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"The right to keep and bear arms is black and white. Any politician who attempts to convince you otherwise is a petty tyrant who does not deserve your vote. Any politician who attempts to tell you how, when, where and under what circumstances you can exercise your Second Amendment rights either has no understanding of the right to keep and bear arms or no respect for it."
"Either choice is unacceptable." ...
"The time has come to support a candidate who will respect your rights as absolute – not as privileges to be granted by the government and taken away at whim."
"We, at Armed Females of America, believe that candidate is Aaron Russo." |
NRA a Real Obstacle for Kerry
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"John Kerry owns a shotgun and a rifle, has taken time from the campaign trail to go hunting and relied on firearms during the Vietnam War. But the Democratic presidential candidate's fondness for his guns will not save him from a political assault by the NRA."
"The 4 million-strong NRA could be an obstacle in Kerry's bid for the presidency, not simply because of the size of its membership but because of the significance of the states where those people live. About one-fourth of NRA members live in West Virginia, Ohio, Florida, Michigan, Missouri and Pennsylvania — all battleground states with 101 of the 270 electoral votes needed to win the presidency." ...
"The NRA says it doesn't matter how many guns the Massachusetts senator owns or how often he hunts because he nearly always votes against gun rights in the Senate. Kerry supports extending the ban on assault-type weapons and requiring background checks at gun shows. He opposes granting gun makers immunity from civil lawsuits."
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FBI: Violent Crime Continues to Decline
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"Violent crime declined in 2003 despite a third consecutive yearly increase in homicides, according to preliminary FBI statistics released Monday."
"The violent crimes - rape, robbery, aggravated assault and homicides including murder and manslaughter - dropped 3.2 percent compared with 2002, fueled mostly by sharp declines in rape and assault." |
John Lott: Whither Gun Control? What is happening to the gun control movement?
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... "Whether the subject is concealed handgun laws or bans on semi-automatic so-called 'assault weapons,' gun control debates have been filled with apocalyptic claims about what will happen if gun control is not adopted. One common prediction is that laws allowing the carrying of a concealed weapon will result in crime waves, or permit holders shooting others. However, with 37 states now having right-to-carry laws, and another nine states letting some citizens carry, permit holders have continually shown themselves to be extremely law-abiding. It is becoming more and more difficult to attack those laws." ... |
Jon Dougherty: Gun Control Harming U.S. Troops
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"Is it possible for bad domestic law to be a detriment to our fighting forces overseas – even to the point of getting some soldiers killed? Absolutely, say veterans, who want lawmakers to fix the problem ASAP."
"According to a report in the July issue of Soldier of Fortune magazine, many of the ammunition magazines for the M-16/M-4 family of rifles used by troopers, along with 9 mm magazines for sidearms, are increasingly failing because they are either old or of poor quality."
"The result, say troopers, is that ammunition fails to feed properly – a situation which can turn deadly in a hurry during a firefight." |
NYC Gets Gun Data for Case Against Industry
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"Federal Magistrate Judge Cheryl Pollak in Brooklyn ruled that New York City could have access to federal data that traces guns used in crimes to support it's civil lawsuit against the gun industry ..."
"The decision overrules objections by the U.S. Justice Department, which changed the policy of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) on releasing such information. ..."
"The city said the information was necessary to prove its claim that the gun industry's marketing and distribution practices created a public nuisance by failing to protect the public and allowing guns to get into the hands of criminals."
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A Little Reality Is A Good Thing
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"For decades now in many of our school systems, students have been shielded from reality, while a false utopian society was pushed in social studies classes, which feature all of the liberal constructs. ..."
"The audio and pictures of Nick Berg were from the real world. Did they shock and sicken some of the students? It is well if they did. It is time that they learn that there is no restart button. There are people who want to kill us and against whom we should defend ourselves."
"It is time young people learn that the reason our Founding Fathers included the Second Amendment to the Constitution as part of the Bill of Rights was precisely to insure that a relatively free people who wish to defend themselves may do so." |
Guns, God and Mark Pryor
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"In a remarkable speech in October, which I missed at the time but the transcript of which I recently ran across, U.S. Sen. Mark Pryor told a 'Guns, God and Guts' conference that a Democrat can compete in the South if he's gun-loving and deeply religious. More to the point, Pryor said a candidate needs to be showy about both because 'silence is not golden ... silence is an admission of guilt.' " ...
"Pryor's remarks seemed cynical until you noticed that he asserted the blessed coincidence of personal sincerity. How con-,veeen-yent, as the Church Lady might say. How inconvenient, though, for the poor Southern political candidate who doesn't want to wear his shotgun on one sleeve and his Bible on the other."
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Joseph Farah: Disarmament in Iraq
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"...the biggest threat Iraq faces in the near term is subversion from within and without. There are still a significant number of domestic terrorists and foreign militia groups in the country. Their goal is to overthrow the new Iraqi government and impose some form of anti-American, anti-Western Islamist regime."
"That's why it makes absolutely no sense for the U.S.-led coalition to continue its policy of disarming Iraqi citizens."
"For more than 200 years, Americans have operated under the constitutionally protected principle that citizens have the right to defend themselves by bearing arms."
"Yet, right now, the United States is leading an effort to disarm the Iraqi populace – leaving them at the mercy of groups and individuals who will never willingly give up their guns or a future government that will rule over the people by force."
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Australia: Mum furious over school pistol scare
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"YEAR 9 student Gary-Jack Lesiputty knows just how serious classroom conflicts can get."
"And his family knows the frustration of not being able to protect their son at school."
"Gary-Jack says that last week another boy, who had already been suspended for an attack on him with a Stanley knife, held a replica pistol to his head and told him he would be shot."
"Gary-Jack's mother, Rhonda, said she was astounded when the boy was punished with a three-day suspension from Broadmeadows' Hillcrest Secondary College in Melbourne - the same punishment imposed over the earlier incident."
"Local police investigated, but no charges were laid and the boy was free to return to school on Friday." ... |
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"Unusual situations, such as the Great Depression and the Civil War, have produced great change in our nation; invariably these changes have been in the direction of more and more powerful central government. Once the extraordinary situations have passed, the new balance of power is preserved as if it was the original. Thus, the great barriers to change set in place by the founding fathers to preserve liberty have been perverted to preserve oppression." |
OH: Citizen goes for CCW walk on city property and in parks
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"Today, May 20, 2004, I had the pleasure of taking a 'walk in the park' in defiance of the proposed ban on concealed carry in the City of Toledo, which, I might add, is in contravention of state law, by the Ford administration."
"In the company of a WTVG Channel 13 Action News crew, I walked around the City of Toledo legally carrying a concealed handgun. My walk included downtown city streets, TARTA bus stops, city parks, jogging trails, and bike paths."
