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Sandy Froman: The history of gun control, part 3
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"Sadly, modern history is full of instances where the anti-gun left tries to capitalize on tragedy and fear to push their agenda. Sometimes the push is immediate, while at other times they lay in wait gathering strength until an opportune time, like the evil Lord Voldemort in the Harry Potter novels."
"Those who support the Bill of Rights need to be aware of these tactics so we can fight to protect our civil liberties when terrible events unfold."
"One such event happened on March 30, 1981." ...
"... On March 30, 1981, President Reagan gave a lunchtime speech ... As he was leaving, he stopped beside the open door of his limousine to wave to the friendly crowd. Suddenly, as the president was waving, gunshots rang out. ..." |
AK-47 Inventor Doesn't Lose Sleep
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"Sixty years after the AK-47 went into production, Mikhail Kalashnikov says he does not stay awake at night worrying about the bloodshed wrought by the world's most popular assault rifle."
"'I sleep well. It's the politicians who are to blame for failing to come to an agreement and resorting to violence,' Kalashnikov said Friday at a ceremony marking the birth of the rifle, whose initials stand for 'Avtomat Kalashnikov.'" ... |
Guns Should Be Allowed On Campus
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"Gun free school zones have proven to be a dangerous delusion that has resulted in people being forced to be victims."
"The only people guaranteed to be safe in gun free zones are criminals. They can count on the law-abiding being disarmed. In reality, gun free zones are nothing more than criminal safe zones."
"Criminals have proven that they not only disrespect laws, they are willing and able to break them. The island nation of Great Britain has banned guns. In 1997 they confiscated virtually all legal guns. Yet today, the police there estimate that England has twice the number of guns in the country -- illegally. The press in Manchester refer to their city as 'Gunchester.'" ... |
Gun shops under closer scrutiny
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"When criminals need guns, they have plenty of options in a country with nearly 100,000 licensed gun stores. But drug dealers and other crooks don't shop just anywhere. They have their favorites." ...
"In fact, government figures show that an extremely small number of gun shops account for a spectacularly large number of weapons used in crimes." ...
"But there are signs that scrutiny is on the rise."
"Over the past three years, ATF agents have cracked down on some of the stores most notorious for selling large numbers of weapons used in street crime. In 2005 and 2006, some 220 firearms dealers had their licenses revoked — 20 more than in the previous eight years combined." ...
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Submitter's Note: And how many of those revocations were due to actual criminal activity and not paperwork errors? |
Taser Unleashes Shotguns and Robots on Humanity (with Video)
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"Continuing to strike fear into the hearts of, well, everyone, Taser has released an electrified round that works with any 12-gauge shotgun. The Wireless eXtended Range Electronic Projectile, or XREP, is a fin-stabilized, self-contained round with no wires leading back to the gun and a maximum range of 100 ft. Previous Tasers ... are only useful within around 30 ft."
"The XREP punctures the target with multiple probes, and then unspools to dangle from the unfortunate belligerent's body, all the while applying Taser's infamous rapid-fire electrical pulses. As an added bonus, any helpful passerby trying to yank the XREP out of the target before the 20-second discharge cycle is finished will also get zapped ..." ... |
TX: Irving homeowner shoots burglar
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"An Irving homeowner who shot a man stealing tools from his home will not face any criminal charges, police said Thursday."
"The incident happened late Wednesday in the 200 block of Tucker Street, said Irving police spokesman David Tull."
"The homeowner, who told police that he has had a spate of robberies at his home, confronted the man as he was exiting the backyard with an armful of tools, police said."
"The homeowner ordered the man to drop the tools and he complied. But then the man started walking toward the homeowner. The man ignored repeated orders to stop, and the homeowner fired a shotgun, hitting the man at least once in the abdomen, police said." ...
"The homeowner was not arrested, Mr. Tull said." |
FL: Intruder shot in home invasion
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"Don't be a hero, Johnny Johnson's mom begged her 28-year-old son in a phone call Wednesday morning as gunfire exploded in the background."
