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Some won't understand 'gun nuts'
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"'The current position of the United States... is that the Second Amendment more broadly protects the rights of individuals, including persons who are not members of any militia or engaged in active military service or training, to possess and bear their own firearms.'"
"Solicitor General Theodore Olson wrote those words in two court filings, which reverse the government's longstanding interpretation of the Second Amendment."
"Finally some plain old common sense on the gun issue is spoken by Uncle Sam." ... |
ATF may investigate CNN (blog)
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"Thanks to a reader, I have copies of emails from an ATF agent who was forwarded the CNN transcript. The email from the ATF agent says:"
"'I have forwarded this to the Houston office. There is no straw purchase since the transaction does not involve a licensed dealer. However the owner did sell a firearm to a non-resident of Texas which is a violation of 18 U.S.C. 922(a)(5).'"
"I should note that it depends on what is meant by “owner.” The owner (or original seller) sold to a Texas resident who gave the weapon to the other reporter. We’ll see." ...
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Taking down outlaws
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"In their new book, "Outgunned: True Stories of Citizens Who Stood Up to Outlaws and Won," the Waters brothers collected accounts of ordinary people taking down the bad men. ..." ...
"George Birdwell, a member of the 'Pretty Boy' Floyd gang, thought the ... Bank in the all-black town of Boley, Okla., would be easy pickings. But Birdwell and two partners made the mistake of trying to rob the bank on the opening day of hunting season ... the town was filled with armed black farmers. ... dozens of townsmen opened fire ... as they tried to escape, killing one and wounding and capturing the other."
"Most Americans aren't aware of these stories, Robert Waters said, because of political correctness: We have been taught that guns are evil and used so often for wrong, he said, we forget that they can also be used for right." ... |
CT: Gun owners have rights, too
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"Instead of legislators taking their time to try and take various firearms away from honest gun owners, why don't they use that time to insure proper measures that would prevent children from using video games and CDs that promote just about every type of gun violence and mayhem imaginable? Why don't they make more laws protecting children from pedophiles that destroy their lives forever? And better yet, why don't they enforce the existing laws? We have enough of them, including gun laws!" ... |
High School Students Call for Radio Stations, Schools to Play Anti-Gun Violence Song
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"According to the latest figures from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, 2,867 children - an average of eight each day - were killed by gunfire in 2002. [KABA Note: 'Children' includes 18 and 19 year olds, and that number includes 828 suicides.] Now teens are standing up and saying enough is enough: students from Suncoast Community High School in Riviera Beach, Fla. have formed a group called Alter8tion and recorded "Stop the Violence" an album speaking out against gun violence. And they're challenging radio stations and schools across the country to unite against gun violence by playing the album's first track, 'Touch Your Mind,' at noon on March 15, 2005." ... |
Movie Review: "Vanishing Point" Reappears
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"My favorite character in the new VP is The Man in Black, sinister FBI supervisor Warren Taftley, played as the Javert to Mortensen's Valjean by Tony-winning stage star Keith David. We first meet him when the camera pans down from portraits of Bill Clinton and Janet Reno, as he is instructing a subordinate to tie Kowalski's flight in with drugs and guns."
"'How do you figure guns?' the agent asks."
"'Idaho. Extremists. Right-wing militias,' Taftley replies. 'That's our way in--domestic terrorism, high explosives, planning another Oklahoma City.'"
"'It could be--but we don't have any evidence,' the agent cautions."
""We'll get it,' Taftley confidently assures him. 'He's run across four state lines. It's gotta be something big.'" ... |
OH: Does this man’s employer ban CCW?
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"The Akron Beacon Journal is reporting that a cabdriver was robbed and his vehicle was stolen early Wednesday at Chalker and Dalton streets in North Akron. According to the story, the incident occurred shortly after 4 a.m."
"The Yellow Cab Co. driver told police he picked up a man ... When they reached their stop, the passenger pulled a gun and ordered the driver to leave the cab and walk behind a house, police said.
After taking the cabby's money, the gunman fled in the cab ..."
"Upon reading this story, some questions jump to mind:" ...
"Even if they do, does Ohio's ridiculous 'plain sight' car-carry requirement deter taxi drivers from exercising their right to self-protection?" ... |
NY: Muggers Used Gun - And Pit Bull
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"Two thugs — one armed with a pistol, the other with a pit bull — are being held without bail for allegedly robbing four people on the Metro-North platform in Pelham."
