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UK: Deaf woman 'locked up as she reported rape' Submitted by: P. Jones	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"The woman, who has been profoundly deaf since an attack of measles when she was two years old, needed a sign language interpreter to describe her ordeal to the court." "The jury heard that it was only when an interpreter arrived at the police station where the terrified woman had been locked up for hours that detectives began to investigate the rape claim."

NJ: First amendment victory in suit against school board
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"In a significant victory for the First Amendment, a lawsuit against the Montclair, N.J. Board of Education (School Board) brought by the Association of New Jersey Rifle & Pistol Clubs (ANJRPC) was resolved in a court-ordered settlement. The School Board acknowledged that it violated its own policies by distributing a flyer supporting anti-Second Amendment legislation, while refusing to distribute a flyer opposing the legislation."

NJ: Gun club owners miss target with lawsuit
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"The operators of an Allamuchy Township shooting range jumped the gun when they filed a lawsuit against the town, a judge has ruled."

"Judge Pursel dismissed the suit and ordered the organization to make its case before the township's officials."

"The club voluntarily closed the range last year when the feud about land use began."

"The range is in what was once an undeveloped area."

"Local residents claim the range is lowering the quality of life in the area and hurting property values."

IL: Gun aimed at student jams as teenager pulls trigger
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"A student is charged with attempted murder after pointing a gun at another student's head and pulling the trigger. Police say the gun jammed. Both teenagers attend Gordon Tech High School on the city's North Side." ...

"Classmates say Serrano had recently been expelled from another high school for trouble there, and was given a second chance at Gordon Tech. They say he is a gang member." ...

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Are these the types of "children" Brady and gang claim are being hurt en masse by guns?

FL: Gun Range issue may be decided by County May 20
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"The controversy over the noise created by sport shooters at the Rhino Outdoor Gun Range will likely come to a head May 20, as Levy County Commissioners are slated to review a formal report of recent testing conducted in the range's neighborhood." ...

"Morales has asserted his right to discharge firearms on the property and run his business, but has also expressed a willingness to compromise, which led to the new tests."

DC: Blood on gun grabber's hands
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"I've said it before and I'll say it again. You don't solve the problem of armed robbers and gun killers by taking away their victims' right to be armed against them. Washington, DC Mayor Anthony Williams' press secretary Tony Bullock says: 'The last thing this city needs is more guns.' Allowing honest citizens to be armed will have a 'chilling effect' on crime. Wherever it has been tried, arming innocent people so that criminals don't know when they approach a potential victim whether or not that person will be armed and well able to blow them away makes many criminals go into other areas of crime where they don't stand a chance of being shot themselves. They're basically cowards who are only 'big stuff' if they're armed and their victims aren't. Yes, we do need more guns on the streets; in the hands of honest people who can shoot the criminals instead of letting the criminals shoot them. The number of guns out there is not the problem. The problem is whose hands the guns are in, and whose hands do not hold guns."

Dopey Ideas and Expressions
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"Dr. Martin Rosenberg, my high school English teacher, having had it with my classroom antics whilst he drilled us in English grammar, told me, 'Williams, teaching you this material is like casting pearls before the swine.' That was in 1952 before everyone became concerned about self-esteem, but it was precisely the kind of dressing down that I needed to challenge me and turn my high school academic performance around. Two years later, it was Dr. Rosenberg who proudly coached me with my salutatorian address for our graduation ceremony. I thank G-d that I received my education before educators and psycho-babblers became concerned about self-esteem; I'm also thankful for having received it before it became fashionable for white people to like black people. It meant my grades were honest."

CA: Thorpe ruled insane
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"Convicted mass murderer Scott H. Thorpe's relatives embraced his victims' relatives Tuesday after a Nevada County judge ruled Thorpe was insane while committing the crimes."

"Thorpe, formerly of Smartville, killed Yuba City resident Mike Markle, who was managing a Grass Valley restaurant, and two employees of the Nevada County Behavioral Health Department on Jan 10, 2001."

"Markle's mother, Margie Markle of Marysville, and other family members blamed a faulty mental health care system for not properly treating Thorpe's paranoid schizophrenia."

