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Terrorists Becoming Increasingly Sophisticated in How They Smuggle Prohibited Items Aboard Planes, Which is Why We Need Armed Passengers
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"They're becoming the weapons of choice for terrorists. Screeners at one airport may have saved hundreds of lives after finding a cell phone with a deadly secret. ..."
"While airport screeners are taught to look for guns, knives, even bombs, the terrorists are learning how to disguise their weapons like never before."
"CBS 2 has learned that screeners are now being told to look, not just for already assembled bombs, but for components, each carried by a separate courier on the same flight."
"And some guns being used, sure don't look like guns."
"It looks like an ordinary cell phone, but it's not. Months ago TSA screeners were told by the FBI to be on the look out for these deadly weapons. And a law enforcement source says they found one." |
AZ: Weapons common at airport
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"Two years into stepped-up security screening at the nation's airports, the flow of passengers trying to board with prohibited items continues unabated."
"...U.S. Transportation Security Administration passenger screeners have confiscated some 5,000 items since the start of the year - though most people innocently forget they have banned items, officials said."
"Of those, 27 were considered dangerous or deadly weapons - guns, incendiary devices or knives with blades longer than 3 inches." ...
"TSA yesterday did a show and tell with a small bin's worth of confiscated item that included a couple of power drills, a small iron skillet, credit card-sized knife holders, and nails the length of a pen." |
CA: Honor Student Suspended For Bringing Plastic Gun To School
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"A teenager was suspended for bringing a plastic air gun to school for use as a prop in an anti-drug video, but parents and other supporters want the district administrators to reinstate the honor student.
Since the 1998 shooting rampage at Columbine High School in Colorado, the district has had a zero-tolerance policy about enforcing a ban on any type of weapon, real or fake.
Paul Houchin, 17, was suspended from Foothill Technology High School on March 10 after bringing the air gun to school."
"He had the air gun in his backpack and intended to leave it in his car until he started work on the video after school."
"But he forgot about the gun and accidentally brought it to class." |
CA: Supporters urge the reinstatement of a Ventura teen suspended for bringing a plastic weapon to school to use as a prop in a video.
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"Protesting the suspension of a student for bringing a plastic air gun to school, more than two dozen parents and supporters turned out at a hearing Monday to ask Ventura school district administrators to reinstate the teenager."
"Paul Houchin, 17, was suspended from Foothill Technology High School on March 10 after bringing the air gun to school to be used as a prop in an anti-drug video he was filming in a visual communications class." |
UK: Britain once again proves its disregard for the sanctity of human life
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Four thugs arrived at Carl Lindsay's home with a gun. Not being allowed to defend himself with the most effective tool on the market today - a gun - Mr. Lindsay grabbed a samurai sword and defended himself, killing one of the armed thugs in the process.
For taking responsibility for his own life and safety...
For defending himself instead of submitting dutifully like a good, obedient sheep...
Mr. Lindsay will spend eight years in prison, proving once again how corrupt, repugnant and morally bankrupt the UK has become. |
UK: Man who killed armed intruder jailed (Another report)
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"A Salford man who stabbed to death an armed intruder at his home was jailed for eight years."
"Carl Lindsay, 25, answered a knock at his door in Salford, Greater Manchester, to find four men armed with a gun."
"When the gang tried to rob him he grabbed a samurai sword and stabbed one of them, 37-year-old Stephen Swindells, four times."
"Mr Swindells, of Salford, was later found collapsed in an alley and died in hospital."
"Lindsay, of Walkden, was found guilty of manslaughter following a three-week trial at Manchester Crown Court." |
Australia: John Lott Jr: Weapons bans miss the mark
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"And if Australians can't be trusted with laser pointers or swords, they surely can't be trusted with guns. Citizens in other countries are obviously much more trustworthy. Americans, for example, can own all these items. Indeed, 46 states in the US even trust millions of law-abiding Americans to carry concealed handguns when walking on the street or eating in restaurants." ...