"The four victims — a Pelham couple and two guests from Ireland — were waiting for a Manhattan-bound train at about 5 p.m. Saturday when one of the hoods approached them, according to Detective John Hynes."
"Without warning, he pulled out a gun and smashed the male visitor from Ireland in the head, said Hynes."
"Then he waved the weapon menacingly and demanded money."
"The two women started running. One of them tossed her wallet toward him, hoping he'd grab it and run, Hynes said. But he didn't budge." ... |
SD: Guns and kids
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picture was good. He took the shot, and then nine more before making sure the gun was empty and moving downrange to inspect the target some 30 yards away. Five of the ten shots were grouped tightly in or just next to the one-inch bull's-eye, and the others weren't more than an inch or two away. A broad smile showed his satisfaction and then he exchanged high-fives with his instructor...me. My 4-year-old son then turned the Ruger 10/22 over to his 7-year-old sister, and she shot an almost identical group. It was their first attempt at shooting a rifle, and their enthusiasm suggests there will be many more outings like it." ... |
OH: Prosecutors Deny Criminal Charges Against Officer
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at him with a butcher knife."
"On Tuesday, prosecutors denied criminal charges against the officer, at least for now. However, prosecutors said they plan to take a second look at the case. Prosecutors said they want more detailed information about the shooting before they proceed any further."
"Investigators said Officer Michael Blake, shot 31-year-old Niema Blake during a domestic dispute on Saturday inside the North Euclid Street home."
"On Saturday, officers handcuffed Blake and took him into custody for questioning after he called a police dispatch number and said he had shot his wife. According to the call that Blake made, he shot his wife in self-defense." ... |
OH: Gun, knife found on prisoner
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"Lucas County jailers found a loaded gun and a knife hidden in the clothing of a prisoner brought in over the weekend by Toledo police."
"'Somebody made a mistake,' Sheriff James Telb said last night. 'It should have been discovered at the scene of the arrest.'"
"The incident is the second in two months in which jailers have found loaded guns on suspects arrested by Toledo police, Sheriff Telb said."
"Police charged Recoa Hickenbottom, 32, of 739 Bronson Ave., on charges of public indecency and disorderly conduct about 10:30 p.m. Saturday and took him to the jail."
"He was seen engaged in a sex act with a 28-year-old woman on the sidewalk in the 1900 block of Lagrange Street as traffic sped by ..." ... |
IL: Questions remain after police shootout
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"Chicago police are still trying to sort out the facts of a wild shootout that happened early Monday on the city's Southside."
"Dozens of shots were fired when Chicago police confronted an off-duty railroad officer who remains hospitalized." ...
"The driver of the vehicle, retired Chicago cop Howard Morgan, tried telling the officers he was now a sworn, railroad detective. The cops did not believe him and police say as one officer began handcuffing Morgan, the suspect reached in his waistband for an unregistered pistol and opened fire." ...
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India: Youth run away with police weapon
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"Two unidentified youths ran away with a 9 mm pistol which had slipped off a zamandar while watching a drama at Sorok Atingbi High School Ground located at Jiribam Gunathon last night at around 11."
"The zamandar belonging to the 5 Manipur Rifles has been identified as one Prashanta Kumar."
"According to reports, Prashantakumar along with four other MR personnel in an inebriated state had gone to watch the drama at the Sorok Atingbi High School ground in civvies last night."
"As they were watching the show, Prashantakumar's pistol slipped off and got lost in the crowd, said the report."
"Unfortunately the gun landed in the hands of two unidentified youths who fired several rounds in the air and fled from the scene." ... |
India: Doc's testimony gives a lie to cops tale
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"Turning the version of the police on its head, Forensic expert Dr H Nabachandra today informed the Upendra Commission that K Bimol received bullet wounds from different directions-front, back and sides."
"Testifying before the probe panel today, the doctor, who conducted the post mortem on the body of Bimol, said that the victim received as many as 37 bullet wounds and added that the bullets came from different directions."
"The bullets were also fired not beyond three feet from the victim, he testified."
"'I have never come across any dead body which had so many ante-mortem bullet injuries,' said the doctor while deposing before the probe panel." ... |
VA: Range noise bill weakened
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"A Senate committee on Monday pulled most of the teeth out of a bill that would have regulated shooting ranges and then advanced the measure, which no longer sets a statewide noise standard for the ranges."
