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Civilians Recruited for Special Forces
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"Army Special Forces soldiers work in 12-man teams, often on secret missions. Each soldier is an expert in weapons, communications, engineering or medicine."
"Recruits must be male, 18 to 29, a U.S. citizen with a HS diploma, and score well on intelligence tests. They also must sign up for at least 5 years of service."
"They undergo 9 weeks of basic training, followed by about 2 years of intensive training in such skills as parachuting, land navigation, small unit tactics and survival." |
Canada: "Gun registry survives late rush"
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"More than 40,000 firearm owners rushed to register their guns immediately before a grace period to comply with the Firearms Act expired earlier this week, Solicitor General Wayne Easter says."
"Despite the crush, the Canadian Firearms Centre central computer system did not fail as registry opponents were claiming the day after the deadline expired, Mr. Easter said yesterday."
"As of June 30, when the grace period passed, 6.4 million firearms had been registered, he said in an interview."
"Combined with a total of 613,000 guns that have been exported, destroyed or deactivated, the figures mean the government is close to accounting for nearly all of the estimated 7.9 million firearms in Canada." ... |
Rapper Beanie Sigel posts bail in shooting
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PHILADELPHIA -- "Hip-hop artist Beanie Sigel posted bail and was released from jail on Saturday after surrendering to police on charges he shot a man outside a West Philadelphia bar."
"Sigel had surrendered to police late Thursday after a rap concert in Camden, N.J."
"Police had been looking for Sigel since Tuesday, when he was accused of shooting Terrence Speller, 26, in the stomach and foot, apparently in retaliation for an argument earlier in the evening. Speller was hospitalized, but is expected to recover, police said."
"Sigel, whose given name is Dwight Grant, had arranged to surrender upon crossing the bridge into Philadelphia after the concert, according to Philadelphia Police Lt. Michael Chitwood."
"Sigel's attorney, Fortunato Perri Jr., said his client denied any involvement in the shooting." ... |
CA: Boy shot by accident outside gun store during robbery sues
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"A teenager shot while passing by an El Cerrito gun shop during a robbery has sued the store owner he says put him in the hospital."
"The 15-year-old Richmond resident was walking home from school along Carlson Boulevard on March 26 when he was shot in the arm."
"The shots came from the Old West Gun Room, a business on the south side of the street. The owner and a customer opened fire at several men brandishing a shotgun."
"They hit one of the alleged robbers, as well as Ryan Reynolds, who had the bad timing to be walking along the north side of the boulevard." ... |
TN: "Zero tolerance" and direct result of federal bribes
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With the fairness and legality of its policy in question, the Knox County School Board zeroes in on Zero Tolerance
Two years after he was expelled from high school over a knife a friend had put in his car, Dustin Seal was asked to list what he missed most after his expulsion.
"Homecoming."
"Prom."
"Graduation."
"My friend."
"Math class."
"Band scholarship."
"Marching."
Two years after making the list, he climbed into his bathtub and shot himself.
Seal, known as Dusty to friends and family, killed himself June 21, 2002, more than five years after he was expelled from West High School at the beginning of his senior year.
His parents sued the Knox County school system for wrongful death. The case is pending in U.S. District Court after the court on May 5 denied a motion to dismiss. ... |
FL: Rap concert in rural area moved for racial reasons, organizers say
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Someone calling himself "Trick Daddy" was supposed to have a concert in this rural area. Of interest to gun owners:
"Trick Daddy, a South Florida rapper whose real name is Maurice Young, was charged earlier this year with aggravated assault with a firearm, possession of a firearm in the commission of a felony and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon after allegedly threatening to kill a man during a basketball game."
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OR: State hospital inmate still on the loose
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SALEM - "An inmate who escaped from the Oregon State Hospital might have left the Salem area, the authorities said."
"Lt. Dale Rutledge of the Oregon State Police said Michael Marks, 23, was possibly in the Portland-Vancouver area, and officers were contacting friends and family there."