"If dangerous weapons made citizens in other countries dangerous, no one would visit Switzerland. There, all able-bodied men between the ages of 20 and 42 are trusted to keep a machinegun in their homes as part of their military service. ...Yet the trust in the Swiss is well placed. Switzerland has one of the lowest murder rates in Europe." |
MI: 'U' lecturer takes on Dingell for House seat
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"...if School of Information lecturer Hans Masing were to win the congressional elections this November, he would become perhaps one of the most colorful additions to the U.S. House of Representatives."
"The 39-year-old independent candidate from Ann Arbor will go up against incumbent John Dingell (D-Dearborn) in this year’s congressional elections for the 15th District, which was redrawn in 2002 to include Ann Arbor." ...
"Masing also takes a conservative stance on gun control, advocating the selling of guns to licensed buyers to preserve the Second Amendment."
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MD: Assault weapons ban stalls in Senate
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"A proposed state ban on assault weapons appears doomed this year in Annapolis -- unless the sponsor pursues an unusual parliamentary maneuver."
"The bill faces a governor who opposes it and a Senate committee poised to reject it by a single vote. Failure means firearms outlawed by the expiring federal ban could go back on the market in Maryland this fall."
"But Sen. Robert J. Garagiola could wed the stalled weapons ban with a tax bill he has recently introduced. That effort might be the last best hope of supporters because the original bill is hung up in the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee." |
ME: Senate joins House in passing resolution on Patriot Act
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"With minimal debate Tuesday, the Maine Senate joined the House in approving a resolution urging Congress to make sure federal anti-terrorism legislation does not compromise civil liberties."
"The Senate vote of 18-15 to finalize passage followed last Friday´s approval by the House. In contrast to the emotional and sometimes-heated House debate, Tuesday´s Senate debate was brief and low-key."
"The resolution focuses on the Patriot Act, which was passed after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and expanded the government´s wiretap and other surveillance authority." |
UK: Apparently a ban on private firearms ownership isn't enough. Mom wants more gun control
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"Firearm offences had been creeping up for years, culminating in a 34% rise in 2001 to 2002, according to Home Office figures." ...
"Ms Cope, from Southwark in south London, says: 'Criminals are converting replica guns to take live ammunition. They then become weapons of mass destruction.' "
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Gee, lady, that's what happens when you ban an in-demand product. The criminals get it anyway, and the law abiding get victimized by the armed thugs. Maybe an economics course is in order. |
MN: Handgun foes say concealed-carry law costs taxpayers too much
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"A report by Citizens for a Safer Minnesota put the gap between what counties could charge to process permits and the actual cost of doing the work at $42,247 in Dakota County, $147,418 in Ramsey County and $344,333 in Hennepin County."
"However, Rep. Lynda Boudreau, R-Faribault, chief sponsor of the law, said other sheriffs had told her that the processing fee - as much as $100 per permit - was sufficient, and she wondered whether the three counties were 'spending far more time and resources' than necessary."
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OH: Sheriff to talk on gun law
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"The Licking County Sheriff's Office will hold a public meeting to answer questions about Ohio's new concealed firearms law in the first week of April, before they begin issuing licenses April 8."
"Meanwhile, the sheriff's office and Licking County Commissioners will wait for answers to questions of their own -- including how sheriff's deputies are going to enforce a law that's at times difficult to understand, and how much the county will have to pay to accommodate the new requirements."
"The exact date and place of the public meeting has yet to be determined, said Licking County Sheriff Gerry Billy. Hopefully, a public forum will eliminate some confusion about tricky aspects of the law, he said." |
UK: Government disarms victims, while police can't seem to do the job without the disarmed populace's help
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"Intruders threaten family and rifle house"
"Police are appealing for witnesses and information after brutal burglars threatened their victims with a firearm."
"Three masked men forced their way into a house in Devon Road, Luton, in the early hours of Monday morning before threatening the occupants with a handgun and demanded cash."
"Investigators believe the robbers may have been tipped off that the owners had recently secured a loan for a large amount of money which may have been in the house – but it wasn't."
