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OH: Government closes another door on Ohioans’ access to their records
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"It would seem to me that knowing my neighbor is registered to carry a firearm under his jacket is as good as my knowing that he is carrying the firearm. I’m going to be wary in either case. That’s what he would want, isn’t it? But even though the government will know who is registered because it will maintain the records, ordinary citizens will not be able to find out, or find out if the government is harassing people just because they are registered."
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CO: Son Shoots Father
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"An eleven year old boy is in police custody, accused of attempted murder and juvenile possession of a handgun after he tried to shoot his father." ...
"The father, who is a Colorado Springs Police officer was hit by a bullet in the chest, but it didn't break his skin. He was treated and released from Memorial Hospital." ...
"Police say the gun, which was not locked up, was not the officer's service gun." |
Why does it have to be you?
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"It is our right to have answers. Our Founding Fathers set up this Republic 'of the people, by the people and for the people.' Not for the politicians, non-governmental agencies, compromised federal judges or foreign interests." ...
"Why me? Our mission is freedom. Do we simply ignore the call of duty to our Republic because it's inconvenient?" ... |
‘The Real Deal’ on extreme gun control
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... "These frequent attacks came in my neighborhood because Washington has the most extreme gun control laws in America. And no one working on Capitol Hill could afford to have his or her name show up in the Washington Post on an illegal weapons charge. But the thugs who victimized the neighborhood did not share the same concerns, so they roamed at will and terrorized law-abiding citizens, citizens who were not allowed to defend themselves, or their children from such attacks." |
MN: Cities struggle with handgun law
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"City officials from throughout the state gathered Friday to swap ideas about how to handle a new law regulating handgun use in Minnesota." ...
"The law, which takes away most discretion for issuing handgun permits, also takes away most discretion cities have over whether handguns may be carried on their property." |
LA: Shreveport Chief Resigns After Shooting
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"The city's police chief resigned Friday following two months of criticism over his handling of the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man by police officers." ...
"Black activists and ministers, including the Rev. Al Sharpton, had been pushing for Roberts' resignation since he said officers acted properly when they shot and killed Marquise Hudspeth, who has left his car holding a cell phone in both hands as if it were a gun." |
Big Brother in Post-9/11 America
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"After 9/11, the attitude of many Americans seemed to be whatever the feds need to do to make sure this never happened again, let them do it. What the feds asked for was the Patriot Act, and a loosening of many of the rules that bound them from going full bore after terrorist suspects. But a year-and-a-half later, many watchdog groups and their members are worried America may have given too much power to federal law enforcement." |
Surveillance system critics tell panel their concerns
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"A Defense Department advisory panel debated yesterday whether requiring a judge's approval would adequately protect innocent people from a massive surveillance system the Pentagon is developing to predict terrorist attacks."
"At its first public hearing, the Technology and Privacy Advisory Committee heard witnesses offer mild to sweeping criticism of the surveillance program." |
LA: U.S. appeals court OKs restrictions at raves
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"Federal prosecutors hailed a federal appeals court ruling Friday as a victory in their efforts to curb illegal drug use at high energy, all night dance parties known as raves."
"The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that an agreement, worked out between the government and a rave club in New Orleans, can be enforced although it bans legal playthings like giant pacifiers, glow sticks and mentholated inhalers."
"Prosecutors say the stuff is Ecstasy paraphernalia that promotes illegal drug use." |
AK: Kenai council opposes terrorism, but not at cost of citizens' rights
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"The resolution states that the city 'denounces and condemns all acts of terrorism, wherever occurring' and acknowledges that the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, have necessitated 'creating effective laws to protect the public from terrorist attacks.' "
"However, the resolution goes on to make clear that the city does not approve of the government violating the Bill of Rights or the U.S. Constitution to protect against terrorism." |
Banks to require more ID
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"New federal regulations requiring banks to know that you are who you say you are will mean more work for them and could upset consumers worried about companies or the government keeping more information about them on file."
"The rules, which take effect Oct. 1, are based on the USA Patriot Act, and are designed to prevent terrorists or other criminals from using the U.S. financial system. They also may aid in the fight against identity fraud." |
MI: Cop's hearing set
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"Former Capac and Brown City Police Officer Al Geoit [testified] against Craig Brown, an Almont police officer who’s facing delivery of anabolic steroids and neglect of duty as a police officer." ...
"Geoit, 25, of Mussey Township, was charged in April in St. Clair County District Court on two counts of possessing anabolic steroids, a two-year felony, and a single misdemeanor count of willful neglect of duty. He pleaded guilty in May to all three counts and was sentenced Friday by St. Clair County Circuit Judge Peter Deegan to 270 days in jail, with 240 days of the sentence being held in abeyance until the end of his three years’ probation."
