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Guest host on Glenn Beck show highlights anti-gun ASHA (OFCC)
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"Glenn Beck is a conservative radio talk show host who claims to be neither Republican nor Democrat, and his talk-radio show is very popular among conservatives. Beck recently joined CNN Headline News of all places to host a nightly television show themed along the lines of his radio show. ..."

"Imagine the surprise regular viewers had Monday night when Beck's guest host Diane Dimond of Court TV fame ... interviewed Bob Ricker of The American Shooters & Hunters Association. Dimond introduced the interview by slamming the NRA, estimated there are between 190 and 250 million guns in the United States, and then stated 'I just think there are too many of them out there. Who needs an AK47 to go hunting?'" ...

Password-protected bullets
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"Safety catches do not always prevent firearm accidents and even newfangled biometric guns, which check the identity of a user by their fingerprint, cannot stop thieves from using stolen ammunition in other weapons."

"The way to make firearms really safe, says Hebert Meyerle of Germany, is to password-protect the ammunition itself."

"Meyerle is patenting a design for a modified cartridge that would be fired by a burst of high-frequency radio energy. But the energy would only ignite the charge if a solid-state switch within the cartridge had been activated. This would only happen if a password entered into the gun using a tiny keypad matched one stored in the cartridge." ...

Journal of the Senate of the United States of America, December 6, 1836
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... "... But this circumstance should, of itself, teach us great caution, lest it lead us into the great error of suffering public policy to be regulated by partiality or prejudice; and there are considerations connected with the possible result of this contest between the two parties of so much delicacy and importance to the United States, that our character requires that we should neither anticipate events, nor attempt to control them ..."

"... To take from the people the right of bearing arms, and put their weapons of defence in the hands of a standing army, would be scarcely more dangerous to their liberties ..." ...

MS: Would-Be Burglar Shot
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A would-be burglar was busted by a homeowner in Vicksburg in the early morning hours Monday. According to police, 50 year-old Mary Miller was shot in the neck as she tried to break into a house in the 700 block of 1st North. She underent surgery at UMC, and then went back to Vicksburg with a relative.

No charges will be filed against the homeowner... No word yet if Miller will face any charges.

CA: Gun-Carrying Man Foils Tenderloin Robbery
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"Police are searching for a would-be victim who fought back against three armed robbers with his own gun ... according to San Francisco police Lt. John Loftus."

"The three men, one armed with a shotgun, approached a man and a woman ... around 4 a.m. and held them up. Instead of complying, however, the man pulled out a gun of his own and shot all three assailants."

"Loftus said the man was acting in self defense, and though he is currently being sought for questioning, police are treating him as the victim in the incident."

"The three men ... were arrested shortly afterward. Only minutes before, another attempted robbery was reported in the same area, with the same three men listed as suspects, Loftus said." ...

MI: Woman kills man in self defense
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"A couple's fight turned deadly in the city of Saginaw overnight. It happened on the 2300 Block of Hanchett on Saginaw's west side around 1 a.m."

"This is not the first time police have visited the home. This is the city's 13th murder of 2006. But this one is not like any of the previous 12."

"One reason is that the prosecutor will not file charges against the woman who pulled the trigger. That woman turned herself into police after she admitted to shooting 27-year-old Damion West once in the chest, killing him."

"Prosecutor Mike Thomas says the woman acted in self defense and a source close to the investigation says West had a history of assaulting the woman." ...

SC: Caught on Tape: Store Owner Shoots at Robbers
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"Mary Todd is the first to tell you - she takes safety into her own hands."

"'I don't keep a gun on me, but there's one always with hand's reach,' she says, nodding towards a silver pistol."

"Just a week and a half ago, the owner of Todd's Food Store in Beech Island was forced to put it to use. On the afternoon of June 16th, three masked gunmen walked into the store ..."

"'They started grabbing customers, putting them on the ground, sticking guns to their heads and so forth,' ...

"Investigator Cain says the crooks would have succeeded if it weren't for Mary. ..."

"'I shot my gun through my little office window,' she says."

"Adds Cain, 'Right then the boys were like, 'We're getting shot at, we're outta here.'" ...

FL: State won't press charges in backyard shooting
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"A North Fort Myers man will not be charged with murder thanks to Florida's recently-passed Stand Your Ground law. The victim's widow says she plans to challenge the law, to get justice for her husband and save other lives as well." ...