"Marks, a maximum security prisoner, escaped Thursday night by climbing over a 12-foot-high fence topped with four feet of coiled razor wire. Stan Mazur-Hart, hospital superintendent, said Marks was admitted to the hospital June 11 by order of Multnomah County Circuit Court. Under Oregon law, a court may commit people for psychiatric treatment until they are able or willing to assist in their own defense." ...
"Marks, who escaped during outdoor recreation time, was charged with robbery with a firearm and second-degree kidnapping in an incident last year at a Portland supermarket." ...
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IL: Former police chief charged with domestic battery
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FRANKLIN COUNTY -- "A 39-year-old former Zeigler police chief was arrested early Saturday morning after fighting with his ex-wife and displaying a handgun, police said. The Ingersolls' divorce was granted June 9."
"Harlen Ingersoll was arrested about 2:30 a.m. in a traffic stop by Franklin County Sheriff's deputies on Illinois 148 after he turned from Catbird Road onto the highway, police said."
"He was charged with domestic battery and possession of a firearm without a valid Firearm Owner's Identification (FOID) card, police said."
"Ingersoll was held in the Franklin County Jail until posting $300 cash bond Saturday evening, authorities said. Court information was unavailable."
"Police said Ingersoll was Zeigler's police chief for eight years before leaving in 2002 to join the force at the VA Hospital in Marion." ...
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One might wonder if this man, as police chief, oversaw charges of "possession of a firearm without a valid Firearm Owner's Identification (FOID) card" during his employment.
One also might wonder why this man got off with a mere $300 bail after threatening people with a firearm. |
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"I think I've finally figured out why politicians seem to be confused and utterly unaware of what the U.S. Constitution actually says. Either they never took the time to sit down and READ it, or they have their own version that is very different from the one that is often referred to but seldom understood." |
UK: Man shot in street attack (another report)
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A man is in hospital after being gunned down in a street attack.
The 28-year-old victim was in Hartington Road, in the Lozells area of Birmingham, when he was wounded with what police believe was a shotgun.
He was taken to an unnamed hospital for treatment to back injuries. His condition is said to be stable.
Hartington Road is in the same area of the city where Charlene Ellis, 18, and Letisha Shakespeare, 17, were shot and killed outside a hairdressing salon on Birchfield Road. ... |
Australia: "Victim fears rapist will strike again"
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"THE first man kept in jail under the state's new dangerous sex offenders law would kill if released, one of his victims said yesterday."
"The woman said she often dreamed that if Robert Fardon was released from prison he would hunt her down and shoot her."
"The woman, 37, who was only 12 in 1978 when Fardon viciously raped her and split her 15-year-old sister's head open with a gun, said she only survived because she had begged for her life."
"At the time, Fardon had drunk the juice of 20 gold-top mushrooms to celebrate the birth of his son at Redcliffe."
" 'I have no doubt he would've killed me,' the woman said. 'I find it appalling that he may get out and I'm still doing the life sentence (for what he did to me). He knows my name, he knows where I live, I'm not hard to find.' " ...
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MN: Author of Minnesota's New Gun Law is a Contradiction
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The man behind Minnesota's new handgun permit law isn't planning to start up his own militia. He doesn't wear an ammo belt or paint his face with camouflage.
Joe Olson describes himself as a "short, balding tax attorney" from Roseville. Yet he has almost single-handedly touched off one of the biggest political firestorms in modern Minnesota history.
Olson wrote the legislation that became the Minnesota Personal Protection Act, which makes it easier for Minnesotans to get permits to carry handguns in public.
Olson is one of the founding faculty members of the liberal-leaning Hamline University School of Law in St. Paul. Yet his political opponents list him as one of the top Second Amendment legal minds in the country.
He studied the laws in more than 30 other states with "shall issue" laws for carrying handguns, then literally cut and pasted them into the legislation that was introduced this spring. |
Philippines: Gun owners launch counter-offensive
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FIREARMS owners in the Philippines are fighting efforts by the government and private groups to curb gun ownership.