" ...Additionally, most people interviewed did not have an adverse reaction, panic attack, loss of control of bodily functions, or other problems with my actions." ... |
Sweden: School massacre thwarted in Sweden
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"A 16-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of planning a Columbine-style massacre at his former school in southern Sweden."
"Police in the city of Malmo seized from the boy's home a hunting rifle and chemicals that allegedly could be used to make bombs, the Sydsvenska Dagbladet newspaper reported."
"He and two younger boys planned to kill teachers and pupils at the Slottsstadens School, and detonate several bombs before committing suicide, the report said."
"The two younger accomplices had confessed to the plans, first revealed last year."
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NY: Another crime victim who defended himself is hit with criminal charges
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"A jeweler who fired a revolver at three men during a heist at Crossgates Mall on Saturday has a pistol permit that prohibits him from carrying the weapon except for hunting and target practice, authorities said."
"Albert Hannoush, 29, of Colonie, was arrested by Guilderland police a few hours after the incident and charged with a felony count of reckless endangerment. He was issued a permit for the revolver in 1998, records show."
"On Monday morning, state Supreme Court Justice Joseph C. Teresi requested Hannoush's pistol permit file from the Albany County clerk's office, according to the clerk's office. Teresi, who approved the permit six years ago, did not return a telephone call seeking comment. ..." ... |
UK: Armed robbery at chemist
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An armed robber made off with drugs in a raid on a chemist's in Glasgow.
The masked man, armed with a gun, took the drugs after threatening staff at Craigton Pharmacy, Craigton Road, Govan, police have said.
He is described as white, 6ft and wearing a dark jacket, dark trousers and white trainers. The firearm was not discharged and no-one was injured.
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OH: Akron newspaper headline hides sad trend in city crime rate
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"It's a real indication of the wrong direction that the state of Ohio has gone with these right-wing folks down there driving the issues. I cannot believe... the typical soccer moms in suburbia who have helped put these people in office are going to feel good when they go to the nearest Wendy's... and find a bunch of people with guns strapped to their hips."
"One wonders how Plusquellic explains that his city bucked state and nationwide trends and posted drastically higher violent crime rates, all without a concealed carry law he claims would be the culprit of such increases." |
Iraq: Iraqis collect $1.8m in gun amnesty
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"THE US military has paid out $US 1.3 million ($1.87m) to residents of Baghdad's Shiite Muslim district of Sadr City for turning in thousands of weapons and ammunition rounds."
"Brigadier General Mark Kimmitt today said nearly 4000 Kalashnikov assault rifles and machineguns and about 9000 mortars and rockets had been turned in during the arms amnesty."
"Grenades, rocket-propelled grenade launchers and artillery rounds were also collected."
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Iraq: To Get Weapons Away From Iraqis, the Army Sets Up an Arms Bazaar
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"In the year since Saddam Hussein was overthrown, American-led troops have used a wide range of force to combat insurgents opposed to the military occupation. This week the army tried a new approach to silence Iraqi guns:"
"Buy them."
"In their first program of its kind in Baghdad, American troops engaged in a weapons buyback program. It began on Saturday and was so popular that it was extended for another two days." |
WA: Trooper accused of sexually assaulting women during traffic stops
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"A Washington State Patrol trooper was arrested and charged today, accused of sexually assaulting seven women during traffic stops on the Eastside between December 2002 and January 2004."
"Michael Jay Idland, 40, was arrested at the Patrol's human resources office in Lacey around 10 a.m., a Patrol spokesman said. He was booked into the King County Jail, where he is being held on $2 million bail."
"Idland, who became a commissioned trooper in June 2001 and was assigned to the Patrol's Bellevue office in March 2002, has been on administrative leave since one victim contacted the FBI in January. The FBI later identified six other women who accused Idland of fondling and sexually assaulting them during body searches."
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FL: Former Haitian top cop had mass of money, court is told
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"A federal magistrate yesterday ordered the one-time commander of the Haitian National Police jailed without bail while he awaits trial for allegedly taking money to protect cocaine shipments passing through Haiti on the way to the United States."
"The hour-long hearing in Miami at times resembled a curtain raiser for that trial. When it ended, U.S. Magistrate Chris McAliley ruled that Rudy Therassan, 39, should stay behind bars because he might flee or pose a danger to the community."
"During the hearing, a prosecutor disclosed that Therassan had amassed a fortune that could not be explained by his police work ..." ...
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CA: A killer mountain getaway
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"Valhalla is what they call this place. The Valhalla Shooting Club and Training Center, a pistol and self-defense complex that mixes Hollywood stagecraft, futuristic technology and resort luxury with brutal 21st century reality. Add the adjective 'ultra' to all those descriptions and you are closer to the truth of it."
"We are speaking of one man's dream in this world of nightmares: to offer family vacations built around the good life, with the chance to taste life and death along the way." ...
"A 6-foot-4 obsessive with 30 years in the martial arts, Forman wasn't the type to leave matters there. A shooting range needed a clubhouse. So why not add a pistol range? Why not make it the most realistic live-fire pistol range this side of Baghdad? Why not have "scenario" rooms where vacationers can shoot it out in a bar, in a mock bedroom, in the first-class cabin of a jetliner, in a subway, in a darkened hallway, and … well, let's not give it all away. In the steel-lined, 16,000-square-foot building, shooters can use real bullets against paper and three-dimensional mannequin targets, or they can choose nonlethal air guns and shoot against one another." |
AZ: 67,000 legally carry concealed weapons in Arizona
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"Arizonans love their guns."
"A century after the six-shooter helped settle the state, about 67,000 gun owners legally carry concealed weapons in Arizona, more per capita than in Texas.
The typical concealed-weapon permit holder is a middle-age White male living in the north Valley. Nearly one in five is female, including 52 pistol-packing women over age 80, according to an Arizona Republic review of concealed-weapon permit data maintained by the Arizona Department of Public Safety." |
CA: You're Being Watched
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"It's a simple task: renewing a bank check card. But first, the Wells Fargo Bank clerk requires personal information, 'to help the government fight the funding of terrorism.'"
"How long have you been at your current address? he asks. Are you a U.S. citizen? What are your Social Security and driver's license numbers? Your date of birth? Your home phone number?"
"'It's part of the USA Patriot Act,' explains Sherry Kamkar, the manager of the Santa Monica branch."
"Since new security laws were introduced following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, information-gathering has crept into the most basic transactions of American life. ..." ... |
UT: Scrap permits, keep guns, activists urge
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"Gun-rights activists want Utah to dump its concealed-weapons licensing system and make it legal for any adult with a clean criminal record to pack heat in most public places." ...
