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CA: Ex-deputy pleads innocent to abuse
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"A former Alameda County sheriff's deputy pleaded innocent to child molestation charges Wednesday, and continues being held without bail at Santa Rita county jail in Dublin."

"Samuel Lima is charged with six felony counts of rape, continuous sexual abuse of a child, lewd acts on a child, penetration with a foreign object, possession of a short-barreled shotgun or rifle and possession of a destructive device in the form of a Molotov cocktail."
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But he was a model officer you should respect -- when he wore the badge.

CA: Gov. Davis To Parole Convicted Murderer, a former police officer
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"Gov. Gray Davis will parole a former police officer who killed a man during a drunken confrontation in Anaheim in 1980, the sixth time in 229 cases that he has allowed a convicted murderer to go free."

"Davis said in a statement that Gale Sawvell, 65, deserves parole because he has expressed remorse for the killing, completed numerous self-help programs and maintained a perfect disciplinary record during his 22 years behind bars." ...

New York City: Outlawing Self-Defense
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"As a cop, I was taught that deadly force is permitted to protect ones own life or the lives of others. That simple precept of justice seems to have been forgotten by Kings County (Brooklyn) District Attorney Charles Hynes."

"Hynes conducted not a prosecution, but a persecution, of Ronald Dixon - a man who acted within the tenets of the law to protect his family from a criminal." ...

"Contrast Hynes attitude in this case with a less politically correct target: a mother who scalded her four-year-old child to death. In that case, Hynes declined prosecution altogether, instead returning the mothers remaining children to her loving custody." ...

LAPD Arrests Four in Rapper's Ride to BET Fete
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"Snoop Dogg, who's had several brushes with the law over the years, isn't in hot water with authorities here just yet. But members of his posse certainly are."

"Moments after the gangsta-rap star left a caravan ferrying him to the Black Entertainment Television Awards show in Hollywood late Tuesday, local and federal authorities swooped in and detained 13 members of his group. They eventually arrested four, including a reserve police officer who was working as a bodyguard for the rapper. Several other state employees are also under investigation for their work as bodyguards. A search of the vehicles -- which included a customized armored-plated van with multiple gun ports -- turned up seven handguns, a gun laser-sighting device, pepper spray and knives, according to law enforcement officials." ... [emphasis added]

Kimber Donates $100,000 to U.S.A. Shooting Team Submitted by: Newslinks Admin	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
Yonkers, New York -- "At the 2003 NRA Show, Kimber presented a $50,000 check to the U.S.A. Shooting Team, the second installment in a successful partnership agreement based on sales of Kimber Team Match II .45 ACP pistols. This check brought Kimber's 2003 contribution total to $100,000." ... ------- Now how about donating to a Second Amendment lawsuit?

WVA: Attorney: Shooting was in self-defense Submitted by: Newslinks Admin	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. - "The man charged in the fatal shooting of another man outside a Capital Heights apartment earlier this month did so in self-defense, his attorney said Wednesday." "Kirk Leon Grantham, 25, of Martinsburg, was charged with murder in the shooting death of Marvin Redman, 35." "The shooting happened June 15 at around 4:30 a.m." ...

AL: Police: Self-defense in father's slaying
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An Odenville man found shot to death at his home was killed by his son in what police described as an act of self-defense.

The victim, James William Harris, 39, died from a .22 caliber gunshot in the 9:18 p.m. incident Thursday at Beaver Creek Trailer Park in Odenville.

St. Clair County Sheriff's Chief Deputy Gary Cone said the victim's son, Perry William Harris, 20, was initially arrested in the shooting, which apparently arose out of a domestic violence incident.

He later was released without being charged. A county grand jury will review the investigation later.

Australia: Endless cycle of killing
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"Jason Moran died suddenly last Saturday morning outside football grounds at Cross Keys Reserve, where he had taken his children for their regular training session."

