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Need for sky marshals soars
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"The rapid rebuilding of the program was not without problems. Some marshals have quit, complaining about exhausting schedules that left them so tired they fell asleep on flights, dress codes they say make them identifiable and put them at risk, and suggestions that they fly solo if their partner is detained or ill." ...
"Some passengers have complained about overreaction by marshals." |
MD: Ehrlich Has a Long, Hard Week at State House
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"Meanwhile, gun rights advocates, who supported Ehrlich for governor, are organizing to fight his plan to toughen penalties for some gun crimes, an initiative known as Project Exile,after a program in Virginia. James M. Purtilo, editor of a gun rights newsletter, said the governor's bill would allow authorities to jail minor offenders and seize their firearms." |
UK: Child comic banned over toy gun fear
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"A British airport said yesterday that it had banned the sale of a children's comic that comes with a plastic toy gun attached."
"Shops at Birmingham Airport in central England were told to take copies of The Dandy off the shelves because of fears the toy could be used to hijack a plane."
"The plastic weapon features a bright blue clenched fist which extends to 'punch' its intended victim." |
MO: Police target gun safety
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"Independence Police hope a $3 gun lock, distributed to about 15,000 gun owners, will help reduce accidental injuries from firearms."
"The gun locks are part of a new program being developed by the department to educate gun owners and the general public about firearms safety. In January, the department received preliminary approval for a two-year $250,000 grant to fund the effort from the U.S. Department of Justice, Project Safe Neighborhood program." |
UK: Mum jailed over gun in wardrobe
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"A mother-of-two who was found with a gun in her bedroom wardrobe has been jailed for 12 months at Birmingham Crown Court."
"In passing sentence on Tara Macleod, Judge Derek Stanley said: 'It is not the most powerful type of gun. It is a single barrel poachers gun. The trouble is in its existing state there is no legitimate purpose for it other than the pursuit of crime.' "
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OK: Police say 22 weapons stolen from city shop
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"Among the stolen items were two AR-15 semiautomatic rifles and a .50-caliber pistol, Andrews said."
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CA: SFPD Slow To React To Citizen Complaints
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"San Francisco's police department, where top commanders face felony indictments for allegedly covering up a fight involving three off-duty rookies, has often allowed officers to stay on the job even after citizen investigators found misconduct, according to police records obtained by a newspaper."
"Between 1995 and 2001, the city's Office of Citizen Complaints found significant evidence of police misconduct in 1,156 cases, yet only two officers involved in those complaints were fired..." |
Explosive Regulations Threaten to Kill Model Rocketry
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"A provision deep within the regulations of the new Homeland Security Act is threatening to shut down the popular hobby of model rocketry because the propellant used to make the rocket's solid-fueled motors is now classified as explosive material."
"Under the new rules, shipping companies are required to have every employee who might touch the rocket motors be certified, pass background checks and get fingerprinted -- an added expense the companies are unlikely to bear." |
SHOT show pulls out the big guns
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"The Shooting, Hunting, Outdoor Trade Show, otherwise known as the SHOT Show, was held in Orlando recently, and the last thing anyone worried about was terrorists."
"Actually, you'd have thought that if there was any trouble, Dirty Harry with his chrome .44, or sweaty Rambo, bandoleer and all, toting his .50-caliber machine gun, would have jumped from behind any of the booths and quickly settled the matter." |
A "bad gun law" grows in Brooklyn
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"Let’s get something straight, Mr. Hynes: no pathetic little would-be tyrant has the right to decide what Mr. Dixon’s rights are, especially when those rights are clearly enumerated in the US Constitution. Let’s get another thing straight, Mr. Hynes: regardless what absurd laws and regulations the brainless lot of politicians in New York saw it fit to pass, the moral principle doesn’t change. The God-given right to defend oneself using the most effective tool on the market – a firearm – cannot morally become a criminal act, simply because a band of frothing, anti-freedom zealots declare it as such." |
IN: Firearms in the crosshairs
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"With Indiana’s lax gun laws, killings by assault weapons such as the AK-47 and SKS are likely to continue ..."