"A spokesman for Gun Owners of Utah agreed with the push to do away with training and other requirements for obtaining a concealed-carry permit. The Utah Shooting Sports Council and the Utah Self-Defense Instructors Network said they have no formal position on the proposal yet."
"But the NRA, which was instrumental in Alaska's decision last year to change its law and allow residents to carry concealed firearms without a permit, carries a lot of weight in the conservative Utah Legislature." |
Macedonia: Registration of Firms Possessing Legal Firearms
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Macedonian Ministry of Interior kicked off an action of registration of companies possessing legal weapons in Macedonia.
In the course of the action, all companies that possess legal weapons need to provide the required data and licenses, otherwise, the companies found in violation of the law on procurement, possession and carrying of firearm will be sanctioned, it is said in the statement released by the Interior Ministry, Makfax reported.
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TX: Unloaded pistol found in student's locker
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"An unloaded handgun was confiscated Monday morning at San Marcos High School."
"Authorities found an unloaded 9mm Beretta handgun in the locker of a 15-year-old female student after other students told school officials they had seen the weapon."
"Students reported to an SMHS administrator about 8:40 a.m. Monday that a student had a weapon on campus, officials say."
"After speaking with several students, School Resource Officers and school administrators began searching for the gun."
"Officials said the student will be charged with having a gun in a place where weapons are prohibited. She reportedly will be suspended for the remainder of the year and possibly expelled for a year." ...
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CA: Bill Would Protect Police in Gun Manslaughter Cases
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"A bill introduced in the California legislature would exempt police officers convicted of involuntary manslaughter from increased prison time ..."
"Currently, California law calls for increased prison time for anyone who uses a firearm while committing a crime. Under the measure introduced by state Assemblyman Jay La Suer (R-La Mesa), police officers and others 'acting in good faith and in the performance of his or her duties' would be exempt from the law."
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CA: Why Bay Area police are speaking out against assault weapons
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"The shooting outside the market let two men wounded and a third man dead. Police believe that the dead man was the intended target, and the other two men were simply victims of a powerful weapon in the hands of a criminal who couldn't control it. The suspect is still at large."
"Police say gangs are brazenly firing off the weapons to scare off the competition. They've got the good people scared, too."
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Australia: Woman punched during armed robbery
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"A woman was punched repeatedly in the face during an armed robbery at a shoe store in Collingwood yesterday afternoon." ...
"The man produced a firearm and demanded the woman hand over cash from the till."
"When the woman opened the till, the man punched her several times in the face before grabbing the cash."
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CA: CCRKBA Calls California Thumb-Print-for-Ammo Proposal 'Insidious Privacy Invasion'
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"A bill passed by the California Senate that would require ammunition buyers to provide a thumb print at the time of purchase amounts to "an insidious invasion of privacy," the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA) said today."
" 'California lawmakers are trying to reinvent a broken wheel,' said CCRKBA Executive Director Joe Waldron. 'Recording ammunition sales has proven to be ineffective in solving crime, and requiring a thumb print moves this idea into the realm of the ludicrous. It's a waste of time and taxpayers' money, but more importantly, this constitutes a serious privacy issue. If this measure dealt with something other than a gun control issue, the ACLU would be screaming about it.' " |
CA: High noon for the Winchester mob
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"Remember him from the headlines the other day? Tidwell is the retired lawman ... who investigators say took hundreds of guns from the department's evidence rooms."
"On May 10 he pleaded guilty to four felony counts of concealing stolen property. Investigators said Tidwell had snatched at least 523 firearms, keeping scores for his Old West collection, passing out others to friends and family. ..."
"All of this makes the unarmed among us marvel. Never mind the psychology of that first gun. What is there in the second or third or 300th to love so much? What is it about cowboys? What turns a lawman into an outlaw? And what am I doing here, squeezing off shots under a midday sun?" ... |
UK: Mock gun robber jailed for 8 years
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"A ROBBER who used a vacuum cleaner attachment to hold up an Edinburgh building society was today jailed for eight years."
"Homeless Joseph Currie disguised the tube with a plastic bag to make it look like a concealed gun."
"Currie, 38, was out on licence from a seven-year prison sentence, imposed for robbery offences in 1998, when he struck at the Leith Walk branch of the Alliance and Leicester Building Society."
"He snatched a total of £5300 in that raid and another on a building society in Aberdeen."
"When he was caught by police, Currie told them he carried out the crimes because he was hungry." |
WA: A badge, a gun and a family
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"Sometimes it's complicated being married to a law enforcement officer. Spouses tend to shrug off concerns about danger and scheduling annoyances, saying it's more than worth it to be married to someone who's devoted to his or her job and to improving other people's lives."
"The stresses of law enforcement life are serious enough that the Tacoma Police Department recently began a Life Partners Academy to help spouses and significant others of officers better understand the police life."
"It's not a new class. Jesse Allen, a counselor and stress management expert, has taught it for the Pierce County Sheriff's Department for six years. Other departments around the country have similar training programs." |
MO: Missouri's concealed-weapon law apparently on target, law officials say
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"Missouri's new concealed-carry law appears to be working fairly smoothly, according to law enforcement officials who are implementing it." ...
"Statewide, the patrol has received 6,778 background-check requests as of Monday."
"Of the 483 applications so far in Greene County, only two have been denied, Martin said. However, he couldn't recall the specific reason for their denial." |
Australia: Family threatened with a gun
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"A MAN threatened a family with a firearm during a home invasion on the NSW central coast."
"Police said the man entered a house in Megan Close, Lakehaven about 7.20pm (AEST) yesterday and demanded money and property.
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"Nobody was injured in the incident." |
Brazil: Even army is unsafe as Brazil gangs seek firepower
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"Military units in Rio de Janeiro are stepping up security at their bases -- not to repel foreign forces but to face a different enemy."
"The threat comes from Rio's notoriously violent drug gangs who have raided military armories and stolen weapons. They are bolstering their arsenals for turf wars with other criminal groups and battles with security forces."
"'There is a fear of gang raids on guards, checkpoints and even armories. We're training all the time to stop intrusions and the number of guards and posts has been doubled recently,' said a sergeant at an army base on Rio's outskirts who did not want to be identified by name." ...
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MN: Something to give the "Mommies" heartburn
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"They showed up for the semiannual machine-gun shoot to blaze away with an astounding variety of weapons."
"Dozens of people - men and women, teenagers and grammar-school kids - lined up to take their turn pulling the trigger on an AK-47, a Tommy gun, an Uzi or a Sten."
"The shoot was a sight that would fill your heart with glee or horror, depending on where you stand on the Second Amendment debate." ...
