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MI: Suspended officer found guilty
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"A judge has sentenced suspended State Police Trooper Craig J. Tuer to two months of house arrest for assaulting a bar employee at a West Side Saginaw bar in January."

"Saginaw County District Judge Darnell Jackson today ordered Tuer, 35, to serve six months of probation, with the first two months on electronic monitoring, for assault and battery."

"A six-member jury deliberated about 90 minutes before convicting Tuer. Jurors found Tuer innocent of another count of disturbing the peace, or in the alternative assault and battery, against a second employee, Craig Young."
 

Indonesia: Police issue licenses for 70 firearms for prosecutors
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"Police have licensed 70 prosecutors across the country to carry firearms for self-defense following the murder of prosecutor Ferry Silalahi in Palu, Central Sulawesi, on May 26."

"National Police spokesman Insp. Gen. Paiman said on Friday that the Attorney General's Office (AGO) had asked the police to authorize the carrying of firearms by its prosecutors, whose lives were often in danger due to the cases they were handling."

" 'We agree to issue licenses to 70 prosecutors nationwide. It depends on the AGO to decide which prosecutors will be armed as it knows better which prosecutors need to defend themselves,' said Paiman." ...

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But the non-elite face the death penalty for so much as a single unauthorized bullet.
 

Thailand: Thai Buddhists fight for hearts of Muslim south
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"The headless body of Sieng Padkeaw, a 63-year-old Buddhist rubber tapper, carried an ominous warning for Thai authorities struggling to quell an upsurge of violence that has shaken the country's Muslim-majority southern provinces."

"Attached to the elderly villager's body, found in his remote rubber plantation last weekend, a note threatened the killings of more Thai Buddhists if local police did not stop arresting "innocent" Muslims." ...

"Many anxious Thai Buddhists, including teachers, civil servants and business people, are buying guns while others are participating in a military programme which trains and arms villagers, both Buddhist and Muslim, for self-defence." ...

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Even Buddhists know, armed self-defense works.
 

CA: Supporters challenge ban on some rifles
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"A group of sporting magazines and gun clubs sued Contra Costa supervisors in San Francisco federal court Tuesday over an ordinance banning the sale of .50-caliber rifles."

"Supervisors approved the controversial restrictions in April, arguing that a terrorist could use the powerful weapon to set an oil refinery ablaze in a toxic conflagration."

"Supervisor Millie Greenberg of Danville voted against the measure. At the time, she pointed out that proponents failed to produce a refinery safety expert to corroborate those claims."

"The ordinance, which goes into effect Sunday, applies only to dealers in the county's unincorporated areas. There are two such retailers, neither of which sells .50-caliber weapons."
 

South Africa: S.African kills self after murder spree
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"A South African sought for the murders of seven people, including his wife and two children, shot himself on Friday after being tracked down, police said."

"Police said they suspected Paul Meyer, 35, of killing his wife Adriana Meyer, 34, and his daughters, nine-year-old Monica and four-year-old Vicky, early on Thursday morning in a hotel south of Johannesburg." ...

"Alarming crime rates, fuelled by widespread poverty and glaring income disparities, have prompted a large number of middle-class South Africans to acquire weapons for self-defence."

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Also the realization by the middle-class that the police are frequently incapable of protecting them.
 

CO: Armed man goes on rampage with bulldozer
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"An armed man, driving a piece of heavy equipment, destroyed several buildings in the town of Granby Friday afternoon. Witnesses said he was using the equipment like an armored vehicle, crashing into buildings."

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Will we see bulldozer registration and bans now?
 

NC: NRA Awards Firearm Safety Grant to Calvary
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"George Tenet's resignation has added to a growing feeling that the US may be safer with a Democrat in the White House, says Philip James." ...

"Now, maybe Mr Chambliss got the wrong talking points - but I thought the whole reason for the war in Iraq in the first place was to lock down WMD."

"His argument displayed the dumb logic of the National Rifle Association's mantra: 'Guns don't kill people, people kill people.' I hope we are not to expect that the Republican National Committee now wants to protect the people's right to carry WMD."
 

IL: Mall Stabbing Leaves More Blood on Hands of Anti-Gunners, Says CCRKBA
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"Thursday's brutal murder of 1-year-old Ashley Hurt by a knife-wielding man at a Midlothian shopping mall outside of Chicago is just one more reason why Illinois citizens deserve a concealed carry law, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA) said today." ...

"Published reports tell us that the suspect went through the mall area, also stabbing four adults... Had there been a legally-armed citizen at that strip mall, who could have justifiably intervened to stop the rampage, that toddler might still be alive. It took a courageous teenager who recently arrived here, to bring the attack to a halt by clubbing the suspect with a flashlight."
 

