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Liberal mindset can lead to creation of killing zones
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft

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"Mr. LeMoult puts forth several points in his recent 'Ideas' column titled 'The Second Amendment, guns and death.' This is not fresh thinking or new ideas on the part of the author. It is a rather tired summarization of many years of liberal thinking regarding the Second Amendment."

"There are two views of the meaning of the Second Amendment. One is generally termed the collective view, which is the one put forth in the piece. The militia clause is the part of the amendment on which this view concentrates. ..."

"The other is the individual right approach to both the Constitution and the Second Amendment. The words 'the right of the people' as used in the Second Amendment are also used in the First, Fourth and Tenth Amendments. ..." ...

Ensure the UN does not destroy the Second Amendment
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft

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"I urge gun owners to get a copy of the December issue of 'America's 1st Freedom,' which is the official journal of the National Rifle Association and is sent to all its members. If you have not already done so, please read three of the articles in this issue: 'One on One,' 'Follow the Money' and 'IACP'S Bold Call for Confiscation and Destruction.'"

"We have all known for years that those of the anti-gun movement have tried everything they can think of to have certain kinds of guns banned in the United States and have been unable to do so up until the present time. So now they are trying to do it through the United Nations, which would make any law relating to gun control mandatory to every member of the U.N." ...

Anti-gun employers endanger our Second Amendment rights
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft

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"For years, pro-gun advocates have rightfully pointed out that several key groups are a serious threat to our gun rights. Most are avowed anti-gun organizations or have some other emotion based argument for wanting to confiscate the guns of law-abiding citizens. But, a bigger and more dangerous threat continues to put our firearms rights in jeopardy employers."

"Most of us need our jobs to secure the financial needs of our families and cant simply change jobs each time our employer does something to infringe on our rights. Although in a perfect world, we would never be forced to make the choice between financial need and safety, in practice people are forced to do so more often in America every day." ...

Pistol-Cam: the extremely candid camera
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft

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FULL TEXT BELOW:

It's a common scenario. You're out on the town, some lowlife starts mouthing off, so you fill him with more lead than a pencil factory.

But how do you convince the judge it was self-defence?

Say hello to Pistol-Cam. Strap this camcorder to the end of your pistol, take aim, and it'll record your brutal slaying in MPEG4 video, complete with sound. Then download your day's maiming onto your computer via USB.

The "I'll make you famous" line from Young Guns II has never been more appropriate.

It can store up to 60 minutes of footage, for if your gunfight lasts longer than Arnie's, and even comes with a laser sight and tactical flashlight.

Most life-stoppers are supported, including Beretta, Glock, and Smith and Wesson.

Guns made to kill with high efficiency
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft

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"There is one thing gun lovers won't understand. It is very simple. The word that sums it up is: Technology."

"Guns are a very efficient technology for killing. They have no other purpose. They enable people with every sort of ancillary problem to act on their problems with unprecedented efficiency."

"... when push comes to shove, if there were no guns on this planet (and I mean all guns ) military, civilian -- all) how would they respond to their dilemma?"

"Suffer it out, beat somebody with their fists, lash out with a knife? They certainly wouldn't have almost instantaneously killed five people with a knife." ...
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Submitter's Note: And big men could rape smaller women with impunity, groups of men could slaughter smaller groups, and "Might makes Right" would return to the world.

Another Stab At
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft

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"My dear sane people,"

"While we await the Supreme Court's decision on what the Founding Fathers had in mind when they penned the Second Amendment, I thought it might be a good time to try to explain to those 'law-abiding' and 'emotionally stable' gun nuts we hear so much aboutthe ones who are always scheming to find more and more ridiculous ways to impress us with their firearms studlinesswhy we think it's a horrible, absurd idea for them to be toting concealed weapons onto our university campuses or into our state and federal parks, as it would seem many are itching to do."

"I know, I know ... I'm wasting my time. Gun nuts are defined by their uncompromising nuttiness when it comes to guns. As sane people, we all understand this." ...

NY: Staged shooting goes Off-Broadway
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"In today's Internet-dominated society, where anyone can play disturbing flash games reenacting the Columbine massacre or access footage of school shootings on Youtube.com, it's safe to say that violence in schools is a serious problem that doesn't seem to be going away."

"With school shootings becoming a regular fixture in the nation's headlines, has the US become too desensitized?"

"UB alumni Drew Piatek and Gordon Tashjian, co-writers/directors of the play LIT 401 seem to think so. Intending to bring back the shock value of such tragedies as the Columbine and the Virginia Tech shootings, LIT 401 tells the eerily familiar story of two student gunman who open fire on an English class. ..." ...

