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UK: Airline crews consider carrying stun guns
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"When it hit, my feet pointed straight out and I was up on my toes," he said. "I just couldn't hold myself straight up."
"So what does he think would have happened if he had been a hijacker in an aircraft?"
FORGOT ONE THING: "[The Tazer Gun] overrides the brain's ability to control the muscles and brings the person to the ground." --Rake Smith, Tazer Gun salesman who failed to mention what the other four attackers might be doing while their buddy is wiggling on the floor |
UK: Mother whose son was shot dead pleads for end to gun-related violence
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"A grieving mother whose son was shot and killed on the streets of Birmingham made a heartfelt plea to parents trying to stop the bloodshed caused by the city's gun gang culture."
"Gleen Reid spoke out at a packed public meeting in Handsworth organised by three mothers who want to see an end to gang violence."
"Gleen's...only son Corey Wayne Allen was gunned down in front of passers by outside the Oaklands community centre in Handsworth two years ago..."
She said, from the place where guns are banned:
"We need to get these guns off the streets. As parents you feel that you don't have the power to do this, but you do. No-one wants their child to die before them. My son was not sick - he was taken from me by this gun gang culture." |
Firearms Injuries Decrease Dramatically
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"Analysis of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data from the Firearms Injury Surveillance Study for 1993-1997 show a dramatic decrease in non-fatal firearms-related injuries for all age categories for children and adolescents. This decrease coincides with a similar drop in accidental firearms fatalities, which reached an all-time low in 2000."
"In 1999 NSSF launched Project HomeSafe, now among the nation’s largest firearms safety initiatives, distributing free Firearms Safety Kits in communities around the country. The safety kits, distributed in cooperation with Lt. Governors and local law enforcement, include a cable-style gun lock and firearms safety brochure. Project HomeSafe is funded by the firearms industry and a $4.9 million grant through the U.S. Department of Justice. For more information on Project HomeSafe visit www.projecthomesafe.org." |
MD: "Health Commissioner Initiates Gun Sting"
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Anti-gun JTO's version of report we saw last week:
"For the first time in the United States, a health commissioner has used his authority to protect the public health by targeting juvenile gun violence, the Baltimore Sun reported July 12."
"Beilenson used his authority to temporarily close the store until the owners agreed to keep a detailed log with copies of ammunition sales receipts and photocopies of the buyers' age-verifying identification." |
Dick Armey leads push for new federal cabinet-level department
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"Armey's bill would create a 170,000-employee department to oversee the nation's security .... [It] would absorb an array of ... agencies ... including the Coast Guard, the Secret Service and the Federal Emergency Management Agency [and] the Immigration and Naturalization Service's law enforcement and border protection functions ..."
"[It] would kill ... plans to nationalize driver's licenses... [and] prevent the Justice Department from enacting ... Operation TIPS ..." |
UK: Britain's Biggest Serial Killer Never Used a Gun
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Let's see... A crazed gunman kills 16 in Dunblane. A crazed MD kills over 200. This means that Britain must ban doctors. Unless they believe it is the person and not the means. In this case, they must reverse the gun ban. But this would require logic, so forget it. |
Sept. 11 Pilot's Widow Supports Arming Pilots with Guns
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"The widow of a pilot killed by terrorists in the Sept. 11 attacks said Thursday she supports commercial airline pilots being armed with guns as a 'last line of defense' to prevent another such tragedy."
"Mrs. Saracini says she is convinced that if her husband and his co-pilot had had the option to be armed on Sept. 11, he would still be with her today." |
UK: Several more traditional rights are going bye-bye in Britain, disarmed subjects can't do squat
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"Britain has unveiled sweeping changes in its criminal justice system, scrapping the ban on 'double jeopardy', the 800-year-old legal principle that forbids trying a suspect twice for the same crime."
"Other changes include making hearsay evidence admissible in court and letting jurors know of suspects' previous crimes."
"The plan also introduces trial without jury in serious fraud cases where there is a risk of jury intimidation, allows the police to lock up dangerous sexual or violent offenders indefinitely, and adjusts sentencing guidelines to tailor the punishment to the criminal, not just the crime."
Helena Kennedy, a Labour member of the House of Lords, has described the plan as a "wholesale assault on civil liberties".
GET USED TO IT... When hundreds of thousands of British subjects lined up to hand in their aces in the hole, they poured gasonline on the anti-rights fire. |
Congress giving itself fourth pay raise in four years
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"Lawmakers appear ready to give themselves another pay raise, their fourth in four years."
"If the raise, about $5,000 a year, goes into effect, rank-and-file members of Congress would receive $155,000, an increase of more than $20,000 over the past decade."
"Under a 1989 law, congressional pay raises, determined by a complicated formula that includes a measure of private industry employment costs, go into effect automatically unless lawmakers vote to block it."
