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Volokh answers question (Blog)
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To answer a reader's question on the "strict scrutiny" test of civil liberties, Eugene Volokh quotes from a much earlier post, "HOW THE RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS SHOULD BE IMPLEMENTED". |
Women With Guns Fight Back
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"Women need to defend themselves, especially single women or those with husbands overseas. And the media has a responsibility to discuss honestly the issue of gun ownership. The John Walsh Show on NBC may have dealt a blow (4/29) to both goals by 'ambushing' three women who agreed to discuss their gun ownership and advocacy on air."
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Right to arms
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"Kozinski believes, as do I, that the Second Amendment protects an individual right to arms, one that is meant, in part, to allow the people to revolt against a government that becomes oppressive."
"For years, we were told that only 'gun nuts' believed that, despite considerable evidence that the Framers believed it, too. Now this sort of thinking is becoming widespread. Even Judge Pregerson, whom UCLA Law Professor Eugene Volokh calls 'one of the most liberal judges on the Ninth Circuit — and perhaps in the whole country,' writes that the Second Amendment protects an individual right to arms." |
MO: Concealed weapons bill sent to anti-gun governor
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"The Missouri Legislature gave final approval Monday to a bill letting qualified Missourians carry concealed guns."
"Democratic Gov. Bob Holden has said he would veto the legislation, citing his philosophical opposition to concealed guns and the results of the April 1999 [referendum]."
"The legislation lets people 23 and older who have taken handgun training courses apply to their county sheriffs for concealed gun permits." |
UK: Gun pointed at postmistress
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"A terrified postmistress was threatened at gunpoint by masked robbers who smashed a glass security screen and made off with £30,000, Birmingham Crown Court was told yesterday." |
The Cowboy's Ten Commandments
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(1) Just one God.
(2) Put nothin' before God.
(3) Watch yer mouth.
(4) Git yourself to Sunday meeting.
(5) Honor yer Ma & Pa.
(6) No foolin' around with another fellow's gal.
(7) No killin'.
(8) No telling tales or gossipin'.
(9) Don't take what ain't yers.
(10) Don't be hankerin' for yer buddy's stuff. |
UK: Star DJ fears gun crime
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"Radio One dance DJ Trevor Nelson has announced he will not be playing any more live gigs in Birmingham because he is worried about the city's soaring gun crime."
"Nelson declared his decision during a radio interview after one of his gigs at a London nightclub was cancelled at the weekend on the advice of police." |
AZ: 8 Year Old Finds Gun In Backpack
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Quite a surprise for an 8-year old Tucson boy who found a loaded gun in his backpack. The boy is a student at Rio Vista Elementary School in the Amphitheater District. Police say it appears he did not know the gun was in his backpack, but he did the right thing by taking it to the office as soon as he got to school. The child told police he left the backpack in his mother's car over the weekend. The mother says she went drinking with another woman and three men Friday night, and one of the men put the backpack in the trunk. Police tell News 13 they may never know where the gun came from.
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AZ: Arizona Senate: Gun shows safe, wholesome
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"The Arizona Senate is on record opposing regulation of firearms purchases at gun shows."
"The Senate passed a resolution yesterday recognizing that gun shows 'provide a safe, historical, valuable and indispensable community service for those citizens who choose to exercise their constitutional rights.' "
"The resolution added that the shows 'should be protected from those who would further regulate, encumber or eliminate them through a campaign of misinformation.' " |
Zero Tolerance, Zero Sense
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"Don't do the right thing if risk is involved. Don't take the time to think through a moral quandary. Whatever you do, don't tell a teacher the truth."
"Eight years ago, when zero-tolerance fever was sweeping the nation, this editorial page supported strong rules against campus drugs and weapons but warned against blanket policies that left no room for good judgment. A spate of incidents since then illustrates the folly of absolutism." |
MA: Minuteman faces P.C. onslaught
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"The design company expressed some concern with the single-gender ethnicity of the Minuteman, and the fact he's carrying a firearm (in the logo) is also a concern."