UK: Misery of couple 'burgled 192 times' Submitted by: Joe Fucile	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"A couple say they have become prisoners in their own home after being burgled 192 times in four years." "Rita Redfarn and Bruce Charter, of Earith, near Ely, Cambridgeshire, say they fell prey to burglars for the 192nd time after leaving their house unattended for the first time since the New Year."

"American" Terrorists: A Primer
Submitted by: Carter Laren
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"But there is another federal 'military' in America, and it is much less glamorous. Its activities are not nearly as well advertised, and its mission not nearly as clear. Soldiers in this 'military' stand poised not in America's front yard, but at America's front door. Instead of scanning neighboring territories for threats to American sovereignty, these soldiers scan each room of America's house for threats to government authority, and opportunities to harass its residents. These soldiers do not aim their guns outward; they aim them inward at American citizens. And they've got a lot more guns than one might think. Not surprisingly, soldiers in this quiet 'military' often wear facemasks. After all, they are not just soldiers; they are thugs."

Iraq: New Iraqi gun culture keeps U.S. troops jumping
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"Like half a dozen newly gun-owning members of the middle class interviewed in recent days - doctors, lawyers, architects and professors - Hikmat expressed feelings of guilt over contributing to the climate of lawlessness by buying what was undoubtedly a stolen weapon."

"But he said he doesn't believe that either the recently reassembled Iraqi police force or U.S. troops can provide citizens with any sense of security."

UT: Educators Take Aim at Controversial New Law
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"The Jordan Education Association president says teachers should be made to think twice about bringing a gun to school."

"Scott Berryessa/President, JEA: 'IT'S NOT LIKE OUR SCHOOLS ARE DANGEROUS THAT A TEACHER NEEDS TO HAVE A GUN THERE TO PROTECT THEMSELVES. I JUST THINK GUNS IN SCHOOLS CREATE MORE PROBLEMS THEN THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO EVER RESOLVE.' "

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Well, Mr. Berryessa, the residents of Littleton, Colorado probably thought their little town and their school was safe as well until two criminals proved how safety can be shattered in a flash. What do you think would have happened if even one of the Columbine victims was armed?

MN: Businesses confused, angry over gun law
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"Confusion, and dismay, abound among businesspeople about how to keep guns off their premises under Minnesota's new conceal-and-carry law."

"By many accounts, businesses don't want firearms on site as the law goes into effect May 28, prompting an estimated 90,000 more Minnesotans to start packing."

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Here's a suggestion: print a huge sign that says, "No guns allowed on these premises." No doubt the criminals prefer their prey be disarmed. You'll be doing them a favor.

MN: Fight leads to gunfire at south Minneapolis teen party
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"The Rolling 30s Bloods are concentrated in south Minneapolis but not in the Northrop neighborhood, where Olson was shot, Martin said. The gang has been relatively quiet for several years, but police are seeing more activity because members have been getting out of prison, and some of their younger brothers have gotten involved, he said."

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Luckily, Minnesotans will be able to carry concealed. Just in time for an increase in gang activity.

UK: Householder convicted for defending his home with an air rifle
Submitted by: Mark Richardson
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"A retired businessman who shot a drunken teenager he feared was about to burgle his rural home was spared prison by a judge yesterday."

"Anthony Spray loaded a .22 air rifle he used to frighten rabbits off his vegetable patch before firing from the hip on his doorstep."

"The pellet struck Paul Evans, then 19, in the face from a distance of four to five feet and surgeons had to remove his left eye."

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Spray is convicted, fined, has a suspended sentence, legal costs and has to pay compensation to the alleged "victim." Sounds like the most profitable and protected line of work in Britain is burglary.

Condon blames the NRA for his arrest
Submitted by: Evan F. Nappen, Esq.
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"Condon, meanwhile, blames the NRA for his arrest. He says legislative-affairs director Glen Caroline warned him to stop distributing fliers and that a security officer told him the arrest was approved by NRA leadership." ...