"House lawmakers cleared the way Thursday for the salary hike."
"The 3.3 percent pay raise, which would go into effect in January, would also apply to more than 1,000 top executive branch officials, including the vice president, and members of the congressional leadership. The vice president, like the Speaker of the House, now gets $192,600 while House and Senate majority and minority leaders receive $166,700." |
Do anti-gun programs fail kids?
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"Gun safety programs aimed at young people do not work and have done little to reduce the number of children --- 20,000 --- killed or injured by guns in the United States every year, according to a report released Thursday."
"Children's curiosity and teenagers' love of risks makes them extremely resistant to efforts to persuade them not to handle guns, such as the National Rifle Association's Eddie Eagle campaigns as well as programs by gun control advocates, it found."
KABA NOTE: See KABA Director's response to this hogwash by clicking here. |
Gaps found in gun tips for kids
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"Parents need to lock up their guns and monitor their children if they have firearms in the house, according to a report released Thursday by a national foundation."
"Researchers for the report, 'Children, Youth and Gun Violence,' reviewed nine studies on gun-education programs and concluded that educating children about the dangers of guns is simply not enough."
KABA NOTE: See KABA Director's response to this hogwash by clicking here. |
South Africa: Massive Destruction of Guns in SA
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"A total of 22787 firearms were destroyed by the SA Police Service on Thursday."
"Senior Superintendent Andrew Lesch said the destruction -- using explosives -- was part of the police's continuous effort to curb the proliferation of illegal firearms and reduce firearm-related violence in South Africa."
"Firearms destroyed included rifles, shotguns, machine guns, revolvers and pistols. Firearm equipment was also destroyed."
"The guns included 9073 confiscated firearms and 13714 redundant state firearms."
"Gun Free South Africa welcomed the destruction saying that weapons were destroyed throughout the world on Thursday to mark July 9, the day the United Nations declared International Small Arms Destruction Day."
"It said in a statement 6000 illegal guns were destroyed in Cambodia, 1700 in Mozambique, and 10000 in Brazil."
KABA NOTE: If the United Nations staged such an event here, chances are good they'd need a small army to remain safe -- especially if they tried it one of the freer Southern or Western states. |
UT: Leavitt Supports Controversial TIPS Program
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"Gov. Mike Leavitt said Thursday President Bush's call for Americans to spy on each other doesn't alarm him."
"Among other post-Sept. 11 tactics to combat terrorism, the president originally suggested that truckers, bus drivers, railroad conductors, mail carriers and utility workers to call in tips about suspicious activity. Bush calls it 'Operation TIPS' -- Terrorism Information and Prevention System." |
Domestic Abusers With Guns: Another Loophole That Needs Fixing
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An anti-gunner named Dick wrote:
"Stories like these provide ample justification for the wisdom behind the Brady Law's requirement that firearms buyers undergo a background check at time of purchase. While the check can't eliminate shootings, domestic or otherwise, it can help to keep guns out of the wrong hands. So the recent news contained in a report by the General Accounting Office about loopholes in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, or NICS, was especially troubling." |
Brady Center/Campaign/MMM Praise Packard Foundation Report
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"A study released today by the Packard Foundation titled 'Children, Youth, and Gun Violence,' was praised by the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence and the Brady Campaign united with the Million Mom March for its comprehensive research and practical, common-sense solutions to reduce youth gun violence in the United States."
KABA NOTE: See KABA Director's response to this hogwash by clicking here. |
UK: SF councillor slams judge's decision on gun ban
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"A prominent Sinn Fein councillor has accused a High Court judge in the North of endangering his life and his family by refusing him permission to carry a gun for his own protection."
"Mr Justice Kerr dismissed Martin Meehan's application for a judicial review of a lifetime ban on him carrying a gun." |
VA: 2 more caught in the theft of 400 guns (followup II)
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HOPEWELL - "The remaining two suspects sought in the theft of more than 400 guns from the private collection of a pawn shop have been arrested, Hopewell police said yesterday."
"Bill Dunham, agent in charge of the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms office in Richmond, said the motive for the massive theft remains unclear."
"Firearms are always a hot commodity," he said. "A large number of guns like that is not good. It's a bad thing when that many are out on the street at once."
KABA NOTE: More than a few people who read this note today have "a large number of guns like that." Rightful possession is not only good it's great -- more power to ya. Letting them get stolen is what's "not good." Mr. BATF's ignorance as to the motive of this theft is also "not good" -- a third grader at the local elementary school could tell him why these punks ripped off the gunowner. |
CA: Yet another police officer shoots himself while training
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*Repeat after me: Keep your finger off of the trigger until the sights are on target!*
"A 14-year veteran of the Police Department was rushed to a hospital yesterday afternoon after he accidentally shot himself in the leg during a field exercise at the police firing range."
