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"...His status is uncertain, and his professional future may be in jeopardy. Why? Because in the aftermath of the Virginia Tech massacre, Scheffler dared to question, criticize and condemn his school's recently-implemented policy of banning concealed weapons on campus." ...
"...And for exercising his right to criticize the ignorant victim disarmament policies of Hamline, this law-abiding citizen, who also happens to be a concealed carry permit holder, was kicked out, told he would have to find a shrink to prove to the panty-wetters who run his school that he is not crazy, and forced to kiss the ass of the dean of students in order to be allowed the 'privilege' of finishing the education for which he paid." ... |
Re: "Second Amendment becomes anachronism"
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"Some dolt wrote an opinion to The News-Press titled in the headline. Had run across it at Keep and Bear Arms today. It is so full of misinformation and error that I felt obligated to respond."
"The author starts off with the typical lie-beral 'tug at the heart-strings' ploy; ..."
"...Then the author starts mixing in a little truth into his batter of deception..."
"...And the above is where the author starts to go way out into left field. The Second Amendment didn't authorize ANYTHING...."
"...Let us examine the Natural Right of the British-American subject as it existed BEFORE the Constitution..."
"...The following outlines the vastly improved Natural Right of the new American Citizen..." |
Taking Steps to Prevent Firearms From Reaching the Wrong People (GunGuys)
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"A congressional committee spent yesterday hearing about what could be done to prevent people with mental illness from obtaining firearms. ... It's a shame that we needed a tragedy to wake Congress up to this problem ..." ...
"Unfortunately, even if Congress beefs up the mental health background check system ... it's all for naught, because of another, much larger loophole. Around the United States, no matter who you are, you can legally buy as many firearms as you want– as long as they're from a private dealer. That's the 'gun show loophole' (so called because many private dealers often set up at gun shows offering guns for 'no paperwork'). ..." ...
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Marking Mother's Day With a Call to Action
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"On Mother's Day, May 14, 2000, more than 700,000 mothers and others gathered on the National Mall to demand that Congress take action to protect families and communities from gun violence. In the seven years since that event, the Million Mom March Chapters have continued to work for sensible gun laws. This Mother's Day, we remember all that mothers have done to help put an end to gun violence, but we also remember the more than 200,000 Americans who have died from gunfire in the last seven years."
"'All you have to do is pick up a newspaper to be reminded that gun violence is a major threat to the lives of our children,' said Griffin Dix, Chair of the Chapters' national council. ..." ... |
Who has right to bear arms?
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"To whom, and for what purpose, does the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution grant the right to 'keep and bear arms'? Examination of the origin and precedents of the language of the Second Amendment may shed light on its meaning." ...
"Individual-rights proponents also claim that the term, 'the people' means each person. That applies only in the sense that each person in a militia may have a firearm. But a militia operates as a unit with a collective purpose: defense of the state. Thus, 'the people' has a collective meaning, just as it does in the Preamble to the Constitution ('We the people') and in the First, Ninth, and Tenth Amendments." ... |
CA: Boggs Tract store owner shoots robber
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"A Boggs Tract convenience store owner shot and wounded a man who robbed his store today, San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office investigators said."
"It was about noon when two men wearing bandanas over their faces entered Sonora Market ... One man stayed at the front door while the second man who was armed with a handgun demanded the cash from two registers, robbed a customer and took a bottle of liquor. When he turned to leave, the owner shot him twice in the back ..."
"Store owner Paramjit Singh was questioned by investigators today. Sheriff’s investigators said they would not be arresting Singh today and it would be up to the San Joaquin County District Attorney’s Office to determine if he shot the robber in self-defense." ... |
PA: Police: Teen Would-Be Robber Fatally Shot Breaking Into Home
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A teenager was fatally shot while allegedly attempting to rob a Southwest Philadelphia home Friday afternoon, police said.
According to police, the teen was one of two people who broke into the home on the 5900 block of Greenway Avenue.
A 21-year-old inside the residence grabbed a gun and shot at the would-be robbers.
The teen, who police said was 16 or 17 years old, was shot in the chest and rushed to Children's Hospital of Philadelphia but later pronounced dead, police said.
