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Gun Laws Send American Jobs Overseas
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"Before filming began on 'Black Hawk Down,' production crews went to International Studio Services prop house in Sunland looking for an elaborate cache of Soviet-made AK-47 assault rifles, Squad Automatic Weapons and other firearms."

"But they quickly discovered what the makers of 'Saving Private Ryan,' 'Blade 2' and almost every James Bond flick have learned: It's cheaper and easier to go overseas than to navigate the complicated and increasingly prohibitive U.S. gun laws."

Priceless quote from Di Fi, "I have never heard of this before. I don't know of anyone having a problem getting a gun into this country."

"That might be true enough, armorers concede -- if, that is, one is smuggling a weapon illegally into the country for criminal purposes."

Guilty by association
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"The Supreme Court issued a traffic warning Monday: Beware of whom you ride with. If drugs are found in a vehicle, all occupants can be arrested, the justices said in a unanimous decision."

"It was a victory for Maryland and 20 other states that argued police frequently find drugs in traffic stops but no one in the vehicle claims them. The court gave officers the go-ahead to arrest everyone."

"In a small space like a car, an officer could reasonably infer 'a common enterprise' among a driver and passengers, the justices ruled."

Taking First Amendment battle online
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"Despite the best efforts of Congress and the US Supreme Court, the First Amendment survives -- online." ...

" 'Whatever you think about the First Amendment, this is pure incumbent protection,' griped Joel Gora, associate dean of the Brooklyn Law School, who represented the ACLU in its failed effort to have the law ruled unconstitutional."

"But the reformers weren't paying attention to the Internet when they drafted their bill. There's nothing in McCain-Feingold about restricting the use of the Web, or e-mail, or streaming audio and video. Which means that we're about to enter the golden age of Internet politics, as millions in cash that can no longer be spent on TV and radio ads will make its way online."

Campaign Finance Reform Attacks Victims of Corruption
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"In upholding the major provisions of the McCain-Feingold campaign finance law, the Supreme Court has openly declared that it is legitimate to curtail freedom of speech 'marginally' in order to fight government corruption."

"But the sad reality is that the new laws not only fail to confront the source of corruption in government, by violating free speech they heap even more injustices upon the victims of such corruption."

A Sad Day For The Constitution...
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So noted NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre when, on December 10, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a 5-4 decision to uphold the major provisions of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (BCRA), also known as McCain-Feingold. As we have often reported, the issue that has been of greatest concern to NRA is the law`s prohibition on the running of broadcast ads (termed 'electioneering communications') that mention candidates for federal office during the critical 30-day period before a primary election and 60-day period before a general election. This First Amendment 'blackout' period is a direct attack on free speech."

Memo To President Bush: Please Veto The Next Unconstitutional Bill To Reach Your Desk
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"Next time a bill reaches your desk you think is unconstitutional, please veto it. We can no longer depend on the Supreme Court to uphold the Constitution."

"Oh, and by the way, if you do get the chance to appoint Members to the Supreme Court, I surely hope you appoint people like Justices Scalia and Thomas. We must have Justices like those men if we have any chance of saving the Constitution, or at least what little is left of it."

Who Speaks For The People?
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"As Americans have, in recent years, become continually less knowledgeable regarding the reasons for the success and greatness of their country, the underlying principle of the Constitution has been increasingly subordinated to its antithetical counterpart. Under the dubious auspices of 'the compelling interest of the state,' a plethora of detestable decisions have been codified into law in recent years. Clearly the Founders, being of a noble caliber unknown among political circles in the present day, instead recognized as paramount the 'compelling interest' of the individual, who by himself could not otherwise prevail against the enormous power of the state."

Liars and spinners - no matter the party
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"Neither political machine - called 'parties' - gives a hoot about your freedom or your dignity as a human being. Forget such nonsense. What the government, whether federal, State, or a political subdivision of, cares about is the amount of perks they receive, and how rapidly their coffers are filled by the regular people of this union of states and to an even greater extent by the major financial controllers that purchase them lock, stock, and barrel."

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"Democratic presidential candidates are trying a new approach to the gun issue by targeting voters who are against any new gun laws, but support gun-safety initiatives and the Second Amendment's right to bear arms, the Boston Globe reported Dec. 14." ------- Calling it "gun safety" instead of "gun control," doesn't change the nature of this nefarious beast.

