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Milwaukee Mayor Should Campaign for Concealed Carry to Blunt Violent Crime, Says Second Amendment Foundation
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"Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett should ignore anything he heard at a recent anti-gun mayors' summit in New York, and instead trust his own citizens to fight violent crime in the city by enabling them to fight back, the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) said today."
"Before the end of April this year, the city had posted 26 murders, including 19 involving firearms."
"'Contrary to what the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel implied in an April 30 editorial,' noted SAF founder Alan M. Gottlieb, 'these homicides were not caused by firearms, they are the work of armed criminals in a city where honest, law-abiding citizens cannot legally carry concealed handguns for their personal safety because Wisconsin's anti-gun governor does not trust the citizens who elected him. ...'" ... |
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"... That the people, (that is, such as shall be successively chosen to represent the people,) are the best keepers of their own liberties, and that for many reasons. First, because they never think of usurping over other men's rights, but mind which way to preserve their own.'" ...
"... If it is meant by the people, as our author explains himself, a representative assembly, 'such as shall be successively chosen to represent the people,' still they are not the best keepers of the people's liberties or their own, if you give them all the power, legislative, executive, and judicial. They would invade the liberties of the people, at least the majority of them would invade the liberties of the minority, sooner and oftener than an absolute monarchy, such as that of France, Spain, or Russia, or than a well-checked aristocracy, like Venice, Bern, or Holland." ... |
Thank you President Bush: Defending our greatest human right
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"What's the most fundamental of all human rights?"
"The right to life, of course."
"Without it, all other rights are meaningless — after all, if you're dead, you clearly can't exercise any of them."
"Now, if it means anything at all, the right to life must confer the right to preserve one's own life. And if the right to self-preservation has meaning, it must include the right to procure the means with which to defend one's life and liberty."
"All of which is to say, the right to life necessitates the right to gun ownership."
"Liberals would have us believe this is some nutty notion of the 'far right' — meaning anyone more conservative than Hillary Clinton — but history disagrees. ..." ... |
As good as their word
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"The line in the sand has been drawn. Either you stand with the 2nd amendment or against it. And this time, there'll be penalties for infringing on the rights of law abiding Americans."
"The National Rifle Association is issuing a challenge to our nation's mayors and police chiefs: sign a pledge that you will never take the guns from those you serve. The impetus for this is obviously the confiscation of firearms from residents of New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. But there is a growing concern that mayors across the country are becoming the frontline soldiers in the latest fight for more gun control laws." ... |
Guarantee the rights of lawful gun owners
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"As a nation, we're reminded daily of the fearsome future we face. Terrorist attack, bird flu, hurricanes, earthquakes - disasters both natural and man-made are inevitable."
"So it's worthwhile to note how government behaves in reaction to the disasters we're told to prepare for."
"In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans leaders and other government officials ordered law enforcement officers to go door to door to confiscate firearms from law-abiding citizens. At gunpoint."
"That's a first in American history. No one really knows how many lawful firearms remain impounded."
"There were no lights, no phones, no 911, no police protecting neighborhoods. Gangs of thugs roamed and ruled the streets." ... |
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Friday: 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Saturday: 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Sunday: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m."
"Exhibit hall admission is FREE to all current NRA members who are registered and wear their badges or show their membership identification, as well as members of their families who are issued complimentary passes. Military and law enforcement personnel and youth groups in uniform or otherwise properly identified will also be admitted free."
"Thursday, May 18: NATIONAL NRA FOUNDATION BANQUET"
"Bid on limited-edition firearms, hunting trips, unique artwork and more to benefit The NRA Foundation."
"Friday, May 19: LADIES' AND SPORTSMEN'S Luncheon & Auctions" ... |
NRA asks police chiefs, mayors to sign gun seizure pledge
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"Alarmed by the way authorities confiscated guns in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, the National Rifle Association called on all police chiefs and mayors Thursday to sign a pledge they will never forcibly disarm law-abiding citizens."
"'Mayors and police chiefs have already sworn to uphold the Constitution of the United States in their oaths of office. So signing this pledge should be just as effortless,' NRA executive vice president Wayne LaPierre said a day before the 4 million-member group opens its annual convention in Milwaukee."
"The nation's most powerful gun lobbying group also said it would support state and federal legislation making it a crime to forcibly disarm law-abiding citizens." ... |
Gun group wants guards against weapons seizures
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"The National Rifle Association launched a drive on Thursday to prevent police from confiscating legally owned guns during disasters ..."