Police reported that the home has been broken into three or four times in the past couple of months.
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VA: Shooting ruled as self-defense
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"A murder charge against a 22-year-old Norfolk man accused of killing a Hampton man in a 7-Eleven parking lot in January 2006 was dropped Thursday after prosecutors determined the fatal shooting was justified."
"Donnell Lyscell Taylor also was cleared of using a firearm in the commission of a felony. The charges were dropped just before Taylor's trial was to begin in Hampton Circuit Court."
"Taylor was convicted of one count of possession of a handgun by a convicted felon, however. He faces between two and five years in prison when he is sentenced on July 16." ... |
South Africa: It was self-defence, judge rules
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"For 34 months, murder accused Edward Maesela Kekana felt he was in a trance because of a cloud hanging over him." ...
"Judge George Maluleke found that Kekana, of Sophiatown, had not exceeded the bounds of self-defence when he fired shots at a gang of drunk men who attacked him outside his sister's home ..." ...
"The men followed Kekana ... While he was offloading goods from the car, the men accosted him and assaulted him." ...
"In an attempt to get away, Kekana locked himself in his car but the men broke the windows, dragged him out and beat him again."
"In an act of self-defence, he drew his licensed gun and fired at his attackers, killing Jan Verster, Anthony Vicente and France Makhale Chiloane." ... |
IN: 'Don't kill me in front of my babies'
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"Doctors tell Tim Watson that the bullet lodged in his lung will likely be there for the rest of his life, he says."
"The slug is a reminder of how close the 32-year-old came to death last month after being shot more than five times by the estranged husband of his child's mother."
"Watson is out of the hospital and recovering from his wounds, but he says he's upset that his violent assailant is already back on the street." ...
"Terry Fennessee ... is charged with one count of attempted murder ..."
"Watson believes Fennessee should have faced additional penalties related to violating a protective order ..." ...
"Police records confirmed that Fennessee's ex-wife had a restraining order against the suspect ..." ... |
TX: Survey: Students At Fort Bend ISD East-side Schools Live With Fear On Campus
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"About 42% of the students who took buses to Thurgood Marshall High School last year almost always felt unsafe due to potential violence from classmates while riding those buses."
"At Missouri City Middle School, more than 45% of the students felt unsafe last spring when using the school’s bathrooms."
"More than a third of all Willowridge High School students polled in 2006 seldom or never felt safe even in the classrooms of their Chimney Rock Road, Houston, campus."
"And the parking lot at Christa McAuliffe Middle School, on South Post Oak Road in Houston, may have been the most frightening spot in Fort Bend Independent School District, at least in 2006, where nearly 62% of the students said they felt unsafe." ... |
AL: Police: Boy brings gun on school campus
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"A 16-year-old Murphy High School student who police said hadn't been in school for several weeks was arrested today after faculty members saw the boy on campus and later found a loaded gun in his backpack, according to authorities."
"The ninth-grader, whose name was not released because of his age, was charged with carrying a concealed weapon and was taken to Strickland Youth Center, Mobile police spokesman Officer Eric Gallichant said."
"The student wasn't suspended at the time but hadn't attended classes for several weeks ..."
"Faculty searched the student's backpack, Pierce said, and found a loaded .380-caliber handgun inside. ..." ... |
KY: Police say classmates saw pistol
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"A 10-year-old boy who police say carried a loaded 9 mm handgun into Stringtown Elementary showed the weapon to several friends during class."
"But none of the students alerted the teacher, who apparently didn't see the gun, said Bob Yeager, acting Evansville-Vanderburgh School Corp. superintendent."
"The gun was confiscated Wednesday afternoon on a bus when an assistant saw the boy showing it to another student. The boy ... was charged Thursday with possession of a firearm on school property. He could face an additional charge of criminal recklessness 'because of the potential of what could have happened and his inexperience with the weapon,' police Lt. Tonya Wiser said." ... |
CA: 3 Glendale Schools Locked Down After Gun Threat
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"3 Glendale schools with a total of 4,000 students were locked down on Friday when a report of a student with a gun reached authorities. The weapon turned out to be a pellet gun, authorities said."