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UK: 65.2 per cent want Bush impeached
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"With just 19 days to go in OfficialPoll's month-long question: 'Should George W Bush be impeached?', and with more than 2,730 votes counted, a majority of those polled say 'Yes', president Bush should face impeachment for lies told to the U.S. Congress and the nation, not to mention the United Kingdom—through Tony Blair's support of Bush's story, which lead both countries to attack Iraq."
"It is a violation of federal criminal law, including the broad federal anti-conspiracy statute, which renders it a felony 'to defraud the United States, or any agency thereof in any manner or for any purpose.' Manipulation or deliberate misuse of national security intelligence data, if proven, could be 'a high crime' under the Constitution's impeachment clause." |
WI: Police officer probed for shooting cocker spaniel
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"Valerie Mueller was in her backyard with her dog Sprite in the early morning hours last Saturday trying to talk a friend out of suicide when police arrived, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported."
"The 38-pound dog bounded into the front yard toward the officers as they got out of their squad cars and just seconds later was struck by a bullet and killed." |
MD: Mistaken Arrests Leave Pr. George's Murder Unsolved
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"On April 22, during lengthy interrogations by Prince George's detectives at the Sierra Vista police station, the three readily agreed that they were pictured in the video and acknowledged using the ATM at a SunTrust Bank near Mansfield's home in Mitchellville. In recent interviews with The Washington Post, however, they said they told the detectives again and again that they had not used a stolen card and knew nothing about a killing. Nevertheless, each was charged with first-degree murder."
"Yet they had done nothing wrong." |
CA: LAPD Prevails Over Civilian Overseers
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"LAPD disciplinary boards have overturned the city's Police Commission at least four times in recent years, allowing officers to escape punishment for shootings that the department's civilian bosses ruled improper, a Times investigation has found."
"Even in shooting cases where there was no dispute between police panels and the commission, penalties were often no more severe than might be imposed when an officer lost a piece of equipment, failed to show up in court or got into a traffic accident. Moreover, the LAPD has struggled for years to develop specific punishment guidelines and has meted out inconsistent penalties in shooting cases." |
NY: Summer festival gives rifle and pistol competitors another shot
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Shooting has been eliminated from the Empire State Games, but competition will go on this summer.
Coaches and New York State Rifle and Pistol Association coordinators have organized a Shooting Festival in Binghamton on July 24-26 - the same dates as the Empire State Games in Buffalo - for all shooting categories withdrawn from ESG competition this year.
Tryouts are Saturday at Tonawanda Sportsmen's Club, 5657 Killian Road, Pendleton. Men's free pistol will take place at 8:30 a.m. and women's sport pistol at 1 p.m.
For information about the tryouts and other shooting events, call Bob Guyder at 695-1725 or 689-5438. |
NV: What’s the Joint Terrorism Task Force Doing in the Tiny Town of Rachel?
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"FBI agents have confirmed that a search warrant was served Thursday night on the home of a self-described military watchdog in the tiny town of Rachel, near the mysterious Area 51 military base. We've learned this action was initiated by the Joint Terrorism Task Force. The search warrant remains sealed and the FBI won’t say what was seized from the home of Rachel resident Chuck Clark. We believe the action was taken because Chuck Clark escorted the I-Team on a tour of the roads surrounding the base. During the visit, he showed us the location of military sensors, hidden on public land. Here's our story." |
NY: Cameras put focus on civil liberties
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"Bob Brown is a true believer, perhaps a little paranoid to some minds, but nevertheless a believer. His faith rests in the scary idea that the surveillance of New Yorkers by public and private watchers is proceeding at an Orwellian pace." ...
" 'The NYPD has shown it can be a very effective tool without impeaching on civil liberties,' said Edward Skyler, spokesman for Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg."
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NV: FBI raids home near Area 51
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"FBI agents and other law enforcement officials raided a Rachel man's rented trailer home Thursday while he was out of state, searching for what he said were photographs and data stored in his computers about the classified military installation known as Area 51."
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CO: Officer was lucky his son didn't kill him (Another version)
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..."The boy shot his father in the chest, but the bullet had been loaded poorly and did not penetrate the chest, which should allow the man to have a full recovery. The son shot another four times, missing his fleeing father. An investigation is ongoing and the boy is in custody. The 11-year-old will be charged with juvenile possession of a handgun and perhaps attempted murder and or first-degree assault." |
GA: New Gun Campaign Targets Kids
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"Participants in the campaign, called 'Asking Saves Kids,' say hundreds of young lives could be saved from gun accidents every year if parents would simply ask their neighbors and friends if they have guns in their home before allowing their children to visit."
"Parents say that asking questions on gun safety may not be easy at first, but it empowers adults to take responsibility for the environment their kids play in."
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MN: State officials look to release sex offenders
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"For the first time in a decade, Minnesota mental health officials are looking for ways to release into the community some of the 190 sexual psychopaths now locked in state treatment centers."