"Moran had been sitting with Pasquale Barbaro in a van. In the back were his daughter, twin sons and several other children."

"As they watched the juniors play, a man appeared suddenly at the window, face covered. Without hesitating he pumped shotgun shells into Moran, calmly switched to a handgun, and killed Barbaro." ...

Nation's founders would be appalled at Patriot Act
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"President Bush, Attorney General Ashcroft and Congress have put in place the Patriot Act that licenses the Justice Department to snoop into our private lives, reading habits and telephone calls and to hold us in custody without evidence of a committed crime."

"Alarmingly, Supreme Court Justices Rehnquist, Scalia and O'Connor have publicly declared that wartime justifies the Patriot Act's assault on civil liberties."

"What do you suppose the patriots of 1789 would say to that?" ...

OH: Civil rights agency gets wires crossed
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"The Ohio Civil Rights Commission paid $290,000 for telephone lines that the agency wasn't using and forgot for five years to disconnect, the state watchdog reported yesterday."

"Between 1997 and last summer, a period spanning the administrations of three executive directors, the commission continued to pay about $4,400 a month to AT&T for the unused lines, Inspector General Tom Charles said." ...
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But other than that, they are very efficient with tax dollars.

CA: Oakland accused of excessive force at port protest
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"Protesters, dockworkers and a labor union sued the city and its police Thursday for violating their civil rights by using excessive force during the April 7 anti-war protest at the Port of Oakland."

"The lawsuits filed in federal court seek money damages and a court order forcing the city to develop policies that will keep police from taking such violent action -- including use of bean bag rounds and other 'less-than-lethal' ammunition -- against unarmed, nonviolent protesters again." ...

UK: DNA database being built by stealth, say civil rights groups
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"Civil liberties campaigners accused the Government last night of compiling a national DNA database 'by stealth' as police prepared to enter the two millionth profile into the system."

"The number held has doubled in two years and a further million are due to be added in the coming year."

"Police powers to keep DNA samples have been strengthened considerably since 2001 when they were first allowed to keep the information from suspects who were not convicted."
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No guns, no rights.

TX: Civil rights group files suit against Austin officer
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"The Texas Civil Rights Project filed a lawsuit Tuesday against an Austin police officer accused of a beating that was caught on city surveillance cameras."

"Officer Michael Olsen inappropriately took offense at something Jeffrey Thornton, 22, said to a friend. Olsen then grabbed Thornton, slammed him into a police car and then pushed him so hard to the ground that Thornton lost consciousness temporarily, according to the lawsuit filed in state district court." ...
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But other than that, he's a fine officer.

NM: Antiwar protester files civil rights lawsuit
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A Santa Fe woman arrested during an antiwar protest in March has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit.

Librarian Rebekah Azen, 44, was protesting U.S. military action in Iraq on March 22nd when she was arrested.

Her lawsuit says she was protesting at an intersection when she saw a police officer grab a sign from another protester.

She demanded to know what he was doing.

The lawsuit says she was then arrested for questioning the officer.

The criminal complaint for her arrest says she grabbed the officers wrist and that she was a danger because she was in a busy roadway.

Her attorney, Rick Sandoval, says numerous witnesses will testify she never touched the officer and that she was singled out over pro-war protesters because of her stance on the war.

PA: Guns save more lives than are taken [letter]
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The writers logic in the letter Nearly 31,000 killed by guns each year (YDR, June 6) baffles me. He disputes that the benefits of carrying concealed firearms outweigh the costs of crimes committed by firearms by citing 1998 data: 318 deaths by firearms committed in self-defense compared to nearly 31,000 total firearms deaths. Would he be happier if the number of deaths committed in self-defense were, say, 50,000 or 100,000? I sincerely hope not.

DC: Off-Duty D.C. Police Won't Have to Carry Guns
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"Procedures are expected to be in place by the end of the year that would allow D.C. police officers to choose whether to carry their guns while off-duty."

