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ID: Man dies in Boise Bench shooting
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"Police said Manca and his friends later went to the 7-Eleven to buy cigarettes. About 10 minutes later, Jordan and Myrick pulled up in a pickup, got out and started a fight with Manca´s friends."
"As Manca came out of the store, Jordan threatened him with a knife, police said. Manca pulled his handgun and fired three or four times." |
UK: Blunkett hails gun amnesty success
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"A month-long gun amnesty designed to cut armed crime and gang culture is proving a 'substantial success', Home Secretary David Blunkett told MPs today."
"He said rocket launchers and hand grenades were among more than 7,000 weapons handed over to the police since March 31."
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It's very telling that Blunkett measures success by the amount of weapons confiscated and not by the decrease in crime this amnesty is meant to accomplish. Perhaps because crime is higher than ever, and the British subjects are just a little more disarmed and helpless than they were a month ago. |
Bucket of Spit; Is Hillary Lying?
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"The recent dustup over author-publisher-defender of the indefensible Steven Brill and his shocking claim that Sen. Hillary Clinton made up records about how she helped 9/11 families is very interesting."
"The controversy involves three liberal Democrat sycophants: Hillary Clinton, Chuck Schumer and Steven Brill." |
UK: Keeping up the old traditions
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"Over the past three years, there have been 230 victims of shooting, compared with 345 who died after being hit or kicked. Stabbing was by far the most common method of killing, accounting for 693 deaths—a fact now being stressed by victims' families, some of whom have criticised the current gun amnesty."
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More people were kicked to death than shot! End the reign of terror brought on by limbs! Time to institute strict foot control. |
OH: Troy City Council candidate faces CCW charge
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"Boyd Allen Tucker, the Democratic candidate for the 3rd Ward Troy City Council seat, has been charged with carrying a concealed weapon in connection to a March 31 incident in front of his Race Street home."
"Tucker, of 19 W. Race St., admitted Thursday he had the weapon but said he was attempting to help a man who had been 'jumped' and was being beaten on the sidewalk of 22 W. Race St., across the street from his house." |
An Orwellian purge
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"In this country, students are routinely assigned 1984, and teachers lead discussions of the novel, most often contrasting the outlines of Mr. Orwell's repressive society to our own freedoms in America, represented notably by our Bill of Rights. Ironically, today our government's actions regarding www.ed.gov make 1984 relevant for less-flattering comparisons."
"It is sobering to think that documents quietly are being removed from a crucial government Web site largely because of ideological incompatibility. 1984 becomes even more sadly prophetic; as philosopher Erich Fromm wrote years ago, Mr. Orwell's message is that 'it means us, too.' "
"While the administration may appear to have forgotten the lessons of 1984, contemporary readers will continue to absorb Mr. Orwell's terrifying - and today strangely pertinent - vision of a totalitarian society. We indeed do well to remember Big Brother's slogan 'IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH.' It is as false then as it is now, and it is hoped that concerned citizens will demand that the purging of documents on www.ed.gov cease immediately." |
UK: Brits want an American approach to crime (Blog)
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"Utterly fascinating poll about British crime in the Sunday sister of the Guardian, The Observer. Among the remarkable highlights, 67 per cent support the death penalty and nearly a quarter of Brits would be tempted to carry a gun if the law allowed it." ...
"This is truly amazing to me. The process of demonizing firearms began in 1920, but still almost 1 in 4 people want to carry one, never mind possess one for defending the home (I'd love to see the results if that question had been asked). It seems that RKBA may be an issue that could resurface in the UK if some people are courageous enough to champion it." |
Anti-Gun Lobby Uses Tragedy to Further Agenda
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"Now a group called Pennsylvanians Against Handgun Violence are using this awful tragedy to advance their political agenda, in complete defiance of the facts of the case. Their executive director, Nathaniel Glosser said, 'That a 14-year-old child should be able to get one gun, much less the two handguns Jimmy was reported as having, clearly illustrates that our state and the nation must take strong measures to keep guns out of the hands of children.' "
"Hold on a second. Slow down just a bit. Yes, it's true that Jimmy Sheets went into Red Lion Area Junior High School with several handguns, but that's only part of the story."
"The part PAHV fails to mention is that the guns were locked up in a gun safe. Kind of an important point when you're talking about taking measures to keep guns out of the hands of children, don't you think? Sheets evidently found the key to the safe and stole the guns which belonged to his stepfather, Arthur Baker."
