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Police State USA (By Hon. Ron Paul, Rep. 14 District, TX)
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"Last week’s announcement that the terrorist threat warning level has been raised in parts of New York, New Jersey, and Washington, D.C. has led to dramatic and unprecedented restrictions on the movements of citizens. Americans wishing to visit the U.S. Capitol must, for example, pass through several checkpoints and submit to police inspection of their cars and persons."
"Many Americans support the new security measures because they claim to feel safer when the government issues terror alerts and fills the streets with militarized police forces. As one tourist interviewed this week said, 'It makes me feel comfortable to know that everything is being checked.' It is ironic that tourists coming to Washington to celebrate the freedoms embodied in the Declaration of Independence are so eager to give up those freedoms with no questions asked." ... |
Biting bullet not in plan
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"There is a disturbing pattern of behavior emerging in America. Every so often, when a summer night is too hot or the moon is full, someone takes an assault rifle or a machine pistol and goes on a shooting rampage."
"It happened the other day in Columbus, Ohio. A man with an automatic rifle stormed through a neighborhood, firing at homes and people. Three were wounded, including a policeman trying to stop the attack."
"We aren't saying that a complete ban on assault-style weapons would stop such madness, but it couldn't hurt. Yet the federal assault weapons ban that has been in force for years will expire Sept. 13 unless Congress passes a pending bill to renew the law. And it looks like Congress isn't going to do that." ... |
FMG Publications Urge Sportsmen to Buy a Gun for America
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"FMG Publications is encouraging American sportsmen to vote to with their wallets this fall by supporting their Second Amendment right. The message from the publisher of American Handgunner, GUNS and Shooting Industry magazine: 'Buy a Gun for America.'"
"'You can't move without slipping on a campaign button or choking on another political promise,' said FMG promotion director Randy Molde. 'Sportsmen have the power to sway the election process with their vote, to be sure -- but their untapped strength lies in that fist full of cash they're willing to plunk down on a new gun, the ammunition and the accessories to go with it.'" ...
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Association Between Youth-Focused Firearm Laws and Youth Suicides (JAMA)
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"Context Firearms are used in approximately half of all youth suicides. Many state and federal laws include age-specific restrictions on the purchase, possession, or storage of firearms; however, the association between these laws and suicides among youth has not been carefully examined." ...
"Conclusions There is evidence that CAP [Child Access Prevention] laws are associated with a modest reduction in suicide rates among youth aged 14 to 17 years. As currently implemented, minimum age restrictions for the purchase and possession of firearms do not appear to reduce overall rates of suicide among youth." ...
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How to properly break in a new rifle barrel
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"'Is it necessary to break in a new rifle barrel? If so, how is it done? It seems confusing; is it important to follow the procedure exactly? Can doing it incorrectly ruin a new rifle? Help me, I'm so confused!'"
"I get a letter like that about once a month." ...
"Relax, it's not that complicated, and it's hard to screw up."
"If you are properly caring for your rifle, you are probably close to doing it already. In the end, all you are doing in breaking in a rifle bore is using the bullets you are firing to burnish any minor imperfections in the rifling."
"Because those imperfections will collect metal fouling from the bullet jacket and 'fill in,' you must clean the fouling often and completely from the bore, particularly when the gun is new." ... |
My Brief Love Affair with the Kimber Gold Combat Stainless
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"I visited my local dealer with the intention of replenishing my ammo supply and window shopping. Looked to see if there were any Gunsite Service Pistols on the shelf but instead saw a sexy looking number with 'Kimber Custom Shop' on the slide. Having seen it, I had to run my hands over it and check the trigger...I vaguely remember staggering out of the store with the feel of overheated plastic in my hip pocket and a box labeled 'Kimber.'"
"A 'Series I' version...very smooth. Used? Yes, but apparently very lightly used - I had whipped out the Surefire in the store and scoped out the barrel and inside the mag-well and breech, etc. ..." ... |
Canada: Man who risked life to save woman from gunman says he was only trying to help
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"A man who stopped his car to pick up a woman running from a hail of bullets said Tuesday he was only trying to help out."
"Don Miller happened to drive by as a woman was being shot at by a gunman on the streets of suburban Port Moody early Monday morning. 'She started to run across the street to my side of the street, and (the shooter) ran out . . . . where he proceeded to shoot at her,' Miller told Vancouver radio station CKNW. Miller said the woman fell as she crossed the road from what he thought was a bullet making contact."
"Miller opened his passenger door and honked. The woman jumped in." ...
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Canada: Morning gun battle shocks quiet B.C. suburb
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"A 47-year-old man fired dozens of shots from a rifle and caused a multi-car pileup in B.C. before police shot him to death on a Coquitlam highway early Monday."