"A 1972 District law requires officers to carry their weapons 24 hours a day, seven days a week."

" 'If you want to go to the park with your kids and you don't want to take a weapon with you, you don't have that choice' said Gary Hankins, a consultant to the city's police union."
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You don't have that choice as a non-LEO either.

OH: How a Republican (who won't act like one) governor is stalling concealed carry
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Or perhaps a better headline: "How Republican dominance in Columbus is actually preventing the recognition of Ohioans' right to self-defense"

The Ohio House has 62 Republican members, and the Senate has 22. To override a governor's veto, only 60 votes are needed in the House, and 20 in the Senate.

So why is the media reporting that the Senate's Republican leadership is allowing Bob Taft's veto-threat to hold Ohioans' right to self-defense hostage?

Australia: Man shot with spear gun
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"A MAN was shot with a spear gun after brawling with a group of youths who invaded his home near Newcastle overnight."

"Police said the youths forced their way inside a house yesterday."

"The 19-year-old resident confronted them and a brawl broke out before he was shot in the leg with a bolt from a spear gun one of the youths had."

"The group then fled in a maroon four-wheel drive utility and a white Holden Commodore sedan."
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Spear-gun control now!

AZ: Cop says not guilty in federal gun case
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"A Tucson police lieutenant pleaded not guilty to a federal weapons violation Thursday, denying he did anything wrong in purchasing a gun that later was found at a drug bust."

The officer apparently purchased a firearm for a lady friend. Her home was later raided, and police "found felony-level amounts of marijuana in the family's home. The firearm also was there and officials traced the gun to Lara, Piccarreta said, resulting in the federal charge." ...

BATF is involved.

UK: Terror of Aston gun battle
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"Police have launched a man hunt following a dramatic shoot-out in what appeared to be the latest drive-by shooting on Birminghams inner city streets."

"A car riddled with bullets was recovered in the Aston area of the city after eye witnesses saw masked men exchanging gunfire nearby." ...
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Lovely "gun free Britain".

VA: Area Muslims Charged With Conspiring With Terrorist Group
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"A federal grand jury in Alexandria has charged 11 Muslim men in the Washington suburbs and in Pennsylvania with conspiring with a foreign terrorist group to engage in jihadist combat in foreign nations friendly to the United States." ...

"There are no allegations that the men planned any attacks in the United States or are affiliated with any other terror organization." [emphasis added]

"But the indictment says the conspirators had 'an intent to serve in armed hostility against the United States'." ...

Dreams Deferred
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"There is a great deal of irony in the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Funds new slogan, 'A Rich History. A Challenging Future.' Despite its early landmark successes, the LDEFs increasingly left-wing agenda has alienated the organization from the history and original vision of the Civil Rights movement: equality. The early days of the Civil Rights movement have given way to polemical battles." ...

Online poll asks if children deserve the same self-defense protections as adults Submitted by: Ohioans For Concealed Carry Website: http://www.ohioccw.org	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
A new survey has been added to the OFCC PAC website, inquiring whether or not children deserve the same self-defense protections as adults. You can also still weigh in on whether or not you believe the Ohio General Assembly should ban CCW in vehicles to appease Gov. Taft and the Highway Patrol.

UK: Gun robbery ordeal Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft Website: http://www.idcwebdev.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
NOTE: The URL for this story was too lengthy for our Newslinks system. Click here to access this story. ------- "A robber held a gun to the head of a 38-year-old car worker on the doorstep of a home in Coventry." "The gunman pulled the trigger but the weapon appeared to jam and no shot was fired." ------- In the gun-free paradise of the People's Republic of the UK?

KS: Leavenworth Guard Accused Of Trading Gun For Drugs
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"A Leavenworth County jail guard goes from sheriff's deputy to inmate."

"The guard was caught trading his issue handgun for drugs."

"Detectives say Terry Wilkins reported his gun missing in April and when they investigated, things just didn't add up."