"Police got a report at 1:50 p.m. that a student had a gun at Toll Middle School, 700 Glenwood Road, said Sgt. Tom Lorenz of the Glendale Police Department."
"A student alerted school officials that a middle school student was carrying a gun in his backpack, police told ABC7."
"A male student in the seventh grade was detained for questioning, Lorenz said."
"The weapon turned out to be a pellet gun or air pistol, according to the TV station." ... |
AL: 12-year-old Arrested for Having Gun on School Grounds
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A 12-year-old student in Opelika was placed in juvenile detention Thursday after authorities said he brought a loaded semiautomatic handgun to school.
Opelika Police Captain Alan Elkins said the fifth-grader smuggled the nine millimeter pistol in his backpack and had threatened at least two students.
The boy -- facing expulsion from West Forest Intermediate School -- was charged with illegal possession of a weapon on a school campus. He was taken to the Lee County Youth Development Center.
According to Elkins, a classmate told school administrators about the weapon.
Investigators are trying to determine who owns the pistol. |
IL: Illinois Senate Targets 'High-Capacity' Gun Magazines
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"The Illinois Senate this week passed a bill banning the future sale and possession of gun magazines that hold more than ten rounds of ammunition."
"A gun control group said the measure would 'protect law enforcement officers and strengthen the community.' But defenders of the Second Amendment called the bill 'frivolous' and pointless." ...
"[Executive director of the Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence Thomas] Mannard noted that such magazines were used at the Columbine High School and Virginia Tech massacres ..."
"But a Second Amendment group [ISRA] said even if Illinois does ban magazines holding more than ten rounds of ammunition, they can still be purchased in every state adjacent to Illinois." ... |
WI: Assembly approves homeowners' use of force measure
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Homeowners and renters who shoot intruders would be presumed innocent under a bill the state Assembly passed.
It's already legal to shoot someone who breaks into your house as long as it's done in self-defense.
Carol Owens, R-Oshkosh, sponsored the measure, saying it's not wrong for people to protect themselves.
But opponents say it's likely that burglars who don't mean to harm anybody will pay with their lives.
The Assembly OK'd the change on a voice vote. It now goes to the Senate. |
AZ: Bill to Carry Concealed Weapons Without Permit Heads to Gov.
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"Carrying a concealed weapon without a permit would become a petty offense, under a bill headed for the governor."
"Sponsor Karen Johnson would like to dump the permits completely."
"'The bad guys are going to get the guns regardless. ... why make it more difficult and harder for the good guys to protect themselves.'"
"'My personal feeling is that you shouldn't have to even have a concealed weapon carry permit to carry a weapon to protect yourself ... It's a constitutional right, it's a Second Amendment right and our constitution in Arizona restates that same thing.'"
"But she's not optimistic that the governor will sign her bill. 'Well if we go by past results, it probably will have a little bit of a hard time.'" ... |
VA: Gun-control group says Cho exposed loophole
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"Tougher enforcement of existing federal gun laws might have prevented Seung-Hui Cho from buying the pistols he used to kill 32 people and himself at Virginia Tech last month, a prominent gun-control advocate told lawmakers Thursday."
"Paul Helmke, president of the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, said Cho exploited one of an assortment of 'lethal loopholes' in the law."
"Those gaps can be closed without interfering with the right of other s to buy guns for self-defense or 'costing a single sportsman a single day of hunting season,' Helmke said." ...
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NV: Gun registration
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"To buy a handgun from a licensed dealer -- or even to reclaim it from a pawnshop -- Nevada residents have to either show they've gone through the rigorous background check required to carry a state concealed firearms permit, or else submit at the time of each acquisition to a new, federally required background check." ...
"But Clark County has long enforced its own handgun registration ordinance. ... Those arriving from out of town are expected to go in and register their handguns -- with no grace period." ...
"So state Sen. John Lee, D-North Las Vegas, submitted Senate Bill 92, which would grant tourists and other visitors a 60-day grace period before they'd be required to register their handguns. ..." ... |
NJ: N.J. advances a ban on .50-caliber rifles
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"New Jersey moved yesterday toward becoming the second state to outlaw the powerful .50-caliber rifle that critics contend could potentially be used in terrorist attacks." ...
