fla. -- A fisherman was cited for killing an alligator nicknamed Elvis who lived in a golf course community's pond.
The man said he stabbed the reptile in self-defense.
Rick Allen Burns, 49, faces up to 60 days in jail and a fine if convicted on a misdemeanor charge of possession of an alligator without a permit.
Five-foot-long Elvis was found dying in October with a hunting knife in its head. A $1,000 reward for information was posted and an anonymous tip led to Burns, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said Friday.
Residents said Elvis first showed up at their pond about 18 months ago, and had never hurt anyone -- or ducks living nearby.
Burns told investigators, however, that he stabbed the alligator after he bit the fisherman's baited hook, then lunged at Burns when he tried to cut the line.
"Some people are not aware of the seriousness of violating Florida's Wildlife Codes and are surprised to find that the FWC takes these situations very seriously," investigator Mike Frantz said in a statement. |
NY: Broad daylight rape in city where self-defense is banned
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"The 22-year-old woman was working alone at the store in Greenpoint when a man posing as a customer walked in at around 2:30 p.m., authorities said."
"He pulled out a black handgun and forced the terrified woman into a back room — where he raped her."
"As he fled, he scooped up a handful of phones, police said." ...
" 'It's very scary to think that this could happen at 2:30 in the afternoon.' "
"The rapist was described as Hispanic, 25 to 30 years old, between 5-foot-8 and 5-foot-10." ... |
PA: Man Charged With 8 Rapes In Philadelphia
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Notice that the story doesn't mention the fact that all of this black man's victims were white. The simple facts aren't printable? Why not?
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"DNA evidence linked eight seemingly unrelated rape cases, prompting the arrest of a Philadelphia man."
"John Wortham, 40, has been charged in eight sexual assaults."
"The attacker targeted women out at night alone, using a rock, brick, knife or gun. But the attacks weren't confined to just one area..." ...
"Investigators said that at least one victim has identified Wortham (pictured, left) as her attacker, and police sources told WCAU-TV in Philadelphia that he has confessed to the rapes." ... |
Darwin Award Contender: Man tries to rob bank that is still under construction -- in Kennesaw, Georgia
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KENNESAW, Ga. (AP) — There is little money to be gained from attempting to rob a bank that is still under construction, police say a Marietta man learned on Wednesday.
Michael Donald Marshall, 39, entered the Bank of America and demanded $500 from the tellers while threatening that he had a gun, according to the Kennesaw Police Department.
The employees then told him the bank wasn't open for business and there was no money. Kennesaw Police arrived as Marshall exited the building empty-handed, officers said.
The suspect is charged with armed robbery. During their investigation, police also learned that Marshall had an outstanding warrant for shoplifting in Cobb, Kennesaw Police spokesman officer Scott Luther said.
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For those who may not know it, Kennesaw, Georgia might be among the silliest places to try to rob anything, let alone an unfinished bank. In Kennesaw, a law requires every home to have a firearm on hand. (There is an exemption for people whose religion requires them to be defenseless targets.) |
CA: Evacuations ordered, bomb squad called in to "detonate" a cool-looking paper weight
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LOS ANGELES — A weapons bust leads to evacuations in two Southland cities early Friday morning.
Residents were evacuated from several homes in Sylmar when police with a search warrant found what appeared to be a hand grenade in a residence. The bomb squad was called in to detonate the device.
Officers seized a number of weapons, including at least one assault rifle at the same Sylmar home.
ABC7 Eyewitness News' Air7 was overhead as officers called for an evacuation at a Norwalk apartment complex when they suspected an explosive device might be in one unit.
The bomb squad was called in, but the item was harmless. One man was arrested on weapons charges at the Norwalk location. |
Post-Election, Hollywood Seen as Liability to Left
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LOS ANGELES -- "Hollywood is licking its wounds after an election that saw voters not only reject the candidate it anointed -- Democrat John Kerry -- but repudiate the values that the liberal stronghold cherishes."
"Now, amid the second-guessing and recriminations that inevitably haunt the losing side, some are beginning to ask: Has Hollywood become a liability to the Democrats?"
"Political analysts said that polarizing figures such as Michael Moore -- whose 'Fahrenheit 9/11' documentary bitterly attacked President Bush -- alienated Middle America as much as they galvanized the faithful." ...
"In making the case for a Hollywood backlash, many point to a fund-raising event for Kerry at New York's Radio City Music Hall last July, where actress Whoopi Goldberg mocked Bush in crude sexual terms." ... |
Letterman Pokes Fun at Hillary's Duck Hunting, but hits closer to the mark than he may have realized
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" Late Show' host David Letterman joked last night that you could tell Hillary Clinton is eyeing the White House because she's already been spotted duck hunting."
