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Canada: Activist expects RCMP to return property now that proceedings dropped
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"Political activist David Barbarash expects to have computers and other property that was seized from him by police last year returned now that legal proceedings have been dropped."
"The Crown recently filed a notice of abandonment in B.C. Supreme Court concerning Barbarash, a former Animal Liberation Front spokesperson."
"Police raided his Courtenay home last July 30 and seized two laptop computers, 50 computer discs and about 100 videotapes." ... |
Recent Study Shoots Down 'More Guns Less Crime' Myth
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"A study included in a just-released book debunks the claim by leading pro-gun researcher John Lott that allowing Americans to carry concealed handguns leads to less crime."
"The book 'Evaluating Gun Policy,' ...includes research by Professor John Donohue Ph.D., J.D., Stanford University Law School, and Professor Ian Ayres Ph.D., J.D., Yale Law School, that concludes Carry Concealed Weapons (CCW) laws do not decrease crime; they may, in fact, have just the opposite effect."
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SC: Woman shoots burglar in leg
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"Just before 1 p.m., someone rang Summey's doorbell but she didn't answer it. Then, she heard someone jiggling the back door. Then, someone was moving the trash can behind her house."
" 'I went straight and got the .357 Magnum,' she said."
" 'I would have used a shotgun, but I had just had new countertops done and I didn't want to tear up the kitchen.' "
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CO: Legislature: Governor shoots down gun bill
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"Gov. Bill Owens wants the Colorado Legislature to kill a measure that defines what a gun show is before background checks are performed."
"That’s something Rep. Ray Rose wasn’t pleased to hear. The Montrose Republican got the word Tuesday morning that because lawmakers have already approved two other gun bills this session – one restricting local gun-control laws and another standardizing concealed-weapons permits – the governor doesn’t want to see another gun bill." |
Philippines: 19 firearms seized in Negros
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"The Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) Wednesday reported to have confiscated 19 firearms during a raid in Manapla, Negros Occidental."
"This came a week after policemen seized 12 .38-caliber revolver and three 12-gauge shotguns from an apartment in barangay Taclobo, Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental."
"Armed with a search warrant ...Senior Insp. Moises Villaceran Jr. led a team of 601st CIDG personnel in the raid at the residence of Ivan Lozano..." |
WI: Metal detector makes courthouse a safer place
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"The latest device in courthouse security adds both a deterrent factor to someone who might be thinking of bringing a gun, knife or other weapon into a courtroom as well as a practical means to detect such weapons if someone tries to sneak one through." |
Canada: Liberals toe line for gun registry
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"The federal firearms registry survived a crucial vote on $59 million in new funding Tuesday after Prime Minister Jean Chretien used the threat of expulsion from caucus to cow rebel Liberal MPs into submission."
"Most of about 20 Liberal backbenchers who were last week planning to oppose the funding stayed away for the vote on supplementary estimates, with only three of the dissidents showing up to make a point of abstaining."
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MA: Steve Pinault scores big in Rod & Gun Club shoot
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"Practice makes perfect," as the cliché goes, and Steve Pinault certainly proved it during the Fitchburg Rod and Gun Club's .22 caliber 100-yard shoot on March 22."
The first heat of the shoot...included nine contestants using iron sights. Pinault, winning $34, walked away with both first and second place. He had practiced several days prior to the shoot." ... |
NY: Arrests Drop As Cops Redeployed
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"With about 1,500 detectives temporarily reassigned to the Police Department's war-related security upgrade 'Operation Atlas,' the number of gun and drug arrests across the city dropped drastically over the past week."
"Last week, Police Commissioner Ray Kelly announced that about a fourth of the city's 6,200 detectives were assigned to Operation Atlas security posts and checkpoints to prevent possible reprisal attacks related to the invasion of Iraq." |
Canada: Shotgun pointed at police officer in Eglinton and Warden area
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"Police have released a composite sketch of a man who is wanted for pointing a gun at a Toronto police officer in Scarborough on Saturday."
... "Police said a 41 Division officer was confronted by a man brandishing a shotgun on Eglinton Avenue just west of Warden Avenue at about 4:25 p.m. Det. Garry Long said the uniformed officer had just left a paid duty shift at a nearby flea market when the incident occurred." |
OH: Ohioans urge opposition to bill on gun lawsuits
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"A group of local politicians and gun-control advocates gathered in Cleveland yesterday to push Ohio's senators to oppose a bill that would limit lawsuits against gun manufacturers." ...
"Senate Bill 659 would restrict lawsuits against gun manufacturers, distributors or dealers. It would block suits by citizens who had been shot and those filed in recent years by several cities, including Cleveland, claiming gun makers have not incorporated safety devices." |
UK: Armed police make spot checks
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"Armed police are carrying out roadside checks in Birmingham after rival gang members shot at each other during a high-speed gun battle."