"On March 28, a masked Michael Frazzini was hiding in his mothers backyard. He was trying to videotape her neighbor, Cory Rasmussen, who he believed was harassing his mother." ...

"But things went wrong when the Rasmussens spotted him. During a confrontation, Todd Rasmussen fired a single shot that ultimately killed Frazzini, a decorated military man and a father of two."

"The Rasmussens told detectives they didnt know who was under the mask and that they fired in self-defense." ...

AK: Part of Kenai River closed after hunters shoot charging bears
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"A section of the Kenai River was temporarily closed after two fishermen shot charging bears over the weekend, including a brown bear sow with cubs surprised by two men bushwhacking through the woods." ...

"Both bears were injured when shot with .44-caliber pistols on different days and at different locations. ..."

"The first incident happened Friday night when a couple of men were bushwhacking off-trail and startled the brown bear sow with cubs. She charged, and a man shot and hit her, Johnson said. ..." ...

"A group of people were fishing when a black bear got too aggressive with them, he said. They chased it off. It came back. A man shot the bear, which Johnson tried to track but lost in the dark. ..." ...

Day one of the UN gun ban summit
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"Theyve gathered in New York City, the best and brightest minds in the global gun ban movement. Oh, they dont want you to think for a second that theyre actually interested in your guns. Kofi Annan as much as said so yesterday ... Theres nothing to fear from the UN when it comes to your guns."

"Its too bad for Kofi that many of the countries attending the summit didnt get his memo. ..." ...

"The statement from Indonesias representative was perhaps the clearest example of what these countries are aiming for."

"'We believe that no armed group outside of the State should be allowed to bear weapons. We also believe that regulating civilian possession ... will enhance our efforts to prevent its misuse. ...'" ...

US backs nonbinding rules on arms, rights abusers
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"The United States said on Tuesday it was willing to endorse a set of principles aimed at keeping small arms out of the hands of groups intent on human rights abuse, genocide or breaking UN arms embargoes."

"But Washington would not back a formal agreement such as an international treaty imposing controls on weapons transfers across national boundaries, Undersecretary of State for Arms Control Robert Joseph said."

"'While we will not accept formal negotiations or a formal agreement on transfer controls, we are willing to consider text that encourages the adoption of a set of principles on arms transfers,' Joseph told a UN meeting focusing on the $1 billion-a-year illicit global trade in small arms." ...

Advocates seek UN help to curb arms trade
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"Bearing a message from the Russian who invented the world's most common assault rifle, activists will press governments at a U.N. conference on small arms to ensure such weapons aren't used to trample human rights."

"Such a philosophy applies to weapons of mass destruction, but not to small arms, and it will be the focus of much debate at the two-week conference."

Britain's government has made a similar proposal ... The United States, China, Russia, Egypt, India and others have not explicitly endorsed it." ...

"'Ultimately, they're offering a form of government support that makes government the only way citizens can seek protection, and Americans choke on that,' said Wayne LaPierre, NRA executive vice president." ...

A Showdown Over Guns: The UN Reviews Controls on Illicit Weapons Trafficking
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"This week the UN is meeting in New York to review controls on the illicit arms trade that supplies terrorists and human rights abusers around the world. This conference will review an agreement that was established at the 2001 UN Small Arms Conference, and was the first global initiative on the illegal trade in small arms and light weapons. Calls for stronger regulation have been especially urgent from advocates familiar with conditions in regions that are most heavily impacted by protracted armed conflict, like Sudan. However, there has been concern that the U.S. will block progress and be unwilling to compromise on key issues." ...
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Submitter's Note: Key issues like our human, civil and Constitutional rights.

Power of NRA Showcased in U.S. Delegation to Small Arms Conference
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"Today marks the opening of a two-week UN Conference on Small Arms, where UN member states are reviewing progress made on a Program of Action (PoA) agreed to by all states, including the United States, in 2001. The PoA is a voluntary agreement and is the primary international accord on preventing and combating the illicit trafficking, misuse and proliferation of small arms and light weapons." ...

"All three of the public delegates chosen by the U.S. government are strong NRA supporters. ... The NRA has vociferously spoken out against the UN process ..." ...