" 'The rumor is that Hillary Clinton is running for president in 2008,' he told his audience. 'Yup. And here's why people think that. Today she was in Ohio duck hunting. She even bought a camouflage pantsuit.' "
"But the former first lady is already one jump ahead of the 'Late Night' host, who apparently didn't know that two years ago, when Clinton was campaigning in the midterm elections, she invoked her credentials as a one-time duck hunter when confronted by a gun rights constituent." ... |
NH: Fake Terrorist wants apology and cash from cops
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NASHUA, N.H. -- A Bedford man wants an apology and a couple hundred dollars from the Nashua police.
Joseph Galibois says police violated his rights by threatening to arrest him when he dressed up as a terrorist and waved a Kerry for president sign to drivers outside a polling place on Tuesday. He said he was trying to illustrate his view that John Kerry was soft on terrorism. He was wearing a ski mask and ammunition bandoleers and carried a plastic squirt gun that resembled an assault rifle.
Police said they ordered Galibois to get rid of the mask, gun and bandoleers because of complaints that he was alarming people. They said he also was creating a traffic hazard.
Galibois filed a complaint Thursday in Hillsborough County Superior Court. In addition to the apology, Galibois says he wants $208 from the police sergeant who confronted him -- a dollar for every Tuesday until the next election. |
WA: Former county prosecutor detained in shooting of another attorney
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SEATTLE - "A Bellevue lawyer was shot and critically injured in the parking lot outside his quiet suburban office Wednesday, and police detained a former Snohomish County deputy prosecutor."
"Kevin Y. Jung, a prominent lawyer among local Koreans, suffered at least one gunshot wound after he pulled his Lexus sedan into the parking lot Wednesday morning, Bellevue police said. He was in critical condition Wednesday night at Overlake Medical Center in Bellevue."
"Witnesses reported the shooter's description and license plate number to officers, who tracked the plates through a rental agency to the former Snohomish County deputy prosecutor. Everett police picked up the man."
"The suspect, a former fighter pilot with the Air Force, worked in the prosecutor's office from 1991-2000." ... |
GA: Officer Charged in Fight While Suspect Exonerated
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"A DeKalb County police officer has been charged in connection with a fight earlier this week..."
"Officer Ronald W. Jones was charged with kidnapping with bodily injury, violation of oath by a public officer, making a false statement and false report of a crime."
"Jones, who has been with the DeKalb police department for 3½ years, remained Friday at Atlanta Medical Center, where he is still undergoing treatment for wounds suffered during the fight. He is expected to be transferred to the DeKalb jail after his release."
"Police said they have dropped the charges against Robert Williams, 33, the man who had been arrested and accused of kidnapping and stabbing the officer." ...
"Police said during a press conference that they suspect the officer preyed on the man and other people. Anyone who may have been victimized by the officer in the past was asked to call DeKalb police." ... |
MA: "Boston police have shelved the FN303 firearm that killed Snelgrove"
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"A group of Boston professors, lawyers, and students called yesterday for an immediate ban on the use of so-called 'less lethal' weapons in Boston, such as the pepper ball gun that killed Emerson College student Victoria Snelgrove during a Red Sox celebration last month." ...
" 'We should be able to celebrate a Red Sox victory without worrying about the use of chemical weapons against our young people on the streets of Boston," said Georgy Katsiaficas, a professor at Wentworth Institute of Technology." ...
"Boston police have shelved the FN303 firearm that killed Snelgrove on Oct. 21, when officers fired into crowds celebrating a Red Sox victory over the New York Yankees in the American League Championship Series." ...
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TX: Another Taser Gun Death In Texas
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"A man suspected of trying to illegally hook up electrical service died after police shocked him with a stun gun when he was found hiding at an apartment complex, authorities said."
"Robert Guerrero, 21, was pronounced dead Tuesday at John Peter Smith Hospital where he was taken after officers subdued him with a Taser stun gun and he stopped breathing, police said." ... |
PA: More than 2 dozen admit working illegally, found guilty, no punishment
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Northampton judge gives no punishment.
The men were charged with identity theft or tampering with public records, or both.
All the men pleaded guilty Wednesday to one or both of the criminal charges. Judge Leonard N. Zito accepted the pleas and found the defendants guilty. He imposed no punishment, and they were released from prison. 'Their crime was simply to go to work,' Zito said. A translator let the Spanish-speaking men know what was going on. |
Disabled vet sues agencies over land-grab
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"Jesse Hardy, the disabled vet...has battled government to stay on his land, charged 13 officials ... with multiple violations of law..."
"The complaint arises because the [feds] filed a petition to condemn 160 acres owned by Jesse Hardy."
The complaint asks for:
"A declaration that the [feds have] violated, and are continuing to violate, the WRP Acts ... the NEP Act and the Administrative Procedures Act, and the Florida State Constitution and the U.S. Constitution." |
Ashcroft Resignation Expected
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"Rumors are flying that John Ashcroft will be leaving his post as attorney general in the next Bush administration."
"It appears Attorney General John Ashcroft may be stepping down from his Cabinet post in January, leading family advocates to ponder what it will take to fill his shoes."
