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UK: No verdict in 'demo attack' case
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"The trial of a sergeant accused of letting members of his team attack a man has ended after the jury failed to reach a verdict."
"During the trial at the Old Bailey, the court was told Sergeant Michael Ide 'turned a blind eye' as the man was 'kicked and struck with a baton,' during a demonstration in Brixton, last year."
"The jury, which was shown closed-circuit television footage of the incident, was discharged and the Crown Prosecution Service now has to decide whether to hold a retrial." ... |
Higher Turnout Among Republicans Key to Victory
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Also: "The nine-point swing in the lead over the last two weeks of the campaign, from a Democratic advantage of three points on Oct. 21-22, to a six-point Republican advantage on Election Day, occurred at the same time that President George W. Bush was making numerous campaign stops around the country to support his party's candidates."
"Bush's campaigning in the last week may have been a major factor in energizing the nation's Republicans." ... |
IL: Police to videotape protesters
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"Chicago police are expected to videotape anti-globalization demonstrators today under intelligence-gathering powers they have regained from the courts after a two-decade ban."
"Department rules that took effect Oct. 25 also permit officers to pose as members of groups as long as the intelligence-gathering has a legitimate law-enforcement purpose. And the rules let officers surf the Internet to scan groups' Web sites for information about them."
" 'In the past, you could only turn on the camera after a crime was committed, and you could only film the commission of a crime,' said Larry Rosenthal, a deputy corporation counsel for the city. 'Now, we will have cameras out there to document demonstrators' misconduct, as well as police misconduct if it occurs.' "
"Harvey Grossman, legal director for the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois, said he fears camera-wielding police would scare people from exercising their constitutional right to protest." ...
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Scotland: Scottish gun crime 'soaring'
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"The number of serious shootings related to drug crime in Scotland will reach record levels this year, police have warned."
"The latest trends for shootings which caused death or injury are set to see this year's figures eclipse those for last year."
"Most of the shootings are taking place in the Strathclyde Police area." ...
"There have been 18 major shootings in the last year in the west of Scotland alone, eight of them murders."
"This means that this year serious shootings will eclipse the 2001 figures which, in turn, were the highest ever recorded." ...
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Anti-Gun Agenda Cost Candidates for House and Senate
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"Republicans focused their mid-term election campaigns on homeland defense and the potential of a war with Iraq while Democrats mainly concentrated on the economy, Social Security, and healthcare issues. But for many candidates in both parties, their position on the Second Amendment played a significant role in their election or defeat." ... |
Trial begins in Mississippi-to-Chicago gunrunning case
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"Chicago street gang members bought dozens of assault rifles and other firearms from a licensed gun dealer in Mississippi and then sold them in Chicago at lucrative profits, prosecutors charged Wednesday in U.S. District Court here."
"In court papers, prosecutors have alleged that many of the weapons were used in crimes, including a murder in Florida."
"Trial on a gunrunning charge opened Wednesday for the Mississippi gun dealer, Jimmy Doyle Wren, and Charles Yarbor, a reputed Gangster Disciples gang member from Chicago."
"In opening remarks to the jury, Assistant U.S. Atty. T. Markus Funk alleged Yarbor and two other gang members drove to Grenada, Miss., and sold crack cocaine at prices at least double what they could get in Chicago."
"They then used the drug profits to buy dozens of SKS assault rifles, 9 millimeter semiautomatic handguns and other weapons from Wren at prices ranging from $140 to $165 per gun, Funk said."
"Back in Chicago, Yarbor and the others sold the guns to Gangster Disciples and Vice Lords gang members at $1,000 to $2,000 a weapon, Funk alleged." ...
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CA: 14 Year-Old Arrested for Hate-Crime
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"A 14 year old high school student was arrested for a racially motivated assault on another student. Police say a fight broke out on campus Wednesday between two Yucca Valley High School girls. One girl is white, the other is black. Investigators also say witnesses heard the white girl yelling racial insults while the girls were fighting. Now police are charging the white student with a hate crime. That makes the assault charges against her a felony offense." ...
Meanwhile, the black Carr brothers in Kansas, who murdered five white people after forcing them to have sex with each other and then raped the women repeatedly before robbing and executing them were never charged with a "hate crime."
Message: It's a "hate crime" to call a black person a name they call each other, but not a "hate crime" to force white women to have sex and then shoot them in the head in a field of snow after robbing them blind.
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UK: Off duty cop arrested over nightclub scuffle
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"An off-duty policeman was arrested following a fight outside a nightclub in a Wiltshire town."
"On Thursday Wiltshire Police confirmed that three people were arrested and a full inquiry has started."
