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UK: Police reveal elite unit
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Scotland Yard has officially revealed the existence of its most secret squad to reassure Londoners the battle against gun crime is being won.

The elite Special Projects Unit, based at an undisclosed location in the capital, was formed eight years ago to hunt down underworld hitmen.

The unit is believed to have prevented 35 murders in the past 18 months. Police in London have insisted their expanded witness protection scheme has helped cut black-on-black gun crime.

CO: Guard: Cop interfered
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"A second security officer for Home Depot testified Thursday that an Aurora police officer asked store officials not to press shoplifting and assault charges against a juvenile last October so a stolen police weapon could be recovered."

"The testimony came during the fourth day of the trial of veteran officer Brian Saupe, who is charged with tampering with physical evidence, abuse of public records, filing false information with authorities and second-degree official misconduct."

"Prosecutors are trying to prove Saupe was able to recover a TEC-9 submachine gun stolen weeks earlier from a Douglas County sheriff's deputy based on information offered by a juvenile shoplifting suspect apprehended at the Aurora Home Depot on Oct. 29, 2002."

IL: Current, Former Lawmen Arrested In Drug Sting
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Nine present and former law officers have been arrested in Chicago following a series of FBI stings.

Federal officials say the arrests were aimed at officers who rip off drug dealers.

Those arrested include Illinois state parole agents, police officers, Cook County sheriff's deputies and a former Seattle police detective. The arrests stemmed from five Chicago-area stings between April and June.

Officials said in most cases, the officers would take cash and fake cocaine.

The lawmen would keep the cash and the undercover informant kept the bogus cocaine.

Philippines: New witness tags de Dios as gunman
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"The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) 7 got a 'prize catch' a day after one suspect in the Lao-Soreńo ambush recanted his confession."

"A 42-year-old laundrywoman volunteered Friday to cooperate with the NBI 7, after she saw Juan Jesus Vergel de Dios in the local television news program 'Balitang Bisdak' last Thursday."

"Elvie (not her real name), a mother of five, seldom watches TV but told her employer that the guy she saw on the boob tube was the same man she saw strafing a blue vehicle on Osmeńa Blvd., Cebu City last July 24."

"At the NBI 7, Elvie identified de Dios when she was allowed to view the suspect from the bureau's clearance room."

Ghana: Police corporal in custody for shooting a driver
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"Police Corporal Charles Effah stationed at Jukwa near Cape Coast was on Friday remanded for shooting a driver in the chest when he appeared before a circuit court in Cape Coast."

"Mr. Mensah, who was driving a Nissan bus, was signalled by a revenue collector at the checkpoint to stop but he drove past and stopped at a distance."

"The revenue collector confronted Mr. Mensah and resulted in a scuffle between the two."

"Corporal Effah warned Mr. Mensah not to move the vehicle else he will shoot at the tyre but he ignored him and attempted to drive away. The accused, carrying an AK 47 rifle, fired at the tyres of the vehicle but missed and hit Mr. Mensah in the chest instead."

AK: Father shares family's hunting tradition with son
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"Over the years, as the young woodsman became more competent and confident with firearms, he continued to move up to higher caliber rifles."

"In 1999 he completed his Hunter Education Certification, and of course over the years he's accompanied his father on hunts and helped pack out meat."

"However, this year was the boy's first year hunting big game for himself and he set his sights on caribou."

WI: Gun-sighting program to be cut by county
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"Hunters hoping to get their guns sighted-in this fall at the Dane County Law Enforcement Training Center's firing range likely will have to look elsewhere because of budget cutbacks."

"Sheriff Gary Hamblin announced this week that the long-standing gun-sighting program is being canceled because the department can't afford paying overtime to deputies working in the program." ...

"Hunters paid $5 a weapon to have their scopes sighted-in. Last year, 888 hunters had more than 1,000 weapons sighted-in at the firing range."

Uganda: Gun, Landmine Scrap Makes Beautiful Art
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"Mikhail Timofeevich Kalashnikov must be a name most Mozambiqans hate. His invention, the AK47 rifle, is responsible for the deaths of up to one million people in a civil war that pitted the fighting groups Frelimo and Renamo against each other." ...