"'Stay low and don't hang up the telephone,' Jo Ann Christopher said while at least one robber was inside their Jacksonville home with him."
"But armed with outrage and a 9mm Smith and Wesson, her 6-foot-5, 260-pound son didn't wait to see what the people who kicked in his family's front door wanted." ... |
OH: Pizza driver shot to death
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"Robert 'Tony' Swick's life was full of fishing trips with his son, Michael; a Sunday night bingo ritual with his mom; and plenty of wet doggy kisses from his beloved mutt, Max."
"That life was cut short when Swick, 41, of Newark, was shot and killed trying to deliver a pizza no one wanted about 11:30 p.m. Tuesday ..."
"Police are calling the killing an attempted robbery, although no money was taken. No one at the home where Swick was delivering had ordered a pizza, they said." ...
"Earl Miller, Swick's brother-in-law for about 12 years, said Swick enjoyed his job at Papa John's Pizza in Heath because it allowed him to meet people." ...
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Submitter's Note: Papa John's requires its employees to be defenseless. |
GA: A double standard on self-defense
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"Texas lawmakers approved a piece of legislation referred to as the 'castle doctrine' earlier this year despite Rep. Borris Miles' vote against it. ... What may be assumed from Miles' nay vote is that he opposes private citizens carrying or employing firearms to defend themselves."
"The Texas Democrat was carrying a firearm of his own on July 8 when he confronted two men cutting and stripping pipes at the construction site of his new home in Houston. When one of the intruders threw a knife at Miles, he drew his pistol and shot the man in the leg. ..." ...
"... Miles said he has the constitutional right to protect his home. Few reasonable people would disagree. We wonder, however, why Miles tried to deny the same right to his fellow citizens through his vote. ..." ... |
Student's suspension for IM buddy icon upheld by US court
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... "... In a case decided last week by the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals, the court upheld a semester-long suspension because of a student's AOL Instant Messaging buddy icon ..."
"The school ... suspended the student, Aaron Wisniewski ... Wisniewski's AIM account displayed a crude drawing of a pistol firing a bullet at a person's head, with the caption 'Kill Mr. VanderMolen.' VanderMolen taught Wisniewski English at the time." ...
"The superintendent's review found otherwise, however, ruling that the icon was threatening, and not meant as a joke. The review also found that, although the icon was only displayed outside of school, it violated school rules and disrupted school operations. ..." ... |
House to Debate Renewal of Gun Tracing Limits
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... "JUDY WOODRUFF: Congressman Tiahrt, you hear the charge essentially that, through this, the federal government is preventing investigations from taking place."
"REP. TODD TIAHRT (R), Kansas: Well, I'm not sure what Mayor Barrett was reading from, but it wasn't the Tiahrt amendment. ..."
"Now, originally, there was going to be a release of this information to the general public through a court action. That resulted in concerns at the ... ATF, also concerns that the Fraternal Order of Police, the largest police organization in the nation, that their undercover officers would be exposed ..."
"What the Tiahrt amendment does is says that, if there is a criminal act occurring, any criminal action, that gun trace data is available ..." ... |
A gun's bloody trail leads to Va. - again
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"By 10 a.m. Monday, the detectives had given the make, model and serial numbers of the three guns to the federal gun center in Sunset Park in Brooklyn."
"By 1 p.m., the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives had traced all three weapons recovered early that morning following the shooting of Police Officers Russel Timoshenko and Herman Yan."
"By 6 p.m., agents and detectives were aboard planes bound for three Southern states that have long been the source of illegal guns recovered in New York. The .45 automatic that was used to shoot Timoshenko twice in the face was traced to Virginia." ... |
Congress owes this hero
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"Officer Russel Timoshenko clings desperately to life because a group of career criminals got their hands on illegal guns - an easy feat, with all the weapons traffickers import into New York."
"Somewhere out there is the gun shop, or gun shops, that sold the Tec-9 and the two handguns abandoned near the scene after bullets flew at Timoshenko and partner, Officer Herman Yan. ..."