"The officer, whose name was not released, was taken to the Palomar Medical Center emergency room. Officials said his condition was not considered life threatening."
"The gun fired as he was reloading." |
NY: Former Army Ranger's 'Cache of Weapons' seized over restraining order
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"The order of protection came with a firearms confiscation clause, Otto said, empowering deputy sheriffs from the domestic violence unit to seize any weapons they came across."
"They had no idea he had enough weaponry - sawed-off shotguns, bazookas, grenades, land mines, a tear-gas gun a rocket launcher - to outfit a small army."
"They were just laying around in plain view," Sheriff Department Chief of Staff Alan Otto said."
"Inside Joel Forgione's house at 361 Boulder St., officers found more than 200 weapons, including 35 shotguns, 71 rifles and 29 handguns - 22 of which were licensed, Otto said."
KABA NOTE: An American has the right to own all of those weapons, and without a conviction or even a hearing, any firearms prohibition over a misdemeanor is also in violation of not only the Second Amendment but the right to a trial by jury and other protections. |
FL: Deputy facing attempted murder charges released back into society
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"A sheriff's deputy who has escorted prisoners into court for nearly 20 years was a prisoner himself Thursday morning, brought before a judge in blue jail garb and charged with attempted murder."
"Over prosecutors' objections, Palm Beach County Circuit Court Judge Nelson Bailey ordered James Lorenza Horne released on house arrest after posting $50,000 bond. Horne, wearing an ankle monitor, was released from the Palm Beach County Jail Thursday night." |
Globalists Glum as Lawmakers Reject International Criminal Court
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"A House-Senate conference committee Thursday rejected the intrusive International Criminal Court."
"Though the Associated Press described the court provision in the major anti-terrorism package as 'watered down' from what conservatives wanted, the fact is that the left-wing globalists see the final ICC action by the lawmakers as a defeat. Those who want to maintain U.S. sovereignty and protect Americans from being hauled before far-off court on trumped-up charges are happy." |
AK: Drug 'storm troopers' invade 'wrong house', press boot to innocent, handcuffed woman's head
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"Kara Goodale was watching television Tuesday afternoon when she saw men dressed in white suits and gas masks pointing assault rifles through the window of her house near North Pole."
"They looked like storm troopers," said Goodale, 51. "Next thing I know is a barrage of men, or storm troopers, ran into the house."
"The next few minutes were chaotic. Agents ordered Goodale to lie down on the floor in front of her entertainment center. Someone pressed a foot to her head, and she was handcuffed."
"They had a search warrant for 1430 Daniel St., not 1422 Daniel St., where Goodale and her boyfriend of three years, Andy Welch, live."
"After officers left her house and she calmed down, Goodale got angry. She called her mother in Washington and her boyfriend, who was at work. They have contacted lawyers but do not know whether they are going to take any legal action." |
Norway: Sheep rancher shoots wolf to protect sheep; Greenpeace 'questioning' justification
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"A sheep rancher took matters into his own hands on Thursday and shot a wolf that he claims attacked one of his lambs. A Greenpeace official is questioning whether the incident was justified."
"Wolves are protected in Norway, but they can be shot in self-defense or when determined to have caused widespread damage. Authorities have earlier allowed official, but controversial, wolf hunts after heeding ranchers' complaints that Norway's wolf population was getting too large."
"Thursday's incident began when a rancher in Stor-Elvdal, Hedmark, says he found one of his lambs dying from a wolf attack. Wildlife official Trond Oefstaas told newspaper Aftenposten 'there was no doubt' the lamb was killed by a wolf, pointing to bite marks on the lamb's neck." |
A Parable: How the Town of Happy Valley Stopped the UN
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"Third of a 3-part series in our month of independence, inspired by UN 'Small Arms Destruction Day' - July 9 - with bonfires of guns piled on US soil. If you think those guys are kidding, don’t read this. Simply turn the page, and enjoy your guns while you can. For the rest of you, time to start thinking about the future. Do you need a knock on the door - or the head - to wake you up?)" |
MT: Judge's husband shoots, kills bear in couple's home
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ORIGINAL TITLE, in case the story is moved: "Judge's husband shoots, kills bear in couple's home" -- July 19, 2002 Edition
"District Judge Kim Christopher's home was broken into last weekend. Her husband, Terry Janeway, shot the intruder seven times with a .45-caliber handgun at close range. Christopher was also armed with her own 9mm semi-automatic, but did not fire her weapon."
"She was my backup. She had her gun out," Janeway said. |
Jamaica: Another murder by gun in place where guns are restricted
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Jamaica's gun control laws are very strict -- thus, criminals have a much easier time whacking people they don't like. Self defense with a handgun? Over there it's usually considered a reason for imprisonment -- unless, of course, you're a government employee, a politician, or a wealthy/influential citizen. The commoners are on their own, and this is what results -- just like in New York City, Chicago and Washington D.C. |
OH: Jury finds man had right to shoot dog
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"A jury took about an hour to acquit a property owner in the shooting of a family's pet dog that wandered onto the man's property in Lorain County."