The Worldwide Gun Control Movement
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"The United Nations is holding a conference beginning this week in New York that ironically coincides with our national 4th of July holiday. Its ironic because those attending the conference want to do away with one of our most fundamental constitutional freedoms -- the right to bear arms."

"The stated goal of the conference is to eliminate trading in small arms, but the real goal is to advance a worldwide gun control movement that ultimately supercedes national laws, including our own 2nd Amendment. Many UN observers believe the conference will set the stage in coming years for an international gun control treaty." ...

NE: Gunfight Looms
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"The Omaha City Council is headed for a gunfight. The council could soon decide whether concealed weapons should be allowed inside city limits."

"Nebraska lawmakers approved legislation that will allow concealed weapons as of January but Omaha has an ordinance on the books that supersedes the concealed carry law."

"Now, Councilman Chuck Sigerson wants to change the local ordinance and allow people who meet certain requirements to carry concealed guns." ...

NV: Metro Police Accepts Assault Rifle Donation
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"Metro Police formally accepted more than 130 assault rifles paid for by private donations. The high-powered weapons are intended to bridge the firepower gap between officers and heavily armed criminals."

"Metro says private donations for better weapons began pouring in after the shooting death of Sergeant Henry Prendes. Now that money is being used to beef up the firepower of Metro's patrol officers."

"Metro's newest tool -- a high-powered rifle -- can accurately hit a target at four times the distance of a standard department-issue pistol. Until now, any officer who wanted to carry a rifle on duty had to personally buy it." ...
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Submitter's Note: But according to the antis the sole purpose of these 'assault weapons' is to kill the most people in the shortest time possible. Why would the cops need them? Unless, of course, the antis lied.

MS: Ex-JPD officer accused of attacking ex-girlfriend arrested again
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"A former Jackson police officer accused of allegedly pistol-whipping his ex-girlfriend earlier this month was rearrested today on a second charge of carrying a concealed weapon." ...

"Clark resigned after allegations arose he had sex with 15-year-old runaway Tawana Sandifer."

"Former JPD officers Clark and Kenneth Talton were being investigated for alleged improper relationships with Sandifer ..."

"A state and federal investigation of the allegations was announced after Sandifers death. Talton was terminated, and Clark resigned after police confirmed he was one of the officers being investigated." ...

TX: HPD officer accused in road rage incident
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"A Houston police officer has been accused of pointing a gun at a driver on an Austin-area highway during what officials call a road rage incident."

"According to the Round Rock Police Department, Officer Henry Davis was off-duty Friday night while driving on Highway 79 through Round Rock."

"Police said Officer Davis got into a dispute with Steve Quakenbush while on the road."

"Quakenbush told police he made a rapid lane change and then Davis honked at him, to which Quakenbush responded by making a common obscene gesture."

"That's when Quakenbush said Davis, who moved next to his vehicle, displayed a handgun and started yelling at him." ...

VA: City takes guns, crime off street
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"It's a simple enough premise: The more guns you take off the streets, the less violent crime occurs on the streets." ...

"As of Saturday, the task force had made 155 felony arrests, including 64 for gun possession. The unit has also made 220 misdemeanor arrests, and executed 89 felony warrants and 101 misdemeanor warrants."

"Most of the weapons confiscated have been handguns, with the majority coming from public housing projects. ... Guns have also been recovered in [single-family home neighborhoods in rough areas]." ...
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Submitter's Note: Funny how the emphasis is on guns, when the people who were the crime problem were available for pickup all the time.

VA: Women learn outdoor skills
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"Women interested in spending time outdoors and learning hands-on skills for outdoor activities can participate in the third annual Women in the Outdoors event on Sept. 16."

"The event lasts from 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. on the 90-acre property owned by the Loudoun County Chapter of the Izaak Walton League of America ..."

"Women 14 and over will learn about outdoor activities from qualified instructors. These activities include bird-watching, outdoor survival skills, using GPS, archery, rifle marksmanship, fly fishing, fly tying, canoing, and shotgun and handgun basics."

"The event costs $50, and the deadline to register is Sept. 1. An early bird discount of $5 is offered to those who register by July 1." ...

MI: Fate of Castle Doctrine in governor's hands
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"A bill sponsored by state Rep. Rick Jones to protect law-abiding Michigan residents was sent to the governor today. The legislation gives Michigan residents the right to use force to defend themselves and their families, when facing imminent death, great bodily harm or rape at the hands of a violent criminal."