"County supervisors from Nelson, Goochland, Henrico and Hanover urged the Senate Local Government Committee to reject the original bill as an unreasonable infringement on local zoning authority." ... |
VA: Senate Panel Revises Gun-Range Noise Bill (another story)
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"Efforts to establish a statewide noise standard for gun ranges failed in a Senate committee yesterday."
"House Bill 2282, sponsored by Del. William R. Janis (R-Goochland), was amended by the Senate Committee on Local Government as lawmakers took out provisions that would have set a statewide level of 64 decibels for noise from outdoor gun ranges. The bill would have prevented local governments from using their own noise standards when evaluating gun range applications."
"The bill now says that local governments must use their current noise standards and may not deny a permit to a gun range based on a new standard." ... |
OK: Worksite gun law passes House
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"The state House has approved legislation that would exempt businesses from legal liability if a gun stored in a worker's car results in injury or death at a work site."
"The House passed the bill 96-2 and sent it to the Senate for action. Oklahoma City Democrats Opio Toure and Mike Shelton were the only representative to vote against the bill."
"The bill's author, Representative Greg Piatt, says it supports a state law that allows workers to keep a gun in their locked vehicles at work. The law is being challenged in court by national employers." ... |
MS: Guns not necessarily easy to get hands on
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"The waiting process is much shorter now to get a handgun, but it's just as stringent and investigative."
"In order for a customer to get a handgun from a dealer, they first must provide a picture identification and complete an Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms form 4473. The dealer then uses that information to crosscheck with the FBI's National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) to ensure the customer has no violations or criminal record."
"Police alleged that Alexander Lee Lett, 41, used a 9-millimeter handgun to shoot two supervisors Monday at the Northrop Grumman Ship Systems' West Bank." ... |
IL: Shooters enjoying rifle club's upgrade
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"Last Thursday proved a busy night at the Carmi Rifle Club's Winter Pistol League with 16 shooters on the roster."
"Four of those shooters attained average score levels advancing them from the Unclassified category to Expert and Master. Warren Tarpley and Andy Brock both advanced to Expert classification. Bob and Janet Watson advanced to Master class."
"Shooter classification is based on the average score achieved by the shooter. A minimum of nine scores must be attained to determine average. The Unclassified level includes those shooters who have not yet attained the minimum of nine scores." ... |
VT: Deer hearing tonight in Lyndonville
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"Northeast Kingdom hunters will have a chance tonight to speak out regarding proposed deer-hunting regulations."
"Under the proposal, deer hunters would be allowed to take only one buck a year. In previous seasons, hunters could take up to three buck between the archery, rifle and muzzle loading seasons."
"In addition, the Fish and Wildlife Department is seeking a moratorium on spikehorns in three wildlife management zones: Unit K-2 in Rutland County, Unit J-1 in central Vermont and Unit B in the northwest corner of the state."
"The proposals come on the heels of last fall's disappointing deer season. The 16-day firearms season generated the second-lowest buck kill in more than 50 years. The kill was down in every county." ... |
UK: Record Investigation: Paul Ferris, Michael Howard &The Drug Baron's Pardon
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"MICHAEL Howard's political leadership is under threat from a multi-millionaire drug baron contact of former Scots gangland enforcer Paul Ferris. The Tory leader faces new questions over why he freed John Haase - a vicious gangster who poured drugs and guns on to the streets of Scotland as well as his native Liverpool."
"A fresh inquiry has been launched into the scandal which saw Haase and his nephew Paul Bennett serve just 10 months of an 18 year sentence." ...
"Ferris said: 'These guys said Haase and Bennett had been offered a deal. If they gave information on the whereabouts of illegal arms, they would receive a lighter sentence for the drugs.'" ...
"'I told Haase's men that McGraw's trick was to buy these arms from dealers. These were guns that never had been, or would ever be, used in crime.'" ... |
UK: Cops to Get Stun Guns
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"Firearms officers will be equipped with Taser weapons, which look like pistols but fire wires carrying electric currents, from May."
"The electric charge given out by the guns temporarily causes a loss of some muscle control, which leads to the target falling over or freezing on the spot."
"Officers would then be able to make an easier arrest."
