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"Guns are the center of the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution."
"While the topic is clear, the amendment is fraught with ambiguity and has been subject to conflicting interpretations and often acrimonious debate."
"The sharp conflicts are everyday discussion topics, as gun-control advocates claim that firearms have a pivotal role in societal violence, and firearm enthusiasts clamor that restricting guns tramps on the intent and spirit of the Second Amendment." ... |
LA: Riley says he'll confiscate weapons if disaster strikes, gun rights activists outraged
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" Gun rights activists were up in arms Friday after New Orleans Police Chief Warren Riley said he would confiscate weapons should disaster strike."
"The chief’s comments came after a federal lawsuit forced the city to return hundreds of firearms that were seized in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina."
"In an interview with WWL Radio, Riley said his officers would seize guns from people on the streets if another storm was to hit New Orleans."
"'During a circumstance like that, we cannot allow people to walk the street carrying guns…as law enforcement officers we will confiscate the weapon if a person is walking down the street and they may be arrested,' Riley said." ...
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PA: Grand jury says shooter acted in self-defense
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"Believing a Philadelphia man was acting in self-defense, a grand jury chose not to charge him in the fatal Easter shooting of one man and seriously wounding another, according to its investigation released yesterday."
"According to the report, Randy Dillon ... was parked at the Wawa gas station ... when he was attacked by a group of 17- to 20-year-old Philadelphia residents who were drinking and partying ..."
"'I think it is important for the public to know the truth as to what happened. Based upon our inquiry, we find that Randy Dillon acted in self-defense and should not be charged with any offense in the matter. We find that the individuals who assaulted Dillon initiated the physical confrontation,' said the grand jury report." ... |
FL: Prowlers flee homeowner's bullets
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"A homeowner in Southwest Ranches said he was frightened by two prowlers when he fired the first shot at them through a garage window."
"About 2:45 a.m., a live-in housekeeper at a home ... heard noises and saw the men in the garage area possibly trying to break into the garage or a 1995 Ferrari F512. She alerted the homeowner."
"While his wife was on the phone with Broward sheriff's deputies, he got his Walther P99 semiautomatic pistol and entered the garage through an interior door. ..."
"[Deputies] found seven spent shell casings on the front driveway, one inside the garage and a bullet hole in the garage window. The homeowner said he fired seven shots at the men before they jumped a fence into a neighbor's yard." ... |
ID: Family mourns loss of Prescott
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"A memorial service will be held Monday for a young man known for his quiet, gentle ways and strong love for children." ...
"Prescott, 23, died Monday morning after being shot during an altercation in McCall. His family in Idaho will remember him Monday, with services in his hometown of Bath to be announced at a later date."
"Police claim the shooting followed two early morning fights at a residence involving Prescott and two of his brothers and other unidentified participants."
"The shooter has not been charged, claiming self-defense, but William and Patrick Prescott are each facing three counts of felony aggravated battery." [emphasis added] ... |
New Zealand: Colleague of slain dairy worker wants staff armed
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"An employee at the Auckland dairy where a worker was shot and killed last year says his colleagues should be allowed to arm themselves in self defence."
"The call comes a day after a Hamilton dairy owner called for retailers to be allowed guns behind the counter amid growing concerns about robberies in that city."
"The Auckland dairy employee, who did not wish to be named, said he had been assaulted three times during convenience store robberies in the past five years. He said assaults were increasing and staff were defenceless to protect themselves unless they were armed." ... |
AZ: Court, ruling in Tucson case, OKs suits by injured suspects
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"Security guards and other people who injure or kill criminals they subdue can be sued by their victims and their families, the state Court of Appeals ruled Friday."
"In a unanimous decision, the three-judge panel voided a state law that said people couldn't sue if they were injured while committing or attempting to commit crimes. That law provided immunity even if the person who caused the injury was grossly negligent."
"Judge Joseph Howard, writing for the court, said the state constitution clearly spells out that judges and juries have the sole power in civil lawsuits to determine if the actions of victims that result in injury or death are their own fault. And that, he said, voids the law." ... |
VA: Allen introduces weapons bill (another view)
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"People with permits from one state to carry a concealed firearm would generally be able to exercise that right elsewhere under a bill introduced quietly by Sen. George Allen."
"'The bill would simply require states to recognize each other's concealed-carry permits and licenses, just as they recognize drivers' licenses,' Allen, R-Va., said in a statement in the Congressional Record when he introduced the bill May 26." ...
