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Ronald Reagan: The Gun Owner's Champion Submitted by: Newslinks Admin	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
It is very instructive that Guns And Ammo would call the late President a "Gun Owner's Champion." JoinTogether Online also praises Ronald Reagan for his efforts to strengthen gun control. Read about Reagan's actions and decide for yourself.

Ronald Reagan: The Gun Owner's Champion (JTO Version)
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"Later, in 1994, Reagan directly lobbied Members of Congress to pass the federal Assault Weapons Ban. ..."

"Reagan's legacy includes support for stronger gun laws. It's true that while Reagan was President, he did not champion these initiatives. And in 1986, Reagan signed NRA-backed legislation that actually weakened federal gun regulations."

"But in his later years, Reagan bucked his own party and lobbied for bills like the Assault Weapons Ban. He knew it was the right thing to do. Contrast his actions with the current President -- who refuses to lift a finger to save and strengthen the ban -- and you understand why Reagan should be praised, not mocked as a traitor."

Alan Korwin: The "Fabricius Method" is not science
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"Fabricius-and-son 'found' Maricopa County had two defensive gun uses (DGUs), seven gunshot suicides and 81 gunshot incidents in 103 days. However, police precincts locally receive gunshot reports in the thousands. Official Arizona mortality reports suggest 161 gunshot suicides during the study period, not seven. If Fabricius count is 23 times too low, as suicides imply, two DGUs represent 46 lives saved/crimes prevented. Similar factors are posted on my website, gunlaws.com."

"If the team had used USA Today instead of a community newspaper, the Fabricius Method would have found zero lives saved and zero crimes prevented by gunfire, for the entire country, for an entire year (2001). That is not science."

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"It is very easy to accuse supporters of the Right to Keep and Bear Arms as being single-issue voters, but this myth is generated by a political machine that is becoming more transparent with every election cycle. There is an organized attack on all of our liberties. And one way to guarantee the growth of a tyrannical government is to be stripped of the ability to defend against one."

Among youth aged 10-14 years, hangings have replaced firearms as the most common method of suicide
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"Analysis of data on suicide methods by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that among youth aged 10-14 years, suffocation (mostly hangings) has replaced firearms as the most common method of suicide. In 2001, suffocation suicides in this age group occurred nearly twice as often as firearms suicides, the most frequently used method before 1997. The findings were released today in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report along with data on the relationship between suicide attempts and physical fighting in high school students, school-associated suicides, suicide trends in Hispanic populations, and suicide trends in China."

Tasers not lethal, doctors say, despite recent deaths
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"First there is pain - brief and surging - then collapse."

"The muscles give way and people hit by Taser guns become temporarily immobile."

"The guns give out an electrical jolt, releasing about 50,000 volts in a five-second burst. Some have questioned whether that shock can be lethal, with new concerns arising from the recent death of a Lake Mary, Fla., man a day after Orlando, Fla., police subdued him with a Taser gun."

"But both doctors and the stun gun's maker dismiss the notion as groundless - and fueled by a lack of understanding of the science behind the weapons."

Bush's barrier to a 2nd term
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"Then comes the 'lesser of two evils' argument that urges people to vote for a third-party candidate or to stay at home since neither major candidate rises to their ideal. The ever-present third-party appeal fails to recognize that if its argument cannot persuade the major party from which it departs, it has even less chance of persuading a majority of the electorate." ...

"Collectively, the conservatives who gravitate to one or more of these ideas constitute the greatest barrier to Bush's second term. Perhaps these people should take a lesson from Ronald Reagan, who told a trusted ally: 'I'd rather get 80 percent of the goal than to ride off the cliff waving a flag.' "

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KABA Note: Ask yourself the following: Am I getting 80 percent of the goal with Bush in the White House? If your goal is freedom, you aren't even getting 40 percent.

This is probably the only time in the election cycle when these elitist !@# really listen to their constituents (time to throw the bums out). --Robert Lewis

FL: Another case for the "Only Police Should Have Firearms" File
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"A corrections officer fatally shot his wife before turning the gun on himself in the couple's Country Walk home early Saturday, Miami-Dade police said."

"The bodies of corrections Officer Jose Maseda and his wife, Sandra, were found by their 19-year-old daughter in the master bedroom."