"It is critical to trace how those guns moved from legal channels into the hands of violent felons. And it is perhaps even more critical to determine whether any of the weapons originated with a licensed dealer who is feeding the flow of guns into criminal hands." ...
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WI: Illegal guns amendment in Congress upsets area mayors
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"Nine Wisconsin mayors have joined more than 200 other mayors around the country to protest a bill that would handcuff police from using data to trace illegal guns. Mike Simonson reports from Superior."
"The vote is set in the House Appropriations Committee Thursday. The amendment, named after its sponsor Todd Tiahrdt of Kansas, restricts the access of cities and police from tracing gun data unless it involves a specific crime. Mayors of Green Bay, Milwaukee, Superior, Racine, Wauwatosa, Waukesha, Stevens Point, Madison and Kenosha have all signed on opposing the bill ... Bloomberg Criminal Justice Aide John Feinblatt says police only want to trace illegal guns so the right to bear arms doesn't apply. ..." ... |
LA: St. Landry Gun Ordinance Receives Mixed Reviews
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"Saint Landry Parish Council members are considering an ordinance to regulate hunting and shooting firearms in the parish."
"The proposal addresses hunting and firing weapons."
"You can be in violation in one of three ways:"
"1. Firing a weapon within 500 feet of a home or business."
"2. If you hunt: firing a rifle, pistol or other similar firearm within 500 feet also."
"3. You can not discharge any archery device within 200 feet, except for target practice." ...
"Pam Gautreau ... has 4 children and wants to protect them from potential misfiring from guns."
"But some disagree and it is evident in this flyer that was posted around the parish. The flyer notes that hunting along tree lines will be impossible." ... |
PA: Some say gun-suit loss could be win
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"A lawsuit filed yesterday by City Council members, seeking to override a state law preventing local gun regulations, has little chance of succeeding in court but could help to rally support for a broader gun-control effort in Harrisburg ..."
"Council members ... sued the state House and Senate, asking Common Pleas Court to allow seven city gun-control ordinances to be implemented without approval by the legislature, as currently required by law." ...
"They are treading on ground where their predecessors failed - most notably in a 1996 state Supreme Court decision that turned back Philadelphia's attempt to regulate assault weapons, and a 1999 attempt to hold gun manufacturers accountable for the city's violence epidemic." ... |
MO: Law axes local permits for small guns
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"Dave Shene said recently signed legislation that will eliminate permits to possess concealable weapons is a blessing that cuts through a layer of paperwork and bureaucracy." ...
"After Aug. 28, the Boone County Sheriff’s Department will no longer be required by state law to issue permits to anyone who wants to purchase a concealable firearm. The change was tucked into legislation that Gov. Matt Blunt signed last week to shield people who use deadly force against intruders from lawsuits or prosecution."
"Under existing law, anyone who wants to buy a concealable firearm must apply for a permit from the county sheriff, who conducts a background check. If the applicant meets statutory requirements, the sheriff issues a permit." ... |
NY: Follow the guns
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"Good for the five members of the Albany Common Council's Public Safety Committee, and good for council member Dominick Calsolaro. Because of their efforts -- tireless efforts on Mr. Calsolaro's part -- Albany may soon have a Gun Violence Task Force to examine the patterns of gun crime in the city. Good, too, for Leonard Morgenbesser, a citizen who has long urged the city to track the use of illegal guns in crimes."
"Next week, it will be up to the full Common Council to step forward and give the Gun Violence Task Force its approval. When that happens, the panel of seven members appointed by the council and six by the mayor can get to work." ... |
WV: Putting teeth in a federal law
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"FEDERAL law prohibits mentally ill people from owning guns. This is a sensible restriction that fully conforms with the right to bear arms under the Second Amendment."
"And it is meaningless."
"That's because under privacy laws, mental health professionals are not sharing their information with federal law enforcement officials." ...
"To this end, Gov. Joe Manchin said he intends to ask lawmakers to authorize the release of mental health records to the federal government."
