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Ecuador launches police operation against illegal possession of guns
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Larrea's statement came after Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa launched the Ecuador Without Weapons program, following six deaths this year of minors in gun fights in coastal Ecuadorean city, Guayaquil.
Speaking on his Saturday radio show, Correa said "Ecuador is going to be a nation without guns, where our children can walk the streets in peace". |
FL: Justice Dept. probes Orange County deputies' use of stun guns
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Orange County deputies' use of stun guns is being reviewed by the U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division in the first inquiry of its kind.
"This is our first pattern or practice investigation of a law enforcement agency's use of Tasers," said Justice Department spokeswoman Cynthia Magnuson this afternoon. "I would expect it be a lengthy investigation, meaning months." |
Many parents lax about gun safety
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The study appears in the June issue of the journal Pediatrics and was based on data collected through the Pediatric Research in Office Settings (PROS), the practice-based research network of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Dr. Shari Barkin, chief of the Division of General Pediatrics at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt, was primary investigator of the study and the lead author Dr. Robert Durant, professor of pediatrics of pediatrics at Wake Forest University School of Medicine. |
CA: When All Firearms Are 'Micro Stamped', Illegal Aliens Will [sic]
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Legislation that would require “micro stamping” of cartridges from semi-automatic weapons (which typically eject their spent cartridges after firing) hasegendered[sic] virulent criticisms from the usual suspects.
Their basic argument is the same they have used for decades. They posit a brilliant criminal who will think of ways to evade the laws, leaving only us dumb honest people to get entangled in a “legal web”, unconstitutional bureaucracy and so on. |
CT: Lawmakers move to punish those who fail to report lost, stolen guns
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Gun owners who fail to report their lost or stolen firearms to police within 72 hours could face penalties ranging from an infraction to a felony, under a bill debated in the House of Representatives Monday night.
The debate marked the continuation of a three-year effort to stem the tide of stolen guns used in crimes in Connecticut by making gun owners criminally accountable for their firearms.
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Under the bill, a first-time failure to report a lost or stolen gun within 72 hours is an infraction, punishable by a fine up to $90. Any subsequent unintentional failure to report a lost or stolen gun is a Class D felony, subject to a fine of up to $5,000, up to five years in prison, or both. |
WY: Gun enthusiasts turn out to shoot
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It sounded like a battleground a little ways south of Casper on Friday.
Gun enthusiasts gathered for the North Rockies Tenth Annual Machine Gun and Cannon Shoot.
Participants toted to the shooting grounds a wide variety of guns, including machine guns from World War Two, century-old cannon and modern automatic weapons. |
China: Dealing with despots
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...there are credible accusations that China is not only harassing and imprisoning practitioners of the Falun Gong branch of Buddhism but murdering them and then harvesting their corneas, kidneys and other organs for sale to those needing transplants.
I know it sounds too horrible to be true, and maybe it isn't true. But the past century taught us that nothing is too horrible to be true.
Ed.: Yet another example of the hideous things that may happen when people aren't permitted the means of effective self-defense. |
Japan: Headline-grabbing gun crimes mar safe image
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Japan, whose strict gun controls have long helped its image as the safest industrialized nation, has recently seen its reputation slip in the wake of headline-making shootings.
Nagasaki Mayor Itcho Ito was gunned down by a yakuza during his re-election campaign on April 17; a mobster holed himself up April 20 in an apartment in Machida, western Tokyo, after fatally shooting a fellow yakuza; a former gangster in Nagakute, Aichi Prefecture, shot and wounded his two children and a police officer May 17 and fatally shot an assault squad officer the next day. |
CA: No arrest yet in fatal shooting
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A man suspected in the shooting death of a Fontana resident on Saturday morning has not been arrested because his actions might be classified as self-defense, sheriff's deputies said.
Shots were fired from a Honda Accord about 6 a.m. into a residence on Stafford Street in what deputies said appears to be a gang-related drive-by shooting.
A man returned fire and hit the Accord's driver, Johnny Maldonado, 26, who was pronounced dead at the scene from a gunshot to the upper body. |
IN: Police: Stabbing looks to be self defense
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Police say Douglas barricaded himself inside, but Peak broke down the door and continued assaulting him. Police say Douglas grabbed a knife for protection and stabbed Peak to death.
