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WASHINGTON -- "When Jamie Wing drove up to an Arlington gas station Thursday and shouted, 'Call 911! I have a hawk stuck to my arm,' customers thought she was kidding."
"But it was no joke. The red-tailed hawk had bit Wing's lip, then dug its talons into her right arm and wouldn't let go."
"The bird had crashed into Wing's pickup on I-5 Thursday morning. She had pulled over to free the hawk's wing from her side mirror when it flew into the pickup and attacked her."
"Despite the pain, Wing, who owns two cats, two dogs and four horses, did not want the hawk killed."
" 'There was a point where it got so painful that I was going to reach down and break its neck myself, but I love animals and I realized the bird was in shock and pain,' Wing said. 'It wasn't the bird's fault.' "
"The hawk was taken to the wildlife center, but both of its wings were broken and the fractures could not be repaired, said Kestrel SkyHawk, who cares for all birds of prey at the center. The bird had to be euthanized, he said."
OTHER POSSIBLE TITLES FOR THIS ONE:• Raptor infringes right arm
• Animal lover suffers; attacking predator rests in peace
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Zimbabwe: Shots fired as farm raided
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"GUNFIRE was exchanged as about 70 pro-government militants raided a white-owned farm and barricaded the farm family inside their home in northern Zimbabwe, a farm lobby said."
"No injuries have been reported, but the family remained barricaded inside the farmhouse as police refused to intervene, said Jenni Williams, spokeswoman for Justice for Agriculture (JAG)."
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TNT residue in air luggage
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"EXPLOSIVES residue has been found in the luggage of an Islamic religious leader arrested at an Oregon airport during the weekend."
"Sheik Mohammed Abdirahman Kariye, 41, was on his way to the United Arab Emirates when he was arrested on Sunday at Portland International Airport by members of an anti-terrorism taskforce."
"US authorities yesterday told an Oregon court that TNT residue was found on two pieces of Kariye's luggage after he was originally detained for document fraud."
"Federal prosecutors alleged Kariye travelled throughout the Middle East in 1999 and 2000 – including Saudi Arabia and Qatar – despite not filing an income tax return for years."
"The Somali-born Islamic leader was charged with the unlawful use of a social security number and unlawful possession of a US government document."
"But prosecutors were able to convince the US District Court to order the further detention of Kariye, a US citizen, on the basis of the residue." |
UK: Reverend who 'illegally' possessed a mere .22 derringer is fired by Church of England
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"A VICAR who was jailed after hiding a loaded gun at his home has been sacked by the Church of England."
"And in an exclusive interview with the Manchester Evening News, American-born Rev Michael Daggett has told of his regret at the embarrassment he has brought to his parishioners in Swinton."
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The Reverend is being far too kind. The embarrassment belongs on the head of the Church. Any "Christian" who'd support such a move is unfit to wear the title. Related reading: Christians & Guns
"Daggett, 55, vicar of The Church of Holy Rood in Moorside Road, was sentenced to four months in June after Salford magistrates heard how police discovered a double-barrelled German-made Derringer and 200 rounds of ammunition in a grandfather clock at his home." |
NY: High court to weigh gun owner liability
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"This week, the state's highest court will hear two cases that test the liability limits for gun owners based on gun storage and child safety issues."
In one case: "He was disobeying a family rule, but no adults were at home. They fired a few rounds, then a cartridge jammed. While trying to dislodge it, the gun discharged and wounded the friend in the chest. The friend, 12, survived after a lengthy hospital stay."
In the other case: "Alex Duenas of Staten Island...was charged with child endangerment after his 11-year-old little brother, playing with Duenas' handgun, accidentally shot and killed a playmate."
In both cases: people want to blame the inanimate object. |
Democrats, Using Finesse, Try to Neutralize the Gun Lobby's Muscle
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"Senator Jean Carnahan, the Missouri Democrat, pulled out her 20-gauge Browning Citori shotgun the other day and fired off a few rounds as part of a skeet-shoot benefit for a home state research center."