"These repeat rapists and pedophiles, who served prison terms and have been declared sexually dangerous by judges, are confined at secure psychiatric hospitals in the Minnesota Sexual Offender Program."
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Congress takes up ID cards for illegals
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"A House subcommittee has opened hearings into the validity and purpose of identification cards issued by Mexican consulates in the U.S., cards critics say are meant only to legitimize illegal aliens." |
CA: Reality Check - Unintended consequences of dominos
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"If successful, the recall effort will result in handing the state of California to Democrats on a silver platter and doom the Golden State to at least a decade of unchallenged liberal democrat control. Some will say, 'So what's new about that?' A successful recall effort will also make a difficult but doable challenge for the Bush campaign a virtual impossibility in 2004." |
Alaska Joins Vermont As A Free State
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"All I can say is that the people of Alaska are lucky enough to have placed people in elected office who not only know the Constitution, but follow it as they took their oath of office to do. This is so refreshing in these times." |
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"When it comes to deceiving the public, it is obvious that neither political party has a monopoly: both are equally duplicitous." ...
"The American people have no choice when they are forced to choose between Republican liars and deceivers and Democratic liars and deceivers. It is for this very reason that the American people must hold their elected officials to the restraints of the U.S. Constitution." |
Has the gun control issue really disappeared?
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"For congressional Democrats, the decision not to push new gun control as a top agenda item is simply because Republicans control both houses of congress. Their strong anti-gun sentiment has not abated. Just two more Democratic senators and 13 more Democratic House members and gun control legislation would go from fond dreams to reality." |
The INDIVIDUAL Right to Keep and Bear Arms - IT'S YOUR DUTY!
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"He entered the living room, his back to the bedroom where the youngsters were sleeping. Pritchard's gut told her he would send them to a concentration camp. Within two minutes, she'd decided what to do. She reached up to a shelf and felt for the revolver given to her for emergencies. 'It was him or the kids, so I shot him,' she says, unflinching. 'It was a moment of excitement. I did it! I did it! The kids are safe! Then it was, what do I do with the body?' " |
Libertarians Want Their Own State
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"Former Republican Senator Malcolm Wallop once said that the difference between Democrats and Republicans was that if Democrats introduced a bill to burn down the Capitol, Republicans would offer an amendment to phase it in over three years."
"Put another way ...Democrats seem willing to lock arms and step off the cliff together into the socialist abyss singing 'We are the world,' while his Republican colleagues seem perfectly content to line up and march off single file." |
Reaching Hearts and Changing Minds With the Power of Music
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"My name is Dan Starr and I'm the songwriter and producer of the JPFO CD 'I Will Live Free,' an entire CD of songs celebrating and explaining The Bill of Rights, our precious national treasure. Many of you already own this CD. Those who do not should order it from JPFO, not just because it's good music (well, of course, I think so!) but because of what it can do for the cause of freedom." |
New Zealand: Dispute leads to death at isolated farm
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"The 24-year-old man had taken a taxi from town and allegedly threatened the driver with a gun after an argument over the fare."
"Mr. Burns said the man was drunk at the time and went into a house to get the firearm, which was later found to be a BB gun."
"Sergeant John Hippolite said if the man had done that in front of the AOS, he would probably be dead." |
Letter Back To GUNED Northwest Radioman From The Pentagon...
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I received a reply from Glenn F. Lamartin, Director Defense Systems of the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense to a fax I sent to President Bush.
... "I understand your concern for the stewardship of our valuable government resources. The Department maintains a life-cycle management process for weapons, including small arms, which provides tight control of over weapons from acquisition through demilitarization. This process, under Department regulations, does not permit the sale of military-use weapons to civilian citizens. Furthermore, the United States is party to a number of international agreements which would make the action you request problematic." |
Keeping Guns From Mentally Ill
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"...Rep. Carolyn McCarthy and Sen. Charles Schumer are making another try at strengthening the law to keep guns out of the hands of the mentally ill."
"Their legislation, dubbed the 'Our Lady of Peace Act,' after the church, passed the House last year, but the legislative session ended before it could be considered in the Senate. It is to be re-introduced in both Houses Tuesday." |
Congo: Gun deadline aims to soothe fears in Congo's Bunia
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"General Jean-Paul Thonier, head of an international force sent to protect civilians in Bunia from warring militia, is keen to show his troops can make a difference in a town where armed men abduct, rape and kill almost every night."
"On Saturday, he gave the gunmen 72 hours to get out. The alternative would presumably be for them to take on hundreds of French troops backed by jets, light tanks and helicopters." |
AK: City, state gun law differ
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"Remember that news about how, starting in September, Alaskans will no longer be required to get a permit to carry a concealed handgun?"
"Hold on."
"Some cities may still require the permit, even after the state requirement goes away, city and state officials said Friday." |
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