"The offenders forced the male owner to search the house with them and stole some cash, Indian jewellery, car keys and the VW Golf parked outside." ... |
GA: GPD designates gun lock giveaway locations
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The Gainesville Police Department has designated six locations where officers are giving away gun locks as part of a nationwide child safety campaign.
The locks are being distributed at police headquarters on Jesse Jewell Parkway; municipal court on E.E. Butler Parkway; and, the Lakeshore Mall, Atlanta Street, Harrison Square, and Melrose police precincts.
The Child Safe Project rolled into town last Thursday and the locks are being distributed by all police agencies in Hall County.
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UK: Judge is rapped on gun verdict
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"A judge who handed a community service order to a man convicted of being in a nightclub with a loaded gun has been 'gullible' by an angry MP."
"Mr Justice McKinnon imposed a 200 hour order on Edwin Hayward, 23, of Finstall Close, Nechells, yesterday after accepting his explanation that he had found the weapon in the car park of the club and thought it was a cigarette lighter."
"The Crown Prosecution is considering whether to appeal against the sentence." |
KS: Panel endorses concealed weapons bill (Another report)
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"A measure allowing Kansans to carry concealed weapons went to the full Senate after being endorsed today by the Federal and State Affairs Committee on a 5-4 vote."
"Several attempts to broaden the list of places where concealed guns would remain forbidden failed on similar votes. The most significant change from a version of the bill passed by the House is that the attorney general's office would issue permits, rather than the Kansas Bureau of Investigation."
"KBI officials have taken no position on the concept of concealed weapons but have said the agency did not want to become a licensing authority." |
Canada: Do Those on The Far-Left Support Evil?
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"Recently I came across an interesting story out of Canada. It seems that prison guards in Edmonton are going to be told not to wear stab-proof Kevlar vests in order not to offend the prisoners. According top the Calgary Sun, prison officials at a maximum security prison in Edmonton operated by Corrections Canada have decided the protective vests send a “confrontational” message to the inmates."
"Isn’t this just about the most inane thing you could imagine hearing? In the interest of being sensitive to the feelings of violent criminals prison guards are going to be put in greater danger. Apparently inmates feelings mean more than guards lives to Canadian prison officials. In fact one prison official, Tim Krause had this interesting and disturbing quote: 'It interferes with what we call ‘dynamic security’. We want staff to talk to prisoners, to see how they are doing.' "
"How nice and cozy, what a wonderfully sensitive and totally clueless ideal to strive for. It is not an unfamiliar ideal for those on the far-left of the political spectrum though. For decades now those folks have sought every imaginable way to appease evil. Of course evil can never be appeased or placated. Playing nice with evil-doers has never and will never work. This has been proven over and over again, yet these appeasement-minded Leftists never seem to learn from history’s lessons." |
Australia: Another Underworld figure shot dead as bloody gang war continues in this gun-banners' paradise
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"A man suspected of at least four gangland murders, Andrew Veniamin, was shot dead by one of Melbourne's most significant underworld figures in a Carlton restaurant yesterday."
"The man who pulled the trigger, Mick 'The Don' Gatto, waited calmly for police to arrive after Veniamin, 28, was shot dead at the rear of La Porcella restaurant at the corner of Rathdowne and Faraday streets."
"Dominic Gatto, 48, of East Doncaster, was late last night charged with murder. He has been remanded in custody to appear before the Melbourne Magistrates Court this morning."
"Veniamin had gone to the restaurant soon after attending a court case involving another suspected underworld killer, Victor Brincat." |
Australia: Lunch appointment turns out to be a date with death (another story)
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"Andrew Veniamin, the man known in the underworld as Benji, was shot dead yesterday, allegedly by Mick 'The Don' Gatto, in the back of a Carlton restaurant."
"Veniamin, 28, was the right-hand man - and some say trigger-man - for Carl Williams, who is alleged to have organised several underworld killings."
"Why Gatto and Veniamin, two men from rival camps in Melbourne's underworld, would have a daylight meeting in a Carlton restaurant is open to speculation. But it was always likely to end badly." ...