"'He's trying to shore up his base with the [National Rifle Association] people,' contended Jim Sollo, executive director of Virginians Against Handgun Violence."
"'Why not do it early in the campaign and kind of quietly, before the heat of the election campaign?' Sollo said yesterday." ... |
MI: Officers disciplined after friendly fire incident
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"Fourteen pistol shots were fired at close range inside the house by two police officers who mistakenly thought they were in danger during a hostage-rescue effort involving three other officers and three people in the house."
"A refrigerator was shot to pieces, but no one was injured." ...
"Two Muskegon Police Department command officers were disciplined for violating department 'policy and protocol' in the wake of the April incident ... during which two officers mistakenly shot at each other."
"But the city's chief of police declined to be more specific about the mistakes made that led to the dangerous situation or provide the names of the disciplined officers." ... |
WV: Huber on the lookout for the law
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"Not that he hasn't always, but Charleston attorney Jason Huber will be on his best behavior from now on."
"That happens when an attorney is acting as counsel for a man suing his hometown's police force and representing nine other individuals in cases that could make the Wayne County Sheriff's Department look borderline incompetent." ...
"Jeffrey Mark Bricker turned to Huber, of the law firm Forman and Huber, and filed his lawsuit against the City of Charleston, Corporal Pridemore and Officer Edwards May 24 in Kanawha Circuit Court, alleging that Pridemore and Edwards savagely beat and arrested him while he was having a diabetic episode." ... |
NM: Don't Try This at Home
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"The first startling thing Joy White saw out of her bedroom window was a man running toward her door with an M16. ... 'Come out with your hands up immediately, Miss White!' one of them yelled through a megaphone, while another handcuffed the physicist in his underwear. Recalling that June morning in 2003, Lazar says, 'If they were expecting to find Osama bin Laden, they brought along enough guys.'"
"The target of this operation, which involved more than two dozen police officers and federal agents, was not an international terrorist ring but the couple’s home business, United Nuclear Scientific Supplies, a mail-order outfit that serves amateur scientists, students, teachers, and law enforcement professionals. ..." ... |
Philippines: 39% of policemen have no guns
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"SENATE Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel Jr. has urged the government to solve immediately the problem of acute deficiency of firearms in the Philippine National Police which undermine its capability to enforce law and order and combat criminality."
"Pimentel was disturbed by the report of the Department of the Interior and Local Government and PNP that only 61.5 percent of the 115,000 policemen have government-issued firearms."
"He said that while there are orders for the purchase of firearms to be used by nine percent of the police force, this will still leave 30 percent of them without guns." ... |
Philippines: Who will protect us from our protectors?
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"IN a disturbing report released recently, the Commission on Human Rights, a constitutionally independent quasi-judicial body, said the shooting incident on November 7, 2005, at the Ortigas Center in Pasig City, in which three youths presumed to be in conflict with the law were killed and one policeman was wounded, was not a shootout but a rubout. The commission called it a case of multiple murder and referred the matter to the Office of the Military Ombudsman for prosecution."
"The disturbing elements in the conclusion are that the self-defense claim of the PNP was false as proven by a private-video recording taken during the incident by a witness with a camera. ..." ... |
Guyana: One missing army AK-47 recovered
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"One of the 30 AK-47s stolen from a Guyana Defence Force (GDF) bond earlier this year was recovered yesterday following a Joint Services operation at Enterprise on the East Coast of Demerara."
"A release from the Joint Services yesterday said that the operation which was conducted in the Melanie, Enterprise and Non Pareil areas, was launched to pursue leads linking two suspects to the robbery and fatal shooting incident at Non Pareil and Enterprise last Thursday. The statement said that the two suspects were known to be linked to a narcotics criminal enterprise 'that is led by a fugitive from US justice.'" ... |
MI: Deer in Sharp Park might be targeted
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"A plan to trim the state's exploding deer population will rely mostly on hunters, but professional sharpshooters might be used in places like Ella Sharp Park in Jackson."
"Jim Parrott, the city's parks and recreation director, said a helicopter survey of deer will be conducted in Sharp Park this fall. The city will work with the state Department of Natural Resources to come up with a plan to trim the herd."
