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UK: Dunblane killer report leaves questions unanswered
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"A police report into Dunblane killer Thomas Hamilton has failed to cast any light on why authorities did not prevent his gun licence being renewed."
"The 230-page dossier had been widely tipped to give information on Hamilton's application for a handgun licence, and outline his alleged links to the Masonic movement." |
UK: Father and son injured in gun incident
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A father and son have been injured following an incident in Co Tyrone in which a shotgun was discharged.
At around 10pm last night, a man was confronted by a gang of men as he opened the door of his Derryvale Road home in Dungannon.
The men entered the house and a heated argument then took place. During a short struggle a shotgun was then discharged. The householder received minor head injuries and his son received a broken arm and cheekbone.
It is not believed that the incident is paramilitary-related.
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Bush Expects to Seek Up to $90B for War
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"The White House is expected to ask Congress for up to $90 billion to pay for a war with Iraq and other expenses within days of the start of combat, congressional and White House aides said Monday."
"The bill would also include aid for Israel, a key U.S. ally in the region, and funds for anti-terrorism efforts at home, said the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity. Two officials said President Bush could send the measure to Capitol Hill as early as Friday." |
CA: Lawyer appeals 21-year sentence; Allegedly battered woman killed boyfriend
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"Backed by advocates for battered women, an attorney for a Santa Rosa woman asked a state appellate court Monday to overturn her 21-year prison sentence for killing her boyfriend." ...
"Zuver ...shot Kim Garloff in November 2000 at the Santa Rosa home where she was staying. Blanck said in court papers that Garloff had beaten and raped Zuver throughout their two-year relationship. On the night of the shooting, he barged into the home, threatened to kill her and ordered her to get his gun." |
Canada: Intruder had knife, stun gun, crowbar
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"Greater Sudbury Police are investigating the second violent home invasion in the city in less than two weeks."
"The occupant of a Gravel Road residence in Hanmer was assaulted and sustained minor injuries on Sunday when three males, believed to be in their teens or early 20s, forced their way into his home, greater Sudbury Police said in a news release Monday."
"The culprits were armed with a crow bar, a knife and what appeared to be a stun gun, police said."
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NM: Police learn about bad-guys' guns
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"They gathered Friday to hear a presentation from Assistant United States Attorney Roberto Ortega of the U.S. Attorney's Office and Special Agent Cindy Martinez from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms."
"Ortega and Martinez presented Project Exile, an initiative from the Department of Justice's Project Safe Neighborhoods. The goal is to combat gun violence by preparing gun cases for prosecution in the state and federal courts." |
NY: Catch of the day: Handgun
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"While fishing near Nichols Marina in Great Kills Harbor yesterday, Cohen hooked a handgun."
" 'I've caught tires, condoms, lots of bags, but this was my first gun,' said Cohen, 30, of Huguenot, who had headed to the Great Kills Park section of Gateway National Recreation Area in hopes of snagging a flounder." |
TN: Governor to top cop: Stop intimidating protesters
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"After a firestorm of protest over the actions of Tennessee Bureau of Investigation agents at a March 5 peace protest on the campus of Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen demanded that TBI Director Larry Wallace change the agency's policies concerning surveillance of public assemblies." |
The draft as a deterrent
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"...it's been far too easy for the vast majority of Americans to pay little or no attention to George W. Bush's march to war, because most folks' pride and joy aren't prime candidates for body bags. And few average citizens have ongoing personal contact with a uniformed defender from the 1 million-plus regular warriors who make up our All-Volunteer Force. To them, our warriors are just uniforms they occasionally see floating around at airports or as background color in TV war dispatches." |
The Inconvenient Irwin Schiff - And Why the First Amendment is Considered a Weapon
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"They don't like what he's saying, and they find it inconvenient that because he keeps saying what he's been saying, other people then come to the IRS and make them ...spend a lot of time answering questions they consider 'frivolous.' " ...
"What on earth is the First Amendment for, if not to allow folks to question government agents, and the appropriateness of the way government agencies enforce the law, and to 'advocate' their beliefs, however crackpot they may seem?" |
CA: State Heightens Homeland Defense Measures
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"Gov. Gray Davis doubled security Monday at major buildings, bridges and ports in preparation for possible reprisals if the country declares war on Iraq."