Separate out handguns in landmark deliberations
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft

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"Technically, the challenge is to a District of Columbia handgun ban. Realistically, the U.S. Supreme Court last week heard oral arguments and took under advisement a case that could have historic ramifications for the right to bear arms." ...

"A concern we have is that a court ruling could overreach in ruling on the D.C. handgun ban and find that states or the federal government can't regulate certain types of weapons. Government's regulatory authority certainly must be retained over them."

"We don't see the Second Amendment as an open-end license that allows a private citizen in this modern era to have assault rifles or heavy artillery in their basements. Some weapons should be reserved for use only by the military or police." ...

Call to arms for the high court
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft

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"The Supreme Court should allow Dick Heller to keep a handgun in his home." ...

"Heller won his lawsuit before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit when that court struck down the district's gun law. Previous decisions of a similar nature around the country had gone the other way."

"Now it is up to the Supreme Court to decide whether Heller has a constitutional right to keep a handgun in his home."

"Justice Anthony Kennedy, who may be the deciding vote on the divided court, appeared to side with Heller's argument in saying, 'In my view, there's a general right to bear arms quite without reference to the militia either way.'" ...

Liberty Belles: Anti-Gun Laws
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft

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"At issue in the D.C. vs. Heller case is not only whether or not the Supreme Court will acknowledge that the Second Amendment applies to private citizens, but also to what extent the government can restrict our ability to exercise that right." ...

"While it is doubtful that the Supreme Court decision will contain a long list of specifics in terms of regulation, their opinion should convey the Court's opinion quite clearly and should be broad enough to cover a variety of scenarios."

"With that in mind, we would like to review several common anti-gun laws that serve no purpose other than to infringe or restrict the law-abiding citizen's ability to own or possess a firearm." ...

Guns causing stir
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft

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"In case you hadn't noticed, there has been quite an uproar in the media lately. No, not about Eliot Spitzer or Barack Obama; the uproar is over a recent Supreme Court caseDistrict of Columbia v. Heller. The case pertains to whether a total ban on handguns in Washington, D.C. violates the 2nd Amendment." ...

"Disagreements over whether the 2nd Amendment is an individual right or a collective right have been with us in our political discourse for quite some time. But rather than listen to a bunch of blowhard lawyers on the subject, Id rather refer the matter to those individuals who coined the words of the 2nd Amendment in the first place." ...

Wildlife encounters: If you meet a bear, don't shoot. Spray
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft

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"If you're roaming bear country, your best protection against an unpleasant encounter is a can of bear spray, not a gun, according to Brigham Young University wildlife biologist Tom Smith."

"Smith's team ... has studied 600 bear encounters in Alaska over two decades. In 72 incidents in which bear spray was used properly, the bear stopped charging more than 90 percent of the time ... People using guns, by contrast, stood a one-in-three chance of failing to deter the bear ..."

"'The probability is the bear spray will outperform a firearm and it's easy to see why. The spray is easy to deploy. The rifle is just difficult to use,' Smith said. Stopping a charging bear with bullets required, on average, four hits." [emphasis added] ...

NY: Pharmacist wrestles shotgun from robber
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"A pharmacist yesterday struggled with a robber inside a Rite Aid pharmacy in Carmel and yanked away the shotgun the man was toting, police said, shortly before officers arrived to arrest him."

"... a man walked into the store with a sawed-off shotgun and demanded narcotics from the pharmacy staff. The man then walked around the pharmacy counter as pharmacist Mark Gallagher began placing drugs into a bag."

"As the man pointed his gun toward two women who work in the store, Gallagher, who told investigators he feared the man would shoot the women, grabbed the firearm, Smith said. After a struggle, the pharmacist was able to wrest the shotgun away from the robber and fight him off, the sheriff said." ...
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Submitter's Note: Take note on how the firearm did not discharge until in the hands of the police...

AK-47s are turning up more in US
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... "The Sept. 15 killing was remarkable in that it took place in the most innocent of settings ... But it was unremarkable in that one of the guns brandished was an AK-47-type rifle ... increasingly being used in American street fights."

"Figures from the [BATFE] ... show a marked increase in the number of AK-type weapons traced and entered into the agency's computer database because they had been seized or connected to a crime."

"The number of such tracings rose even while the federal assault weapons ban was in effect and has continued to climb since its expiration." ...

"ATF says the increases in the first half of the 1990s are partly the result of wider usage of its weapons database by local law enforcement agencies. ..." ...