"If sharpshooters are employed, Parrott acknowledged that may not sit well with animal lovers." ... |
OR: Want to join a gun club? Be patient, get NRA card
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"It didn't seem right to have to drive so far, using increasingly precious fuel, just to stun a pristine morning meadow awake with gunfire and stud the landscape with potentially dangerous lead." [link added by submitter]
"But the rifle's scope needed adjustment, I needed to hone my shooting skills, and it does seem like the more I do that in the offseason, the better."
"So I used a last-ditch, fruitless Memorial Day turkey hunt in a national forest to also shoot up a box of shells."
"Instead of heading to a local rifle range." ...
"Why not join a rifle club?"
"Great idea, just as soon as I find one that: A) doesn't have a waiting list of a year or more, B) is closer to home than either side of Mount Hood, and, C) won't make me join the National Rifle Association." ... |
WI: Local Fastdraw Club Hosts State Championships
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The "Wisconsin 6 Shooters" club hosted the Cowboy Fastdraw Association's state championships this weekend.
Shooters use old-fashioned pistols and wax bullets to shoot at a target about 20 feet away. They compete head to head, and the fastest three out of five shots gets a shooter to the next round.
Competitors really get into the spirit of the quick-shooting era, complete with clothing from the 1800's.
"The traditional aspect of it has really gained us a lot of popularity. And it's spreading all over the country very quickly," says Brad Hemmah, founder of the Cowboy Fastdraw Association.
More than 40 shooters took part in this weekend's competition. The winners in both the men's and women's division took home a new pistol and other prizes. |
MI: When is killing a bear justified?
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"What I remember most about the bear was its eyes: two glowing embers at the fringe of darkness. It stood at the perimeter of our camp 40 feet away, barely lit by the fire." ...
"It is illegal to shoot a bear out of season and without a permit, but it is legal to kill one in self-defense if you feel imminently threatened. Law enforcement officials say Mr. Tippett's family was not actually attacked, but that Tippett was justified in killing the bear because he felt they were in danger."
"The question that arises is, where do you draw the line? When is someone actually threatened? When are they simply afraid?" ... |
NY: Busy gun court gets tough on ordinary offenders
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... "... gun courts have become a cornerstone of Mayor Michael Bloomberg's highly publicized crusade to discourage criminals from selling, buying and using illegal firearms in the five boroughs."
"Bloomberg and judicial officials announced the opening of gun courts in Brooklyn, the Bronx and Queens about three years ago. Since then, the percentage of gun-possession defendants receiving one-year jail terms or longer has roughly doubled, city officials said." ...
"'We take these cases extremely seriously,' said Sue-Ellen Bienenfeld, who supervises six prosecutors assigned to the Brooklyn gun court. 'We see every possession of a gun as a potential homicide. ... We don't want to wait for somebody to actually be killed.'" ... |
PA: Local ladies lock and load
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"Yes, local gun shops and shooting ranges are kissing up to the ladies, and so are gun manufacturers."
"This is not a blind date. The industry has its eyes wide open."
"The burgeoning female shooters' market, which is estimated to be worth at least $285 million this year in firearm sales alone, has gun manufacturers tweaking products, eager to show their feminine side, and gun shops welcoming a growing demographic of shoppers."
"Derek Friedland at French Creek said 'more and more women' are coming to the store’s shooting range and more are signing up for shooting classes ..."
"Friedland said women are arming themselves for protection. Most are in their late 20s or 30s and single." ... |
WV: Girls make Putnam County rifle club stronger
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"Southern West Virginia’s only rifle club for young people has overcome its biggest deficiency."
"'We have girls shooting for us now,' said team coach Ed Seitz."
"For its first year, the Putnam County Gun Club's Junior Rifle Club was a testosterone-saturated organization. Its founders and its members were all men."
"'That was OK, but it wasn’t good,' said Seitz. 'If you look at collegiate rifle teams, you’ll find that there are as many women as men. This year, two of the top three smallbore-rifle shooters in the NCAA tournament were women. So was the air-rifle champion.'" ... |
NY: More mayors pledge to fight illegal guns
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"Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Boston Mayor Thomas Menino said Sunday that 37 more mayors have signed on to fight illegal guns, joining the 15 who convened in New York in April for the first Mayors Summit on Illegal Guns."
