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"Modeled after a Defense Department concept that ostensibly could keep tabs on every American, a pair of Massachusetts Institute of Technology students have created a website in which users can 'track' politicians and government officials."
"The project, called Government Information Awareness, or GIA, was developed by Chris Csikszentmihalyi, assistant professor at the MIT Media Lab, and graduate student Ryan McKinley." |
Liberia: Liberians Swarm U.S. Military Experts
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"U.S. military experts received a jubilant but chaotic welcome Tuesday from thousands of Liberians pleading for an American-led rescue mission to help end their West African country's ruinous civil war." ...
" 'Why doesn't U.S. send the peacekeepers?' complained Kareem Koffa, who was selling gas out of jerry cans by the roadside. 'If they don't, people will go on a rampage if Taylor steps down. It will be too dangerous for normal people who don't have weapons.' "
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NY: No Fun at Fund-Raiser
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"Police said they were there to enforce beach regulations, including no open alcohol containers, no unattended beach blankets and no swimming after 6 p.m., partygoers said. But the action struck many community members as heavy-handed since the police and the community had been ignoring the regulations for years." ...
"When the police came they grabbed my husband Richie and threw him against a police car, patted him down though all he was wearing was a bathing suit, handcuffed him and led him away."
" 'They acted like storm troopers. ...My twins were crying and yelling, Mommy, what are they doing to daddy?"
"Knott said the police refused to let her speak to her husband, who she feared was going to be arrested. Instead he was cuffed to a rail along with a retired detective named Dave Reilly." ...
"Now I understand what people mean when they talk about police harassment."
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Gun Control Is Socialist
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"To the extent that the United States has imposed gun controls on a population 'protected' by our Bill of Rights, we have a measure of how socialist our country has become. Our government was founded on the idea that individuals have God-given rights that need to be protected from that same government. Furthermore, government was seen as having no rights, but only a few well-defined duties. Socialism requires the reversal of our founding premises." ...
"Consider who are the most ardent gun control advocates in America. Senators Charles Schumer, Hillary Clinton and Diane Feinstein are among the most eager to ban guns, and they are among the most socialist of our national politicians." ...
"Fight socialism. Buy a gun." |
MD: Terror drill to test area response
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"Health officials are planning an extensive bioterrorism drill in the Baltimore area that will send volunteers, wearing makeup and acting as though they have been infected with smallpox or other diseases, to area hospitals." ...
"Organizers wouldn't reveal when the practice will start, noting that they want to maintain some element of surprise."
"The volunteers, who will pretend to have symptoms of diseases, will wear shirts proclaiming 'this is only an exercise' so that doctors won't be tricked into abandoning patients with real health emergencies to attend to actors, officials said yesterday." ...
"The $60,000 cost of the drill is coming from a federal grant received by the state."
"The federal government also recently pledged $10.9 million to help prepare the Baltimore region for a possible attack."
"O'Malley said the city probably will receive about $4 million of that total after suburban counties and state government get their share."
"The mayor said that won't be enough money and that it won't arrive soon enough to protect the city." |
OH: Only Half Right: Pro-CCW newspaper editors call for Am. Sub. HB12 passage
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"Several traditionally pro-self defense rights newspaper editorial boards have recently published editorials calling upon passage of Am. Sub. HB12 (as amended by the Senate). It is obvious to anyone reading these opinions that they are based on a lack of familiarity with just how egregious the Senate's amendments are (especially the Taft 'Car-jacker Protection' provision), and just how many more law-abiding citizens would be threatened with arrest and prosecution due to the Senate's changes." |
OH: Hidden guns pose no problem to public
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"Would anyone have reason to fear if or when a carrying a concealed weapon law is finally passed in Ohio? Instead of wild speculation and ridiculous claims along the lines of 'shoot-outs over fender benders' and 'blood running in the streets,' why don’t we instead use the real facts, live data and recent history?"