"Federal laws allow law-abiding citizens who pass background checks to own machine guns but only a highly limited number of guns registered before 1986. Some states prohibit them altogether. And some, like Minnesota, limit ownership to guns old enough to qualify as curios and relics..." |
U.N. troops buy sex from teen refugees
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"United Nations peacekeeping troops are sexually exploiting teenage rape victims fleeing war in the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to an investigation by the Independent newspaper of London."
"Many of the girls, as young as 13, are mothers who give up their bodies to the U.N. soldiers in exchange for food to feed their hungry children."
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Australia: Woman held at gunpoint
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A FEMALE service station attendant has been robbed at gunpoint in the south-east Queensland town of Maryborough.
Police said shortly after 6pm (AEST) yesterday, a man armed with a rifle went to the United Petroleum service station in Gympie Road, Maryborough, and approached the woman attendant standing on the driveway.
He ordered her to go inside, threw a cloth bag at her and told her to open the till and fill the bag before he ran off towards a caravan park.
No shots were fired and the woman was uninjured.
The bandit was described as Caucasian, in his late teens, 170cm tall, with a thin build, brown hair and a goatee beard. |
IL: Lawmakers OK protection for homeowners who shoot intruders
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"Ignoring a veto threat, Illinois lawmakers voted Tuesday to offer greater legal protections for homeowners who shoot intruders despite local ordinances barring handguns."
"The legislation was a response to the case of Hale DeMar, a Wilmette restaurant owner who shot a burglar who had broken into his home twice. Prosecutors declined to press charges for the shooting, but Wilmette officials charged DeMar with breaking the city's ban on handguns."
"Under the bill now headed to the governor, someone who shoots an intruder on his or her property couldn't be convicted of violating a local gun ban. The bill would not prevent state charges if prosecutors believed the shooter committed a crime." ... |
CA: Uproar Continues Over Mountain Lion Shooting
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"Two days after Palo Alto police shot and killed a mountain lion in a tree at Walnut and Walter Hays the uproar continued."
"People -- many from outside the area -- laid flowers and notes at the base of tree, expressing sympathies for the fallen animal."
" 'I left a prayer for the hunted,' said Julile Roffers of Redwood City. 'It says we should be stewards for God's creatures.' "
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MD: 11-year-old falls victim to zero tolerance policy
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"An 11-year-old boy has been suspended from Grasonville Elementary School for 10 days for including a knife in his class project."
"The 5th-grader included a steak knife in a box of items he took in to illustrate the assignment: 'What would you take on a camping trip and why?' said Lt. Dwayne Embert of the Queen Anne's County Sheriff's Office. Embert said the knife was part of the boy's project; the boy never threatened anyone."
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AZ: Shooting of dog-walker called justified
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"Coconino County sheriff's detectives say the shooting of 43-year-old Grant Kuenzli was a justifiable homicide. But the victim's friends say he was a peaceful man who had volunteered to take a couple of dogs from an animal shelter out for exercise and didn't deserve to die." ...
"Feagan related Fish's account of the shooting:"
"Kuenzli's barking dogs charged at Fish, who yelled at Kuenzli to call them off. Fish fired a warning shot when the lead dog, the chow, was within 6 feet of him."
"Fish looked up and saw Kuenzli running down the hill, fists clenched, and yelling at him. He warned him to stop. Kuenzli charged forward. Fish shot him three times." |
KY: From Roosevelt's pistol to Geronimo's bow
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"If you are interested in a journey through time, usually a trip to a museum will do the trick."
"There is a new museum in Downtown Louisville."
"The Frazier Historical Arms Museum opened its doors on Saturday to the public. The costumed and the curious came out for a parade to kick off the opening before taking in some of the museum's treasures."
"In a parade that showed the splendor of history through the ages, MaIn Street became a showplace on Saturday with soldiers of the 1700's and 1800's. Each group sporting the arms that helped mold the history of this country." . . . |
Serbia: James Bond-style walking stick aims to protect OAPs
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"A James-Bond style walking stick that can help pensioners fight off muggers has been unveiled at an inventors fair in Serbia."
"The stick fires blank bullets or turns into a deadly Ninja fighting stick with two retractable blades that spring out of the end at the touch of a button."
"It is also equipped with a thermometer to help elderly citizens watch out for cold weather and a compass to help them find their way home."
"There is also a holder for medicines in the deluxe version and a 'panic button' that sounds an alarm for help."
"Miladin Nikolic, 62, came up with the idea for the 007 walking stick after he got attacked by stray dogs in the Serbian capital recently."
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Australia: Cool rooms urged for kids, parents
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"COOL-down rooms for violent parents and students could soon be introduced in Victorian schools."
"Self-defence training for teachers is expected to be another key recommendation from a special government school safety committee."
"The committee, focusing on teacher and principal safety in Victorian schools, was convened in December and will release seven recommendations within a fortnight."
"They are also expected to include a call for better security design in schools to make it harder for outsiders to gain access to classrooms without passing through reception ..." ...
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VA: Group says sign that bans guns is illegal
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"No firearms."
"Those two words, dropped in the midst of a sign at the entrance to Radford's Wildwood Park, kicked off a firestorm by a Virginia gun-rights group."
"The Virginia Citizens Defense League ...learned of those two words on the park welcome sign, and its president, Philip Van Cleave of Newington, wrote Radford Parks and Recreation Director Ken Goodyear to complain."
"Assistant City Manager Bob Lloyd mailed a three-page reply saying the park is located near 'a bank, a high school, a middle school, a recreation center with recreation fields adjacent to a grade school' on contiguous properties and the city has 'no intention or inclination to remove the signs in the park.' " |
Indonesia: Four More Locally-Assembled Rifles Found In Poso, In 'Brady Paradise' of Indonesia
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The Indonesian military (TNI) has found four more locally-assembled rifles, five home-made bombs and 21 rounds of ammunition in the former conflict-plagued district of Poso, Central Sulawesi.
"The discovery of illegal fire arms and ammunition in different places followed a raid conducted by the TNI task force in a number of villages in the subdistricts of Poso Pesisir, Tojo and South Pamona in the past two days," chief of the Poso military resort Lt. Col. Ray Gunawan said on Sunday.
He said the TNI personnel confiscated three of the locally-assembled rifles and 14 rounds of ammunition during a raid in Pinedapa and Ratulene villages in Poso Pesisir subdistrict.
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Nigeria: Nigeria Launches Disarmament Program
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"Nigeria has launched a program to encourage people to give up weapons that have been used in the recent fighting between Christians and Muslims in the central state of Plateau. The government declared a state of emergency in the state earlier this week. Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo is offering money and amnesty in exchange for the illegal weapons being used in, what he calls, the mutual genocide that has been taking place in Plateau state for years."
