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Legal Robbery and Murder: Someone Help!
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"The thought of a strong powerful government for a long time conjured up images of security and stability in my mind. A government that had the power to regulate everything and keep everyone in check felt like what a country needed to preserve order and thus to create an environment in which people would be able to go about their economic activities, and prosper."

"I discovered that this kind of government, contrary to what I thought, can actually be the recipe for total disintegration of society, turning human beings into beasts and creating a system in which chaos reigns, literally a man-eat-man society."

"I saw first hand that oppression is created by law, and it doesn't matter who is doing it, the injustice is the same and it causes the same kind of suffering to the oppressed, subjecting them to poverty, death, misery and suffering."

Whose Police? Our Police!
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"Indeed, much of the money earmarked for 'Homeland Security' has shown up on the streets of America, used against American citizens trying to exercise their free speech rights to protest Bushs policies, the Iraq war, and global free trade versus worker rights issues. ... In 2003, cities such as Seattle, Wa., and Miami, Fl., have experienced mobs of riot police, paid for by Homeland Security, fully decked out in chemical/urban warfare gear, waving AK-47s and guns marked 'less lethal,' indiscriminately at crowds of children, mothers, draft-age students, clergy, 'anarchists,' ACLU attorneys, National Lawyers Guild Legal Observers, the media, etc. Basic non-violent anti-war protest in America has become very dangerous." ...

AZ: Former Chandler Officer Dan Lovelace to stand 'mini-trial' on murder charges
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"For Dawn Rae Nelson's family, her shooting death by a Chandler police officer was murder."

"To fired Officer Dan Lovelace and his former colleagues in blue, it was self-defense."

"A judge may decide this week if a jury eventually will settle a debate that has raged since Lovelace shot Nelson to death on Oct. 11, 2002."

"Lovelace's shooting of Nelson, 35, who was suspected of attempting to forge a prescription at the drive-through window of a Walgreen's drugstore, ranks as one of the Valley's most controversial and emotionally charged police shootings."

"Maricopa County Attorney Rick Romley decided to charge Lovelace criminally and obtained an indictment after concluding the then-officer's life was not in danger."

IL: Edwardsville alderman arrested
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"An Edwardsville alderman believed to be Herb Clay was arrested Saturday following an alleged police chase through East St. Louis that ended only after police were forced to use a TASER gun to subdue him."

"The alderman was arrested at approximately 12:30 p.m. Saturday after a chase that led officers from the vicinity of 15th Street and Lynch Avenue to a location near Fairmont City." ...

"Police also took into evidence what is believed to be a controlled substance. Hubbard said that the evidence was taken to the lab for verification and that a rush test had been requested."

TX: Police killed son needlessly, mother says
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"The mother of a 31-year-old Fort Worth man fatally shot by police Sunday night after he reportedly threatened officers with a steak knife said Monday that the shooting of her son was unjustified."

"Martha Elsholtz said her son, Gary Elsholtz, was manic depressive and needed to be taken to John Peter Smith Hospital for medication. She said she called 911 after her son, agitated that he could not sleep, began tearing up their home at 4813 South Ridge Terrace and refused to go to the hospital." ...

"Police say Lt. S.E. Conn, a 17-year veteran, attempted to subdue Elsholtz with a Taser, an electronic shocking device used as an alternative to deadly force, but the weapon malfunctioned." ...

TX: Denton councilman arrested on gun charge
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"City Councilman Raymond Redmon was released on bail Sunday after being charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon involving a confrontation with a woman near a city park."

"Officer Jim Bryan said police are investigating allegations that Redmon was involved in a disturbance where shots were fired. No one was injured."

"Denton police officers heard gunshots when they answered Redmon's call to come to Fred Moore Park Saturday night, Bryan said. Redmon, 34, was arrested at the scene."

"In addition to the aggravated assault charge, a second-degree felony, Redmon was charged with unlawful carrying of a weapon, a misdemeanor."

