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SAF Files Complaint Against New Orleans Police Chief's Plan To Grab Guns
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"The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) is calling upon U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to investigate New Orleans Police Superintendent Warren Riley over his announcement last week that police in his city would once again confiscate privately-owned firearms in the event of another catastrophic storm like Hurricane Katrina." ...
"Last summer, SAF was joined by the National Rifle Association in a federal lawsuit against post-Hurricane Katrina gun seizures. ..."
"'We believe Riley's decision is a flagrant disregard of the federal court action, Louisiana state law and both the Louisiana and federal constitutional protections of the right to keep and bear arms,' Gottlieb said in his letter to Gonzales." ... |
Fire a Shot Heard 'Round the World on the 4th of July!
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"This 4th of July, while you and your family celebrate the 230th Anniversary of the founding of our great nation, there’s one party you won’t be invited to..."
"...And that’s the party that Kofi Annan is throwing at United Nations headquarters in New York — using your tax dollars — for nearly fifty dictatorships, six terrorist states, governments that endorse execution based on religious faith, and a multitude of other nations from around the globe."
"You see, this party isn’t to honor your freedoms -- but to conspire to take them away. That’s right. Over our 4th of July holiday, while taps is played at Arlington National Cemetery to honor Americans who have sacrificed their lives for freedom..." ... |
Breaking the law?
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"The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms is taking a closer look at the information used to support a federal lawsuit filed by the city of New York against gun shops around the country - including two in our region." ...
"The bottom line here is whether the gun stores in question violated the law. But in an added - and fair - twist to this story, the ATF has also started looking into the actions of the investigators who made the gun buys, The Associated Press reported last week."
"'We are on a fact-finding mission right now, and we told them we are going to have to look into what happened,' ATF spokesman Joseph Green told the AP. 'We will have to look into whether any laws were violated.'" ... |
Start of hurricane season triggers gun debate
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"The start of hurricane season has become a selling point for gun-rights legislation spurred by Hurricane Katrina."
"During the during storm's chaotic aftermath, government officials hoping to ensure public safety seized hundreds of legally owned guns from Louisiana residents ... The seizures have triggered outrage among gun-rights activists, spawning a lawsuit and bills nationwide to ban future confiscations."
"'These people were left to defend themselves from criminals,' said Chris Cox, chief lobbyist for the National Rifle Association (NRA). 'It really became the proving ground for what American gun owners have always feared, and that’s the day that bureaucrats threw the Bill of Rights in the trash can.'" ... |
NC: Man killed after trying to force his way into 2 houses, say police
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"A man who tried to force his way into two houses on Friedland Church Road was shot dead this morning, a spokesman for the Forsyth County Sheriff's Office said today." ...
"Sheriff's Capt. Brad Stanley said a man tried to force his way into the front door of 2804 Friedland Church Road ... The man shot off the locks of the front door with a shotgun and entered the house, he said." ...
"The woman ran to a house next door ... where a married couple lives, Stanley said. The man followed her and shot off the lock of a side door of the neighbor's house. A man inside the second house killed the attacker with a shotgun, Stanley said."
"Authorities have yet to say whether the shooting was in self-defense." ... |
OH: Strickland says his mind changes as bills are tweaked
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"Less than two weeks after the Ohio primaries, releases from the Ohio Republican Party started filtering into e-mail in-boxes."
"Citing voting records and quotes, the releases charged that U.S. Rep. Ted Strickland of Lisbon, the Democratic nominee for governor, was 'consistently inconsistent' on issues ranging from guns to immigration to casino gambling in Ohio." ...
"He voted against the war in Iraq and a constitutional amendment that would define marriage as between a man and woman, but he also has opposed additional gun control, voting against the Brady Handgun Bill and background checks for gun sales at gun shows." ... |
SC: Be sure to get out and vote
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"For the average outdoorsman, about the last thing he wants to think about in connection with hunting, fishing, and general enjoyment of the natural world is politics. After all, these pursuits are intended to provide relaxation, escape from the stress of daily life and moments of pure pleasure."
"Yet a realistic view of sport makes it essential that sportsmen pay close attention to what is going on in the political world."
"Take, for example, the ongoing problems with the state's Department of Natural Resources. Annual budgets have been dramatically slashed, veteran personnel have been lost and not replaced, morale has plummeted ..." ... |
NY: Laws would track offenders, ban paint that disguises guns as toys
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"Criminals convicted of gun crimes in New York City would have to register and update their addresses ... under a law proposed by city officials on Monday."
