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Reckless lawsuit preemption scheduled for Wednesday vote
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"H.R. 1036, the NRA-backed reckless lawsuit preemption legislation, has been scheduled for a vote this Wednesday, April 9 by the full U.S. House of Representatives. This critical reform seeks to put an end to the efforts of anti-gun extremists to drive law-abiding gun manufacturers into bankruptcy with their tactic of filing endless predatory lawsuits that have no merit. H.R 1036 currently has 251 cosponsors, more than a majority of U.S. Representatives, so the chance of it passing is strong." |
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UK: Man kills wife in front of kids
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"A Norfolk man shot his wife in the head three times with a sawn-off shotgun before putting the gun in his own mouth and pulling the trigger."
"The horrific shootings took place in full view of the couple's two boys, aged 18 months and three, who were today being looked after by relatives of the couple..." |
UK: Armed raider escapes with shop takings
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"A shop manager was forced to hand over £80 after being confronted by a masked armed robber."
"For Lee Garrod, 20, it was the second time he had been held up while working at the One Stop shop in Magdalen Road, Norwich." |
UK: Hero prevents cigarette theft
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"A lone burglar hijacked a car before ramming it into an Ipswich cafe and trying to steal a cigarette machine."
"But brave a neighbour of Nello's Cafe in Wherstead Road refused to standby and let it happen and managed to get the machine back before the driver limped off up the road in his damaged car." |
OH: Firearms training
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"The Firearms Training System (FATS) is set up in the downstairs firing range at the police department. It includes a floor-to-ceiling projector screen, a computer processing unit, as well as real weapons, equipped with a motion-sensitive laser hooked up to the computer. Officers watch the staged scenarios play out on the projector screen and are observed as they react according to how each scenario unfolds." |
WA: Family Of Robert Thomas Sr. Files $25 Million Claim
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"Last fall, an inquest jury found Miller had reason to fear for his life when he shot Thomas the afternoon of April 7, 2002. King County Prosecutor Norm Maleng decided not to file criminal charges against Miller, a 19-year veteran of the sheriff's office at the time of the shooting. A sheriff's shooting review board also decided Miller's actions were justified." |
Kerrying The Weight Of The World
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"Kerry uses the Constitution as toilet paper like so many of them in D. C. ...Since he likes to rattle on about the Constitution I thought I'd look at his second amendment record with Gun Owners of America. I found he is one of those dummies who thinks that all of the amendments are specifically individual rights except for the one he is afraid of." |
TX: Dear Mr. Legislator
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... "Beyond the beer, I will not write you for one simple reason: My letter would legitimize the authority of the Texas Legislature to dictate how people live their personal lives. I grant no such authority to you or any of the other elected officials in Austin. Sure, your police officers will arrest and punish me if I ignore your decrees, but that doesn’t automatically put you on high moral ground. Might does not make right, at least not in the principled world." ... |
UK: Police 'unable to cope' with volume of crime
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"Police in Britain are so 'overwhelmed' by the sheer volume of crime that even recent extra recruits are making no difference, says a report published today."
"Only substantial increases in numbers as seen in New York will make an impact on the rising levels of street crime, concludes the study from the Civitas think-tank." |
Police sound out gunfire's source
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"But police in several cities now say they've found a safe, effective way to curb the gunplay -- a new acoustical technology that allows them to pinpoint the source of the shots instantly."
"Coupled with aggressive campaigns to warn residents that police are listening, the new devices have nearly silenced celebratory gunfire, and made the holidays safer for residents and for officers, police say."
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Ex-Insider Becomes An Outsider On Gun Issue
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"The story of how the soft-spoken Mr. Ricker, 52, a native of a small Indiana town, went from being a gun industry insider to its first major whistle-blower is not the usual stuff of a best seller — of threats or private detectives following him."