"'The truth is there is no scenario in which lawful gun owners should agree that government can come into their homes and disarm them,' Wayne LaPierre, executive vice president of the group, told a news conference on the eve of its annual convention."
"The group aired a video in which several New Orleans residents said their guns were taken by police in the turmoil after Hurricane Katrina ..."
"LaPierre said the group would ask every mayor and police chief in the country to sign a pledge saying they will never forcibly disarm law-abiding citizens in their jurisdictions." ... |
WI: There is a middle ground
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"Welcome to Milwaukee, members of the National Rifle Association. ..."
"We hope your visit is fun. No doubt, you'll stay busy attending meetings, hearing speeches - Gen. Tommy Franks will give the keynote talk at a dinner Saturday night - and touring 'acres of guns and gear,' as your organization puts it. But please take some time to sample Milwaukee, too. Feel free, in fact, to stay awhile after the conference."
"Yes, this Editorial Board does have differences of opinion with the NRA. Maybe your visit will allow us to learn more about your perspective. And maybe, conversely, your annual foray into an urban center will open your eyes just a bit to a view opposite yours." ... |
WI: 60,000 expected for gun meeting
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"The 135th annual meeting of the National Rifle Association is expected to attract 60,000 gun advocates to downtown Milwaukee this weekend in celebration and defense of the 2nd Amendment, organizers say."
"Those convention-goers will come more than anything else for the 'acres of guns and gear' in the exhibit halls, said Wayne LaPierre, the NRA's executive vice president. Others will come to see flamboyant NRA board member Ted Nugent; still others to hear retired Gen. Tommy Franks - an architect of the 2003 Iraq invasion - deliver a keynote address Saturday night." ... |
OR: Market owner thwarts robbery attempt
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"A local man's alleged attempt at robbing a drive-thru convenience store failed when the owner of the store pulled a gun on him and called police."
"Police arrested Raleigh Ray Reynolds ... at around 9 a.m. today and booked him into the Umatilla County Jail, where he faces robbery charges for allegedly trying to rob the Double J Drive-Thru at the corner of Southeast Eighth Street and Court Avenue."
"Lt. Mark Swanson said Reynolds did not get away with anything from the store. Swanson said the owner of the Double J, Jim Zellars, held Reynolds at gunpoint until police arrived." ... |
SC: Charges dropped against son in slaying
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"The physically abusive history between Howard and Teresa Ayers was a factor in their son Shawn Ayers' fate and led South Carolina prosecutors to drop the murder charge against the Springfield teen Wednesday."
"The charge was filed against Shawn Ayers after he fatally stabbed and shot his father, retired Lt. Howard Wayne Ayers, on Aug. 9 ..."
"'This is a classic case of not only a battered spouse, but the defense of another, and in this case, a tragic defense by a child of his mother,' Shawn Ayers' Attorney Morgan Martin said. 'It's time that these charges and this shadow be removed from him. It's been difficult for him, but he's a fine young man, and a young man anyone would be proud to call their son.'" ... |
Ohio gun dealer targeted in suit fires back
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" A Dayton gun dealer who is the target of a federal lawsuit said Wednesday that he has not broken the law while selling his weapons."
"James T. Farmer Jr., who has owned and operated Jim's Guns and Whatever since 1978, is one of 15 gun dealers accused in a suit filed this week by New York authorities. The suit says the dealers improperly sold many of the cheap, poorly made handguns that flowed into the city and ended up in the hands of criminals." ...
"The city sent private investigators with hidden cameras to each store, and each time, a female agent successfully and improperly bought a gun picked out by a male agent, the lawsuit says." ...
"... Farmer said. 'Husbands buy guns for their wives, boyfriends buy for their girlfriends, fathers buy for their daughters." |
Chicago took 1st shot
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"Mayor Bloomberg isn't the first big-city boss to pull a sting operation on gun dealers."
"In a 1998 probe dubbed Operation Gunsmoke, Chicago Mayor Richard Daley had undercover cops posing as gang members go into area gun stores."
"Grainy video shot by investigators seemed to show gun merchants gladly allowing straw purchases - the practice of legally authorized citizens buying guns for others."
"The sting was a public relations success. But the operation had less success in court. ..."