MO: Clay, Platte counties to start accepting concealed gun applications
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"Residents in Clay and Platte counties will begin accepting applications for concealed weapons permits, the sheriffs in both localities said."

"The Kansas City-area counties join the 87 other counties, out of Missouri's 114, and three police departments in Boone County that are accepting applications. Clay County Sheriff Paul Vescovo said he hoped to start processing the applications by mid-August, and Platte County Sheriff Richard Anderson said he planned to release details about the process there within two weeks."
 

CA: Call for federal probe of killing by cops
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"The mother of Cammerin Boyd called for a federal investigation Thursday into her son's death at the hands of San Francisco police, saying the Police Department has shown it cannot be objective."

"Boyd, 29, was shot by five officers May 5 after a car chase through the Western Addition. The department has said the officers opened fire when Boyd, who allegedly shot at police during the chase, made a sudden movement as if reaching for his gun."

"Some people who say they saw the incident have reported that Boyd was trying to surrender."
 

Australia: Police find guns in ammo swoop
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"RAIDS by police and customs officers across Victoria have netted illegal guns and ammunition."

"Customs officials and Victoria Police seized firearms, including automatic weapons and parts, and a substantial quantity of ammunition during raids in Melbourne and country Victoria this week."

"They follow an investigation at the international mail centre in Sydney in April."

"Customs officers found parts for a semi-automatic handgun destined for a suburban Melbourne address during checks at the mail centre and along with police they raided the home yesterday."

"The raid uncovered nine illegal and unregistered weapons, including semi-automatic handguns."
 

CNN Poll Shows Growing Opposition to Extension of Clinton Ban on Certain Semiautomatic Firearms
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" 'A CNN internet poll ongoing for about a month shows there is growing opposition to proposals to extend the 1994 Clinton era ban on the manufacture and importation of certain semiautomatic firearms,' John Michael Snyder, public affairs director of the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA), stated here today." ...

"Snyder noted also that, 'this is at least the second major indication in a month that there is not enthusiastic massive popular support for extending what euphemistically has been termed a ban on 'assault weapons.' The first came on Mother's Day, when the much-heralded Million Mom March in support of extending the ban degenerated into a thousand gang limp down Pennsylvania Avenue.' "
 

Puerto Rico: Puerto Rico's governor signs six new anti-crime bills
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"Puerto Rico's governor has signed six anti-crime bills into law, stiffening legislation for murder suspects, weapons offenders and those who drive under the influence of alcohol." ...

"The new laws came as Puerto Rico is experiencing a rise in homicides this year. The island has seen 348 homicides since January, an increase of 26 compared to the same period last year, police said." ...

"A person convicted of manufacturing, importing, selling or distributing firearms without a license will face a 15-year minimum prison sentence, according to another new law. The previous sentencing guideline ranged between five and 10 years, police said."
 

Neal Boortz: Zero-tolerance --- zero-thought
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"I know this is dreaming, and I know that government school administrators are going to be spending quite a lot of time during the summer conjuring up new ways to tax and spend, but is there any chance at all that some of them could give some thought to fixing this idiotic 'zero-tolerance' thing they’re all so proud of?" ...

Wisconsin: A sixth-grader gets suspended because of a science project. The project involved cutting an onion. He brought a kitchen knife to school.

Georgia: Ashley is in the sixth grade. She loves Tweety Bird. She has her wallet on a Tweety Bird keychain. The government employees running her particular government school decide that her keychain is a weapon. ...

Texas: This zero-tolerance idiocy comes from Ft. Worth. Cory Henson plays baseball on the Diamond Hill-Jarvis baseball team. In the trunk of his car is his baseball equipment, including aluminum bats. In the front seat of his car we have a souvenir baseball bat. It is made of wood and 8” long. That’s not as long as a piece of copy paper is wide. Ft. Worth government school officials decide that the 8” bat is a weapon! The real aluminum baseball bats aren’t. ...

Missouri: October of 2001. It is just a month after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. A fifth-grade student draws a picture of an airplane flying into a building. Suspended.

A third-grader has a brother serving in the Army in Afghanistan. The proud third-grader draws a picture of his brother. The drawing shows his brother with a gun. Suspended.
 

OK: Tulsa Resident Fires His Gun To Scare Away A Would Be Burglary Suspect
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An 87-year-old man living alone in north Tulsa grabbed a gun and started shooting when he heard someone trying to steal his air conditioner.

