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David Codrea: Why is NRA Ignoring Santa Barbara Gun Owners?
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"I've been compiling 'testimonials' from Santa Barbara area gun owners concerning their attempts to contact NRA about their A rating and endorsement of anti-gun Sheriff Bill Brown. ..."

"This will be a long post, but I think you'll get the gist pretty quickly. ..." ...

"It's evident the powers that be are hoping this will go away. Too bad."

"It can't--not until the political 'experts' come clean with why they misled their members on Brown's stance on their right to keep and bear arms, and come up with some ... credibility on future ratings and endorsements."

"One thing is for sure--ignoring all these requests is no way to endear grassroots supporters to an organization that purports to represent their interests." ...

'The Dead Horse in the Living Room:' School Shootings
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... "The dead horse on the living room floor. It's there all right and we are most certainly aware of its presence, yet we pretend that it doesn't exist. ... We hide from the truth. It might belie our self opinion, our perception of the world around us, it might make us think, change our minds."

"Well? There's a dead horse on the living room floor. At least when we think of school security, and the possibility of some nut case coming in and shooting up the place, and the people inside. We are loathe to discuss the dead horse because we don't want to contemplate the fact that we would have to do something tangible about it. So we simply tiptoe over it and try to ignore its presence. And we pray that others will do the same." ...

Gun control Act of 1968 has failed
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"I don't believe I've ever agreed with Jack LeMoult. I've never disagreed with him more than the column, Guns and Masculinity. He puts forth more of the same arguments that have been made time and again. 'Blood will run in the streets' or 'Dodge City all over again' is the rallying cry. It is always the gun control movement's answer. It is always wrong. It was heard in the 1980s when Florida first passed concealed carry. It was heard in every state that followed including Ohio in 2004. And in every instance it has been a lie." ...

Gun Regulation, the Police Power, and the Right to Keep Arms in Early America: The Legal Context of the Second Amendment
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"On April 19, 1775, the town of Concord, Massachusetts was the scene of an interesting confrontation. ... The wife of Nathan Barrett, captain of one of Concord's militia companies, spotted one of her husband's men skedaddling home. She went out of her house to confront him, and when he explained that he was feeling ill, she responded that he must not take his gun with him. When he replied simply, 'Yes, I shall,' she exclaimed, 'No, stop, I must have it.' ..."

"The confrontation between Mrs. Barrett ... and the militiaman captures the clash of community obligation, public safety, private interests, and individual rights that lies at the heart of the legal and historical debate over the meaning of the Second Amendment. ..." ...

Gun Policy, Lifestyle, and Violence in America
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... "Weeks after the Virginia Tech massacre the country is still in shock about the heinous act ... Questions are still arising but not as many answers, I would say appropriate answers, are forth coming. Among the many questions asked is the one as to whether or not it's time to introduce more severe gun control or to simply repeal the second amendment to the constitution with regard to the right to bear firearms. The Second Amendment Foundation ... affirms that the Virginia Tech massacre underscores the importance of the second amendment right. Indeed, Alan Gottlieb, founder of SAF, hypothesizes that if there had been an armed student or teacher, maybe Cho would have been stopped at some point during his rampage. ... ..." ...

NC: Soldier kills home intruder
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"A Fort Bragg soldier shot a 16-year-old intruder to death in his apartment early Wednesday, stopping an apparent home invasion." ...

"According to court documents, the four ... were at the apartment complex shortly after 5 a.m."

"Keaton, 17, reportedly stayed in the car while Fripp, 22, stood at the side of the building. They were acting as lookouts, police said."

"Geddie and Knowles, 18, went behind the apartment, court records said. Geddie kicked open the back door and went in."

"The occupants of the apartment soldier Brooks Boone and his wife were awakened by the noise, records said. Boone reportedly grabbed a gun from a nightstand beside the bed and fired several shots. Geddie was hit in the chest." ...