"I think a few important points surface here. For one thing, measures were taken to try to keep the guns out of the young man's hands. For another, this incident shows us that a determined person will overcome obstacles (like a locked safe) to gain access to guns. We're not talking about a kid who was accidentally or even intentionally killed because guns and ammo were just lying around the house. We're talking about a kid who went amok, gained access to a locked safe, stole guns, and killed someone and himself with them." |
Charlton Heston's Quotable Quotes
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"... I simply cannot stand by and watch a right guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States come under attack from those who either can't understand it, don't like the sound of it, or find themselves too philosophically squeamish to see why it remains the first among equals: Because it is the right we turn to when all else fails. That's why the Second Amendment is America's first freedom. ..."
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IN: Store manager won't face charges in fatal shooting
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"No charges will be filed against a store manager who shot and killed a would-be robber last week. The dead man's juvenile accomplice, however, isn't so fortunate."
"Authorities said today that Timmy Lee Taylor, 16, was charged as an adult with murder, attempted robbery and carrying a handgun without a license - even through he didn't shoot cohort Dimitri Bullock." |
UK: Stepfather jailed for double murder
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"A man has been jailed for life after admitting the murder of his teenage stepdaughter and her boyfriend."
"David Carter, 54, pleaded guilty to shooting Joanne Lojko, 15, and her boyfriend Garry Crease, 21, in October 2002." |
UK: Samurai sword is handed over by war veteran
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"A samurai sword, a relic of a Japanese prisoner of war camp, has been surrendered to Strathclyde Police during a weapons amnesty."
"The two-handed one-metre weapon has a razor sharp blade, but forensic examination showed it has never been used." |
NJ: As school violence escalates...
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"Separate from the Red Lion case, however, educators and law enforcement personnel have warned that allowing children to have easy and unsupervised access to guns is just one risk factor associated with school violence."
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TX: Unfit buyers slip by gun screening
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"The FBI's instant background check system, established to help prevent felons and the mentally ill from buying guns, is riddled with cracks because many states are slow in providing crucial information or don't provide it at all."
"Among the states with the poorest records is Texas, which does not report involuntary commitments to mental institutions to the FBI and provides incomplete criminal information."
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Slovakia: Report shows rise in violence, extremism, property crimes
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"In light of the rising crime figures, the Interior Ministry has proposed a list of priorities for the police force to address this year."
"...authorities plan to reform the police force to eliminate excessive bureaucracy in favour of sending more officers out onto the streets."
"Observers agree that communication with citizens also needs to be improved in order to regain the public's trust in the police, which has been lost in recent years." |
United Way is political (letter)
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"Contrary to the recent column of Carol Currie, the United Way has become a political organization. United Way of America accepts funds for the Brady Center, a leftist gun control group. The Columbia-Willamette United Way accepts funds for CeaseFire Oregon, a puppet organization of the Brady Center." |
To Whom It May Concern
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"My personal opinion is that as screwed up as this party can be sometimes and as dysfunctional as its members can be, we still have the best political philosophy in town, in any town. So what the hell are you doing about it? Complaining because you have worked for the party for years and it has let you down, so you quit? And are you saying the philosophy is sound even if some of the activists aren't, so you're going to give up or have already. Maybe you feel the practical societal changes that will bring us all more freedom are sound, even if the activists we need aren't all that active, so your not going to play anymore. Get over your self." |
Australia: Shotgun taken at knifepoint
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"A Geelong man stole a shotgun from a Geelong West sportsgoods store yesterday and threatened the owner with a knife before making his getaway."
"The man, known to police, was still on the run with the long-barreled gun last night." |
WA: City should have heeded Chief Brame's warning signals
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"As women's rights coordinator of Tacoma's Human Rights Department, Judie Fortier has headed the city's domestic violence task force from its inception."
"During that time and in that position, she has worked with every Tacoma police chief except one: David Brame."
" 'He has never contacted the domestic violence office for the city,' she said. 'His staff has, but we have never had personal contact with him.' "
"That, she said, was unusual, even troubling." |
MN: Senate Passes Shall-Issue Bill
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"Minnesota is one signature away from a major change of its handgun laws following the Senate's approval of a long-sought gun bill Monday."
"Gov. Tim Pawlenty has said he'll sign the measure, making Minnesota the 35th state to adopt a law requiring sheriffs to give handgun permits to most law-abiding adults who seek them."
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The grown-ups finally gave us peons permission to try and behave like grown-ups. Of course there will be a special database to track our crimes, just in case. |
We Must Become Second Amendment Zealots If We Are To Survive
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"If you wonder at my use of the word 'zealot' in the title, I would explain that by saying I feel that the majority of the so-called 'defenders and supporters' of the second amendment have long since sold their souls to the powers of government, and those of us who believe it holds the key to freedom, must from this point on be zealots in its defense." |
UK: GM farmer 'not fit to keep weapons'
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"Scotland's first controversial GM crop farmer, who wanted her guns back after making threats, has lost a legal battle against her chief constable."