It all happened around 4:30 AM Friday. The man found an antique shotgun and fired two shots, but Tulsa Police say they don't think he hit anyone.

The man is staying with his daughter.
 

IL: Chicago's Youth Violence Program Proves Effective (JTO)
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"The Youth Gun Violence Program in Chicago, Ill., which connects youth who are convicted of gun violations with victims of gun violence, is being hailed as a success, the Northwest Indiana Times reported May 28."

"The program focuses on youth with first and second offenses involving guns. As part of their probation, a Cook County Juvenile Court judge orders juveniles to attend a gun-violence program. Through the weekly sessions and 12 hours of community service, the juveniles learn how a single gunshot can change a life forever."

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Wonder if they also teach you how a single gunshow can change a life forever by saving it from an armed thug?
 

India: Once again the law of supply and demand trumps gun control laws
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"Bihar police claimed to have busted an illegal arms factory allegedly being used to supply weapons to Maoist rebels, here Friday. The three men running the factory were also arrested, they said." ...

"Illegal arms-manufacturing thrives in Bihar, which has gained the epithet of the crime capital of the country. These weapons are also sold to criminal gangs operating from New Delhi and nearby towns. (ANI)"
 

OH: Clyde's ban on guns in parks is right on target
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"Clyde City Council members as the people's representatives in a charter-form of government took advantage of an opportunity to protect residents -- one that most other cities might not have at this stage."

"Clyde Council and the city's administration boldly decided to ban concealed weapons in the city's parks despite the possible threat of legal challenges to that decision."

"It's a common sense step that most cities would like to follow, but apparently cannot at this time."

"The new concealed carry law gives communities the right to ban weapons in public buildings, but does not provide for such a ban in city parks or fairgrounds."
 

TX: Assault Weapons Ban Proponents Rally In S.A.
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"Local law enforcement officials and politicians gathered Friday at the base of the Tower of Americas to call for a renewal of the Brady Bill."

"...Supporters of the ban on assault weapons called on Republicans to help deliver their message to President George W. Bush..."

" 'We cannot allow our professional law enforcement officers (to be) killed by bad people who have an illegal possession of an assault weapon,' Bexar County Sheriff Ralph Lopez said at the rally."

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Since these guns are used in less than 2 percent of all crimes, care to tell us how many of those bad people are killing off your professionals? Or is this just more of the emotionalist, irrational hysteria that makes the gun banners' case so ineffective?
 

NC: NRA Awards Firearm Safety Grant to Calvary
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"The National Rifle Association has awarded a $2,537 grant for firearm safety programs to Calvary Christian School in Southern Pines."

"Calvary Christian is a private, church-based K-12 school."

"Kirk Smith, the field representative from Lee County, delivered the check to Principal Dwight Creech recently. The NRA grant has been awarded to Calvary since 1999, when the first one financed the Eddie Eagle gun safety program that is still taught to K-6 students."
 

CA: Ammo tax lawmaker at it again
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"BEWARE, HUNTERS and target shooters. Assemblyman Mark Ridley-Thomas (D-Los Angeles) is back with another bill to infringe upon the rights of legal gun owners."

"You may recall that last year he had AB 992, which proposed a 10-cent tax per bullet on the sale of ammunition in California. This was soundly defeated. His new bill (AB 2858) would exempt people with a valid hunting license, but the fees would still apply to law-abiding target shooters who do not hunt."

"The new bill would impose a 10 percent fee on all ammunition and a 5 percent fee on all handguns sold in California, in order to establish a 'Firearm Victims Reimbursement Fund.' "
 

LA: LCPD Weapons Deadline is Today
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"Lake Charles Police Chief Don Dixon says, under the previous administration, officers were given seized weapons for departmental use. Now, he's ordering all those weapons be turned back in to the department. So far, Dixon has received 130 guns. Today is the deadline for all other weapons to be turned in to the LCPD."

"This follows an investigation by the FBI, ATF and the Lake Charles Police Department. It began on May 17th when Capt. Keith Holland contacted Dixon about a break-in at his home. Several weapons were stolen from the residence, including a 'street sweeper.' The weapon has been prohibited for 10 years. Dixon says Holland was a licensed federal firearms dealer when he bought the gun more than 10 years ago. ..."
 

Brady Paranoia: 100 Days Until Police Outgunned Again, Says Brady Campaign
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"There are now only 100 days until the federal ban on assault weapons expires. Unless President Bush takes action, America's police will again face Uzis, AK-47s and large ammunition clips in American neighborhoods."

