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Senate Unlikely to Follow Through With Pilot Gun Program - More White House Opposition
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"Legislation allowing commercial airline pilots to carry guns in the cockpit passed the House Wednesday, but it is not likely to get a hearing in the Senate."
"We believe that aviation security has been improved in several ways, including strengthened cockpit doors and additional federal air marshals on airlines," White House spokesman Gordon Johndroe said after the vote. "It is not necessary to arm pilots. Their primary responsibility is to fly the airplane." |
MA: Women's advocates worry gun bill would not have intended effect
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"A gun bill that supporters said would provide greater protections to victims of domestic violence may have the opposite effect, according to women's advocates."
"The main purpose of the legislation, approved Wednesday by the House, was to amend the state's landmark 1998 Gun Control Act by allowing people convicted of non-violent felonies and most violent misdemeanors to regain their rights to carry concealed weapons."
"The bill's supporters said the law was unfair to people who committed a minor crime in their youth, but specifically sought to create a gun ownership ban on those convicted of assault and battery against a family or household member."
"Women's advocates Thursday said this section of the bill would be impossible to enforce because criminal records do not now indicate whether the victim of an assault was a relative or a stranger."
KABA NOTE: Many "women's advocate groups" hail from the "give a rapist what he wants" crowd. Following are links to REAL Women's Advocacy groups -- those who prefer to give a rapist what he deserves:
• Armed Females Of America
• Second Amendment Sisters
• Women and Guns |
Sept. 11 inquiry finds no failure
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"After six months of culling through intelligence files and nearly a dozen closed-door hearings, the House-Senate intelligence committee investigating the Sept. 11 attacks has uncovered no single piece of information that, if properly analyzed, could have prevented the disaster, according to members of the panel."
KABA NOTE: When a bear investigates itself, charges for stealing honey will not be forthcoming. |
MD: Health chief, police seize bullets in raid - for sales to minors
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"In an extraordinary use of his authority to protect the public health, Baltimore's health commissioner teamed with police this week to seize 30 boxes of ammunition and briefly padlock a west side hardware store that police said illegally sold bullets to minors."
"City officials said they believe the raid on Green's Paint and Hardware, in the 1900 block of W. Lafayette Ave., is the first time a health commissioner has used such authority to target a growing public health threat: juvenile gun violence." |
At home, dry fire good, live fire stupid
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"A 41-year-old Burien man painted his face charcoal and was playing with a pistol in front of his children before he shot a bullet through the floor of his apartment, killing the woman who lived below, according to King County prosecutors."
"Prosecutors charged Jose Delcastillo with first-degree manslaughter yesterday, accusing him of killing 55-year-old Cleda Shepiro with a gunshot as she sat in her living room Sunday afternoon." |
RI: Officer who killed other officer pleads innocent, attorney blames departmental standards
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"Safety standards employed by the East Providence Police Department are at least partially to blame for the shooting death of Capt. Alister McGregor, according to the lawyer for the officer charged with the shooting."
[It was a sniper rifle shot, to the head.]
"Officer Joseph Warzycha III pleaded innocent Wednesday in Superior Court, charged with involuntary manslaughter for shooting and killing McGregor during a Special Response Team training exercise in East Providence on Dec. 27."
"Superior Court Judge Edward Gale released Warzycha on personal recognizance bail, ordered him to get all of his firearms out of his home on Slater Park Avenue in Pawtucket and restrict his travel to Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Connecticut." |
MI: Booby trap suspect arrested week later
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Police invaded the home of a man they allegedly believed to be dealing in one of the few drugs from which the federal government doesn't overtly profit. When they broke into the man's home, his booby trap put some unsightly holes in their legs -- via a shotgun.
Now he's in jail with various charges and dealing with BATF and the U.S. Marshall service -- BATF because a firearm was involved, and the Marshall Service because it's a federal crime to rig your own property such that surviving intruders don't want to come back any time soon. |
Deroy Murdock: Arm pilots now!