"There are a couple of pushes under way in the Indiana General Assembly to change that. One would ban assault weapons. Other bills being considered would modify Indiana’s liberal gun laws to be more stringent, as they are in Illinois, where carrying a handgun is illegal, while the city of Chicago has specifically outlawed handguns and assault weapons."
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CA: San Francisco police chief, others indicted in connection with fight
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"A total of 10 officers were indicted on felony charges late Thursday, including three charged with beating two men in front of a bar just after closing time." ...
"Bartender Adam Snyder has said he and a friend, Jade Santoro, were walking to their cars when they were accosted by the officers, who demanded Snyder's bag of steak fajitas. When he refused, Snyder said, he and Santoro were attacked." |
CA: SFPD Chief Sanders, Asst. Chief Fagan Indicted (Another report)
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"In a stunning move, a San Francisco grand jury has indicted Police Chief Earl Sanders, his second-in-command and other top police officials on charges they conspired to obstruct the investigation into an off-duty brawl involving three rank-and-file cops, authorities said Friday."
"Sen. Dianne Feinstein, also jumped on the district attorney, who she said has 'something like 50 murder cases pending. I think they could spend their time more wisely,' Feinstein said."
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IN: State Supreme Court hears Gary gun lawsuit
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"Attorneys for Gary asked the Indiana Supreme Court to allow the city to proceed with a lawsuit holding gun dealers and manufacturers accountable for decades of gun violence." ...
"Attorneys for manufacturers like Smith & Wesson, Beretta U.S.A. Corp. and Glock Corp. said the case would establish a precedent that manufacturers could be held responsible for criminal acts by someone outside of their control." |
VA: Fairfax Police Advise Women Not To Arm Themselves!
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" 'I know people would love to be on their own, doing what they've gotta to do, but we don't live in that kind of society anymore,' Fairfax County Police Officer Sophia Grinnan tells WTOP. Police advise shoppers not to carry weapons. 'When you carry a weapon, that weapon could become the weapon of the bad guy,' Grinnan said."
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The Hideous Consequences of Good Intentions
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"Is it not with the grandest of intentions that the advocates for greater gun control push so hard to restriction access to implements of self-defense? Is it not for our own safety that they plead a case that ignores the Second Amendment? Is it not for the children's safety that we must disarm ourselves? How could anything as well-meaning as legislation to enhance security possibly have bad consequences? How could any sane person argue with such good intentions? It would be insanity to let these dangerous circumstances go unnoticed, unaddressed, and unchallenged; for the consequences are quite severe. Sometimes far worse than an alternative we seek to avoid." |
CA: Indicted California Police Chief Keeps Job
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"Despite being indicted by a grand jury, Chief Prentice E. Sanders of the San Francisco Police Department remains on the job this weekend, an indication that his friend and political mentor, Mayor Willie L. Brown Jr., intends to fight to clear the chief's name."
"Chief Sanders, who was indicted on Friday on a charge of conspiring to obstruct justice, was allowed to keep his post at least until Monday by a unanimous vote of the city's Police Commission." |
Liberals Outraged By Self-defense On The Border
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"If ever there were examples of a liberal death-wish it is the views of Bill Press and Alan Colmes on illegal immigration which is a major national security threat. But, instead of being concerned about this growing threat, Press and Colmes trash the Good Guys trying to combat this threat calling them 'vigilantes' stirring up trouble, a 'gang,' and lawless racists and white supremacists. I am glad that neither Glenn Spencer nor Chris Simcox will in any way be deterred by such name-calling." |
UK: Businessman jailed over hidden weapons
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"A businessman who had an 'arsenal of weapons' hidden in the kitchen of his Birmingham home has been jailed for five years."
"Birmingham Crown Court was told officers who searched Kevin Poulton's house in Francis Road, Acocks Green, found a double-barrelled Derringer pistol, a 12-bore Remington pump action shotgun, a 12-bore Remington double-barrelled sawn off shotgun, live bullets and cartridges."
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"There is no excuse that I can see which has been offered why you should house the arsenal of guns." |
NV: Club staff alleges being held for hours at gunpoint
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"Employees were held at gunpoint for hours during last week's raid at the Crazy Horse Too Gentlemen's Club and regained their freedom only after agreeing to give videotaped statements to law enforcement officers, affidavits filed in federal court reveal."