"The gun registry act is one of several modest measures that Mayor Michael Bloomberg wants to push through the City Council as part of his effort to crack down further on illegal firearms. ..."
"The registry would require offenders convicted of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree to list their addresses and check in every six months, for four years after their convictions."
"Bloomberg said hundreds of people are convicted of these offenses ... and deserve heightened supervision 'because as a group they are highly prone to committing repeat violent crimes.'" ... |
OH: Open Carry Leads To Felony Traffic Stop; Suspended License
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"Many gun owners fear that Ohio's open carry requirements in a car are going to get someone killed one day. Just last week, another incident played out that demonstrates just how dangerous the mindset of 'man with a gun equals criminal' could be for law abiding gun owners."
"Recently, a concealed handgun license holder was pulled over in Oregon, Ohio (near Toledo) after leaving a gas station. He was ordered out of his vehicle by police conducting a 'felony traffic stop', eventually had to crawl out of his window (his doors were locked and he was ordered to keep his hands in sight, rendering it impossible to unlock them), and was ordered to the ground while being held at gunpoint. His crime? Carrying a gun lawfully." ... |
MS: Former JPD Officer Charged With Assault
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"Maurice Clark was arrested ... after police say he attacked and pistol whipped his former girlfriend Angela Herrion"
"Ridgeland police were monitoring the apartment building that burned Saturday when they heard her screams."
"Officers found Herrion on her knees bleeding and Clark and another man walking away. Herrion told police she and a male friend were leaving her apartment when Clark suddenly appeared." ...
"Police confiscated a Glock 9mm handgun and charged Clark with aggravated assault and domestic violence." ...
"Clark resigned from the Jackson police force in January following allegations of an improper relationship with Tawana Sandifer. Her body was found in the Presidential Hills Park." |
East Timor: Guns, ammo missing from E Timor police
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"ALMOST all the ammunition and more than half the firearms of East Timor's national police force are missing."
"Unaccounted for, according to a security analyst, are more than half the 3000 Glock 9mm pistols issued to the 3400-member police force (PNTL), whose authority has ceased to exist in Dili."
"More than half the PNTL's 400 Steyr assault rifles and Heckler & Koch HK-33 sub-machineguns, 160 of 200 FNC assault rifles and all F-2000 machine pistols issued to police bodyguard units are also missing."
"The 2200-strong Australian-led taskforce in East Timor has seized more than 1000 weapons, but these include knives, axes and machetes." ... |
UK: 999 Service Improving, Say Police
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"A POLICE force criticised over delays in answering 999 calls yesterday said it was keeping fewer of the public hanging on the phone – although its response still fell short of national targets last year."
Humberside Police was publicly criticised last July for its record on call and incident handling. Some crime victims faced lengthy delays on the telephone when trying to contact the police."
"Others, having contacted the police, experienced unacceptably long periods waiting to see an officer. In response, the force formed the Incident Handling Improvement Team (IHIT) to improve performance in answering the phone and follow-up action." ... |
ID: Wendell OKs shooting program for kids
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"The Wendell American Legion wanted to make sure it wouldn't run into any legal trouble before starting a Junior Shooters program on their facility."
"The city's weapons ordinance states that, 'It shall be unlawful for any person not a peace officer in the discharge of his duties to discharge any gun, revolver or pistol within the limits of the City,' and 'To use devices or weapons commonly known as air guns, sling shots or flippers on the street or the sidewalks of the City.'"
"Being that the Junior Shooters would be shooting air rifles and pellet guns in the American Legion basement, program representative Tom Mattias wanted clarification from the council that their usage wouldn’t interfere with city code." ... |
DE: New Castle County replacing its aging firearms
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"Even Clint Eastwood had to keep up with technology."
"As the years and the films rolled by, he traded his trusty six-shooter from the old spaghetti Westerns for a bigger, badder .44-caliber Magnum in the Dirty Harry cop flicks ..."
"That was 1971, when some type of revolver was standard issue for most police forces, including the New Castle County Police Department. County police moved up to a Smith & Wesson 9 mm semiautomatic pistol in 1987 and an updated 9 mm pistol in 1992."
"Now county officers are ready for another upgrade. The department's 360 handguns are being replaced this year with a lighter, tougher version of the 9 mm Smith & Wesson pistol that is designed for military and police." ... |
FL: Have gun, will travel: Sebastian range draws 'em in
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"Bill Martin is a self-professed gadget guy."
"So the Sebastian retiree was in his element with his some-assembly-required hobby of shooting a muzzle-loading pistol. First he swabbed the barrel, poured in a measured amount of gunpowder and then rammed down a .50-caliber lead ball, before cocking the hammer and inserting a detonation cap on a nipple at the base of the barrel."
