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Kerry Asks FEC to Block NRA Channel
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"Democratic presidential hopeful John Kerry doesn't want to tune in to a National Rifle Association channel anytime soon."
"The Massachusetts senator sent Federal Election Commission Chairwoman Ellen Weintraub a letter Tuesday asking the commission to block any attempt by the NRA to get a media exemption to campaign finance rules."
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Uphill Battle for Weapons Ban - McCarthy pressing to extend law
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"To McCarthy, extending the assault weapons ban fits nicely into the war on terror. She cited both the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and last year's Washington-area sniper shootings as two reasons the ban needs to remain in effect."
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Gore Endorses Dean for Party Nomination
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"Former Vice President Al Gore endorsed Howard Dean for the Democratic presidential nomination Tuesday, adding momentum and political prestige to Dean's front-running campaign." ...
"The pair have differed on many key issues, such as gun control. While Gore fought the National Rifle Association, Dean was embraced by the lobby." |
Ban on Plastic Guns Extended 10 Years
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President Bush quietly signed legislation Tuesday that would extend for 10 years a ban on plastic guns that can be slipped past airport metal detectors or through X-ray machines.
The legislation bans the manufacture, sale or possession of such firearms, but exempts military and intelligence agencies. It renews a ban that was last reauthorized in 1998 and expires this month.
It was passed as officials worry that terrorists would get their hands on weapons undetectable by metal detectors at airports and other security checkpoints.
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GOA's Gun Rights Report for 2003
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"At GOA, we realize how easy it is to just focus on the bad news. Certainly we had our share of it this year. Both houses of Congress voted to reauthorize the plastic gun ban WITHOUT A RECORDED VOTE and to send the bill to President Bush in late November."
"The President announced he would sign a bill to reauthorize the semi-auto gun ban in April, and the Supreme Court has consistently refused to grant relief to individuals that are victimized by anti-gun laws."
"Yes, there has been bad news. But there has been a lot of good news as well, and you folks have been an instrumental reason. Please take a look at a brief review of some of the highlights that we have achieved together this year." |
TX: Houston Metro Denies Violating Civil Rights
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"The Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County (Metro), filed this week it’s response to the lawsuit by Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson, the Texas State Rifle Association, and various Houston area plaintiffs, denying allegations that it’s policy of banning concealed handgun licensees from area buses violates the Texas Constitution and state statutes." ...
"Article I, Section 23 of the Texas Constitution states that 'every citizen shall have the right to keep and bear arms in the lawful defense of himself or the State; but the Legislature shall have the power, by law, to regulate the wearing of arms, with a view to prevent crime.' " |
AR: Cammack Village Police Officer Surrenders
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"A Cammack Village police officer surrenders to police after chasing four teenagers and firing shots from his gun. The teenagers, who are students at Catholic High, were not injured." ...
"42-year-old Marvin Barclay Bowden is charged with four felony counts of aggravated assault. He's been an officer with Cammack Village Police Department for the last five years."
"Allegedly on November 21st, Officer Bowden was in his black Toyota when a teenager in an oncoming car threw a cup of water along Cantrell Road. A high-speed chase ensued. One of the teenagers said Bowden fired shots at them. A confrontation occurred, in which Bowden allegedly pointed an automatic handgun at the four teens." |
IL: Police commander charged in apparent road rage incident
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"A commander in the New Lenox Police Department has been charged with aggravated assault in connection with an apparent road rage incident.
Commander Dennis Klier allegedly pointed his gun at a driver and her husband during a traffic altercation on the Dan Ryan Expressway on Sunday. The driver did not want to be identified."
" 'That's when the man had the gun to his head. And my husband turned around and fell into his seat. I was startled and I totally stopped the vehicle. I had -- I was too scared to go and too scared to stop. I thought my husband was shot and I was waiting for the sound of the bullet,' said the driver."
"Commander Klier is still on duty at the New Lenox Police Department." ... |
IN: Not a Happy Halloween
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"...Hosts of the bonfire party told participants the Lake County sheriff's office was looking for a man wearing a gray sweat shirt, a white mask and carrying an ax. They said the man was chasing neighborhood children."