"Family members told police the couple had been having marital problems for 'quite some time,' according to a police report."

IN: Son needed protection, his grieving mother says (Police obviously couldn't provide it)
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"Two shooting deaths on the Near Northside left residents nervous Friday and a grieving mother saying her son -- who had survived a May 17 shooting -- should have been better protected."

"The two victims, Michael Moss, 33, and April Adkisson, 24, died early Thursday in their home in the 3500 block of Schofield Avenue."

"Indianapolis police responded by parking a mobile command post near the victims' home and assigning extra police to the neighborhood."

"But on Friday, the mobile command post was gone, although a police car periodically cruised down the street."

LA: Ex-con: Officers shielded scam
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" 'Scotty came to me and said, 'Don't worry about anything. I'll run the game. I got the police in my pocket,' ' Schwartz said."

"Just how deeply police were involved is now the subject of an ongoing federal investigation."

"A State Police raid of the gift shop on April 8 went far beyond the misdemeanor gambling charges that had been lodged in several earlier busts. This time, the FBI got involved, looking at the alleged protection by New Orleans police officers. As a result of the investigation, four officers -- Charles Loescher, Michael Eskine, Krister Vilen and Sgt. Samuel Poole -- have been reassigned to desk duty amid allegations of misconduct, the Police Department said."

WI: Officer faces 8 more domestic abuse charges
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"Prosecutors have filed eight more charges against a Green Bay police officer accused of domestic violence."

"At a hearing Friday, special prosecutor Danielle Prato filed an amended complaint against officer Tony Fietzer, 29, alleging four counts of bail jumping, three counts of disorderly conduct and one count of intimidation of a victim in addition to the felony stalking charge that was filed April 16. All the new charges are misdemeanors and listed as domestic abuse offenses."

"Fietzer, who is on paid administrative leave pending the outcome of the court proceedings, appeared in court Friday with his lawyer Royce Finne. He asked to have a preliminary hearing on the felony stalking charge."

Australia: Two elite soldiers to face court
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"TWO soldiers from the elite Special Air Service regiment will face court this week on charges of conspiracy."

"Police spokeswoman Jodie Di Lallo today refused to be drawn on the charges but confirmed the soldiers would face criminal charges in a Perth court."

"It's believed the men have been charged over a conspiracy to assault the pregnant girlfriend of one of the soldiers."

"One of the soldiers is also understood to be charged with firearms offences, including possessing a silencer."

Japan: Sailor flasher snared
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A Maritime Self-Defense Force seaman who flashed his genitals at a young woman as they rode a JR Yokosuka Line train has been arrested, police said.

Osamu Hirajo, 41, the sailor, was arrested for indecent exposure.

He admits to the allegations.

Police said Hirajo and the 21-year-old student were riding a train on Saturday night when the sailor suddenly undid his trousers and flashed his private parts at the young woman sitting opposite him.

After she realized what Hirajo had done, the woman collared the sailor who performs clerical work, and alerted the police.

Officers were waiting at Higashi Zushi Station to arrest Hirajo when he got off.

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But only cops and the military are respectable and responsible enough to be "allowed" to possess firearms, right?

Kenya: Police Corruption Rampant in Kenya Despite Attempts at Reform
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"Friday nights are the best time for threadbare Kenya's police, and the worst time to run into them."

"It is when they are most likely to stop people for bribes. The thought of an entire weekend in a Kenyan jail is usually enough to shake loose a shower of Kenyan shillings."

Nigeria: Police Threaten Journalists With Guns
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"Police yesterday in Osun State continued their attack on journalists as they threatened them with guns as the new entrances of the state Government House, Oke-Fia, Osogbo, venue of the Official commissioning of 300 tractors purchased by the state government."

"Consequently, the Concerned Citizen of the state in a statement issued and signed by its secretary, Dr. Segun Ogunbamowo, called on the Inspector-Gneral of Police Tafa Balogun to order the transfer of the state police boss Alhaji Audu Abubakar over the incresase in crime waves since assumption of office two months ago in the state."

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This is what happens when police have a monopoly on force and do not recognize the freedom of the press.

