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N.Y. Times Tries to Manipulate Public Opinion on Arming Pilots
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"Once again the New York Times is using its news pages to manipulate public opinion – this time using a story about arming pilots in a blatantly obvious attempt to turn Americans against letting pilots have the right to carry guns against hijackers."
"In a Page One story, the citadel of 'mainstream' media once again proved just how biased it can be, especially in pursuit of the liberal agenda."
"The 'news' story was entitled "Armed Pilots? Many Travelers Are Gun-Shy." Reading the Times story, one would be led to believe that most Americans oppose pilots being armed."
"The Times never mentioned in the extensive article – one filled with shrill, anecdotal worries of fellow liberals – that several scientific polls taken since Sept. 11 show that an overwhelming number of Americans want pilots to be armed." |
Security plan has many variations
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"A dozen House committees have finished their contradictory recommendations on how to put together President Bush's proposed Homeland Security Department. Now, a special congressional panel must make the difficult choices ..."
"Bush will not get everything he wants ... it is too large [and] it would oversee ... things ... which have little to do with safeguarding Americans from terrorism."
"But ... it would be a mistake to conclude ... that Bush will not get what he wants in the end." |
OK: Preparing for the worst
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"ids and parents gathered in front of Longfellow Middle School ... and went into classrooms and the cafeteria, just like they would on a regular day."
"But unlike students from other schools, these kids knew that they were about to be assaulted -- some injured, some killed -- by gunmen who invaded their school."
"They also knew that what they were about to experience was also pretend."
"The Norman Police conducted their third annual school shooting scenario drill Thursday morning." |
VA: Pandora's Box of Concealed Carry Bans (GOA)
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"An ill-advised and extremely dangerous decision by the Attorney General's office last December has opened the door to the banning of concealed carry throughout much of the Commonwealth -- and all without any action required on the part of the legislature. The decision in question basically forbids (by pure executive fiat) concealed carry holders from carrying firearms on property within the control of the Department of Conservation and Recreation." |
PA: Civil rights deja vu
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Suppose that following the pivotal civil rights legislation and court decisions of the 1960s, municipalities had continued to carry on their books, and selectively enforce, every Jim Crow ordinance that had ever been promulgated. That would be a model for how gun owners and hunters rights are regarded by our society. |
OK: Exercise was all too real
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"Even though I knew that the school shooting scenario wasn't real, it was too real for me."
"I agree that the practice is more than necessary for the police and other emergency responders -- it's essential."
"And I'm glad that so many people came out to help."
"I felt sick at my stomach at each firecraker's pop. I had chills even when I walked through the school that wasn't air conditioned. I wanted to cry when I heard the screams. And I breathed a sigh of relief every time I reminded myself that it was a drill."
"It was just too real for me." |
DOJ to attempt shutdown of 9/11 evidence
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A very in depth exposure of the legal maneuverings that OUR government is trying to enact, to prevent victims families from having their day in court.
A shameful attempt by our government to cover their own A$$.
"On June 20, Bush Administration officials quietly informed a New York judge of their intention to commence legal actions likely to be far-reaching in their constitutional, political, and individual rights implications pertaining to current lawsuits and government secrecy related to the attacks on September 11, 2001. The moves were revealed in a letter obtained from a confidential source, with two other sources corroborating its existence, adding additional information." |
Defacto Registration for Private-Party Gun Sales: WHY THE McCAIN-LIEBERMAN BILL IS BAD LEGISLATION
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"The McCain-Lieberman bill is a direct attack on the lawful gun owners of the United States. Senate Bill 890 is the bill which purports to be "reasonable legislation" to control individual collectors and gun owners who may want to buy, sell or trade a firearm at a gun show. The real motivation behind the bill is to restrict and regulate gun shows in a step-by-step procedure which will quickly lead to California-type laws and regulations. In California, every gun transfer must be processed by a licensed dealer and the government must approve any gun buyer. Even neighbors of thirty years or more may not buy or sell a gun to each other without government approval. What this and all other legislation on the state and national level to regulate activities at gun shows is about is restricting lawful Americans access to firearms." |
Britain Is Now Crime Capital of the West
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More disarmed and honest citizens being brutally victimized while the government crows about expansion in order to protect them. Textbook socialism:
"England and Wales now top the Western world's crime league, according to United Nations research."