"But one man has found a redeeming way for turning the AK47 and the other killing and maiming devices like landmines. Visiting Mozambiqan artist Feil dos Santos' display of sculpture in the ongoing exhibition From Weapons To Art at the Afriart Gallery at the UMA Show grounds in Lugogo is a show of a man coming to terms with a trying time in his country's history and his own life."

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Notice the blatant personification of the rifle as being responsible for the carnage.

PA: Gun charge fans combative Philly mayor's race
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"The combustible Philadelphia mayor's race heated up again this week, with the challenger's wife accusing a mayoral supporter of brandishing a gun and telling the candidate, 'You're going down.' "

" 'I don't even own a gun,' said Mike Fera, a hefty local union president at the center of the latest charge. The item in question, he said, must have been the cell phone he wears on his belt."

"If someone broke into my house at night, I would have to hit him with a toaster," Fera said.

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Never trust a politician who doesn't even own a firearm to protect his home and his family.

MI: Detroit chief shocked in stun gun demonstration
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"Police Chief Jerry Oliver dropped to the floor when he was zapped with a stun gun during a demonstration at the Detroit Board of Police Commissioners meeting."

"Two Detroit Police commissioners, Oliver and an assistant chief agreed to be stunned Thursday with a Taser, which immobilizes a person by sending concentrated electrical pulses." ...

"Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Taser International, demonstrated the use of the Taser, the Detroit Free Press reported. The chief was scheduled to be shocked on Aug. 14, but the demonstration was postponed by the blackout that struck the region."

UK: Jail for addict who pointed gun at boys
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"A 28-YEAR-OLD man was jailed yesterday for pointing a gun at two school-boys in a North Wales town."

"The terrified boys fled after Lee Griffiths pulled out what looked like a hand gun in Mold Road, Buckley."

"The weapon turned out to be an air gun - which Griffiths claimed was not loaded."

"Mold Crown Court was told Griffiths, who lived in Mold Road, had been taking drugs, was paranoid, and did not feel safe in his own home."

"He said he produced it because he wanted the boys to leave him alone and because he was frightened."

CO: Screener's wife caught with gun at airport (Another report)
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What the previous story from Colorado's mainstream media won't tell you.

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"But TSA manager's spouse won't be charged with law violation"

"The wife of a Transportation Security Administration manager at Denver International Airport won't be charged with a crime after screeners discovered a handgun in her purse." ...

"Though such finds have often resulted in federal gun charges, Nance an on-call secretary for the airport's human resources department won't be charged because, state attorneys said, she did not appear to have intentionally violated the law."

MO: Gun law wont have major effect
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"A veto override enabling Missouri residents to carry concealed firearms wont change things as much as people may think."

"In Missouri, permits were already required for pistols and it is a misdemeanor to obtain such a concealable firearm without the permit. The $5 permit also requires the signature of the seller or the lender of weapon."

"The new law allows these concealable weapons to now be carried out of plain sight with the additional permit, but Scott County Sheriff Bill Ferrell doesnt anticipate any significant increase in the number of permitted guns in the county."

"He predicted there will be some people who apply for the concealed weapon permit, but the cost involved will discourage many others." ...

FL: Wife Fights Back, Husband Killed In Robbery
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"Police said the Calvos gave the gunman what he demanded, after which the gunman demanded the keys to the couple's white, four-door Mercedes-Benz S-500. Fearing for the safety of her family, Denise Calvo grabbed a gun the family kept in the car for protection, police said, and exchanged gunfire with the suspect."

"During the exchange, Jose Calvo was struck in the head. Denise Calvo was able to get out of the car and according to police, continued to fire until her gun was empty. She told police she may have hit both the gunman and his getaway vehicle."

MS: NRA Endorse Tuck For Lieutenant Governor Submitted by: Newslinks Admin	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"The National Rifle Association on Thursday endorsed Lt. Gov. Amy Tuck in her campaign for re-election." "Tuck, who switched to the Republican Party last fall, faces Democratic state Sen. Barbara Blackmon of Canton in the Nov. 4 general election." ... "Tuck is a longtime member of the NRA, Cox said in a news release. He said Tuck has been instrumental in defeating gun control legislation."