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Yet these are the same types of people who claim the authority to regulate your right to keep and bear arms!

LA: Bossier School Board upholds Advil expulsion
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More Zero Tolerance (Zero Sense) insanity

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"A student expelled from Parkway High for a year for having Advil, an over-the-counter pain reliever, will not be allowed to return to the school."

"Kelly Herpin and daughter Amanda Stiles, a sophomore, appealed the one-year expulsion to a Bossier Parish School Board committee Thursday night, spending about 10 minutes with the board's administrative committee behind closed doors."

"The committee and the full board voted unanimously to uphold an administrative decision that Stiles be expelled to the alternative school."

SC: School District Appeals Honor Student Expulsion Decision
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"The Greenville County School District is ready to kick an Eastside High School honor student out of school for a second time."

"The district has appealed Judge Charles Simmons' ruling that overturned the expulsion of Alison Strother. The 17-year-old senior brought a small knife to school for a school project."

"The girl was using the knife to cut out name tags for a Youth in Government club."

"A school media assistant saw Alison using the knife and reported it. The district has a zero-tolerance policy."

SC: Questions raised about whether Goose Creek police followed rules on using drug dogs
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"Seventeen Stratford High School students are suing the city of Goose Creek and the Berkeley County school district. They say police and school officials terrorized them in a November 5th drug raid."

"The lawsuit was filed Friday in federal court. The suit charges the students' constitutional rights had been violated. It also levels charges of assault, battery and false arrest." ...

"Goose Creek Police Department Lt. Dave Aarons said, only days after the raid, that having guns drawn is a matter of officer safety, because weapons often accompany drug dealing. School officials and police said the raid was an example of zero tolerance. They point to at least four cases of students bringing drugs to school."

House Passes Appropriations Provisions that Undermine Law Enforcement Efforts to Stop Gun Crimes and Fight Terrorism
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"Language in the Omnibus appropriations bill passed today by the U.S. House of Representatives would require that Brady background records on gun sales be destroyed within 24 hours."

"The amendment creates other headaches for police and federal law enforcement as well. If enacted into law, it would block the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) from requiring gun dealers to take regular inventories of their firearms; block public scrutiny of corrupt gun dealers by preventing the release of crime gun traces and multiple gun sale data; and require that ATF disavow the conclusions of numerous studies it has published."

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A useful analysis of all the pending legislation that pertains to the right to keep and bear arms by Gun Owners of America.

OH: Gun law privacy protection should be shot down
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"But none of the proposed bill changes gets to the heart of the patrol's concerns -- that people should not have physical contact with a gun during a traffic stop."

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In other words, even if you go through a background check -- the one cops go through -- before being given a "permit", these police officers want you to be defenseless against the weapons they wield. And somehow it doesn't dawn on them that if you got pulled over and wanted to kill a cop, you'd do it with or without a "permit" anyway. A little too logical for such simple minds to comprehend, apparently. Double-standard fascist nonsense -- so typical of some of the political leaders in law enforcement today and especially the ones running the Ohio Highway Patrol. This is the kind of elitist, treasonable abuse that caused America's founders to raise the black flag and start killing redcoats. The implication -- that "we are your superiors" when exactly the opposite is true -- is going to fester and come to a head some day unless thugs with badges stop pretending they own us and our basic rights. That's not a prediction; it's a fact.

UK: We won't tolerate gun crime here, says judge
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"Two gunmen who left a man lying in a pool of blood in front of his girlfriend and child have been given lengthy jail sentences."

"Devon Bryan was yesterday jailed for 20 years, and Donovan Reid handed 18 years, for the shooting of a Northfields man at point-blank range."

"Judge Michael Stokes QC said he put away both men for a long time to discourage other criminals from bringing guns to Leicester."