NY: Anatomy of a home invasion (follow-up)
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"Merrily Ottomanelli stood yesterday by her kitchen door and pointed to a fist-sized dent from a shotgun blast that left her Coram home splattered with the blood of an armed teenager who police said broke into her home."

"'I'm just sorry the gun went off,' she said, still visibly shaken 24 hours later. 'I thought I'd killed him.'" ...

"Ottomanelli, who had never fired a gun before, said she didn't mean to pull the trigger. 'There was the slightest touch and it went off,' she said." ...

"'I'm suffering over this,' Ottomanelli said yesterday. 'It didn't have to go this way. But I'm glad I'm not shot and that my boyfriend's not shot.'" ...
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KABA Note: Hardly the macho heat packin' vigilante the Brady bunch envisions.

MD: 2 Middle-Schoolers Accosted In 2 Separate Incidents
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"City school officials said one Baltimore middle school student was assaulted in class and another was the victim of an attempted robbery in two separate incidents this week."

"Three students at Northeast Middle School were charged with second-degree assault and third-degree sex offenses after police said they assaulted a 13-year-old girl in class on Tuesday afternoon." ...

"In a separate incident, police said a female student at Hamilton Middle School was approached by two male juveniles ..."

"Police said the boys, one of which had an unloaded .22-caliber handgun, tried to rob the girl of her cell phone." ...

OH: Headline: OSU Pistol Club takes aim at gun education (BFA)
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"The (OSU) Lantern has published an informative article on the Ohio State University Pistol Club ..." ...

"Comments posted by readers on The Lantern's website prove this type of content is in demand."

"Reader Nick A. writes, 'I applaud The Lantern for its coverage of a sport that so many here on campus enjoy and participate in.'"

"Reader Dave R. writes, 'Thanks Travis, for that very positive, upbeat article describing a fun sport! I am glad students from around the world have experienced the joy of target shooting.'"

"And reader Zac B. says it best - 'I didn't even know such a groups exists. Props to The Lantern for the exposure of the group.'"

Swimming with Barracudas
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"After the horrific Virginia Tech massacre, Americans are once again focusing on the distressing topic of school violence, which is most prevalent not on college campuses but in the nation's high schools. In New York, critics disagree about whether school crime is going up or down. Mayor Bloomberg announced in February that crime had fallen significantly at certain schools ... the very next day, however, the New York Times countered with an article claiming that major crime in New York City schools had risen 21 percent in the first third of the fiscal year."

"But few dispute the existence of a violent subculture among some students. A rash of gang-related stabbings has shaken New York City schools. ..." ...

NY: Police: Child Brings Handgun to Queens School Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
FULL TEXT BELOW: It was show-and-tell, sort of, at a Queens elementary school Thursday. A 7-year-old boy brought an unloaded .38 caliber handgun to PS 63 in Ozone Park, authorities said. Apparently, another student saw the gun and alerted a teacher -- who took the weapon from the boy. Police were questioning the boy's mother and 14-year-old brother at the 106th precinct.

Rudy flips gun stance
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"Rudolph Giuliani Wednesday sounded open to letting anyone who's not a criminal or mental patient carry a concealed handgun -- even telling a woman who packs a piece in New York that it's OK with him."

"Giuliani later backpedaled ... " ...

"Giuliani's days as a crusading anti-gun mayor are behind him now that he's running for president ... He asked two questions -- Are you a criminal, and have you ever been institutionalized? -- and ... rendered his verdict when she said no to both."

"'As far as I am concerned, you can have a concealed weapon,' he said. 'The ... Second Amendment gives you an individual right to bear arms; that individual right is as strong as your individual right to free speech, free assembly ...'" ...

CT: Gun Bill Passes Senate
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"The state Senate passed a controversial gun-control bill Wednesday night that could make failure to report the loss or theft of a gun within 72 hours a crime."

"The bill is intended to reduce the volume of stolen guns used in violent crimes."