"There are over 50 million man-years of concealed carry behind us right now. That is four million CCW’s over 12-plus years, in 32, now 33 states. Then there is Vermont, where you never needed any permit." |
MI: Police Unable to Find Man in Fire
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"Fire burned the rural home of a man who had barricaded himself inside during a deadly standoff with police, but authorities were unable to find him when they searched the rubble." ...
"DeVisser said her brother (the homeowner) serves as a chaplain for a nonviolent militia group that supports the right to bear arms. ...DeVisser believes Woodring had one or two rifles and a revolver in the home, all legally."
A police officer was shot during the standoff.
"State police Inspector Barry Getzen ...would not rule out the possibility that Marshall may have been hit by a bullet shot by another officer." |
I Own A “Sniper Rifle”
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"Those who oppose this view seem to be constantly trying to deny me that right, but do so by subterfuge, questionable statistics and studies, and a calculated gradualism aimed at the elimination of all firearms. Lawsuits aimed at holding gun manufacturers responsible for the actions of criminals are already taking place. The next manifestation of this gradualism will probably be a call to ban 'sniper rifles' - the definition of which, as noted, can include just about any rifle." |
Defend Your Life, Go To Jail?
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"I hope you all read the Doonesburry Comic by Garry Trudeau published June 28th. He is making fun of the NRA and Wayne LaPierre. Basically Mr. LaPiaborterre is asking Congress not to take automatic weapons from the Iraq people. Then it goes on to say that Congress is about to restore this right to bear automatic weapons to the people of America. It would be hypocrisy not to allow the Iraqi's this same right, according to Trudeau." ...
"That's when America will no longer be the Home of the Free and Brave. We fought a war to get away from England and the king because we wanted freedom to live our lives our way without the government interfering. So why has Mr. Trudeau and others lost sight of that? Perhaps it goes back to their parenting. Perhaps he and others like him would be much happier living in France or some other nation of cowards. So if you don't like freedom, leave America to those of us who do." |
Democrats Speak Softly On Gun Control
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"Gun control used to be an easy, reliable issue for Democrats. Presidential candidates could bring it up and audiences would cheer."
"No more. As the party's nine White House hopefuls hop from city to city in candidate forums, no one seems to want to talk guns." ...
"So no one brings up guns, few even mention it on their Internet sites and when someone else asks about the topic, candidates say, 'Sure, we're for gun control, but we're also for letting people keep their guns.' " |
IL: Hastert truck hit by water balloon
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"A 33-year-old man faces felony aggravated battery charges for tossing a water balloon at U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Yorkville."
"John S. Allen of Dixon posted his $25,000 bail on Monday. He was arrested Sunday after throwing the balloon during the Dixon Petunia Festival parade. The balloon broke on an antique fire truck driven by Hastert, who got wet but was not injured."
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TSA Fires Good Guy, but Fails to Screen Its Own Employees
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"APSA has learned from various sources that as many as eighty-seven on-the-job Federal Air Marshals have suddenly failed background checks. Some of these FAMs have been flying on your airplanes for as long as a year and a half. ...What bothers us is that the TSA, as we have reported to you before, is inflicting obnoxious, excessive so-called 'screening' on pilots who want to defend their cockpits—and they can’t even do simple background checks on their own employees?" |
MS: Police: Training course upset factory shooter
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"Sollie said Williams had been the subject of employee complaints in the past and that -- according to Lockheed Martin -- the company had been watching Williams for a year prior to the shooting." ...
"Sollie noted possible federal involvement if the shooting is determined to be a hate crime."
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Commit yourself to freedom!
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"Let's see. I pay for the roads, I pay for the car and the gas – both also heavily taxed. In fact, I pay sales tax when I buy the car, then a tax on the car every year for these county and state stickers. I buy the tires, parts, oil, anti-freeze and whatever else is deemed necessary (all taxed.) And the state's going to be all-magnanimous and extend to me the privilege of driving on its roads? Whatever." |
Canada: Judge extends Inuit gun law exemption
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"Inuit in Nunavut are still protected from the federal firearms registry after a judge ruled that requiring Inuit to register their guns may infringe on their traditional rights." ...