CA: Napa gun lovers to get bang out of new firing range
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"Local law enforcement and private shooters will have a new facility to hone their gun skills when a new enclosed rifle and pistol range opens up near the Napa County Airport."

"Brent Morgan won unanimous approval from the Napa County Planning Commission on Wednesday for his three-range facility. There was no opposition to the project, which would be built on a three-acre parcel in the Napa Valley Gateway Business Park."

"Each range at the facility would have a dozen lanes and state-of-the-art containment techniques, given its proximity to offices and air traffic."

IN: Gun violence prevalent in Marion County, says report
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"As Marion County deputies investigate their latest police action shooting some unwelcomed numbers come out about gun violence."

"The latest shooting, involving 54-year-old Larry Walden, so far is ruled suicide. Walden, armed, according to deputies, wrote his estranged wife a note threatening to kill himself." ...

"But on average Walden's shooting is one more likely to happen in Marion County than in the state and nation."

CO: Federal Gun Violations Spike in Colorado
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"A record number of Colorado residents are being cited for violating federal gun laws thanks to Colorado Project Exile, the Denver Post reported Dec. 8."

"Under Project Exile, district attorneys are able to prosecute certain criminal cases involving weapons charges in federal court rather than state courts, where the punishment is not as severe."

"According to John Suthers, U.S. Attorney for Colorado, 172 state residents were charged with federal firearms violations in fiscal 2003, up 46 percent from the previous year."

UK: Disarmed and Paranoid in the UK
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"An Exeter father has spoken of his ordeal after finding himself at the centre of a huge armed police manhunt."

"John Ray, from Lancelot Road, claims to be the innocent victim of a 'police over-reaction' after he was seen carrying an air rifle by two girls."

"The father-of-three says he was walking to fields at Beacon Heath for some shooting practice at the time and had no intention of causing a disturbance. But after the frightened schoolgirls reported him to the police, around 30 officers - including an armed response unit and the force helicopter - were involved in a huge search for the 31-year-old on Wednesday morning."

PA: Center Township Police To Hand Out Gun Locks
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Center Township police plan to hand out more than 5,000 free gun locks later this month at the Beaver Valley Mall.

The police department paid for the cable-style gunlocks with help of a nationwide program funded with a $50 million grant. This could be the county's biggest effort to promote firearm safety through the federal Project ChildSafe Program.

Center police Chief Barry Kramer says the locks fit on most types of handguns, rifles and shotguns and usually cost about $15 each.

IL: U.S. attorneys declare war on gun crime
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"In the last two years, assistant U.S. attorneys in the Illinois Quad-Cities have prosecuted eight people for being felons in possession of a firearm. Three are awaiting trial; the other five have been convicted and sentenced."

"Assistant U.S. attorney Jeff Lang said the charge targets people who have demonstrated they can be violent and, 'with a gun, are the most likely to hurt someone in the future.' "

PA: Another gun collection set for Saturday at 5 sites
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"For the first time in the 10 years since it started, the candlelight vigil that marks the start of the annual Goods for Guns buyback program had to be canceled Friday night because of the snowstorm."

"But that doesn't mean people didn't bring in their guns on Saturday."

"Volunteers collected about 130 of them from Allegheny County residents, including one guy who initially confused Pittsburgh Police Lt. Philip Dacey when he handed over an old thermos at the Downtown collection center."

"Inside was a .25-caliber semi-automatic handgun with two full clips."

South Africa: Girl abducted at gun point while the South African government continues its victim disarmament program
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"Just before 3am on Saturday, a man unknown to the three arrived at the party and pointing a gun at the girl ordered her to accompany him to a house nearby."

"Once there he told the girl to undress. Realising what the man's intentions were the young woman pleaded with him to use a condom."

"He refused and raped her. The girl managed to make her way to a neighbouring house and to
later report the matter at the Dobsonville police station."

"No arrests had been made Shiburi said."

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Here you see the difference between an armed citizen and a disarmed victim. The citizen defends herself with a firearm, while the victim begs her rapist to use a condom.