"The gun battle also left a 34-year-old woman in serious but stable condition with gunshot wounds. Nobody else was hurt."
"Witnesses say the gunman, whom police have not yet identified, started shooting at the woman at about 6 a.m. local time in a residential neighbourhood in Port Moody."
"Police say the two knew each other, but wouldn't specify what the relationship was."
"The woman tried to run away along a street in the bedroom community 15 kilometres east of Vancouver, occasionally trying to hide behind people passing by." ... |
OH: Double-standard: Privacy a right for everyone but law-abiding gun owners
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"The need for the protection of privacy has been in the news a lot lately, and it would appear liberals and the media elite supports such efforts for everyone but...you guessed it...law-abiding CHL-holders."
"'Scarlet plates' single out DUIs" ...
"Private documents found in trash at debt-collection company" ...
"FLASHBACK: Taft supports not "stigmatizing" ex-cons; insisted on stigmatizing CHL-holders" ...
"'When is it over'? Thanks to Bob Taft and a handful of anti-gun editorial boards, it will never be over for CHL-holders, at least not until the General Assembly moves to fix it's error and override Taft." ... |
MO: Sheriff ready to permit guns
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"Platte County Sheriff Richard Anderson announced his office will accept concealed-carry applications."
"'The Missouri legislature did not correct the unfunded mandate issue of the Concealed-Carry Act of 2003 during their last session, and there is no established timetable for them to act in the future. Therefore, it is not reasonable to continue to deny the residents of Platte County the opportunity to make application for the Concealed-Carry Endorsement especially since other Missourians can make application,' Anderson said." ...
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Puerto Rico: Campaign launched to combat illegal firearms
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"The Department of Justice and the federal Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Bureau announced on Tuesday the beginning of an ad campaign geared at stemming the trafficking of illegal firearms into Puerto Rico.
Puerto Rico Attorney General, Pedro Geronimo Goyco, will urge citizen to offer confidential information as to the whereabouts of illegal firearms. In the case a fire arm is recovered informants will receive a cash reward." ...
"Goyco said that the reward will vary according to the type of firearm recovered; handguns will garner $300 each with a maximum of $2,700; rifles will garner $500 with a maximum of $5,000; while assault weapons will earn $600 with a maximum of $7,000." ...
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OH: Strike Two: Another Plain Dealer editor tries to justify discriminatory actions
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"Those who catch the headline of Phillip Morris' latest column in the Cleveland Plain Dealer may gain the impression that at least one member of the editorial board is coming to understand how damaging its decision to publish the names of concealed handgun license-holders has been. Some may believe it is evidence that the paper has been asking itself what role it played in the death of Bill Singleton."
"But as deeper into Associate Editor Phillip Morris' column, it becomes quickly apparent that any such pangs of guilt are resulting in the production of spin in the Plain Dealer editorial room that would make Bill Clinton proud." ... |
NM: Airman arrested in [shooting] death of fellow airman
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A Kirtland Air Force Base senior airman has been arrested in connection with the death of another airman.
Nathan Roberts, 23, was being held at the Metropolitan Detention Center in lieu of $300,000, facing an open count of murder in the death of 19-year-old Airman 1st Class William Wilson.
Authorities said the two, who were both stationed at Kirtland, were at a birthday party Saturday and had been horsing around.
"Roberts at one point went out to his car, retrieved a pistol and shot the other man in the face," said Detective Jeff Arbogast, an Albuquerque Police Department spokesman.
Wilson, a Houston native, was pronounced dead at University of New Mexico Hospital.
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AZ: Retired cop detains innocent couple
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"A retired Valley police officer who thought he was witnessing fleeing bank robbers followed and detained a young couple at gunpoint, creating a chaotic situation on Mariposa Street Tuesday afternoon."
"Payson police arrived in force, stopping traffic and turning away a school bus full of children who were watching the event unfold."
"Rich Mack called police when he saw a young man get into the trunk of a car in a bank parking lot. As the car pulled out of the parking lot, he thought the couple had just robbed the bank." ... |
MD: Man Shot Trying To Rob Officer's Family In West Baltimore
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"Two men allegedly tried to rob a Maryland Transportation Authority police officer and his family Monday night."
"Police said the man tried to rob an off-duty police officer and his family just after 10:30 p.m. in the 2300 block of North Fulton Avenue near Parkwood Avenue."
"'The officer was relaxing on the front porch of his home when two men approached, one armed, and announced an armed robbery was taking place,' MdTA police spokeswoman Katie Leahan said."
"Police said the would-be robber fired one shot at the officer, missing him and his girlfriend. The officer then drew his service weapon and fired at one man, hitting him in the thigh. The other ran off, WBAL-TV 11 News reporter Lisa Robinson reported." ...