"By a 24-11 vote, the Senate passed a measure that has generated controversy at the Capitol for years and was rejected by the House of Representatives last year. The bill now goes to the House, but some representatives who voted against it last year were defeated in the November election." ...

"Sen. Anthony Guglielmo ... said the bill makes no sense. If a person's car is stolen and then used in a crime, the police would never attempt to charge the original owner of the car, he said." ...

MO: Missouri bill would extend authorization for deadly force
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"An effort to expand gun rights in Missouri has been forwarded to Gov. Matt Blunt's desk."

"Dubbed the 'Castle Doctrine,' the House and Senate reached agreement on the bill, which is intended to expand a person's justifications for using deadly force in self-defense beyond the traditional defense of ones home."

"Current Missouri law justifies the use of deadly force only if people believe it's necessary to protect themselves or others from death or serious injury."

"The bill SB62 would give people in homes as well as car and truck drivers wide discretion in the use of deadly force against intruders. People would be immune from criminal and civil actions for killing or injuring someone in self-defense ..." ...

CA: Sen. Hollingsworth named Safari Club International's State Legislator of the Year
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"Sen. Dennis Hollingsworth (R-California) has been selected as Safari Club International's State Legislator of the Year."

"This award exemplifies leadership and vision on the state level on behalf of sportsmen and women and for the promotion of sound wildlife legislation. The award will be given out Friday, May 18 in Washington, D.C. during SCI's May Board meeting. Sen. Hollingsworth has been a staunch, consistent advocate for the Second Amendment and the rights of outdoorsmen in the California legislature since he was first elected to the Assembly in the year 2000. Senator Hollingsworth helped create the California Legislature Outdoor Sporting Caucus ... to promote outdoor pursuits ..." ...

TN: Trooper's lawyer claims self-defense (follow-up)
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"The lawyer for a state trooper charged with shooting his mother in the foot said that Trooper Terry Rainey had been forced to defend himself and did not try to shoot anyone."

"But the trooper's father told police that Terry Rainey had put a gun to his head and threatened to kill him before firing the shot that struck his mother ... The mother told police she thought her son had shot her accidentally ..." ...

"Terry Rainey's defense attorney, Mark Donahoe, said Wednesday that, 'I think you're going to find as this proceeds on that he was put in a situation in which he had to defend himself.'"

"Donahoe said his client did not shoot at his mother or anyone else, and did not intend to shoot at anyone. ..." ...

CA: Carona accused of cronyism
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"Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona appointed 86 political allies, campaign contributors, friends and relatives to the sheriff's reserve program soon after he was elected in January 1999, a supervisor who once ran the program said in a deposition released Wednesday."

"Lt. Jeff Bardzik's deposition was taken earlier this month as part of a $4 million lawsuit brought by two golfers who allege the sheriff's one-time friend and former reserve deputy, Raymond Yi, flashed a reserve badge and threatened them with a department-issued gun. Bardzik testified that he recommended the Sheriff's Department take away Yi's gun and badge. Yi, whose reserve status was suspended, also faces a criminal trial June 11 for his actions." ...

DC: D.C. inmate suits rack up millions
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"Legal settlements from accusations of civil rights violations, negligence, assaults and other complaints against the D.C. Department of Corrections are costing city taxpayers millions of dollars."

"Payments include $18,500 to an inmate who said his finger was severed when a corrections officer shut a gate on his hand, $12 million on behalf of thousands of inmates subjected to illegal strip-searches and detained for too long, and $1 million to the family ... a paralyzed inmate who died while in custody."

"Records obtained by The Washington Times through the Freedom of Information Act show that since fiscal 2004, the District has authorized dozens of payments to settle lawsuits against the corrections department." ...

Japan: Drunken sarge's assault on airwoman blows the lid off Japan's sexist air service
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"Japan's Self-Defense Forces have got some unexpected defending on their hands, thanks to a sex-crazed sergeant with too much interest in privates' parts ..."