"Taking the information seriously, Frederick reportedly went home 10 minutes later and locked up his house. He also got a .32-caliber revolver and tucked it into his back pocket to protect his family. He then went back to the party."
"According to the report, an hour later dogs began barking and someone yelled they saw a man lurking behind a tree, matching the description of the masked man police reportedly were chasing."
"The report said Frederick yelled that he had a gun, and fired two rounds into the ground while the masked man continued toward him."
"Frederick reportedly fired two more rounds into the ground, yelling at the man that he had a gun. When the masked man got 10 feet from Frederick, police said Frederick fired two shots hitting him in the face."
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And if you were a police officer with any common sense, would you not stop once the warning shots were fired? |
OH: Sheriff Launches Internal Investigation
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"An internal investigation is underway at the Trumbull County Sheriff's Department, after a man in custody got a hold of a gun and shot himself."
"Sheriff Tom Altiere says it started Monday night when Sergeant Don Hyde arrested a man from Niles in connection with a string of home break-ins." |
TX: Another Whack 'em & Stack'em
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... "They were guilty as sin, and the accident caught them quite literally red-handed!"
"But Jackson County District Attorney Mark Huddleston didn't want to prosecute the two for attempted murder, so he didn't."...
"Michelle Wimberly is a 26 year-old mother of two. She lit an incense stick in her children's room and fell asleep in another room."...
"Wimberly tested large for methamphetamine in her system, and she had a history of drug abuse, but there is no indication she was criminally negligent in caring for her children."...
"Nearly a year after the fire, Wimberly was charged with second-degree manslaughter by the same Jackson County District Attorney who let the other two homicidal maniacs skate in the Michael Kane case." |
CA: California Workplace Shooting: 'Another Victim of Gun Control' Says CCRKBA
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" 'California has among the most stringent gun control laws in the nation,' said CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb, 'yet those laws did not prevent the Print-Xcel shooting. All those laws have done is effectively disarm law-abiding citizens, leaving them at the mercy of homicidal lunatics.' "
"A gunman, identified as a fired ex-employee of the print plant, shot and killed one employee before taking his own life. Published reports quote plant manager Jeff Trump stating that he 'heard the guy coming' and 'got under my desk and called 911...' "
" 'That's what gun control has done... We're now a society reduced to crawling under a desk, calling for help and hoping it arrives before somebody murders us." ... |
CA: Former employee kills worker, self, at California printing plant
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"Police say a workplace shooting in California has left two people dead, including a former employee who opened fire."
"They say a man slipped through a side door into the Print Xcel plant in Visalia (veye-SAY'-lee-uh) this morning, fired at least six shots and set several fires."
"Police say the suspect's body was found just outside the building, along with two guns."
"The printing plant's general manager told a local newspaper (Visalia Times-Delta) that the man had been fired several years ago. Jeff Trump says when he heard the man coming, he hid under his desk and called nine-one-one on his cell phone." |
NE: Being a proper victim takes training
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"Nebraska State Patrol Major Bryan Tuma said reality-based training is a widely accepted practice by law enforcement agencies."
" 'People react in situations the way they are trained,' Tuma said." ...
"Johnson, who has been the victim of 'grab-and-run' robbers who take beer or soft drinks, said Gas 'N Shop policy is for employees not to resist robbers."
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India: Woman raped on way to hospital
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"A 25-year-old woman was gang raped by five drunken men on Sunday night while she was on her way to hospital to fetch medicines for her ailing two-year-old son. The child died as she could not return home on time."
"The men accosted the woman, a resident of Sultanpur in the Danapur area, near a mosque, took her to a nearby house at gun-point and raped her." ...
"The woman's husband, who works in a jewellery shop, said she could identify one of the rapists."
"The subdivisional police officer of Danapur, Mohammad Hasnain, said they had arrested one of the accused." |
South Africa: Johannesburg man (73) kills robber
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"...Sanku Tsunke, a police spokesperson, said five men armed with a firearm and a knife jumped over a gate and broke into the house through the kitchen door and confronted the owner around 7:30am."
"The owner (73) and his 55-year-old wife were forced into their bedrooms and tied up with a trouser belt. The robbers then ransacked the house, broke open the safe and stole cash, jewellery, two cellular phones and two firearms worth R10 000."