"Then he held, aimed, pulled the trigger and fired — as do hundreds of people each week at the Indian River County Public Shooting Range."
"The county-owned multipurpose range opened five years ago, in April, with about 100 visitors a week." ... |
MO: Kids event stresses conservation
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... "Greg Bell, president of Midway Hunting Retrievers Club, was there to offer advice on how to work with hunting dogs. He stressed how starting early is imperative."
"The demonstration was one of several the Mid-Missouri Ducks Unlimited chapter, a foundation committed to the conservation and restoration of wetlands, provided Sunday afternoon at the Cedar Creek Rod & Gun Club in Millersburg."
"The event, aimed at getting young people involved in conservation, included archery, building homes for ducks and rifle and shot gun shooting." ... |
AK: Giant brown bear charges hunters
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"Matt Zeek and Charles Goff made cautious progress down the trail ... hoping to see a bear." ...
"It was about 11 a.m. when all hell — in the form of a massive male brown bear with claws as long as a man's fingers and paws as big as a human head — broke loose from where it was silently tucked in the alders, just a few yards away."
"'It happened so quickly. He just sprung up and was bounding up the hill woofing with his ears back and head down,' Zeek said."
"Within two leaps and a matter of seconds the bear had closed almost 20 yards, Zeek said. There was only about 20 more yards separating the hunters and the still-charging bruin, so they opened fire with their .270 and 30.350 rifles." ... |
NV: Kids and guns
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"I am on record as saying the world would be better off without guns. Actually, I'm really not anti-gun, I'm just fed up with reckless and ruthless gun owners. Collectors and sportsmen don't generally fall into either category."
"... I don't care a lot for handguns, but as long as the laws are followed when purchasing one, I don't have a problem."
"Last September, a study by researchers at the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that more than 1.7 million children live in homes with loaded, unlocked guns. More than 500 children die annually from accidental gunshots. Some shoot themselves, while others kill friends or siblings, often after discovering a gun." ...
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Submitter's Note: Actually according to the CDC's WISQARS website, in 2002 and 2003 there were less than 1/10th of that number of children (13 and under) accidentally killed by guns. To reach the over 500 annually number, you have to include 'children' up to 45 years old. |
UK: Rifle used in post office robbery
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Two men, one armed with a single barrelled rifle, stole cash and postal orders during a post office robbery.
The men, both wearing white paper suits and dust masks over their faces, struck at the Piccadilly Post Office in north Warwickshire on Friday afternoon.
They demanded staff hand over the cash and then escaped in a red old-style Ford Escort.
The car was later found abandoned near to a rifle range in Kingsbury and is being examined by forensic experts. |
UK: Arms shops not to blame for violence
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"'SUPPORT Law and Order: Buy a Gun'. That is the message on the counter of a Bournemouth shop displaying a frightening-looking array of weaponry in its window." ...
"[Former serviceman Gillie Howe] believes that the clampdown on handgun ownership in the wake of the Hungerford and Dunblane incidents did nothing to stem the flow of illegal firearms circulating in the UK although it did interfere with the activities of the law-abiding gun enthusiasts who make up most of his customers."
"'We have probably the most stringent gun laws in the world. Unfortunately it's done no good. Everyone handed in their pistols and the government said it had all the guns off the street. From that day on, there have been more shootings than ever before,' said Mr Howe." ... |
Australia: Rifle-wielding bandit on run
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Police have released a security photo of a man they wish to speak to in relation to an armed robbery at Kyneton, north of Melbourne.
Detectives said a man armed with a Lee Enfield .303 rifle entered the Kyneton BP service station just after 9pm on May 29.
The man pointed the rifle at two cashiers and after demanding money was given cash from the two registers before he escaped.
He was described as wearing a grey beanie and a grey scarf wrapped around his face, and carried an orange shopping bag.
Anyone with any information is asked to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 |
UK: Wall of silence fear over shootings
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"POLICE have appealed for the public’s help in an investigation to find a masked gunman who shot two teenage boys."
"A 15-year-old was shot in the chest, back, groin, buttock and thigh in Ardwick, Manchester late on Saturday. His 13-year-old friend was shot once in the lower leg."
"Police have not established whether the teenagers were attacked as a result of mistaken identity. The boys, who have not been named, underwent surgery yesterday. An armed police guard is at the hospital."
"The two were leaning on their bikes in the street just before midnight when a silver car with four masked men pulled up next to them. One man with a gun got out of the car as another shouted: 'That's him. Let him have it.' ..." ... |
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