"Members of the Johnson Crew and Burger Bar Boys opened fire at each other as they raced along Lodge Road in Winson Green on Monday afternoon." ...
"Armed spot checks are being carried out in Winson Green to target the offenders and reassure people living in the area."
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MN: Building owners voice gun-law worries
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"With the state considering relaxed conceal-and-carry gun laws, downtown building owners want to make sure they can keep those weapons out of their buildings." ...
"This past week, ...Kent Warden, president of the Minneapolis Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA), and Sam Grabarski, president of the Minneapolis Downtown Council, appeared at the Legislature to testify against relaxing conceal-and-carry laws." |
UK: Police to take DNA samples after arrests
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"Police officers are to be allowed to take fingerprints and DNA samples from anyone they arrest, the Government said last night."
"The move triggered a civil liberties outcry, with critics complainingd that the widening of police powers was a considerable step towards establishing a compulsory national DNA database." ... |
NIST device helps ensure gunlock performance
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"...there is currently no standard for evaluating the effectiveness of such devices. This leads to a potential problem where ineffective gunlocks may be sold to consumers."
"To help solve the problem, researchers in the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Office of Law Enforcement Standards (OLES) have invented a system that tests cable gunlocks to ensure at least some minimal level of performance." ... |
S. 22: Using The Terrorist Threat To Push The Pre-"911" Anti-Gun Agenda
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Here's just some of what S.22 would require:
Ballistic "Fingerprinting"
Expansion of BATFE Firearm Tracing Operations
"Smart" Gun and Gun Lock Requirement
Gun Show Promoter/Customer Registration "--While federal government studies repeatedly have shown that criminals hardly ever get guns at gun shows, S. 22 falsely claims they often do so..."
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MSWA: Muslim soldiers with attitude
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" 'It's bad enough we have to worry about enemy forces, but now we have to worry about our own guys,' Spc. Autumn Simmer told the Los Angeles Times this week after the assault on the 101st Airborne. The Islamist infiltration of our troops is scandalous. Not one more American, soldier or civilian, must be sacrificed at the altar of multiculturalism, diversity, open borders, and tolerance of the murderous 'attitude' of Jihad." |
Ron Paul for President
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"The welfare state is collapsing. The federal government cannot continue spending money at the rate it has. Our invasion of a nation that is not a threat to the American people must be ended as quickly as possible, so our soldiers can retrain home safely."
"We need new leadership in Washington D.C. Ron Paul is that leader who will help save the Republic and restore the Founders' vision of America." |
NC: Gun permits on the rise
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"Many North Carolinians are practicing their right to bear arms."
"In times of war and a troubled economy, many Tar Heels are finding a need to protect their homes and their loved ones. Gun permits are on the rise in Harnett County." |
Canada: Critics up in arms over more gun funds
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"Critics cried foul yesterday after the Liberal government approved another $59 million for the firearms registry - a program that has already racked up cost overruns approaching $1 billion."
"In an anti-climactic Commons vote last night, backbench Grit MPs who had threatened to break ranks with the Chretien government either abstained from voting or didn't show up in the House." |
AZ: Gun sellers, makers not liable
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"Good news for gun manufacturers and sellers: The Arizona Supreme Court says they can't be held liable when their products are used to kill someone."
"Without comment, the court upheld the Court of Appeals decision throwing out the claims of families of three employees of a Tucson Pizza Hut who were shot to death in a 1999 robbery." ... |
NY: In Case of Emergency, Sit and Wait
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"Got a car? Sell it. Trade it in. Buy a boat. Buy a plane. Buy a hot air balloon. Train to become a long-distance swimmer. Make friends with someone who has a bomb shelter. Move to the backwoods of Arkansas. Or the bayous of Louisiana."
"Because with the national terror alert system level now at 'burnt orange' -- somewhere between red, the highest level of threat, and orange, the second-highest -- it might interest you to know that in the event of an attack on the metro area, the contingency plan, in most scenarios, is to ban all of us from the major roads and highways on Long Island." |
AZ: Senate Judiciary Committee pass Gun Show premption bill HB2319
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"A. Except as provided in subsection C of this section, a political subdivision of this state shall not enact any ordinance, rule or tax relating to the transportation, possession, carrying, sale, transfer or use of firearms or ammunition or any firearm or ammunition components in this state."
"B. A political subdivision of this state shall not require the licensing or registration of firearms or ammunition or any firearm or ammunition components or prohibit the ownership, purchase, sale or transfer of firearms or ammunition or any firearm or ammunition components." |
U.S. Lifts FBI Criminal Database Checks
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"The Justice Department lifted a requirement Monday that the FBI ensure the accuracy and timeliness of information about criminals and crime victims before adding it to the country's most comprehensive law enforcement database."