OH: No concealing their feeliings
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Supporters of Ohios concealed-carry gun proposal gather on Third Street in Perrysburg for an open defense walk, one of several that have been held across the state to back the firearms measure. Ohio law allows residents to carry a gun in plain view if in self-defense, but not if the weapon is concealed. Gov. Bob Taft has said he would sign the concealed-carry bill if it has background checks, training, and support from law enforcement.

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That is what the governor has been saying for years. Now that it looks like they may get it, he's added "and of course I'll veto any bill that protects the privacy of permit holders."

Liberia: Fighters Riot at Disarmament Camp
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"Hundreds of Liberian soldiers rioted outside a U.N. disarmament camp Monday, blasting AK-47s into the air to demand advance payment to turn in their guns."

"The melee came one day into the start of the disarmament program, part of an August peace deal aimed at ending 14 years of conflict that have killed 250,000 people."

"An estimated 40,000 ill-trained and largely unpaid soldiers roam Liberia. They include forces loyal to former President Charles Taylor and the rebel militias who ousted him."

"The United Nations has promised stipends to each soldier who enters disarmament camps. Those involved in Monday's uprising, all former Taylor fighters, want the money before complying."

MN: College campuses safer than you think
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"It seems as if criminals and misfortune have declared open season on college students this past year. A young woman is snatched from a parking lot. A string of college students turn up missing or dead in Minnesota and neighboring Wisconsin. Recently, sexual assaults were reported at two St. Paul campuses and the state's largest university."

"But the public's perception of safety for students does not accurately reflect reality."

"The first U.S. Justice Department study of its kind on college students and violent crime provides some somewhat welcome but guarded findings." ...

"The crime victimization survey, which analyzed crime rates between 1995 and 2000, found that the estimated 7.7 million college students ages 18 to 24 in the United States are less likely to fall victim to a violent crime than non-students the same age."

Japan: Man held for bringing guns to job interview
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Police on Sunday sent a vocational school student to prosecutors after converted replica handguns and bullets were found in his possession during an employment interview in Nagoya two days earlier, they said.

During the interview, Hideki Kawada, 31, allegedly attempted to take a photograph up the skirt of a female interviewer with a camera under the table, the police said. He was taken to Naka Police Station, where he was arrested for possessing two converted replica handguns and six bullets, investigators said.

They searched his home in Yatomicho, Aichi Prefecture, where they found 15 such converted firearms, more than 100 bullets and several replica guns, they said.

VA: Some crime victims fight back, but experts are wary
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"U.S. Justice Department studies estimate that victims try to protect themselves or fight back in more than two-thirds of violent crimes."

"And in a world where airplane hijackers dont always free their hostages, where some people believe police are too busy to solve every robbery and where being disrespected calls for vengeance, self-defense can take aggressive even violent forms."

"Although crime-prevention experts say victims should worry first about their safety, they dont condemn people who strike back."

IN: Treating victims cost $5 million
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"The 505 people who died or were injured by bullets in Indianapolis last year cost the medical community more than $5 million to treat, according to a new study to be released today."

"That price tag comes even as homicides have been decreasing in recent years countywide, according to cost figures in a study of shootings in 2002 by the Indiana Partnership to Prevent Firearm Violence. The report also found that males were eight times more likely to be injured from a firearm than females. Blacks were nearly six times more likely to be injured from a firearm than whites, and the people most at risk of being hurt by gun violence are black men 20 to 24 years old."

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And how much was saved by defensive gun uses?

UK: 'Avoid Slippery Slope of Armed Police' - U.S. Chief
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"British police should not move down the 'slippery slope' towards carrying guns, a top officer from the United States warned today."

"Los Angeles police chief William Bratton who achieved worldwide attention for his remarkable crime-busting results in New York said unarmed police were part of Britains character."