"The interim administrator of Plateau state, former General Chris Ali, is heading the initiative. President Obasanjo appointed him earlier this week to replace the elected governor." ...
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KY: Judge defends terminology
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"The Courier-Journal editorial board and a few community activists are upset because I have expressed my opinion concerning the deceased 'victim's' character after the case was dismissed."
"Trials endeavor [to] find the 'truth.' Truth is based upon the cold, hard facts of the case, and the public is entitled to know them."
"The factual history of the robber's conduct is both violent and brutal. ..." ...
"The robber, Abdul-Shajee, was charged posthumously with robbery in the first degree. Who was James J. Abdul-Shajee? He was also known as James Hutchins Johnson, a.k.a. James Hutcherson Johnson, a.k.a. "Short Arms". He previously pleaded guilty to three counts of robbery in the first degree, one count of kidnapping and two counts of wanton endangerment in the first degree. In each of these three robberies, the robber used a firearm. In each of these robberies, the robber preyed upon a small business. In each of these robberies, the robber threatened the immediate use of deadly physical force with a firearm."
"After his early release from prison for the above offenses, Johnson, a.k.a. Abdul Shajee, continued to make his living as an armed robber. In 1994, he was charged with four counts of robbery in the first degree. In each of these four robberies, as in the robberies above, he used a firearm. In each of these robberies, he preyed upon a small business. In each of these robberies, he threatened the immediate use of deadly, physical force with a firearm. On Oct. 30, 1995, he pleaded guilty to the above crimes. He received another sentence of 15 years for these crimes." |
Australia: City in a 'Brady Paradise' forced to defend itself as the strong prey on the weak
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"Marie Schabel has been forced to enroll her 11-year-old son in a self-defence course after he was robbed of his pocket money by a group of youths."
" 'It's not to win fights but to protect himself,' the mother of three said."
"Mrs Schabel's decision to initiate her own measures against crime is part of an increasing trend in Dubbo."
"Private and commercial property owners are spending thousands of dollars to secure homes and business premises; retailers are employing guards from security firms to protect them during opening hours; and the city council is budgeting to spend a record amount on public security, including the possible extension and operation of surveillance cameras in the central business district." |
UT: Concealed gun holders need instruction [opinion]
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"Several pro-gun groups are pushing Utah legislators to throw out an instruction requirement for obtaining a concealed-carry permit. They argued last week before the Legislature's Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee that such regulations don't change the way law-abiding citizens handle firearms." ...
"But one statement during the hearing oversimplifies the enormous responsibility that comes with owning a gun, especially those that can be concealed. At one point, one of the group members said that handling a firearm is not much more complicated than owning a stapler."
"That's true in that only one motion is needed to activate both devices. But staplers typically don't have the power to kill a person."
"It is that difference that makes mandated instruction important. To be clear, guns don't kill people. Only people have the power to point a gun and pull the trigger. The vast majority of gun owners cherish their right to own weapons and follow the laws of our land." ...
"Should concealed-carry permits be allowed? Absolutely. The Constitution gives people that right. ..."
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"The state Department of Corrections has agreed to pay a San Jose family $550,000 in the 1998 fatal shooting of a Salinas Valley Prison inmate by an officer nicknamed 'Top Gun.' " ...
"He was shot during an exercise-yard fistfight by Carlos Jacobo, an officer involved in about 30 shootings in his first 18 months on the job. That was more than any other officer at the prison during that time and helped him earn his nickname, according to Perez's attorneys."
"The settlement of the federal court case comes as the state prison system is reeling from legislative inquiries into hundreds of millions in budget overruns and a federal court monitor's January report that the department failed to properly investigate rogue officers." ... |
ID: Combat firearms tactics teach accuracy, restraint
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"Twin Falls police responded to a burglary in progress in the early hours of May 12, 1998, and found a man lurking near the building. Sgt. Mark Marvin chased the man into the parking lot as Staff Sgt. Dan McAtee arrived at the scene."
"The suspect fired a shot at McAtee -- missing -- and ran behind a house."
" 'I pursued him into a cul de sac,' McAtee said. 'He was weaving his way in between the houses. I could have shot him but if I'd have missed ... I chose not to fire back at him because of the situation.' "
"Officers train in shooting techniques, but they also learn when not to shoot, he said." |
Australia: Firearm amnesty near end
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"ILLEGAL firearm owners in NSW have until June 30 to surrender their weapons to police without fear of prosecution."
"NSW Police Minister Mr John Watkins yesterday warned anyone caught with a banned gun after the NSW firearms amnesty ended faced up to 14 years jail."
"He said almost 9000 weapons, including 6201 rifles, 1656 shotguns, 835 handguns and 72 other weapons had been handed in across the State."
"In Albury more than 300 weapons have been handed to police, which includes more than 200 in two days during January."
"Insp Richard Harvey said the gun amnesty was the perfect opportunity for people with illegal, unregistered and disused guns to hand them over without consequences." ...
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India: Have pepper spray, will walk into night: Offering women the illusion of self-defence
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"Women going home late at night might like to arm themselves with a can of pepper spray with which they can ward off any unwelcome attention."
"With working hours going longer into the night, women employees are increasingly feeling the need for security devices."
"This has created a market for personal security products — such as pepper spray. According to industry sources, the number of women carrying a can of spray in their bags is slowly picking up in the city."
"A 100 per cent indigenised pepper spray promises 45 minutes of excruciating pain once spurted on the face in case of an assault. ..." ...
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UK: Police involved in fatal gun raid sue their force
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"Five police officers who took part in the planning of a gun squad raid that led to an unarmed man being shot dead in his bedroom are suing their force for £50,000 each."
"The killing of James Ashley ...was widely condemned and led to the resignation of the Sussex chief constable and his deputy."
"The officers were suspended and, after a lengthy investigation, four were charged with the little-used offence of 'misfeasance in public office" - allegedly misconduct on a criminal scale - in relation to their roles in the background planning and preparation of the raid." ...
"All charges were withdrawn, although the officers remained suspended for three years. The officers are suing the force for their treatment during this period." |
OH: Citizen goes for CCW walk on 'banned' Toledo city property
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"On Friday May 21, 13 Action News (ABC affiliate) provided an excellent look at that the City of Toledo's illegal efforts to restrict concealed carry, and violate Section 9 of House Bill 12."
"The report came in two parts - a 6:00 p.m. broadcast featured OFCC-supporter and Ohio Concealed handgun license (CHL)-holder Bruce Beatty on a walk through downtown Toledo. The reporter followed Beatty on his walk for an hour, interviewing passers-by as to what they perceived to be 'different' about him. Not one single person was able to discern that he was carrying." ...