"In terms of the calendar, the window of opportunity for the law to be saved gets even smaller if one considers the number of days that the U.S. Congress will be in session. Between now and September 13 - the last day the law is on the books -- there are currently 35 days for Congress to act. And aides to Congressional leaders say the job won't get done unless President Bush makes it happen."
 

UK: Armed robbers get away with Securicor cash box
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"Armed robbers on a motorbike ambushed a security officer on Thursday, stealing a secure cash box which he was carrying to a shop in Hendon."

"The officer, who works for security firm Securicor, was making a delivery to the NatWest cashpoint inside Budgens in Brent Street, at the junction with Heriot Road, when the robbers drove down the pavement towards him just after 3pm, in what police believe was a planned attack. Having told him to drop the box, they threatened the guard with a handgun before he managed to take cover behind a letter box."

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How long will it take for the Brits to realize their gun control measures are worthless?
 

PA: Philadelphia Has More Gun Killings than NYC (JTO)
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"Experts say that Philadelphia's weak gun laws may be the reason why the Pennsylvania city has more killings than New York City, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported June 2."

"Data show that Philadelphia had 23.2 murders for every 100,000 residents last year, compared with New York City's 7.4 murders. Even the Bronx, once known for its high murder rate, had fewer per-capita killings than Philadelphia."

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If the murders in Philly are caused by weak gun control laws, how do they explain DC, where there is a complete ban?
 

MI: Toy guns lead to 4 arrests
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"Four students may face expulsion in two separate incidents last week involving BB guns in school."

"A Bryant Elementary fourth-grader was arrested after he was found with a broken, inoperable BB gun in a school restroom Thursday."

"Three Northern High School students were arrested after a BB gun and a black toy gun were found in a school locker Friday, said Larry Watkins, director of the office of school safety."
 

NC: North Carolinians Support Renewal of the Assault Weapons Ban (JTO)
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"A recent Mason-Dixon Polling and Research survey of North Carolina voters found that North Carolinians favor renewal of the Assault Weapons Ban by a ratio of almost 3 to 1. Sixty-five percent of all respondents favor renewing the ban, while only twenty-three percent oppose. Seventy-five percent of non-gun owners, along with a majority (fifty-two percent) of gun owners, favor renewing the ban."

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Since this country is a Constitutional Republic, and not a democracy run by the opinions of ignorants replying to polls, the Constitution rules. "A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed."
 

Second amendment rights crucial to security
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"While I can understand the argument for modernization of gun laws, the idea of effectively erasing our Second Amendment is ridiculous and dangerous. To disarm the people would be to effectively control them without the checks and balances from the citizens."

"The Second Amendment, along with the others in the Bill of Rights, are not granted to us by the Constitution. Rather, they are guaranteed by the constitution because the rights enumerated are ours as humans for no one person or body to take and give as they please. ..."
 

UK: Law of the jungle is not the answer (Northern Ireland)
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"Law and order must be established throughout the province and that means rooting out organised criminal gangs and ending the reign of armed groups. Gun law is not the answer to any of the problems we face in Northern Ireland."
 

South Africa: We must all obey the law (Letter)
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"A prospective perpetrator, one whose intent is to transgress the law, has the freedom of choice to predetermine his actions, the implications and the repercussions thereof."

"Why is it then that innocent victims subjected to these acts of intrusion, often accompanied by calculated violence and even death, literally need what is tantamount to a written confession from the would-be perpetrator, declaring his intents of aggression, before they can justify protecting themselves, albeit with a licenced firearm? Are intended victims expected to conduct themselves like martyrs in order to uphold and protect the criminal's constitutional rights? I don't think so!"
 

CA: Lodi police officers to get new Glock handguns
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"After using the same guns for more than 11 years, Lodi police officers will soon get updated models of their Glock pistols."

"Though the 122 new guns will look the same as those previously used, they will have slightly improved hand grips and will allow for night sights. More importantly, the guns will not be worn out after having been fired thousands of times."
 

LA: Lake Charles police turn in confiscated guns (Alternate report)
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"Guns that were confiscated and later distributed to Lake Charles police officers are the subject of a joint investigation by federal agents and police."

"So far, police have turned in more than 100 handguns and rifles that were confiscated in criminal cases." ...

"One of the weapons was a modified shotgun known as a 'street sweeper,' which has been a prohibited weapon for about 10 years, Dixon said. The officer also said he had a gun that had been confiscated and was given to him by the former police chief, Dixon said."

"The street sweeper was recovered during an investigation into the missing weapons that has resulted in 11 arrests on drugs and theft charges, Dixon said."
 

UK: Another crime control failure - another disarmed victim
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"The 37-year-old child minder had just picked up the kids, aged two and five, when their terrifying ordeal began at 3.40pm on Thursday, May 13."