UK: To protect and serve themselves
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"When they heard that shots had been fired at a barbecue at a house in Highmoor Cross, near Henley in Oxfordshire, a police team of fit, young men arrived with helmets, bullet-proof vests and Hekler and Koch submachine-guns. They had all had special training for dealing with dangerous situations. They had a mobile incident centre and full back-up."

"Georgina Gibson lives in the house next door to where the shots were fired. She is a woman of 58 with no training about what to do when faced with guns and no experience of violence. She had nothing except her wits with which to protect herself."

"Yet while Mrs Gibson ran straight into her neighbour's house the moment she heard the gunshots, desperate to do anything she could to help the victims, the armed policemen hesitated for a full hour before they crossed the threshold of the house in which Victoria Horgan lay bleeding to death."

PA: Time for the Brady Campaign to Prevent Baseball Bat Violence to step up to the plate
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"A man was convicted of beating his wife to death with a baseball bat despite his defense that the killing was provoked because his wife was about to shoot him." ...

"Field admitted killing his wife of 32 years in their bedroom on May 26, 1999. He wrapped the body up and put it in the basement of his former Hellertown jewelry store, where it was discovered by people cleaning out the space on Aug. 3, 2001. ..." ...

"Jury foreman Jeff Hahn said all 12 jurors eventually dismissed Field's contention that his wife provoked him by attacking him with the bat first. Field said he grabbed the bat from her and hit her as she was reaching for a gun to shoot him."

Japan: Former Crime Boss Shot at Aichi traffic light Submitted by: Blacksnake	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"A former crime syndicate boss sustained serious injuries when he was shot while stopped at a traffic light in Nishio, Aichi Prefecture, on Saturday evening, police said. A man fired several shots from a handgun in a car before fleeing."

Yemen: Gunman kills 5 at Yemen Mosque
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Report (wrongly) equates murders with gun ownership:

"Yemen, a conservative country at the southern tip of the Arabian peninsula, is Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden's ancestral homeland and has long been a hotbed of militant activity. It is also awash with weapons."

"Authorities estimate there are some 60 million firearms - or three for each citizen - in the largely tribal and, in rural areas, lawless country."

MA: Regulations targeted gun stores
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"As early as 1996, the attorney general's office knew its handgun regulations would hurt Massachusetts businesses, namely firearms dealers."

"The AG's rules, which prohibit gun dealers and manufacturers from selling cheaply made and easily concealed handguns, were created to protect consumers from potentially dangerous firearms. ..."

"But in the months before the AG's regulations were drafted, Harshbarger's own staff voiced concern over the effect these rules would have on small businesses."

"In a series of memos from Harshbarger's office, the proposed regulations were described as an 'incredible publicity stunt' with 'no compelling' reasons for enforcement."

OH: Jogger attacked on bikeway; suspect nabbed Submitted by: Newslinks Admin	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"THIS IS WHY CONCEALED CARRY ON PUBLIC PROPERTY IS PROTECTED. 96% OF RAPISTS DO NOT USE FIREARMS. WHY WOULD ANYONE WANT TO TAKE AWAY THIS WOMAN'S ABILITY TO DEFEND HERSELF???" "Attacked on a bikeway under a bridge, her cries drowned out by construction noise, the jogger battled her knife-wielding attacker for 20 minutes."

OH: Concealed weapon ban in parks not enforceable
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"We've been telling them the Blade and everyone else in Toledo that their bans were illegal and unenforceable for months."

"Citizens in these cities should be appalled at these officials' actions which are not only illegal and unethical, but which will likely result in costing taxpayers a great deal of money in legal bills."

"Had Ohio citizens acted as these city officials are, they would have begun to carry concealed firearms when HB12, HB274, or even earlier bills were introduced, instead of waiting until they were passed into law. This behavior is disgraceful."

AL: Tragic proof that gun safes are dangerous to your health in more ways than one
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Not only do the gun banners insist that you lock up your safety in a gun safe, thereby making it inaccessible in times of emergency and endangering your life, but now a two year old's life has been tragically ended...

"A 2-year-old boy was killed when a half-ton gun safe fell on him in the family's garage." ...

"According to the sheriff's office, the boy's father, 38-year-old Michael Darty, and other family members were moving some household items. The gun safe was on a dolly when it fell."

CA: UCD expert on the effects of gun violence is honored
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"Dr. Garen J. Wintemute, director of the Violence Prevention Research Program at the University of California, Davis, has been elected to the Johns Hopkins University Society of Scholars."