"The system, run by the FBI's National Crime Information Center, includes data about terrorists, fugitives, warrants, people missing, gang members and stolen vehicles, guns or boats."
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Looks like the FBI won't have to bother with that pesky problem of ensuring that their data is accurate. The full text of the provision which the FBI will no longer have to adhere to is: "Each agency that maintains a system of records shall ... maintain all records which are used by the agency in making any determination about any individual with such accuracy, relevance, timeliness, and completeness as is reasonably necessary to assure fairness to the individual in the determination." |
Anti-Gun Group Takes Aim at Bill Banning Negligence Lawsuits
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"The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence has launched an advertising assault on a new bill before Congress that would prohibit negligence lawsuits against gun manufacturers and dealers."
"The legislation, which has 247 co-sponsors in the House and 52 co-sponsors in the Senate, is designed to halt the growing number of lawsuits that seek to hold the firearms industry liable for crimes involving guns."
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UK: Bus driver stabbed by maniac
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"A bus driver was stabbed by a robber in a terrifying late night attack. The man, the last passenger on the bus, stabbed driver Paul Wilson in the arm after he refused to hand over his cash box."
"But quick-thinking Mr Wilson, 27, thwarted the attacker by hitting him with the swing door of his driver's cabin."
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CA: Carjacker drags victim to death as horrified witnesses give chase
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"A man was dragged to his death while he clung to the side of his Chevrolet Suburban as a carjacker sped down the road from the Ontario International Airport."
"Seok Young Rhee, 55, was leaving the airport Monday afternoon when an individual ran toward his sport utility vehicle and forced his way inside, police said."
"Forty-year-old Jose Luis Chichipa of Mira Loma was arrested for investigation of murder and carjacking. He was being held in jail in nearby Rancho Cucamonga without bail." |
MA: Hotline, rewards target illegal guns
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"Law enforcement officials hope a 24-hour hotline and a reward fund will bolster their effort to curb gun violence across the region. They are asking residents, whether motivated by civic responsibility or a desire for reward money, to report people with illegal guns."
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TN: Bill to Broaden Gun Owners' Rights Shot Down
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At the state capitol, lawmakers shoot down a plan to broaden the rights of gun owners.
Democrat Ben West wants the state's handgun permits to become "firearm" permits, allowing permit-holders to carry loaded shotguns and rifles in addition to the handguns allowed under the current law.
The bill was rejected in a voice vote by a house subcommittee Tuesday. So was a bill that would allow gun permit holders to keep loaded weapons in their vehicles while at work. |
CA: SF's "Fajitagate" police scandal - a good start, but not enough
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"San Francisco has been abuzz in recent days over a scandal that has been described as the biggest story in this town since the 1989 earthquake. According to media reports, three off-duty officers hanging out and drinking on a North Beach street corner at 230am allegedly assaulted a pair of men who had just gotten off work after one of them refused to give drunken cop Alex Fagan Jr. his bag of steak fajita leftovers." |
WI: Free gun locks are defective
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"Residents who took advantage of a program that gave away free gun locks more than two years ago got what they paid for."
"About 500 free gun locks given away by Crime Stoppers are now considered defective and residents should no longer use them, said Sgt. Mike Hokenson of the Waukesha Police Department." |
UK: Tackling gun crime - top-level conference begins
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"Although gun crime is still rare, the impact it has on communities should not be underestimated. Communities have a vital role to play in contributing to effective solutions, and there are already good examples of the community and the police working together in many areas."
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Exploiting terrorism
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"The gun-ban lobby has seized on terrorism as an excuse to launch a new push for universal gun-owner registration and for laws that criminalize all now-legal sales, trades, and gifts between peaceable persons. If you own a gun, they want your name in a computerized federal database – profiling you on the basis of mere ownership of a firearm." |
MI: Gun Sale Ban
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A Northern Michigan gun dealer is stirring up controversy by refusing to sell guns or ammunition to Muslims. Former Michigan Militia leader, Norman Olson has owned the Alanson Armory Gun Shop for the last ten years. Now, he says it's within his rights to refuse to sell firearms to anyone he says posses a risk to others. Olson says he fears American-Muslims might buy guns that could be used for terrorist acts and are a near and present danger. |
NH: House OKs gun regulation bill
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"Gun owners were the big winners during a long, busy day in the House on Tuesday."
"Lawmakers voted to give the state the exclusive right to regulate guns, therefore usurping any local ordinances. Supporters argued the proposal will clarify laws regulating guns, therefore making it easier to carry firearms."
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Such a bill would also usurp the powers of any locality wishing to loosen restrictions on gun owners to a level that's more relaxed than the state's. |
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