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Bush Vs. Kerry
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President Bush: I firmly believe in the right of an individual to bear arms, as granted by the Second Amendment. My administration filed a brief in the Supreme Court asserting that the Second Amendment protects an individual right to own firearms and is not limited to protecting state militias.

Kerry: Yes. As a hunter and a gun owner, I believe that law-abiding American adults have the right to own firearms. As President, I will defend the Second Amendment right of law-abiding American adults to own firearms.

KABA Note: Notice also that Bush states flatly, "...I support reauthorization of the 1994 Assault Weapons Ban, but I oppose additions to or expansion of the ban." Kerry supports said ban as well.

Notice also that Kerry claims the M-16 is his favorite weapon - the same one that supposedly saved his life during his military service. Yet, he would deny civilians the right to keep and bear the same firearm that allegedly saved him.

John Kerry's Speech to the National Guard
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"More than 200 years ago, when America was little more than a collection of colonies on the edge of a vast continent, your predecessors resolved to fight for our independence. Many were young not much older than children. They had nowhere near enough weapons or training or supplies. They were just ordinary citizens coming together to fight for the land they loved. And together, they defeated an empire."

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Right-the National Guard is the Constitutional militia-now give us your guns.

Department of Justice Ordered to Stop Withholding Records From the Public
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"Federal government agencies have been ordered by a federal appeals court to release data on sales of firearms and tracing of firearms recovered by law enforcement." ...

"The data was sought by the City of Chicago for use in its lawsuit against gun manufacturers, distributors, and dealers for contributing to a public nuisance in Chicago by facilitating trafficking of large numbers of firearms into Chicago, where handguns have been illegal since 1982. By concealing the data, ATF is preventing the public from learning which firearms dealers have sold the most crime guns even though reports ATF has published have noted that just over one percent of dealers are linked to more than 57 percent of crime guns recovered nationwide and traced."

Mixed media: The effectiveness of gun control
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"Good riddance to bad law, implying it is preferable to be shot by a firearm less 'menacing'. ..." -- Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

"...Does this mean you'll face more heavily armed criminals in the streets? Gun store owners explain that there was never a ban on assault weapons. ..." -- WOAI, San Antonio

"Depending entirely on the police for protection from crime has always struck me as being a poor plan, and the crime-deterring effects of gun control have always been questionable. ..." -- Les Jones

"In many ways, the expiry of the ban is more important for its symbolism than its effect on the gun industry. ..." -- The Scotsman

Sigarms lands another gun deal
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"The Department of Homeland Security announced Thursday the awarding of a new contract to Exeter-based Sigarms Inc. The $4.2 million deal calls for Sig Sauer P229 pistols to be manufactured for the U.S. Coast Guard."

"This news comes on the heels of an Aug. 24 announcement that the local gun manufacturer was awarded a $23.7 million Homeland Security contract to produce 65,000 pistols over the next five years for the Office of Immigration and Customs Enforcement."

NRA defends Second Amendment by using the First
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"Where do these people hunt and live, Baghdad? Personally, I don't see why anybody would need more than a head-plowing round from a .44 magnum to defend the homestead. But that's just me, a guy who also can't understand the NRA's no half-a-loaf (or magazine) approach to gun ownership either."

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More of the same old garbage parroted by so many ignorant mainstream journalists--and he thinks people writing to HIM all sound the same.

Helen Thomas: Death back on the market
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Just more of the same ignorant pabulum. Among the gems from Ms. Thomas' poison pen...

"Terrorists' job easier now..."

"An assault weapon does not serve a hunter unless he wants to blast the prey to mincemeat. ..."

"I'd like to hear the president explain why assault weapons are needed in the hands of civilians."

Please inform Ms. Thomas that the Founders specifically intended the hands of civilians to hold these weapons as a check on oppression. hthomas@hearstdc.com

Gun Control Never Works
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"Hunting rifles and shotguns can be just as deadly as an AK-47. However, those weapons do not appear as ominous. In 1994, Diane Feinstein asked her staff to come up with a list of assault weapons to place on the banned list. They got their hands on a gun catalog and went through--picking out weapons that were black and those that had a militaristic appearance. None of course, were fully-automatic." ...