"Wintemute and 14 other scientists and clinicians were honored recently during the society's 35th induction ceremony."

"Wintemute, an emergency room physician, is nationally known for his research on the effects of gun violence. Time magazine named him a Hero in Medicine, and he has received many awards from professional and academic societies. He also has served as a consultant for the World Health Organization, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Red Cross."

South Africa: Hundreds of guns head for scrap
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"Police will supervise the destruction of more than 800 guns at a scrap metal works in Cape Town on Saturday."

"Western Cape police spokesman Superintendent Riaan Pool said on Friday this would bring the total firearms destroyed in the province since September 2003 to 4038, he said."

"Since April that year 4,917 firearms and 1.4 million rounds of ammunition had been confiscated, and 631 people arrested for illegal possession firearms or ammunition."

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And even as criminals victimize the disarmed in South Africa, the government continues its disarmament policies and prosecution of those who dare attempt to defend themselves.

IL: Speaking out against guns
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"Tromaine Bell had just walked out of a store with his kids near 51st Street and Ashland Avenue when the shooting started."

"Bullets were flying at his gang friends, but Bell's rush to defend them stopped when he realized his children, just toddlers, were with him."

"As Bell put his kids in the car, a bullet struck his back, severing his spinal cord. The 27-year-old man would never walk again."

"Today, Bell tells children to stay away from gangs and the violence that comes with it."

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Of course no one mentions the inconvenient fact that Chicago's draconian gun control laws did not prevent this tragic occurrence.

UT: No right or need to bear firearms on college campuses
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"In a recent vote, the faculty at Utah Valley State College endorsed by a 2-to-1 margin the University of Utah's ban on firearms. This majority position is correct two reasons."

"First, it is extremely dubious that the presence of armed citizens makes campuses 'safer.' " ...

KABA Note: Tell that to the thousands of people who defensively use firearms to save their own lives each year.

"At the time of its framing, the patriots needed desperately to rebuff Great Britain's well-equipped infantry. Their best hope was to form a militia from the ranks of an armed civilian population."

"So the intent of the Second Amendment was to ensure the existence of a well-regulated militia to protect Americans from invading foreign forces, not to protect us from one another. That is the job of law enforcement. ..."

KABA Note: It is also to protect the people from a tyrannical government - petty tyrants like yourself, who do not understand that the right to life necessarily implies the right to defend that life with the most effective tools available.

And as far as relying on police to protect us from violence... they are under no obligation to defend you.

NY: New York should scrap gun identification system
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"The June 4 Associated Press article on the failure of CoBIS (the Combined Ballistic Identification System) is just another example of how liberal, anti-gun politicians waste taxpayer dollars on ideas that have no merit and no positive effect on violent crime."

"When the bill was debated, legislators were informed that the system wouldn't work. When it is used in the federal system to determine if like guns were used in other crimes, it has some use. Using a base with cases fired from all new guns does nothing more than pollute the base, as discovered in Maryland and California and, now, in New York."

OH: New gun law has some kinks
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"Harold Newell Jr. of Zanesville found that out recently when he was denied a concealed-carry gun permit."

"Newell is now 56 years old. But 38 years ago, as a teenager, he and four other youths stole five cases of beer from an unlocked cooler at a convenience store in Zanesville. He was charged with felony breaking and entering, and was fined and given probation."

"Years later, his record was expunged. But he still couldn't get a concealed-carry license in Ohio. Under the new state law, sheriff's offices and the Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation can inspect expunged records and juvenile records and use the information to determine if an individual should be issued a concealed-carry license."

Canada: Liberals want to scrap gun registry Submitted by: Newslinks Admin	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"Two Liberal candidates running in rural ridings in B.C. are calling for an end to the controversial national gun registry." "Doug Stanley, the Liberal candidate in the riding of Southern Interior, told an election forum in Trail the registry was a 'definite mistake.' "

NH: Champion for gun rights activists
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"A Lyndeborough man arrested in Ohio last December on weapons charges has galvanized support from gun rights activists across the country and internationally."

"Jeffrey 'Hunter' Jordan, 42, was arrested by Ohio State Police on Dec. 29 after being stopped for speeding on I-71. The trooper noticed two semi-automatic pistol magazines on Jordans belt." ...