"Gatto remained remarkably calm after allegedly killing Veniamin at the rear of the La Porcella restaurant. He is said to have told police it was a clear case of self-defence. Veniamin was in no position to argue."
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Nigeria: Inexcusable Police Shooting of Ekiti Students
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"The trouble was said to have started when the deputy governor of the state, Mr. Abiodun Aluko, visited the college for unrelated matters, and the students showed hostility to him. That was the beginning of disorder on the campus. To restore calm and peace to the institution, the Ekiti State government shut down the college and ordered its students to vacate the campus. Apparently to enforce the order, a lorry load of mobile policemen was drafted to the college. The students responded by hurling stones at the police, who countercharged by firing at the rioting students, killing six and wounding many more, out of whom four later died in hospitals."
"For similar senseless killings in the past, the police had pleaded 'accidental discharge', 'self-defence', 'faulty aiming', or similar flimsy excuses. On the slippery grounds, the police had in the past killed motorists for refusing to offer routine bribes, and workers protesting against arbitrary increases in fuel prices, and even persons in police custody, and so on. None of these excuses should be the justification for the massacre of the students."
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UK: Cop lied in court leading to conviction of innocent woman
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"A POLICEMAN who lied in court while giving evidence and tampered with his notebook has escaped prosecution."
"The Crown Office has confirmed that no action is to be taken against Philip McLaren, who has now resigned from the force."
"And the move has angered leading Paisley criminal lawyer Paul Lynch, who fought to have his client's name cleared - and won the court battle - after PC McLaren's false evidence led to her conviction."
"The solicitor had expected that the ex-cop would face prosecution for attempting to pervert the course of justice, but has been informed that is not now on the cards."
"The woman found guilty of assault due to McLaren's false evidence successfully had the conviction quashed after Mr Lynch refused to accept the verdict and pursued an appeal to clear her name."
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MI: Gun toters halt robbery attempts
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"Applying the school-yard axiom that turnabout is fair play, would-be robbery victims thwarted their attackers in two recent separate incidents -- one by facing down the alleged bandit in a standoff, the other by shooting a man in the butt." ...
"Farmington Hills police said a 32-year-old Novi woman, who had a permit to carry a small-caliber pistol in her purse, stopped a man armed with a 9mm semiautomatic handgun from taking her $40,000 diamond ring and Rolex watch." ...
"When he came within about 10 feet, Dwyer said, the woman calmly pulled the gun out of her purse and pointed it at the man -- identified as Carl Walker, 21, of Detroit." ...
"Dwyer said the incident is making him rethink his opposition to the state law that eased concealed weapons permit regulations." |
OH: "No Guns-No Money" Cards now available
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"Occasionally we hear that signs have been posted on local business entrances to prohibit firearms on the property of that business."
"These notices are designed to warn law-abiding customers, who are duly licensed by the State of Ohio to carry concealed firearms for self-protection, that they are expected to give up the right of self-defense while on that property."
"OFCC has now made available an information card to leave behind at businesses who have posted discriminatory signs banning CHL-holders. Let them know they have just turned away a customer!" |
Australia: Cabbie tells of wild ride with gunman
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"A taxi driver told yesterday how a man in his cab tried to fire a sawn-off rifle from the car window."
"Long-time driver George Stylianou told how he moved quickly to drive away from Darwin's MGM Grand Casino with a man who seemed intent on approaching people there."
"Mr Stylianou said that as he was about to drive out of the casino the man held the firearm out the window and pointed it upwards."
" 'I heard a click _ then he said, 'S..t, it misfired',' he said."
"Before the court was Michael James Berriman, 31, who was removed from the Parap Hotel on December 27 last year after police surrounded it and found him with a firearm down his trousers." |
UK: Ex-Soldier Gets Four Years For Burglary
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"A FORMER soldier turned rapist was jailed for four years yesterday along with three others caught redhanded in a £20,000 house burglary in October 2002."
"Belfast Crown Court had heard that 26-year-old former soldier Stephen Russell was caught hiding behind a chair when police raided the house at Cragantlet Cottages in Dundonald."