"The suspect burst into the front passenger seat of her blue Ford Focus as she sat in Blackheath railway station car park, Tranquil Vale."

"He threatened her, claiming he had a gun, although no weapon was found, before ordering her to drive out of the car park onto Baizdon Road."
 

IN: Firearm definition under fire
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"Donna Crisp says she's prepared to fight with the town council here until her battle is won. And if the council doesn't listen, she says she's not stopping there."

"Crisp is asking the council to change the town ordinances concerning firearms and the discharge of firearms. Crisp says her neighbors have an adolescent boy who practices in their backyard with a bow and metal-tipped arrows. His target, she explained, is their mini barn. When the boy misses his intended target, Crisp says the arrows land in her yard where her 6-year-old son and two dogs often play."

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So instead of settling her problems amicably with her neighbors, this hanky wringer is on a crusade to whine away even more of Indianans' rights.
 

MN: Conceal-and-carry law challenged on constitutional grounds
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"State legislators acted unconstitutionally when they passed a 2003 gun-permit law by adding it to a bill about natural resources, foes of the gun law argued in court Thursday."

"Minnesota House members who sponsored the law, which makes most law-abiding citizens eligible for a permit to carry a handgun, amended it into the natural resources bill to smooth its passage by the Senate, gun-law opponents said."

"In doing so, however, the gun law's supporters violated a Minnesota Constitution provision that says no law shall embrace more than one subject, attorney David Lillehaug said."

He urged Ramsey County District Judge John Finley to strike down the gun law, saying legislators 'must not cut corners.' "
 

IL: DuPage pays for handgun arrest -- Schaumburg man accepts $50,000
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"DuPage County has settled a federal lawsuit filed by a man whose arrest on weapons charges two years ago became a rallying point for a group advocating the right to carry concealed handguns."

"John Horstman, 43, of Schaumburg picked up a check for $50,000 at the DuPage County state's attorney's office Wednesday. DuPage County sheriff's police had arrested Horstman on July 24, 2002, and charged him with aggravated unlawful use of a weapon for carrying a 9 mm handgun in a case in his backpack while bicycling along the Illinois Prairie Path." ...

"Horstman's arrest became a rallying point for Concealed Carry Inc., an Oak Brook-based group promoting the right of law-abiding citizens to carry weapons. The group, which also advocates the consolidation and clarification of Illinois gun laws, used Horstman's case to draw attention to a clause in the state gun law that allows registered owners to carry an unloaded gun 'enclosed in a case, firearm carrying box, shipping box or other container.' "
 

MI: Police commissioners OK cop's suspension
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A suspension? That's it???

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"The Detroit Board of Police Commissioners backed the chief's decision to suspend an officer suspected of shooting seven rounds while driving drunk through neighborhoods in southwest Detroit."

"One shot went through a 75-year-old woman's home, knocking down her walker."

"The department also said that Officer Frankie Sanchez of the 9th (Gratiot) Precinct lied about what happened."
 

"Getting Guns out"
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Media Bias Alert:

Unsigned "Editorial" merely the usual anti-gun line spewed by this liberal rag...

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"AN INEXPLICABLE, and so far inexhaustible, flow of large and menacing guns continues to find its way onto America's streets, causing the sound of gunfire to become common -- almost expected -- in too many neighborhoods."

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KABA Note: This editorial is so full of ignorance and propaganda, that we could literally spend an entire day addressing the fallacies and paranoia in this piece. Instead, we encourage you to do it. Email the letters to the editor section at: letters@sfchronicle.com
 

NM: 1,000 Get Concealed Weapons licenses
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"The New Mexico concealed-carry law that went into effect Jan. 1 has resulted in nearly 1,000 New Mexicans carrying a handgun without displaying it."

"The latest figures from the New Mexico Department of Public Safety show 942 people now have a license to carry a concealed weapon, including 92 in Doña Ana County."

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And we haven't yet read about blood in the streets or incidents of armed road rage. Go figure!
 

SC: Bluffton cops cuffed in alleged scam
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"Two Bluffton police officers were arrested Wednesday after allegedly bilking an elderly Hilton Head Island couple out of millions of dollars."

"Lt. Benito Reyes of the Bluffton Police Department and part-time officer Lisa Cramer found themselves in handcuffs after a two-month investigation by the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office and the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division."

"Over five years, Cramer allegedly scammed the couple, both in their 90s, out of $4.5 million, said Beaufort County Sheriff P.J. Tanner."

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Only Police and Military are responsible for the PRIVELEDGE of owning/using firearms.
 

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