"The action came as the Department of Homeland Security raised the nation's terror alert one level to orange, or 'high,' after President Bush declared that Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein must leave Iraq within 48 hours or face military might." |
U.S. Launches Domestic Security Operation
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"Much of the plan is geared toward protecting the nation's transportation system, including random searches of cars at airports, restricted airspace over certain cities, police or National Guardsmen protecting railroad bridges, enhanced identification checks for truckers who haul hazardous materials and more Coast Guard escorts of ferries and cruise ships." |
LA: Police link serial killings to recent slaying
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"-- DNA evidence confirmed that the slaying of a graduate student this month is the work of the same serial killer who has killed four other women in the past year and a half, authorities said Tuesday."
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U.S. government ready to help airlines
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"The U.S. government acknowledged on Tuesday that a war with Iraq could hurt the nation's airlines and said it was ready to move quickly with assistance measures if necessary."
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OH: N.E. Ohio Sun News Poll
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Sun Newspapers, a local paper in the suburbs of Cleveland is running a poll asking if Ohioans should be allowed to carry a concealed weapon. The mini poll is located on the right side of the page
HB-12 has cleared the Ohio House and a companion bill is headed to the Senate, hopefully to become law.
Let's show the media how strongly we feel about CCW in Ohio. The poll is at their website www.sunnews.com. The poll is on the right side of the screen as question #1.
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LA: NY man pleads guilty to airplane gun charge
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"A New York City man pleaded guilty Tuesday to trying to carry a handgun onto a flight from the Louis Armstrong International Airport."
"Henry L. Hall, 27, of the Bronx, was arrested Jan. 25 when an airport security worker detected the .38-caliber semiautomatic gun inside a shoe in Hall's carry-on bag, the U.S. Attorney's office said. Hall was on his way to board a Frontier Airline flight from New Orleans to New York." |
NY: Ex-Giuliani aide busted
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"Child pornography charges were leveled against former Giuliani administration official Russell Harding yesterday in an indictment that also accuses him of funding a 'virtual Roman holiday' with tax dollars." ...
"The charges added a shocking twist to a year-long investigation of Harding - who prosecutors claim misused public money to buy everything from spa treatments to DVD sets of 'The Sopranos' and 'Sex and the City.' " |
Amy Fisher blames the gun
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"Amy Fisher was committing a disgusting act of selfish indulgence when she got sexually involved with another woman's husband. But I'm not here to critique her lack of morals in that regard. Obviously, the overgrown, self-serving oaf, who found nothing wrong with banging a teenager behind his wife's unknowing back, must take 50 percent of the blame for the situation."
"But when the 'Long Island Lolita' picked up that gun and headed over to the unsuspecting wife's house that day, no one but Amy Fisher can be blamed for what happened next."
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AW Ban Sunset Congressional Dream Team?
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... "Because the ban has not had a significant impact on crime, it should not be renewed."
"However, we cannot count on the President to veto a renewal bill. At best, we should consider him a passive asset to our efforts, because it is highly unlikely that he would twist arms in Congress to get a renewal to his desk. While this may not be a perfect situation (a promised veto would be ideal!), things would be much worse if Al Gore had won the election." |
IN: Police: Escapee Fired Officer's Gun In Downtown Indy
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"A man being taken to jail escaped from a sheriff's van, grabbed a gun from a pursuing officer and fired five shots that didn't hit anyone before being recaptured Tuesday afternoon in downtown Indianapolis, police said."
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CO: Youngsters get safety lesson
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"Officer Cienfuegos, Sergeant Dougherty and Officer Headley spoke to children between the ages of three to 12 about the importance of bike safety, house safety, what to do when they are approached by a stranger and the importance of knowing how to use 911." ...
"Officer Headley ...then spoke to the children about gun safety. He told them that they shouldn't play with guns and that if they find a gun that they should tell an adult." |
PA: Student Allegedly Got Gun Past Metal Detectors
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"A high school student in the Frankford area of Philadelphia is in custody after being accused of having a gun and bullets inside the school." ...
"Some officials are wondering how the teen got the gun into the school in the first place."
"There are metal detectors at Frankford High School. According to school officials, the teen went through the detector when he arrived and did not set off the alarms so it appeared he did not have the gun at that time." |
CO: Owens approves gun rights expansion
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"Gov. Bill Owens signed two bills today that pave the way for the biggest expansion of gun rights in Colorado since the Columbine High School shootings..."
"One measure ...requires sheriffs to issue permits to people who pass a fingerprint-based criminal background check and who have gone through a handgun-training course."
"The other ...prohibits local governments from making gun control laws more restrictive than state law and abolishes local registries of gun owners." |
NY: Man Doused With Lighter Fluid in Home Invasion
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"An East Meadow man was blindfolded with duct tape, tied to a chair and then doused in lighter fluid as three strangers ransacked his home this morning, Nassau police said."