"Air Self-Defense Force Sergeant Yuya Abe ... has been named as a defendant in a lawsuit filed by a 21-year-old airman, Hiroko Uehara ... who says her superior tried to rape her at the ASDF base in Tobetsu, Hokkaido in September last year." ...

"Immediately after the incident, Uehara made requests to several superiors officers that she be transferred to a post where she would not have to come into contact with Abe. Each request was refused. The superiors all continued to support Abe and when Uehara continued to complain, she was recommended to apply for a discharge." ...

Canada: Ontario school in lockdown after gun goes missing
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"Police have locked down a school in Kitchener, Ont. after a police officer's gun went missing, one day after a teenager was fatally shot in Toronto."

"Kitchener Collegiate Institute has been in lockdown since 1 p.m. Students are being searched and then released, and a few still remain inside the building."

"Reports say an undercover Kitchener police officer left a duty bag near the inner-city school. The bag contained pepper spray, a 9-mm handgun, ammunition and handcuffs."

"When the officer returned, the gun was missing."

"'Undercover police were here earlier in the day, but we don't know why yet. They were at the school,' reported CTV's Joel Bowey." ...

FL: Miami-Dade Gun Bounty Program Gives A Grand
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"A new gun program in Miami-Dade County is not a gun buyback program, it's a gun bounty program, officials said."

"In its 'One Gun, One Arrest, One Grand' campaign, Miami-Dade police are offering a $1,000 reward to anyone who calls in a tip that can lead them to illegal guns."

"The program is open to any citizen, but it is being targeted to more than 300 people who are released from Miami-Dade's jails on any given day."

"'We will be putting in their hands as they exit the jail facility the leaflets and brochures which show them how to gain that $1,000 reward for their tip,' said Miami-Dade Police Director Robert Parker." ...

ID: Post Falls teen openly carries gun, causing debate in city
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"A teenager in Post Falls is exercising his right to bare arms to the letter, which is catching the attention of the town and the local police."

"Zach Doty turned 18 in early April. Since then, he has been stopped more than twice for carrying a gun out in the open." ...

"Idaho code allows people 18 and older to openly carry a firearm in public. ..." ...

"... Some people want laws changed so they can't carry openly, while others very much in support of their right to do so. Either way, the right comes with responsiblity."

"'What if the person tripped and the gun went off?' [Post Falls PD] Lt. Haug says. 'What if someone took it away from them and misused it? Those are the concerns some people have. ...'" ...

OH: City of Clyde Appeals To The Ohio Supreme Court (OFCC)
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"Last week the City of Clyde appealed a decision out of the Sixth District Court of Appeals in favor of Ohioans For Concealed Carry from our case, OFCC v. City of Clyde, where we challenged the city's authority to enact ordinances that contradicted with state law and prohibited carrying concealed firearms in a park. The Sixth District ruled in response to a motion of supplemental authority that Ohio's statewide preemption made the matter moot ..."

"Citing various claims based on Toledo v. Beatty and arguing that the Sixth District ignored its own precedent ... the City of Clyde is fighting the home rule argument as if the Ohio Supreme Court never made a decision in American Financial Services. ..." ...

OH: Anti-gun Plain Dealer readers upset over politician's pro-gun conversion (BFA)
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"On Tuesday, May 15, Plain Dealer columnist Phillip Morris published a story detailing State Rep. Michael DeBose's mugging and subsequent conversion experience to a pro-gun point of view."

"There appear to be a few Plain Dealer readers who - much like DeBose before that fateful night - have likely never experienced a violent attack, yet think they know better than DeBose about how to survive one." ...

"Phillip Morris' Tuesday column 'Run-in changes lawmaker's stance' misses the mark. Morris recounts how liberal Democratic State Rep. Michael DeBose embraced gun ownership after being attacked by gun-wielding thugs. Yet in the same day's 'Nation' briefs, we learn that 48 police officers were intentionally gunned down last year." ...