"Russell, from Trasnagh Drive, Newtownards, who was given five years detention in 1997 for 'a serious and nasty rape', also agreed to serve 18 months probation on his release from jail."
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Understanding Freedom
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"So - what is 'freedom?' "
"Well, it certainly is not what Bush and his gang are doing to the world and to the American people."
"It is not being forced to pay some official, department, agency, or any other body politic for exercising human rights."
"It is not being exposed to law enforcers who are agents of the corporate State, federal, and municipal corporations we mistakenly believe to be constitutional bodies politic."
"It is not standing before a 'judge' in a courtroom and alleged "court" not established under the common law of man, as controlled by Article III of the Constitution for the United States of America. And, then the man subsequently denied rights through multiple deceits enforced by 'friends' - the armed enforcers standing or sitting around in the courtroom - of the chancery administration (think of 'judge')." |
Air bags: safety equipment or legislated killers?
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"If fire extinguishers began exploding, routinely killing 10 or 12 people per year, would our government mandate having them in every home?" ...
"Who would advocate buying a device with a history of such failings?"
"But that is precisely what bureaucrats and politicians have done by mandating airbags in vehicles. They force consumers to pay extra for these devices, and in many cases, they have made it illegal to disconnect them."
"According to statistics released by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) in 1999 -- the latest figures available -- air bags had saved 4,758 lives, with 3.8 million air bags deployed since the late 1980s in the 89 million cars and light trucks equipped with the devices."
"Meanwhile, over the same period, air bags themselves were determined to be the cause of death for 146 people -- 84 children and 62 adults." |
Canada: Stab-proof vests for guards nixed (Another report)
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"Corrections Canada won't let guards at maximum-security prisons wear stab-proof vests because it sends a confrontational "signal" to prisoners, says a department spokesman." ...
"Kevin Grabowsky, regional president of the Union of Canadian Correctional Officers, said the notion inmates might be 'offended' by the sight of a guard wearing light armour is a 'complete crock.' " |
OH: Toledo gun control laws amount to colossal failure
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"It's getting hard to keep up with the crime headlines in Toledo. While the council and mayor chase smokers, vote to reinstate failed laws aimed at disarming the poor, and write letters to Gov. Taft opposing HB12, the innocent citizens of that city are under seige." |
OH: Toledo convenience store owners anxiously await April 8
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"In recent months, Toledoans have endured a rash of violent and even deadly convenience store robberies..."
"While Toledo police officials held a public seminar for carryout owners, and offered a few (very passive) tips on self-protection, it is clear that these business-people were not convinced that simply improving their security cameras would deter future crimes." |
OH: Toledo gun control policies continue to fail to protect residents from criminals
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"...The following ordinance is being cited by Chief Mike Navarre as reason for which anyone opnely carrying a firearm for self-defense within the city limits would be arrested."
Toledo Municipal Code
549.18. Weapon possession in public places prohibited.
(a) No person, in and about the streets, alleys or other public places of the City, or at any place other than the residence or fixed place of business of such person, or while on a suitable firing range, or while being used for lawful hunting, or while unloaded at a public firearms display, show or exhibition, shall be in possession of; carry or have on or about his person, any pistol, revolver, rifle, shotgun or any weapon, by whatever name known, which is designed to expel a projectile or projectiles by the action of expanding gases, or any bowie knife, dirk, blackjack, billyclub, brass knuckles or any other weapon capable of inflicting bodily harm.
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OH: Toledo: Disarmed (smoke-free) citizens, well-armed criminals
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"Toledo, Ohio is one of the most difficult places in the state to own a firearm. At least, for law-abiding citizens..." ...
"Meanwhile, Toledo City Council has enacted a city-wide smoking ban in all public places (including private property like restaurants and bars), and is spending precious city resources to enforce it. According to Toledo's chief counsel, John Madigan, there will be 'an army that includes more than 700 police officers and 500 firefighters empowered to issue citations for illegally smoking in bars and restaurants.' " ...