Dean for America?
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"Much of the enthusiasm for Dean from within the freedom movement stems from his record as governor of Vermont, the state with the least restrictive gun laws in the nation. Howard Dean was endorsed by the NRA eight times, and did nothing to push for increased gun control in Vermont. Yet his presidential website tells another story entirely: 'I believe the federal gun laws we have -- like the Brady Bill -- are important, and I would veto any attempt to repeal or gut them. The Assault Weapons Ban expires next year, and it should be renewed.' Dean would allow individual states to set their own policies, as long as the existing federal restrictions were upheld everywhere." ...

OH: Taft's hidden-gun veto promise could rile fellow Republicans
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"Gov. Bob Taft's promise to veto a concealed weapons bill reflects political considerations that go beyond the Republican Party."

"Taft has long been uneasy about giving Ohioans the right to carry a concealed gun. At first he refused to support legislation without the backing of law enforcement groups."

"This fall, as that opposition fell away in the face of several compromises to the bill, he added a new requirement: The public should have some access to the names of permit holders."

"The Legislature passed a concealed weapons bill last week."

IN: Judge Accused Of Pointing Gun At Teen
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"Detectives are investigating a report that a northern Indiana judge searching for his runaway teenage daughter pointed a gun at an 18-year-old man and demanded information about the girl, police said."

"In a complaint filed with the Elkhart County Sheriff's Department, Bryan Schiltz said he and his roommate returned home Monday night after getting a phone call that Judge Benjamin Pfaff was waiting for them. Schiltz said that when he arrived at his home, Pfaff ran from inside, grabbed him and pulled out a gun."

NC: Boy, 3 adults shot to death in Davidson County
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"Davidson County authorities believe jealousy provoked a former state investigator to fatally shoot his ex-wife, their 9-year-old son and a male friend in her home before killing himself."

"The county sheriff's office identified the shooter in Sunday's attack as Tim Thayer, who previously worked as an agent with the State Bureau of Investigation and as a police officer in High Point." ...

"Capt. Chris Coble with the sheriffs office said some restraining orders had been issued against Tim Thayer in the past, but none was apparently in effect at present."

"Tim Thayer left the SBI about two years ago and worked with the High Point Police Department after that."

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But only police officers should be allowed to exercise their right to keep and bear arms, right?

Former DEA Official Indicted for Embezzlement
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"A former high-ranking Drug Enforcement Administration official was named in a 214-count indictment on Monday that accused him of embezzling DEA funds and using federal resources to conduct work for a private investigations firm."

"Kevin Tamez, 50, of Mount Laurel, New Jersey, had been the associate special agent in charge of the DEA's New York division and was in charge of the financial management of the that office. He was suspended without pay earlier this year and resigned in October."

"Tamez surrendered to authorities on Monday morning and is expected to be arraigned later in the day. No information was immediately available on the name of his defense lawyer."

SC: Parents Sue Over Drug Raid at South Carolina School
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"Parents of students at a South Carolina high school charged in a federal lawsuit on Monday that their children were terrorized by armed police and drug-sniffing dogs during an illegal search at the school."

"The lawsuit stems from the surprise commando-style drug search of 107 students at Stratford High School in Goose Creek, South Carolina, on Nov. 5."

"A widely televised surveillance tape of the raid showed police with guns drawn, handcuffing students with plastic cuffs and ordering them not to move while officers and dogs searched them. No drugs or weapons were found and no arrests were made."

WA: Regulators punish a car service for charging too little
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"David Groh, who drives a taxi while impersonating Elvis, seems to have struck the fancy of Seattleites. After a taxi inspector fined him for failing to live up to the city's expectations of what a cabdriver should look like, Groh filed a lawsuit that gave rise to 'Free Elvis!' bumper stickers and persuaded the city council to loosen its dress code. 'Uh, a-thank you verrah much,' he said after the vote."

"Like Groh, Daniel Steiner, who owns a five-car limousine business in Tampa, is fighting the arbitrary dictates of local transportation regulators. But the most surreal aspect of Steiner's battle is the government's demand: It wants him to raise his prices."

Thailand: Former MP Thanong wanted for shooting businessman
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Police said last night they were hunting for Thanong Siripreechapong, a former MP blacklisted by the United States for suspected drug trafficking, after he allegedly shot and seriously injured a man in Chon Buri province.

Thanong and Wallop Supapornsupat, an influential businessman in Chon Buri, had an argument over a land deal that led to a fistfight. Thanong then pulled out a gun and fired four shots at Wallop, one of which went through the businessman's chest, police said.

The incident took place at about 6.30 pm in Soi Naklua 99 in Bang Lamung district. Wallop was reported to be in stable condition last night.