"Instead, both he and his wife, Eileen, a teacher who was a Republican legislative aide, say his decision to testify against the gun industry was more a result of a gradual realization that much-needed changes were being held back by the dominance of the National Rifle Association." |
TN: Juveniles busted for having gun in school
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"Five juveniles — all students at Niota Elementary School — have been charged with firearms violations after a handgun was found in a backpack at the school Friday afternoon, authorities said." ...
" 'This gun has left the school property and come back on two different occasions,' Frisbie said of the allegations. 'One boy sold it to another little boy, he took it home and tried it out and brought it back and sold it to another little boy, and that boy sold it to a third boy at the school.' " |
Australia: Packer's gun fires a blank
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"Police yesterday refused to explain how Australia's richest man, Kerry Packer, came to be mistakenly listed to face court on a gun charge."
"New South Wales police deny that they are about to prosecute the media mogul for failure to safely secure a Glock semi-automatic pistol, stolen from his Sydney office in January."
"But they could offer no insight into how Mr. Packer's name ended up on court records that listed him to appear in Sydney's Downing Centre Local Court...." |
IN: Court Rules Gun Owners Must Provide Safe Storage of Firearms
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"The Indiana Supreme Court unanimously has ruled that gun owners must provide safe storage of their firearms."
"The court says it's the owners' responsibility to the public. The 5-0 decision reverses an appeals court ruling dismissing a lawsuit against the owners of a gun used to kill an Allen County police officer." |
Insider testifies against gun industry
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"Ricker testified that in behind-the-scenes strategy sessions, industry executives considered _ and rejected _ steps to better monitor bulk sale of guns _ even when it was obvious some dealers were letting their products slip into the hands of criminals. Executives decided the problem 'should be dealt with exclusively' by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, he said." |
GA: Troopers hone firearm skills in real-life simulator
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"Riner and fellow trainer, Senior Trooper Archie Johnson, are traveling the state providing troopers with firearms training through the use of an interactive firearms shooting system. ...Riner said the system, which uses five real-life scenarios an officer can face every day at any location, prepares officers to expect the unexpected, including the need to use their weapons." |
MA: Gun Manufacturer Faces Trial
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"Today, in the third legal defeat for the gun industry in the past month, a Massachusetts court cleared the way for a lawsuit brought by the family of a gun violence victim to move forward to trial, denying motions to dismiss the case. The suit charges that gun maker Kahr Arms acted negligently and created a public nuisance by operating its manufacturing plant without security or inventory controls and by failing to screen its employees for drug addiction or criminal records." |
UK: Mother tells of gun terror in home raid
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"A Bilston woman today told of her terror after robbers ordered her into her home at gunpoint and set about ransacking the place."
"Mother-of-one Cheryl Morris, aged 38, was confronted by the gunmen as she left her home to shut the garden gate." |
UK: Haul of 60 guns in amnesty week
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"The Strathclyde haul so far includes shotguns, air weapons, replica pistols and a 9mm Browning handgun."
"Other weapons handed in include a baton, dagger, knife and a First World War flare - also covered by the amnesty."
"In a separate police operation, 16 shotguns, two rifles, a stun gun and 3000 rounds of ammunition were seized." |
UK: Armed police storm city bus in gun drama
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"Armed police swooped on an Edinburgh bus after three teenagers brandishing airguns were seen boarding it."
"The bus was stopped on Comiston Road following a 999 call from a pedestrian in Morningside just before 7pm yesterday." ...
"Minutes later armed police arrived at the scene as the male youths, two aged 15 and a 14-year-old, were being questioned by officers."
"The boys were later released without charge and warned in front of their parents." |
NY: Anti-gun rally attracts 'suits'
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"A Brooklyn city councilman led about a dozen gun-control advocates to City Hall yesterday to call on Congress to throw out two bills that would protect gun makers and sellers from lawsuits." |
CA: Ban on gun shows in county buildings sought
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"Parents of a woman slain two years ago will ask Tuesday that the Nevada County Board of Supervisors stop renting out a county building for gun shows."