"Lee Roy Drake, 74, of Penfield Township, was found innocent Thursday of a misdemeanor count of animal cruelty in the death Nov. 29 of Oreo, a 3-year-old mixed breed."
"The buzzards will take care of it," Drake said when asked during his testimony why he didn't contact anyone about the shooting. |
Clearing the Way for Real Airport Security
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"Did you hear the one about the 87-year-old grandmother who had her knitting needles taken away by airport security? They were afraid she was going to knit an Afghan."
"That is just one of many jibes at the fraudulent airport security measures adopted since September 11. Fortunately, the man responsible for cobbling together this national joke, John Magaw, has just resigned--clearing the way for real airport security."
"Under Magaw's leadership, the Transportation Safety Administration (TSA) has erected a giant smokescreen designed to give the illusion of security--while deliberately obstructing the measures really required to stop terrorists." |
TX: Another corrupt police officer is going to prison
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"By contrast, his former colleague Pete Saenz was sentenced today to three years and six months in prison — still a relatively lenient penalty in a case that already has put one officer behind bars for 15 years."
"Saenz admitted conspiring with six other patrolmen and a civilian to guard carloads of what they believed was cocaine but in fact contained crushed plasterboard prepared by federal agents."
"Twice, the 33-year-old escorted shipments weighing a total of 150 kilograms and collected altogether $5,000 for his betrayal of the badge."
"For Valdes, intuition came too late to keep him completely out of trouble. By the time he balked, he already had tapped into law-enforcement databases and sold the information for $700, believing the traffickers would use the criminal-history data to screen their clients."
KABA NOTE: These idiots give good cops a bad name -- they deserve to be placed in the general prison population to fend for themselves. |
Anti-gunner says assault weapons and gun rights defenders are baa-aa-d
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This anti-gunner gives the Bush administration more credit than many gunowners do:
"The real goal of Justice's new strategy is not to throw a bone to the gun lobby but to mount a backdoor attack on the very legitimacy of gun laws it doesn't like but doesn't have the guts, in the current political climate, to try to repeal legislatively."
To this editorialist, the First Amendment's mention of "the people" means it's an individual right, but the Second Amendment's mention of "the people" doesn't mean anything of the sort.
So naturally, he supports the illegal and unconstitutional "ban on military-style assault weapons" -- he'd rather those types of weapons be owned solely by the employees of government.
Then he quotes from VPC something about how a .50BMG can "blow a nine-inch hole in a concrete wall from 100 yards." That must be that cartridge that's "as big as a ketchup bottle."
He didn't give us his email address, which is probably good: that many factually bankrupt views all wrapped into one editorial suggest a letter would be a waste of time. |
Suicide by gun is a "thing that took my son," says father
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"Five years ago this week, [Clark] Flatt's son, a fullback on his high school football team, killed himself with his father's pistol. His father says Jason was despondent over a school relationship."
"Describing himself as 'angry at this thing that took my son,' the owner of an insurance business began by leaving more and more of his work to employees while he enlisted young people, teachers and parents to try to focus public attention on the problem."
We're drawing attention to this seemingly well-intentioned suicide interventionist for one primary reason. A quick look at his Foundation's "Get the Facts" page website page produces the following irrational statement:
"Accessibility to firearms, particularly handguns, influences the rate of teen suicides."
No individual or study has ever PROVEN that accessibility to firearms influences teen suicide rates. Daddy needs to get out of his emotions long enough to get real. Visit the KeepAndBearArms.com Suicide and Guns archives to explore the issue deeper than he has.
We're sorry Mr. Flatt's son chose to end his own life, and we wish him continued and full recovery from the loss -- but his pain doesn't give him license to deceive. |
UK: Random road check yields another banned handgun being carried
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"A motorist discovered with a pistol tucked into his trousers during a roadside spot check was yesterday being questioned about two nightclub shootings."
"The Handsworth man, aged 39, was initially arrested last month after police on the random checkpoint found him with the weapon and £10,000 of cannabis."
"The fully-loaded semi-automatic pistol is believed to be of the same calibre to the one used in two shooting incidents at La Mustique's nightclub in Aston, which left five people injured."
"In the first incident last December three men and a woman were wounded by gunmen. Four months later a 21-year-old man was shot in the stomach at the same club." |
'Point Blank Body Armor' under fire
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"Point Blank Body Armor's business is protecting the lives of U.S. soldiers and police officers, but workers at its Oakland Park plant say the company is doing little to look after them."
"Workers expressed frustration with what they say are low pay and unsafe working conditions at the plant, where flak jackets for the military and law enforcement agencies are made." |
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