"The UN Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute reveals that people in England and Wales experience more crime per head than people in the 17 other developed countries analysed in the survey."
"The findings are expected to cause further embarrassment to the Prime Minister, Tony Blair, who has pledged to have street crime under control by September." |
Next time you are stopped by the cops....consider this
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Original Title: "Arundel grand jury identifies real culprits in FBI shooting"
Anne Arundel Grand Jury, MD decided FBI agents are within their rights to stop anyone (criminal or no) and shoot them for disobeying orders (even conflicting orders issued by different officers at the same time) and it is really our fault (which order do I obey, the one to raise my hands or the one to unlock the car door?) Now we are all in danger. The precident has been established. All my life I have heard, "You look just like...", I never look like myself. What to do....What to do. |
Federal prosecution of people protecting their homes from fire is possible
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Federal prosecution of people who protected their homes during the recent rodeo-chedeski forest-fire in Arizona is possible! ...
Original Title: "Defiant firefighters snub feds"
"This is a story about a town that felt it had to break the law to save itself."
"At the height of the 'Rodeo-Chediski' fire, when the destruction of the town seemed imminent, local members of the Pinedale-Clay Springs Volunteer Fire Department disobeyed federal fire commanders and made a stand in their back yard." |
Anti-gun groups fund Game Commission deer management study
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This writer thinks the scenario opens serious legal and ethical questions. This financial arrangement is so peculiar the entire existence of the Habitat Alliance and their relationship with the Pennsylvania Game Commission needs to be investigated by our game commissioners and scrutinized by our sportsmen. |
Security plan called too broad
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"Adding to a growing list of congressional concerns about domestic security, a study released Saturday warns that the president's plan for a new Department of Homeland Security is too ambitious and could create more problems than it solves."
"The report by the Brookings Institution recommends a pared-down department concentrating on border and transportation security, intelligence and threat analysis, and protecting the country's infrastructure." |
FL: Lax Laws, Loose Guns
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A typical biased opinion piece, pretending to be a legitimate news article in our home town "Orlando Slantenal". I have asked these idiots to do an article on guns used for self-defense, but they ignore my requests.
The "reporter", Henry Pierson Curtis can be reached at hcurtis@orlandosentinel.com or 407-420-5257. Tell him what your opinion is of his "article". |
US planning to recruit one in 24 Americans as citizen spies
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"The Bush Administration aims to recruit millions of United States citizens as domestic informants in a program likely to alarm civil liberties groups."
"The Terrorism Information and Prevention System, or TIPS, means the US will have a higher percentage of citizen informants than the former East Germany through the infamous Stasi secret police. The program would use a minimum of 4 per cent of Americans to report 'suspicious activity'."
"Civil liberties groups have already warned that, with the passage earlier this year of the Patriot Act, there is potential for abusive, large-scale investigations of US citizens."
"As with the Patriot Act, TIPS is being pursued as part of the so-called war against terrorism. It is a Department of Justice project." |
The dangers of a world court
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"When the Israeli army went into the West Bank last spring to smash what Prime Minister Ariel Sharon called 'the infrastructure of terrorism,' the Bush administration and most Americans saw the offensive as a legitimate act of self-defense. But elsewhere, Sharon's government was roundly vilified."
"Angry rallies took place across Europe. The European Parliament urged member states to impose economic sanctions against the Jewish state. A United Nations official called the Jenin incursion 'morally repugnant'."
