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Bulletproof Backpacks? A Sad Commentary of our Times
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The backpacks will sell for $175, and the bulletproof material in them will stop a number of bullets, including 9-millimeter hollow points, according to the news story. One of the inventors, Joe Curran, said the backpacks are a defensive move, and are not playing up the paranoia that schools are unsafe, according to the news station. |
IL: Protect gun rights
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Recently the news media has covered the Rev. Jesse Jackson and Father Michael Pfleger leading protests against a suburban Chicago gun shop. This political activity is directed at closing the gun shop and passing anti-Second Amendment legislation in Illinois.
Who funds this political activity? Are tax deductible donations to the Chicago Catholic Archdiocese and Operation Push being used to crush our constitutional freedoms of the Second Amendment? |
OH: Unarmed lawmaker mugged by reality
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DeBose told Gun Week, the periodical of The Second Amendment Foundation, that he was taking a walk around his quiet residential neighborhood on the evening of May 1 when he was accosted by two men, one of whom was armed with a handgun. The unarmed DeBose took the only option available to him — he ran to a neighbor’s home and pounded on the door. The hoodlums, apparently worried DeBose’s yelling would attract witnesses, jumped in their car and drove away.
Long an advocate of stricter gun-control laws, DeBose, along with his wife and several neighbors, have since enrolled in classes to obtain concealed-carry permits.
Ed.: Second article from top of page. |
FL: Pembroke Pines store worker shoots gunman
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Pembroke Pines - Bruce Flanders paced back and forth behind yellow police tape surrounding Super Stop Food Store Sunday afternoon. He had just shot a man, police said.
That man walked into the strip-mall convenience store at 6460 Pines Blvd. around 12:30 p.m. with an accomplice and a cocked shotgun. The men demanded cash, said Sgt. John Jacob, Pembroke Pines Police spokesman. |
CA: Taking some shots at the gun critics
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Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., argues that the amendment only provides for a militia, which America already has provided as a National Guard.
Therefore, citizens don't have a right to arm themselves.
A government-controlled militia, in a disarmed society, would invite national tyranny. The Second Amendment was created to protect against tyranny. |
VA: Students push for guns on campus
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College students are pushing for their schools to allow them to carry guns on campus, saying they should have the right to protect themselves in a situation like the one in which 32 Virginia Tech students and faculty were fatally shot.
Andrew Dysart, a George Mason University senior, organized a chapter of Students for Concealed Carry on Campus, which hopes to persuade legislators to overturn a Virginia law that allows universities to prohibit students, faculty and staff members with gun permits from carrying their weapons onto campus. |
IN: Blogger regrets words about rifles but uses them as a valuable lesson
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OK, it wasn't a typical class. Between the post-shoot steak dinner catered by a professional chef to the (legal) cannon and automatic weapon firing demonstrations, there was a concerted effort to help Zumbo understand that AR-15 shooters and hunters aren't crazed right-wing militants waiting for an apocalyptic one-world government takeover.
I think the class was a big success, measured by the grin on Zumbo's face as he stood ankle-deep in smoking shell casings after shooting a machinegun. I honestly believe he walked away with a better understanding that no one in the shooting world should be thrown off the bus when it comes to gun control issues. |
Caption This (Humor)
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This week's photo of former President George H. W. Bush donating his World War II service revolver to the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia drew 132 replies. Our favorites follow:
"Don't shoot yourself in the foot like my son keeps doing."
Barbara Knister, Pleasant Ridge
"When you're an ex-president, you get Secret Service trainees."
Tom Sullivan, Highland |
KY: Guns can't do anything on their own
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In 1929, the Soviet Union established gun control. From 1929 to 1953,
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20 million dissidents, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
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In 1911, Turkey established gun control. From 1915 to 1917, 1.5 million Armenians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
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Germany established gun control in 1938 and from 1939 to 1945, a total of
13 million Jews and others who were unable to defend themselves were rounded up and exterminated.
Ed.: Examples continue in article's comments. |
TASER Markets Gun As Self-Defense Tool For Women
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It's small, sleek and can take down an attacker in seconds. Now the TASER has taken on a new look and is now being marketed as a self-defense tool for women. With the new design, the company is hoping it will get more use from female citizens. |
South Africa: Jan Randell, 39, Mooigelegen farm, Ermelo - shot by intruder
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Ermelo. – August 9 2007 -- Farmer Jan Randell, 39 of Mooigelegen farm near Ermelo is in serious condition in hospital after a black intruder shot him in the face.
Randell 's brother Phillip said they are 'thanking God for the fact that Jan was still alive.' He underwent an emergency operation at a private Johannesburg hospital last night to remove a bullet.
Randell had noticed an unknown man while patrolling his farm with his bakkie at about 7.30am yesterday-morning.