"Lt. Pat Sparks, Leavenworth Co. Jail Commander explains, 'Before the end of the day, it was discovered it wasn't a theft of his weapon. It was that he had traded it. Actually it boiled down to he had traded the weapon for some drugs.' " ...

UK: Gun terror at the bookies
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"A GUNMAN is being hunted after staging an armed robbery at a bookmakers during a daytime raid."

"The manager of Coral, in Broadway, Old Amersham, was held at gunpoint during the incident, which took place at about 5.50pm on Saturday."

"Ashwin Patel, who owns Broadway Newsagents, which neighbours the bookmakers, said: 'It is very shocking. It happened a couple of years ago at the same place but not with a gun.' " ...

UK: Family tell of gun raid death fears
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"A Black Country family told how they thought they were going to die when two men burst into their home brandishing a huge knife and a gun."

"The family had been targeted because one of the men wrongly thought that one of them had assaulted his daughter."

"Judge Mott told the father: 'You have been described as hotheaded, and that is clearly borne out by the events of this evening. You went to this house with a weapon which has quite rightly been described as fearsome.' " ...
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A butter knife is "fearsome" to many Brits these days.

UK: Witch-hunt fears for gun siege man Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft Website: http://www.idcwebdev.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
NOTE: The URL for this article was too lengthy for our Newslinks system. Click here to access this story. ------- "The man who sparked a major security alert by brandishing what appeared to be a handgun close to a village primary school was today named as Robert McVicar." ...

UK: Pupils reassured after gun incident Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft Website: http://www.idcwebdev.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
NOTE: The website address for this report is too long for our Newslinks system. Click Here for the full story. ------- "Children and staff at a Norfolk school were being reassured about their safety yesterday, following an armed police swoop on a man carrying a replica gun near the school gates." ...

Australia: Electronic gun "capable of firing a million rounds a minute"
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"Imagine a gun that fires a million rounds a minute -- enough to shred a target in a blink of an eye, or throw up a defensive wall against an incoming missile."

"This is Metal Storm, a weapons system that forsakes old-style mechanics for the speed of electronics."
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And if it weren't for the BATF and their policies -- and the anti-Constitution laws behind them -- an American inventor probably would have come up with this long ago.

MN: Firearm permits are now in hand
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"Some 217 Washington County residents are getting an extra message with their new permit to carry a handgun in public."

"Beneath the stamped name of Sheriff James J. Frank are the words 'sub recuso,' Latin for 'under protest.' "
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"[Minnesota gun rights activist] Bruce Krafft, of Maplewood, showed up at the Ramsey County's Sheriff's Department on May 28, the day the law took effect, to apply for his permit. He should learn his fate as soon as today."

" 'I wouldn't say I'm excited, but I am looking forward to exercising my constitutional right' to bear arms, Krafft said when asked about the prospects of obtaining a permit." ...

MN: Racist graffiti called free speech
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"The lawyer for a Bethel Seminary student charged with making terroristic threats by scrawling a racist message on his pickup truck said he's prepared to defend his client on free speech grounds."

"Charles said a terroristic threat is when someone walks into a building and threatens to shoot the occupants. An individual with racist graffiti on [his car] does not seem to qualify as a violent, imminent and likely threat, he said." ...
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Now apply that logic to the Second Amendment.

MN: University of Minnesota President proposes gun ban on U campuses
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"Defying the state's new gun law, University of Minnesota President Robert Bruininks will ask the Board of Regents next month to approve a policy barring weapons from all campuses and from Gopher sports events."

"He said this week that the proposed policy, which would prohibit even people with permits from carrying handguns on campus or at a venue such as the Metrodome when school teams are playing, is 'common sense.' "
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So if I get mugged while walking across campus . . .?

MD: Judge throws out charges against city liquor store owner
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"A Baltimore District Court judge threw out yesterday charges against an east-side liquor store owner who was arrested and jailed as part of a joint enforcement effort between city police and the city liquor control board."