"'He is definitely committed to taking action on this because he feels it's the right and responsible step to take', his spokeswoman, Lara Ramsburg, told the Daily Mail's Justin Anderson." ... |
CA: Way of the gun
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"For Sacramento City Councilman Kevin McCarty, it was a series of gun crimes and gun scares in his district that prompted him to try and tighten local gun-control laws." ...
"When a gun from [a straw buyer] turns up connected to a crime, police often can track it back to the middleman. But the problem is that when the gun owner is asked about the piece, he routinely will tell officers, 'Oh, it got stolen a while back.' ..."
"That's why McCarty has introduced an ordinance making it a misdemeanor not to report a stolen or lost firearm within 48 hours of discovering that it’s missing. The hope is that the reporting law will help police investigators get a jump on tracking down stolen guns while helping to discourage straw buyers." ... |
PA: Forks officer charged with falsifying record
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"A Forks Township police officer who also works as a part-time Northampton County deputy sheriff has been charged with falsifying a document in a drunken-driving case when he was the arresting officer."
"Jeremy B. McClymont, 40, of Fischer Road, Palmer Township, faces misdemeanor charges of tampering with or fabricating physical evidence and tampering with public records or identification." ...
"... McClymont produced a form at a March 16 pretrial motion hearing, paperwork an officer customarily signs at the time of arrest indicating he told a defendant about his rights regarding blood-alcohol tests. It was later determined the August 2006 version of the form he produced didn't exist on the date of the arrest." ... |
NY: NYPD pressuring me, sez rights lawyer
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"A prominent civil rights lawyer is charging that the NYPD is yanking his gun license to force him to cooperate in a probe of alleged police brutality."
"Michael Warren, who represented rapper Tupac Shakur and the teens accused in the Central Park jogger case, said yesterday he received a July 2 letter demanding he surrender his handgun and rifle and submit a written statement about a June 21 incident in Brooklyn." ...
"Warren and his wife, Evelyn, were arrested after they say they tried to stop the police from beating a young suspect in Prospect Heights. ..."
"A city Law Department official called the pulling of the gun license 'absolutely consistent with city regulations' when someone is arrested." |
PA: Police Officer Charged With Sending Child Porn
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A Pennsauken police officer was arrested and charged with distributing child pornography, police said.
John Schenberger Jr., who also coached T-ball, was accused of sending more than 800 sexually explicit pictures of minors and nine movie files to an undercover agent posing as a collector, police said.
Schenberger was being held at a federal detention center in Philadelphia. |
IN: Warrant says 183 guns found at ex-sheriff's home
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"A former southern Indiana sheriff accused of forging other officers' signatures and improperly keeping weapons turned over to his department had 183 guns in his home, a newly unsealed search warrant shows."
"Former Lawrence County Sheriff Kent Hawkins faces forgery and official misconduct charges filed in June accusing him of forging signatures of other officers on weapon 'buyback' forms."
"Under that program, officers can buy their old guns at a reduced cost when they are issued new duty weapons. If they don't buy the weapons, the firearms are sent to a supplier for credit toward the purchase of new guns, authorities said."
"Prosecutors accuse Hawkins of keeping several of the guns instead of sending them to the supplier." ... |
MI: Responsibility pays for our freedoms
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"Criminal charges have been filed against a young South Lyon man for what police are categorizing as the accidental death of his friend. This tragedy, officially described as involuntary manslaughter, will forever devastate two families."
"What was missing from the police report was a statement of charges that weren't — and won't be — filed in a court of law: There is no legal responsibility placed upon the owner of a handgun used in a crime." ...
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CA: Tiptoeing on the range
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... "With a limited knowledge of genetic code and predisposition, I assume that shooting should be in my blood."
"Except that, by the natural laws of inheritance, I also get a fair amount of firearm reluctance from my parents. My father spent his early childhood at the range, gathering expended cartridges, and despite brief ownership of a target pistol ... he maintains that his gun owning philosophy has changed drastically in the last 20 years. My mother's own gun philosophy is similar, so a 'chicks with guns' mentality wasn't going to come from the previous generation."
