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TX: Dallas store clerk shoots robbery suspect
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A convenience store clerk shot a man who was trying to rob the store Tuesday afternoon in Old East Dallas.

About 1:45 p.m., two men entered a Shell convenience store off Interstate 30 near Winslow Avenue and began to act suspiciously, police said.

When the clerk saw one man reach for gun near his belt, the clerk shot him in the chest.

The man was hospitalized in critical condition, and the other suspect fled.

Police did not have a detailed description of the second suspect or his vehicle. Anyone with information is asked to call 214-671-3584.

GA: Two Sought in Ga. Tech Shooting
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Two suspects who opened fire while robbing a group of people outside a dorm at Georgia Tech were being sought by Atlanta police on Tuesday.

The shooting took place late Monday night outside the Glenn Residence Hall as a group of nine people gathered for a birthday party. A Georgia Tech spokesperson said two men approached the group, with one of them holding a gun, and demanded money. One Georgia State student and one Georgia Tech student was among the partiers.

The gunman opened fire, shooting the Georgia State student in the leg. The victim was treated and released Tuesday morning. The gunmen fled the scene.
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Submitter's Note: GA law prohibits guns on university property.

OR: Medic back from Iraq charged in wifes death
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"A Junction City man who recently returned from Iraq was charged with killing his estranged wife, who was shot three times as police officers tried to open the front of door of her rented duplex, authorities said."

"The shooting, which happened two days before Christmas, left a 2-year-old girl without a mother."

"Tyke Thomas Supanchick, 27, was in Lane County Jail on Saturday on a charge of aggravated murder. Police said he shot his wife, Kelly, three times with a shotgun."

"Supanchicks father had called police Friday after waking to find his son gone from the familys Junction City home. He had been staying there since Nov. 21, when a judge approved Kelly Supanchicks request for a restraining order." [emphasis added] ...

CA: Welcome home, Susie: Tears, cheers mark slashing victim's return
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... "At the hospital, Rizk underwent five surgeries and lost 12 pounds. Casts were on both wrists. A suction machine helped close a stomach wound." ...

"On Monday, the man charged with attacking her appeared in El Dorado County Superior Court. Steve Wasserman appeared for an arraignment on three special allegation felonies and two misdemeanor charges stemming from the Oct. 25 sword attack that took place in the apartment, with their daughter, Harmony, present.

"Wasserman ... allegedly used a 2-foot, medieval-type sword against Rizk, who had a restraining order against him. The 35-year-old former construction worker pleaded not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity to his charges. ..." ...

OH: Man Arraigned On Charges Of Fatally Shooting Wife And Her Boyfriend
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"Police arraign an Ohio man Tuesday on charges of shooting his estranged wife and her boyfriend to death in front of their two children." ...

"The boy was later found safe at Marsh's home. According to the Associated Press, the couple's 12-year-old son was not home during the murders."

"Marsh, 32, was arraigned on two counts of aggravated murder, one count of aggravated burglary and one count of aggravated kidnapping."

"The Ashtabula County coroner says Jennifer Marsh, 30, and David Beach, 32, were shot several times."

"Mrs. Marsh had filed for divorce in September and got a restraining order against her husband after accusing him of abuse." [emphasis added] ...

MA: Man sentenced in attempt on wife
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"A man who tried to shoot his wife outside the Holyoke District Court where she had gone to get a restraining order against him was sentenced to 6 to 8 years in state prison."

"Aurelio Rodriguez, 66, of 76 Maple St., Holyoke, was sentenced to 6 to 8 years in state prison on Thursday, after pleading guilty in Hampden Superior Court to armed assault with intent to murder and other crimes."

"On April 12, 2004, according to police and court documents, Rodriguez waited outside of Holyoke District Court on Suffolk Street as his wife arrived at 9:45 a.m. with friends, and attempted to shoot her. Rodriguez's wife was going to get a restraining order against him, police said." ...

NY: Gov has promises to keep
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"So Gov. Pataki and the Legislature are promising yet another crackdown on gun violence. Good for them. Let's hope they follow through with the new laws to stiffen penalties for gun trafficking and crimes against cops better than they did the last time." ...

"The revolutionary feature of the 2000 law was a plan to collect ballistic 'fingerprints' from every new handgun sold in New York State. Pataki predicted that this 'gun DNA' would solve crimes just as effectively as the genetic kind does."

"Five years and several million dollars later, however, Pataki's pet project has resulted in just one useful lead and exactly zero prosecutions." ...

UT: Sheriff, co-worker dispute gun incident
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"The state attorney general's office recently conducted an investigation of a dispute between the Tooele County sheriff and another department employee. The complaint alleged the sheriff acted inappropriately with an unloaded gun, pointing it at his coworker and pulling the trigger." ...

"At the end of a workday on Dec. 13, Park was seated at his desk and Curwen found herself in his doorway. She witnessed him pulling the trigger on an unloaded gun. She asked him 'what would have happened if that was loaded?'" ...