"It's very clear in the Nunavut land claims agreement that the government of Canada can not impose any licence or fees on Inuit..."
"We're grateful to the courts for being realistic." |
UK: Gun pulled in site race row
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"A wharfer had a gun pulled on him after a race row erupted on a construction site on the estate."
"The weapon was pulled on Sean Mills, last Saturday, on the Lehman Brothers site."
"Sources close to the incident were amazed. One told The Wharf: 'This is Canary Wharf, not some sort of ghetto, the whole thing is an outrage.' "
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MA: Gun owners gripe about hike in license fees
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"The latest target in the state's effort to close its budget gap is gun owners, whose fees will quadruple from $25 to $100."
" 'That's highway robbery. That's really ridiculous to take advantage of people who obey the law,' said Manuel Almeida of Dartmouth."
" 'That's stealing. That's not inflation,' said Don Loader of Rochester. 'Why are they picking on us? It's only the honest people who are paying.' "
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A Continuous Procession of Clones for the State
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"As reported by CNN, the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NEAP) found, 'About one third of students in fourth, eighth, and 12th grade could not even show a basic understanding of civics at their grade level.' Rather than look upon this news as a sign of failure, teachers should view it as one more example of the state-managed school system's long-running success in taking the youth of this country and turning them into first-class illiterates and ignoramuses." |
MA: Cost of firearms ID card hiked by 300% to $100
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"The cost of being a law-abiding gun owner has just gone up."
"Tacked onto the state's final fiscal 2004 budget was a 300 percent hike in the cost of obtaining a firearms identification card: It will now cost $100, no longer $25."
"The same fee hike applies to licenses to carry firearms." |
Learn about the real Howard Dean (1)
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"I believe we should keep and enforce the federal gun laws we have - including the assault weapons ban and the Brady Bill - and close the gun show loophole using Insta-check and then let the states decide for themselves what, if any, additional gun control laws they want. ... we need to resist attempts to tell states how to deal with guns beyond existing federal law." |
Learn about the real Howard Dean (2)
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"In the wake of an announcement by Congressional Republicans that they plan to allow the federal ban on assault weapons to expire, presidential candidate Governor Howard Dean (D-VT) today called on President Bush to "keep his word" and fight to reauthorize the ban on deadly semi-automatic weapons. Dean says there is no legitimate sporting purpose for assault weapons."
"Sportsmen know they don't need an Uzi to hunt deer," said Dean. "These weapons are not favored by sportsmen. They are favored by criminals and terrorists, and we need to keep them off our streets."...
"President Bush should use the power of the presidency to urge his fellow Republicans to do the right thing, protect American lives, and extend the assault weapons ban."
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CA: Brutal slayings shock Oakland - Couple gunned down in cold blood at their home, leaving 4 children orphans
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"Francisco Javier Lopez was watering his lawn in East Oakland when he was accosted by a man with a gun. 'Llama la policia,' Lopez cried out to his wife inside, urging her to call police."
"The gunman shot Lopez, 44, several times, took his wallet and then went inside the home on 94th Avenue at about 11 p.m. Monday. As Gloria Solano Lopez, 27, was on the phone with a 911 operator, the gunman shot her several times while two of the couple's four children were inside." ...
" 'She had the phone in her hand when she died,' said Gloria Lopez's brother, Carlos Solano, 15, of Oakland."
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Whole new shootin match coming to gun industry
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"O'Dwyer's Metal Storm weapons are unlike any guns on earth. Their firing systems are electronic and have no moving parts. This means that firing speed is not limited by a complex, perfectly timed mechanical system that puts a shell into position, strikes it to fire it, then ejects it. In Metal Storm weapons, the part that makes the gun fire moves at the speed of light." ...
"Metal Storm's handguns feature electronic locking mechanisms that can be used to prevent firing access. By the time these guns hit the market, I predict they will be programmable to recognize handprints. To put it bluntly, they could be programmed to let Mommy and Daddy shoot the home invader while not allowing their 7-year-old son to accidentally shoot his little sister in the head." |
DC: Judge Denies NRA Motion to Consolidate Pro-Gun Lawsuits
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"A federal judge in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia has denied a motion by the National Rifle Association (NRA) to consolidate two lawsuits against D.C.'s virtual ban on civilian ownership and possession of firearms."