"That quarrel betrays a deep divide between the U.S. and much of the international community, including some of our most valued allies in Europe. It's now on display over the International Criminal Court--which evokes enthusiastic support on the other side of the Atlantic but great skepticism in the Bush administration. Its resistance has generated a torrent of criticism, but the U.S. government would be irresponsible to subject itself to an unaccountable court that may become a vehicle for anti-American sentiment." |
Gun took twisting path after theft
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"Dr. Mark Trach spent years working in emergency rooms, where victims of violence arrive daily."
"Perhaps that's what led him to buy what some say is the perfect self-defense gun: a 9 mm Beretta small enough to fit in a waistband and able to fire all 14 bullets in six seconds or less."
"What happened after Trach's loaded Beretta was stolen from the glove box of his Nissan Pathfinder outside Florida Hospital Orlando in March 1998 is a tale of how quickly a gun can pass through the black market." |
Gunman tries to shoot France's President Chirac
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"A would-be assassin pulled a rifle out of a guitar case and fired at least one shot as French President Jacques Chirac passed Sunday during the annual Bastille Day military parade. The man was arrested and no injuries were reported."
"The man was a right-wing extremist who intended to kill the French president, according to a government minister, Patrick Devedjian. He told The Associated Press that the man fired a shot and then tried to shoot himself."
QUESTION: Why is the media so quick to label anyone who uses force against the government -- or even speaks about the possibility of using force against the government -- as a "right wing extremist"? When some leftist whacko chains himself to a tree or vandalizes a cattle processing plant, why is it that we rarely (ever?) hear the term "left wing extremist"?
NOTE: That this person attempted to end the socialist president at the Bastille Day parade is noteworthy -- the Bastille was stormed by the people as part of a revolution where freedom was the objective. To the French people, this is similar to what it would be like if an American tried to kill President Bush on the 4th of July.
And considering the large number of people who were adamant about getting rid of Chirac in the recent elections, it's safe to say there are a few Frenchmen who wish this attacker had been a better shot. |
Australia: States join in gun crackdown
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"AUSTRALIAN police ministers are set to crack down on interstate firearms trafficking."
"Probity [honesty, integrity] tests for employees and business associates of firearms dealers are likely to be part of the national code on trafficking."
"Victorian Police Minister Andre Haermeyer said the code also aimed to better track the movement of firearms and parts throughout Australia."
"What we are trying to do is put controls on guns that are legally imported and how they are onsold," he said. |
SC: More on Senator Hollings' desire to keep pilots defenseless and hijackable
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"Sen. Fritz Hollings, D-S.C., has a reputation for sticking to his guns...the 80-year-old senator and past South Carolina governor is not afraid to stand alone in support of — or in opposition to — high-profile legislation."
"In the next few weeks, some senators, gun activists and airline officials are betting that Hollings won’t ease up on his stance against the latest anti-terrorism bill, which is gaining momentum on Capitol Hill."
"Hollings is one of the key opponents of Senate legislation that would give all airline pilots the right to carry firearms in airplane cockpits."
"The bill has moved to the Senate, where Hollings, the chairman of the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, has not put it on the committee’s agenda for discussion. A similar bill to arm pilots, sponsored by Sen. Robert Smith, R-N.H., also has been referred to Hollings’ committee." |
AL: Candidate for Sheriff, a convicted felon, would be exempt from firearms prohibition if elected
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"Hubert Norris can’t keep a gun in his house as a private citizen. He can’t carry a gun hunting. He can’t go target shooting."
"But if Norris is elected Fayette County’s sheriff, he can strap on a pistol to carry out his elected duties."
"The situation is this: He could not personally possess a firearm," said Jim Cavanaugh, special agent in charge of Tennessee and Alabama for the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. "But in his official capacity as sheriff, he’s exempt from the law."
"Norris became the Democratic nominee for sheriff June 25 in a landslide victory over opponent Loyd Fowler. He served as Fayette County sheriff from 1974 to 1989, when he was forced out of office after pleading guilty to federal racketeering charges stemming from accepting bribes from bootleggers. He spent 30 months in a federal prison."