"A force spokesman said the stun guns would offer police 'a less lethal option' than regular guns."
"They are intended to provide police with another tool in their armoury, which could be used when they are confronted with someone armed with a weapon such as a knife or sword."
"Firearms officers would continue to use regular guns when necessary and always when dealing with someone who was themselves armed with a real gun." ... |
Haiti: Haiti Prison Director Fired After Attack
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"The director of the national penitentiary system was fired after nearly 500 inmates escaped during an armed attack on Haiti's largest prison, officials said Monday."
"Claude Eugene Theodat was dismissed after the attack Saturday that sparked a riot and left one guard dead, said Edgar Bruneau, a spokesman for interim Prime Minister Gerard Latortue."
"'This was a government decision, that's all I can say,' Bruneau said. Theodat could not be reached for comment."
"Police and U.N. troops, meanwhile, kept hunting for the fugitives, but there were no reports of success." ... |
India: This ace shooter is aiming high
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you are likely to miss in a crowd. An avid shooter, Ameeta is pursuing the sport even after recently getting married. Sporting a bright red chura, Anita beat her rivals to come out tops in two of the three shooting events. Sports experts opine that if her talent and skill are nurtured, Punjab too can boast of a sportswoman of high ranking."
"And what does this young sportswoman wish for? ‘'Bull’s Eye, a rifle, loads of targets and please, please, just one good shooting range.’' The 23-year-old shooter won a bronze at the National Shooting Championship at Chennai last year. She has dreams aplenty, but what upsets her is the lack of a world-class shooting range in the state, no rifles and no sponsors either." ... |
UK: Schoolboy stabbed to death in knife row
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"A 16-year-old schoolboy was stabbed to death outside his house when he tried to intervene in a row between two other boys, the Old Bailey heard today."
"Robert Levy had just left home in Hackney Grove, Hackney, east London, when he saw a 15-year-old with a knife having a row with the other youth, said Sasha Wass, QC, prosecuting."
"Miss Wass said: 'He happened to have just come out of his house when the trouble started. That trouble resulted in his death.'"
"'Robert saw the defendant produce a knife and one witness heard him (Robert) say: 'You can't do that' and then the defendant stabbed Robert three times.'" ...
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Ireland: Men admit firebomb attack on house
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"Two men today pleaded guilty to charges in connection with a fire bomb attack on a house in Co Cork."
"At the Special Criminal Court, Anthony Crowley, 21, from Stoneview in Blarney and Alan Hickey, 20, from Ballygibbon in Blarney pleaded guilty to criminal damage of a van and endangering the life of a self-employed businessman at his home in Little Island on March 23, 2004." ...
"The two men also pleaded guilty at a previous hearing to charges in connection with an arms find in October 2002."
"Crowley pleaded guilty to the unlawful possession of an AK47 assault rifle, a pistol, a sawn-off shotgun, 119 shotgun cartridges and 126 rounds of ammunition at his home in Blarney in 2002, while Hickey admitted withholding information from the gardai under the Offences Against the State Act." |
Ireland: Guns, firing range found in raid of suspected CIRA training camp
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camp at a clearing in the Comeragh mountains, the Special Criminal Court heard today."
"They found four men at a firing point being given instructions by two others and three men armed with shotguns acting as sentries, the court was told." ...
"They also found two rifles mounted on tripods approximately 100 metres from the targets. The group of nine men had arrived in a van and a car."
"Mr McCarthy said that three of the weapons - a .22 rifle and a .17 rifle, and a double barrelled shotgun - were legally held weapons but the fourth gun, a single barrelled sawn off shotgun had been stolen."
"The rifles which had telescopic sights and the shotguns were shown to the court." ... |
CA: Safe shooting can be a stress-reliever
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"Most people would agree, guns can be a topic that can generate strident legal arguments." ...
"While a significant number of the estimated 300 million American gun owners do claim to keep their firearms for personal protection, a healthy chunk of those - 40 million - keep and shoot guns almost exclusively for the enjoyment that comes from plinking at a target, according to the Connecticut-based National Shooting Sports Foundation." ...
"Like any athletic endeavor, a person must dedicate themselves to the sport to become an accomplished marksman ... This involves a fair amount of both muscle and breathing control."
"But mostly, the hard-to-describe feeling many people get when firing a gun boils down to one word: Fun." ... |
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