"...If you see or are the victim of an armed assailant in Toledo, dial 911 and hope you don't have to wait for the police to return from a smoke call." |
MI: Kayla Rolland's Mom Sues Teachers, School
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"A civil suit regarding the fatal shooting of 6-year-old Kayla Rolland in a Flint-area school four years ago could reportedly lead to former President Bill Clinton testifying in court." ...
"The suit claims Kayla's first-grade teacher, Alicia Judd, was negligent for leaving half a dozen children, including Kayla and her shooter, behind in the classroom while she took other students to a computer room..."
"A U.S. District judge in Detroit will make the decision Tuesday on whether the lawsuit filed by McQueen will go to trial. Proposed witnesses for the trial include Clinton, who spoke out against the shooting and met with McQueen in 2000. ..." |
NC: Manager: "I Started The Morning With A Gun To My Face"
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"Police are looking for a man who robbed a Subway restaurant on Freedom Drive in west Charlotte Tuesday morning."
"The owner said the restaurant has been robbed five times in the last 15 months."
"Police say the man threatened to kill the clerk if she called authorities."
"The manager said she believes the same person may be responsible for a robbery last month."
"Angie Gratefarmer said despite the robberies, the business is determined not to let crime drive it out of the community."
" 'I started the morning with a gun to my face, unfortunately. We're gonna stay here, we're gonna do business,' Gratefarmer said."
"Police are investigating to determine if the same person is responsible for the robberies."
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UK: Woman threatened with pistol where self-defense is banned
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"A MASKED gunman fled with thousands of pounds yesterday after breaking into a betting shop and lying in wait for a member of staff to open up for business."
"The terrified woman victim was threatened with a pistol then forced to hand over money."
"The lone raider, who had earlier broken in via a rear window, snatched about £3,000 in takings before tying up the frightened woman and escaping with his haul." |
An Agenda for Justice
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"We need a system of courts, law and enforcement buttressed by cultural standards that will provide outcomes that reflect an honest appraisal of the facts and create legal precedents that reinforce the underlying concepts of American founding philosophy, those being that we do not tolerate individuals achieving their ends through the use of deceit, coercion or violence; that reinforce the principle we are free to choose for ourselves."
"To change the status quo necessitates seeing the relationship between bad law and the system of justice and changing each by installing accountability in a way that makes sense to enough people to build a coalition willing to come together to make that happen." |
MO: Sheriff to issue gun permits
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"Following the advice of the Attorney General, the Taney County Sheriff's Department will begin accepting applications for concealed gun permits March 29."
"Sheriff Jimmie Russell said the Attorney General gave the OK to accept applications in order to issue permits."
"Russell said he received a letter last week stating the Attorney General suggested each county individually consider a legal analysis of the law." |
IN: Newspaper hears loud voice of opposition to publishing CCW list
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"In a recent news story, the Ft. Wayne News-Sentinel raided the privacy of concealed handgun license-holders, and "outed" a few high-profile people. Most interstingly, the list included the anti-gun editor of a competing paper - the Ft. Wayne Journal- Gazette's Tracy Warner."
"The editors at the News-Sentinel were kind enough to ask their readers if they believed the paper should proceed with plans to make the entire list of Allen Co (IN) CHL-holders available online (something editors at the Columbus Dispatch, Cleveland Plain Dealer and Elyria Chronicle haven't had the courtesy to do!)."
"The results are in, and 95% of News-Sentinel readers told the paper to trash their idea." |
MO: State moving slow on gun law remedy
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"Nearly one month after the Missouri Supreme Court identified a flaw in the state's new concealed weapons law, legislation to fix the problem has made scant progress in the Missouri Legislature."
"Despite concerns that a flood of lawsuits could result as county sheriffs begin issuing permits to carry concealed weapons to qualified Missourians, Senate President Pro Tem Peter Kinder, R-Cape Girardeau, said there is no urgent need for lawmakers to address the issue this year. Once the legislature returns from its annual spring recess on Monday, it has just seven weeks to finish work on a number of priority issues before its mandatory May 14 adjournment." |
KS: Senate Committee Narrowly Endorses Concealed Weapons
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"A measure allowing Kansans to carry concealed weapons went to the full Senate Tuesday, after narrow endorsement by the Federal and State Affairs Committee."