KABA NOTE: He did his time and repaid society. He wasn't convicted of a violent felony. His rights should already be restored -- automatically. |
CA: $50,000 bail for attorney 'caught' with loaded handgun in briefcase
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"Sheriff's deputies arrested a Sacramento attorney at the main courthouse Friday after finding a fully loaded, .40 caliber semi-automatic handgun in his briefcase."
"Deputies working the east screening entrance, using an X-ray machine, noticed what appeared to be a handgun in the briefcase of 37-year-old Steven Cribb. He was at the courthouse to attend proceedings in Department 47."
"Cribb was arrested for possession of a concealed firearm, possession of a loaded concealed firearm and bringing a firearm into a state or local building. He does not have a concealed-weapons permit."
"Cribb is being held on $50,000 bail and is scheduled for arraignment Tuesday, July 16." |
Brazil: 10,000 confiscated weapons destroyed by steamroller an UN-organized event
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RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL -- "Authorities in crime-ridden Rio de Janeiro on Friday appealed for international help in tracing and preventing the flow of firearms."
"At a United Nations-organized ceremony in Brazil in which a steamroller mashed 10,000 confiscated weapons, Rio de Janeiro state Gov. Benedita da Silva asked representatives from 14 countries known as major arms producers to collaborate."
The state's security secretary, Roberto Aguiar, called for concrete international action: "We have to unite or this problem becomes a real cancer of the world."
"About a quarter of the firearms seized by police in Rio are foreign-made. They come mainly from the United States, then from Spain and Belgium. The rest are homemade." |
Australia: Ruthless Vietnamese gangs terrorize 'gun free' nation
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"RUTHLESS brutality towards fellow countrymen, highly-developed terror tactics and murder which seems to go beyond the act of killing."
"That is how one police officer has characterised Vietnamese crime gangs."
"A paper presented to a conference of police commissioners last October has a tragic resonance with the events of Monday. It outlines the brutality with which some Vietnamese criminals torture other Vietnamese."
"Outspoken Open Family Australia youth worker Les Twentyman said he had been warning for a decade that gangs and knives were a problem."
"It's about time we stop this waffling and, sadly because what's happened, it's put it back on the agenda," he said. "We are fast-tracking to LA-style stuff." |
CA: Rifle Club leader is hoping gun classes win women over
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"Dave Koester has a political agenda and he's up front about it."
"The leader of the Modesto Rifle Club -- this year's president -- opposes any more laws restricting gun owners and supports politicians who share that perspective."
"Here's what distinguishes Dave: He leads a monthly class to introduce women to handguns, with the explicit goal of softening their fear or dislike of guns and ultimately enlisting them as allies in opposing gun control." |
WA: 69th Annual Washington State Trapshooting Championships
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"Pu-u-u-ll. BLAM!"
"Another round, orange clay target shatters in the sparkling sunshine on a July morning west of Littlerock."
"Shotgun fire rattles up and down the long row of shooters at the Evergreen Sportsmen's Club this weekend at the 69th Annual Washington State Trapshooting Championships."
"Some come for the shooting, some for the competition. But Sue Brayman of Boise, Idaho, comes for the people. She enjoys coming to see friends here, she said."
"She has been shooting since her husband introduced to the sport in 1987."
"It's a sport for everybody," Brayman said. "It's something anyone can do."
"And it's something families can do together."
"You don't have to be an athlete," she said. |
UK: Banned grenades and guns seized in raid
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"COPS seized hand grenades and two firearms when they raided a house in south London."
"Officers from the Serious Crime Group (SCG) found a magnum revolver, a semi-automatic pistol, ammunition and two hand grenades when they searched an unnamed address in Brixton on Wednesday. Three men were arrested."
"Two have been bailed pending further inquiries, and one remains in custody."