New Zealand: Machine gun found in plane wreck
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"Police have revealed a pocket machine gun was found in the wreckage of dental surgeon Guy Lawton's plane after the fatal December 17 crash near Feilding."

"The Transport Accident Investigation Commission report released last week noted two pistols and 500 rounds of ammunition in .22 and 9mm calibre were found by crash investigators."

"The Manawatu Standard was told the 9mm firearm was a fully automatic pistol and that was confirmed by acting city police chief Pat Handcock yesterday."

"In layman's terms, this is a pocket machine gun."

TN: Instant gun checks slow state's above-average rate of sales
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"Instant background checks blocked 3.3% of gun transactions in Tennessee during 2002, a drop from the previous year but a high rate among states, according to a Justice Department report."

"The report shows Tennessee's 3.3% rate, or 6,746 blocked transactions, compares with 4.2%, or 9,114 that were blocked in 2001. That is a 26% drop from the state's rate of blocked transactions, or transfers, in 2001 and a 56% drop from 2000."

"The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation handles the state's checks."

VA: 1.7% of gun purchases nixed in '02
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About 1.7 percent of potential gun purchases were blocked last year by the nation's background check system, slightly below the 2001 level, according to new Justice Department figures.

About half of the 2002 rejections by the National Instant Criminal Background Check System were for people who were convicted felons or who had been indicted for a felony. Another 14 percent were blocked because of a domestic violence conviction or restraining order.

All told, about 136,000 of the 7.8 million background checks were rejected in 2001, the Bureau of Justice Statistics said in a report released Wednesday. That compares with 151,000 rejections out of 7.9 million checks in 2001, a rate of 1.9 percent.

AL: Alabama reports no "persistently dangerous" schools
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"Alabama has no schools in the 'persistently dangerous' category under President Bush's No Child Left Behind law, but four or five students who were victims of crime had a chance to transfer, a state education official said."

"Under the federal law, students in 'persistently dangerous' schools are entitled to transfer to a safer school."

"Sue Adams, an administrator in the Alabama Department of Education's Prevention and Support Services division in Montgomery, said Friday that while no public schools in the state were designated dangerous, four or five students who had been victims of crimes at different schools had been given transfer opportunities."

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"Police shot and killed a man who had a police shield on a chain around his neck and was wearing clothing emblazoned with the letters 'NYPD' after he pointed what turned out to be a toy gun at them Friday in the Bronx, officials said." ------- Look for the city with some of the toughest gun laws in the country to push for yet more with toy gun control.

Wesley Clark lies
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"Democratic presidential candidate Wesley Clark backtracked from a day-old statement that he probably would have voted for the congressional resolution authorizing the use of force in Iraq, saying Friday he "would never have voted for this war." ...

"In the interview, Clark sketched out a checkerboard of positions, saying he would leave in place a tax cut for middle-income Americans and indicating his support for gun rights, although he supports a ban on assault weapons."

MT: No schools in Montana labeled dangerous
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"A new federal law requires all states to identify their most dangerous schools, those beset by problems with violence, but Montana education officials say there are none."

"The mandate to point out the dangerous schools to the public is part of the No Child Left Behind Act, passed by Congress last year and designed to improve education and make schools more accountable."

"But Montana education leaders, who have complained the law uses a one-size-fits-all approach to education, said that same criticism applies to the effort to label certain schools as 'persistently dangerous.' They predict it will have little effect in a rural state like Montana with relatively few incidents of school violence or serious discipline problems."

MO: Protest staged over state senator's vote on gun override
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"Protesters on opposite corners of an intersection yelled either 'Recall Gibbons' or 'Thank you, Gibbons' Thursday evening, depending on how they felt about state Sen. Michael Gibbons' vote overriding Gov. Bob Holden's veto of the concealed guns bill." ...

"When the Legislature took up a new conceal-and-carry bill this year, Gibbons, who is the Senate majority floor leader, originally voted against it. It passed the Legislature in May, but Holden vetoed it. Gibbons, a Republican from Kirkwood, switched sides last week and voted to override the veto -- making the measure law without Holden's signature."

IL: Enemies of freedom continue trying to whine our rights away under the guise of protecting police officers
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"Chicago police officers were fired upon by an assailant who used an SKS semi-automatic assault rifle last Saturday, September 13th. Chicago police officers returned fire and killed the assailant, 23-year-old Shurron Grant."