A lawsuit on the right to bear arms has been filed by a prominent gun enthusiast, and groups defending the right to own guns are recruiting members.
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"A TOTAL of 135 prisoners have escaped from jail in the Philippines so far this year, compared to 114 jailbreaks recorded for all of last year, the Sunday Times reported yesterday, citing police data." |
Victims of victimization
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"No matter what type of hardship befalls them, Americans can find a way to blame someone, or something, which allows them to feel victimized by elements beyond their control. Americans have found a way to relieve themselves of all responsibility in matters that concern their own lives. It’s easy. They join a movement that is sweeping the globe when they succumb to the myth of victimization." ... |
America's Most Convenient Bank is tops - with robbers
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"In Manhattan, Commerce Bank has been robbed 14 times this year; police say security is sacrificed for friendly service"
NEW YORK - What is it about Commerce Bank?"
"Why does it seem to attract those who prefer using the threatening note to the more traditional bank slip, who insist on making cash withdrawals without having an account, and who are in such a hurry that they do not even have time to accept a complimentary pen?" ...
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UK: Upsurge in Birmingham gun crime linked to gang battles
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"A man was found lying in the street with gunshot wounds early yesterday in the latest in a spate of shootings in Birmingham."
"The man, aged 28, was discovered in the Lozells area of the city suffering from back injuries after being attacked with a shotgun. The alarm was raised after the victim was found by passers-by. He was taken to hospital, where he remains in a stable condition."
"There has been a string of shootings in Birmingham. Only days before the most recent attack, a 22-year-old man was shot and injured in the Handsworth area of the city." ... |
Back to the plantation
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"On Nov. 12, 2002, Steve Hinkle ... was posting fliers advertising [free] speech ...
" 'The students in the Multicultural Center admit trying to prevent Hinkle from advertising the event,' reports Thor L. Halvorssen, CEO of the Philadelphia-based Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE -- see www.thefire.org.)"
"Cal Poly subjected Hinkle to a lengthy hearing. He was denied the right to have a lawyer present." ...
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Brazil: Rio destroys thousands of fire arms
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) -- "Authorities in Rio bulldozed and burned thousands of firearms Sunday, a symbolic gesture as officials prepare to reach a compromise on gun control."
"A bulldozer in Rio's Flamengo park flattened more than 4,000 guns in an action organized by Rio de Janeiro's state government and the anti-violence group Viva Rio. About 150 guns and rifles were lit in a symbolic bonfire."
"Police had seized the destroyed weapons from 1997 to 1998. Brazilian legislation forbids the destruction of arms before a five-year waiting period. Rio's police confiscate an average of 12,000 firearms each year." ...
"Officials are to meet Tuesday to try to find common ground on gun control, with Justice Minister Marcio Thomaz Bastos slated to sit down for the first time with a joint Senate and Lower House commission. The government expects a compromise proposal to be voted upon by Congress by the end of this month."
"Dozens of proposals advocating varying degrees of limits on the possession and use of firearms have been stuck in Brazil's National Congress for years as successive governments and congressmen were unable to compromise." ...
"Bastos, the justice minister, would like to see more rigid requirements for gun possession permits, higher punishments for illegal possession of arms and the creation of a national system to register and control all citizens owning weapons." [emphasis added] |
Justices' rulings overlook importance of states' rights
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... "Ah, if only the high court were consistent in forcing that hand. I posed another question to McCarthy, one that goes right to the heart of this penumbra business: Suppose a member of the Pink Pistols - a gay/lesbian group that believes gays and lesbians should arm themselves and shoot people who attack them - actually does so in Maryland. He or she would face a 5-year minimum under state law for the handgun violation alone. Suppose he or she claimed that the rights to self-defense and to carry a handgun lurk in the Constitution's penumbra? How would the court rule?" ... |
OR: BBC finds Salem case similar to shooting in UK
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SALEM, OREGON -- "The British Broadcasting Corp. is picking up on the story of a Salem man who shot and killed a 16-year-old intruder who broke into his garage."