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South Africa: Only 12 gun training centres
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"Five of South Africa's nine provinces have no accredited training centres for gun licence applicants, leaving firearm dealers in these regions unable to do business, the Democratic Alliance said on Tuesday."
"'Only 12 institutions have been accredited countrywide,' DA safety and security spokesperson Roy Jankielsohn said in a statement."
"The new Firearms Control Act ... has made it mandatory for anyone applying for a gun licence to undergo a proficiency test with an accredited institution."
"Jankielsohn said [5] provinces had no such institutions." ...
"'Government apparently wants to disarm citizens and put firearm dealers out of business in South Africa.'" ...
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UK: Howard says I'll build more prisons
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"Michael Howard promised yesterday that longer jail sentences would be at the heart of the next Tory government's efforts to stop political correctness from overwhelming the fight against crime." ...
"Mr Howard said that since Labour came to power in 1997 gun crime had doubled, robbery was up by more than half and violent crime had risen by 83 per cent. Last year it reached the one million mark for the first time - more than 100 violent crimes every hour." [emphasis added]
"The reality of Britain today was parents afraid to let their children walk to school, women fearing intimidation from hooded youths as they walked home at night and couples staying in rather than run the gauntlet of binge drinkers in town centres." ... |
IL: Getting To Know Alan Keyes: Republican U.S. Senate Candidate Discusses His Personal, Political Beliefs
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"Less than 24 hours after officially entering the U.S. Senate race Republican Alan Keyes hit the ground running on Monday and began laying the groundwork for what is expected to be a whirlwind campaign against Democratic rival Barack Obama." ...
"Q: Where do you stand on gun control?"
"A: I'm a strong supporter of the Second Amendment and I think it would require some serious justification in my mind before we would curtail the rights of gun owners. I was appalled when I heard that my opponent was one of these people that believe if a burglar breaks in your house you don't have the right to use some means of self defense against an individual that might threaten your life."
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VA: Former magistrate pleads guilty to threatening friend, shooting toward her
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"A former Alleghany County magistrate pleaded no contest Monday to pointing a gun at a female friend as she drove and firing a gun in her direction when she fled him." ...
"If it hadn't been for the gun, the incident probably would not have escalated into a serious felony case, Blaylock [defense attorney] said."
"'That's another reason I don't like handguns,' he said. 'People have handguns, and it gets them in trouble.'"
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KY: Congressman Pleads Guilty to Kentucky Gun Charge
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"Republican U.S. Rep. John Hostettler pleaded guilty and agreed to a suspended 60-day jail sentence on Tuesday for having a loaded handgun in his luggage at the Louisville, Kentucky, airport."
"An avid hunter and gun rights advocate, the Indiana conservative congressman did not attend the plea bargain conference with a Jefferson County prosecutor, but contended at the time that he had forgotten about the weapon in his carry-on bag as he went to catch an April 20 flight back to Washington."
"Under the terms of the plea agreement, Hostettler will not have to serve the sentence unless he commits another crime within two years." ...
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WY: An Anti-gun Gun Museum in Wyoming
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Before you visit the Cody Firearms Museum in Cody, Wyoming, (part of the Buffalo Bill Historical Center) you might want to give them a call and ask why they ban their patrons from carrying guns, either openly or concealed. Their number is 307-587-4771. |
Pitcairn Island: Pitcairn Islanders told to hand over guns
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"Pitcairn Islanders have been told to hand over their guns due to fears a six-week sex trial on the island could lead to violence." ...
"He said the island's governor, British High Commissioner to New Zealand, Richard Fell, had ordered through the island's police officers that residents voluntarily surrender their firearms." ...
"If people did not hand over their guns then authorities would legislate to suspend all firearm licenses on the island and the guns would be taken from residents, he said." ...
"The island's licensing system would enable police to target all the firearms that existed." ...
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UK: Weapons haul
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"A MACHINE gun and a machete were among items handed in during a Woodbridge weapons amnesty which finished today."
"Launched on July 12 and originally scheduled as a two-week amnesty, the period was extended because of the volume of weapons being surrendered."
"Inspector Ben Cook, Woodbridge sector commander, said: 'Well over 50 items have been put in the bin during the past four weeks, including a large quantity of knives, a number of guns and several air weapons.'"
"'We are pleased people have taken this opportunity to get rid of what could, in the wrong hands, be some very dangerous weapons.'" ...
"'The total has exceeded my expectations and I would like to thank everyone who has made use of the bin.'"
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IL: Police Seek Gunman In Four ATM Robberies
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Chicago police are searching for the gunman who has pulled off four armed robberies at a southwest side ATM this month.
