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"The headline, in a nutshell, says it all. For it succinctly provides the reasoning, of the Founders of our country, in having an armed citizenry. Pretty simple isnt it? Now, if things were as they were intended to be. The average citizen, upon reading the above, would think or say, yeahso?"

"But, since things are NOT as they were intended to be. Endless amounts of articles, that rehash similar points repeatedly, are necessary. Which article will be the one that gets those, Usurping against the American citizens Right to Keep and Bear Arms, to see the light? Which piece of writing will prove to be the magic bullet? The one, which will cause those Usurping against our Second Amendment Right, to cease in their attempts?" ...

Stopping Illegal Guns: Stopping GUNS Or Stopping CRIME?
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"Week after week, I see articles from around the world about incoming illegal guns. Today, I read an article which wonders where they come from."

"This is not even germane to the predicament, for it reflects a misunderstanding of the very nature of the problem, and therefore its straightforward solutions."

"Many nations oppose weapons for oppressive reasons, not for reasons of justice or for keeping the peace. For many nations, keeping the peace is code for oppression ..."

"In free nations, its getting closer to that, because it confuses the concept of illegal guns with lawful guns and lawful, righteous intention, and therefore confuses their respective purposes."

"To frame the issues as if they are identical is a lie." ...

Brady Campaign: Thousands of Missing Guns, and Still in Business: The Disturbing Tale of Trader Sports, Inc.
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"Anthony Cucchiara, owner of a California gun store, has sold at least 27 guns linked to homicides, according to Congressional investigators. He has lost a minimum of 1,766 guns and perhaps as many as 7,477, according to Federal investigators."

"His business, Trader Sports, Inc., is open for business as usual today, because Cucchiara is suing Federal agents for revoking his firearms license. And, 'if his store is shut down, it could be open again faster than it takes to empty a thirty- round clip on an AK-47, with a new owner. You couldn't make up a fictional gun dealership much worse than Trader Sports,' says Jim Brady, the former press secretary to President Reagan who was shot 25 years ago last week. 'I hear cases like this, and I want to scream.'" ...

NJ: Sword of Damocles or just a toy?
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"My 6-year-old emptied his piggy bank and then went hunting for the toy of his dreams. It would take his life savings (about $7), but he was willing to plunk down his whole bag of change for a long sword, a dagger and a bow and arrow with suction cup darts."

"And here I am, the weapon-hating mom who has banned guns and confiscated water pistols. And here's my 6-year-old looking up at me with a light in his eyes. He's picturing himself a swashbuckling knight. He doesn't know that I'm envisioning the life of crime that could begin this very day. And yet, how can I say no to this boy with the shining eyes?" ...

Group Therapy - Let your targets tell you about your rifles problems
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"Were this the best of all possible worlds, we would fire three rifle shots at a target, peer downrange, and see three holes clustered within the area of a dime at precisely the right place. But this is not the best of all possible worlds, in that it has a place for chiggers, bad cholesterol, rabies, abdominal fat, leprosy, and Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY). And in this vale of sorrow, we often look at our targets and see horror, chaos, and disorder. (It occurs to me that I am being unfair to leprosy. ...)"

"In any event, we know that something is wrong, but what? Rather than burst into tears, you should regard this as a heart-to-heart talk with your rifle, which, if you can speak its language, will tell you what ails it." ...

OH: Store Owner Shoots Would-Be Robber
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A Roselawn store owner turned the tables on a would-be robber late Monday night.

Cincinnati police said the owner of the Shop-Rite on Reading Road told them a man walked into the store shortly after 9:30 p.m. and attempted to rob him.

The owner said he pulled out a gun and shot at the robber. He told officers that he thought he hit the man in the leg.

Just before 11 p.m., a man came to the emergency room at University Hospital with a gunshot wound to the leg. Officers responded to the hospital and determined that the victim may be the robbery suspect.
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Submitter's Note: You would think these idiots would stop robbing someone who's going to shoot back.