"...the NRA's lawsuit claims that the D.C. gun ban violates the Second Amendment. But the suit also names four additional 'causes of action' for the court to consider."
"Robert Levy, a constitutional scholar at the Cato Institute, told CNSNews.com it is important that the D.C. District Court hear a 'pure' Second Amendment case." |
MO: Holden vetoes abortion, personal injury bills
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"Gov. Bob. Holden vetoed 22 bills Wednesday, including one that would require women to wait 24 hours before having an abortion and another that proponents said would help doctors with malpractice insurance costs."
"Holden's actions set up what should be a volatile veto session in September."
"The governor, a Democrat, has already vetoed a measure that would legalize the carrying of concealed weapons. Supporters of the gun and abortion measures said they plan to push to override Holden's veto." |
CA: Man robs Alpine bar with "assault" rifle
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"A man wearing camouflage clothing and white greasepaint on his face burst into an East County bar and fired an assault rifle into the ceiling before robbing several terrified patrons today, authorities said." ...
"The intruder forced the pair into the lodge's bar, firing three or four rounds as he entered behind them, according to witnesses, who described the weapon as a military-style gun."
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Making Political Hay While the Blood Flows
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Brady Bunch "news" release
"An alleged white supremacist walks into a Mississippi factory, shoots 13, killing five, then kills himself. Kids in New Jersey plot a massacre. A 15-year-old in Kansas City surrenders to police after allegedly shooting two young girls. A Bakersfield, Calif. educator allegedly kills his entire family, including a six-week old baby."
"And in Colorado Springs, a man shows up at City Hall with a shotgun, and nothing can be done. Police who would presumably otherwise be out fighting crime are assigned to stand around watching him."
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WI: Menominee officer sought in shooting, assault
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"A Menominee Nation police officer who was suspended last week shot and wounded a woman and assaulted a man Wednesday before fleeing the reservation, according to a federal arrest warrant."
"Gregory G. Bork, 37, is charged with aggravated assault in U.S. District Court. He was captured Wednesday afternoon after officers searched 12 hours for him, authorities said."
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Ghana: GHANSA calls for stiffer punishment for illegal gun use
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"In the face of armed robbery, murder and other forms of gun-related crimes, the Ghana Action Network on Small Arms has called for stiffer punishment for those caught wielding guns illegally."
"The secretary of GHANSA who made the suggestion when she was interviewed on the small arms proliferation last week, also called for sustained education of all Ghanaians on the use and misuse of small arms and their impact on the security of such a small nation as Ghana."
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MO: Gun Trading Policy
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After a deadly shooting at a Jefferson City factory last week, Missouri leaders are reviewing the state's gun trading policy. Last Wednesday, Johnathan Russell shot and killed three co-workers at the Modine manufacturing plant in Jefferson City before turning the gun on himself. The gun used in the shooting once belonged to the highway patrol. Russell bought the gun from a resale shop after the patrol traded more than 14-hundred of its semiautomatic pistols for upgraded guns.
Representatives for Governor Holden's office say no formal steps have been taken in the review.
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CO: Community Leaders Discuss Teen Shooting With Officials
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"Denver ministers are demanding changes in the police department after a Denver cop shot and killed a mentally disabled teenager, NEWS4 reports." ...
"Officers were called to Paul Childs' home after his sister called 911 saying he was threatening their mother with a knife."
"When officers arrived at the scene, the mentally ill teenager refused to drop the knife. Officer James Turney then fired his gun and shot the teen." |
UK: Man attempted suicide by "Bobby"
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"A suicidal Suffolk man threatened to point a gun at armed officers in a bid to force them to shoot him, a court heard."
"Philip Maddocks, who was suffering from depression, also reprimanded the officers about the speed of their response time by saying 'I could have killed six people by now.' "
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MD: Police looking for their stolen weapons, equipment
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"Someone is walking around Prince George's County with a police jacket, handcuffs, gun belt, and a department issued shotgun. But they are not a police officer."