"'It failed because they were unable to show the dealers willfully did anything wrong,' said John Lott, a former University of Chicago law professor and the author of controversial books 'More Guns, Less Crime' and 'The Bias Against Guns.'" ... |
NC: Middle School Baseball Coach Fired After Gun Found
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"A parent volunteering as an assistant baseball coach at C.W. Stanford Middle School lost the job after students found his dart gun on a team bus."
"The team was heading to a tournament April 29 when the weapon was found by players who immediately told one of the parents on the trip."
"A police report said the gun belonged to Michael Ray ... who was charged with felony possession of the gun on school grounds."
"Ray's lawyer said he was carrying a spring-loaded dart gun, not a weapon that fired bullets, though it did look similar to a real firearm his client owns."
"'It looks very much like a pistol to the untrained eye,' defense lawyer John Loftin said. 'He did not have a firearm on campus and he is innocent of that charge.'" ... |
NC: Sheriff's office: Pistol, stun gun found in student's car
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"A 17-year-old McMichael High School student was charged today with having a gun on school property after investigators found a pistol and a stun gun in his car ..."
"School resource officer Shane Woodall learned Darrell Seth Vaden might be bringing a weapon to school, according to the Rockingham County Sheriff's Office."
"Vaden denied having a weapon on school grounds. But a search of his vehicle produced a stun gun in the passenger door compartment and an unloaded .25-caliber automatic pistol in a wooden box beneath the driver's seat ..."
"Vaden ... was suspended from school and taken before a magistrate. He was charged with having a gun on school property and possession of a handgun by a minor." ... |
OH: Proposed Law Gives More Leniency In Self-Defense Cases
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"Proposed changes in Ohio law could give Central Ohioans more leniency when it comes to using deadly force in self-defense ..."
"On St. Patrick's Day 2006, a west side woman, who did not want to be identified because of threats against her, shot and killed a 19-year-old who was trying to get into her home."
"'I never meant to kill the boy,' the woman said. 'I just wanted to stop him from coming into my home.'"
"She was charged with murder. The charges were later dropped after the prosecution believed she acted in self-defense." ...
"The shooting raises an evolving question: When do gunowners have the right to use that gun in self-defense?" ... |
NJ: Activists, mayor want crackdown on interstate gun trafficking
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"Two days after New York's mayor announced lawsuits against several out-of-state gun shops, New Jersey legislators, law enforcement officials and gun control advocates renewed their call for stricter enforcement against illegal gun trafficking across state lines."
"Trenton Mayor Doug Palmer and activists from Ceasefire NJ and the Million Mom March said Wednesday that many violent crimes are committed with firearms purchased by 'straw purchasers.' Those buyers submit paperwork at gun shops only to give the weapon to someone else - often a convicted felon who would not pass federal background checks." ... |
OH: HB347 In Danger; Senate Dragging Its Feet (PRO)
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"If you support passage of House Bill 347, which would fix some of the problems in Ohio's concealed carry law, and provide pre-emption controls that prevent cities from passing frivolous gun regulations in order to 'control crime,' you need to contact your senator IMMEDIATELY!"
"There are some in the Senate who are dragging their feet about scheduling a vote for HB347, which passed the Ohio House of Representatives with more than 70 votes in favor of the measure. And they are not the usual 'anti-gun suspects.' Our concern is that if this is not voted on by the full Senate in the next 3 weeks, we might not get another chance." ... |
National Guard on Mexico Border Will be Armed
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The U.S. military says National Guard troops who will be deployed along the U.S.-Mexican border starting next month will be armed, but officials say that with the jobs they will be doing they are not expected to encounter many would-be illegal immigrants."
"At a news conference Thursday, the director of the Army National Guard, Lieutenant General Clyde Vaughn, said one basic element of being a soldier will not change during the deployment along the border."
"'You know, soldiers carry weapons. As we head down this line, we have to remember that very thing,' he said."
"General Vaughn says the exact rules for using those weapons during the border assignment are still being worked out ..." ... |
NY: NYPD Warns Officers about Cell Phone Guns
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The New York Police Department has warned officers to watch out for a type of rare custom-made pistol, disguised as a cell phone.
Federal authorities have been issuing warnings about the specially made .22 caliber handgun since at least 2000, when several were recovered by law enforcement authorities in Europe.
The weapons, which use a spring-wound percussion system to fire up to four .22 caliber bullets, have continued to surface occasionally overseas.
The NYPD issued a warning to its commanders about the weapon in a directive on May 11, the New York Post reported.