" 'I dont think you want to go in the direction of increasing the armament of your officers,' he said."

"Its part of what England is, and also your gun control laws."

" 'Ive recently in LA had four incidents where my officers were attacked completely unprovoked with machine guns."

If anything, dont go down that slippery slope.

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The man who heads the police department in one of the most violent cities in the United States actually advises UK cops to disarm themselves against violent criminals, while gun crimes skyrocket?

Australia: Man fires on police
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"The two officers escaped injury in what senior police today condemned as a 'cowardly act'.
The gunman later eluded pursuing police in Sydney's inner west."

"Inspector Mark Farrell said two police officers from Ashfield Police Station stopped a red Ford Laser in Culdees Street at Burwood Heights, about 2.10am (AEDT) today."

"Insp Farrell said after the car stopped, the two police sat in their vehicle to check whether it had been stolen."

Brazil: Drug gangs' gun battle kills 8 in Rio de Janeiro
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"A shootout between rival drug gangs in a shantytown near the international airport of Brazil's crime-ridden Rio de Janeiro early on Sunday left eight dead and five injured, police said." ...

"In October, at least 10 people were killed in a shootout at Morro da Dende as drug gangs fought to fill a power vacuum after police arrested a local drug lord."

"Drug-related gun battles are frequent in the numerous crowded and chaotic shantytowns in the beautiful, beachside, Rio de Janeiro, making it one of the world's most violent cities."

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Brazil is in the process of implementing stricter gun control laws. Will criminals who sell drugs on street corners and kill others over turf obey these new regulations?

Should I Fight/Self-Defense
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"Should you fight back against an attacker? For years the conventional advice was no, that women who fight back are more likely to be hurt. But now, many studies show women who fight back suffer injuries no more severe than those who don't. Here's some advice for everyone."

-Limit your risk.

*Stay safe. Once an attack starts, the likelihood is that the victim will be hurt in some way, so the best strategy is to avoid the attack in the first place. Make sure you`re home is secure and your card doors are locked. Be aware of your surroundings wheneveryou`re out, day or night, and don`t go alone if you can avoid it. Remember: most attacks are by someone the victim knows.

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Avoiding an attack is not always possible, so here is some better advice: Arm Yourself!

MI: Weapon carriers do little to alarm officials
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"Some people who checked out clean for a concealed weapon gun permit are committing crimes, sometimes with the guns they were licensed to carry."

"But the number of violators has been so small - less than one-half of one percent - that even those who didn't like the law when it was passed are calling it successful." ...

"Still, said state police Lt. Diane Garrison, 'My worst fears and scenarios have not played out.' Garrison is commander of the Flint Township post."

Canada: Man arrested after robbery, hostage attempt
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"City crime came to small town Alberta in a big way this weekend."

"In the past 24 hours, mounties east of Calgary have been called to a robbery, a hostage taking and shots fired."

"Tonight three people are under arrest."

"The hold up and hostage taking happened in Strathmore, about half an hour east of Calgary."

"A man robbed the Saan store, took a clerk hostage there and then carjacked a woman and tried to force her to drive him to Calgary."

OH: Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day Defense Walks Memorable
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"All three Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day 'Defense' Walks, the last of the traditional Walks for 2003*, achieved splendid results."

"About 50 Walkers braved the cold to attend the Toledo-area 'Defense' Walk in Perrysburg. Organizer Herb Worley reported that Toledo television stations, which largely ignored the first Toledo-area Walk in Swanton (only FOX Toledo covered there), were out in force this time. ABC, CBS and NBC affiliates made sure Toledoans and all of Northwest Ohio are more aware of our 'rights' and choices for self-defense as defined by the Ohio Supreme Court and Bob Taft. A Toledo Blade reporter also attended."

MN: County aims to revoke 2 handgun permits
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"About 12,600 permits have been issued statewide since the new conceal-and-carry law took effect May 28, according to the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension."