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One Trick Pony
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"Government is not subject to competition, has no pride in craftsmanship, is perfectly satisfied with shoddy work, and doesn't care if the customer likes the product he receives or not. For that matter, the government doesn't care if it provides the proper product. A carpenter couldn't get away with delivering a table if the customer ordered a wall. Unlike government, carpenters don't roam the neighborhood providing their services to people who don't want them, don't need them, and haven't asked for them. Can you imagine a carpenter just wandering in off the street, building a wall across the middle of your living room, and then presenting you with a highly inflated bill, when you didn't want the wall there in the first place? If you refuse to pay the bill, can you imagine the carpenter sending in armed goons to take the money from you, or kill you in the attempt?" |
CA: Controversial Calif. gun decision stands
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"A sharply divided federal appeals court in California Tuesday refused to reconsider its controversial ruling challenging the concept that the right to own any type of gun is automatically guaranteed by the Constitution."
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OH: Troy man kills estranged wife, then himself
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"Officers responding to a 911 call about 8:50 a.m. Tuesday found Chaneta E. Agenbroad, 52, and Stan O. Agenbroad, 48, dead from an undetermined number of gunshot wounds in the back room of the residence." ...
"According to Miami County Municipal Court, Mr. Agenbroad had a pending domestic violence charge from an incident with his wife that occurred April 10."
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OH: To protect kids, cops getting safety locks for their guns
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"The city's police officers carry guns to protect themselves and the lives of others."
"But the presence of a gun in a cop's home can pose a threat to his or her children, because a child may stumble upon it and fire it accidentally, with fatal consequences."
"In an effort to prevent such tragedies, the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association yesterday announced it will distribute child-proof gun safety locks to all members of the Police Department." |
Will the Supreme Court agree to hear the Silveira case? (Blog)
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"The trouble is that, even if there are five votes for finding that the Second Amendment secures an individual right, I highly doubt that there'll be that many votes for finding that assault weapons bans violate this right. This is because assault weapons are actually not materially different from other semiautomatic weapons; they are neither materially more harmful, nor are they materially more beneficial. If you can't own an assault weapon, you can still buy another weapon that's just as dangerous, and also just as effective. So I think this makes assault weapons bans pointless -- but it also makes them not very burdensome." |
Handling of Secrets in Spy Cases Debated
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"The prosecution of an alleged Chinese spy and her alleged FBI lover has sparked a strenuous debate among U.S. law enforcement and intelligence officials over how to protect classified information while pursuing the charges in the case, according to people familiar with the deliberations." |
NY: Troublesome Brooklyn precincts under jurisdiction of Gun Court
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"Five Brooklyn police precincts where a quarter of the city's shootings occur were under the jurisdiction of a special Gun Court aimed at streamlining prosecution in felony weapons possession cases, Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced Wednesday."
"The new court will be staffed by a single judge, and it will expedite felony gun possession cases so they are heard within 120 days, a 33 percent improvement over current disposition in Brooklyn." |
9/11 victims awarded $104 million
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"A federal judge Wednesday awarded nearly $104 million in damages to the families of two victims of the September 11 attacks, finding the plaintiffs had provided some evidence that Iraq provided support to Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda." |
MI: Gun Spurs "Zero Tolerance" Debate
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"Students went back to class one day after a kindergartner brought a disabled .25 caliber pistol to class."
"But the boy at the center of this 'show and tell' controversy is not among them. He stayed home. School officials say he is welcome back any time. They do not plan to suspend or expel him under Michigan's 'zero tolerance' law." ...
"Some Kent Hills parents say the student ought to be suspended during the police investigation - and maybe even expelled."
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Gun-Control Supporters Split Over Plan to Renew AWB
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"People who want to keep assault weapons off the streets are divided over the best way to extend the ban on those guns, which is set to expire two months before the 2004 elections."
"Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., on Thursday will introduce an extension of the assault weapons ban that she helped enact in 1994. The Bush administration has announced its support for continuing the prohibition on military-style assault weapons."
"The issue promises to become mixed up with election-year politics, just as the original ban - passed by a Democratic Congress and signed by President Clinton - helped fuel the Republican takeover of Congress in 1994." |
Australia: Jails in lockdown after gun discovery
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"Three Victorian maximum security jails are in lockdown mode after a loaded pistol was allegedly found in a Port Phillip jail cell."
"Intelligence reports led Port Phillip jail staff to search a convicted kidnapper's jail cell yesterday afternoon."
"They allegedly found a handgun loaded with five bullets, a syringe and a small quantity of unidentified drugs."
"The prison was immediately placed under a lockdown."
"...Correctional Services commissioner says police will investigate how the gun and drugs got inside a maximum security prison. |
Closed hearing focuses on terror suspect access to al Qaeda prisoner
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"Zacarias Moussaoui's isolation was eased temporarily to allow him to interview his former Muslim imam in March, according to documents released Tuesday in the case of the accused terrorism suspect."
"The action came on the eve of a Wednesday closed-door hearing that will debate whether Moussaoui can interview an al Qaeda prisoner as part of his defense. Moussaoui has shunned attorneys and has chosen to represent himself." |
MI: Prosecutor seeks to force toddler surgery
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"Surgeons say 2-year-old Noshin Hoque will probably die within a year or two unless the tumor growing deep in her brain is removed. But the operation itself will probably kill her or leave her blind or paralyzed."
"Given those odds, the little girl's parents, Jalal and Shaheda Hoque, decided not to let doctors operate, and instead started taking her to a Montreal homeopath for herbal and nutritional treatments in hopes of curing her."
"But now Michigan prosecutors have taken the Hoques to court to force them to go ahead with the surgery in a case that revisits the question of who should decide what is best for the child when it comes to lifesaving medical treatment."
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Gun industry denies charges by NAACP
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"Accused by the NAACP of arming criminals, the nation's top gun manufacturers defended their sales practices at the close of a trial."
" 'Common sense tells you that the vast majority of guns are acquired by criminals in the secondary market, not from retailers,' Dorr said."
"Jurors were expected to begin deliberating on Thursday. U.S. District Judge Jack Weinstein has decided the jury will play only an 'advisory role,' leaving him to make the final determination on liability and remedy." |
Court will consider privacy interest in Vincent Foster suicide
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"The Supreme Court said Monday it would spell out when the public has a right to information in law enforcement files, like recordings of emergency calls and pictures from crime scenes."
"The justices will consider next fall whether the government must release post-mortem pictures of former White House attorney Vincent Foster, resurrecting a 10-year-old controversy over Foster's suicide." |
WI: Milwaukee County Sheriff Creates Gun Crime Task Force
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Specially trained Milwaukee County sheriff's deputies will search vehicles they stop for minor offenses in Milwaukee if they have the driver's consent. Sixteen deputies have been assigned to a new gun crime task force. Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke says the deputies have taken 40 hours of constitutional rights training. The searches are restricted for Milwaukee police officers. Opponents say the consent searches will invite abuse of constitutional rights. Clarke says the department's new scanners will allow deputies to monitor police department radio frequencies to determine where illegal gun activity is taking place. Milwaukee's Police Chief Arthur Jones says allowing deputies to stop and search people isn't in the best interest of the city's citizens.
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Canada: Gun-bill price tag eludes opposition
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"A new firearms bill that creates a gun czar and is expected to streamline the problem-plagued gun registry, cleared its final hurdle yesterday."
"The legislation passed with a majority in the Commons last night with a 135 to 93 vote."
"The new law, known as Bill C-10A, was put on the backburner in February because of an uproar over additional funding for the already bloated gun registry that's expected to cost Canadians an estimated $1 billion by 2005."