"Prince George's County police launched an investigation this week into why a police officer left a 12-gauge shotgun in the trunk of a marked cruiser, while the officer slept through the night at home. The officer discovered the following morning that the thieves had broken into the police car and had absconded with the shotgun."
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SC: Trooper whose son was accidentally shot enters pretrial program
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"A Highway Patrol trooper charged following the accidental shooting of his son has entered a pretrial intervention program."
"Rickie Sabb was indicted on a charge of illegal conduct toward a child after his 8-year-old son, Yaquan, was killed February 14th. Sabb's record could be erased if he successfully completes the program. He could have faced to up to ten years in prison."
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World gun supply 639 million and growing says survey
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"Some 639 million guns are floating around the world despite a UN crackdown on illegal arms deals and a campaign to destroy weapons in former war zones, according to a new report released today." -- What does this tell you about the effectiveness of gun control?
"About 59 per cent of these are legally owned by civilians, with the rest illegally held or in the hands of government armed forces or police..."
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Nearly one gun for every American, but Europeans also heavily armed: UN study
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"The United States has by far the largest number of publicly owned firearms in the world and is approaching the point where there is one gun for every American, according to the Small Arms Survey 2003 released Tuesday."
"But in surprise findings, the UN survey found that Europeans are more heavily armed than commonly believed, while there are far fewer small arms in Afghanistan and sub-Saharan Africa than previously estimated. " |
MO: Something these two legislators agree on
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"State Reps Dan Ward, D, and Kevin Engler, R, both pledge they will vote to override Gov. Holden's veto of concealed weapons legislation, an issue which seems to transcend political differences."
"Holden vetoed a bill last week which would allow Missourians to carry concealed weapons, legislation which is in some ways similar to Proposition B defeated in 1999. This time around, however, Engler and Ward both believe the problems with Proposition B have been corrected in the new legislation." |
MN: Some Question Gun Law Sponsor
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"Since Minnesota's handgun permit law took effect in May, a business established by the man who wrote the law has cashed in."
"The American Association of Certified Firearms Instructors Inc. is one of six organizations named in the law as qualified to train teachers to teach the required safety courses."
"The other five groups are much older, more established and not for profit. But the for-profit AACFI had an edge in getting into the field: Its founder and president drafted the handgun law, including the training provisions."
"While some say that may amount to a conflict of interest, Joseph Olson defends, even advertises, his roles as both entrepreneur and gun-rights lobbyist at the Capitol." |
CA: Police extend gun buyback program
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"After a disappointing gun buyback session failed to produce as many weapons as expected, city police are preparing to spread the program into three city housing projects."
"On June 28, police received a total of 20 guns at Bayview and Northern police stations. Most of the weapons turned in were .38-caliber pistols, although one assault rifle and a few 9-millimeter handguns were also forked over to cops. The gun-sellers received $100 for each weapon surrendered." |
WI: Kenosha Co. Deputy Raises Gun in Tavern, Loses Job
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A Kenosha County sheriff's deputy has lost his job after witnesses said he got into an altercation and raised his gun at a tavern. Sheriff David Beth says Jeremiah VanRemmen was dismissed from the sheriff's department at three p-m Monday. Beth says he was aware of the incident at Kazache's tavern in Kenosha last weekend but declined further comment on it. Police Lieutenant John Morrissey says VanRemmen faces a court appearance August fifth on possible charges in the tavern incident. VanRemmen was hired as a deputy January 14th and was serving his one-year probationary period with the department. |
Canada: Gun fight goes to court in November
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A former sergeant-at-arms will have the opportunity to fight the new federal gun registry when he goes on trial in November.
Oscar Lacombe, charged with carrying a weapon to a public meeting and being unlawfully in possession of a weapon without a licence or a registration certificate, will stand trial Nov. 7. He wasn't charged under the new federal firearms act.