"The scuffle took place outside the Corn Exchange club, Devizes, in the early hours of Sunday."
"The force has released a statement which did not name the officer but said nobody had been suspended." ... |
"Freedom First: America Votes Pro-Gun Rights"
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"Of the 24 candidates endorsed by the National Rifle Association for the U.S. Senate, the NRA-endorsed candidate won in 21 of the races - that's a net gain of two pro-gun seats in the U.S. Senate with wins in Georgia, Minnesota and Missouri and a loss in Arkansas (with South Dakota still uncertain)."
"Of the 246 candidates endorsed by the National Rifle Association for the U.S. House of Representatives, the NRA-endorsed candidate won in 230 of these races with two (Colorado-7 and Texas-23) still uncertain - which is a net gain of at least 11 pro-gun seats in the U.S. House of Representatives."
"The 108th Congress will begin with Members with the following ratings: 228 "A"-rated, 21 "B"-rated, 13 "C"-rated, 22 "D"-rated, 141 "F"-rated, 6 "?"-rated, and 2 uncertain." ...
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OH: Unarmed peasant boy hides in closet calling 911 while sister is murdered
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"The University of Cincinnati engineering student who killed his ex-girlfriend and her friend Monday bought the shotgun less than four hours before at Wal-Mart in Columbia Township, police said."
"Nicklaus Joyce told a roommate the gun was for a hunting trip he planned to take this weekend, Cincinnati homicide Detective Bob Randolph said Wednesday." ...
"Investigators aren't sure how long Mr. Joyce was in the condo before the shootings, Detective Randolph said. They know Michael Duke went to bed about 11 p.m. and woke up when he heard the gunshots that killed his sister and the man she had met in physics class and just started dating."
"Mr. Duke grabbed his cordless phone, hid in his bedroom closet and dialed 911, whispering for the police to come in a hurry." ...
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If Michael Duke's sister actually needed some help -- it was apparently already too late -- she'd have died waiting, while her brother was in the closet soiling his panties and calling on someone else to be a man for him. |
Mexico ranks 2nd in world for violent robbery
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FULL TEXT BELOW... and do tuck this one away, to counter the lies that societies with highly restrictive gun prohibitions are "peaceful."
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"Mexico has the second highest number of violent robberies in the world and has three times more violent crime than the international average, Jorge Espina, president of the 50,000-strong Mexican Employers Federation (Coparmex), said at a Wednesday news conference."
"According to a Coparmex study - that uses data from the United Nations and Interpol - Mexico had 10 percent of the world's robberies in 2000 while it only had 1.6 percent of the population."
"Espina said Mexico also had the second highest number of kidnappings (after Colombia), and the fourth highest number of murders caused by firearms." |
How a mantra ate justice
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"In 1995 I wrote the first of my 28 columns about the Wenatchee, Wash., child sex abuse witch hunt. Before national attention brought a halt to the worst witch hunt in U.S. history, 43 adults were falsely arrested on 29,726 fabricated charges of child sex abuse involving 60 children." ... |
National Ammo Day (reminder)
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The site www.ammoday.com is trying to start the first National Ammo Day by getting every gun owner in the US to buy 100 rounds of ammo. They figure that with 75 million gun owners, we could wind up buying 7.5 Billion rounds in one day. What a message even a much smaller number would send! |
Use drug logic on guns (Letter)
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"I would bet that most gun-rights advocates are also against the legalization of controlled substances... (You would be sadly mistaken. The majority of constitutionally-aware gun rights advocates believe in at least some decriminalization.)
...Sure, criminals use stolen guns (but not always), (only about 80% of the time) so if there were fewer or no guns, maybe criminals would have to steal slingshots and re-think their game plan."
Don't count on it, oh-uninformed one! |
Anti-Gun Agenda Cost Candidates for House and Senate
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"Republicans focused their mid-term election campaigns on homeland defense and the potential of a war with Iraq while Democrats mainly concentrated on the economy, Social Security, and healthcare issues. But for many candidates in both parties, their position on the Second Amendment played a significant role in their election or defeat." ... |
VA: N.Va. prosecutors file sniper charges
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"A federal law enforcement source said that discussions were continuing late yesterday but that authorities were 'leaning toward' a trial in Virginia, where state laws could make it easier for the government to win death sentences against both men."
"Attorney General John Ashcroft told reporters earlier in the day that the first case would be held in the jurisdiction 'which provides the best law and the best facts to bring individuals to swift and sure justice, with appropriate penalties.' " ...
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WA: Gun shop files theft report
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"Workers at Bull's Eye Shooter Supply have officially reported that the Bushmaster semiautomatic rifle linked to the deadly sniper shootings was stolen between July and October."