" 'Some of us started consenting to the interrogations in the hopes that it would pacify the gunmen and allow us to be released,' cashier Patricia Pintarelli wrote in one affidavit."
"Pintarelli and other employees have described the Feb. 20 search as a military-style operation that needlessly terrorized occupants of the topless club at a time when the business was packed with customers."
"Crazy Horse attorney Tony Sgro alleges officers violated the rights of workers and patrons during the search. He also said they failed to time the raid so as to minimize the potential for violence." |
TX: Gunshow overflows
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"At one time the line of people waiting to get in to the Sherman Police Association gun show at the Municipal Ballroom reached out the door and around the block. With a capacity of 400 in the ballroom, the man on the door had to wait for visitors to exit so he could let more people in." ...
"With more that 70 dealers, visitors to the show could peruse all manner of firearms, old and new, as well as hunting and fishing equipment. An area set aside for knife swapping was busy most of the day." |
The fanatics of the left wing have no honesty.
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"Recently, the Violence Policy Center attacked an American manufacturer of long range rifles. The VPC stated that Osama Bin Laden was using their rifles, and gave the distinct impression that this was a recent sale and knowingly made to Bin Laden by the manufacturer."
"The TRUTH is the rifles were sold to the U.S. Government over ten years ago. The rifles were then given by the U.S. Government to Afghanistan freedom fighters, who are now connected to Bin Laden. The manufacturers, Barrett Firearms, sold NOTHING to anyone overseas." |
CA: S.F. Police Chief Wants Indictment Probe
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"Police Chief Earl Sanders, indicted with other top brass for allegedly covering up a street brawl involving off-duty officers, has asked the state to investigate whether prosecutors exceeded their authority in the case." |
Malaysia: Former convict receives jail time and beating for owning a gun
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"Mohd Nor, who was unrepresented, was charged under Section 8 of the Firearms ...Act 1971 which provides for a maximum jail term of 14 years and no fewer than six strokes of the cane for keeping the revolver."
"He also pleaded guilty to being in possession of four rounds of .38 Special ammunition ...which provides for a jail term of up to seven years and whipping upon conviction."
"For the first offence he received 10 years and six strokes and for the second offence five years' jail." |
IL: Weapons in school: Fewer cases reported
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"...In some states, there is no required reporting of weapons incidents, but even where there are such mandates, some schools are afraid to comply for fear of being labeled as high-risk schools, which could affect federal funding."
"A consistent trend of the 1990s was concern among school officials about weapons other than guns, she said."
" 'Despite concerns about guns in the schools, studies have shown that the most common weapons kids bring to schools is knives,' McDaniel said." |
UK: Amnesty to combat gun crime
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"A month-long nationwide guns amnesty has been launched by the Government in a bid to cut back on soaring firearms crime and to counter growing gang culture."
"From March 31 people holding illicit firearms and ammunition can hand them over to police without facing prosecution for possession of an illegal weapon."
"The move comes ahead of the introduction of tough new sentences for illegal possession of prohibited firearms, which will see a minimum five-year sentence for those convicted." |
Ex-Agents: FBI Enlists Violent Informants
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"For decades, in cities from coast to coast, FBI agents recruited killers and crime bosses as informants and then looked the other way as they continued to commit violent crimes." ...
"But Associated Press interviews with nine former FBI agents -- men with a combined 190 years of experience in more than 25 bureau offices from Texas to Chicago and from Los Angeles to Washington -- indicate the practice was widespread during their years of service between the late 1950s and the 1990s." |
Australia: Airlines forced to give up passenger details
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"All airlines flying into Australia will soon be forced to hand over detailed passenger information, while the plane is still in the air, to help identify gun-runners, drug smugglers and terrorists." ...
"In the latest initiative to tighten border security, Customs is requiring these carriers to allow access to their computer reservation systems by the middle of the year." |
Australia: Confusion over new handgun crackdown
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"Three months after Prime Minister John Howard and Premier Steve Bracks triumphantly declared they had struck a deal to deliver tough new national handgun laws, both governments remain unable to say exactly what types of guns - or how many - will be banned on July 1."