The memo included pictures of the weapon and a description of how it works. It asked police conducting security screening at police headquarters or borough courthouses to be cautious handling cell phones during searches. |
TX: Houston County Cop Crook
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"Twenty-seven-year-old Michael Shawn Campbell faces federal narcotics and weapons charges. He was arrested Wednesday, made his first appearance at the federal courthouse in Montgomery where he pleaded not guilty."
"Campbell has been a deputy with the Houston County sheriff's department since November of 2003. He served in the department's undercover narcotics unit."
"On Wednesday morning he was taken into federal custody after an FBI undercover investigation."
"He's accused of selling a semi-automatic pistol to a known convicted felon, and giving him cocaine cookies to sell on the street."
"Allegedly, Campbell had set up a meeting with the felon ... to supply him with more cookies, as well as 1,500 ecstasy pills." ... |
TX: Officer faces federal civil rights charges
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"San Antonio Police Officer Roberto M. Garza Jr. was an honor student at Clark High School who fulfilled a dream by following his father into the police force in 1999."
"Wednesday, Garza, 31, left federal court with a charge alleging he hit a handcuffed teen on the head and injured him during an arrest more than three years ago."
"FBI agents and San Antonio police arrested Garza after a federal grand jury indicted him a day earlier on one count of deprivation of rights under color of law." ...
"The charge stems from a March 2003 arrest in which, according to a police report, Garza punched and struck the handcuffed boy, then 16, with his knee, in the 3300 block of Roland Street, near Pecan Valley Drive." ... |
CA: Customs agent to face more serious charge
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"An off-duty Department of Homeland Security officer accused of fatally shooting a man outside a Mission Viejo apartment now faces a murder charge after prosecutors dropped a lesser charge."
"Douglas William Bates' voluntary manslaughter trial for the February 2005 slaying of 20-year-old Bassim Chmait was to start yesterday." ...
"Brent said the manslaughter charge wasn't appropriate because the shooting didn't occur during the heat of passion or during self-defense."
"Bates told police that he was checking on a disturbance outside his apartment and that the gun went off when he was being beaten by the group."
"But Chmait's friends say Bates pistol-whipped one of them, then shot Chmait when he tried to intervene." ... |
MD: Couple Arrested In Baltimore Asking For Directions
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"Baltimore City police arrested a Virginia couple over the weekend after they asked an officer for directions."
"... Joshua Kelly and Llara Brook, of Chantilly, Va., got lost leaving an Orioles game on Saturday. Collins reported a city officer arrested them for trespassing on a public street while they were asking for directions." ...
"... Hopelessly lost, relief melted away concerns after they spotted a police vehicle."
"'I said, 'Thank goodness, could you please get us to 95?' Kelly said."
"'The first thing that she said to us was no -- you just ran that stop sign, pull over,' Brook said. 'It wasn't a big deal. We'll pay the stop sign violation, but can we have directions?'"
"'What she said was 'You found your own way in here, you can find your own way out.' Kelly said." ... |
IL: City moves to settle police shooting lawsuit for $1.75 million
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"The Chicago City Council next week will consider offering one-point-seven (m) million dollars to settle a lawsuit by a man who shot in the head by police eight years ago."
"Law department spokeswoman Jennifer Hoyle says the council's finance committee approved the settlement today and it is scheduled to be presented to the full council May 24th."
"According to the city, Bell was riding in the back seat of a car when it stopped at a convenience store on the city's West Side on June 14, 1998. Chicago police standing outside turned the car away, saying the store was closed."
"Police said the car drove off but then doubled back and came up onto the sidewalk. The officers claimed they fired at the car in self-defense." ... |
NY: Supporters rally for cop's release 10 years after Dobbs Ferry murder
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"More than 40 relatives, police officers and friends rallied yesterday for the release of Richard D. DiGuglielmo, a former New York City police officer imprisoned for murder nearly a decade ago in a fatal shooting at a Dobbs Ferry delicatessen."
"Wearing T-shirts that read 'Self-defense is not a crime,' ... they gathered in front of the Westchester County Courthouse to protest DiGuglielmo's conviction and the length of time he has been incarcerated."
"During the 45-minute rally, they spoke of frustration that DiGuglielmo remains in prison when they contend he was coming to his father's aid when he shot a bat-wielding Charles Campbell. . ..." ... |
Gun Makers Look to Attract Women Buyers
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"Kay Clark Miculek is a champion shot, especially with a handgun. Though she may be pretty deft with a shotgun, she's got to put some work into using that weapon. That's because this gun shop owner in Louisiana usually must get shotguns shortened to fit her 5-foot-3-inch frame."