"Bussjaeger said Jordan, a native of Kansas, had visited his home state and was passing through Ohio on the way back to Lyndeborough when he was stopped."

"Asked why Jordan needed to be armed for the trip, Bussjaeger said Ohio highways were being tormented by an unknown sniper at the time."

TX: Braking for Bullets -- Wild shooting by deputies a menace to selves, others [follow-up]
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"Since 1999, Harris County sheriff's deputies have killed six people by firing at drivers and passengers in vehicles. They've wounded 16."

"Some put themselves in front of moving vehicles, then shot at the driver in "self-defense." Of 22 shot because deputies fired on a vehicle, 19 were unarmed; six were teenagers."

"Most of the people deputies killed, wounded or shot at were involved in nonviolent crimes one had stolen clothing, another had tried to break into a car or they were innocent passengers or bystanders."

"Last Sunday, Chronicle reporters Roma Khanna and Lise Olsen laid out this frightening picture of Wild West-style criminal justice. ..." ...

UK: Police arrest six in gun crackdown (Apparently the British gun ban is not working)
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"Six men have been arrested over a number of shootings in the city."

"Armed police carried out night and dawn raids across the city today."

"Two men were arrested over an incident in Andover Road on Sunday when a young mother was shot twice in her home. Police have not revealed for which incidents the others have been arrested."

"Superintendent David Colbeck said: 'In the last 24 hours we have arrested six men for a number of shootings and firearms incidents in the city.' "

OH: CONCEALED carry Local bans on guns clash with state law
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"Several Ohio communities have banned people from carrying hidden weapons in their parks, which the state says conflicts with a new state law that allows a person with a license to do so."

"Kim Norris, spokeswoman for Ohio Attorney General Jim Petro, said the local ordinances are not valid. She said enforcement of those laws could be challenged in the courts by a private citizen or group. 'If you are a licensed conceal-carry holder, you should be allowed to carry in a park,' she said."

"At least three communities have enacted bans: Elyria and Clyde in northern Ohio and the west Ohio village of Arcanum."

AL: Few slots remain for TPD's ladies' firearms course
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"Only eight slots remain for the Ladies' Firearms Familiarization Course offered by the Troy Police Department on Thursday, June 17 and Saturday, June 19."

"The cost of the course is $10 and includes ammunition for the firing range and an information pamphlet."

"The Ladies Firearm Course is basically designed to familiarize ladies with firearm safety, said Troy Police Sgt. Tim Hunter, course instructor."

India: Need arms licence? Your reason better be good
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"Due to the lack of specific eligibilty criterion for granting licenses, the licensing department, responsible for regulating the arms holders in the city, had decided to be choosy before permitting a person to own a weapon."

"There are 60,000 licensed weapons in the city and thousands wait in the wings. With the growing incidents of crime, more and more Dilliwalas are applying for an arms licence."

"The decision to become strict while granting license was taken after stray incidents took place in the city recently. ..."

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"An advocate for carrying concealed weapons plans to fight his former home's effort to ban hidden guns in its parks, which the state says conflicts with Ohio law." "Bruce Beatty, 48, of Luckey, said he intends to urge repeal of Arcanum's ordinance when the Village Council meets June 22. If that doesn't happen, he plans to walk through a park carrying a concealed weapon."

MO: Hickman junior wins trip to NRA summit
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"The National Rifle Association has selected Hickman High School junior Mindy Yaeger for an all-expense paid, week-long trip to its annual Friends of NRA Youth Education Summit in Washington, D.C."

"The summit, which starts Monday, aims to teach 40 high school juniors and sophomores about the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights, according to a news release. Competitors for the trips submitted transcripts, recommendations and essays about the Second Amendment."

Philippines: PNP urges gun owners to renew permits
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"The Civil Security Group (CSG) of the Philippine National Police (PNP) director Chief Superintendent Jaime Caringal appealed to all holders of expired gun licenses to renew their permits with the CSG office at Camp Crame to avoid being penalized."

"CSG director Chief Superintendent Jaime Caringal issued the statement after the PNP announced the end of the election period last week and the formal lifting of the gun ban implemented by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) from Dec. 15 to June 9."