"The NRA failed to return phone calls. But the Convention Center's manager of security and transportation, Greg Forehand, agrees with Condon, saying he was arrested 'on behalf of the NRA management staff.' "

CNN 'backpedals' on gun story
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"Saying CNN may have deliberately misled viewers about the legality of various weapons, a leader in the gun-rights movement is lashing out at the network for incorrectly reporting that fully automatic weapons are banned under a 1994 law set to expire next year."

" 'Either it was a deliberate attempt to fake the story, or the reporter had a complete ignorance of the story he's covering,' Wayne LaPierre, executive vice president of the National Rifle Association, told the Washington Times."

MI: Detroit Police Search for Escaped Prisoner Submitted by: paul raynolds	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"Police are searching for a prisoner who escaped while at a Detroit Hospital. Police consider him armed and dangerous. They arrested him Monday on a domestic violence charge, and now they're trying to find him before he finds his girlfriend."

Does Iraq Show That We Need a State?
Submitted by: Lyndell Rottmann

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"Notwithstanding considerable talk to the contrary, the natural relationship among people is one of peaceful cooperation, based on the recognition of the higher physical productivity of the division of labor. This is not to say that there will be no crime and aggression. Mankind being what it is, murderers, robbers, thieves, thugs, and con artists will always exist."

"However, their anti-social behavior is typically suppressed by means of armed self-defense and mutual assistance and insurance arrangements. In most cases, conflicts are settled peacefully through arbitration and by judges endowed with natural, voluntarily acknowledged authority (typically members of the 'nobility' or social elite). Men have thus cooperated for thousands of years without the help of a State (as defined below). Even today, in every small village the workings of a natural order are still discernable."

TX: Bystanders Save Texas Cop Submitted by: Orange Fuzzy	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"Officer Gillespie and Gray were wrestling when Gillespie lost control of her gun."

SC: Assault weapons ban has both friends, foes in S.C.
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"Charleston gun dealer Scott Hornsby sees a mix of good and bad if Congress lets the ban on selling assault weapons expire."

"The good, he said, is that it will erase a poorly crafted law written by lawmakers he contends are out to end all gun ownership in America. 'It's kind of a ludicrous law put in place under a hysterical attitude,' he said."

"The bad, he said, is that lifting the ban will allow thousands of assault weapons to quickly flood the consumer market, deflating prices for the increasingly rare pre-ban guns that collectors and sportsmen desire most."

Iraq: Allies to Begin Seizing Weapons From Most Iraqis
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"Iraqi citizens will be required to turn over automatic weapons and heavy weapons under a proclamation that allied authorities plan to issue this week, allied officials said today."

"The aim of the proclamation is to help stabilize Iraq by confiscating the huge supply of AK-47's, machine guns, rocket-propelled grenades and other weapons that are used by criminal gangs, paramilitary groups and remnants of the Saddam Hussein government."

TX: Off-duty officer shoots, kills armed robber
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An off-duty Caney City police officer fatally shot an armed robber Tuesday after he tried to hold up a men's clothing store in north Dallas, police said.

About 3:30 p.m., a man entered a Big & Tall Fashions for Less store in the 9100 block of North Central Expressway and pretended to buy clothes. He pulled out a gun and ordered the cashier to hand over money from the cash register, Dallas police Sgt. Curtis Brown said.

At the time, an off-duty officer from Caney City in Henderson County was in a changing room, Brown said. When the officer came out, the robber raised a gun at him, and the officer shot him, Brown said.

The robber was taken to Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas, where he died from the gunshot wound.

The names of the officer and the robber were not released.

UT: Wanted Suspect Shot, Wounded During Dispute at Ogden Home Submitted by: Mike Lamborn	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"Ogden police captured a wanted man Monday after he was shot in the throat at an acquaintance's home." "Jason Valdez, a parolee who had a warrant out for his arrest on a firearms-related allegation, remained in critical condition at the University of Utah Hospital on Tuesday, said Ogden police Detective Jim Gent." "He was shot after he pulled a gun on an acquaintance early Monday, police said."

CO: New gun laws aim for safety but miss mark
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"Gabaldon thinks Denver is more violent than when she moved here 50 years ago. More police patrols in neighborhoods make sense, she said. But she doesn't believe newly imposed state standards will protect her or anyone else."