"There is still no price list for the proposed gun buyback, and sporting shooters claim that technical details of the agreement have caused the delay."
"They fear the final rules now being negotiated are far tougher than expected, will stop Australia hosting world championship shooting events, and will put at risk the competitiveness of Australian shooters on the world stage." |
Australia: The pistol champion who became a target
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"Just over a year ago Ivan Rehlicki decided to expand his gun shop. The former Victorian and national pistol shooting champion's business was doing well so he took out a $1.2 million loan - putting up his home as a guarantee to the bank - to build a bigger gun shop in Thomastown with an indoor shooting range."
"He opened it in February last year but, by October, his world had been turned upside down after a licensed gun-owner killed two students and injured five others in a shooting spree at Monash University."
"Within weeks Prime Minister John Howard and Premier Steve Bracks decided to place new bans on handguns that Mr Rehlicki, 44, says has rendered most of the stock in his shop illegal. And, because the Government has still to decide which guns will be banned, he says people are not buying any pistols. 'I haven't sold a handgun since Christmas. I used to sell 15 to 25 pistols a month,' said the father of three."
" 'We've got a $1.2 million investment which has been turned worthless overnight. Our family home has been used as collateral to the bank. The Government has just turned all our sales to zero because they're taking too long to decide what's banned.' " |
CA: Feinstein wants fair shot at gun database
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"California Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein said she will press the FBI director to explain why the federal government is trying to limit California's use of a database of felons and others barred from owning firearms."
"Feinstein said Friday she's particularly angry about a report that an FBI attorney threatened a California gun enforcement official with criminal prosecution." |
A Conversion
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"For the first time, I thought about the naivete of the gun control crowd, who steadfastly believe in their poor human ability to legislate evil criminal behavior out of existence by "removing" guns from society. Washington, D.C., just on the other side of the Potomac River, has been a firm believer in this flawed thinking since 1976 when it banned gun ownership within its borders. In that time, murder rates have skyrocketed. ...The city fathers were effective. Guns have disappeared in D.C. -- from the hands of the law-abiding. There are more guns than ever in the hands of criminals, and they have a disarmed public to prey upon at their whim." |
Ted Nugent takes aim at anti-hunters
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"Nugent, who looks fit and healthy at 54, said he learned to shoot a bow and arrow as a child. He doesn’t drink or smoke, he said. He takes his anti-drug message into schools along with his arrows."
"Children are in far more danger from today’s urban culture than they are from guns, he said, citing near epidemic rates of obesity and diabetes among today’s youth."
"The future of hunting is in children, he said, and he challenged hunters to become teachers and role models." |
MS: Candidate for sheriff could get time in jail
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"A 19-year-old facing felony gun charges wants to be Warren County's next sheriff." ...
"Atwood is attempting to unseat Sheriff Martin Pace, who filed to run for another term." ...
"Atwood was arrested in March on the campus of Jones County Community College, where he was a student. He is charged with possessing three firearms on a school campus. If convicted, he could be sentenced to up to five years in prison on each felony firearms charge." |
Life On The Border: Better Be Armed
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"On MSNBC's Buchanan & Press program (1/16/03), the liberal co-host, Bill Press, hysterically and ignorantly attacked Glenn Spencer, president of the Arizona-based American Border Patrol, asking him: 'Why is it a good idea to have a bunch of armed vigilantes out there roaming around the desert stirring up trouble?' "
"Well, one reason it's a good idea for armed private citizens to defend themselves, their families and their property against illegal immigrants is because the Federal Government and local law enforcement are failing miserably at this job." |
Legal Shootout Brewing In 'Gun Free' Zone
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"Mayor Daley, Cook County State Attorney Dick Devine, and other prominent city politicians have had it in for legal gun owners for years. Daley has stated that if it were up to him, no one would have a gun. Both have been ardent backers of limiting gun purchases to one per month and closing the non-existent 'gun show loophole.' "
"Our booming population of murderous thugs love the 'gun-free' atmosphere that such policies create. It leaves them with all the guns, and they use them." ... |
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