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ND: Police converge near Central over gun gaff
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"Grand Forks police responded to reports of a gunman prowling the parking ramp south of Central High School on Tuesday morning only to find that it had all been a case of mistaken intentions."
"There was indeed a gunman wielding a pistol, according to Troy Vanyo, school resource officer. But, he said, the man, who appeared to be in his late 30s and is not associated with the school, was only bringing the gun to show a friend."
"About six police cars arrived on the scene after getting a tip from a citizen." ...
"Officers soon spotted the "gunman" but did not issue any fines because he had not broken any laws."
... "He didn't have much common sense walking (with a gun) into a parking ramp so close to school and the Federal Building." |
The morality of markets
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"The first principle of a free society is that each person owns himself. You are your private property, and I am mine. Most Americans probably accept that first principle. Those who disagree are obliged to inform the rest of us just who owns us, at least here on earth." |
Everyone a criminal
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"Be warned: Law, once a shield of the innocent, is now a weapon in the hands of government. Conservatives generally ignore such warnings, feeling that criticism of the criminal justice system plays into the hands of criminals." ...
"Today, anyone can be criminally prosecuted for offenses created by the indictment. The justice system has become a lottery." ... |
Maybe The Left Has Good Reason To Fear The Right
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"I am also a firm believer in constitutional government, and that seems to be where most conservatives and I part company. It seems that when it comes to advancing big government, conservatives are as culpable as liberals are, maybe more."
"I don't understand how one can claim to be a conservative, especially a Christian conservative, and support massive growth and expansion of the federal government. Yet, that is exactly what most conservatives are doing today." |
Government intelligence a misnomer
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"A year ago, Wynn was working as a salesman at a Norcross gun store when the store owner got a little phone call. It seems that an agent of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, armed with a classified 'intelligence report' containing nothing more than innuendo, wanted to make sure that the owner understood the political leanings of his employee."
"Wynn was fired. ...Now Wynn's even more paranoid, and he has every right to be." |
UK: Fear of more gun crime at murder spot
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"Community leaders and residents in Birchills, Walsall, told today of their shock after the murder of 20-year-old Munaf Mohammed on their doorsteps."
"They fear an escalation of gun crime in the district, which saw a notorious murder almost four years ago when Ali Nawaz Khan, known as Big Ali, was gunned down in his car." |
OR: Eugene Police Illegally Raid Homes with Tank; Prompts Federal Lawsuit
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"The victims of an egregiously false police raid, and their attorneys, announce an impending lawsuit against the Oregon State Police, Lane County Sheriff, Eugene and Springfield Police Departments, Portland Police Bureau, Oregon National Guard and others. In the pre-dawn of October 17, 2002, approximately 50 police officers from these agencies swarmed a residential neighborhood in Eugene, Oregon, USA, armed with automatic assault rifles and accompanied by a National Guard military Light Armored Vehicle, which looks like a tank. Police claimed to be searching for a marijuana growing operation within three homes." |
UN Panel Traces Gun-Running Into West Africa
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"A U.N. panel tracing gun-running to West Africa said thousands of automatic rifles, hand grenades and mines from Serbia have reached Liberia in violation of U.N. Security Council sanctions."
"In addition, the report on Monday by an independent panel appointed by the council, said it suspected that preparations were underway for another shipment of 50 tons of Serbian military equipment to Liberia via Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo." |
UK: Gun haul hidden at gym club
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"A Former club boss left a deadly cache of weapons and ammunition in a locker at a city gym. Staff at Holmes Place, off London Road, found the haul as they checked lockers."
"They tipped off police when Timothy Davies came to reclaim the bag."
"He was told to wait - while officers rushed to the scene." ... |
AL: Store burglaries can net dozens of weapons
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"It can be brazenly violent, as when thieves crash a truck into a pawnshop late at night and in a few moments make off with as many guns as they can carry."
"Other times it's so subtle it's not noticed for hours, the stealthy work of burglars who slip into a store intent on taking only firearms."
"Sometimes it even happens by accident." |
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