"Although not reference in the report, Beatty was violating a (now illegal, but still on the books) Toledo law which bars possession of a firearm. ..." ... |
MD: Drive-by shooter uses cab to reach intended victim
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"Assaults or robberies of cab drivers have become almost a weekly call for police in Annapolis."
"But city police say they've never seen anything like this: A man asked to be driven to College Creek Terrace and then started shooting out of the cab window -- drawing return fire from his intended victim."
"No one was injured, but the man later turned his gun on the cab driver and forced him to take him away."
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Indonesia: 21 police officers to face court over Flores shooting incident
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"After being found guilty by the East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) police disciplinary committee last week, three middle-ranking and 18 low-ranking policemen are now facing trial in court to account for their alleged involvement in a shooting incident that killed six people on Flores island in March." ...
" 'The court trials are intended to judge whether their actions are in violation of the Criminal Code or they acted in self-defense, which is stipulated in Chapter 48 and 49,' he said." ...
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CT: Gun club representatives say neighbors' complaints are not valid
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"Representatives from the Metacon Gun Club, located on Nod Road in Simsbury, met last Friday to discuss complaints made against the club by homeowners living in the area near the facility."
"Dennis Golden, the chairman of Safety and Education for the Metacon Gun Club, explained that the various complaints made against the club, which include concerns about zoning violations, noise, pollution and safety, are not valid and that the club presents no disruption to the residential neighborhoods that surround it." |
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"AN airline passenger found with a gun in his hand luggage had the weapon confiscated but was allowed to continue on his journey, police said today."
"The gun was detected at Perth Airport this morning as the man prepared to board a domestic flight to Sydney, Australian Federal Police said."
"The man was passing through the normal screening process prior to boarding a flight bound for Sydney when airport security detected the weapon, an AFP spokeswoman said." |
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"Nearly two dozen gun-rights advocates in the viewing gallery of a Cook County courtroom burst into applause Monday afternoon after Judge James Linn found Roderick Pritchett, 26, not guilty of a felony weapons charge that could have sent him to prison for three years."
"But the acquittal was not so much a victory for gun rights as it was a triumph for common sense... " ...
"Pritchett... had purchased the 9 mm pistol from a suburban gun dealer because, he said, he believed he, his fiancee and their young son needed an extra measure of protection living in a high-crime area." |
South Africa: Is shooting an intruder justified?
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"It's the middle of the night and you and your family are fast asleep."
"You awaken to the sound of glass breaking, grab your firearm and go to investigate. In the kitchen you find a masked man and point your gun at him, asking him what he's doing. He doesn't answer but approaches you and you shoot and wound him."
"Is your action justified in South African law?" ...
"If you don't know whether he is armed or not, whether you are allowed to shoot depends on the circumstances."
"Whether you would be entitled to shoot to kill is a matter of much debate among lawyers."
"Even where there is a real attack against you or a member of your family or a stranger, the right to shoot to wound or kill is not an absolute right." ...
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LA: A weakened ban on guns at Mardi Gras parades is revived in Senate
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"Banning guns at Mardi Gras parades, a measure beaten back in the House after gun advocates lined up against it, was revived in watered-down fashion in a Senate committee Tuesday."
"The National Rifle Association signed off on the newer version of the bill, which simply stiffens penalties for illegal gun possession."
"The parade gun ban idea originated earlier this year, after a young woman was shot to death at a Mardi Gras parade. New Orleans legislator Cedric Richmond tried last month to ban guns at parades, with no exceptions." |
MO: More older Missourians applying for permit to carry concealed guns
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"The three-month-old law allowing most Missourians to carry concealed weapons is proving popular with the state's older residents."
" 'We had one man who was 100 years old,' said Lloyd Cook, whose Crossfire Recreation Center in suburban Independence offers the training course required of people seeking a conceal-carry permit. 'He had been held up and robbed. He was afraid to go down the street by himself.' " |
Australia: Nats fired up over gun amnesty plan
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"A SIX-month gun amnesty will be held in Queensland after the national handgun buyback ends in July."
"Police Minister Judy Spence yesterday said Queenslanders would be able to hand in illegal firearms without penalty between July 1 and December 31."
"Those with a licence should be able to register any unaccounted-for weapons."
"But Ms Spence said the Government would only pay compensation to people who handed in handguns as part of the national scheme funded by state, territory and federal governments." |
UK: Buses carry the anti-gun crime message
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"BRENT'S Not Another Drop anti-gun campaign is being promoted on three 'bendy buses' running the 18 route from Sudbury to Harlesden."
"The award-winning campaign's logo has been painted across the back of the vehicles in a project also involving Brent police, bus operator First and transport for London to raise awareness of the anti-gun message."
"Route 18 runs along the Harrow Road, past the house where young Toni-Ann Byfield was gunned down to prevent her identifying the killers of a drug dealer."
"First has dedicated the three buses to Toni-Ann, Kavian Francis-Hopwood, who was murdered last year, and teenager Jumaane Taylor, a teenage member of the Black Male Forum and a volunteer police cadet who died of a heart attack." |
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"...'Fred,' he quoted himself as saying, 'tell me what The Iliad and The Odyssey are.' I started 'hemming and hawing,' Moore wrote. And then I said, according to Moore: 'Well, they're . . . uh . . . you know . . . uh . . . okay, fine, you got me--I don't know what they're about. Happy now?' He'd smoked me out as a fraud, or maybe worse."
"The only problem is none of this is true. It never happened. Moore is a liar. He made it up. It's a fabrication on two levels. One, I've never met Moore or even talked to him on the phone. And, two, I read both The Iliad and The Odyssey in my first year at the University of Virginia. ..." |
FL: Robbers Steal Body Armor, Police Lights, Gun Scopes
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"Police are searching for a group of smash-and-grab robbers who stole thousands of dollars worth of body armor, ammunition, police lights and gun scopes from a Davie police supply store Monday night."
"...Storeowner Jeff Dillard says it's not the first time the supply store has been hit. He says he's been robbed three times in the past six months." ...
"Just one month ago, Dillard said robbers made off with about $5,000 worth of merchandise. Monday night, he said they got away with about the same."
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MI: Toy guns spark weapons debate
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"Michigan's highest courts may soon be deciding when a gun is not a gun -- or more precisely, what is a gun and what is a toy."
"At issue are airsoft pistols, black plastic replicas of a Glock handgun that shoot plastic pellets."
"Washtenaw County prosecutors have deemed them firearms under state law and are criminally charging people caught carrying them, the Ann Arbor News reported." |
Issues regarding Self Defense Firearms for Seniors
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"There is no doubt that as we age we see an eventual deterioration of our physical attributes. For those of us other than Jack LaLanne, muscles weaken, we become somewhat less robust and our endurance capacity diminishes. This affects all aspects of our lives and we must consider how it impacts the ability to use a firearm for self-defense."