VA: 'Night' illustrates need for concealed weapons
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft

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"This last Thursday night ... the sound of out-of-sync chanting reached my window. When I checked outside my window, I realized it was the Take Back the Night Rally ... I realized the hypocrisy of several of the groups participating in this march, as well as the university as a whole. I am speaking of the denial of a womans most basic right, her right to self-defense."

"Virginia Tech, as well as most universities in Virginia, refuses to allow holders of concealed carry permits to carry their firearms on collegiate campuses. Never mind the fact that people who receive concealed carry permits have to undergo a rigorous examination and background check before they are issued the permit." ...

FL: Big business to NRA: Not so fast
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"Vickie Carver does not like to miss Mondays at Shooting Sports on N Dale Mabry Highway in Tampa. It's ladies night." ...

"But getting to the gun range is suddenly less convenient. While Carver is accustomed to packing her .22-caliber Marlin rifle in the trunk of her Buick Park Avenue before leaving for work, she recently learned her employer forbids firearms."

"'I don't want to break the rules,' said Carver, executive assistant to the CEO of a specialty pharmacy. 'But I'm not an outlaw and I don't want to be treated like one.'"

"Carver has joined thousands of other Floridians to rally behind a National Rifle Association-backed bill that would penalize businesses that ban weapons in locked cars. Tenacious and well-organized, the NRA usually gets its way."

"Not this time." ...

FL: Guns at work bill alive, barely
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"A gravely wounded gun bill, intended to let law-abiding employees keep weapons locked in their cars at work, staggered out of the House Judiciary Committee today."

"But the combined weight of Florida's business community appeared to be too much for the bill by Rep. Dennis Baxley, R-Ocala, that is backed by the National Rifle Association. An amendment that would have shot down the final pro-gun passage out of the measure (HB 129) was withdrawn only as a courtesy to the chairman of the House panel, Rep. David Simmons of Altamonte Springs." ...

OH: Amendment limits open records bill
Submitted by: New York State Rifle & Pistol Association
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"We dont know whether an amendment to an Ohio House of Representatives bill that could add important protections to Buckeye State residents rights to see government documents was simply misguided or a 'poison pill' intended to kill the measure. Whatever the case, it is something the state Senate should rectify." ...

"Journalists, but not the general public, currently are permitted to view sheriffs departments records of people who have licenses to carry concealed weapons. The importance of access to such information is obvious."

"But the HB 9 amendment would seal concealed-carry licenses." ...

AL: Governor signs law expanding deadly force to protect home
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"Gov. Bob Riley signed legislation Tuesday that puts Alabama among a growing number of states giving new legal protection to people who kill intruders in their homes, businesses and vehicles."

"'With this new law, the decision of crime victims who choose to protect themselves and their families won't be second-guessed,' Riley said at a bill-signing ceremony."

"The legislation's sponsor, Sen. Larry Means, D-Gadsden, is a lifetime member of the National Rifle Association. He said he patterned the legislation after a law the NRA got Florida to enact in 2005." ...

NE: Around the Rotunda: City senators mostly oppose conceal-carry bill
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"If senators' views mirror those of their constituents, count Lincoln as the city most adamantly opposed to a law passed last week that will allow residents to carry concealed handguns."

"Of the 12 senators who voted against the law that Gov. Dave Heineman is expected to sign, five represent Lincoln districts ... The Lincoln opposition bloc is almost completely unified there are only six senators from Lincoln." ...

"Lawmakers from Lincolns big urban brother, Omaha, also are concerned about more people carrying guns in densely populated areas, but a majority still voted in favor of the law. Five Omaha-area senators voted against the bill; seven for it." ...

FL: Gun owners, business advocates reach truce (another view)
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"Gun advocates and business owners watched a contested bill to let gun owners bring their guns to work and keep them locked in their cars crawl out a first committee Tuesday."