Police supt. Leoni Joubert of Ermelo said he had stopped his bakkie next to the man just to talk to him. The man had run off and when Randell jumped from the bakkie and ran after him, the man had turned and shot him down - and then jumped into the farmer's bakkie a
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TX: Gun control back as national issue
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Don Burrows needed some cash for a recent scuba diving trip. So the East Texan drove to Fort Worth, taped a "For Sale" sign to his back and walked around a gun show, hoping to sell extra ammunition he had stockpiled. "I needed some extra beer money," he said with a grin. There, he was among gun aficionados privately peddling guns and ammo, saying it's a good way to cash in on belongings they want to unload. But in the wake of the Virginia Tech killings and other gun violence this year, critics are calling for more regulations on everything from gun shows to background checks. |
India: Women's VDC Takes Up Arms
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Photo Essay: A woman Village Defense Committee member takes aim during a training session by the Indian Army at Sariya village, in Naushera sector, about 140 kilometers (88 miles) northwest of Jammu, India.
(Apparently, all those years of British rule didn't squash their desire to keep and bear arms.) |
TX: Texas CCW comes to officers aid
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As two officers were trying to help the victims, someone fired on them, striking Cpl. Jerry Poston, a 17-year veteran of the force, police said.
As Poston's partner frantically called for help, several passersby stopped to assist. They, too, were fired on. One of those passersby returned to his car, grabbed a handgun and shot down the suspected gunman, police said. |
South Africa: Farmer Gerhardus vd Merwe of Greylingstad probed for 'murder' for 2 self-defence killings
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August 5 2007 -- GREYLINGSTAD. Farmer Gerhardus van der Merwe, 58 of the farm Boschmansfontein will probably be charged with 'murder' for the self-defence killings of two armed black men who had ambushed the farmer in his garage yesterday. The two men had entered his garage through the roof and had attacked him with a 'large piece of iron' when he had gone to investigate strange noises there.
He shot the two intruders dead with one bullet each with his handgun - one intruder was killed with a bullet to the head; the other one in the chest. Both died on the scene. Both had attacked him with large iron bars and he had shot them
Note: The police bringing the charges, and the actual criminals are Black. The victims are White.
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NM: Man, 85, Fools, Captures Alleged Burglar
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An 85-year-old man whose home was burglarized three times within a week decided to take matters into his own hands. Alton Tillman left his home at his regular time Tuesday, but doubled back and quietly went inside, finding emptied drawers, items in disarray and someone's feet sticking out from under a bed.
Tillman ordered him out, then called 911.
When officers arrived, they found Tillman pointing a handgun at a 16-year-old boy standing against a wall.
Police Capt. Patrick Whitney said people should call officers rather than acting on their own.
"We're not Superman either, but at least we do have the equipment and the training," he said.
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But accomplished [b]nothing with 3 chances[/b]?
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John Lott: Should a Web Site Post Best Ideas for Successful Terrorist Plots?
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... "But let's analyze Levitt's own suggestion for the terrorists … 'to arm 20 terrorists with rifles and cars, and arrange to have them begin shooting randomly at pre-set times all across the country. ... The chaos would be unbelievable...'"
"... He argues that generally in Israel, 'If terrorists want to engage in low-grade, low-tech terror, we are powerless to stop it.'"
"Israel has indeed had remarkable success in stopping terrorist gun attacks. Israelis realized that the police and military simply can't be there all the time ..."
"So how did Israel solve the problem? By encouraging Israelis to carry concealed handguns. ..."
"Today, about 15 percent of Jewish adults in Israel have permits to carry concealed handguns. ..." ... |
China: In China, a High-Tech Plan to Track People
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At least 20,000 police surveillance cameras are being installed along streets here in southern China and will soon be guided by sophisticated computer software from an American-financed company to recognize automatically the faces of police suspects and detect unusual activity.
...residency cards fitted with powerful computer chips programmed by the same company will be issued to most citizens.
Data on the chip will include not just the citizen’s name and address but also work history, educational background, religion, ethnicity, police record, medical insurance status and landlord’s phone number. Even personal reproductive history will be included... |
MO: Three killed at church
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A gunman burst into a church in southwestern Missouri where his relatives were praying and opened fire on Sunday, killing three people and wounding at least five, authorities said.
Submitter's note: And they say we shouldn't carry in church..... |
MA: Number of licensed gun owners declining across state
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"The number of licensed gun owners in Massachusetts is falling. In the past six years, gun licenses have dropped by 25 percent, a decline driven by more restrictive laws, higher fees and a gradual change in culture, according to law enforcement and gun owners."
"Some in law enforcement are applauding the decline, but caution that there are still plenty of illegal guns on the streets."
"'Fewer firearms on the street makes life safer for everyone,' said Quincy Police Chief Robert Crowley. 'The average citizen who has a gun 24-7 I don’t believe has the experience, knowledge and training to know when and if they should use a firearm.'" |
Israel: Video footage shows Old City attack
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Closed circuit video footage from the scene of Friday's shooting in Jerusalem's Old City shows the Israeli Arab assailant grabbing a security guard's pistol and shooting him repeatedly at close range.
The footage, which was released on Sunday by Jerusalem police, belies claims by the attacker's family that he was shot by the security guard's partner without cause.
The video clearly shows Ahmed Mahmoud Khatib, 29, from Kafr Manda in the western Galilee, following the guards, Alex Nepelvich and Mikhail Popov, as they patrolled the narrow cobblestone streets of the Old City. Then, as the guards start to enter a kiosk, Khatib snatches Popov's gun and runs away.
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