No charges have been filed. Police say they're still investigating, but right now, the situation appears to be self defense. |
ID: Teen In Idaho Starts Exercising His Second Amendment Rights To The Letter
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The concerns about accidental shootings, and someone stealing the gun, are rather silly I think. We’re all allowed to own cars, after all, so what happens if we accidentally crash into someone else and hit them? What happens if someone steals our car and uses it to rob a bank or run someone over?
Those are things that can happen, but they’re risks we accept for the convenience of having cars available to us. Are these same risks not acceptable when it comes to carrying a gun for personal protection and as a crime deterrent? |
UK: Hugh Grant CPS Decision: Photos Were Studied
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On Friday the CPS confirmed that Hugh Grant will not face charges over claims that he kicked photographer Ian Whittaker and attacked him with a container of baked beans in west London on 24 April.
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The CPS spokeswoman added that 'self-defence', for example, can be used as a legitimate form of defence should the case go to court.
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The CPS statement added: 'In relation to a second allegation involving a discarded take away food container, the CPS decided that a prosecution would not be in the public interest...lack of premeditation on the part of Mr Grant and the overall circumstances of the incident.'
Ed.: Thankfully, the Brits are still allowed to use empty fast-food containers for self-defense. |
VT: In Vermont, nascent secession movement gains traction
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At Riverwalk Records, the all-vinyl record store just down the street from the state Capitol, the black "US Out of Vt.!" T-shirts are among the hottest sellers.
But to some people in Vermont, the idea is bigger than a $20 novelty. They want Vermont to secede from the United States -- peacefully, of course.
Disillusioned by what they call an empire about to fall, a small cadre of writers and academics is plotting political strategy and planting the seeds of separatism.
They've published a "Green Mountain Manifesto" subtitled "Why and How Tiny Vermont Might Help Save America From Itself by Seceding from the Union." |
Survey: Families Not Storing Guns Safely
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Few American families that keep firearms in their homes store them safely, a pediatric researcher says. Nearly 200 million guns are privately owned in the United States, and more than one third of all American homes report keeping at least one gun in the house, according to previous studies. Researchers surveyed more than 3,500 parents in pediatric offices across the United States and Canada. A total of 23 percent of the families surveyed reported owning firearms, and close to one third of them reported safe storage practices. |
ID: Fight with feds leads filmmaker to T.F.
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Aaron Zelman, a Wisconsin-based documentarian, will premiere his film,"The Gang," in Twin Falls, he said Friday, because of Red's Trading Post's struggles with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and Explosives.
Zelman and Jews for Preservation of Firearm Ownership will present a free showing of the movie at 7 p.m. June 13 and 14 at the Lamphouse Theater, 223 Fifth Ave. S.
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NY: Bloomberg Cast as Enemy No. 1 of Gun Rights Advocates
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In New York, Michael R. Bloomberg is known as the billionaire media mogul who became mayor. But in many parts of the country, he is the man who would take away your guns.An editorial writer in Harrisburg, Pa., accuses him of "ranting" about illegal firearms. A conservative publication in Florida, NewsMax, asserts: "Bloomberg's hatred of guns has twisted roots." And on the Web site of The Wichita Eagle, one writer wonders why a New York mayor is “telling the people of Kansas what to do.” In towns large and small across the country, Mr. Bloomberg, a Republican, has emerged as the face of gun control in America. |
NY: Judge ponders gun-licensing policy for Westchester
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Would-be Westchester pistol packers could apply directly to a judge for handgun permits under a plan being considered by the 9th Judicial District to establish a special pistol-licensing court in the county. Administrative Judge Francis Nicolai said a court devoted to pistol permits would provide consistency in reviewing and deciding pistol applications and streamline the often-lengthy process. "It's something I'm evaluating," Nicolai said. "We'd need to determine what it would take administratively and what judicial resources would be required. I'll be meeting with the judges to discuss it and if county officials have an interest in meeting with me about it, I'd be more than willing to do so.' |
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