"The new rules make it easier to get concealed- weapons permits in Denver. They also allow the once-banned open display of weapons so long as you don't threaten or menace anyone."

MD: 4 city police officers presented certificates for valor Submitted by: Orange Fuzzy	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"Four Baltimore police officers who were shot and wounded during a botched drug raid last year received certificates yesterday for earning one of the department's highest awards: the Citation of Valor."

OH: Senate looking at concealed handgun bill
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"Eleanor Helper said she turned into an instant gun-control advocate on May 9, the day her daughter was shot by a gunman at Case Western Reserve University."

"Just 11 days later Helper was standing before a Senate committee urging lawmakers not to approve a bill allowing licensed Ohio residents to carry concealed handguns."

" 'Some might argue that if Sue had had a concealed weapon she could have defended herself,' the Columbus woman said. 'But what chance would she have had against two semi-automatic handguns carried by an aggressor wearing bulletproof clothing?' "

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Her chances would have been slightly better if she'd had a gun. They certainly couldn't have been any worse.

The aggressor was already armed, regardless of Ohio's current lack of concealed carry laws. But what a pathetic attempt at a strawman!

NJ: School Board Settles Complaint by Pro-Gun Coalition (Another report)
Submitted by: Charles S. McMillion

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"Public schools in Montclair, N.J., can't distribute gun control literature to students, then refuse to distribute materials explaining the other side of the story, a court has ruled."

"A coalition of pistol and rifle clubs in New Jersey has settled its lawsuit against the Montclair Board of Education, which allowed an anti-gun group to hand out materials to students - then refused a request to distribute pro-Second Amendment materials."

Making it up as they go along
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"But, at The Times as in most of the guilt-ridden socialist left, 'diversity' is only a code word."

"Was the internship program used to bring into the newsroom more gun owners (who might have a differing view from the editorial board on one of the nation's most divisive issues), more fundamentalist Christians opposed to abortion (offering a divergent view on the nation's other most divisive issue), more militia members, more Reagan Republicans, more Libertarians, more property-rights advocates, more folks who agree with Gordon Phillips and John Kotmair and Irwin Schiff that current law requires no American to pay a federal income tax on his in-country wages?"

"Of course not. The monochrome leftist Times doesn't seek any 'diversity' of political views. When it says it seeks 'diversity,' it means it's hunting for a few more highly visible 'Puerto Rican and house Negro' faces assuming they're of the proper collectivist persuasion to grace the front window."

TN: Police tape on shooting released Submitted by: paul raynolds	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"Knoxville police officers for 10 seconds ordered Sean Gillispie to drop the pistol he allegedly aimed at them. Then an officer fired a fatal shot into the 19-year-old man's chest, according to a police videotape released Tuesday." ------- This will surely be another case added to the Brady Bunch's disingenuous "48 children die by gun fire per day" statistic.

"Let Them Hate Us, As Long As They Fear Us."
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" 'The 'individual' may stand upon 'his Constitutional Rights' as a CITIZEN. He is entitled to carry on his 'private' business in his own way. 'His power to contract is unlimited.' He owes no duty to the State or to his neighbors to divulge his business, or to open his doors to an investigation, so far as it may tend to incriminate him. He owes no duty to the State, since he receives nothing therefrom, beyond the protection of his life and property. 'His rights' are such as 'existed' by the Law of the Land (Common Law) 'long antecedent' to the organization of the State', and can only be taken from him by 'due process of law', and 'in accordance with the Constitution.' 'He owes nothing" to the public so long as he does not trespass upon their rights.' Hale v. Henkel, 201 U.S. 43 at 89 (My emphasis)"

Australia: Govt confident of July gun buyback Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft Website: http://www.idcwebdev.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"The Federal Government is confident its gun buyback scheme will begin on July 1." ... "The Government has not completed a full list of guns or decided the amount of compensation to be paid."

MN: Sponsor Says She's Concerned People Don't Understand Gun Law
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"Senator Pat Pariseau is concerned about a lawsuit filed by an Edina church this week."

"Church officials oppose several provisions in the bill, including that they must personally tell people that guns aren't allowed."

"Pariseau says that businesses and churches just need to post signs at entrances to keep guns out."