"Curwen alleged that in response to her question Park replied, 'Then you'd be dead.' The sheriff, and the witness, agreed that Park said, 'it may have parted your hair.'" ...

OR: McMinnville deputy accused of stealing pills
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An arrest following a robbery at a McMinnville Bi-Mart store has both police and area residents shocked.

The shock comes from those who know the suspect -- Clackamas County sheriff's deputy -- David Verbos.

Police said Verbos is accused of entering the store Thursday night and pulling out a gun behind the prescription counter. Authorities said Verbos allegedly demanded prescription pain pills.

Clerks reportedly gave him the pills and Verbos left the store, only to be caught the next day. No one was injured and no shots were fired.

Verbos was a school resource officer for Rex Putnam High School and, most recently, he has been on patrol in Wilsonville.

IA: Police Officer Accidentally Shoots House
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"A police officer investigating shots fired in Waterloo, accidentally fired his own weapon." ...

"News Channel Seven went to the house where we found a window broken by the bullet."

"People living in the home tell us the bullet damaged some woodwork inside the house."

"Waterloo Police Captain Bruce Arends says officers were responding to what they believed was gunfire when it happened."

"He said, 'It's not a common occurrence at all. It rarely happens, we certainly look into the issue and we take every action that would be appropriate.'"

"No one was hurt in this incident. As of noon today, Waterloo Police won't tell us the name of the officer who fired the shot." ...

MI: Cop accused of faking shooting offered deal
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"The city has offered a police officer $72,000 to leave the force. The officer is accused of staging his own shooting."

"Investigators concluded Harlon D. Green was shot with his own gun Feb. 26, 2004, in Flint. The Police Department has since taken Green off patrol duty and has refused to allow him to carry a gun, according to Genesee County Circuit Court records."

"The City Council approved a settlement that would pay Green $72,000 in back pay and sick and annual time. The 20-year veteran of the force then would be able to use $41,000 of the settlement to buy 36 months of service credits and retire Jan. 1." ...

VT: Brattleboro police to give away gun locks
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"Town police are planning to give away hundreds of gun locks over the next few months."

"Any town residents who would like a lock should visit the police department where they can receive up to two locks."

"Officer John Frechette said gun owners in Vermont were not required to lock their weapons, but it was a good idea to do so."

"'There's a liability in just hiding a gun in a closet,' Frechette said. 'Children could still find it and if the weapon was stolen, the owner could be held liable civilly.'"

"'It is long overdue for us to help people keep their guns safe from children and young juveniles,' he said." ...
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Submitter's Note: And how does the lock on your gun at home protect your child when they find someone else's gun?

IL: Board OKs pistol plans
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"The Madison County Sheriff's Department will go out for bids soon to replace 97 Smith & Wesson service pistols, some of which officials say have misfired in recent training sessions."

"The Madison County Board on Wednesday authorized the sheriff's department to spend $36,783 to replace its Smith & Wesson pistols with Glocks. Sheriff's Capt. Eric Decker has said that a few misfirings have happened recently at firing ranges during training exercises but that none have occurred on the street. The department plans to trade in the Smith & Wessons for what it says are the safer, more reliable Glocks." ...

Estonia: Estonian Army Replaces Pistol of Makarov
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"Estonian army is retiring pistols of Makarov known as PM. The local ministry of defense signed an agreement with company Heckler&Koch about purchase on new 9mm pistols USP, which will replace Russian PMs. ..."

"The replacement of light weapons is going according to 'Program of development and structural changes of Armed Forces of Estonia before the year of 2010.' New pistols should go along with compliance with NATO standards."

"In the summer of 2004 Estonian Defense ministry announced bidding for the supply of new pistols. After technical analysis the preference was given to pistol USP by HK. According to the contract, German company would also take care of destroying old PMs." ...

NC: Readers send all manner of opinions in the mail
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... "The most popular topic for feedback was my Dec. 13 column about legal gun ownership."

"... Nearly all of it was well thought-out and reasonable. ..."

"Because I like to share, I showed a few to some of my friends who favor strict firearm laws like they have in Great Britain and Canada, those crime-free bastions of civility."

"'Any uninvited person found in my house at night will be found there in the morning,' one reader wrote."

"Wrote another: 'if the perp comes to violate my family he should have bought a pre-need burial policy.'"

"Gee, those are scary and intimidating, my well-meaning friends replied."

"I had to agree, up to a point. Comments like those are scary. But only if you're planning a home invasion."

OH: Op-Ed: Criminal Protection Acts (BFA)
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... "Political spin doctors always find a catchy positive name like 'Workplace Safety Act' or 'Workers Protection Act' to denote legislation designed to make the American workplace safer or to denote other positive legislation. Most gun-control laws are also given a catchy name designed to give the impression they are nothing more than anti-crime bills or bills that will make people safer."