"In Alaska, Lt. Gov. Fran Ulmer, the Democratic candidate for governor and owner of a permit to carry a concealed weapon, went gun shopping in July with reporters in tow." |
PA: African American protesters call for boycott of Daily News
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"Charging the Philadelphia Daily News with racial prejudice, about 150 protesters joined leaders from the African American community yesterday in calling for a boycott of the newspaper."
"At a mid-morning demonstration in front of the offices at Broad and Callowhill Streets of Philadelphia Newspapers Inc., owner of the Daily News and The Inquirer, representatives from African American civic and business groups, including the local branch of the NAACP and Black Clergy of Philadelphia and Vicinity Inc., accused the newspaper of perpetuating negative stereotypes of young black men."
"The criticism followed an Aug. 22 article on suspected killers on the loose in the city." |
WA: Gun expert testifies in Thomas shooting
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"After removing a gun from Robert Thomas Sr.'s right hand, police investigators say they found a bullet in the chamber. The question is: When did it get there?"
"The answer is crucial to what happened April 7 when off-duty King County sheriff's deputy Melvin Miller confronted Thomas in the Renton area and fatally shot him." |
VA: Help wanted: Calling all deer hunters
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"In the interest of limiting impact on fish and game, I'm typically pretty careful when it comes to giving specific directions to hunting or fishing areas. I am about to make an exception."
"This particular hot spot covers more than 1,000 acres in Montgomery County. It's a mix of thick woods and fields planted chock full of deer-fattening crops." |
MI: Detroit Police Department has a backlog of up to 500 disciplinary cases
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"It's disgraceful that the Detroit Police Department has a backlog of up to 500 disciplinary cases. It's unfair to Detroiters to keep bad cops on the payroll. And it's unfair to officers accused of misconduct -- some of whom will be cleared -- to have those allegations hanging around for years. Due process delayed is due process denied." |
New Movie Coming Out - "American Gun" - looks like an anti-gunner's wet dream
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This is the site for a new movie coming out staring James Coburn. Some of the reviews and the synopsis lead me to believe that this might be an anti-firearm/anti-self defense theme movie.
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One Reviewer Says:"A thoughtful, complexly structured film that gets the U.S. culture of violence in its sights and rarely lets it get away…" In the website's synopsis of the movie, we find the following:• "A haunting portrait of loss and redemption, American Gun is the story of a man searching for answers in the wake of his daughter's death."
• "In letters to his dead daughter, Martin reflects on a childhood fascination with his grandfather's gun."
• "He speaks to the previous owners of the gun, finding common themes of loss, fear, passion, betrayal and regret in their stories." Then there's the screenwriter's own words about how he came up with the movie:"I didn't want the film to be political; I was more interested in the human side of the story. I did, however, research both sides of the gun control issue. I also went to a shooting range in San Francisco where I was living at the time I started writing the script. It really gives you a rush. It was important for me to be able to understand the appeal. At the same time, looking down the range at the other people on the line, I also wondered…what if someone were having a really bad day today? I know how emotional people are, and if there is a gun there, obviously it's much worse than what happens when people throw things in a rage." ... and
"I later met several NRA members and went to a machine gun show in Kentucky. There were some lost souls there, to be sure..." |
CO: Officer gets probation for aiming gun at teen (redux)
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"A decorated Denver detective was sentenced Monday to one year's probation over the objections of a teenager who said the officer placed a gun to his temple."
"The incident occurred in March when detective Bernard Montoya pulled a gun on Ricky Zarate, 18, as Montoya was on his way to provide backup for another officer." |
IL: Housing Authority director pleads guilty to felony; gun charges dismissed
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"The director of the Champaign County Housing Authority pleaded guilty to a felony this morning in Champaign County Circuit Court."
"Elawrence Davis, 53, who listed an address in the 1500 block of Branch Road, Champaign, was sentenced to two years of conditional discharge after pleading guilty to obstructing justice in connection with his arrest in Champaign on June 22." |
PA: Philadelphia Mayor in NRA's Line of Fire (redux)
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"Three years ago, the National Rifle Association praised then-Philadelphia Mayor Edward Rendell for his 'courageous leadership.' Now, the organization has turned against him and is trying to defeat the Democrat in his bid for governor."