"We must look at our present condition and at our anticipated general health in three, five even ten years down the road. A handgun that may have been suitable in the past, which may be suitable now, may not be the best choice in the years to come."
"For example, the ability to handle a large .45 or .357 heavy handgun usually diminishes with time. ..." |
South Africa: Misguided, emotionalist calls for stricter gun control
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"Following the tragic shooting by accident of former Springbok rugby player Rudi 'Vleis' Visagie's daughter, Marle, Gun Free South Africa has called for stricter gun control rules."
"GFSA on Monday called on police to apply strict measures when issuing firearm licences to protect the public against abuse by gun owners." |
AZ: South Tucson Police Use Taser Gun On 9-Year-Old Girl
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South Tucson police used a taser gun on a nine-year-old girl, and Pima County Sheriff's deputies are looking into why.
It happened May 8, after the girl ran away from a children's home.
We're told officers found her, but she was uncooperative. Sheriff's investigators say the officer handcuffed the girl, put her in the back of a police car and then tased her.
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May 24, 2004 - Gov. Mark Sanford signed a law ending the limit on South Carolina gun purchases Monday night.
The bill removes a restriction that limited customers gun purchases.
The restriction would let people purchases more than one handgun in a 30 day period. |
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"Two armed men stormed into a construction firm on Tuesday, but the brave president stripped them of the gun and the duo fled empty handed, police said." ...
"The 54-year-old president arrived at the scene and attacked the two thieves. The president managed to grab the gun and hit one of them in the face. The men then sprayed tear gas in the office and fled."
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Japan has essentially outlawed private firearms ownership. These two thugs knew where the money was, and they knew their victims were bound to be helpless against them. When you are forcibly disarmed by your government, you either take a big chance and refuse to be a victim, or you compliantly roll over for your assailants. |
FL: Tough Sentences Do Little to Cut Crime 20 percent
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"At a recent televised news conference, Gov. Bush touted the latest crime figures in Florida, which showed a decline for the 12th year in a row. ..."
"...In Florida, the decline in the crime rate began seven years before Gov. Bush took office and well before there was any serious toughening of Florida's sentencing laws. ..." ...
"...the boy who burglarized a home and got a mandatory 10 years because he happened to steal a gun. And soon we will read about the parent who tragically left a gun where a child found it; under Florida's sentencing guidelines his sentence will be 61/2 to 81/2 years."
"These people deserve punishment -- but not outlandish sentences such as these. And such sentences do not affect just the criminals. ..." |
WA: State to repeal Capitol gun ban
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"Two months after state lawmakers agreed to lease weapons-detectors to screen visitors to the Legislative Building, state officials are planning to repeal a rule that bans firearms inside the Capitol and on the Capitol Campus."
"The existing rule was considered unenforceable. But with its repeal, there no longer will be doubt whether a person can take a gun inside the domed Capitol."
"People will be able to carry a firearm onto the Capitol Campus and through the airport-style weapons screening if they have a permit, don't wave the gun around and don't scare people with it, officials said Friday." |
UK: Seconds from a needless killing
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"A teenager was a split second from being shot when he pointed a pistol at armed police who had drawn their weapons."
"The officers had been called to Summerfield Park, in Winson Green, Birmingham following reports of a young man threatening women with a gun."
"The highly trained officers had 'self-armed' - a term used to describe their decision to draw their weapons - such was the perceived threat when they arrived." ...
"The weapon was later found to be a ball-bearing gun." |
FL: Police Shooting Records Fall Through Cracks
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"The federal government details every case of a law enforcement officer who dies in the line of duty, but it can't tell you exactly how many times police kill or wound citizens." ...
"...We discovered that sworn officers used deadly force at least 81 different times during the last five years. Thirty-seven of those police shootings resulted in death." ...
"Florida law allows officers wide discretion to use that deadly force." ...
"One of the difficulties framing this debate is a lack of good recordkeeping by police. In fact, our investigation discovered that police in Central Florida and around the country routinely don't keep track of the number of justifiable shootings by police officers." |
UK: BBC in mock gun battle gaffe
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"The BBC have apologised for filming a gun battle with actors dressed as Arabs near Heathrow Airport."
"Police described those behind the idea to film where they did, as idiots."
"The incident caused a delay to a number of flights waiting to take off from the airport, says The Sun."
"A dozen armed officers backed by a helicopter responded to reports of machine-gunfire beneath the flight path."
"They surrounded a farm near Horton, Berkshire, and saw a number of Arabs with machine guns fighting a running battle." |
VA: Mighty ilk hunter clears up gun debate (Letter)
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"I belong to a 'small minority' from the 'radical right' of 'righteous ideologues' who are 'determined to dictate' what the rest of the right-thinking folks 'read, watch, and do.' "
"And all this time I thought I was just supporting the Second Amendment; go figure! Golly, for a minority, I sure do have a lot of power, and my agenda is wide and far-reaching."
"Now that I know what I believe, where I belong, and where I'm going (thanks to the letter-writer), watch out world, this 'ilk' is on the move." |
Canada: Liberals set sights on gun registry rules
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"The federal government will eliminate gun registration fees and bring in changes today that it says will better control costs of the $1-billion program while getting tougher on gun crimes."
"The measures, to be announced just days before the federal Liberals are expected to hit the campaign trail, do not go as far as many critics wanted."
"But the government hopes that what is being billed by insiders as 'a major announcement on controlling costs' sends a clear signal it supports gun control and won't cut costs at the expense of losing ground in the fight against gun crime." |
Canada: Gun registry gets facelift; Tinkering fails to impress critics
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"Ottawa took aim at its troubled gun registry yesterday by making it cheaper for both users and taxpayers, while backing it up with steeper penalties for gun crimes and increased resources for police. Deputy Prime Minister Anne McLellan announced the Liberals are eliminating fees for registering a gun and capping the registry's annual cost to taxpayers at $25 million."
"However, gun registration will remain mandatory and non-compliance will remain in the Criminal Code." |
India: Look electrifying and keep bad guys away too OR More useless 'self-defense' products to placate the timorous
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"Two young designers have developed a unique safety jacket for women that will repel assaulters with a mild electric shock."
"The 'anti-molestation' jacket will protect the wearer, particularly women, from molesters and muggers."
"Designed by Kumar Roshan and Shilpi Vaish of the National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), the innovative jackets come at Rs 855 apiece. The safety device works using a 9-V battery that can generate a current of up to 110-volts through a mesh of wires."