CSGV Lauds Bush for Extending Undetectable-Gun Ban
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Americans now await President's promised action on assault weapons

"Washington, DC - The Coalition to Stop Gun Violence today (Wednesday) lauded President Bush for signing H.R. 3348, which extends for ten years a ban on firearms that can evade metal detectors and other security screening devices. The current ban on these undetectable firearms would have expired today."

"Pro-gun groups, including the Gun Owners of America, opposed the legislation."

"Meanwhile S. 1431 and H.R. 2038 - two bills that would renew and strengthen the federal assault weapons ban - are pending in the U.S. Congress. The current ban on military-style assault weapons will expire September 13, 2003 unless President Bush and Congress act."

"Gun Safety" Group Calls for an ATF Director Serious About Enforcing Gun Laws
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"With Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosive Director Bradley Buckles announcing his resignation, American for Gun Safety (AGS) called on President Bush to appoint a successor serious about aggressively enforcing the federal gun laws on the books."

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Never mind that the vast majority are unconstitutional. Never let a little thing like the Law of the Land stand between you and your disarmament mission.

FL: Shooting Ranges And Public Health
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"Gun range owners do not have a constitutional right to poison our land and water with lead, despite what lobbyists say." ...

"Baxley, a funeral director in private life, has determined that the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution affords gun range owners the right to pollute the soil, air and groundwater with impunity. And he wants to pass a state law to stop the Florida Department of Environmental Protection from enforcing pollution regulations against any of Florida's 400 or so shooting ranges."

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Maybe, if paranoid anti-gunners hadn't succeeded in banning bullets with steel cores as "cop killers," this wouldn't be a problem.

MI: Officials announce 'zero tolerance' for guns at airport
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"A new 'zero tolerance' policy on guns at Detroit Metropolitan Airport means that being stopped with weapons will be grounds for federal prosecution, airport security and law enforcement officials announced Monday."

"According to the plan, passengers who show up at an airport security checkpoint with a weapon in their possession will be detained, whether their actions are purposeful or unintentional." ...

"Previously, weapons situations would be reviewed by airport security officers on a case-by-case basis. The new policy was announced during the conference with the Transportation Security Administration, the U.S. Attorney's Office, the Wayne County prosecutor's office and the FBI."

GA: Man shot while allegedly robbing Waffle House
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"A man was shot several times while allegedly trying to rob a Waffle House in this Atlanta suburb Monday, police said." ...

"As he moved to the cash register, an off-duty Morehouse College police officer, who was one of the customers, identified himself and ordered the suspect to drop his gun. The suspect then pointed his weapon at the officer and the officer shot him several times, according to the police report."

GA: Smoking ban on county's agenda
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"The latest version of Gwinnett County's proposed anti-smoking law is more restrictive than the original. Two categories of public buildings where people can smoke have been stricken."

"Gwinnett County Commissioner Bert Nasuti, who helped launch the nonsmoking initiative, said the ordinance is not intended to be a complete smoking ban. And, in his view, the ordinance still gives smokers enough latitude to indulge their habit."

" 'It's not an outright ban, but it's close,' Nasuti said. 'It acknowledges it is a personal decision. But it is restrictive.' "

KY: Rare rifle coming home to Vincennes
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"A rifle built by an Indiana gunsmith in the 1700s is coming home to Vincennes, thanks to the efforts of a preservationist group and private donors."

"Nancy Schuckman, president of the Grouseland Foundation, bought the rifle Friday at an auction in North Carolina. It was made by John Small, a gunsmith who lived in Vincennes in the 1700s and later became the first sheriff of Knox County." ...

"The rifle, known as a Kentucky long rifle, was made between 1803 and 1812 and features a silver plate engraved with 'Jn Small, Vincennes.' "

"Small made high-quality, often ornate guns. Only about five such Small rifles are known to exist, and none is in Knox County, Schuckman said."

Philippines: NBI agents press for gun-ban exemption
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"The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) is virtually helpless in the fight against criminality, at least, for the time being."

"A senior official of the bureau said Monday that the Commission on Elections has yet to act on their application for an exemption which was filed two months ago."

" 'We cant operate. I hope the Comelec would realize our predicament. For as long as our exemption has not been granted, there is no way we can effectively function. This means no arrest, no surveillance, and all our agents would be posted in their offices,' said the official who refused to be identified."

"It was not clear why the Comelec has failed to grant the NBI an exemption as the first day of the gun ban took effect on Monday."