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"The Bush Administration is now to the left of Senator Barbara Boxer on arming airline pilots. The liberal California Democrat on July 10 co-sponsored a bill by conservative Bob Smith, R - N.H., that lets qualified pilots carry firearms to stop airborne terrorists."
"I think this is the first time I have ever stood with Senator Smith on an issue that has involved guns," Boxer said at a news conference.
"I believe that pilots who are carefully trained and want to carry a gun in the cockpit should be allowed to do so."
"The White House opposes this policy. If Barbara Boxer gets it, what is W's excuse? For its part, the House - with 102 Democrats in favor - voted 310 to 113 on July 10 to let pilots voluntarily fly with side arms. The Senate should assent and push the president to get with it on this issue." |
American Airlines Chair: Guns Not a Priority
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"Allowing pilots to carry guns might prevent the government from taking other steps to strengthen airline security, the chairman of American Airlines said Thursday."
"American Chairman Donald Carty said the time spent drafting rules and training pilots would come at the expense of other, more effective actions to protect passengers."
"We have been so engaged and the government has been so engaged in things that I believe are the primary parts of security, in particular protecting the cockpit, in particular marrying government intelligence with airline reservation records," Carty told a National Press Club luncheon. |
"9/11 culprit being protected by Bush administration"
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"The anthrax terrorist of 9-11 is known and is being protected by the Bush Administration. This is not a Costa-Gavras film, but the real state of affairs in the America of 2002."
"An extraordinary commentary published in Tuesday's New York Times declares that the FBI is refusing to arrest or seriously investigate the most obvious suspect in the anthrax attacks last fall which killed five people."
"The allegations made by Times columnist Nicholas Kristof are so serious that they deserve immediate and thorough public investigation. But so far, both the Bush administration and the media have remained silent on what is, without exaggeration, one of the most astounding articles ever to appear in a major American newspaper." |
OK: Police defend 27 strikes with baton for man who was 'suspected of soliciting prostitution'
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"Oklahoma City police defended Wednesday the actions of two officers who struck an uncooperative suspect at least 27 times with tactical batons."
[Many of the blows, the video shows, took place when the 'suspect' was already laying on the ground, face down.]
"Monday afternoon, 'video vigilante' Brian Bates videotaped officers Greg Driskill and E.J. Dyer repeatedly striking Donald Reed Pete, 50, who police said was suspected of soliciting prostitution."
Police Chief M.T. Berry said, “But the techniques I saw were those that our officers are taught at the academy. I did not observe strikes to areas of the body that are prohibited, such as the face or head.” |
Brady Campaign to End Gun Ownership whines about bill to restore gun rights
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"The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence united with the Million Mom March, today
criticized the passage of Massachusetts House Bill 1087, which would allow non-violent felons and those convicted of violent misdemeanors to regain their eligibility to possess and carry firearms. The measure now moves to the Massachusetts Senate."
KABA NOTE: A non-violent felon's rights should automatically be restored as soon as they've done their time and repaid society -- and there are plenty of felony-level convictions for "crimes" that shouldn't be "crimes" at all. |
VT: Photographer at Nuke Plant threatened with treason charge - for taking pictures
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"A newspaper photographer on assignment to get a picture of the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant was threatened with arrest for treason Wednesday by the Vernon Police Department."
"Under a little-known Vermont law, it is illegal to take pictures of a nuclear power station — or any power station under the jurisdiction of the Public Service Board for that matter — during times of war or threat of war, according to Vermont Title 13, subsection 3481. The entire section is entitled “treason.” " |
VPC Denounces Passage of 'Arming Pilots Against Terrorism Act'
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"The Violence Policy Center (VPC) strongly denounced yesterday's passage of the 'Arming Pilots Against Terrorism Act" (H.R. 4635)'."