FL: Florida House passes bill allowing guns in workplace
Submitted by: New York State Rifle & Pistol Association
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"Without debate, the Florida House gave the powerful gun lobby a major victory today by passing a bill to allow employees to take their guns to work - as long as the employee has a concealed weapons permit and the weapon is left in the car."

"The bill (HB503) passed on a nearly party-line vote, 72-42, with Republicans largely supporting the guns-at-work legislation despite a last-minute lobbying push by business interests to kill the measure, which they called an attack on business owners' ability to regulate the workplace." ...

AZ: University gun debate another culture war battleground
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft

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"The debate over allowing those with concealed weapons permits to carry those weapons on public college campuses is a much broader and deeper conflict than it appears. Most of the participants are barely cognizant of their roles in that conflict, and that Arizonas university system is again another battleground in the culture wars."

"Most American universities have become advance outposts for the post-modern leftist dogmas dominating western Europe since, and partly in reaction to, the Second World War. ..."

"The arguments against allowing this simple form of self-defense are not really about safety. Thats the cover story and can be easily refuted. ..." ...

WI: Concealed carry still not answer Submitted by: New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Website: http://www.nysrpa.org	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"This week the pro-gun rights organization Students for Concealed Carry on Campus announced that it will create a chapter on the UW-Madison campus to lobby for expanded gun rights and concealed carry on the UW-Madison campus. Although we welcome the debate on this issue, we are strongly opposed to placing more guns in the hands of students and faculty members." ...

CO: Udall wouldn't kill gun ban but hopes court will
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft

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"When the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments last week about the Washington, D.C., ban on handgun ownership, U.S. Rep. Mark Udall of Colorado issued a news release saying he hoped the court would affirm the right of citizens to 'keep and bear arms.'"

"But on four occasions when Udall, a Democrat running for an open U.S. Senate seat, could have voted in Congress to repeal all or sections of the gun ban, he did not."

"Udall campaign spokesman Taylor West said the congressman did not ... think Congress was justified in overriding the district while the issue was before the courts."

"'He believes in self-rule and the rights of local government,' West said. 'The people should be able to set their own laws." ...

ID: The Running Man
Submitted by: David Codrea
Website: http://waronguns.blogspot.com

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"Clayton Cramer is running for Idaho State Senate (District 22)." ...

"We're always saying we need more pro-RKBA candidates, yet when we get them never seem to find any time or money to help out. ..." ...

"If you've never been involved in a campaign, what's holding you back? They can be fun, are great learning experiences and afford all kinds of opportunities to network with like-minded citizens, building camaraderie, and importantly, hope. I truly never did work on a campaign where I felt I gave more than I received. And local races especially are where an individual can really make a difference." ...

Packing heat in the park
Submitted by: New York State Rifle & Pistol Association
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"For the past 25 years, firearms have been out of sight and out of mind in Americas National Parks."

"Now, a group of individuals and at least 51 U.S. Senators are supporting the loosening of Park Service regulations that would make it legal to carry a loaded firearm in a national park if the state has existing 'right to carry' laws."

"'We believe that law-abiding citizens should not be prohibited from protecting their family and belongings while enjoying the countrys national parks,' [NRA] spokesperson Rachel Parsons said. ..."

"The proposed adjustment would bring firearm regulations to the same level in the national parks as in the rest of the state that the park calls home." ...

TN: Gun-Permit Data Ban Shoots Down First Amendment
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft

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"Last month, an investigative television reporter in Nashville reported that the state of Tennessee had issued gun-carry permits to convicted felons, including a child rapist."

"That's because the Tennessee Department of Safety admitted that it accepted at face value an applicant's word that he or she had not been convicted of a felony."

"Under proposed legislation slated to go before the Tennessee Senate today, reporter Phil Williams ... would be subject to a Class E felony for airing that report. His punishment upon conviction? Up to several years in prison and a large fine."

"You read that right: A handful of Tennessee legislators essentially are trying to use the Second Amendment to blast away at the First Amendment." ...

NY: Nassau aiming to ban painted guns
Submitted by: New York State Rifle & Pistol Association
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"There have been no plans announced to launch a Nassau County 'Nautical Mile Marine Green,' 'Jones Beach Camouflage' or 'Baldwin Blue.'"

"But local Nassau officials, led by Nassau County Executive Thomas Suozzi, are proposing legislation aimed to outlaw painted handguns produced by a Wisconsin company." ...

"... On Wednesday, Suozzi, Nassau County Police Commissioner Walter W. Mulvey and Legis. John Scannell will hold a news conference to announce their intent to propose legislation that would ban the possession and sale of 'brightly-colored handguns' in Nassau."

"If enacted, the legislation would mandate that the county pistol licensing authority refuse licensing any weapon painted 'in any fashion.'"