"Five have been revoked, the BCA said. Two revocations occurred in Anoka County, one in Hennepin County, one in Wright County and one in Marshall County."

"Stearns County has issued 310 permits and denied two, Sheriff John Sanner said. He's working on revoking two permits."

" 'I didn't know what to expect,' Sanner said of whether he thought the new law would have necessitated more revocations. 'Two revoked out of 310, I'm glad the number is that low.' "

Australia: Stolen gun used in battle
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"A SEMI-automatic pistol which fired 29 bullets in a gun battle in a busy suburban car park was one of 31 Glock handguns stolen from a security company."

"The gun was found dumped at a service station garbage bin where Naseam Elzayet was arrested after the gun fight in Connells Point Rd, South Hurstville, on Sunday afternoon."

"The Glock, one of two handguns recovered by police after the exchange of about 50 bullets and similar to that pictured, was identified as being stolen from Chester Hills company Obliging Security Services on August 30."

Japan: Police: 1,000 involved in gun racket
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"Police investigating a Japanese gun-shop owner, currently on trial in the United States, say the man illegally shipped and sold weapons to about 1,000 customers in Japan."

"Kozo Wada, 44, living in the U.S. state of Oregon, is on trial for illegal possession of firearms. After his U.S. trial, Japanese police plan to seek his extradition."

"Wada, who was put on Japan's wanted list in June, is believed to have used the Internet to locate customers in Japan."

"Hyogo prefectural police have confiscated 252 firearms from 50 individuals, in cooperation with 23 police departments nationwide."

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"Tory leader Michael Howard was told today that the best way to tackle rising gun crime was not by throwing small amounts of money at community groups but through long-term strategic planning." "Mr Howard met representatives of local projects involved in the battle against such offences in an area of inner city Birmingham."

UK: Gun Crimes Soar
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"Recently published Home Office statistics show gun crime has soared by 35%, and that firearms related offences rose to more than 27 occurances every day on average in England and Wales, with the biggest increases in large metropolitan areas."

"The report has come out in a week where the government has highlighted plans to introduce a five-year minimum jail sentence for anyone illegally possessing a firearm. This was then followed by an announcement that new legislation would be brought in to ban anyone carrying a replica or air weapon in a public place without a good reason."

FL: Bartow man speaks for first time since shooting
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"The elderly Bay area man who went to jail for shooting another man in defense of his friend explained his actions in his first interview since the incident." ...

"911, when you call them, and we have before, is a half-hour to an hour wait to get here... I had 10 seconds to decide what to do. I couldn't have called 911. They would have stomped him to death."

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Florida law states: "However, the person is justified in the use of deadly force only if he or she reasonably believes that such force is necessary to prevent imminent death or great bodily harm to himself or herself or another or to prevent the imminent commission of a forcible felony."

KABA NOTE: We are still calling each and every reader to action. Please contact the State Attorney's office and urge Bernie McCabe not to charge Mr. Spaulding.

MI: Students' free speech is upheld
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"Three federal judges in Michigan now have ruled that school districts violated the free speech rights of students."

"On Friday, U.S. District Judge Gerald E. Rosen said the Ann Arbor School District acted improperly in the case of a Roman Catholic student who wanted to express her views on homosexuality."

"The case is 'about tolerance of different, perhaps, 'politically incorrect' viewpoints in the public schools,' Rosen wrote." ...

"One panel organized by the Gay/Straight Alliance included six religious leaders and was titled 'Religion and Homosexuality.' The panel was arranged with the belief the leaders supported the view that religion and homosexuality aren't inconsistent -- and that all were 'welcoming and affirming' of gay rights."

"Betsy Hansen, a member of Pioneers for Christ, asked that an alternative viewpoint be added to the panel: that in her view, the Bible teaches that homosexuality is a sin. The district refused."