"A sheriff has ruled that Shirley Harrison is not fit to be entrusted with weapons." |
UK: Driver, 60, hijacked in armed raid
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"A 60-year-old Sandwell man was forced at gunpoint to drive an armed robber away from the scene of a bungled raid, police revealed today."
"At around 9.20am on Saturday the thief, who was carrying a double barrel shotgun, followed a Royal Mail security guard into the Beacon View post office in Beacon View Road, Charlemont Farm, and attempted to steal a cash box." |
UK: Weapons amnesty has netted 17,000 firearms
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"Seventeen thousand firearms and almost half a million rounds of ammunition have been surrendered to police as part of the national amnesty to tackle gun crime."
"Swords, knives, machetes, CS sprays and replica weapons have also been handed in during the month-long exercise. A 2ft-long rocket launcher, capable of knocking out a tank, was handed in at Aberdare, south Wales, while an anti-tank rifle and a Kalashnikov AK-47 were produced at Scottish police stations." ... |
Ramstein school takes top honors at JROTC competition
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"Cadet Maj. Adrian Martinez carefully walked up a staircase formed by rifles held by his teammates, rising steadily higher until he stood atop rifles balanced on the other cadets’ shoulders."
"The unique move helped the Junior ROTC team from Ramstein High School in Germany take home top honors at the All-European Drill Competition on Saturday in Naples, Italy." |
FL: Secret Service agent sparks airport chaos
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"Chaos erupted in a Florida airport yesterday when a Secret Service agent's explosive-testing device triggered alarms as it passed through baggage screening."
"For nearly three hours, Palm Beach International Airport was evacuated, incoming flights were diverted and ground transportation was closed down, the Palm Beach Post reported." |
Putting power back in parental hands
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"Congress soon will vote on legislation that has the psychiatric and mental-health communities agitated. Advocates of the bill say it will return to parents the power to decide whether a child should be medicated to get in school or stay there, and many see this measure as a warning bell for future debate about the legitimacy of childhood psychiatric disorders." |
Supreme Court Rejects Appeal on Ten Commandments
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"The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal by Kentucky of a ruling that barred the display of a large granite monument with the Ten Commandments on the state Capitol grounds in Frankfort."
"Without comment, the justices let stand a federal appeals court ruling that the display would violate church-state separation under the U.S. Constitution's First Amendment." |
Canada: Gun registry unites Tory rivals
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"Progressive Conservative leadership candidates yesterday differed on regional development grants, Air Canada and the Iraqi war — but were in solid agreement that the gun registry should be scrapped."
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The 'Rifled' Musket and Breech-Loader Ban
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Modern day anti-gun rhetoric is applied to the technology of 150 years ago. The 'Assault Weapons' of that time were much more advanced than those of the founding fathers, but the government then still recognized that the 2nd amendment protected all arms, not just the ones that didn't scare the anti-gun crowd. Does anyone doubt that if the Feinsteins, Schumers, or Bradys of the world were around 150 years ago that they'd be leading the call to disarm citizens of that era's modern firearms? |
VA: Federal appeals court finds V-M-I dinner prayers unconstitutional
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"A federal appeals court says school-led dinner prayers at the Virginia Military Institute are unconstitutional."
"A three-judge panel on the Fourth U-S Circuit Court of Appeals handed down the ruling in Richmond."
"The school has held the prayers since the 1950's. In 2001, the Virginia chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union filed suit on behalf of two cadets who'd complained about the prayers." |
LA: Senate passes bill expanding DNA sampling
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"A bill that would greatly expand DNA sampling among those arrested for, or convicted of, a felony unanimously passed the Senate Monday evening."
"Current law provides for DNA samples to be taken for some violent or sex-related felonies, but the bill passed Monday opens up the pool to any felony offense." |
Is the USA PATRIOT Act Hurting Our Rights?
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"The ACLU believes the Patriot Act has taken away certain checks and balances that ensured protection of 4th amendment search and seizure rights." ...
"In fact, the FBI says the PATRIOT act has meant very little change in the way they do business. They still have to get authority for anything they do, and insist they can't just randomly spy on the public." |
John Grogan | Our beloved guns kill our children
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"The defenders will say that guns are not the problem. It's society; it's bad parenting; it's dysfunctional homes and fragmented families and disenfranchised youth. Perhaps, but I know this: If a pubescent killer shows up in my child's classroom, I hope to God he's armed with something that takes a little more effort than the squeeze of a trigger."
"We Americans love our guns. We've made our bed with them. And now our children must lie in it." |
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