"Before the Democratic primary in May, the NRA ran radio ads warning gun owners that a Rendell victory 'could mean harsh new restrictions on your rights and freedoms' and urged supporters to vote for his primary opponent,
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MA: In governor's race, O'Brien defends gun endorsement
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"Democratic frontrunner Shannon O'Brien said she received an 'A' rating from a gun-rights group because she comes from a rural district where gun rights are highly valued."
"O'Brien, who represented Easthampton in western Massachusetts while serving in the House and Senate, defended her top rating from the Gun Owners Action League at a debate of the Democratic gubernatorial candidates on Monday." |
Americans surrendered civil liberties quietly after Sept. 11
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"Federal authorities have detained immigrants for months, held secret court hearings, seized computer data from libraries and gathered vast amounts of e-mail and phone records, all in the name of protecting America from more acts of terrorism."
"But if civil libertarians are grumbling about the possible erosion in individual rights, they are doing it somewhat quietly. At least so far." |
MA: Falmouth police union balks at gun permit requirement
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"A police officer's right to carry a firearm - and who sanctions that right - is the subject of a legal dispute that has left an officer's career in the balance."
"Falmouth Police Chief David Cusolito says he is asserting his authority to continue the policy of at least three chiefs before him that requires all officers to have a state-issued license to carry a firearm." |
Teaching September 11
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"An appropriate response to Sept. 11 begins with just that kind of moral clarity, the clarity that calls evil by its true name: Terms like 'evil,' 'wrong' and 'bad' were rightly put back into the lexicon."
"Sept. 11 also requires that we point to what is good and right and true. That dark day was pierced with rays of courage, honor and sacrifice, and they should be upheld for all to see--they, too, are enduring lessons." |
CA: Ex-militia members get stiff sentences for 'bomb plot'
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"So in California, it's not the crime you do that determines your sentence-owning weapons and having literature critical of the government is enough to extend it." --David Codrea
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"Two former militia members were sentenced to lengthy prison terms Monday for what the judge termed a "hare-brained scheme" of planning to blow up a giant propane storage facility south of Sacramento." |
Eco-terrorists promise more violence in America
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SHOCKING EXCERPT:
" 'While innocent life will never be harmed in any action we undertake, where it is necessary, we will no longer hesitate to pick up the gun to implement justice, and provide the needed protection for our planet that decades of legal battles, pleading protest, and economic sabotage have failed so drastically to achieve,' " it said. |
Secret Court Weighs Wiretaps
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"The nation's most secret appellate court met today, apparently for the first time in its 24-year history, to consider a request from the Justice Department for broad new wiretap powers, department officials said today."
"The court, a three-judge panel known as the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review, released no advance information about the hearing, which was held in secret in a high-security room..." |
Killers in the cockpit: Who and why?
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"Public opinion long ago condemned Osama bin Laden for ordering the September 11 sneak attacks, and all evidence points to fellow Islamic zealots Mohamed Atta and Marwan Al-Shehhi as his tactical field generals."
"The two led a cabal of killers through planning and training stages to their own fiery deaths — in their minds, at least, martyrs bound for Paradise."
"To families, friends and disbelieving apologists they were devout, scholarly, loving family men." |
Pakistan's Christians told to 'protect themselves' - churches doing just that
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"In the wake of two more deadly terrorist attacks against Christian institutions in Pakistan, government officials have advised church leaders to arm themselves for possible assaults by Muslim extremists."
" "It's their way of saying, 'We cannot protect you. You will have to protect yourselves,' " said one Christian leader."
"They are almost forcing us to go and buy guns. Before, it was very difficult for a Christian to even get a gun license, but now every church can get up to four." |
MA: Boston police, told not to fire at moving vehicles, haven't gotten the message
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"BOSTON POLICE are told, and supposedly trained, to avoid firing at moving vehicles. The message hasn't gotten through, and great harm is being done."
"Yesterday Commissioner Paul Evans proposed a change in the Police Department's policy on the use of deadly force that would remove some discretion from officers. The recommendation is sound. If followed religiously, it should lead to fewer injuries and deaths of officers, suspects, and bystanders." |
IL: Judge: Police Violating Rights
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"A federal judge ruled that Chicago police and prosecutors routinely violate the rights of witnesses by holding them too long and denying them access to lawyers."