"A BBC television crew will be filming in Salem for a few days, and say they plan to draw parallels between the case and a similar incident in England where a 16-year-old was shot and killed in a robbery."
"The homeowner in England was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison, while a grand jury cleared Linn Stordahl of Salem of any charges." ... |
Australia: Police gun drill under fire - for using pictures of real people
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"POLICE target practice will be reviewed after it was revealed they were using pictures of real people for anti-terrorist training."
"Special emergency response team officers have been using 28 real-life images in target training, including two pictures of Aborigines and four of women."
"The photos included staff from the Queensland Police Service and mugshots of criminals."
"Police Minister Tony McGrady said the use of the images was unacceptable and called for an immediate review."
"Police Commissioner Bob Atkinson apologised to anyone identified in the photos but said the pictures had helped in the training of 40 SERT officers." ... |
NC: State-sponsored anti-gun group defunded
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The Child Fatality Task Force was a real pain to GRNC. Now over $100,000 per year of taxpayer dollars will not be used to lobby for liberals.
The task force included several people from private liberal groups. |
NY: About-face puts shooters back in Empire State Games
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"Nearly five months after shooting, fencing, water polo and open field hockey were cut from the schedule -- and just three weeks before the 2003 games commence in Buffalo on July 23 -- ESG executive director Fred Smith confirmed that the shooting events have been reinstated and will be part of the 26th annual competition." |
OK: Man arrested with cherry bomb, knife aboard plane
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TULSA, Okla. -- "An Alaska Air flight on its way to Orlando, Fla., was diverted to Tulsa Thursday after a Florida man allegedly brought fireworks and a knife on board, according to Local 6 News."
"Federal agents arrested Herbert Fritz, 38, on Flight 18 bound from Seattle to Orlando, Fla., when someone on board saw the man showing what appeared to be explosives or fireworks to children seated near him, FBI spokesman Gary Johnson said."
"Fritz was arrested at Tulsa International Airport on complaints of concealing a dangerous weapon and possessing an explosive or incendiary device." ...
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UK: "Pups TV show focuses on U.S. gun culture"
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"Pups is an honest, in-your-face story of how two Los Angeles 13-year-olds get a tragic first-hand taste of America’s gun culture."
"The film starts with young Stevie (Cameron Van Hoy) videotaping a fake suicide message for his mother, who’s out of town on a business trip."
"Then he finds a loaded gun in a cupboard and tries to impress his girlfriend Rocky (Mischa Barton) with his new toy."
"When the gun goes off accidentally, instead of heeding the warning, the Bonnie and Clyde pair decide to take it to school with them. Along the way Stevie decides to show off his new toy at the local bank, and so begins the misguided pairs’ nightmare." ...
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The American television show depicting UK "gun culture" would show a bunch of spineless cowards handing in their firearms and running in panic when little kids hold up their fingers and yells "bang!" The next scene can show a woman laying down on her back for a local rapist, politely giving him what he wants -- followed by the easy flow of black market firearms into the hands of more rapists, robbers and murderers. The final scene can show British farmer Tony Martin going to prison for shooting a career criminal, while the stilted, stuffed shirt "nobles" condemn him for harming the poor, misunderstood thug. The Brits will see the show as a compliment to their "civility".
Instead of "Pups", it'll be called "Chumps". |
UK: Car thief kills woman
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"A man who stole a woman's car then ran her over, killing her, may have almost forced another woman driver off the road later that evening, police said on Saturday."
"The motorist reported seeing the black Renault Megane in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, 20 miles from where June Everitt was murdered."
"The 52-year-old pharmaceutical worker was unloading her shopping at her garage in Ridgway Road, Luton, Bedfordshire, at about 1745 BST on Thursday when the car was stolen."
"The thief reversed over her as he made his getaway and she died later from multiple injuries." ...
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FL: "Biggest scourges of society ... gun toters"
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"Local, state and federal law enforcement are coming together in South Florida to fight what they say are two of the biggest scourges of society -- guns and illegal gun-toters." [emphasis added]
"That's where Project Safe Neighborhoods -- part of a national $234 million initiative unveiled last year by President Bush -- comes in."