TX: Filling in facts on handgun law (fourth letter)
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"I can assume that Alex Wukman is not familiar with the concealed handgun carry laws, based on his Outlook article [see May 20, 'There's already too much shooting from the lip']."

"To reiterate, a prospective concealed handgun license holder must undergo an extensive background check, attend classroom training that focuses on how to stay out of altercations with a firearm, understand firearms laws and demonstrate proficiency with the firearm."

"After all that, the applicant must pay a state fee for a CHL license ... I don't think, after going through all of the above, that a licensed handgun holder would start shooting in a bar. Most people carry for the purpose of self-defense." ...

IN: Gun show sales loopholes must be closed
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"Our entire community was stunned upon hearing the news that another one of our fine police officers had been shot and killed. ..."

"... Should everyone be armed, or should handguns be banned altogether? Hopefully, there is a middle ground that would be a step in the right direction. We have learned that the man who shot Polizzotto had just purchased his gun ... at a gun show in South Bend. The gun was sold by a licensed gun dealer who sold the weapon on the spot, rather than wait for the results of the required background check. This dealer will be prosecuted for breaking the law ... Unlike this dealer, most federally-licensed firearm dealers recognize the importance of background checks and follow the law conscientiously." ...

VA: Citizens Need Guns For Defense
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"I read the good doctor's anti-gun diatribe ('More Guns, More Crime,' May 19) and would like to make a few points of my own."

"The Virginia Tech shooter was not armed with 'assault weapons.' His tools were of a sort that are carried by law enforcement officers and citizens for self defense; a function they perform millions of times each year. They are most effective in an offensive capacity when employed in a 'gun-free' zone."

"... The Second Amendment has nothing to do with a citizen's right to hunt or grocery shop. It's all about preventing a government by the people from becoming an oppressor of the people. And, of course, theres that pesky right to defend one's own life and the lives of his loved ones." ...

NC: It all depends on who has the gun
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"In the aftermath of the shooting at Virginia Tech, there've been suggestions that we should consider allowing guns in schools."

"We should be careful about that."

"I grew up in a gun-owning and hunting family in a gun-owning and hunting community. I knew dozens of gun owners who'd be an asset in a shootout ... I also knew a few I wouldn't want around."

"A prime example is Vice President Cheney. Even after he shot another hunter in his party, he complained that the individual walked into his line of fire." ...

"Guns might be acceptable in our schools, but if and only if we can ensure that our vice president and his fellow 'city shooters' stay away. If they're present, our children may be safer with terrorists."

TN: Path of bullet directs gun talk
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"Who needs to get shot?"

"Should it be an innocent child? A pregnant mother? An elderly widower? Someone famous?"

"Who needs to get gunned down for us to broach the topic?"

"Would it be better if the bullet-riddled body is that of a wealthy person, or will we rally faster if the victim is poor? Black, brown, yellow or white? Living in a neighborhood where we expect such violence, or one where violence seems out of place?"

"Who needs to be shot before we consider that maybe, just perhaps, possibly our country has too many guns?" ...
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Submitter's Note: The ever-returning, still fallacious Gun Supply Myth.

IL: Organize to fight gun crime
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... "Any big-city police chief will tell you the easy access to guns contributes directly to the death toll in our cities ..."

"Metropolitan areas -- where most people live -- have no use for gun peddlers, for people packing concealed weapons, for kids fighting gang wars with assault weapons. ..."

"Why are the warnings of police chiefs across the country ignored? The answer, largely, is that the gun lobby, led by the National Rifle Association, has been taken over by zealots ... It has gone into statehouses to pass laws prohibiting metropolitan areas from enforcing their own gun bans, and to make licensing easy for concealed weapons. The gun nuts' answer to Virginia Tech is that students should pack concealed weapons." ...