"They fled by jumping over the gate. The owner managed to untie himself and he fetched a gun and followed the robbers. He fired shots and one robber was fatally shot in the head. The other four fled."
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Philippines: Gun ban takes effect Monday
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"LOCAL police authorities advised registered gun holders in the area to refrain from bringing them in public places beginning Dec. 15, the start of the firearms ban ordered by the Commission on Elections (Comelec)."
"Senior Supt. Jeorge Aquisap, city police director, said carrying of firearms, registered or unregistered, would not be allowed unless it has proper authorization from the Comelec."
" 'I am advising our gun holders to just leave their guns at home to avoid any problems,' Aquisap said."
"He said the firearms ban, which was based on Comelec Resolution 6420, includes those with mission orders, memorandum receipts, and permit to carry." |
Justice O'Connor on the Miranda Rights Requirement
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"A conflicted Supreme Court debated Tuesday how much leeway to give police who mistakenly or deliberately fail to give suspects the familiar warning beginning with 'You have the right to remain silent.' "
"Some of the justices are critics of the court's landmark 1966 Miranda v. Arizona ruling, which requires the warnings. They have an opportunity to loosen restrictions on police in four cases this term, including two argued Tuesday."
"Their debate illustrated deep divisions on how much freedom to give officers." ...
"Justice Sandra Day O'Connor said failure to strictly follow Miranda rules in evidence cases 'hasn't resulted in disaster, has it?' " ... |
Justie Souter on the Miranda Rights Requirement
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"Returning to one of its most famous and harshly criticized decisions, the Supreme Court took up two cases Tuesday that could narrow the scope of its landmark Miranda ruling and give police officers more leeway to question suspects in custody without warning them of their right to remain silent." ...
"The issue divided the court, with more liberal justices appearing sympathetic to concerns that a ruling for police would provide a 'recipe for avoiding Miranda,' as Justice David Souter put it."
" 'Miranda has been around for a long time,' Souter told a lawyer for the Bush administration. 'There's no excuse for police to say they don't understand what Miranda is getting at.' " ... |
SC: "Random metal detector checks will be implemented in all middle schools"
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"Charlotte-Mecklenburg police say a teen fired a gun Monday morning inside Marie G. Davis Middle School in west Charlotte."
"Authorities say the 13-year-old boy had hidden a handgun in his jacket pocket. The bullet hit the floor and ricocheted off of a wall. Nobody was hurt and the incident was ruled an accident."
"The teen is charged with possession of a firearm on school property. Additional charges are pending.
The teen is being held at a juvenile detention center."
"School officials say random metal detector checks will be implemented in all middle schools." ... |
IN: Securing a safer America
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"Frank Walker doesn't take sides on gun control. He just wants to make sure rifles and pistols don't hurt children." [emphasis added]
"This month, the 60-year-old retiree and other participants will deliver 403,700 free gun locks to Indiana police departments, which will distribute them to the public."
"The work is part of Project ChildSafe. In the next three years, organizers hope to distribute 20 million locks, which prevent a handgun or rifle from being able to fire, nationwide."
" 'If this project saves the life of one kid, it's worthwhile," he said."
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FL: Man Accused Of Having Loaded Gun At MIA
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A South Florida airline passenger has bonded out of jail after he was arrested for trying to carry a loaded gun onto a Los Angeles-bound flight at Miami International Airport, officials said.
Authorities said the gun was discovered by a security screener inside a briefcase that belonged to Charles Paul Guanci.
Guanci is charged with carrying a concealed weapon. |
UK: Jail Cut for Man Who Stabbed Burglar to Death
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"A man jailed for five years for stabbing a burglar to death had his sentence cut to three years by the Court of Appeal today."
"The Lord Chief Justice, Lord Woolf, ruled that although the jury had been right to find Barry-Lee Hastings guilty of manslaughter at an Old Bailey trial in October last year, there were special circumstances which allowed him to cut the prison term."
"Lord Woolf said at the end of his ruling: 'We are not sending out a message that it is appropriate to use knives in the situation which existed in this case in the manner in which the appellant used that knife.' "
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UK: Dealer jailed for shooting
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"A TEENAGE drug dealer has been jailed for 16 years for being part of a gang which shot a rival pusher three times with a sub-machine gun."