"Though the rifle was on display and equipped with multiple accessories, workers at the Tacoma gun shop say they never noticed its disappearance and didn't realize it had been stolen until federal agents asked about it." ... |
UK: Teen gun law campaign
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"Midland MPs are backing calls for tough new laws to clamp down on the sale of airguns to teenagers."
"They are backing a Private Member's Bill which calls for the age of unsupervised use of airguns to be raised from 14 to 17 years and for the control of air weapons to be brought into line with other gun regulations." ...
"They are dangerous weapons, not toys, and the law should reflect that. For instance, the police should have the power to confiscate loaded weapons from teenagers." ... |
MO: Man Killed After Repeated Domestic Violence Incidents
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Alternate Title: Shotgun more effective than restraining order
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"The woman had a restraining order against her husband after repeated incidents of domestic violence and threats. She had even changed the locks on her home. A warrant had been issued for her husband's arrest after he threatened her with a gun, Breit reported.
Tuesday night, Collins crawled in through a basement window and cut the phone lines in the home. The woman ran to her son, and Collins followed. The 20-year-old man shot Collins with a shotgun, police said." ... |
UK: "Squirrel Terrorizes Town"
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Heaven forbid that someone should SHOOT the darn critter......
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"A squirrel is spreading terror in a Cheshire town where it keeps attacking people."
"Its latest victim was a two-year-old girl, British newspapers reported on Thursday."
"Children have been attacked, grown men chased and residents of Knutsford, central England, are fearful of letting their kids out to play, the Times newspaper said."
"The rogue squirrel's latest attack was on toddler Kelsi Morley who was bitten on the forehead." ...
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FL: Store Owner Shoots Suspects In Alleged Jewel Heist - caught on video
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"A bystander armed with a video camera caught the action as a group of would-be jewel thieves found themselves on the losing end of a shootout with the store owner." [MSNBC doesn't show us the video, of course.] ...
"Police say three gunmen entered Robin in the Grove, located on busy Main Highway, and put a gun to the owner's head. The owner told police he shot two of the suspects after they bumped into each other on their way out the door." |
DE: Excessive force suit against trooper rejected
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"A federal jury Wednesday rejected the excessive force claim of a Claymont man who was hit in the head by a state police officer and whose dog was shot to death while troopers were searching in Dagsboro for a fugitive on a nine-day crime spree."
"The jury in U.S. District Court in Wilmington ruled against Herbert J. Douglas Sr. who filed a civil rights lawsuit accusing Sgt. Patrick A. Ogden of using excessive force when he hit Douglas in the head with a heavy metal flashlight."
"The jury of five men and three women took less than an hour to decide the case after a three-day trial in which both sides agreed that Ogden hit Herbert in the head, but argued about whether it was excessive force. Earlier this year, Herbert pleaded no contest to the misdemeanor charge of resisting arrest in connection with the raid." ...
"Ogden's attorney, Deputy Attorney General Gregg E. Wilson, said that Ogden reacted the way any reasonable police officer would in a stressful situation when confronted by a man not obeying his commands." ...
"Douglas sued Ogden and several other state police officers last year, claiming that his Fourth Amendment right not to be subjected to an unreasonable search and seizure was violated by a group of masked troopers who broke into his home while searching for convicted car thief Brian Humphries. The teen was wanted in cases that included carjacking and leading police on a chase through Brandywine Hundred. A police officer rushing to join that chase was seriously injured in a crash."
"All of the claims in Douglas' lawsuit were thrown out except the case against Ogden, who admitted hitting Douglas in the head during the raid. Ogden was part of a state police team sent to Douglas' vacation trailer in Dagsboro because one of Douglas' stepchildren was a friend of Humphries, Aber said."
"Douglas received only five stitches, did not lose consciousness or have a concussion, Wilson told the jury, quoting hospital records."
"Police had to shoot the family pit bull to death when it attacked an officer, said Wilson, who noted that officers who went inside the home had a warrant."
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A "warrant" means -- to this jury and many others -- that if you don't obey the commando team invading your home, anything goes. Land of the...umm... what's the last word? |
AZ: Chandler officer charged with 2nd-degree murder in shooting death of unarmed mother-of-three
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"Chandler Police Officer Dan Lovelace is being arrested and charged with second-degree murder Thursday in the shooting [in the back] death of [unarmed mother-of-three] Dawn Rae Nelson, 35, on Oct. 11."
"Maricopa County Attorney Rick Romley also announced that Lovelace is charged with reckless endangerment because Nelson's 13-month-old son was in the back seat at the time of the shooting. The child was unharmed."