VA: Aiming High for Gun Control
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... "Samaha is turning into an advocate for gun safety, though. He did not know much about the subject before ... but now, he said hes becoming somewhat of an expert."

"... The Parent Teacher Student Association and Robinsons Young Democrats hosted the ... town hall-style meeting about the prevention of school gun violence." ...

"... If Virginia Tech students had legal permits to carry firearms on campus, the panel agreed it probably wouldnt have mattered. If anything, they said, it would have made things worse. Terry Hartnett, a member of the Million Mom March of Northern Virginia, said it would be difficult for police to determine who started the shooting if they entered a room full of gun-toting students." ...

Philippines: Total gun ban in Davao Sur; more troops eyed
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"Mayor Rodrigo Duterte ... announced today that all gun-ban exemptions in neighboring Davao del Sur will be recalled and suspended as a result of the election-related violence in that province."

"The total gun ban in Davao del Sur is in line with the directive ... ordering Duterte, the regional police and the regional Comelec 'to implement the revocation of all previously issued certificates of exemption in the province.'"

"'Anyone brandishing a firearm and is not a member of the armed forces or of the police will be arrested,' Duterte said ... 'And if that someone is a bodyguard of a politician, the politician will be arrested as well,' he said. '... we just have to be really firm in applying the law and protecting the people.'" ...

Canada: Premier pushes handgun ban
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"Ontario politicians called on the federal government Thursday to get tough on handguns following a tragic high school shooting that claimed the life of a 15-year-old Toronto boy."

"'We have seen too many shootings result in too many funerals for our young people,' Premier Dalton McGuinty wrote in an open letter to federal party leaders, urging them to push through proposed criminal justice legislation and implement a 'real ban' on handguns."

"'Handguns are designed for one purpose only to shoot people and should have no place in Ontario or anywhere in Canada.'"

"Handguns are already severely restricted in Canada, and a handgun registry has been in force for more than 60 years." ...
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Submitter's Note: NRA please take heed; anti gunners are never satisfied

UK: KNIFEMAN Jailed for Party attack
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"A PICKERING man who stabbed one of his party guests in the stomach with a fishing knife has been jailed for three-and-a-half years."

"Darren Moss, 32, became involved in a drunken row with Paul Beal during a party at Moss' home ..."

"The row turned into a fight where Moss bit Mr Beal's ear and Mr Beal bit Moss on the face."

"Moss then took a fishing knife from his bedroom upstairs and both men went outside, where Moss plunged the knife into Mr Beals stomach."

"He admitted charges of wounding with intent to inflict grevious bodily harm and possession of an offensive weapon at York Crown Court."

"Sentencing Moss, Judge Paul Hoffman said he had a number of previous convictions and was a danger to the public." ...

Ireland: Noble given 10-year sentence
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"Kelly Noble, the 21-year-old mother of two who stabbed another young mother-of-two to death outside a supermarket has been jailed for 10 years for her manslaughter."

"Noble, from Seaview in Laytown, Co Meath, had pleaded not guilty to the murder of 19-year-old Emma McLoughlin, who was stabbed in the chest in Laytown, Co Meath on June 2, 2006."

"But a Central Criminal Court jury found Noble guilty of her manslaughter on March 21 this year."

"Mr Justice Barry White sentenced Noble today to 10 years in prison, with the final two years suspended." ...

UK: Man faces life in jail after armed showdown
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"THIS is the man police captured after an armed showdown - now he faces jail."

"Michael Fowell was told to prepare for life behind bars after he was convicted of a vicious stabbing at Warrington Crown Court on Friday."

"But the 26-year-old was only arrested when armed police surrounded his home on Kingsway North, Latchford, in a dramatic two-hour stakeout on September 13."

"Following a four day trial, Fowell was found guilty of GBH with intent after he used an 's' shaped martial arts knife to slash Ian Palmer's face in the Highwayman public house, Manchester Road, Woolston." ...