"Gun control never works because the logic behind it is completely flawed. Criminals do not purchase their weapons through legitimate gun retailers. They buy them on the street, where they are cheap and cannot be traced. Or they simply steal them. ..."

Gun control still a political weapon
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"The expiration of the assault weapons ban was a depressing but potentially valuable lesson in the rancid politics of gun control."

"Honest debate on gun policy is impossible because of the cynical absolutism of the current leadership of the National Rifle Association, the Republican Party's dependence on this interest group's muscle, and the fear the NRA inspires among some Democrats."

"At a time when preventing terrorism is supposed to be a national priority, why can't our politicians agree to sustain a ban on a very narrow class of firearms? Is our national policy to do all we can to defeat the terrorists - except for those weapons that the NRA vetoes?"

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Right. It's all the NRA's fault. Why can't these rabid extremists understand that we're only trying to violate their rights just a little bit?

Steve Lewka: Gun ownership rights vs. responsibilities
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"The 'ban,' as it was called, was hardly what most people think. Most of the banned guns remained in production and continued to be sold. ...Only the parts that made them look more military, things like muzzle flash suppressers, bayonet mounts, and folding stocks, were illegal. ..."

"People can again buy 'real' assault weapons. It's their right, the same as it's mine to have my old hunting shotgun and rifle. Ownership and use of military weapons without military training and discipline is a dangerous mix, though. It would be a refreshing and useful change to have people focus as much attention on the responsibilities of gun ownership and use as they do on protecting their Second Amendment right to bear arms."

HERALD POLL Was the weapons ban effective in reducing crime? Submitted by: Ken W. Warner	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
A relatively factual discussion of what the AWB did and did not accomplish - vote in the poll and leave comments about Constitutionality - the important point that the editorial failed to address

The Ignorance and Tactics of the Anti-Gun Crowd (Letter)
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"The ignorance and fear tactics of the anti-gun crowd never ceases to amaze me. Peter Kurtz of Cincinnati writes that President Bush should have done something about an unconstitutional 'assault weapons ban' that Congress failed to place on his desk, seeking a signature he promised to give it, had it appeared."

"Kurtz asks why the assault weapons ban lapsed. The answer is that most Americans do not support unconstitutional law and are smart enough to realize gun restrictions do nothing to prevent crime. ..."

"To restrict law-abiding citizens' gun ownership rights only serves to empower the criminal and is blatantly unconstitutional. It a takes a liberal not to see this for the simple truth that it is."

The Gun Control War-on-Terror?
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"Try to imagine the following scenario: Abu Jihad al-Slay-the-Infidels saunters into a gun shop and asks to buy a military-style assault weapon say one with a menacing pistol grip or a magazine that holds more than 10 rounds. (Are these weapons of choice of holy warriors the world over?)"

"Now, thanks to Bushs alleged caving to the gun lobby, he can get one by snapping his fingers. But prior to September 14th, when blocked from legally purchasing a TEC-9 by the ban, he presumably muttered Arabic obscenities, sulked and turned to peaceful protest."

"Only a Democratic presidential candidate would ask us to believe something so improbable."

NY: A Warning From RPD For This Time Of Year
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Rochester police are warning parents to beware of possible sexual assaults of young schoolgirls on their way to school.

Police are investigating five cases still open from previous years. No arrests have been made.

The attacks were on girls ages 12 to 18, as they walked to their bus stop early in the morning.

Police are asking parents to supervise their kids until they get to a bus stop or school. Also, be alert to anyone following kids, and to call 911 to report any suspicious persons or activity.

There have been no cases of sexual assault on school children so far this year.

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This illustrates two things: 1) It's time for parents to stop being non-existent in their children's lives, and 2) the RPD openly admits that it's parents' responsibility to protect their children. They have no responsibility to protect children, just like they have no responsibility to protect the rest of us.

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"Project ChildSafe, the organization that visited Crookston and Polk County earlier this year to distribute thousands of gun locks, will make a return visit Monday with more gun locks in hand." "At stops throughout Minnesota, Project ChildSafe plans to distribute an additional 761,000 free, cable-style gun locks for law enforcement agencies to pass on to the public, free of charge."