Philippines: South Cotabato police give 'leeway' on gun ban
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"Police authorities in South Cotabato province are giving some leeway to firearm owners even as the provincial Commission on Elections (Comelec) office urged the policemen to strictly impose the 120-day election gun ban starting December 15."

"Senior Supt. Romeo Rufino, South Cotabato police director, said Monday that policemen in his jurisdiction would not fully implement the firearms ban within the province in the next few days, although the Comelec gun ban has started on Monday." ...

"Rufino said that after the 'adjustment period' for the Comelec-imposed gun ban, policemen all over the province would strictly enforce the nationwide policy designed to prevent a 'violence-free' election period."

Israel: New Gun Shoots Around Corners
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"Veterans of Israeli anti-terror units demonstrated a new gun Monday that can fire at a target from around the corner, making it particularly effective in urban combat."

"Israel plans to start using the weapon next week, U.S. forces already have begun training with it and U.S. SWAT and police teams have expressed interest in purchasing it, Amos Golan, the device's developer, said at a demonstration Monday at a firing range near Tel Aviv."

IL: The Justice System Works! Guard Cleared In Attack On Accused Palatine Killer
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A Cook County Jail officer on trial for punching a suspect in the slayings of seven workers at a Brown's Chicken restaurant was found innocent Monday by a Cook County judge.

Judge Joseph Kazmierski found 39-year-old Thomas Wilson innocent of aggravated battery and official misconduct after hearing two days of testimony.

Wilson was accused of hitting James Degorski shortly after Degorski arrived at the jail in May 2002. Degorski suffered a broken cheekbone and broken eye sockets.

Wilson testified that he struck Degorski in self-defense.

Degorski and James Luna are charged in the 1993 slayings of seven employees of a Brown's restaurant in Palatine.

MA: Defenseless in Massachusetts
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"A manhunt is underway for an Auburn man who allegedly shot two men inside a Lowe's Home Improvement store in Worcester today."

"Worcester Police Sergeant Gary Quitadamo says they're looking for 38-year-old Mark Lebreton. He allegedly entered the store and fired several times. Lebreton's relationship to the victims was not known."

"A Lowe's spokeswoman says one of the people shot was an employee and the other was a contractor. The conditions of the victims were not immediately known."

"Police say the shootings were committed with a semiautomatic handgun and the suspect may also be in possession of an A-K-47 assault rifle."

Introducing a New Line of American-made Gun Parts
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"Dead Bang Guns & Automatics announces the availability of a brand new line of high-quality, American-manufactured magazine springs, followers and other gun parts, in distributorship with Creative Products, LLC."

"Creative Products, LLC, has one of the best and fastest CNC mill/lathe production facilities available. Provided with a sample or machine drawing of the part or spring you need, Creative Products can manufacture the item for a fraction of the cost you would have to pay elsewhere."

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FULL TEXT BELOW: The New Mexico Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on January 5, regarding the legal challenge to the state's Right-to-Carry law. NRA has been asked to intervene in the case and has filed a brief with the Court disputing claims opponents have made that the law would make children in the state less safe. We'll keep you posted!

NC & DE: North Carolina & Delaware Sign Reciprocity Agreement! Submitted by: Newslinks Admin	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
FULL TEXT BELOW: This week, Delaware and North Carolina announced that they will recognize each other's Right-to-Carry permits. This will bring a total of 20 states which have reciprocity agreements with North Carolina since Right-to-Carry was signed into law.

Defenseless in DC
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"The D.C. gun law, which took effect Sept. 24, 1976, prohibited outright any private ownership of handguns that had not been registered by that date. But there was a cruel catch; registration was restricted to gun owners who had already registered their pistols. Individuals who did not re-register by the deadline were subject to criminal prosecution, and their guns automatically became contraband."

"Men and women who stood in line thinking they could register a handgun that was not already on the government list were told they couldn't register. Given one week's notice, they were presented two options--turn their firearms over to police or get them out of the District."

Law fails to control junk guns
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"The 1968 Gun Control Act, aimed at stopping the flow of cheaply made, easily concealed handguns into the country, has done little to prevent the import of millions of guns that lack important safety features."

"Most imported firearms dont have features that show if the guns are loaded or that prevent them from firing if the ammunition clips are removed, a Detroit News investigation found. Fewer still have pistol grip safeties, effective in preventing children from discharging firearms by rendering the gun inoperable unless the grip safety and trigger are depressed at the same time."

"The law, which set no rules for American-made guns, also has created a breed of low-end gun makers in the country." ...