" 'The House of Representatives has collectively misjudged the effectiveness of guns in the cockpits of our nation's commercial planes,' Kristen Rand, VPC legislative director stated today. 'We strongly urge the Senate not to make the same mistake.' " |
VA: More than 400 weapons stolen
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More than 400 guns and assault weapons were stolen from an apartment above Toni's pawn shop. Police have recovered only a fraction of the rifles and pistols that were part of a private collection. Police say the burglars bypassed the store's alarm system by coming in through a hole in the roof. The shop's owner is worried the guns will end up in the wrong hands. State police and the ATF are helping Hopewell police. |
CA: Pledge mom fights to keep 'under God'
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"Breaking her silence, the mother of the child involved in the Pledge of Allegiance case declares her 8-year-old daughter is a practicing Christian who is not harmed by reciting 'one nation under God,' contrary to what the girl's father argues in the controversial case."
"As a result, the second-grader's father, Sacramento atheist activist Michael Newdow, is attempting to reframe the basis of his lawsuit as injuring his right as a parent to direct the religious upbringing of his child." |
PA: Cop shooting of another cop called an accident - no charges to be filed
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"Seconds after city patrolman Jeffrey Miller shot a fellow officer last month, he said, 'I f--ed up, I know it. I might as well go home. I'm done,' according to a videotape made the night of the shooting. "
"The city Law Department decided Wednesday that the shooting was an accident, and no criminal charges will be filed."
'Based on the interviews with the other officers and the videotape, we determined there was no criminal liability,' said Law Director Gregory V. Hicks." |
GA: Store shoot-out leaves violent criminal dead
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"An attempted robbery at a downtown Marietta jewelry store ended in a shoot-out Wednesday evening between the robbers and the store owner, leaving one man dead, authorities said."
"Both men left the store to head for a nearby car, Buxton said."
"The one suspect that was shot didn't make it to the car," Buxton said. "He fell on the sidewalk here in front of the business and died of gunshot injuries. |
CA: Judge Censured, but why isn't this scofflaw being prosecuted?
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"He's sworn to uphold the law and administer justice. But now, a Fresno judge is being publicly censured for his connection to a multi-million dollar bogus investment scheme."
"A six-month investigation by the State Commission on Judicial Performance has led to the disciplinary action against judge James Aaron, which includes his forced retirement."
"This is the most serious form of discipline for a judge short of removal from office." |
End bias in stories (letter)
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"The editorial staff should be more diligent in reviewing news stories containing editorial comment and bias. A July 4 article on Wal-Mart's gun-sale policy referred to a letter from Americans for Gun Safety, "a moderate gun-control group."
"Moderate? In whose opinion? AGS was founded by Andre McKelvey, former board member of Handgun Control and an extreme gun control advocate."
"So leave the opinions on the editorial page, and not in the news articles. After all, some people think the NRA is a moderate pro-Second Amendment group." |
First Registration, Then Confiscation
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"AMERICA PRIDES ITSELF ON BEING A COUNTRY OF LAWS. Yet, laws are written by biased legislators. When those biases distort meanings and redefine objects it becomes difficult for ordinary citizens to comply, leading to mass confusion and non-compliance. California firearms statutes are a prime example."
"After the Stockton massacre, the term 'assault weapons' became the pejorative term to classify any long arm that gun prohibitionists desired to ban." |
UK: Gun crime soars in cities
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Shadow Home Secretary Oliver Letwin said: "The Government has issued a crime-fighting initiative a week but it has had no effect."
The figures prove Manchester chief constable Alan Green’s claim that gun crime is at "intolerable levels."
Figures on Friday will show ALL offences up six per cent in a year.
The figure could be THREE TIMES higher under a new system which will count crimes not investigated. |
SAFETY: Intent and reality
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"Trigger lock and gun safe laws are intended to save lives by keeping children from finding guns in their homes and innocently firing them. But intent is one thing, reality another."
"A study by a University of Chicago Law School professor concludes that such laws put families in greater danger. "When criminals know that homeowners cannot simply grab a gun and fire in self-defense," the study found, they become more emboldened to attack people in their homes." |
NY: Top cop gets a painful lesson in gun safety after shooting himself
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For the "only the police should have guns" files...