On New Year's Day, Lacombe, 74, brought his gun to a protest against the federal gun registry at the Alberta legislature.
Opponents of the federal gun registry had started raising money for Lacombe's defence long before he was charged. |
Canada: Firearms ban in B.C. schools after gun scare
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"OK, new rule: No more guns in classrooms."
"The Ministry of Education has issued an edict that firearms will no longer be allowed in B.C. schools after a rifle went off in a Fort St. John classroom during a hunter-safety program."
"The ministry is also reviewing the policy of hunter training in schools." ...
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Philippines: Gun debate heats up as Arroyo targets owners
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"Firearms owners in the Philippines are fighting efforts by the government and private groups to curb gun ownership."
"A lawsuit on the right to bear arms has been filed by a prominent gun enthusiast, and groups defending the right to own guns are recruiting members to counter rival bodies seeking to restrict the number of guns in private hands." |
CO: Two officers at Childs’ shooting had stun guns
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"The family of Paul Childs, who was fatally shot over the weekend, wants to know why police used bullets instead of a taser stun gun, or other less lethal weapon." ...
"The Denver Police Department has said that two of the responding officers did have tasers with them."
Instead the officer chose to shoot the knife-wielding teen.
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Firms win federal contracts
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"A company called Accu-Counter in Kenton County will receive a $2 million contract to provide its unique product for firearms to it military."
"The device, called an Accu-Counter, is like a 'black box' for a gun. It keeps a microchip record of the time, date and number of rounds fired from a weapon. The quarter-size microchip device is already in use in Newport, where it measures use of the officers' Glock 9mm sidearms."
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Philippines: What right?
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"Let us take the arguments of the pro-gun group one by one."
"One, the right to bear arms is a constitutional right."
"Why so? There is nothing in the Constitution that says so. Unlike the American Constitution, the Philippine Constitution does not guarantee the right to bear arms."
"A constitutional right is one that aspires toward universality, or applies to everyone and not just a few individuals. If it benefits only a few individuals, then it is not a right, it is a privilege."
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The right to life is a universal one, applying to all individuals, and as such, the right to defend that life with the most effective tool available is an extension. |
FL: Jacksonville PD Offers Firearms Class To Women
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"Cross is one of more than 50 women who has participated in the Jacksonville Police Department's women's firearms class, which originally started more than 20 years ago but was resurrected again almost two years ago, says Jacksonville police Capt. Leonard Pullicino."
"More recently the program has received two grants from the National Rifle Association to purchase instruction materials, safety equipment, firearms and ammunition. It's free and gives women the chance to learn how to use or handle a gun safely." |
AR: Victim Escapes Home Invaders
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"21-year-old Fort Smith man contacted police at 4:17 a.m. Tuesday and reported that he had been robbed and beaten at gunpoint by three men in his home in the 1900 block of North M Street. The 21-year-old man told police he was asleep in bed when the suspects broke a sliding glass door, entered the residence and attacked him."
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Compare this story with a similar report in South Carolina recently. One refused to be a victim. The other fought back. |
UK: Face of a baby killer
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"Former convict Daimi Akyel, 32, opened fire after a drunken row with three other men. A stray bullet hit Alistair Grimason, two, who was sleeping in his pushchair nearby."
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In the gun-free worker's paradise of the People's Republic of the UK |
UK: Three arrests after post office raid
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"Police have arrested three people following a terrifying armed robbery at a post office."
"A man brandishing what appeared to be a gun burst into the branch in Fore Street, Ipswich, at about 12.50pm yesterday and demanded money from the frightened cashier."
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With all these criminals robbing UK post offices in gun-free UK, it's a wonder the Brits ever get their mail. |
Philippines: Robbery suspect slain in shootout
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"A suspected robber died hours after he and a companion held up a phone shop and lotto outlet along Gorordo Ave., Cebu City Wednesday afternoon and led police into a running gunbattle."
"A technician of the shop, located less than 100 meters from the Cebu City Police Office (CCPO), was also shot in the leg when the suspect, who later died, fired at a police team."