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Because God forbid poor people be able to afford an effective self defense tool!

Top police gun prone to accidental firing
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"When police Officer Randall Smith was accidentally shot in the head by a fellow officer with a Glock semiautomatic pistol in 1995, he sued the gun maker, claiming the weapon was defectively designed and unnecessarily dangerous."

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Glocks aren't "unnecessarily dangerous" if you follow one cardinal rule: keep your finger off the trigger until you're ready to shoot. Gun owners know this lesson well. Cops, on the other hand, appear to want to blame the gun rather than take responsibility for their own actions.

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"Firearms with manufacturing defects or that lack safety features are involved in thousands of unintentional shootings each year." ------- Care to tell us how many of those unintentional shootings could have been prevented by following gun safety rules? Didn't think so.

Canada: Armed forces' future grim, study says
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"Canada's air force, as well as either the army or navy, will likely cease to exist around the end of this decade unless the federal government orders a massive infusion of cash..."

" 'Even if he found $3 billion a year for the armed forces, it's not going to solve his problem because of the legacy he's been left with by Mulroney and Chretien,' Bland, chairman of the defence management studies program said. 'We ran out of armed forces.' "

"It will also have a direct impact on Canadian sovereignty."

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Well, at least the police will still have guns. And they can protect Canadian citizens, right? Right? Anyone?

Code name from '84 movie
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" 'Operation Red Dawn,' the code name for the US raid which resulted in the capture of Saddam Hussein, appears to have been inspired by a 1984 film in which US teenagers battle a Soviet invasion of the United States.... the movie is something of a cult film among right-wing US extremists and is held up as a Second Amendment cautionary tale by some opponents of gun control."

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Straight, non-judgmental "reporting" from the land where a (disarmed) woman is raped every 28 SECONDS...

IN: Free gun locks help make community safer
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"Putnam County is perhaps a little safer thanks to four stops this week by Frank Walker in his Project ChildSafe truck."

"Walker distributed 1,600 fire-arm safety locks and educational materials to county law enforcement agencies as part of Project ChildSafe."

"The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) has partnered with local law enforcement agencies to distribute more than 400,000 free gun locks in Indiana as part of the national Project ChildSafe (PCS) initiative."

"PCS is designed to help make homes with firearms safer by raising awareness about responsible firearm ownership and storage."

Gun Talk
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Has the CDC Turned Pro-Gun?

"The above headline may be too much to hope forafter all, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), which in theory is dedicated to non-ideologically driven science research, has long been a stronghold of anti-gun sentiment. In pushing for ever-greater degrees of gun control to counter what it considers the disease of gun ownership, the CDC long ago abandoned anything approximating an impartial viewpoint when it comes to the right to bear arms."

What's so scary about banning "assault" weapons?
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"What if--under the threat of criminal prosecution--peaceable gun owners were only allowed to obtain and keep selected firearms based solely on a very limited list of government-approved activities?"

"What if owning a particular type of shotgun were a criminal act if you did not participate in government-sanctioned 'traditional shotgun sports of hunting, trap and skeet shooting'?"

What if government approval of your owning a rifle depended on its use as being "limited to certain traditional sports and not simply any lawful activity in which the weapons might be employed"?

"Those words--those limitations--are reality here and now in the United States and have been in force since 1968 ..."

NY: Defenseless in New York
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"Police in Crown Heights are looking for the armed robbers who busted into Saint Matthew's, and tied up the priest and another worker. It happened just after midnight."

"The priest says he was forced to open a safe with a weapon pointed to his back." ...

"About $15,000 in all. The robbery is a blow for the poor parish. But more than the money--it is a shock to parishioners in the crown heights community."

"Gilliann Winn, Office Manager: 'I don't want to judge anyone, but I just think it's a sick person who would come in here and hold a priest hostage for money. It's just sick.' "

NJ: City Drops Gun Lawsuit
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"Citing immense paperwork and tight legal deadlines, Jersey City, N.J., has voluntarily dropped its lawsuit against handgun manufacturers, the Jersey City Journal reported Dec. 15."

"Jersey City Mayor Glenn D. Cunningham and city Corporation Counsel Karen DeSoto said the lawsuit, which was filed in state Superior Court in Jersey City in March, may be filed again in the future." ...

"Lawrence Braico, regional vice president of the Association of New Jersey Rifle and Pistol Clubs, an affiliate of the National Rifle Association (NRA), said the lawsuit was a waste of time and money." ...

"Brian Siebel of the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence... said withdrawing the lawsuit was simply a way to gain more time."