MN: St. Paul officer fired for pulling a gun
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"A rookie St. Paul police officer has been fired because he reportedly pulled a gun on a man and a woman in north Minneapolis earlier this summer, the Police Department confirmed Thursday." ...

"Authorities said the officer was off-duty when he went to north Minneapolis for what he described as a date. He got into a dispute with the woman over money and left."

"Police said he returned later and confronted the woman, demanding his money back. A man with a baseball bat stepped in on behalf of the woman, and the officer pulled a gun and identified himself as a St. Paul police officer."

VA: McKeever Clarifies Gun Policy
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" 'It is not about putting a barrier between persons and their statutory rights,' Falls Church City Manager Dan McKeever explained to the City Council Monday about his new policy toward individuals bearing guns in public places." ...

"McKeever devised the policy in reaction to a new state law prohibiting local jurisdictions from prohibiting the right of individuals to carry guns into public buildings. He said it was designed simply to clarify the intent of an individual who carries out that statutory right."

"It calls on City employees to notify the police whenever a person is encountered who is carrying a firearm, and that police should interview the person to assess his or her intentions. 'It's a common sense way to ask police to evaluate the reasons for a person to be there with a firearm,' he said, noting that an individual would not be required to cooperate."

CA: Governor signs law on gun limits
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"Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed a law outlawing the sale of a high-powered rifle, perhaps prompting Contra Costa County officials to rescind a similar law it passed earlier this year."

"The state weapons law, signed Monday, bans the sale of .50-caliber BMG rifles ..." ...

"Contra Costa County, which in April passed its own law banning the sale of high-powered .50-caliber rifles last spring, will now consider rescinding that law and likely avoid a lawsuit in the process." ...

"A coalition of gun rights advocates that challenged the county's law in federal court likely will drop its suit."

MS: Lift of gun ban has little effect on local shops
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" 'The ban didnt make any difference,' said Richey Crew, owner of Richeys Gun Shop in Pontotoc."

" '(Pre-ban and post-ban guns) both shot the same bullet, both shot at the same speed. You have to be as careful with one as the other,' he said."

"Richey said the ban mostly affected what equipment could be put on a gun, such as a pistol grip, collapsible stock, detachable magazine, flash suppressor and bayonet lug."

" 'How many folks have been robbed at a bank with a bayonet?' he said."

"Crew said 'two or three different people' have asked him about buying items that were forbidden under the ban now that it has been lifted."

TN: Tenn. D.A. Restructures Office to Fight Crime (JTO)
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"Shelby County District Attorney Bill Gibbons is restructuring his Tennessee office to enhance efforts aimed at curbing gang violence, gun crime, and drug trafficking, WMC- TV 5 Memphis reported Sept. 15."

"The district attorney's office will merge several of its major units into the Gang and Narcotics Prosecution Unit. The reorganization into one unit allows for a more coordinated focus on crime."

" 'In our community, we can't separate gang violence, gun crime, and drug trafficking. Most of our violent crime is caused by the deadly combination of these three factors,' said Gibbons. 'The merged unit will help us take a more focused, coordinated approach to the street terrorism we are up against.' "

CA: Shooters to prove they're at home on the range
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"Some 100 shooters from all over Northern California will descend on the 65-acre range to compete in three days of competition, with categories for men, women and youngsters.

"Festivities kick off today with set-up and some competition. The bulk of the competition happens Saturday, and team competition is Sunday, said Jim Moore of the Old West Shooting Society, which is hosting the event. Guns to be used include pre-1899 pistols, black powder guns and shotguns."

MA: Safety matters: Area towns get free gun locks
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Project ChildSafe will distribute 170,000 additional free gun locks to police departments throughout the state.

Project ChildSafe is designed to try to make homes gun safe with gun locks and education for gun owners.

The project is funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of Justice. The gun locks will be available for free for town residents who have a valid gun permit or Firearms Identification card.

The local communities receiving gun locks are Framingham, Natick, Sherborn, Holliston, Ashland, Sudbury and Wayland.

UK: Loaded gun probe
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"THE millionaire boss of fashion giant Ted Baker will be spoken to by detectives after his chauffeur was seized on gun charges."

"They spotted Ray Kelvin's driver - in a Ł50,000 company car the tycoon often uses - passing a bag allegedly containing a loaded pistol to two men."