"But, they really are nothing more than Criminal Protections Acts."

NY: Punishing criminals works, not gun laws
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Gov. George Pataki is grandstanding again. He ought to know by now gun laws don't stop crime proper; punishing criminals does. Killers ought to be executed, not allowed to live the rest of their lives at taxpayers' expense.

Also, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Sliver's remark about the National Rifle Association proves he knows nothing about the NRA, which has sponsored more crime-fighting laws than most of the lawmakers in Albany. I have belonged to the NRA all my adult life and am proud of It.

NEIL TABER

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OH: State agency moves to further protect (criminals') privacy (BFA)
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"In April 2004, just a few weeks after passage of Ohio's concealed carry (which thanks to Bob Taft and the Ohio Newspaper Association included a provision allowing the media access to license-holders' private information), Governor Taft insulted gun owners by ordering the names of former prison inmates removed from the Internet to avoid 'stigmatizing' the convicts." ...

"Fast forward to an Associated Press story published in the waning hours of 2005, and the State of Ohio and Ohio Newspaper Association's concern for privacy of criminals' privacy is still being exposed, while the right to privacy for Ohio's law-abiding citizens is still being violated..." ...

Canada: Toronto Has Record Surge of Gun Violence
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"A city that prides itself as one of the safest in North America is bewildered by a surge in violence that has produced a record number of shooting deaths this year, the latest a 15-year-old girl on a street filled with holiday shoppers."

"Canada's prime minister and Toronto's mayor blame weapons smuggled in illegally from the United States, but others point to a growing gang problem."

"Whatever the cause, Canadians recoiled Tuesday after a gunbattle the previous day in Toronto left the teenage bystander lying dead and six other people wounded in a street near a popular shopping mall." ...

Serbia: Serbian arms factory making guns for U.S. Remington
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"Serbia's only arms factory, Zastava, will produce 24,000 weapons for U.S.-based Remington Arms Company, Inc., next year, the factory manager said Monday."

"Dragoljub Grujovic said that the production is part of a US$3.2 million (2.7 million) deal with America's oldest gunmaker."

"The first shipment of 3,000 carbine rifles and small-caliber guns is ready to go in January, Grujovic said. Another is planned for February and six more for later in 2006."

"Cooperation between U.S. and Serbian companies became possible after the 2000 ouster of former President Slobodan Milosevic by a pro-Western coalition." ...

Canada: Driving wedges
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"ON Dec. 8, Liberal Leader Paul Martin announced that his government planned to ban all legally owned handguns in Canada, with a few exceptions. The objective was to reduce gun crime ... by confiscating the pistols and revolvers of ordinary, law-abiding Canadians ... perhaps even target shooters. Mr. Martin suggested that target shooters might be exempted but only under new and unspecified restrictions, cold comfort to the enthusiasts of a sport that is already almost impossibly regulated."

"Reactions were predictable. Lobby groups that wish to ban firearms altogether were enthusiastic about Mr. Martin's proposal ..."

"Others quickly pointed out that handguns are already onerously licensed and regulated in Canada ..." ...

Canada: Nothing random in gun execution
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Niagara Regional Police say robbery was the likely motive in an execution-style shooting death of a 29-year-old man.

Shelston Broome was shot in his St. Catharines apartment early Christmas Eve.

Investigators say three gunmen pistol-whipped two other occupants of the home before taking Broome into another room and counting down before killing him.

Police do not believe the shooting was random, and are probing possible gang links. Investigators say Broome was known to other police agencies in the Golden Horseshoe.
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Submitter's Note: But wasn't your $2 Billion gun registry supposed to keep guns out of the hands of criminals?

Mozambique: Gunning for peace by selling weapons as art
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"Pistols, rifles, machine-guns and mines that spread terror across Mozambique during years of civil war have been transformed from agents of death and destruction into art, winning hearts at home and abroad."

"People have been encouraged to hand over weapons in exchange for sewing machines, agricultural tools, construction materials or bicycles."

"After the weapons had been put out of action, some of the pieces were used to make strikingly original sculptures."

"'We decided to collect (the guns) so they cannot be used in crime or other violent incidents,' said Anglican Bishop Dinis Sengulane, fingering his own small cross made from a gun barrel." ...
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Submitter's Note: People who beat their swords into plowshares soon are growing food for those who didn't.

Australia: Armed robbers target gaming venue (first story on page)
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Two men armed with guns have robbed a gaming venue in Melbourne's south-east.

Police said one bandit, wearing a balaclava and armed with a handgun, entered the Tabaret at the Novotel Hotel in Springvale Rd, Glen Waverley, about 3am and confronted a staff member.

He demanded money and took cash.

The second man, waiting in a getaway car, used another gun to threaten a security guard, police said.

The first man is described as caucasian, 190cm tall of solid build and wearing a Nike tracksuit.

Five customers and five staff were in the venue at the time, police said.