"Tariq Smith, 19, of Cumberland Road, Acton, was part of a three-man team who ambushed 33-year-old Marquis Onabodge, after luring him to a meeting at a Wembley hotel on April 15 this year, a court was told." |
Australia: Thief misses ride after robbery
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"A BUNGLING bandit who robbed a rural service station missed his getaway ride and ended up having to hitch a lift from an unsuspecting property owner."
"The man had been armed with a rifle and was wearing a balaclava when he entered the Mobil service station on the Gore Highway at Southbrook, southwest of Toowoomba, about 9.45pm on Thursday."
"Unlike most service station robberies which target lone workers, the truck stop was packed."
"As well as having four staff members and an owner working, there were about five people in the shop area and a room full of truckies eating their dinner."
"The robber ordered everyone on to the floor and demanded money from a woman behind the counter." |
Australia: Sydney gangsters muscle into Surfers
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"SURFERS Paradise is steeling itself for a violent Christmas due to an expected influx of Lebanese gang members from Sydney."
"One nightclub proprietor yesterday described gang members as 'terrorists', while police confirmed they were investigating reports of Sydney crime syndicates trying to muscle in on the Gold Coast's lucrative entertainment industry."
"The concerns have been heightened by a series of incidents on the Gold Coast involving gangs in the past month." |
Mali: Up in Flames -- Mali's Gun Show
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"While the United Nations promotes gun-burning festivals all over the world, Mali is generally regarded as the greatest success of the gun-burning movement, as a society that moved from discord to harmony when guns were destroyed." . . .
"So which is the true cause of peace in Mali? Is it the schools, wells, jobs, animal restocking programs, and the fact that government aid replaced government repression? Or is it the collection and destruction of 3,000 easily replaceable weapons? It was, in fact, Konaré's willingness to change the oppressive nature of government, and pay meticulous attention to the human rights of Mali's citizens, that created and fostered the trust essential for the success of any peace process." |
High court to debate Miranda rights, again
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"Police in Rolla, Mo., wanted a confession from suspected killer Patrice Seibert. And they didn't want any lawyers mucking things up by advising her not to talk."
"So veteran Detective Richard Hanrahan woke Seibert at 3 a.m. at the hospital where her son was recovering from injuries he had suffered in a trailer fire. Hanrahan believed that Seibert had set the fire, which killed a friend of her son's, and the detective questioned her sharply that morning in 1997. Using an interrogation technique he'd learned in a police training course, Hanrahan got a detailed confession before he advised Seibert of her right to remain silent and to have a lawyer present during questioning..." ... |
Gold-Dealers conscripted to spy on you?
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"It's no news that banks have been conscripted to spy on you. Everyone knows that by now. But this recent measure redefines 'financial institutions,' [a term] that was previously limited to banks, credit unions, and savings and loan organizations. Now the definition also includes brokers and dealers registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission, investment bankers, operators of credit-card systems, insurance companies, dealers in precious metals, stones, or jewels, licensed senders of money, telegraph companies, airplane and boat dealers, Realtors and estate closings, and the U.S. Post Office."
"By this change, Congress has surreptitiously expanded the scope of businesses upon which so-called 'national security letters' can be served by the FBI in order to obtain financial records without any prior court order, without even the slim judicial supervision that was previously provided by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court in such matters." |
RI: Supreme Court hears gun-rights case
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"The state Supreme Court yesterday took up the question of what it means to 'keep and bear arms' in Rhode Island."
"In a closely watched case, a Massachusetts gun collector and a Smithfield shop owner claim they were denied 'due process' rights when the attorney general rejected their applications for concealed-handgun permits."
"The case, which was dismissed by a Superior Court judge and appealed to the high court, has spurred debate about the section of the Rhode Island Constitution that says, 'The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.' "
"The state attorney general's office agrees that Rhode Islanders have the right to keep and bear arms in their homes, in their businesses and on their land. But it disagrees with the assertion -- made by the National Rifle Association and others -- that the right to bear arms includes a right to carry a handgun off a person's premises." |
SC: Raid at High School Leads to Racial Divide, Not Drugs
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"It was partly a tip from an informant, partly the activity he saw on the Stratford High School surveillance cameras that led the school's principal to call in the police for an early morning drug sweep here on Nov. 5."
