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MA: Romney joined NRA in August
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Mitt Romney, who has touted his support of gun owners since launching his presidential campaign, yesterday acknowledged he did not become a member of the National Rifle Association until last August, campaign officials said.
A former advocate of gun control, Romney during his 1994 run for the US Senate backed measures the gun-rights group opposed, such as a five-day waiting period on gun sales and a ban on certain assault weapons. |
MD: More guns, less crime
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The attempted criminal assault on a student last week, who happens to be a friend of mine, and the much-reported crime wave that College Park has had to deal with, made me ponder this question: Would these assaults have occurred if the criminals in question thought that their soon-to-be victims were armed? The answer is most probably not, and crime statistics verify this. |
TX: Texas may OK law allowing shooting first in self-defense
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"If you feel the best way to defend yourself is to fight back, then the criminal justice system should be on your side and not the side of your attacker,'" said Chris Cox, the NRA's chief lobbyist.
He argues that in the split second that could mean life or death, a person shouldn't have to worry about being prosecuted for his actions. The measure also ``protects people from lawsuits filed by criminals and their families. Gun owners find that reprehensible,' Cox said. |
NY: Slaying Was In Self-Defense
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A Brooklyn teen was acting in self-defense when he fatally stabbed his mom's enraged boyfriend, who came at him with a hammer in a fight over loud music, police said yesterday.
Tanijel Robinson, 17, was in stable condition last night at Brookdale Hospital, where he was taken after his bloody Saturday-night brawl with Willie "Ted" Telenaque, 41, at a Canarsie apartment. |
NY: Calling Giuliani on his many lies
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"I've said all along that what's right for New York might not be right for Texas," he said in the interview in which he said he supported the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms.
But that's not what Giuliani has said all along. |
Caesar Rodney to Thomas Rodney, "Every friend to American Liberty is Employed in giving that manly opposition", July 10, 1776
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"...Every friend to American Liberty is Employed in giving that manly opposition to those Vile Invaders of their Just Rights, privaledges and property, Whether it would be prudent to hold out to the World Such numbers of Internal Enemies-Especially as by the manly and determined Spirit prevailing in the Congress their wings must and will be Clipped..."
"...And Whenever, by the blessing of God, their Virtuous Efforts Shall be Crowned with Success, They will imediately turn their thoughts toward those Sapper's of the Rights of Mankind..."
"...And hopes for this Reason the Committee of Safety will permitted them to retain (while thus Employed) the Militia Arms belonging to the public..."
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Oliver Wolcott to Roger Newberry, "every Man would fight when the War was bro't near him", June 4, 1776
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"...glad to be informed by you that People seem determined in supporting the mighty Cause upon the Decision of which the Fate of this and future Generations depend..."
"...every Intelligence you perceive that the Decision of the present Controversy must be made by the Sword only. This, together with the untoward State of our Affairs in Canada has induced the Congress greatly to enlarge their Milatary Force by calling in the Aid of the Militia..."
"...I hope no mans Heart will fail under the present tryals . . . but let a man Consider that every thing which he holds dear is at Stake. That a Conquest by our Enemies ensures Slavery and Misery thro endless Generations. Is this a Patrimony which We must leave our Children? God Forbid! ..." |
UK: London suffers fourth gun murder in two weeks
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LONDON (AFP) - Gun crime that saw three teenage boys shot dead in London claimed another victim when a man was gunned down in his car in the east of the British capital while three people were injured elsewhere.
The killing will be investigated by detectives from Operation Trident, the Metropolitan Police's specialist unit set up to deal with gun crime within London's black community, it added.
Two suspects, also said to be black men, were seen running off from the scene but have not been found.
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Journals of the Continental Congress, "your arms have been successful", Dec. 10, 1776
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"...A plan was carried on by the British Ministry for several years in a systematick manner to enslave you to that kingdom..."
"...It is well known to you, that at the universal desire of the people, and with the hearty approbation of every Province, the Congress declared the United States free and independent, a measure not only just, but which had become absolutely necessary..."
"...Resistance has now been made with a spirit and resolution becoming a free people, and with a degree of success hitherto which could scarce have been expected..."
"...and we call, in the most earnest manner, on all the friends of liberty to exert themselves without delay in this pressing emergency. In every other part your arms have been successful..." |
GA: Kennesaw sticks to its guns: Law requires firearms
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A visitor could drive the length of Kennesaw and think it a lot like other fast-growing metro Atlanta communities.
Except for the Confederate flags that fly atop Wildman's Civil War Surplus Shop downtown and the presence of a certain famous train, not much sticks out among the modern housing developments and retail plazas.