"'Any shotgun I get, I have to get cut off. Not a lot of lady models are shorter,' said Clark Miculek, 49, who owns Clark Guns, in Bossier City and runs camps throughout the country teaching women to shoot."
"But she knows that gun makers are now coming out with shorter, lighter shotguns, new grips on handguns and flashier designs, all of which attract women buyers." ... |
AK: Self-defense law does not mean fire at will
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"Lawmakers voted overwhelmingly this session to expand and clarify Alaskans' right to defend themselves, including the right to use deadly force."
"Some of the provisions seem obvious, as in the right to use force to help a child who is the victim of kidnapping or sexual assault, or anyone being sexually assaulted."
"Other provisions expand the right to self-defense and don't require retreat in the workplace or anywhere a person has an explicit or implied invitation to be - adding to the list that had only covered the home."
"The law also makes clear that even deadly force may be used to thwart a carjacking - though not in all circumstances - or to halt a burglary or robbery in a residence that's occupied." ... |
NY: Guns blazed for all to see
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"The blaze of Times Square would be just the place for a billboard-sized electronic map of the United States and the flashing words 'WHERE THE GUNS COME FROM!'"
"A relatively simple bit of wiring could make the screen a giant facsimile of what yours truly saw seven years ago at the Regional Crime Gun Center run by the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and Explosives." ...
"Cucinelli instructed the computer to show with a red dot the place of purchase of every gun recovered in our city. He clicked the mouse and the whole Eastern Seaboard south of Richmond turned solid red. Virginia had the most dots, followed by North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida and Georgia." ...
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MN: Mayors Rybak and Coleman Join Police Chiefs Dolan and Harrington and Citizens for a Safer Minnesota in Calling for End of Illegal Gun Business
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"Citizens for a Safer Minnesota joined with the Mayors and Police Chiefs of Minnesota's two largest cities to draw attention to the deadly effects of illegal guns in the community. The press conference was one of many events across the country to launch a grassroots campaign to permanently disrupt the nation's Illegal Gun trade."
"Sue Fust, Executive Director of Citizens for a Safer Minnesota said: 'The problems created by the illegal gun market are devastating to our communities. Every day, guns are coming into our cities and making their way into the hands of criminals and youth. We are here to demonstrate that something can be done about this and that there are many groups working hard on solutions to this problem.'" ... |
NY: Police and clergy team up in gun-immunity program
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"Syracuse Police and the Onondaga County District Attorney's office are offering cash and immunity for handguns."
"Police Chief Gary Miguel and District Attorney William Fitzpatrick announced the Gun Immunity For Today program Wednesday afternoon."
"The program offers $200 cash and immunity from prosecution for people who bring in a working-illegal handgun or information leading to the recovery of an illegal gun." ... |
Canada: Alberta hails registry demise
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"The Conservative government is expected to announce its plan today to start dismantling the long-gun registry after the release of a much anticipated report from the auditor general showing the former Liberal government hid more than $60 million in program costs from Parliament."
"Alberta politicians and firearms owners lauded the Tory plan and said they hope it's a decisive victory in their more than decade-long battle."
"'I'm glad to see it scrapped,' Klein told reporters. 'It has been a boondoggle from the beginning.'" ...
"The Harper government is expected to offer amnesty for unregistered long-gun owners, effectively killing the program." ... |
Ireland: Community on a knife edge
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"Community workers are calling for an end to the knife culture in the Whiterock after a haul of 12 knives and one axe was recovered around the area over the last month – six since Friday." ...
"'We are trying to notify parents of what is going on. Youths are taking these knives from their homes, and people are bound to notice they are missing. We are calling on them to contact the residents' association if they can identify one that belongs to them.'"
"According to Damien Donnelly of the Safer Neighbourhood Project, self-defence is one of the reasons behind the trend." ... |
UK: Conservatives promote gun training for Olympic Games
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"Conservative proposals for changes in the law to allow Olympic pistol shooters to train in the UK ready for the 2012 Olympic Games have been approved by the House of Lords."
"Peers have backed reforms enabling competitive target shooters to practice at specially licensed ranges at T.A. and Army barracks in the UK, while the general ban on ownership and use of hand guns remains in force."
"Without the changes, competitors would have to train overseas, raising costs, and reducing the prospects for success when the Games take place in London in six years time." ... |
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