"At the April 25 summit, the mayors signed a six-point resolution to combat gun violence and said they hoped to put pressure on the federal government and state legislatures to strengthen anti-gun laws." ... |
NY: Rough ride for TR's pistol
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"It's been 16 years since the pistol Theodore Roosevelt used during the Spanish-American War was stolen from Sagamore Hill National Historic Site. And now, because of a tipster with a sense of history, the revolver is coming home."
"After the caller told the site's chief curator that the gun belonged at TR's Cove Neck estate, the FBI was able to recover it in the South last fall. And while continuing to investigate the April 1990 theft from a display case at the Old Orchard Museum, the agency will return the .38-caliber Colt to the National Park Service June 14." ... |
NY: Got A Gun, Give It to a Church
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"Guns were the weapon of choice in majority of Rochester's fifty-four homicides last year. That is why the Rochester Police Department and clergy members believe getting rid of the guns will help alleviate the violence."
"'We understand this is just a small piece of getting that endeavor done,' said Rochester Police Chief David Moore. 'We're very excited about partnering with the community. The police department can not do this alone. We need your help,' he pleaded."
"Saturday, Chief Moore put his gun drop off program in action. Five local churches agreed to have their buildings as drop off locations." ... |
WI: An opening for a dialogue to stop the gun violence
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"A nondescript building houses Badger Outdoors, whose weapons bad men favor. ..."
"At high noon on a warm Friday, business is brisk. A customer aims a pistol. A wall displays used rifles. Signs say: 'Fight Crime; Shoot Back.'"
"The store is, in effect, working both sides of the fence. It has aided and abetted crime ... Badger Outdoors leads the nation in the number of crime guns traced back to it ..." ...
"Still, the Journal Sentinel story about Badger featured hope, in the remarks of co-owner Mick Beatovic. He said that he favors requiring background checks and the completion of paperwork on sales of weapons after they have left the dealer." ...
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Canada: Experts warn of another 'Summer of the Gun'
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"Gun violence is on the rise in Canada's major cities, and police are bracing themselves for another season of escalating casualties."
"'Summertime months are peak months for gun violence, and the question is will we face another 'Summer of the Gun,' Bill Hubble, deputy director of the Criminal Intelligence Service, a federal agency, told CTV News." ...
"Experts trace the problem to guns flowing into Canada from the United States, although criminals also steal from legitimate gun owners."
"The reason for the flow of illegal guns northward is quite simple: Gun smuggling is highly profitable. A high-quality $300 pistol bought in Philadelphia can fetch around $2,000 in Canada." ... |
Canada: Everyday struggle on urban battleground
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"As many as 100 gangs wage war daily on Toronto's urban battlegrounds, fighting for control -- or simply for survival."
"Police have said many of the gangs are loosely organized crews or cliques, made up of a bunch of kids in a 'hood' aspiring to make a name for themselves." ...
"Councillor Giorgio Mammoliti, whose northwest ward harbours some of the city's fiercest gangs, said various social ills -- poverty, lack of security and of good parenting -- have allowed gangsters to feed and thrive off the communities they live in."
"'Gangs target young kids who become drug runners, gun runners, drug dealers and then gang members,' said Mammoliti. ..." ...
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UK: The streets of Scotland: Britain's knife capital
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... "Simon Leila has been teaching self defence for more than 20 years in cities across the UK and he admits he has been shocked by the level of knife crime. 'In every class we teach in Glasgow there are at least a couple of people who have been victims of knife crime. When I was teaching in England I could go years without ever meeting anybody who had been stabbed or even threatened with a knife,' says Leila whose organisation, Krav Maga Scotland, teaches a form of self-defence pioneered by the Israeli military."
"'The vast majority of people we teach are ordinary members of the public who are anxious about violent crime. We spend almost 40 per cent of time in our Glasgow classes practising knife-defences because of the problem - that's double the time devoted to the problem in other areas of the country.'" ... |
UK: A Knife To The Heart
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"TWO astonishing statistics. More than 90 dangerous weapons - including a really horrible selection of knives -were seized by police from people going to a carnival. At the same time a survey indicated that 300,000 children now take knives to school."
"Blades are now the most common murder weapon. The most favoured instrument of inflicting sudden death, whether it be on a train, in a run-of-the-mill domestic dispute, or a young man seeking to stop a fight and paying for it with his life."
"It's easy to obtain a knife, easy to carry, easy to use. Those who do so invariably have no idea -what injuries they are able to inflict. A detailed study of human anatomy is unlikely to be one of their skills." ... |
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