"Amanda and Nick Wilcox, whose 19-year-old daughter, Laura, was one of three people killed in a shooting rampage Jan. 10, 2001, are scheduled to ask the supervisors to stop renting the Grass Valley Veterans Building on South Auburn Street for gun shows." |
UK: Gun shock at city club
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"A man was found with a gun hidden in one of his socks at a Coventry city centre nightclub."
"Staff found the weapon during a search at the Ikon club, in the Skydome complex. The man fled, sparking a police chase in the early hours yesterday."
"Officers were today also investigating a separate incident at an Earlsdon pub where a burglar confronted staff with a revolver." |
UK: Police hunt city gunman
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"A 19-year-old man needed surgery after a gun was fired into his car in a Nottingham street."
"The man had an operation on his hand yesterday as a result of the shooting on the Heathfield Estate in the early hours of Saturday. Detectives were today set to interview the teenager, who was sitting in a parked car in Tunstall Drive when a shot was fired through the passenger window. He managed to drive himself to the City Hospital." |
Triggerman Provision Weighed in Sniper Case
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"Prince William County prosecutors say they do not have to prove that sniper suspect John Allen Muhammad fired the fatal shots in any of last fall's Washington area slayings to secure a death sentence, saying that both an untested anti-terrorism law and one of Virginia's long-standing capital-murder provisions apply to his case." |
NY: Albany councilman calls for gun task force
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"Dominick Calsolaro, who represents part of the city's crime-plagued South End, will introduce legislation at tonight's Common Council meeting seeking the establishment of a regional gun violence task force. He contends that an emergency room doctor at Albany Medical Center Hospital recently told a community group that more gunshot victims seem to be coming through their doors." |
A bit of logic in a sea of madness
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"Have we forgotten the purpose for the 2nd Amendment? The militia the founders spoke of IS the people." ...
"The purpose of the militia is actually the duty of the people to act in their own defense, to defend against invasions on their rights - whether foreign or domestic - as human beings living in liberty, not under the rule of government as 'subjects.' " |
IL: City may toughen nuisance property law
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"As it is now, the ordinance defines a chronic nuisance property as one which three or more listed 'behaviors' occurred during any 120-day period..."
"The 'behaviors' are: unlawful use of weapons, mob action, discharge of a firearm, gambling, possession or manufacture or delivery of controlled substances, possession or cultivation or delivery of cannabis, sexual abuse or related offenses, public indecency, prostitution or illegal consumption or possession of alcohol." |
FL: Florida health department pulls religious-themed AIDS brochure
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"The Florida Department of Health on Friday pulled a religious-themed HIV/AIDS educational booklet after complaints by civil liberties groups, including the American Civil Liberties Union, the Miami Herald reports. The booklet, titled 'A Christian Response to AIDS,' includes Bible quotes and images of Jesus." ... |
Defining the right of self-defense
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"When we send fine young Americans into harm’s way, we have a moral and legal obligation to provide them with Rules of Engagement (ROEs) that protect their right of self defense. Our soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines must expect ROEs that best ensure their safe return, to the maximum extent possible consistent with the mission parameters." |
High court upholds ban on cross burning
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"In a ruling with important symbolic implications, the Supreme Court has upheld the right of states to ban cross burning - marking a setback for many free-speech advocates but a victory for African-Americans."
"The court, in a 5 to 4 decision, reaffirmed that the First Amendment's guarantee of free speech is not absolute when it comes to certain forms of expression." |
CA: Rubber Bullets Used on War Protesters in Oakland
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"Oakland police fired rubber bullets and wooden pellets on Monday to disperse hundreds of anti-war protesters in what was believed to be the first such use against U.S. protesters since the American-led war on Iraq began."
"Demonstrators were seeking to block access to American President Lines, a shipping company they claimed was profiting from the war in Iraq when said they used the pellets and bullets to disperse about 750 protesters." |
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