" 'The current is strong enough to jolt a person briefly giving time to the wearer to raise an alarm or get away,' said Roshan."
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Sure, let the assailant get close enough to touch you and anger him enough to beat you to death with a club. |
Italy: Italy examines G8 riot police case
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"Italian authorities have set a date for an initial hearing into 29 officers accused of brutality in their policing of anti-capitalist protests in Genoa."
"About 100,000 anti-globalisation activists came to Genoa in July 2001 to protest at a summit of G8 leaders." ...
"The police officers scheduled to appear in the hearing include a number of senior personnel accused of involvement in a night-time raid on a school where many protesters were staying."
"A number of protesters say the police beat them in their sleep, while local media the next day showed pictures of blood-stained walls, smashed computers and windows."
"An internal inquiry into police behaviour during the summit resulted in disciplinary action against the head of Italy's anti-terrorism unit, the country's second highest-ranking police officer, and the Genoa police chief." ... |
UK: Drugs and guns seized in search
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"Drugs and guns destined for Ealing's streets were found by police during a search of a home on a Notholt estate."
"More than £5,000 of Cannabis and two handguns were found at an address on the Racecourse Estate, Newmarket Avenue, Northolt, on May 11th, during a search by Ealing Police in relation to deception offences. Officers conducted the search on behalf of police forces in the Home Counties after the address was highlighted as the potential originator of stolen and fraudulent cheques."
"The cheques had been used to purchase Air Conditioning Units from businesses in Norwich and Thatcham."
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CA: No more guns here
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"This year alone, bullets have killed at least 20 people in neighborhoods near the arena. Residents have picketed the shows; supervisors in San Mateo County and San Francisco have passed resolutions to end the displays; and state Sen. Jackie Speier, D-Hillsborough, has crafted SB1733 to ban the sale of guns and ammunition at the state-owned Cow Palace."
"Speier's bill cleared the Senate and now sits in the Assembly as a community's desperate call for help and respect. Legislators should heed that call and send it on to the governor for signing."
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TN: Nashville Jury To Hear Retrial Of Former Officer Gaynor
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"A Nashville jury will hear the retrial of former Chattanooga Police Officer Christopher Gaynor in the shooting death of a motorist in East Chattanooga."
"Criminal Court Judge Steve Bevil said court personnel will go to Nashville on Sept. 20 and return the next day to Chattanooga to begin the trial."
"The case was tried in February but ended in a mistrial."
"The former officer, 24, took the witness stand to say he acted in self defense when he saw John Eric Henderson reach inside the glove compartment of his vehicle that was parked on Newell Street. There was no weapon in the car."
"Gaynor is charged with criminally negligent homicide." ... |
OH: NEW! "No Guns-No Money" Cards now available
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Occasionally we hear that signs have been posted on local business entrances to prohibit firearms on the property of that business.
These notices are designed to warn law-abiding customers, who are duly licensed by the State of Ohio to carry concealed firearms for self-protection, that they are expected to give up the right of self-defense while on that property.
OFCC has now made available an information card to leave behind at businesses who have posted discriminatory signs banning CHL-holders. (Do Not Patronize While Armed)
Let them know they have just turned away a customer!
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WI: City to pay officer’s legal bills in "self-defense" shooting of man armed with knife over 100 feet away
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"The city is being asked to pay the legal fees for a police officer who was cleared in the shooting of a Milwaukee man two years ago but still faces a federal investigation stemming from the incident."
"Police Chief Gary Blunt wrote the common council requesting that the city pay the legal fees for police officer Richard Helm, who shot and killed Michael Moreno ...on June 1, 2002. Moreno had a blood alcohol level of 0.27 percent and was holding a fillet knife at the scene, where he continued to approach police even after being shot with non-lethal projectiles."
"Helm was cleared of any wrongdoing in the shooting after claiming he shot Moreno in self-defense from more than 100 feet away." ... |
UK: Police seize guns in weapons factory raid
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"ARMED police officers swooped on a gun conversion factory in South Norwood this week and seized a large cache of weapons and ammunition."
"Converted replica guns loaded with live ammunition were found in a backstreet garage on Tuesday afternoon."
"It is thought seven fully converted semi-automatic 9mm handguns with loaded magazines were destined for use on the streets of London."
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TX: Relatives say deputy shootings were unjust
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"Residents in the northeast Harris County area say several recent deputy shootings were unjust and need to be investigated."
"More than 100 people gathered at a town hall meeting Monday night to discuss the shootings. The group gathered to listen to a least three parents of young men who died, including Blanche Menifee’s son, who was shot and killed by a Harris County Deputy in 2002."
" 'They shot my son in the back a total of seven times,' Menifee said. 'The sheriff that did it, walked around and bragged about three days later.' "
"At the time of the shooting, Deputy Wallace Wyatt says Menifee was trying to run over him when he shot him." ... |
AZ: Senate rejects allowing guns in bars, restaurants
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"The Senate defeated a bill Tuesday that would have made it legal to take guns in bars and restaurants if the bearers weren't drinking alcohol and if the establishments didn't forbid it."
"Under the bill (SB1210), which the Senate voted 15-13 against, bars and other liquor-license holders still could have excluded guns from their premises but only if they posted notices at entrances."
"Arizona now bans possession of firearms in bars and restaurants that sell alcohol."
"The bill, which previously was approved by the House, was a high priority for the National Rifle Association in the current legislative session."
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AK: Police kill charging grizzly bear in Anchorage
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"Police officers shot and killed a charging bear while responding to a call from an Anchorage resident that the bear had charged him earlier."
"Frank Bettine said he heard the bear when was walking his dog in the thick forest in south Anchorage home Saturday evening."
"Bettine spotted the brown bear, as coastal grizzly bears are known, a moment before it charged him. He pulled a .40-caliber Smith & Wesson semiautomatic pistol from his belt and shot when the bear was about 20 feet away."
"The bear whirled and bolted back uphill, he said."
"Unsure whether he had wounded the bear, Bettine returned home and called police. ..." ...
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CO: Jailer faces charges for alleged fight with his wife
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"A Montrose County Sheriff's Office jailer charged with felony menacing in connection with an alleged domestic dispute will have a court hearing June 18." ...
"Jimenez has been charged with felony menacing and harassment/domestic violence in connection with an alleged incident May 4 involving his wife, Victoria Carbajal." ...
"According to an arrest affidavit, Carbajal reported that she and Jimenez were arguing over a phone bill and that she went into a sewing room and closed the door. Carbajal also alleged that Jimenez pushed the door open to the room and smashed one of her fingers on her right hand."
"Carbajal also reported that after she and Jimenez went to their separate bedrooms, Jimenez came into her room with a pistol in his hand, the affidavit said." ... |
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