"Detectives believe the swoop on chauffeur Perry Watkinson, a close friend of Mr Kelvin's, may have prevented a murder."

"Experts were yesterday examining the semi-automatic 9mm for possible links to several recent shooting deaths."

NY: America enjoys the sunset; New York City Council does not
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"Not surprisingly, the New York City Council is in a dither over the sunset of the Assault Weapons Ban, and is riding to the rescue with its usual alacrity. Asserting that allowing the ban to expire is a slap in the face to New Yorkers -- who, incidentally, are still subject to New York State's own "assault weapons" ban -- Council Speaker Gifford Miller, Council Member David Yassky and Andrew Pelosi of the New Yorkers Against Gun Violence proposed legislation on September 12th that increases penalties for those who illegally sell or purchase firearms. The NYSRPA views this proposed legislation as merely the latest attempt by the Council to garner publicity by promoting legislation that has no effect on crime. It is absurd to think that criminals will pay any more attention to this new law than they already pay to the myriad gun laws on the books. The likely effect will be to penalize law-abiding gun owners who accidentally run afoul of the more obscure regulations."

AZ: FBI shoots 1 in arrest of another
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"An FBI agent shot an associate of an armed civilian border group Wednesday while attempting to arrest another member of the organization."

"The incident occurred about 11:15 p.m. Wednesday when FBI agents attempted to arrest Casey James Nethercott, 37, in the parking lot of a supermarket in Douglas in southern Arizona, Charlene Thornton, special agent in charge of the Phoenix office of the FBI, said in a statement. Nethercott was wanted on charges of threatening to assault three U.S. Border Patrol agents in August."

"While agents attempted to make the arrest, actions taken by Nethercott and a second man, Kalen Robert Riddle, 22, led one of the agents to fire at Riddle."

"Special Agent Susan Herskovits, an FBI spokeswoman, would not elaborate."

CO: Jury: Authorities withheld Columbine papers
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"A grand jury said authorities withheld a document showing deputies knew one of the Columbine High School gunmen had been accused two years earlier of making death threats and building pipe bombs, but did not hand up any indictments."

"Sheriff's spokeswoman Jacki Tallman declined comment on the report."

"Randy and Judy Brown, who contacted the sheriff's office in 1997 and 1998 with complaints about Harris -- including allegations he had threatened their son, Brooks -- said the private meeting is evidence of a cover-up by authorities."

" 'This is collusion. This is criminal. This is a criminal conspiracy,' Brown said after he and his wife met with the attorney general's staff."

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NV: NLV Police Offer Gun Turn-In Program
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"North Las Vegas Police just got the thumbs up for a new program aimed at getting guns off the street. The concept is turn in a gun and you'll get a reward as good as cash. But will it work?" ...

"The North Las Vegas Police Department is going to start paying people who turn in guns. You'll receive $100 for a rifle, $50 for a handgun, and $25 for a BB-gun. The reward won't be cash though. You'll get gift certificates to stores like Walmart."

"Anyone who wants to turn in a gun should go to the North Las Vegas Police Department with no questions asked. You don't even have to identify yourself." ...

"Police know criminals will likely not turn in guns. Instead they hope to get them out of homes where they're not being used."

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Three grown men with knives and machetes didn't stop it. What did? A man with a gun. QED.

DC: D.C. Gun Bill May Be Linked to Budget
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"A move to repeal virtually all the District's gun restrictions has received a boost in the Senate, where gun rights supporters led by Idaho Republican Sen. Larry E. Craig are seeking to get the measure passed as an amendment to the city's 2005 budget."

"If the effort were to succeed, it would markedly increase the chances of the repeal passing Congress this fall. ..."

"But Craig's strategy also could complicate the Senate's efforts to finish its business and adjourn for the fall election campaign."

NY: Another stellar professional who is more qualitifed than regular citizens to exercise their Second Amendment rights
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"What should have been an evening of socializing over cards and beer ended in tragedy before it began when George Perez was fatally shot by a high-school pal who is a rookie cop, police sources said yesterday."

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Another government "professional" negligently shoots and kills his friend when unloading and/or cleaning his gun... When will the mantra that trained government "professionals" are the only ones who can safely carry a sidearm be debunked? I really never read news stories about good Americans having this sort of problem -- it always seems to be police officers and police firearms instructors.