SC: Bill closing public access to concealed weapons permits advances
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft

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"The public would not have access to the names of people who can carry concealed weapons in South Carolina under a proposal that appears to be headed to the governor's desk."

"The House made a small change to the proposal Tuesday and returned it to the Senate ... Senators are expected to approve the change and send the bill to the governor's desk."

"The South Carolina House passed the bill unanimously last May after a Virginia newspaper put a link on its Web site with the names and addresses of that state's concealed carry permit holders."

"Gun enthusiasts say publishing the gun owners' names violates their privacy. Open government advocates say the government should never issue licenses in secret." ...

WV: West Virginia Closes Mental Health Gun Background Check Loophole
Submitted by: New York State Rifle & Pistol Association
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"Governor Joe Manchin III recently signed into law S.B. 185 to close a loophole in West Virginia's gun laws. A comparable loophole allowed the Virginia Tech shooter to purchase the guns he used to murder 32 people, despite his record of mental instability and a ruling by a judge that he was mentally ill and dangerous."

"This legislation authorizes West Virginia to report individuals who have been adjudicated dangerously mentally ill, or who have been involuntarily committed to a mental institution, to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS)." ...

WA: Gun debate plays out at Mount Rainier National Park
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft

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"A debate on allowing firearms in national parks splits local residents like the icy fissures that crease the flanks of Mount Rainier."

"People like Jim Williams and Jim McAfee, long-time National Rifle Association members, see it as a Second Amendment issue."

"George Coulbourn is an NRA member too but works as a volunteer backcountry ranger at Mount Rainier National Park. He sees no benefit to allowing people to carry loaded weapons in the park. Kris Paynter is the mother of two young girls and the wife of a police detective. She said allowing guns at Mount Rainier would ruin the sense of sanctuary the park now offers." ...

Smugglers' deadly cargo: Cop-killing guns
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"A deadly trade is occurring along the U.S. border with Mexico, federal officials say -- a flood of guns, heading south, used by drug thugs to kill Mexican cops."

"In Mexico, guns are difficult to purchase legally. So, officials say, weapons easily purchased in the United States are turning up there." ...
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Submitters Note: "Cop-killing guns" - were these weapons taken from a police evidence room after being used in a crime as I wasn't aware of firearms made for that specific purpose?

KABA Note: FP-45 the original "cop-killing gun".

AR: Former Bethel Heights Police Officer Gets Jail Time
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"A former Bethel Heights police officer pleaded guilty Tuesday to forgery and was sentenced to probation and 15 days in jail."

"Michael Sharum, 37, was arrested by the Lowell Police Department in August and charged with forging a check for $500."

"He said in court Tuesday he found a blank check and filled in the amount, forged the signature and cashed it at the bank he regularly used, said Deputy Prosecutor Drew Ledbetter."

"Sharum will lose his law enforcement certification in Arkansas because of the felony conviction, according to Al Berndt, standards specialist at the Arkansas Commission on Law Enforcement Standards and Training." ...

WV: Officers face trial in deer shooting
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"Two Charleston police officers accused of spotlighting a deer in Putnam County will go to trial on June 10."

"Patrolman Conrad M. Carpenter and Cpl. James E. White Jr. are charged with spotlighting, hunting from an automobile, shooting within 500 feet of a dwelling, possession of wildlife parts and conspiracy."

"According to a criminal complaint, White and Carpenter were driving ... when they spotted three deer crossing the road. One of the deer appeared to be injured ..."

"... Carpenter told White to stop the car so he could shoot the injured animal. White allegedly shone a light on the deer so that Carpenter could hang out the window and shoot it with a .40-caliber handgun, Amick said." ...

GA: Narcotics cop made illegal search look like a break-in
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"A 23-year Atlanta Police Department veteran pleaded guilty on Monday to conspiring to violate civil rights by searching a private residence without a warrant, federal prosecutors said."

"Wilbert Stallings, 44, of Conyers, a sergeant in the department's narcotics unit, faces up to 10 years in prison and up to $250,000 in fines. A sentencing date wasn't immediately set."

"After a hearing before federal Judge Julie Carnes, U.S. Attorney David E. Nahmias called the actions of Stallings and his unit a 'blatant' rights violation. He also said it was part of a pattern that led to the 2006 botched raid in which 92-year-old Kathryn Johnston was shot and killed in her northwest Atlanta home." ...
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H/t to The Agitator.

Israel: Cops oppose 'Shai Dromi' self-defence bill
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft

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"The Israel Police opposes a bill that would grant additional legal protection to homeowners, businessmen and farmers who shoot at intruders, because of concern it would encourage people to take the law into their own hands."