"It took six tries for lawmakers in the House Judiciary Committee to move the bill (HB 129) past its first stop. They offered a tweaked version: Gun owners could keep their weapons locked in their cars at work, unless businesses- like security outfits and hazardous waste companies - showed a compelling safety concern to ban the practice. This could include banning individual employees who have a history of violence or problems with the company. Plus businesses wouldn't be responsible for any crimes." ...

MI: Warrant Issued for Local Deputy Who Was Shot
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"Mike Eagen, Chief Assistant Prosecutor: 'It becomes very distressing when a case like this comes about, I don't think it's easy for anyone.'"

"The Eaton County Prosecutor's Office issues charges against a sergeant with the sheriff's office. The Eaton County Prosecutor's Office issued a four county felony warrant for Sergeant Jeff Lutz. The charges Sergeant Jeff Lutz faces are making a false report of a felony, shooting at a police car, reckless use of a firearm and filing a false report to a police radio station."

"All of the charges allege his own involvement in shooting himself. Two weeks ago, Eaton County Sheriff Sergeant Jeff Lutz was shot while on duty, and now investigators believe they know who fired the gun." ...

MI: More Details on Deputy Accused of Shooting Himself
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"The Eaton County Prosecutor's Office issued a four count felony warrant to Sheriff Sergeant Jeff Lutz."

"Investigators allege that Lutz shot himself while on duty just two weeks ago. I talked with Jeff Lutz's Attorney Mike Hocking. He wasn't able to tell me where exactly Lutz is, but he gave some background information to help us understand why the man is not a threat to the community." ...

"Mike Hocking, Attorney: 'My client is in a treatment facility for a variety of reasons, many of the related to this case.'"

"He says Jeff Lutz sought treatment on his own. Hocking says, in the past ten years, Lutz has been involved in two other shootings while on duty. He's also going through divorce, and that's just some of the background ..." ...

FL: Officer's murder trial begins today
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"The second murder trial of a former Edgewater police officer accused of shooting a man to death will begin today."

"Ronald Robbins, 45, who claimed he acted in self-defense when he shot 22-year-old Jason Starkey in the back during a fistfight with Starkey and another man on Sept. 22, 2002, faces up to life in prison if convicted of second-degree murder."

"Robbins already started serving that sentence after a jury found him guilty in 2003, but a state appeals court last year ordered a new trial . The 5th District Court of Appeal ruled that certain comments by a prosecutor violated Robbins' constitutional right to remain silent." ...

PA: Police Officer Accused Of Assaulting Young Girls
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"Swatara Police arrested Michael Fernsler, 33, of Orrstown, Pa., on Friday night while he was on the job as a police officer with Shippensburg University. Police said he sexually assaulted two 4-year-old girls in their Swatara Township, Pa. home."

"Investigators said Fernsler was a friend of the girls' family."

"'He was a foster parent, as well as the fact he was a clown who did children's activities as a clown ... (it) seemed as though he positioned himself to be around children, and that's really concerning,' said Swatara Police Detective Darrell Reider." ...

MI: Cops shoot up house by mistake
Submitted by: Michigan Gun Owners
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"Bullets peppered the wall, ceiling and refrigerator in an incident late Saturday during which two Muskegon police officers fired shots at each other inside a McLaughlin Avenue home."

"'Thankfully, nobody was hurt,' said Director of Public Safety Tony Kleibecker, who has launched an internal investigation and has placed both officers on paid administrative leave."

"Three people, including one of the residents, 21-year-old Nicholas Johnson, were in the basement of 772 McLaughlin when police burst through the front and rear doors." ...

"Police were dispatched to the home just before midnight on a report of a possible kidnapping, Kleibecker said." ...

UT: Trial set for ex-Lehi cop
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"A trial has been set for former Lehi police officer Art Henderson, who is charged with trying to kill his estranged wife, her boyfriend and former police colleagues." ...

"On the morning of Jan. 27, Art Henderson's estranged wife, Natalie Henderson called 911 from her car to report that he was chasing her and her boyfriend, Craig Trimble."