"McGrath suffered a serious leg injury Saturday when his pistol accidentally went off in his home, discharging a round into his upper left thigh."
"I've never been shot before. Let me tell you, it hurts," he said this week while resting at home. "I thought I was going to go in to work today, but I couldn't. I pushed too much yesterday and I'm feeling it." |
South Africa: Prison warder busted for selling stolen firearm
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Original title: "Grootvlei warder charged over gun deal"
"A Grootvlei prison warder was arrested in Bloemfontein on Tuesday night for illegal firearm dealing, police said on Wednesday."
"Warder Gideon Jomo (40) appeared in the magistrate's court on Wednesday and was granted bail of R10 000, Senior Superintendent Sam Sesing said." |
FoxNews: "Mobilize the most potent anti-terror weapon of all: the citizenry"
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Story's title on their website: "Homeland Security: Still Not Serious"
"The response to last week's shooting at Los Angeles International Airport indicates that both the government and the media have a long way to go on the homeland security front."
"Instead of crafting ever-narrower definitions of terrorism, or looking for easy solutions that won't work, both government officials and pundits should consider how we might mobilize the most potent anti-terror weapon of all: the citizenry." |
Are civil liberties the real victim of terrorism?
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"The United States has typically taken wartime steps to guard national security while incidentally infringing on the rights of individuals. For instance, President Abraham Lincoln famously suspended habeas corpus during the Civil War, thus allowing Confederate sympathizers to be held for extended periods without court appearances. And during World War II, President Franklin Roosevelt approved the confinement of Japanese-Americans in internment camps." |
UK: 'Police Complaints Authority' wants cops to arm with non-lethal firearms
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"The Police Complaints Authority has called for less lethal firearms to be deployed across forces nationwide."
"The PCA is urging forces to adopt baton guns firing plastic bullets which would help save lives."
"Baton guns have already been introduced in a number of mainland police forces and have so far been fired twice."
"But the PCA said they should be quickly deployed to minimise the risk of serious injury through the use of lethal weapons." |
Criminals Get Guns Through Flawed System - Anti-rights group pontificates on fake FFLs
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"Joined by Reps. Patrick Kennedy (D-R.I.) and Carolyn McCarthy (D-N.Y.), the Educational Fund to Stop Gun Violence will host a forum explaining how fraud and abuse in the distribution of firearms allow criminals to get guns."
"During the panel discussion, clips from the investigative documentary, "Gunshots" will be shown. This documentary reveals
how one criminal forged a Federal Firearms License and proceeded to sell hundreds of guns without background checks, many of which were later used in crime. Also highlighted in the discussion will be the recent report from the General Accounting Office that focuses
on the same problem." |
Call a Terrorist a Terrorist
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"Why is the U.S. government in as much denial about the motives and label we should apply to Hesham Mohamed Hadayet as the man's clueless wife, who still can't bring herself to admit he even committed the crime?"
"The Egyptian, carrying two handguns and a 6-inch knife, opened fire at the Israeli national airline's counter at Los Angeles International Airport on our Independence Day." |
TN: Proposal to build a gun range on county land referred to committee
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"Jimmy Anderson made the proposal to the full county commission. The item had not been on the agenda because it had not come through a commission committee."
"What we're proposing is a gun range of, ideally, 200 yards by 600 yards on land on the old county farm across the Interstate from the fairgrounds. "If you'll just make your proposal, I'm going to refer it to a committee, Commission Chairman Milton Magee told Anderson." |
Let's Arm the Pilots - To Protect us from Government
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"It is said that when the people demand things get done, it always starts in the House of Representatives. On Wednesday, they did just that, voting in favor of a bill to arm commercial airline pilots. Of course, the celebration is short lived, because we know that it will have 'trouble' in the Senate. Again, when I listen to the reasoning from the other side of this issue, get so mad I almost turn white." |
Reviving a de facto national ID
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"Back in 1996 some members of Congress got the bright idea they could impose a national ID card on the American people through the backdoor by linking driver's licenses to Social Security numbers."