"Although no police officers were injured in the tragic shooting, the incident illustrates the threat of immense firepower that faces Illinois police officers with the availability of assault rifles on the streets. According to FBI statistics, one in five law enforcement officers slain in the line of duty between January 1, 1998, and December 31, 2001, were killed with assault weapons." ...

UK: Carjack victim's gun terror
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"Masked robbers stole a driver's car at gunpoint after he stopped to post a letter on a quiet Coventry estate."

"The 48-year-old man was threatened with a small black handgun and beaten up before the two thieves sped off in his car last night."

"The attack happened shortly after 8pm outside the Candy Box newsagents and post office, in Winsford Avenue, Allesley Park."

"The motorist parked his Ł18,000 silver Seat Leon and got out to use the letterbox outside the shop when he was ambushed by two men wearing balaclavas."

Have gun, will travel? Think first
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"Here's a simple determinant of whether you're responsible enough to own a gun: You don't forget about your firearm and attempt to board a plane with it in your carry-on luggage." ...

"In this climate of fear and heightened security, it seems inconceivable that arriving passengers could blithely pass the police officers outside the airport, stand on the long lines to go through security and still overlook the gun tucked in their bag alongside the latest John Grisham thriller."

"Yet, 57 people have done so at Hartsfield since Sept. 11, 2001." ...

"A mistake is forgetting to pack your toothbrush. Trying to board a plane while packing heat is a crime, regardless of the intent, and needs to be treated as such."

MI: Tasers Could Accompany Detroit Officers' Guns
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"Officers could soon be using non-lethal tasers on the streets of Detroit in addition to guns."

"The proposed new weapon for Detroit officers is already being used by more than 80 other Michigan police agencies, and about 3,000 agencies nationwide."

"Officers subjected themselves to the electrical shock Thursday night. Chief Jerry Oliver also became a guinea pig to the taser. He became completely immobilized, fell to the floor and then recovered, according to Local 4 reports. Oliver said he is proof that the tasers work."

Countries Allowed to Bring Security to Olympics, But Not Guns
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Greece is allowing national teams to bring their own security forces to next year's Summer Olympics, but they will have to come unarmed, the Associated Press reported Sept. 16.

Public Order Minister Giorgos Floridis is allowing guards to escort athletes. However, he said the bodyguards would be banned from carrying firearms.

"Every delegation can have as many escorts as they like, but under no circumstances can they carry weapons," said Floridis. "Under no circumstances can they become involved in the security plan. The responsible authorities for observing the security plan are exclusively the Greeks."

UK: Guns teacher can go back to class
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"A GUN-obsessed teacher jailed after police found an arsenal of weapons hidden at his home can return to the classroom."

"Thomas Hosty, 55, was sacked from Harwood Park Primary in Heywood and jailed for 12 months last year."

"Police discovered 13 handguns - outlawed after the Dunblane massacre in which 16 schoolchildren and their teacher were shot dead."

"Some were hidden under floorboards. One was found loaded in a bedside cabinet."

"But a hearing of the General Teaching Council for England has now decided Hosty can continue in the profession following his release."

OR: Bandon police chief convicted of wildlife violations
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"A Coos County jury convicted Bandon Police Chief Bob McBride on five misdemeanor wildlife violations." ...

"The jury found McBride guilty of unlawfully hunting and pursuing cougars using dogs, which occurred on Oct. 21, 2001; aiding in a game violation by unlawfully assisting another person to hunt a ruffed grouse during closed season on Jan. 11; aiding in a game violation by unlawfully assisting another person hunting a ruffed grouse using a prohibited method (a .22-caliber firearm) on two separate occasions, Jan. 11 and Jan. 13, 2002; and failing to validate a bobcat record card on Feb. 15, 2002."

IL: Handgun Deer Hunting Regulations Announced
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"Handguns are being allowed during the regular firearm deer season for the first time this year. Illinois firearm deer hunting season is Nov. 21-23 and Dec. 4-7. A change in state law adds handguns to the already authorized use of shotguns and muzzleloading rifles as allowable firearms for hunters to use during the states firearm hunting season."