"If someone brings a gun in anyway, the owners can then ask the person to leave. Trespass laws kick in if the person refuses to remove the gun from the property."

CA: Hoplophobic Busybody Almost Gets Teen Killed
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Original headline: "Officer Coffelt averts tragedy when boy goes for replica gun"

"A Santa Paula police officers quick and professional action in a standoff with a 15-year-old boy who went for a gun led to the incident ending without tragedy when it was discovered that the weapon was a replica."

Officer Coffelt was approached by a "concerned citizen."

"The citizens told Officer Coffelt that a 'young man in the area possibly had a gun in his waistband.' "

Privacy advocates wary of anti-terror surveillance Submitted by: Newslinks Admin	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"An unusual coalition of liberal and conservative advocacy groups and some senators want to keep tight congressional control on the Pentagon's planned anti-terror surveillance system despite new promises it will use only legally collected personal data."

MN: Gun law in effect soon
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"Chisago County Sheriff Todd Rivard said there are parts of the law he disagrees with."

"He said allowing carry permits for nearly everyone in the state naturally has him a little nervous. 'One of our goals is to keep as many guns off the streets as we can,' he said."

"North Branch Police Chief Zimmer said the scenario that makes him most nervous is the 'good person with good intent who suddenly has a rage and for an instant becomes a bad person and something tragic happens.' "

FL: Fla. Court Throws Out $145B Verdict in Class-Action Tobacco Suit Submitted by: Newslinks Admin	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"A Florida appellate court on Wednesday threw out a record-setting $145 billion verdict for thousands of Florida smokers against the tobacco industry, saying the case should not have been tried as a class-action lawsuit."

CA: Protest versus an act of terrorism
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"When Oakland police opened fire with less-lethal weapons on a group of anti-war protesters at the Port of Oakland on April 7, the question was why? There had been violent protests in other U.S. cities, but no other police force in this country responded with such force. Police officers claimed protesters were throwing rocks, bolts and locks at them, however, neither a videotape shot by the department nor radio communication between officers indicate protesters were throwing anything at the officers. So why did they shoot wooden slugs and stinger grenades at unarmed, non-violent protesters?"

"The answer may be even more disturbing, with far-reaching implications, than the welts and bruises suffered by peaceful protesters." ...

Barcoding humans
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"The 'cargo' was a half-inch-long microchip inside a glass and silicone cylinder that carries my permanent identification number. For an instant, I remembered the famous scene in the movie 'Fantastic Voyage' in which a miniaturized Raquel Welch and her companions are inserted, submarine and all, into the vein of a patient. In my case, the tiny chip inside me can transmit personal information to anyone with a special handheld scanner."

Laws don't stop terrorists
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"In a last-ditch anti-gun Hail Mary, Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J., dispatched government researchers to ferret out every conceivable misuse of firearm freedoms that could be exploited by bad guys." ...

"This foolishness brings to mind two images laughable to thinking Americans."

"One, of terrorists shopping for rifles at a sporting goods store or a weekend gun show. And two, of the same terrorists deciding not to buy a gun because Lautenberg got this or that law passed."

Gun "Safety"
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"The most important thing to make sure your kids are safe is to talk to them."

"If you have firearms in your home, make sure they are either locked in a gun safe or have safety locks on them." -- KABA note: Guess they missed the report that says most gun locks are ineffective and easily broken.

"Every day, guns hurt or kill American children." -- KABA note: All by themselves?

"The statistics paint a terrifying picture: guns cause 12 percent of fatalities among American children and teens, and 1 of every 4 deaths of teenagers ages 15 to 19." -- KABA note: And how many of those are suicides or crimes related to gang violence?

UK: MPs call for gun crime crackdown
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"Gun crime on Merseyside has more than doubled over five years, according to the latest government figures."

"But police insisted that actual shootings have fallen thanks to an ongoing crackdown on gang warfare and gun possession."

"...recorded crimes involving firearms, including air weapons, on Merseyside totalled 576 in 1997 when Labour came to power."

"They breached the one thousand mark in 2000 and totalled 1,211 in the financial year up to April 2002, the latest available figures."