"President Bush nominated John Ashcroft to be attorney general in December 2000. The former senator and Missouri governor pledged during a bruising confirmation hearing to renew the war on drugs and reduce gun violence. Then came the Sept. 11 attack on America." ... |
Anti-gun Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) to Be 2nd-Ranked Democrat Senator
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"Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin said Friday he has the backing of his Democratic colleagues to become the party's second-ranked member when the new Congress convenes in January."
"Durbin, 59, would succeed Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nevada, as the Democratic or minority whip, the person responsible for keeping watch over Senate floor procedures and ascertaining votes on key issues."
"Reid is in line to replace Sen. Tom Daschle, D-S.D., as Democratic leader after Daschle lost his re-election bid earlier this week." ...
"One of the more visible presences among Senate Democrats, [Durbin] has been an active advocate on such issues as tobacco regulation and gun control." ... |
Tasers: How Safe?
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"When CBS News first started looking into police use of the taser stun gun a year ago, the weapon had been connected to more than 40 deaths."
"More than 6,000 departments are already carrying them, some of them here in East Tennessee."
"How safe are these devices? It's called the five second ride. That's 50,000 volts, five seconds. Yes, Usually it does take down a person on the first usage."
"Today, in what clearly is a law-enforcement revolution, tens of thousands of police officers see the taser as a godsend." ...
"But there's been dozens of reports of people dying after being tasered including two just this week." ... |
NY: Bronx police blotter shows ineffectiveness of gun ban
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This is the latest police blotter from the Bronx Times. Contained in this one short report are at least six reports of illegal gun possessions, including those used violently and at least four reports of stabbings.
If the handgun ban is so effective, why are so many illegal handguns available?
Can anyone really argue that the people stabbed to death would be worse off if they'd used handguns to defend themselves? |
TX: Woman accused of cutting partner's penis remains behind bars (ban knives?)
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"A woman accused of cutting off her boyfriend's penis with a kitchen knife while he was sleeping was charged with aggravated assault after surrendering to sheriff's deputies."
"The severed penis has not been found since the Oct. 28 attack at the woman's home."
" 'She is surrounded by big, strong police officers and she's scared,' attorney Tom Radosevich told the Houston Chronicle in Wednesday's editions." ... |
Mexico: Parishioners protest firing of pistol packing priest
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MEXICO CITY, Mexico (Reuters) -- "Angry parishioners chained shut a church in central Mexico on Friday in protest at the sacking of their priest, whose habit of tucking a gun under his robes has earned him fame and the nickname 'Padre Pistolas.' "
"Hundreds of people from the town of Chucandiro demonstrated outside the cathedral in the city of Morelia after Catholic church leaders there defrocked their gunslinging priest, Alfredo Gallegos, local media reported."
" 'We have closed the church with chains and that's how it will stay until Father Alfredo comes back,' protester Gilberto Moron was quoting as saying, adding that locals would accept no other priest."
"Gallegos is wildly popular with parishioners but has angered his Catholic superiors with his habit of wearing a shiny pistol beneath his robes, despite strict laws in Mexico banning private citizens from carrying guns." ... |
Pakistan: Gang rape victim ordered to "reconcile" with rapists or leave village
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"A local jury (Panchait) has ordered the family of a young girl who was subjected to gang rape either to go for reconciliation with the rapists or leave the village."
"One Perveen Mai, aged 15 and resident of village Beli Irfani of Khairpur Tamewali was kidnapped at gun point from fields by two motorcyclists Muhammad Aslam and Muhammad Hassan."
"The culprits took her to a house in their village and subjected her to rape turn by turn with another person Muhammad Hussain. ... They left girl in deteriorating condition in the house and fled from the scene." ...
"...members of a local tribal jury were forcing her to compromise with the rapists and in the event of not going for reconciliation my family should leave the village." ... |
UK: Carjacking with infant in car in "gun free Great Britain"
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A MOTHER watched in horror as an armed robber drove off with her baby daughter after taking her car at gunpoint, a court heard yesterday.
Cheryl Warcup begged Barry Lynn, who was brandishing a sawn-off shotgun, to let her take Alice, two, but he refused.
Lynn, 24, was being chased by police after allegedly taking part in a bungled £13,000 supermarket robbery in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear.
Chris Knox, prosecuting, said: "Mrs Warcup was utterly distraught and in a state of complete horror." Lynn abandoned the VW Golf and Alice was returned to Cheryl, an off-duty police sergeant.
Lynn and Derek Oetting, 28, of Newcastle deny possessing a firearm and aggravated vehicle taking. The trial continues. |
UK: Conspiracy conviction quashed due to cop corruption, after four years served
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"A SHIRLEY man who served four years for conspiracy has had his conviction overturned after a judge ruled it was unsafe because of police corruption."
"Colin Murphy, of Bramble Close, and William Pope, of Wateringbury, Maidstone, were referred to London's Criminal Appeal Court by the Criminal Cases Review, which investigates potential miscarriages of justice."
"On Tuesday the court over-turned the convictions of the pair, who have both served their jail terms." ...
"The corruption included fabricating evidence and stealing drugs seized in police raids." ... |
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