Detective Superintendent Chris Buckell, of the SCG, said: "We are pleased that we have recovered these firearms which support our aims of protecting the public and tackling gun crime in the capital." |
France: Japanese employee in France mails gun home in parts
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"A gun enthusiast from Aichi Prefecture has been arrested for smuggling a handgun through international mail, police said."
"Shinji Sugiura reportedly purchased the revolver -- a replica of a classic Italian gun -- while in France where he had been staying on business since March."
"A spokesman for his company, Denso Corp., said Sugiura will face tough disciplinary action."
"He will face strict punishment. All our employees should remember that they have to conduct themselves as good citizens," the spokesman said. Another employee of Denso, Japan's largest car component maker, was arrested and charged last October for manufacturing a gun at the Denso factory. |
Paroled rapist did less than full time, got out, and assaulted young girls again
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How do you feel knowing that the government lets scum like this back out into society to attack our sisters and daughters again?
"The 'Red Rodeo Rapist' accused of assaulting girls in three states has been sentenced to 45 to 90 years in prison for three charges in Wyoming."
"John Puffenbarger, 54, of Aurora, Colo., was sentenced Thursday. He pleaded no contest June 24 to five counts of kidnapping, sexual assault and taking indecent liberties with a minor."
"Laramie County District Judge Edward Grant ordered Puffenbarger to serve the Wyoming sentence after he finishes serving 40 years in Colorado for assaulting a 13-year-old girl in 1996."
"In 1981 Puffenbarger was sentenced to five to 15 years in prison for sexually assaulting a 12-year-old in Sarpy County, Neb., but was committed to a maximum security psychiatric hospital and then paroled in 1988." |
CA: Asst. sheriff's son charged in video-taped gang rape of unconscious girl
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Original story title, in case it's moved: "Teens charged with rape caught on tape"
"The son of an Orange County assistant sheriff and two other teenagers have been charged with the videotaped gang rape of an unconscious 16-year-old girl."
"The 17-year-olds, who were all charged as adults, face 21 felony counts that include rape, rape by a foreign object and administering a drug to incapacitate the victim."
"Gregory Scott Haidl, Kyle Joseph Nachreiner and Keith James Spann appeared briefly in Superior Court Friday for arraignment, which was continued until next week."
"The teens' hands and feet were shackled. They bowed their heads behind a wall to try to prevent being photographed in the packed room."
"All three, who attend Rancho Cucamonga High School in San Bernardino County, were ordered held without bail." |
GA: Teenager shot in head at gun show
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"A 13-year-old boy was shot in the head Sunday at a Gwinnett County gun show."
"Stephen King was taken to Scottish Rite Children's Hospital in Atlanta, where he underwent surgery and was listed Sunday evening in very critical condition. Police said he and his father, Anthony Grant, were attending the gun show from Montgomery, Ala."
"The shooting happened at about noon at the Eastman Gun Show at the North Atlanta Trade Center. It was unclear how the shooting happened or whose gun, a .38 caliber revolver, was involved."
"All we know for sure is it was an accidental discharge of a handgun," Gwinnett County police spokesman Ray Dunlap said.
"Dunlap said police are considering the possibility of charges, but he would not say what specific charges or against whom. Officials said loaded guns are not allowed at gun shows, except for those carried by police officers or security guards." |
IN: Gun shop owner recruits for militia
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"Sign draws interest for those with military, medical training. County officials are waiting to see."
"The sign first catches the eye of drivers just south of Ewing Avenue on South Michigan Street:"
"Recruiting Station Militia -- St. Joe Co. ICVM Field Medic Unit.'
"The sign outside Len's Gun Shop has drawn the attention of dozens of people, according to Len Grummell, the owner of the gun shop who is seeking to start a field medic unit to assist with emergencies and disasters throughout the county."
"Grummell believes there still is a role for an old-style Civil Defense organization to aid agencies in times of crisis. In fact, Grummell believes it is the duty of everyone."