"Legislation ... was released yesterday by an Assembly committee and can now be considered by the full Assembly."
"The proposed ban is getting renewed attention after federal investigators announced this week that they had foiled an alleged terrorist plot by six men who were planning to attack Fort Dix."
"'As unnerving as the Fort Dix terrorism plot was, it could have been all the more worse if the weapons of choice for alleged assailants had been .50-caliber assault guns instead of AK-47s,' said Assemblyman Reed Gusciora (D., Mercer)." ...
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MA: Officer, wife charged in domestic assault; Patrolman stays on duty pending court hearing
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"Police have filed criminal complaints charging domestic assault and battery against a Gloucester patrolman and his wife following a dispute in their home, a police report released this week says."
"Chief John Beaudette confirmed yesterday that Patrolman Kevin Mackey, 46, will remain on duty pending a Gloucester District Court hearing May 23."
"Police had filed the criminal complaints against Mackey and his wife, Kandi, 44, following an April 4 dispute at their home in which police said the Mackeys accused each other of physical violence. ..."
"Beaudette said any action against the patrolman, which could range from suspension to termination, depends on the ultimate adjudication of the charges." ... |
OH: Prosecutors: Confiscate man's guns
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"Kenton County prosecutors are asking a judge to confiscate the guns of a Fort Wright man charged with fatally shooting a dog in his neighborhood." ...
"Michael Marino, 46, is charged with misdemeanor counts of wanton endangerment and firing a gun inside city limits. ... Marino shot and killed a dog with a .45-caliber pistol in the front yard of his Pickett Court home. [emphasis added]" ...
"Easterling said Marino's Second Amendment rights are not absolute. The safety of the community is paramount, he said." ...
"Easterling said he has no plans to request any pre-trial detainment for Marino."
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MI: When delivering pizza turns deadly
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"Chris Vandecar can understand what pizza deliveryman Brian Williams faced when two men with a wrench attacked him."
"When one of the attackers hit Williams in the back of the head, the deliveryman opened fire with his pistol and killed him." ...
"Williams, who has hauled pizzas for years, was on a run when two men tried to rob him about 10 p.m. Williams shot and killed Corneilus D. Gainer, 24, police said. Williams carried the gun for his own protection and has a concealed weapons permit."
"Police arrested Williams, who spent the night in the Genesee County Jail, and the other man accused of attacking Williams." ... |
NY: Off-duty cop charged in Richmond Hill murder
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"A Queens police officer was charged Friday with murdering his girlfriend on a Richmond Hill street, Queens DA Richard Brown said."
"Harry Rupnarine, a 37-year-old Queens resident assigned to the NYPD's Transit Kings Task Force in Brooklyn, allegedly shot his girlfriend Guyatree Harpati, 22, of Brooklyn, to death at around 7:30 p.m. Thursday after they argued ..."
"Rupnarine allegedly used his police-issue Glock 9-mm pistol to kill Harpati, whom he had been dating on and off for six months ..."
"His girlfriend was declared dead at the scene, ... Rupnarine was taken Jamaica Hospital following the incident after he complained of chest pains, authorities said, and he was arrested around 11:05 p.m. Thursday." ... |
South Africa: Cop wounds woman, kills himself
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"Barkly West police were investigating a shooting incident in which a police constable shot and wounded a woman and then killed himself on Friday."
"Captain Tshepo Mofokeng said the incident happened at some time before 2.30am, when the body of a 35-year-old man was found at Barkly West."
"Mofokeng said it appeared that the man, a police constable stationed at Koopmansfontein, first shot his 27-year-old fiancee."
"The woman was rushed to the Kimberley hospital. Her condition was serious but stable."
"Mofokeng said the policeman was found with a bullet wound in the head and was declared dead by paramedics on the scene."
"Police found a service pistol on the scene, which was confiscated." ... |
NY: Inspection results in summons at gun store
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A Seaford gun store owner was issued numerous summonses after an inspection showed hazardous conditions in a shop area used for firing weapons, police said yesterday.