"'I would not like to put such power in the hands of private individuals,' police Supt. Liat Lav told the Knesset Law Committee ..." ...

"The bill is known as the 'Shai Dromi Law' because it was inspired by an incident in January 2007 in which Dromi was indicted for murder for killing a Beduin who had trespassed on his Negev ranch to steal sheep."

"The incident led to a public outcry justifying Dromi's actions, especially because of the increasing number of thefts in the agricultural sector." ...

IL: Reading, Writing and the Right to Keep and Bear Arms
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft

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... "Our former State's Attorney and current Mayor, Richard M. Daley, has been spending huge sums of money on legal fees trying to collect civil damages from gun manufacturers on the basis of product liability theories."

"According to this lawsuit, which has been rejected at every turn, guns are inherently dangerous and cannot be sold to any end consumer safely."

"... Chicago has nothing to show for this politically correct litigation other than huge legal bills." ...

"None of the opponents of private gun ownership has the forthright honesty to seek to repeal the Second Amendment directly. Most of the successful efforts to restrict gun rights have occurred as the result of legislative subterfuge, ..." ...

WI: State laws give people right to own handguns
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft

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"Jon Riemann's assertion in his Community Conversation on March 24 that 'no one should be allowed to have a handgun except law enforcement personnel' is very short-sighted."

"The police do not carry guns to protect citizens from death or great bodily harm. Their guns are for their own protection."

"Citizens should have the same rights. What is important is having the proper tool at the proper time. In assault scenarios, there is no opportunity for a threatened victim to call time-out to dial 911."

"Mr. Riemann's argument that modern gun technology invalidates the Second Amendment protections would imply that newspapers, which use modern presses or computers, would not be protected by the First Amendment." ...

NY: Task Force addresses gun violence
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"Some said it was too low of a turnout for such a big issue. About 100 people came out to Phillip Livingston School to talk gun violence."

"A task force made up of shooting victims' families and law enforcement updated residents on different programs they are hoping to implement."

"They want to add programs for children to get the message out at a young age. They have also considered implementing a program in Albany similar to one that is in place in Rochester."

"'We're looking at the possibility of a crisis intervention team that would respond to all of our shootings,' said Task Force Chairman John Miller. 'We are looking at saturating all of our neighborhoods with some resources for our young people ...'"

NJ: 35 weapons seized from home
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"Police seized a cache of 35 weapons on Tuesday, including illegally modified assault rifles and machine guns from the ... apartment of a gun collector ..."

"The State Police Street Gang Unit North and borough detectives found an armory of loaded guns and 3,000 rounds of ammunition in the apartment of Joseph Leone, 57." ...

"Ryan said police turned their attention to Leone, who had no criminal record, when questions were raised about 'whether he's in the right frame of mind to be in possession of weapons.'"

"Ryan would not specify who raised the questions, or how police were alerted." ...

"Leone has a curios and relics license, which permits him to possess certain rare and novel weapons ... " ...
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KABA Note: So Mr. Leone's sole 'crime' was to violate the mala prohibita laws of New Jersey?

Canada: America's affair with guns
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft

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"How incredible it is that in the U.S., where so many people have been killed by gunfire for decades, the country's Supreme Court is just now getting around to deciding what the constitutional right to have and carry guns means." ...

"It seems perfectly clear to me that the amendment recognizes that a right at that time already existed ..."

"So if the supremos have any sense, they'll conclude that Americans have the right to keep guns ... The harder part will be to decide what restrictions can be placed on that right in the interests of public safety."

"And public safety, as the crime statistics show, has grown to be an issue that the founding fathers couldn't have anticipated ..." ...

UK: Mum's despair as son is caged
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"A MUM has spoken of her anguish after her 15-year-old son was convicted of attempted murder."

"The 43-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, told the South London Press she felt 'numb and defeated' after the verdict."

"Her son and another teenager were accused of shooting Jason Major in the back as he sat in a car in Clifton Way, Peckham, last October. The bullet missed vital organs in the 26-year-old's body by millimetres but he has since recovered enough to give evidence at the 15-year-old's trial." ...

UK: Murderer jailed for life
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"MURDERER Mark Russell has been jailed for life for stabbing to death a dad-of-two."

"The 31-year-old was told he would serve at least 14 years behind bars for killing love rival John Redhead outside his flat."

"Sentencing this afternoon (Wednesday), Judge Michael Baker called the attack 'a vicious multiple stabbing'."

"He said: 'The jury has seen through the facade of lies you put forward as a defence.'"

"'There was no gun or serious threat against you.'" ...