"The regulations will allow any hunter with a permit for the firearm deer season to use centerfire revolvers or centerfire single-shot handguns of .30 caliber or larger with a minimum barrel length of four inches. Hunters can take a shotgun, muzzleloading rifle and/or a handgun with them during this season."

Boarding With Weapons
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"Several hundred pilots have been through the program since it began in April. Over the course of the upcoming year, thousands more are expected to go through the volunteer program. In fact, an additional 25-million dollars has been budgeted for training in 2004. However, being a pilot does not mean you can qualify to carry a firearm. Every applicant must be screened with a background check and a psychological examination. They then go through a rigorous 56-hour course before becoming Federal Flight Deck officers."

"Though the pilots are considered federal law enforcement agents, their jurisdiction only extends from their pilot's chair to the cockpit door."

UK: Armed raiders target kebab shop
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"THREE balaclava-clad robbers were forced to run off empty-handed after a worker refused to hand over cash."

"The crooks, one armed with a gun, tried to hold up the Flame kebab shop at the Earlham West Centre, shortly before midnight last night."

"They entered the premises through a back door which had been left open and demanded money."

"The kebab chef, who is in his 20s, refused and they fled empty-handed."

IL: Crash Cop's Blood Alcohol Was Five Times Legal Limit, Say Munster Police
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"A Chicago police officer will be charged with drunk driving in Munster, Indiana. The officer's alcohol level was allegedly five times the legal limit."

"42-year-old Kevin Keyes was off duty when he was involved in an accident Wednesday afternoon, ramming his late model Jeep Grand Cherokee into a brick garage."

"According to Munster, police Lt. Kurt Matz, Keyes' alcohol level was 0.40, about five times the legal limit."

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Just think -- in Chicago, where the law-abiding are disarmed, these helpless victims have to depend on guys like this cop to protect them from the armed criminal element!

TN: Manslaughter charge dismissed
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"A judge has determined a fatal shooting was self-defense and dismissed a charge of voluntary manslaughter lodged against a Surgoinsville man." ...

"Hickman told authorities Way came to his residence and the two men began arguing. Hickman alleged that while he and Way were arguing Way struck him in the arm with a tire iron at which time Hickman retreated to the porch."

" 'Mr. Hickman advised that Mr. Way tried to come up onto the porch and he pushed him off and when he tried to come back up onto the porch Mr. Hickman advised that he shot him several times with a .22 caliber handgun,' the report stated."

Bush denies his new request is another Patriot Act
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"The White House won't say it, the Justice Department denies it and opponents salivate at every opportunity to use it."

" 'The USA Patriot Act' is a phrase that Bush administration officials shun when questioned about the new anti-terrorism powers the president is asking lawmakers to give police and prosecutors."

"Among the measures President Bush is seeking are expanded use of the federal death penalty, tougher bail restrictions and FBI power to subpoena records and witnesses without having to go to a judge or grand jury."

WI: Library Board Asked to Alert Patrons to Patriot Act
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"A citizen's group is asking Brown County's library board to take a stand against provisions in the Patriot Act. The law, passed swiftly after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, lets the FBI see what library patrons are checking out and browsing on the Internet. The library would not be allowed to tell patrons if the FBI asked for information about their activities."

"John Bettinger of the Citizens for a Living Constitution as the library board to join other libraries condemning that part of the Patriot Act, and to post signs advising patrons about the law."

CO: Another Would-Be Tyrant in a Three-Piece Suit Supports the "Patriot" Act
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"John Suthers, the U.S. Attorney for Colorado, was in Cańon City Thursday to encourage continued diligence in the war on terrorism and defend the USA Patriot Act."

"He visited the Daily Record, then addressed the Royal Gorge Republican Women at the VFW hall."

"Suthers was back in home territory Thursday, having served as Department of Corrections director from January of 1999 through August of 2002 and eight years as district attorney for Colorado Springs."

" 'In light of the threat, our nation's response to terrorism has been fairly balanced,' Suthers said. He added that he thought the response would have been the same regardless of who was serving as president and attorney general."

WI: Conceal and carry not the answer
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"Imagine yourself walking down a street where everyone is carrying a concealed weapon. Now every argument, fight or domestic disturbance has the potential for massive bloodshed. Hurrah!"