"The South Florida district has already received $1 million and stands to get another $1 million this year, Jiménez said. The money will pay for equipment -- such as computers to trace gun histories -- and additional staff to focus on gun violations, he said. State and federal prosecutors will take a joint look at all violent gun crimes and decide which can be prosecuted at the federal level, which generally has stiffer penalties than state courts." ... |
UK: CCTV fails as Police mount crackdown on street crime
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"A NEW CCTV camera failed to work in Crystal Palace in the midst of an anti-street crime initiative."
"The Advertiser can reveal that the camera covering Westow Street in Upper Norwood, identified by police figures as a mugging hotspot, has not been being working for more than two weeks."
"Croydon Council explained that the repairs are due to be finished and the camera should be restored to full working order by today (Friday)."
"But the revelation has sparked anger among community representatives, who were unaware of the problem." ... |
NY: Untrained teen dies when brother fires pistol he "thought was empty"
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Another example of a reckless kid playing with a known deadly weapon. And kudos to the left-wing hoplophobes who have diligently waged the battle to keep firearms training/education out of the schools. Yes indeed, "If we never tell them about them how will they know they even exist?". Yes, follow the liberals into the grave. |
MD: Criminal Charges Against Highlandtown Man Could Be Dropped
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"A detective says they've now counted between 25 thousand and 40 thousand military style rounds found inside Arthur Wheeler's home, also more than a dozen rifles and more being made -- handguns and 80 pounds of gun powder. But Eyewitness news learns the Feds wouldn't touch the case. Americans can have unlimited arms and ammo by law according to ATF."
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No kidding! You can't arrest someone who hasn't committed a crime! I hope the Balto media and police eat a lot of crow over this!
Now for the civil suit! |
Man arrested with inoperative land mine at airport
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WINDSOR LOCKS , Conn. -- State troopers on Friday arrested a North Carolina man accused of trying to take an inoperative land mine through a security checkpoint at Bradley International Airport.
Police and airport supervisors said the device was not likely to be used as a weapon and was not a terrorism-related incident, The Hartford Courant reported in Saturday's editions.
Tommy Dale Smith, 45, of Charlotte, N.C., was charged with breach of peace and released on $500 bond, police said.
Troopers said Transportation Security Administration screeners discovered a Russian-style land mine in his possession about 3 p.m., and called state police. Troopers determined it was not operational.
State police did not say whether Smith was an airline passenger, how he was carrying the device or why he had it. |
Defensive use of guns underreported
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"A noted defender of the Second Amendment has authored a new book contending that much of the news coverage of the mainstream media is slanted in favor of gun control."
"John Lott Jr., resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, has authored the book 'The Bias Against Guns – Why Almost Everything You've Heard About Gun Control is Wrong.' " ... |
10-Year Old's Lemon Aid Stand Shut Down By Beach Vendor Complaint
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DAYTONA BEACH SHORES, Fla -- "A turf war erupted between beach vendors and ten year old Katie McGrane."
"Business was going well until Daytona Beach Shores Mayor Greg Northrop came by. Without a permit the kids were told that they would have to close their stand down."
"The Mayor said her little stand could take money away from other vendors on the beach."
" 'You can't just come down on the beach and sell stuff,' said Mayor Northrop."
"The mayor is a beach vendor himself." ... |
AK: Feds back down, some saw possible '2nd Ruby Ridge'
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WND reported the year-long struggle of a 17 member Christian family that recently bought property within Wrangell-St. Elias National Park in southeast Alaska. Today's final installment describes plans by the National Park Service to bring in by helicopter an armed Special Events Team near the family's homestead, with background on events leading up to what some feared could become a second Ruby Ridge. |
EU: Gunman kills 3, wounds one in Switzerland
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Gunman is *not* a Swiss national...
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Police launched a manhunt today after a gunman shot three people dead and seriously injured a fourth.
The shooting took place in an apartment in the northern Swiss town of Pratteln, near Basel, late last night.