"So a Saturday morning at the National Rifle Association’s (NRA) Women on Target Ladies’ Handgun Clinic isn’t usually penciled in for me. ..." ... |
UT: Fire risk prompts gun ban
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"For everyone who thinks shooting dirt clods and metal signs in Utah County this summer will be fun, think again."
"Utah County commissioners declared a state of emergency in the county on Tuesday and placed a temporary ban on the use of all firearms in unincorporated territory because of an increased fire risk. For 30 days from Tuesday, the only shooting going on in Utah County should be in a firing range ..."
"'This is not an anti-gun effort in any way,' [County Sheriff] Tracy said. 'I'm an NRA member. I shoot and I recreate with firearms myself, but we're asking the public to help mitigate an issue that has already caused millions of dollars of damage to the county.'"
"The ban ... also includes fireworks and open fires." ... |
Liberal zealots, U.S. enemies undermine Second Amendment
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is in power our constitutional rights are threatened more than ever before. Our First and especially our Second Amendment rights are in danger."
"The NRA, Gun Owners of America and right-to-bear-arms organizations are spending a tremendous amount of money defending our rights. Something they should not have to do. Those who do not want the average citizen to own guns, and our country's enemies, are fighting hard to destroy the Second Amendment."
"There are numerous countries who want to destroy us. ... Included in this group are the terrorists all over the world who do not want democracies/republics to exist, especially those that are considered Christian. A disarmed citizenry would make us easier to conquer." ... |
MT: Cowboy action shooters aim to have fun the Old West way
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"With names like Twisted Bart, Mysterious Bill and Huckleberry Squibb, you might think you were in Deadwood."
"A town full of questionable characters walks the splintered boardwalk past the bar/hotel toward the livery and the sagebrush beyond."
"Armed with single-action revolvers, lever action rifles and pump action shotguns, these bad actors are ready for a dust-up on Main Street. And they get it, but their targets don't shoot back."
"This little no-name town about six miles west of Simms ... is home of the Sun River Rangers Shooting Society, part of the Cowboy Action Shooters."
"In this magical place and hundreds like it across the nation, adults and youngster alike can step back in time and blow away a bad guy." ... |
IL: Hancock Co. gun club holds handgun shoot
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"A Handgun Bowling Shoot was held Sunday, July 9, at the Hancock County Gun Club in Carthage."
"Shooters had two shots per frame to shoot at official bowling pins set on tables at 50 yards. Just like regular bowling, each pin knocked down counted for a point, cleaning the pins off after a second shot was a spare, and knocking all the pins down on the first shot counted as a strike. Also, only five frames were shot, for a total of 150 points per shooter." ... |
UK: Gun cache stored in boy's bedroom
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"A gunman is facing jail after a mother accused him of forcing her to store a "lethal" arsenal of weapons at the foot of her son's bed, a court has heard."
"Marvin Wallace, 29, who was found guilty of possessing a shotgun, is said to have threatened the woman and her family if she did not hide the haul." ...
"When police raided the flat ... they found a gym bag in the boy's bedroom containing four handguns, a shotgun, one silencer and 97 rounds of ammunition."
"The haul included a Belgian Browning pistol ... and a German Weihrauch gas cartridge revolver."
"Jurors heard the revolver, which had been converted to fire live rounds, also contained two dum-dum bullets which are designed to expand on impact ..." ... |
Ireland: 15-year sentence for firearm possession
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"A 'functioning alcoholic and drug user' who boasted in a pub that he had a semiautomatic pistol has been given a 15-years prison sentence by Judge Frank O’Donnell who described him as 'a danger to society'"
"Paul McGrath (aged 48) made his gun boast in the Gallop’s Pub in Leopardstown Valley and gardaí found he had the 9 mm weapon along with 10 rounds of ammunition and €30 worth of cocaine and cannabis."
"A silencer then was found in his home as well as another small quantity of cannabis, valued €336."
"Six months later he was found in possession of a double barrel sawn off shot gun and 12 cartridges after Gda Peter Egan spotted him." ... |
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