The stick-ups all occurred at the drive-up ATM at the LaSalle Bank branch in the 4100 block of West 76th Street.
The latest victim, Richard Cuevas, was attempting to use the ATM on Sunday, when a masked man with a semi-automatic pistol stepped up to the driver's side window of his car.
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UK: Gunrunner is put behind bars
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"A GUNRUNNER caught with three semi-automatic handguns and 75 rounds of ammunition has been jailed for five-and-a-half years."
"Doorman Peter Mattheou was arrested after cops swooped on his Vauxhall Corsa in Lordship Lane, East Dulwich, and seized the weapons."
"The 31-year-old, from Christchurch Road, Streatham, admitted conspiracy to sell and transfer firearms at the Old Bailey on Friday."
"He was jailed alongside accomplice Mark Smith, a 30-year-old probation officer from Luton, who had denied conspiracy to sell weapons." ...
"Jailing the men, judge Mr Recorder David Farrer said: 'People in London have had enough of those who use and trade guns.'"
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Philippines: Pasay resident nabbed for duping gun owners
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"His tooth gap can never be construed as a feature of a military man. He merely stands five-foot-three with bulging waistline and more importantly, his haircut betrays the role he assumed in his racket. Yet, 57-year-old Marcelo Guese of Pasay City was able to dupe several gun owners who were aching to flaunt their firearms before the public."
"His illegal activity ended over the weekend. ..." ...
"Guese has been misrepresenting himself as an AFP member who was allegedly authorized to issue MOs and MRs for those who wanted to carry firearms outside their homes."
"Col. Herbert Yambing, Army deputy for Civil Relations Service, said Guese charged his 'clients' ranging from P2,500 to P5,000 each for an MO and MR." ...
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Philippines: 3 killed, 3 hurt in shootout in Manila
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"THREE people were killed while three others were injured in a gunfight between suspected robbers and policemen in Sta. Cruz, Manila Monday night."
"Two of those killed were alleged robbers identified as Dennis Mostaliza of San Bartolome, Malabon City, and Ariel Estrella of still unknown address. The other fatality was a vendor in the market identified as Rogelio Nacaste." ...
"Report said prior to the shootout, an unidentified caller reported to the WPD-Station 11 of the presence of three armed men male in the vicinity of Arranque Market." ...
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NY: Teens hit the spot at 4-H shooting contest
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"Four area teenagers were right on target at the recent 4-H Club Shooting Sports Activity Day in Ballston Spa, N.Y."
"Activities included shotgun and rifle shooting, archery and tomahawk throwing, as well as fire starting and muzzle loading."
"It was the rifle competition in which Tim Roberts, 17, Casey Chamberlain, 13, Josh Woodard, 15, and Kyle Decker, 15, all members of the Chemung County Young Guns, excelled. They took first through fourth place, respectively." ... |
South Africa: Woman shot in furniture shop
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"A 52-year-old employee of a furniture store is expected to appear in the Pretoria magistrate's court on Wednesday after he allegedly shot dead a female colleague at work on Tuesday, Pretoria police said."
"Police spokesperson Piletji Sebola said the man allegedly fired several shots at the woman while they were sitting next to each other at the Cupboard Warehouse in Silverton."
"He said witnesses described how the two were involved in a "heated argument" when he pulled out a 9mm pistol and shot her in the chest at 08:00." ...
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South Africa: Road rage bail application gets off to heated start
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"The bail application of the 34-year-old man who allegedly shot dead three people in a road rage incident in Unigray south Johannesburg got off to a tense start at the Johannesburg Magistrate's Court today."
"Edward Kekana's bail application was scheduled for today but had to be delayed after an argument between his defence counsel and the State prosecutor. There was a screaming match between Kekana's defence, Paul Shapiro and the State prosecutor over the release of a witness's statements."
"In affidavits produced in court today three witnesses to the road rage incident have maintained that Kekana acted in self-defence when he began shooting. ..." ...
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6 men broke a car window, dragged him out and threatened to kill him, so he started shooting. Now he's charged with murder.
The inmates are running the asylum. |
NC: N. Carolina's new concealed carry praised
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"A North Carolina law easing the paperwork burden on residents permitted to carry a concealed weapon won praise Tuesday from the National Rifle Association."
"The new law 'eliminates a duplicitous requirement, making the process easier for permit holders and law enforcement,' Chris W. Cox, the NRA's chief lobbyist said. 'This law recognizes that Right-to-Carry permit holders should not be inconvenienced for being the most responsible and law-abiding citizens in North Carolina.'"
"Cox praised Democrat Gov. Mike Easley and bill sponsors Rep. Mark K. Hilton and Rep. Wayne Sexton Sr. for their efforts in getting the legislation passed and signed into law." ... |
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