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Imagine the paranoia! Is there massive bloodshed in the streets of the other 35 states that allow concealed carry? No, but there IS massive bloodshed in the streets where the populace is completely disarmed.

CA: Debate united on one issue
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"The candidates also were asked a series of rapid-fire questions including one on gun ownership. Both McClintock and Bustamante said they own guns."

"McClintock, a staunch supporter of the Second Amendment, said he bought a shotgun about 10 years ago when he and his family received death threats."

"Bustamante said he owns a deer-hunting rifle but has not gone hunting for a long time."

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"Deer hunting rifle" is code for "not a (mythical) assault weapon"! Bustamante proves his ignorance of firearms, McClintock proves the opposite.

MI: City of Detroit -- Breaking the Law in the Name of the Law
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"...Cops need to be free to do real cop work, not pursuing the malicious prosecutions of out-of-control prosecutors. The Michigan Court of Appeals majority also exhibited (by referring to non-applicable federal law) the same kind of cavalier view of their oath of office that has infected, by their own admission, four of the justices on the U.S. Supreme Court (Ginsburg, Breyer, Souter and O'Connor). These judges have on one or two recent decisions enthused about the foreign laws they referred to in coming to their decision. All of these judges have violated their oaths of office by looking for legal precedents in codes that are foreign to their respective jurisdictions. Their admissions should be the grounds for immediate impeachment."

Treasury lets banks accept Mexican IDs
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"The Treasury Department said Thursday it will leave in place rules that allow banks to accept Mexican identification cards, called matricula consular, which often are used by undocumented immigrants to open accounts."

"The decision, which extends to all foreign-issued identification, is considered a victory for immigration and Latino groups that have protested efforts to prohibit use of the identification card as anti-immigrant and anti-Hispanic. Financial institutions, too, had opposed any change in the rule."

"Opponents say the cards are too fraud-prone and pose a risk to homeland security. Immigration opponents also have said the card acts as de facto amnesty for illegal immigrants."

Did the Fourteenth Amendment make the American People Citizens of the Federal Government?
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"Contrary to the misrepresentations emanating from friends of big government, the Constitution did not create a national system of government or consolidate the States or their people into a single nation. The Constitution was simply a continuation of the federal system of government established by the Articles of Confederation. Under this system, the federal government would act as the agent of the States and its powers would relate to mutual relations between the States and external or foreign affairs. All powers involving to the life, liberty, property, and happiness of the American people, would remain with the States."

Passenger Attempts to Enter Planes Cockpit For the Second Time
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"A man who allegedly tried to force his way into a plane's cockpit in midair was not on aviation watch lists, even though he had tried to commandeer another plane before..." ...

"But this was not the first time Drake was disruptive on a plane. In 1987, Drake burst on board the cockpit of an Air Canada airliner at the airport in San Francisco, took 11 members of the flight crew hostage and threatened to kill the pilot if he was not flown to London." ...

"Federal officials are at a loss to explain why someone who previously tried to commandeer an aircraft 16 years ago was not on an aviation watch list..."

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There are 200 pilots "qualified" to carry guns aboard planes, and loons like this one allowed to board unhampered. Do you feel safer now?

Right-to-carry laws confound expectations
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"It would take a journalist bolder than I to feign mastery of the regression analyses that the disputants have flung at each other. But a new article by Tomislav Kovandzic of the University of Alabama at Birmingham and Thomas Marvell of Justec Research, published in the journal Criminology and Public Policy, offers further grounds for skepticism about the more-guns-less-crime theory."

"They looked closely at Florida's experience and found that its law 'had no measurable effect, for good or ill, on violence rates.' Supporters of the law can't exactly dismiss their research as liberal propaganda: It comes with the endorsement of Florida State criminologist Gary Kleck--whose research on firearms use has been widely cited to discredit gun control. In light of this study, says Kleck, 'I wouldn't expect any effect' from the new Missouri law."

"That may be bad news for gun rights groups. But it's not exactly a great boon to gun-control zealots, either. If there had been an epidemic of concealed handgun permit holders blasting away at each other over parking spaces, we would have heard about it. In fact, all evidence indicates that almost all the people who obtain these licenses are responsible and law-abiding." ...