"During the pursuit, Art Henderson allegedly fired several rounds at the car through his pickup truck's windshield while traveling through a Lehi neighborhood."

"Police and witnesses said he then rammed his wife's car and jumped out of his truck, firing up to 12 rounds with a revolver and nearly hitting his wife in the face. Trimble was hit twice." ...

TX: 2 Air Marshals Plead Guilty to Smuggling
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"Two U.S. air marshals pleaded guilty Monday to accepting money to smuggle cocaine on a flight to Las Vegas and agreed to cooperate with prosecutors."

"The marshals admitted they accepted $15,000 to use their positions as air marshals to bypass airport security and smuggle 15 pounds of cocaine."

"Shawn Ray Nguyen's attorney, Kent Schaffer, said his client pleaded guilty because 'he felt that the best way to ... demonstrate his repentance about his conduct was to take a guilty plea as early as possible.'" ...
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Submitter's Note: I recently flew Delta on a business trip to Florida and took a revolver with me. When leaving Florida I declared the revolver and opened the gun case for inspection. I had the cylinder propped open to show that it was unloaded. One of the two TSA agents looked at the open cylinder and then turned to the other and asked how she could tell it was unloaded. It gets worse. The other agent told her she didn't have to know that it was unloaded because I would sign a statement saying it was unloaded. Makes you feel safe, doesn't it?

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"After he was suspended from Punjab Armed Police, Jalandhar, Karamjit Singh found another way of earning a living. He allegedly formed a gang and started looting people and snatching money and valuables from them." "Yesterday, he and one of his accomplices landed in police custody. Two other members of his gang are absconding." ...

Canada: Abuser killed wife, 3 kids: cops
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"A man who was under a restraining order to stay away from his family killed his wife and three children in an Ottawa-area community, police said yesterday."

"Police made the grisly discovery after searching through the rubble of the burned-out home in Cumberland that had exploded in flames Sunday night."

"Police Chief Vince Bevan told a news conference that police suspect Frank Mailly, 40, killed his wife Francine, 12-year-old daughter Jessica and sons Brandon, 9, and Kevin, 6."

"'This is a terrible tragedy I hope we can learn from,' Bevan said late yesterday. ..." ...
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Submitter's Note: I too hope you learn that disarming victims leads to their slaughter.

Smith & Wesson to Support West Point Combat Weapons Team
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"Smith & Wesson Holding Corporation ... today announced that it has agreed to support the Combat Weapons Team of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. The Company will provide the team with donated pistols and will support future competitive shooting events."

"'There is a natural fit between the Military Academy at West Point and Smith & Wesson, both organizations with deep roots in American history. In addition, Smith & Wesson has a rich history of supporting military academies and competitive shooting teams throughout our 154 years of operation,' said Ernest Langdon, Smith & Wesson's Director of Law Enforcement and Military Sales. ..." ...

WA: Shooting survivor's mother shares gratitude and anger
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... "I'm not angry at the things everyone is talking about, though. I'm not angry at the guns; the guns did not shoot at my son and kill his friends. I'm not angry at the after-hours parties, because billions of people of all ages have survived them. I'm not angry at the raves, drugs, alcohol, teenage rebellion, knives, bats, cars, etc., etc., etc."

"I'm angry with Kyle Huff. Kyle Huff decided he wanted to end my son's life. Kyle Huff decided to kill all of those kids. Not his arsenal, not his family, not alcohol, not drugs. Not anything or anyone except Kyle Huff. I'm angry with everyone who is trying to make themselves feel better about this by blaming anything or anyone except the person responsible." ...

MI: College Lib: Guns Not a Priority of Bill of Rights
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"A gun raffle on a Michigan campus upsets the schools liberal leader."

"The Michigan Daily reports that the College Libertarians at The University gave away a gun in order to showcase the 2nd Amendment right to bear arms."

"However, the chair of the College Democrats was at odds with Libertarians' message."