Martin Tretola, 51, of North Bellmore, owner of T and T Gunnery, 3778 Merrick Rd., was issued the summons Wednesday by the Hempstead Building department, the Nassau Fire Marshal's Office and Nassau police.
A store inspection by police indicated there was inadequate protection in the area where "bullet traps" are located for capturing fired bullets, police said.
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HI: Leading the Charge in Hawaii for the Second Amendment
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"After leading the charge in Hawaii for some 25 years to protect citizens' Second Amendment rights, Dr. Max Cooper and his wife Ardie left Hawaii for Washington State. They leave behind several prominent Hawaii-based Second Amendment focused organizations, which they helped found and lead."
"The Coopers first moved to Hawaii in the early 1970s ..."
"About a decade later, the Coopers noticed an increasingly anti-gun mentality in public officials. There was a movement in the early 1980s by powerful lawmakers to ban all firearms statewide. ..."
"Appalled at the aggressive attempt ... the Coopers joined the Hawaii Rifle Association in 1982 and quickly became key members. ..." ... |
NH: Massacre reason for bearing arms
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"An April 25 letter by Elaine Peverly has finally prompted me to write in response, as I have seen so many more recent opinions like hers that completely miss the point."
"As we all know, the Virginia Tech massacre has prompted renewed cries fore more gun control, more gun control."
"The fact is the majority of gun owners are responsible, law-abiding citizens, but the liberal agenda and the voices that speak it go on to be so hypocritical by continuously talking about a need for more control and restriction over the very same people who are the majority." ... |
OR: Love affair with guns
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"Two Daily Astorian opinions seriously err in their implications and proposals ('We don't have to live like this,' and 'Massacre puts gun control back on agenda,' The Daily Astorian, April 19)."
"It is forever true that unwise ideas will not generate good laws, despite the feverish drumbeat that generally accompanies them. Heinous crimes, like that at Virginia Tech, mustn't stampede America into mandatory gun control laws. They have never kept criminals from getting guns, and didn't stop the Columbine massacre; but they do disarm law-abiding folks and make them 'easy pickings' for criminals, who love gun control laws, and have a way of popping up in the jurisdictions that have them." ... |
VA: Virginia's wrong message on guns
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"The state of Virginia does not like it when undercover private investigators are sent by elected officials from Northern states to make illegal gun purchases. Virginia Attorney General Bob McDonnell has specifically warned New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg about such practices." ...
"It is understandable how one state could be upset when another member of the Union may be perceived as making it look bad, but if Virginia, and other states with liberal gun sales laws, are not doing their job - it should be publicly pointed out."
"Most of the illegal guns - often used in criminal activity - in the New York City Metropolitan Area ... come from states that are not doing their job to stop the widespread criminal trafficking of weapons." ... |
FL: We need responsible gun owners
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"In Sunday's letter about the 'liberal message' regarding gun control, the writer makes an analogy comparing guns to automobiles, then claims liberals want to ban guns and never place responsibility solely on the murderer."
"First, an automobile's primary purpose is transportation, while a handgun is for protection by threat of lethal force. Automobiles kill people by accident, while guns kill people intentionally and accidentally. However, a driver and automobile owner is required to have a license, registration and an exam to test for knowledge, skills and safety. On the other hand, a gun owner in Florida requires none of the above." ...
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UK: 5 years for betting shop gun raider
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"A VIOLENT robber caught on camera during a gunpoint robbery of a bookmakers is today starting a five-year jail term."
"Paul Martin Rathbone, aged 26, made no attempt to cover his face as he pointed the gun at terrified cashiers working in Ladbrokes in Chorley New Road, Horwich."
"He managed to escape with £485 and fled by car with false numberplates - but was only caught when the vehicle was broken into 250 miles away." ...
"Rathbone struck at the betting shop at 7.15pm on April 4 this year, calmly walking in and sitting down to fill out a betting slip before walking to the counter and producing the gun from the inside pocket of his jacket and pointing it at the cashiers."
"They handed over £485 and Rathbone fled." ... |
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