"The panel advanced the bill by a vote of five to four, but attempts to broaden the list of places where concealed guns would remain forbidden failed on similar votes."
"The most significant change from the House version of the bill is that the attorney general's office would issue permits, rather than the Kansas Bureau of Investigation."
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Australia: Renovator returns to rape his client
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"A CARPENTER broke into a house he was helping renovate and raped a woman at gunpoint while her young son was nearby."
"Greg Allen Brown used his knowledge of the home to enter through the floor in the middle of the night, the County Court heard."
"Brown, 31, of Mulgrave, wore a balaclava and had a sawn-off semi-automatic rifle when he raped the woman, then 34."
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UK: Toddler hands over £10 to save mum's life
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"A TODDLER was forced to hand over her £10 savings to armed robbers - to buy her mum's life."
"Gunmen held a pistol to the mum's head as the child bravely gave up her pocket money during a raid on a Camberwell travel agent."
"The three raiders have each been jailed for 15 years for their part in the terrifying snatch."
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In a sane country, the mum would have pulled her gun and gave these bastards a lead sandwich. But since this is merrie olde England, a little four year old was forced to buy her mother's life with her life savings. |
UK: Disarmed cab driver shot; perp gets 10 years in prison
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"A 29-YEAR-OLD man has been jailed for 10 years for his part in the shooting and robbery of a cab driver. Leon Winston Morais was with three men who called a cab in Westow Hill, Crystal Palace, on May 6 last year."
"The driver was directed to collect a fourth man in South Norwood before heading to Gunnell Close."
"When the cab reached the close, one of the four attempted to rob the driver."
"As he struggled, a passenger in the rear of the cab opened the driver's door and shot him in the back with a converted 8mm firearm."
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MS: Some Mid-South officers say they are out-gunned on the streets
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"Some police departments have moved away from the shotgun and are loading a different weapon, the A-R-15, which is the civilian version of the M-16 used by the military. The owner of Rangemaster, Tom Givens has an idea why officers would want to make the switch. 'This, this and this are all pellets that missed the target at 25-yards. ... Givens says the shotgun doesn't have the range and accuracy of an AR-15. 'These took care of this problem ..., which is the whole purpose of the rifle.' "
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But according to the Atlantic, IA Chief of Police, these types of weapons are only good for "robbing banks" and "shooting stuff up."
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NEC demos Big Brother biometric phonebooth
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"NEC's biometric team has developed a facial recognition algorithm they claim can match a captured image with a database with better accuracy than ever before."
"It uses 'geodesic illumination basis' or GIB descriptors as registered data. These are calculated from a 3D facial scan and negates factors - such as lighting and pose - that hinder traditional 2D with 2D comparisons. It does require that the person has been specially photographed in their 3D photobooth." |
TX: Atos Origin to conduct biometric identity pilot in Texas
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"Atos Origin has been selected to conduct a biometric identity pilot for the state of Texas’ Medicaid Program, the company had announed. ..."
"Using a process called Precise Match-on-Card(TM), a finger image templates will be used solely to authenticate the card-holding recipient by comparing the immediate scan of the recipient's finger with the template on the card. Precise Match-on-Card(TM) is secure and beneficial; secure because it does not rely on either a network or a database of images; beneficial due to the speed of authentication that is less than one second. This process is self-contained and neither the scanned finger image nor the template is transmitted across a network or saved to a database, thus eliminating any opportunity of interception or abuse." |
Jamaica: Jamaican government officials visit the gun control haven of Britain for gun control tips
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"Two Jamaican government ministers are heading to Birmingham in a bid to stop the city's gun culture having a ruinous effect on their tourism industry."
"Fewer visitors are picking the Caribbean destination because of fears over gun crime and government officials say Britain's Yardie gangs are partly to blame."
"The two ministers will be visiting London and Birmingham - the cities with the biggest Yardie problems."
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