"Grummell cites Article 12 of the Indiana Constitution that states that everyone older than 17 is a member of the 'militia'." |
CA: Police say "abundance of guns" is "reason" for increased homicide rate
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The city of Oakland, California held a rally against violence on Saturday. Allegedly, thousands of people showed up -- somehow thinking that drug-financed gangs will interrupt turf wars to listen to such pleas.
"Fifty-five people have been killed in Oakland so far this year, compared with 40 by this time last year. This includes two killings in the past week. Another man was nearly killed when he was critically wounded Saturday with a gunshot wound in the head about 3:15 a.m. in the 3100 block of Cuthbert Avenue."
"Police said the reasons behind the increase are complex and include drug disputes, a tanking economy and an abundance of guns."
IN THAT CASE... The abundance of cars is responsible for the criminal acts committed while driving. The abundance of women is responsible for the rise in prostitution. And the abundance of police officers is responsible for the increase in reports of police brutality. That settles it: ban cars, women and police, and everybody will start loving their neighbors. |
UT: Utah attorney general calls colleges' gun bans illegal
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"Utah's attorney general has accused one of the state's largest universities of breaking the law by enforcing a gun ban on school grounds."
"State Attorney General Mark Shurtleff has declared the university's policy illegal and argues that the state legislature — not state agencies — has the sole authority to regulate gun policy."
"The University of Utah in Salt Lake City, however, has refused to lift its 25-year ban on firearms, including concealed weapons, arguing that the school's mission is to foster a safe learning environment. The case is going before a federal court judge for trial this fall." |
Ignorance in Print: "Gun Ownership Is a Privilege"
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DON'T THESE PEOPLE EVERY STUDY HISTORY?
"First, no Second Amendment 'right' exists in the Constitution nor the Bill of Rights for individual gun ownership. Most constitutional scholars agree that it is a collective right extended to members of a well-organized militia."
"Second, there is no such thing in the United States as a 'well-armed citizen militia' as stated in the column. Forty-thousand-plus Utah concealed weapon permittees scarcely fit the description of 'well-organized militia'."
EMail the Editor, and see if they'll counter these absurdities with some facts, reason and logic. |
PA: Police use of force, FBI stats on police shootings, and a couple of questions
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"The community needs to have trust in the police and not feel that there is a loose cannon out there."
"Since 1979, county police have investigated 34 incidents in which officers shot or otherwise injured suspects. In the vast majority of cases, the officers' actions were found to be justified, Korczyk said."
QUESTION: What about the cases where the officers' actions were not justified? How many of those officers were criminally charged and prosecuted to the full extent a citizen can expect?
"The Justice Department reports that police kill about 400 people each year in incidents determined to be justifiable homicides. The department does not keep statistics on killings in which police are found to have used excessive force."
WHY NOT?
"From 1991 to 2000, 644 police officers were killed in the line of duty and more than 600,000 were assaulted, according to the Justice Department. About a third of those killed were trying to make an arrest."
QUESTION: And of that number, how many were trying to arrest someone who allegedly violated a "law" that goes against the Constitution? In other words, how many of them were in actuality cases of citizens defending themselves and their liberties against armed public servants who'll enforce any law handed down? |
Ari Fleischer dodges WND query on armed pilots
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"Q: So he (Bush) is opposed to guns in the cockpit?"
"FLEISCHER: The president makes his decisions based on what he believes promote the most safety aboard an aircraft. And based on the advice he's got from his advisers, he believes that arming pilots in the manner described does not promote safety." |
NC: Double-cross in NC Senate?
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"The bad news is that HB 622 is not yet out of the woods. GRNC is receiving indications that Sen. ELLIE KINNAIRD (D-Chatham, Lee, Moore, Orange, Randolph, GRNC 0-star) will attempt to amend HB 622 to INCLUDE GUN SHOW RESTRICTIONS." |
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