"After an afternoon hearing, Judge Jeannie J. Hong concluded that the evidence against Suk C. Ha, 38, had been seized improperly in a Jan. 24 raid on her liquor store, at 2444 E. Biddle St. The judge also found that even with the evidence, Ha could not be found guilty of a gun-possession charge."

"Gary R. Maslan, Ha's attorney, said the decision shows that his strong criticism of the enforcement effort - aimed at businesses suspected of encouraging drug use and serving minors - was 'absolutely justified.' He had accused the two agencies of engaging in 'Gestapo-like tactics.' " ...

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NOTE: The URL for this article was too lengthy for our Newslinks system. Click here to access this story. ------- "Birmingham's image is suffering internationally because of the city's reputation for gun crime, a senior police officer claims." "West Midlands Assistant Chief Constable Nicholas Tofiluk insists action is urgently needed to stop a further slide in Birmingham's image." ...

Political Correctness is Destroying America Submitted by: Liberty For All Website: http://libertyforall.net	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
In my opinion, the most dangerous threat to the United States is not the threat from another country. After all, what country can compete with our military? It isn't terrorist cells or weapons of mass distraction. It is political correctness. Those two words have been used to confuse, irritate, and placate Americans for years.

MD: Motorist gets $204,900 in road-rage settlement
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... "Three witnesses came forward to say that Allen threw his arms in the air, and Parker shot him though he did not appear to be threatened, the lawsuit alleged. But those witness statements were never presented to the jury that convicted Allen."

"Parker, a 17-year veteran on the force, was not criminally charged with shooting Allen and was cleared in an internal police investigation. He remains on active duty; police said yesterday that they have no plans to reopen the investigation." ...

Updated Pentagon Letter Regarding Intent to Destroy Hundreds of Thousands of Rifles
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A complete break down of all the events leading to the Petition to prevent our military firearms from being destroyed rather than sold to The People -- including a possible interview with Fox News -- has some interesting twists and turns, including these statements from the Chief Operating Officer at the CMP (Civilian Marksmanship Program):

"what you are reading on the Internet is total crap", and "We would appreciate not getting any assistance from the public concerning the M14"

HI: Man shot in home invasion burglary Submitted by: Blacksnake	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
A state hostile to gun ownership is no paradise... Getting a handgun to defend yourself in Hawaii is anything but easy. Sitting ducks are plentiful, and this is the result.

FL: 20-year-old Orlando man stole two Florida Highway Patrol cruisers
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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - "A 20-year-old Orlando man stole two Florida Highway Patrol cruisers, ran a tractor-trailer off the road, hit a trooper and fled through the woods until a police dog tracked him down, the FHP said."

"Ronny Joseph eluded capture three times after troopers stopped him Thursday evening because the windows of what turned out to be a stolen car appeared to be too dark, FHP Capt. Brad Pelton said." ...

NC: Two Suspects Arrested In Pepper Spray Robberies
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"Two men have been arrested and charged with using pepper spray to rob people as they tried to make bank deposits."

"Investigators G.C. Zeipekkis and G.K. Coats charged Larry McWilliams, 52, of Carroll Street and Shawn McRae, 29, of Durham with two counts of robbery with a dangerous weapon and one count of second-degree kidnapping. Both men were arrested Wednesday at the Wake County Jail, where they were being held on unrelated charges." ...
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A firearm would certainly serve a good purpose when someone comes at you with chemical spray.

NC: 4 people, including baby, shot in home invasion Submitted by: Anonymous	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"A pair of gunmen opened fire inside a Duke Park home Wednesday night, killing one woman and wounding three others, including a toddler and a young teen." Notice how far you have to read into the article before it is mentioned that this was a home invasion. ------- And the gun prohibitionists tell us to get guns out of the home -- so we can be defenseless against such attacks.