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Ghana: Alleged Police Brutality, One Man Dead
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"The people of Apegusu are demanding an investigation into the killing of a 42 year-old teacher by a police officer last month. The villagers say the man was killed when he tried to persuade a team of police personnel from removing speed ramps built on a major road by the townspeople."
"They [police] later sent for reinforcements and allegedly terrorized the towns folk firing warning shots and brutalizing people who crossed their path." |
IN: Neighbors are now on alert
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"Their apparent home invasion is believed to be one of a string of 15 similar incidents that have happened in the Niles and South Bend area since April."
"In most of the incidents, the assailants have targeted senior citizens, often overpowering them, tying them up, and terrorizing them while searching their homes for money and valuables."
"And as the toll continues to mount, others who have not been victimized are beginning to lose their sense of security, as entire neighborhoods keep a wary eye for suspicious strangers who might be plotting the next robbery."
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FYI: burglars are more afraid of being shot than caught.
The choice is yours: live in fear or get armed. |
IL: Former Cop's Ex-Wife Gets Order Of Protection
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"The ex-wife of former Zeigler police Chief Ingersoll says she's afraid for her safety and believes Franklin County law enforcement officials are dragging their feet about filing domestic battery charges against her former husband."
" 'This is a case of law enforcement officers taking care of each other regardless of the outcome,' she said. 'Cops take care of cops -- that's what I've been told repeatedly. After what I've witnessed in the last few days it seems like that's true.' " |
NY: Carjackers Steal Cop's Car
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"Armed robbers carjacked a Bronx police officer on his way home from work yesterday morning, fleeing in his car as he fired shots at them from his service weapon, police said."
"The officer was driving home from his shift around 12:20 am when a black pickup truck rear-ended him twice."
"The second time he and the truck's driver got out of their vehicles, and the truck's driver began telling the officer, who was not in uniform, not to call police, authorities said."
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UT: Sheriff charged with stealing public funds and guns
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"Iron County Sheriff David Benson, already facing an obstruction of justice charge, has had seven more charges filed against him, including allegations that he misappropriated public funds and stole guns and other property." ...
"The charges also allege Benson lied to investigators and altered public records." ...
"Benson, who has been sheriff since January 1999, has claimed the investigation was politically motivated."
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Australia: Inquiry into police officer selling guns
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"A policeman is being investigated for selling firearms at a remote Aboriginal community."
"The officer, who has been with NT police for more than 20 years, was working at a station near the remote Aboriginal community."
"He was forcibly transferred back to a mainstream station three weeks ago."
"The officer is under police investigation for an alleged breach of conduct relating to secondary employment." |
Analysis: ACLU on DOJ 'deceit'
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"The Justice Department and the ACLU are at war over what the ACLU says are deliberate misrepresentations of the USA Patriot Act."
"The department strongly denies ACLU allegations that it is misleading the public about the sweeping surveillance provisions of the law."
"The battle between the civil liberties group and the department is fully joined as Congress considers the proposed USA Patriot II Act, which would extend some of the domestic spying provisions of its predecessor." |
Philippines: Military men nabbed after raid yields guns
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"Police on Wednesday announced the arrest of two military officers believed to be behind a big-time gunrunning syndicate after raiding a military supply store in West Bicutan, Taguig the other day."
"Matillano said several high-powered firearms that includes four M-16 rifles, three M-203 rifle grenades, two caliber 22 revolvers and a shotgun were seized in the raid." |
WI: Prosecutor: Police Shooting Comes Down to Officer's Fear
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"It is still possible a police officer who shot and killed man was justified in his actions, even though the man was shot in the back, a prosecutor says. Deputy District Attorney Patrick Kenney told an inquest jury Tuesday"
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Army Details Ambush That Injured Lynch
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"A number of troops reported their weapons malfunctioned. The report suggests the unit of mechanics, cooks and other support personnel had not correctly maintained their guns while on the move in desert conditions."
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This is a good reason why EVERYONE should know how to use firearms, especially military ones! That way everyone knows how to maintain and shoot their weapons, and they will be functional in times of need. |
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