NY: Bloody Sword Slaying
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"A naked maniac hacked his wife to death with a sword in their Bronx apartment yesterday and then lunged at cops howling, 'I'm God, kill me!' before an officer shot him and accidentally hit her own partner, too, police said.
Ivor Forbes - charged with slashing his 24-year-old wife, Kisha Denton, to death - 'looked like he was possessed,' said a neighbor, who stumbled on Forbes' bloody rampage in an apartment at 2199 Holland Ave. in the Pelham Parkway section just before dawn." ...

"Forbes, 32, who was unarmed when the cop shot him in the legs, was taken to St. Barnabas Hospital, police said. Cops recovered two swords - one of which had a 24-inch blade - from his apartment. One of the swords had blood on it, authorities said." ...

"Officer Bobby Lewis, 27, who was shot in the chest and knee by his partner, was taken in stable condition to Jacobi Medical Center, where Mayor Bloomberg paid the seven-year veteran a visit. The mayor credited a bullet-proof vest with saving the cop's life."

IL: More proof that Darwin may have been right
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"Police aren't sure how it happened, but forensic evidence shows the suspects were wounded by their own gunfire, Aurora police spokesman Dan Ferrelli said. The evidence includes the nature of their wounds and where shell casings were found in the victim's home, he said."

"Have suspects shot themselves before in the commission of a crime? Yes, it's happened... But it certainly is unusual, and it's even more unusual for three suspects to shoot themselves."

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It's nice to see some karmic retribution every once in a while.

CA: Semi-automatic stinkers
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"...As I was driving home, it struck me. Maybe there's a value in a bad odour."

"That value, Lieutenant Mathers thought, would be in clearing out the vacant buildings that become magnets for prostitutes, drug dealers and gangs. After a few experiments with chemical stink bombs, he and Deputy Scott Gage found a petroleum-based gel called SkunkShot on the internet. 'It's pretty weird,' Deputy Gage said, 'but it's brilliant.' "

"And the Skunk Squad was born. Its first success, Lieutenant Mathers said, came early this year on Long Beach Boulevard." ...

"A gel using the scent of cat urine was being tested, he said."

OH: AGAIN: 'Solo open-carry in Ohio - a 5-cop encounter'
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"After the Clifton/Cincinnati Open Carry Walk was over, I met my dad at Northgate Mall. Got something at Suncoast, and as I left I noticed two sheriff's deputies and a mall security officer. As I began toward the exit the deputy asked me to stop, then questioned me about why I am carrying a gun. I told him "for self-defense." Then they all began to ask me if I am law enforcement. I of course said no, 'I'm just a citizen,' so they began with the 'you can't carry a weapon.' "

OH: More innocents attacked exiting their cars: OSHP & Taft prefer it this way
Submitted by: Ohioans For Concealed Carry PAC
Website: http://www.ofccpac.org

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"Police are seeking three masked men, who are believed to be 16 to 20 years old, attempted to rob an Enright Avenue woman when she got out of her car and walked toward her home." ...

"Police yesterday said they were investigating an incident in West Toledo in which a man was shot in the thigh of his right leg by a would-be robber."

"David Ross and his girlfriend were accosted near Mr. Ross' residence at 10:30 p.m. Friday as the two got out of a car, police said."

Who Are the Heartless Ones?
Submitted by: LFA Editor
Website: http://www.libertyforall.net

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"Those of us who want to reduce the size of government are often accused of being heartless. Somehow, millions of poor people are going to die horribly due to lack of government benefits if we Libertarians actually manage to reduce a dime of spending."

"The statists who make these arguments are the truly heartless ones, and now I have proof. Not only are they heartless, they are colder and crueler than any movie villain." ...

"This statist malevolence truly bared its teeth during the campaign for that $1.2 billion tax hike in Alabama back in September. Voters were told dire stories of how health care would face the ax, police patrols would disappear, and all the prisons would have to be emptied. That is if you don't give us $1.2 billion more than we've already flushed down the toilet."