"U.S. District Judge Milton Shadur issued an injunction requiring police to begin allowing lawyers to see witnesses immediately upon their detention. Shadur wrote Monday that the theory that police treat witnesses differently than suspects and let them know they're free to leave is 'totally at odds with actual practice.' " |
Shell Games
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"A system with fewer agencies and more clearly defined roles would probably do a better job. Perhaps the solution would to turn the full power of egg inspection over to the states. ... The problem of too many chefs in our regulatory kitchen is a problem not unique to eggs. This cracked and inconsistent system needs to be revised. Should we consolidate all the multiple regulatory entities into one? This strategy does work quite well for making omelets." |
Security? Unarmed Guard is NO Security! - gets stabbed
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Security guard Albert White, saw Scott, a 52 yr. old homeless man, stealing portable CD players and stopped him in the store. Scott pulled out a 3 - 4 inch penknife and stabbed White multiple times in the chest.
Scott then chased White into another room and continued stabbing him. At that point a worker intervened and helped White pin Scott down. The employee received a minor stab wound in an arm.
Both workers were taken to Allegheny General Hospital, where White was undergoing surgery.
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UK: Hunting with dogs would be banned under world ruling
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"Hunting with hounds would be banned if it was subject to international standards on animal welfare, experts said at the Government's hearings into the future of the sport."
"Prof David Morton told the hearing that welfare standards for domesticated animals said that if something was likely to cause suffering in humans it should be assumed it caused suffering in animals."
"Hunting caused fear if the animal's escape route was blocked and pain and distress were part of the chase, he argued." |
Dumber Than Corn: Common plant allowed greater access to self-defense than many Americans
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"A variety of plants respond to attacks from herbivorous pests by synthesizing substances that deter their visitors from further feasting. Now scientists have discovered a new, fast-acting form of self-defense that some strains of corn use to defend against caterpillars attempting to feed on them. The findings, published online this week by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, could help researchers better protect corn crops from hungry invaders."
Corn, a mere plant, expresses its self-defense within its full capabilities.
But get caught in possession of a banned self-defense tool (handgun) in places like New York City or Washingtoon, D.C. without the hard-to-acquire government "permit," and you're going to go to jail.
Surprisingly, many citizens in those cities (and others like them) think this a good thing -- proving themselves to be dumber than corn. |
UK: Man jailed for 12 years for possession of firearms
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"A loyalist shouted out a republican slogan after being jailed for 12 years."
"He was one of four men who admited having a loaded and cocked nine millimetre pistol near Coleraine almost a year ago."
"They were stopped at a police checkpoint on the Ballycastle Road."
"Inside the car police recovered a handgun, a double-barrelled shotgun, an iron bar, a cricket bat, four balaclavas and gloves." |
OR: Portland officer shoots family dog when checking on domestic call
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"Portland police Officer Brett Williamson went to a North Powellhurst house last week to check on a report of a domestic dispute."
"When he left, the family dog was dying of bullet wounds in Shannon Allen's lap. Allen's children were in tears; her neighbors on the cul-de-sac in shock."
"The policeman said Allen's dog, a 70-pound mix of Norwegian elkhound and Australian shepherd, charged him, growling. He responded by drawing his .45-caliber handgun and firing."
"But Allen said the officer was the one who acted wildly in her front yard in the 14100 block of Southeast Hawthorne Court."
"Allen said the bushy-tailed dog, named Baxter, slipped between her 14-year-old daughter's legs in the front doorway. He barked but wasn't a threat to the officer."
" 'He barked at everybody,' Allen said. 'But he was afraid of his own shadow. He wouldn't hurt anybody.' "
"The officer could have yelled 'boo,' she said, and Baxter would have retreated."
"Williamson fired three shots, according to a police report. Neighbors found a bullet casing in a nearby yard where children played."
"Allen called police to her house because she was having problems with her boyfriend, who left before Williamson and other officers arrived."
" 'He never asked if we were safe, or if the problem had been resolved,' she said of the officer. 'He just shot my dog and left.' " ... |
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