"Lovelace shot Nelson after she was stopped outside a Walgreens Drug Store at Dobson and Warner roads on suspicion of passing a forged prescription. Romley said Thursday that forensic evidence indicated that Nelson was shot slightly from the rear and that Lovelace was not in danger when he fired. 'Officer Lovelace was at the back of the car moving toward the driver's door,' Romley said."
"Romley said that in a radio transmission after the shooting, Lovelace said that a person had tried to run him over and he had to shoot, but that the evidence contradicted that claim."
"Although initially police said Lovelace shot the Ahwatukee Foothills mother of three after she rammed his motorcycle with her Camaro, they backed off that statement." ...
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This is the second death of a citizen in which this officer was involved. The first one, mentioned at the link above, resulted in a $1.4 million dollar settlement awarded to the parents of the citizen Mr. Lovelace killed. |
A Pox on You – But Not on Me
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... "Those living in gated communities, high-security condos, or affluent suburbs can't understand why people would feel the need for a gun to defend themselves and their loved ones. Unlike many poor people or minorities, they don't live or work in high-crime areas. They rarely set foot in the inner city." ... |
FL: Attorney in anti-gun lawsuit points gun at witness
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"Witnesses often feel under the gun when being cross-examined, but Emanuel Kapelsohn took particular exception."
" 'Would you please not point that gun at me,' Kapelsohn barked at attorney Bob Montgomery, who was waving a pistol being used as a trial exhibit. 'That's an assault,' Kapelsohn protested."
"Montgomery displayed the gun Wednesday while making a point that small guns tend to resemble toys, while larger ones are taken more seriously. He represents Pam Grunow, who is suing gun distributor Valor Corp. for selling the small, cheap pocket gun used to kill her husband, teacher Barry Grunow." ... |
The eyes have it - for now
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"STANDING ON A TRAFFIC island in the middle of Times Square, Bill Brown might as well be on stage.
TV cameras sweep the street to film lead-ins for news shows; security cameras protect store entrances; Web cameras focus out on the street so tourists can wave to friends and family back home via the Internet. Since the devices are often hidden or disguised, it takes several seconds for his small tour group to pick them out." ... |
Searching The Land For A Pro-gun-rights Judge
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"It's unusual for Gun Owners of America, the nation's largest gun-rights lobby, to endorse in a judicial race. But they mailed a little green postcard to all their Nevada members last week, urging a vote for Nevada state Supreme Court candidate Don Chairez. I rang Larry Pratt in Northern Virginia to ask him about that." ...
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Liberty Belles on The Rob Nelson Show
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"Liberty Belles, a non-profit organization dedicated to education, promotion, and active support of the inalienable human right of self-preservation through our Second Amendment, is scheduled to be featured on The Rob Nelson Show on Friday, November 8, 2002, to be broadcast nationally on local Fox networks." ... |
Australia: "Gun Crime - It's In The Hand Of The Beholder"
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" 'It's not a penile extension, like some detractors make it out to be,' said Colin Moore, pointing to his handgun."
"Instead he likens his gun to sporting equipment, as necessary to his hobby of shooting as a club is to a golfer."
"However, yesterday the Prime Minister, John Howard, expressed concern about 'fringe elements' around shooting clubs, while his deputy, John Anderson, said gun-using Australians, including sports shooters, 'are not the Australians we are after'. " ... |
Canada: No doubt more handguns being used
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"It wasn't all that long ago that the easiest, if not only, way to witness a shoot-em-up, Starsky and Hutch-style gun battle in Canada was to turn on the television."
"These days, in some parts of the country, one need only step outside and wait." ... |
UK: Blair to tighten airgun controls
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"Our campaign to change Britain's airgun laws is to be examined by the Government, Tony Blair has admitted."
"As revealed in later editions of last night's Chronicle, the Prime Minister told the Commons the Government was ready to agree to our campaign for tighter controls of airgun ownership." ... |
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"Michael A. Wilkins, a lawyer in Indianapolis, will not be welcome in the Indiana courts for 30 days starting in early December. The Indiana Supreme Court, in a 3-to-2 decision, disciplined Mr. Wilkins on Tuesday, ruling that a footnote, in a brief, that criticized a lower court undermined 'the public's confidence in the administration of justice.' " ...NEWSFLASH:
The educated public trusts the "justice" system slightly more than they trust a Clinton. "The decision is unusual, legal ethics experts said, given the tame language in the footnote, the severity of the penalty and the fact that one of the justices who decided Mr. Wilkins's case was involved in the case the footnote cited and possibly had a conflict of interest."
"The footnote criticized a ruling of the Indiana Court of Appeals in an insurance dispute as intellectually dishonest." ...
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