"But it was also tape from the surveillance cameras, showing the police drawing guns on students, handcuffing them, making them kneel facing the wall and finding no drugs at all that has set off protests and created a racial divide."
"For many residents of Goose Creek, a pleasant bedroom community north of Charleston, it was particularly disturbing that though blacks make up less than a quarter of the 2,700 students at the high school, two-thirds of the 107 students caught up in the sweep were black." |
OH: Hunters took 116,004 deer in weeklong gun season
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Hunters killed 116,004 deer in the weeklong gun season that ended Sunday, state wildlife officials said Monday.
The preliminary total was down about 12 percent from last year's total of 133,163 - the state record for a one-week deer-gun season.
Tuscarawas County reported the highest number of deer brought to check stations (4,193), followed by Guernsey (3,835), Coshocton (3,811), Muskingum (3,726) and Washington (3,715) counties.
Wildlife officials said as many as 450,000 hunters participated in the gun season. One hunter was killed and 10 were injured. |
House OKs $373 Billion Spending Bill
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"The House approved a $373 billion spending package Monday detailing how nearly every domestic agency will spend its money this year and delivering wins to President Bush on overtime pay, media ownership and other fights." . . .
"Democrats complained that the bill provided too little for schools, veterans and other programs and dictated federal policy that in many cases saw Bush prevail over congressional opposition."
"These include provisions that let companies deny overtime to more white-collar workers, allow networks to own more television stations, aided Bush's plan to let private companies do more federal work and required the FBI to destroy gun purchase applications after a day." [emphasis added] |
NJ: Judge Allows N.J. Bear Hunt Into Rec Area
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"A judge on Tuesday lifted an order that had closed a sprawling national recreation area to bear hunters, as the state's first open season on the animals in more than three decades went into its second day."
"On Monday, the first day of the new bear season, hunters bagged 61 bears, the largest weighing 498 pounds, the state Department of Environmental Protection said." |
MO: Constitutional changes on deck for '04
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"The Missouri Constitution currently allows the governor to submit a budget to the legislature that is based on estimated revenue from existing sources plus any laws needed to increase revenue to cover expenditures." ...
"Amendments submitted in both chambers with bipartisan support would enshrine the right to hunt, fish and harvest game in the state Bill of Rights. State Rep. Peter Myers, R-Sikeston, is a co-sponsor of the House version." |
Your Innocence Is No Protection
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"Being innocent doesn't allow you to ignore the government's demands for reports — or to say 'No, thanks' when a government agent wants to search your records, your place of business, or your home — or to refuse to observe regulations that were aimed at the guilty, not you."
"When coercion is used to solve social problems, we all suffer. The coercion fails to achieve its stated aims, but it is wondrously effective at harming the innocent."
"... The dismantling of the Bill of Rights has allowed the government to disrupt their lives, confiscate their property, or even kill them — even though they've committed no crimes."
"I hope you never become one of them."
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Australia: Gun control body has semi-automatic handguns in sights
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The National Coalition for Gun Control says semi-automatic handguns need to be completely removed from the community.
Coalition chairwoman Samantha Lee says the use of a stolen semi-automatic Glock pistol in a gunfight at a Hurstville carpark in Sydney on Sunday shows that legal handguns can easily become illegal guns.
Ms Lee says the ownership of such guns outside the police force should be banned.
"We question why anyone within Australia requires a semi-automatic handgun for civilian use," she said.
"The high increase or number of guns moving into the illegal market actually fuels the number of hand guns into the illegal market.
"So it's like stopping a leaking tap." |
Canada: Not even fruitcakes are welcome as carry-on baggage: security official
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"Holiday travellers are being advised to forget the fruitcake as carry-on luggage if they want to avoid delays when boarding planes over the holiday season."
"The head of the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority said Tuesday about 500,000 prohibited items have been intercepted at Canada's 89 airports during the past six months."
"Jacques Duchesneau said the public still isn't aware of what is allowed on board."
"He said a lot of scissors and Swiss Army knives are still being confiscated along with toy guns, ice skates and flammable liquids in aerosol cans." |
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