"The man, who did not want his name published because the suspects are still at large, said someone knocked at his front door about 9 a.m." ...
"...he saw a man with a gun. The man, whom the victim had never seen before, forced his way into the home on Spruce Lane."
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OK: Tulsa officer not suspended after girl shot
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"A police officer who shot an unarmed teenager Saturday after a car chase has not been suspended, Tulsa Police Chief Dave Been said."
"Officer Steven Sanders shot the girl, a passenger in a stolen car, in the shoulder .... He fired when she held up an object that Sanders thought was a weapon." ...
"[W]hether an officer is suspended following a shooting depends on the severity of the victim's injury." |
OK: Senate panel backs legislation to deal with terrorist attacks
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"Oklahoma lawmakers passed legislation Monday designed to help the state respond to possible terrorist attacks."
"[One] would give the governor authority to declare an emergency in the event of a catastrophic health emergency..."
"One authorizes the attorney general to seek judicial authority for wiretaps of suspects in investigations of terrorism, biochemical terrorism, biochemical assault or terrorism hoaxes."
It also exempts documents ... from the Open Records Act. |
It's The Government Schools, Not The Guns
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"While the leftist gun control zealots are breaking open the champagne bottles and welcoming Ms. Fisher into their fold, it is terribly obvious that Ms. Fisher is incorrectly attributing the cause of violence committed by troubled adolescents to the "accessibility of handguns." Rather than pointing the finger at firearms, she should be pointing the finger at the morally bankrupt government school system that has fostered this violent mindset in the first place." |
BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE: Documentary or Fiction?
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"In Bowling, Moore continues to press the envelope of the pseudo-documentary. He surpasses The Blair Witch Project, but still falls short of the inspired genius of History of the World Part One."
"Bowling fails the first requirement of a documentary: some foundation in the truth. In his earlier works, Moore shifted dates and sequences for the sake of drama, but at least the events depicted did occur. Most of the time. Bowling breaks that last link with factual reality. It makes its points by deceiving and by misleading the viewer. Statements are made which are false. The viewer is invited to draw inferences which the producer must have known were wrong..."
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Pacifists or Parasites?
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"Pacifists, as well as many other liberals, support strict gun-control laws. If use of force by nations is wrong, then use of force by private citizens – even in self-defense – is even more wrong."
"First, we have the obvious hypocrites. We have the politicians and media stars who don’t trust 'ordinary' citizens to own a gun, but who themselves have permits to carry guns, or who can afford armed bodyguards."
"Then we have the liberals who live in gated communities or upscale suburbs, and who work in elite office buildings. They feel no need for self-defense, so they can’t empathize with those who live or work in high-crime areas – especially the poor and minorities. They feel no need for guns, so they can’t understand those who do." |
MN: Supporters, opponents spar over handgun bill
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"The gun control debate at the state Capitol took several twists on Monday. Supporters of legislation to broaden the availability of firearm permits charged Senate DFL leaders with trying to sabotage their efforts by manipulating the committee process. But top Democrats say they're simply trying to encourage multiple viewpoints in order to refine the various proposals." |
AZ: Police will not be prosecuted
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"The Maricopa County Attorney's Office will not seek criminal charges against seven Mesa police officers who fatally shot an intoxicated driver 15 months ago." ...
"The family has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against Mesa."
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FL: Local Deputy Arrested On DUI Charges
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A local law enforcement official finds herself on the other side of the law. An Osceola County deputy sheriff was arrested on DUI charges. Tina Young has been suspended without pay.
According to published reports, Young was arrested Sunday night after callers to the sheriff's office said they saw her driving erratically on US-192.
Young was not on duty but was in an unmarked sheriff's car. She refused a breath-a-lyzer test. |
John Estrada for President 2004: Advocate 2nd Amendment
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"If I am elected President of the United States of America: 'I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of the President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.' "
"I will eliminate Gun Control Laws for law abiding men and women: 'A well-regulated Militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed.' " |
NAACP lawsuit targets gun makers
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"Lawsuits that seek to hold gun makers responsible for firearm violence haven't had much success in court so far. Gun-control advocates say that is about to change."
"In a novel suit headed for trial on March 24 in federal court in New York's Brooklyn borough, the Baltimore-based National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is arguing that handgun violence disproportionately harms poor, urban blacks, and that gun companies have failed to take steps to lessen the harm." |
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