But in one way, Kennesaw is different: Its residents are required to pack heat. |
MI: Exposure to Gun Violence Increases Teen Violence
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Exposure to gun violence makes adolescents twice as likely to perpetrate serious violence in the next two years, according to a University of Michigan study. Researchers found there is a substantial cause and effect relationship between exposure and perpetration of violence. Jeffrey B. Bingenheimer, a doctoral student in health behavior and health education, analyzed five years of data from adolescents living in 78 neighborhoods in Chicago. Bingenheimer is lead author on a paper in this week's journal Science.
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The study defined exposure to firearm violence as having been shot or shot at or seeing someone shot or shot at. It defined perpetrating violence as carrying a hidden weapon, attacking someone with a weapon, shooting someone, shooting at someone, or being in a gang fight. |
NY: Angry GOPers plot to block key Spitzer nominee
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Senate Republicans - furious over Gov. Spitzer's ongoing efforts to defeat them - may block one of the new governor's highest-profile nominations. The Senate GOP is weighing an all-out effort to defeat Spitzer's surprise nomination of liberal Manhattan Democratic Assemblyman Alexander "Pete" Grannis as commissioner of the Department of Environmental Conservation. Grannis has repeatedly won praise from activist environmental groups. But he is widely viewed by sportsmen's organizations as anti-hunter, anti-trapping and anti-gun ownership. "His record has been one of consistent hostility towards New York's hunters and shooters," the state Rifle and Pistol Association claimed in a memo urging lawmakers to reject his nomination. |
TX: Homeowner Shoots And Kills Alleged Intruder
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A homeowner shoots and kills a man authorities say broke into the family's Bullard home. The Smith County Sheriff's Department says the owner of Graham Farms came home to find a strange car in his driveway, and the door to his house open. They say Terry Graham shot and killed 34-year-old Hiram J. Chambers, of Tyler, after coming face-to-face with the man. Chambers allegedly reached for something in a bag, and authorities say they later found two loaded weapons. |
Dressed to kill
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It started with the morbidly popular skulls, which popped up on everything from scarves to wallets. Now trigger-happy designers have switched from death to destruction, with jewelry and clothes emblazoned with knives and tanks, AK-47s and grenade launchers. "When I create, I go to my own experiences. I grew up in Israel and I experienced war when I was 6 or 7 years old. I am completely aware of conflict," says TriBeCa designer Nili Lotan. Lotan's spring line, from her third year designing for her own label, is anchored by a collection of silk tunic dresses, miniskirts and shorts with gun and oil-rig prints. |
UK: Britain Developing Tiny Camera to Spy on Each Passenger
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TINY cameras the size of a fingernail linked to specialist computers are to be used to monitor the behaviour of airline passengers as part of the war on terrorism.
Cameras fitted to seatbacks will record every twitch, blink, facial expression or suspicious movement before sending the data to onboard software which will check it against individual passenger profiles.
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Pierce Butler to Weeden Butler, "they wisely had recourse to reason, and not Arms", Oct. 8, 1787
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"...All Ranks of Men saw the Necessity of a Change--;they wisely had recourse to reason, and not Arms, for the Accomplishment of it..."
"...We, in many instances, took the Constitution of Britain, when in its purity, for a model and surely We cou'd not have a better. We tried to avoid, what appeared to Us, the weak parts of Antient, as well as modern Republicks..."
"...It is a great Extent of Territory to be under One free Government..."
"...“We have, as You will see, taken a portion of power from the Individual States, to form a General Government for the whole, to preserve the Union..."
"...That helps shine some light on the subject near and dear to all of us fans of our Second Amendment, now doesn't it? Where to start? ..." |
Making Martial Law Easier
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A disturbing recent phenomenon in Washington is that laws that strike to the heart of American democracy have been passed in the dead of night. So it was with a provision quietly tucked into the enormous defense budget bill at the Bush administration's behest that makes it easier for a president to override local control of law enforcement and declare martial law.
The provision, signed into law in October, weakens two obscure but important bulwarks of liberty. |
2008: Pilot Program: Repeal All Gun Laws For Five Years.
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The object is, of course, to demonstrate the truth and genius of the sovereignty of the law-abiding ...
Understand, members of Congress, that we do not take the law into our own hands -- we are the law. Nothing could recognize that better than repealing all gun laws. |
UK: 'Bullet magnet' fears for Harry
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LONDON, England (CNN) -- The British police protection officer responsible for Prince Harry has flown to Iraq to begin making security arrangements for the royal soldier's deployment to Iraq amid fears for his safety, according to British press reports.
One royal source told the newspaper it was a "distinct possibility" that Metropolitan Police representatives would continue to oversee Harry's security amid military concerns he could become a target for insurgents.
The Sun newspaper claimed Special Branch officers had been training with Harry since he joined the army in 2005.
Submitters note: The police are going to provide protection for soldier Harry. What will the Nanny British think of next? |
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