"The lifting of the gun ban allows anew all licensed gunholders to bring their firearms outside their homes, provided that they have the necessary requirements, including the Permits to Carry Firearms Outside of Residence (PTCFOR)."

MO: Missouri Appeals Court Examines Gun Lawsuit (JTO)
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"The three-judge Missouri Court of Appeals panel is determining whether a lawsuit brought by the city of St. Louis against the gun industry is legally sound, the Associated Press reported June 10."

"Jonathan Lowy, senior attorney with the Washington, D.C.-based Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, argued before the appeals panel that gunmakers should be held liable for the social costs of violence because their marketing practices encourage firearms distribution to criminals."

"But last October, a St. Louis County judge dismissed the lawsuit, ruling that it would open 'a floodgate to additional litigation' and that 'issues of both logic and fairness' pointed towards its dismissal."

UK: Time to ban knives in Britain
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A knife-wielding man who holed up in a west London house has been restrained by police using a Taser stun gun.

The 20-year-old was seen by two police officers allegedly attacking a car in Ladbroke Grove before running off to hide at an address in Chesterton Road.

The suspect, holding a knife, struggled with an unarmed man before the Taser was discharged and he was arrested.

KY: Clinic aims to teach women about guns
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"Her parents were hunters and she has two sisters who are police officers, but Wanda Lewis of Waukegan, Ill., was less familiar with guns than with Saturn's rings."

" 'I've never touched a gun,' Lewis said."

"That was about to change. On a recent Saturday at the Bass Pro Shops shooting range in Gurnee, Ill., two groups of 16 women at a handgun safety clinic hoped to learn about the difference between a pistol and a rifle, a .22 and a .45 and, above all, about firearm safety. Conducted under the auspices of the Lake County Longbeards Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation, the Women in the Outdoors program aimed to demonstrate that handling guns is not to be feared."

OH: Sidney Daily News and Shelby Co. Sheriff maintain they committed no crimes
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"Calls for state and local investigations have followed publication Tuesday in the Sidney daily News of a list of concealed-carry permit holders as released by Shelby County Sheriff Kevin O'Leary."

"The publication of addresses was listed as illegal by the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms and by Ohioans For Concealed Carry."

"The former organization headquartered in Bellevue, Wash, has called for Attorney General Jim Petro to investigate the release, stating that there is no provision to release street addresses of licensees."

"Ohioans for Concealed Carry also lambasted the newspaper, claiming publishing anything at all is illegal." ...

AZ: State targets toxic gun range
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"The state Department of Environmental Quality will launch an investigation into toxic waste found at a gun range near northeast Mesa after testing that was delayed for four years revealed metals and other pollutants in a septic tank."

"DEQ director Steve Owens said Thursday he also wants to know why no one notified his agency after officials at the Rio Salado Sportsmans Club and state Game and Fish Department first learned of the problem."

Thailand: Thai teachers want guns
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"A thousand Thai teachers want guns to protect themselves from Muslim militants, the Bangkok Post reported during the weekend."

"About 1,000 teachers in the Yala region of southern Thailand have already 'applied for permission to buy and carry firearms to protect themselves' from insurgents, the newspaper said." ...

"The meeting 'agreed local administration agencies should set up a working group to enable purchase of guns for teachers,' the paper said."

OH: 'No Guns' Signs Come Down in Ohio
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"Signs reading 'no guns allowed' are coming down in some Ohio stores and restaurants."

"Ohioans for Concealed Carry said it is pleased to announce that two national chains -- Southwest Ohio Kroger stores and Perkins Family Restaurants -- have 'begun removing discriminatory signs banning concealed handgun license-holders from their stores.' " ...

"In a letter announcing the removal of the signs, Marc Teaberry, the executive vice president of Perkins Family Restaurants, noted that the restaurant chain has 'numerous locations in Pennsylvania, which has always had a concealed weapon law, and have never had any problems.' Teaberry added that the company, in posting the signs, had received 'bad advice' from its attorneys."

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"A man has been charged with attempted murder over the shooting of a 21-year-old woman in Nottingham." "The woman was holding her 13-month-old baby when she was shot at her home in Bestwood last Sunday." "Paul Eaton, 26, from Bestwood, appeared in court on Saturday charged with attempted murder, two firearm offences and a public order offence."