"'The College Dems do not believe that focusing on the Second Amendment should be the priority of anyone genuinely committed to the preservation of the entire Bill of Rights and our Constitution,' the Daily reports from an e-mail interview." ...

MI: Gun giveaway shoots for ownership rights
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"College Libertarians chair Jeremy Linden reached his hand deep into a white box yesterday and pulled out a raffle ticket. He then read out the number, and University alum Laura Dodd stood up, holding the winning ticket."

"Dodd walked to the front of the room, shook a few people's hands and smiled for a picture with Linden."

"She had just won a gun."

"In support of gun rights, the College Libertarians gave away the gun last night in front of 100 people the Pendleton Room of the Michigan Union." ...

OR: Gun craftsman's legacy began with letter to famed Idaho hunter
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"He began making guns as a hobby at the age of 15. ..."

"'I just plugged away,' said Al Biesen. 'I don't know how to explain it, but all of a sudden, some years later, I just found myself as a craftsman.'"

"Biesen's claim to fame came after writing a letter to Jack O'Connor in Idaho just after World War II. Al told the famous globetrotting hunter it was about time he had a 'good rifle.'"

"O'Connor decided to take a chance on what he called 'a brash young upstart.' The author and gun editor for Outdoor Life could have had guns made by any craftsman in the world. Yet after seeing that first 'good rifle,' O'Connor commissioned Biesen to build about 35 rifles and shotguns during the next 20 years." ...

MI: Ruling stands: Linwood shooting club can't use outdoor range
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"The Linwood-Bay Sportsman's Club continues to be banned from outdoor shooting events involving pistols and rifles, based on a recent ruling by the Michigan Court of Appeals."

"The club had appealed an injunction ... that prohibited a new outdoor pistol and rifle range. The property ... is next to the Maple Leaf Golf Course.

"The three-judge Court of Appeals panel agreed that the injunction was proper."

"Bielawski's injunction against the pistol and rifle range came as a result of a 2003 lawsuit filed by Fraser Township and Maple Leaf Golf Course. The township filed suit after Sportsman's Club members said they planned on establishing a shooting range outdoors for pistols and rifles." ...

Canada: Gun registry in crosshairs
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft

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"The Harper government's vow to repeal the federal gun registry is in for a showdown in the minority Parliament after Justice Minister Vic Toews conceded Monday that the only way to completely eliminate the registry is by passing a law."

"The course of action comes after months of speculation the Conservatives were planning to avoid a vote in the Commons by dismantling the registry through regulations, rather than amend the law."

"Regulatory changes do not require parliamentary support, a hurdle that could take years and ultimately fail." ...
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Submitter's Note: I find it interesting that they are talking about the long gun registry, but the paper shows pictures of pistols.

Ireland: Ulster: Sinn Fein spy shot dead
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"Denis Donaldson, the former Sinn Fein member at the center of the spy scandal which brought down the Northern Ireland Assembly, was found shot dead Tuesday."

"His body was discovered at his home in County Donegal in the Irish Republic with a gunshot wound to his head, Irish Justice Minister Michael McDowell said."

"The Irish Republican Army issued a statement saying it had 'no involvement whatsoever' in the killing, which Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Hain described as 'barbaric.'" ...
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Submitter's Note: But how could this have happened? Isn't private ownership of guns effectively banned in Ireland? To say nothing of murder being illegal . . .

South Africa: The gun and the law
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"The vexing question of responsible gun ownership has returned to claim our attention with the airing of draft amending legislation that seeks to ease some of the restrictions imposed by the Firearms Control Act of 2004."

"That a mere five percent of South Africans are legal gun owners though theirs is an awesome 3.5-million weapons it might not seem of overriding relevance to the rest of us."

"The guns that threaten us most are, in the popular mind, the unlicensed firearms in the hands of criminals."

"Or is it as simple as this? Not so, says the anti-gun lobby, and it advances forceful arguments and persuasive statistics to show that the law governing the conduct of the minority who own guns is everybodys business." ...