"Fortunately, widespread concern about violations of privacy caused the law to be repealed in 1999 before it took effect."
"But Washington operates on the pernicious principle that no bad idea really dies. It just waits offstage until a good crisis comes along." |
Details of 'Homeland Security' Plan Assailed
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"President Bush's plan to create a Homeland Security Department came under sharp congressional criticism yesterday, with some House committees voting to prevent key agencies from moving into the new department."
"The votes were nonbinding, however, and may be overridden by a powerful special committee that will open hearings today on Bush's plan, considered the biggest overhaul of the executive branch in 50 years." |
MA: House amends gun law to restore gun rights to non-violent offenders
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"The Massachusetts House has voted to amend the state's landmark gun control law, passing a bill that would let citizens convicted of most violent misdemeanors regain their right to carry concealed weapons."
"The House adopted the change Wednesday, 114-32, after a heated debate fueled by a recent spate of shooting crimes, including the death of a 10-year-old girl in Boston last week. The bill would still have to pass the Senate and be signed by the governor to become law." |
France: French pour money into war on crime
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"France's hardline interior minister, Nicolas Sarkozy, announced plans yesterday for a €5.6bn (£3.6bn) increase in police spending, including an extra 18,000 beat policemen and gendarmes, as part of the newly elected government's controversial crime crackdown."
"Closed-circuit television cameras will be installed in sensitive big-city housing estates; local fingerprint and DNA databases will be centralised and computerised; police will be allowed 'immediate and direct' access to private information held by banks, telephone companies and administrative bodies; and a national list of people barred from owning firearms will be drawn up."
"The wide-ranging legislation, likely to be approved by the centre-right dominated parliament, also includes a clampdown on truancy, with punishments for parents who allow children to skip school..." |
Australia: Sword-wielding man shot dead by Police
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"Shortly after 11pm (AEST), SERT officers tried to disarm the man using capsicum spray, shields, a police dog and special ammunition called "bean bag rounds", designed to hit the body without exploding."
"Police said despite being hit by a number of rounds, the sword-wielding man kept up his attack and he was shot dead."
The man "had been under surveillance by mental health authorities for the past two days, Queensland police said today." |
OK: Norman police duo takes aim
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"Two officers from the Norman Police Department recently competed in the Texas State Pistol Combat Match."
"Master Police Officers Shon Elroy and Harold Nicholson traveled to Fort Worth, Texas, and competed in a field of 63 law enforcement officers from federal, state and local agencies."
"Elroy [ended] in first place overall in the Expert Class of the revolver competition."
"Nicholson ... finished fourth in the match overall." |
UK to Let Deaf People Call 999 by Text Message
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[sarcasm] WOW!!! This is better than carrying a firearm!!! This is amazing!!!! It sure beats those UNRELIABLE *handguns*!!
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Not only do you have to know how to type FAST, you must rely on BATTERY power and the fast response time of the unarmed police!!!!
"Britain's first scheme which lets deaf and speech-impaired people report emergencies by text message on their mobile phone was unveiled on Thursday."
"The project, which begins in central England on Monday, is expected to be copied by police forces across Britain." |
U.S. backs off immunity demand in world court dispute
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"The United States on Wednesday backed off from its demand for permanent immunity for U.S. peacekeepers from the new war crimes tribunal, proposing instead a ban on any investigation of peacekeepers for a year."
"U.S. Ambassador John Negroponte circulated the new proposal to the U.N. Security Council after an open council meeting where the United States faced intense criticism from countries around the world, including its closes allies."
"The United States earlier had threatened to end U.N. peacekeeping if it didn't get open-ended immunity for peacekeepers from countries that have not ratified the Rome treaty establishing the court, which came into existence on July 1. The treaty has been signed by 139 countries and ratified by 76, including all 15 members of the European Union." |
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