Police named their suspect as a 46-year-old Turk, Mustafa Dilenc, the former boyfriend of the woman who was injured in the attack.
The three people who died were the woman’s 75-year-old mother and 15-year-old daughter and her current boyfriend, aged 51. |
UK: Woman killed in carjack murder (another report)
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"THE high-flying career woman savagely killed by a car-jacker had told a friend 'life's is too short to feel down' just 24 hours before her death."
"June Everitt, 52, who had just been shopping, was parking her black Renault Megane in a garage 100 yards from her Ridgway Road, Luton, home when the man
pounced and tried to pull her out of it."
"Ms Everitt, described as a strong, independent woman by friends, put up a fight and as she clung to the door was dragged 20 yards along the road as the man tried to drive off." ... |
NJ: Homeowner helps nab suspected jewel thief
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WAYNE, N.J. -- "Police in Wayne have an alert homeowner to thank for nabbing a suspect in a jewelry store robbery."
"The unidentified homeowner was tinkering in his basement around dinnertime Thursday when he heard noises upstairs. He climbed the steps and discovered an intruder on the main floor who said he was looking for something to drink."
"The homeowner threw the stranger out, then followed him outdoors. Within moments, the two men were tussling on the ground when a police officer arrived and succeeded in cuffing the man."
"Less than an hour earlier, police say, the man and an accomplice drove a stolen pickup truck to the Preakness Shopping Center in Wayne, smashed a jewelry store display window with a sledgehammer and grabbed handfuls of gems in a brazen daylight armed robbery." ...
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Mexico: Gunmen kill five, including 12-year-old boy
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Strict gun control with a ban on "military" calibers for civilians didn't stop this violence...
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MEXICO CITY (July 5, 7:09 a.m. ADT) - Gunmen killed a man believed to be a migrant trafficker and then fatally shot four bystanders, including a 12-year-old boy, apparently to avoid leaving witnesses, police said.
The shootings happened Friday in the city of Las Choapas, in the Gulf Coast state of Veracruz about 280 miles southeast of Mexico City, the government news agency Notimex reported.
State police director Angel Landeros said the ambush on a 50-year-old man on a motorcycle was apparently related to a dispute involving migrant traffickers. Police found a pair of two-way radios that the victim was carrying.
The dead included four bystanders - three men and a 12-year-old boy.
Las Choapas, a truck-stop town on a main highway leading north, is a frequent stop for undocumented Central American migrants making their way to the United States. |
Fiji: Make Guns and Bibles
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"Standing Orders were suspended yesterday allowing the Upper House to complete the debate and pass the Arms and Ammunition Bill."
"Approval for the Bill’s passage was unanimous despite reservations expressed by senators on some of its provisions." ...
"The new law will establish a jurisdiction of the manufacture, purchase and use, sale, acquisition, import, export, manufacture and enforcement of arms and ammunition in the country."
"It will implement measures to establish a licensing system with proper records and provides for a permit regime with severe qualifications to possess, carry and use arms."
"The Labour Party’s eight senators were particularly vocal about the provisions exempting the military from the jurisdiction of the Bill because of what they considered were loopholes that could be exploited." ... |
IL: Stabbing death is ruled self-defense
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The "right of the people to keep and bear arms" includes blades.
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CHICAGO -- Authorities said a 17-year-old girl who stabbed her former boyfriend to death outside the home of a South Side alderman Saturday night won't be charged.
Cook County State's Attorney's spokeswoman Marcy Jensen said the unidentified 17-year-old won't be charged because she was acting in self defense in what police are calling a domestic quarrel. Police said 17-year-old Kendall Walls attacked the girl and was choking her as he had done in the past when the girl stabbed him.
The stabbing took place near the home of Alderman Ted Thomas. Police said neither Walls nor the teenager who stabbed him are related to the alderman. However, Thomas' wife confirmed for NBC 5 that the girl lived in the neighborhood and had visited the alderman's home earlier Saturday.
The teenage girl is in police custody. |
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