"Jones said his bill clarifies the law on self-defense and makes it clear that law abiding citizens cannot be prosecuted or sued civilly for defending themselves." ...

MS: New gun laws kick in at midnight, June 30
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"Starting July 1, yards are in play for defense of homes." ...

"And not only are porches and yards fair territory effective July 1, people may also (1) use deadly force to protect against carjacking and (2) with regard to other provocations, prosecutors will be barred from offering testimony that a shooter could have retreated from the scene or used lesser force."

"Why the NRA is so interested in the criminal code on this topic is not really clear. It's supposed to be a trade association that promotes gun ownership and gun possession rights. Maybe their point is that more people will buy and keep firearms if their use is less restricted." ...

AL: Restrictions on weapon types justified
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In R.D. Boyles' letter he refers to the public's right of weapon choice and any restriction of such. Private individuals are currently not permitted to legally own bazookas, tanks, bombs, fighter planes, etc.

So the general public is already restricted on choice of weapons. It is now just a matter of to what extent.

Mr. Boyles mentions trusting the public on choice of weapons and then mentions the need for equal firepower in self defense. Apparently he does not trust the public, but asks that all of us do.

Even if some can get whatever weapon they want regardless of the law, the law still should not permit the private citizen to own weapons which can kill dozens in a matter of seconds.

William A. Pilati
Montgomery
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Submitter's Note: You mean weapons like a gallon of gasoline, some liquid soap, empty bottles and rags?

Australia: Man accused of setting rival alight
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"A SCORNED Spanish man desperate to be reunited with his ex-wife has been accused of setting the woman's new fiance alight outside a Gold Coast social club." ...

"Mr Fuller said Exposito waited in the car park until the couple left about 10pm, then threw a bucket of petrol on Sanchez and ignited it."

"He said Sanchez was burning when he ran back into the club, where bar staff doused the flames with water and wet tablecloths."

"Sanchez was taken ... to the Royal Brisbane Hospital with burns to 75 per cent of his body. He died on May 1, 2003." ...

"Balaguer said he told her she was lucky he had not been able to buy a pistol on a recent trip to Sydney or she and Sanchez would be dead." ...
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Submitter's Note: Hooray for gun control! It saved Sanchez from being shot instead of spending the last 6 weeks of his life in agony in a burn unit.

UK: Tracker leads cops to secret weapon haul
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"A MAN was jailed after hi-tech tracker devices in expensive school equipment led police to his secret gun haul."

"Officers raided Stephen Balmer's home after following signals from chips fitted to computers and projectors stolen from the new St Francis of Assisi academy in Kensington."

"They searched his home in Sedley Street, Kensington, and discovered a smooth bore rifle with a 20-inch barrel, a pistol and a magazine with four live bullets."

"The five-year jail sentence given to Balmer, 28, was the minimum term for possessing a prohibited weapon. He pleaded guilty at Liverpool crown court." ...

UK: Bishops seek small arms curbs to halt spread of AK-47s
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"Some 20 bishops in the Guardian today call on the government to puts its weight behind UN moves to control the burgeoning trade in small arms."

"'Up to 1,000 people are killed every day by armed violence. However, there are currently tighter regulations on sales of stamps and dinosaur bones than there are on the sale of weapons,' they say in a letter to the newspaper." ...
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Submitter's Note: I can walk into a Post Office, a members only discount club or a grocery store, plunk down $10,000 cash and walk out with the stamps with no forms, no ID checks, and hardly an eyebrow raised. Please tell me where I can buy AK-47s the same way.

OH: Editorial: It seems logical to conceal in a vehicle (OFCC)
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"The Times Reporter out of New Philadelphia has penned an editorial in favor of the Ohio Senate passing HB347 and confirms reports that progress on the bill is stalled until November. Finally, a newspaper expounds common sense upon this silly notion that guns must be 'in plain view' while being carried under a concealed carry law (emphasis added by OFCC):"

"'It seems logical not to require motorists to keep their weapons in plain view. If an officer approaches a vehicle in which a weapon is in plain sight, it increases the chance that a tragic misunderstanding might occur. Rather, let motorists keep their guns locked up, and when approached by an officer, they should tell the officer immediately that they have a concealed carry permit.'" ...