CA: Sheriff's Deputy Accused Of Giving Gun To Felon
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"A Monterey County sheriff's deputy is in trouble with the law, accused of giving his gun to a convicted felon who then allegedly pointed it at people in a packed bar."

"The incident reportedly happened at a Palo Alto bar. The deputy -- Sean Brooks -- has been put on leave. And on Friday, he made his first court appearance."

"Brooks' arraignment was postponed to next week. He has been charged with aiding and abetting a convicted felon."

UK: Gun raid cops hunt suspects
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"Detectives hunting thugs behind a terrifying series of armed shop raids today issued photographs of two men."

"Police believe the pair, filmed by CCTV cameras in a city centre newsagent's, could help their inquiries into a raid on an off-licence."

"Two masked men burst into the Threshers store, in Knight-low Road, Harborne, and held-up the staff at gunpoint."

"They escaped at 7.30pm last Friday with cash from the till."

Philippines: SC upholds ruling on legality of gun ban
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"The Supreme Court has affirmed its decision upholding the nationwide gun ban that President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo declared in 2003."

"In a one-page resolution dated Sept. 7, the high court denied with finality the motion for reconsideration filed by former Solicitor General Francisco Chavez questioning the gun bans legality."

"The tribunal said the issues raised by Chavez had been decided by the Court and no substantial arguments were presented to warrant the reversal of the decision."

"The high court on June 9 unanimously upheld the gun ban, saying that bearing arms is not a constitutionally protected right."

UK: Man pulls gun in police car chase
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A man brandished a gun at police officers after his vehicle was followed by a patrol car in Stoke-on-Trent.
The man was a passenger in a car which was pursued by police after they spotted it in the Goldenhill area on Thursday afternoon.

The car stopped on Congleton Road and a masked man got out and pointed what was thought to be a handgun at officers.

The car was later found abandoned on Old Butt Lane. The men are thought to have fled towards the Lawton-Gate area.

DC: Senator Signs On To Gun Ban Repeal (Alternate report)
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"Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho, says he's trying to get a measure passed to repeal D.C.'s strict gun laws as an amendment to the city's 2005 budget."

"A similar measure pending in the U.S. House of Representatives is said to have enough co-sponsors to pass, and could be put up for a vote before the election."

"Both measures would repeal long-standing bans on handguns and semiautomatic weapons, roll back registration requirements and decriminalize possession of unregistered firearms."

"They would also prevent city leaders from enacting new gun control measures." ...

"However, D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams said rolling back the gun laws would lead to more violence and bloodshed in the city."

PA: DA Probes Deadly Home Invasion
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"Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen Zappala is investigating a deadly shooting in Harrison Township earlier this week in which a woman shot and killed a masked intruder in her home."

"Yesterday Zappala visited the Spruce Street home where police say Ras Saleem Hudson, 20, of the North Side broke in Monday night and pistol-whipped a resident."

"The man's wife reportedly grabbed a shotgun and killed Hudson."

South Africa: Gun owners to hold rally against firearm law
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"Gun owners will protest on Friday and Saturday against new legislation on gun ownership."

" 'This unjust law must be scrapped,' the Black Gunowners Association (BGA) and Victims Against Crime (VAC) said in a joint statement on Friday about the newly-implemented Firearms Control Act." ...

"The two organisations said the current procedure to qualify for firearm licence was 'cumbersome, very expensive, frustrating' and discriminated against the disadvantaged who could not read or write."

NY: Source: No charges for cop (Another report)
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"A rookie cop who accidentally shot and killed his best friend Wednesday night likely won't be charged criminally but may face departmental discipline, according to law enforcement sources."

"As Javier Colon, 25, a police officer for less than a year, tried to unload his NYPD-issued Smith & Wesson 9mm handgun around 8:35 p.m., the weapon discharged a bullet that struck his friend, George Perez, 25, in the head. ..."

"The rookie cop, who was assigned to the 75th Precinct in Brooklyn's East New York neighborhood, was placed on modified duty yesterday - his gun and badge were taken away and he was assigned clerical duties - while the New York Police Department and Brooklyn district attorney's office investigate."