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SAF, NRA Ask Federal Court To Halt New Orleans Gun Seizures
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BATON ROUGE, La., Sept. 22 -- The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) and National Rifle Association (NRA) joined with individual gun owners in Louisiana Thursday morning, filing a motion in United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana seeking a temporary restraining order to stop authorities in and around the City of New Orleans from seizing firearms from private citizens in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
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A Cautionary Tale
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Something happened in New Orleans during the course of dealing with Hurricane Katrina that is being ignored by the mainstream press, and yet is as chilling as anything that has been reported: The police commissioner ordered the door-to-door confiscation of private firearms from law-abiding citizens, stating that only "law enforcement" would be allowed to possess arms. |
Suit Filed to Halt New Orleans Gun Seizures
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With Carl Limbacher and NewsMax.com Staff
For the story behind the story...
Arbitrary gun seizures, without warrant or probable cause, have been reported during the past three weeks since the Crescent City was devastated by the hurricane. In cases reported to SAF, police refused to give citizens receipts for their seized firearms. Earlier, SAF insisted that police account for all seized firearms, disclose their whereabouts, and explain how they will be returned to their rightful owners. Authorities have not responded.
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Yale Daily News: Putting an End to Constitution Worship
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"This past Saturday was something called "Constitution Day," ..."
"This holiday is another ridiculous example of the "sanctimonious reverence," as Thomas Jefferson termed it, in which many Americans hold the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence."
"The Constitution, while laying the foundation for the creation of a great American nation, was also very much a product of its time."
". . .Take the Second Amendment, which mentions the need for a well-regulated militia and conferring the right to bear arms. Because of the Framers' unclear wording, no one has been able to establish definitively whether this right belongs only to the militia or to individuals." |
A gun for ire...and desire
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In addition to being one of the world's more audacious, provocative and expert filmmakers, Lars von Trier is a solid barometer of global anti-American sentiment. As unpopular as we may be, we will never rise above the level of von Trier's bile. And so we may be comforted by his films.
As author of the Thomas Vinterberg-directed "Dear Wendy," von Trier pursues the tack he took with "Dancer in the Dark," which assailed capital punishment, continued with "Dogville," which attacked hypocrisy, and has now focused on the gun, in all its phallic glory. |
Funding the Anti-Gun Rights Culture War
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In researching my panel presentation for this weekend's 20th Annual Gun Rights Policy Conference in Los Angeles, I ran across this report from the California Wellness Foundation . It's a restrospective analysis of the CWF's 10-year grantmaking spree, the Violence Policy Initiative, during which $60 million was flung at various violence control measures. Much of the money went toward public relations campaigns against gun ownership in California.
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A Culture in Which Children Are Taught to Hunt (3 Letters)
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One of three letters to the editor in response to the article posted on Tuesday.
September 22, 2005
Re "Girls and Boys, Meet Nature. Bring Your Gun"
To the Editor:
It seems ironic that many Americans are uncomfortable with hunting because it seems cruel and involves killing animals, yet they don't give a second thought to sitting down and eating a burger.
Animals killed in the wild at least had the luxury of a life of relative freedom; animals we eat for dinner are generally confined to small, overcrowded cages.
The point is that most people care little whether the procedure is cruel or unkind. It's worth opposing only if it involves getting your hands dirty.
Peter Hsu
Emeryville, Calif., Sept. 18, 2005
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Katrina Aftermath Highlights True Political Motives
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Beyond the shrillness and hysteria that ensued immediately in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, the true goals and methodologies of America’s political establishment have become plain to see, at least to those with an honest interest in seeing them. Among conservatives, a horrendous and largely unnecessary tragedy signifies the need to admit mistakes, correct errors, and ultimately ensure that the situation is never repeated. |
DeWeese: American Life Under a National ID Card
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"If you have done nothing wrong, then you have nothing to fear from these surveillance policies in the Patriot Act.”
“The Real ID bill that has just passed Congress and will establish a national ID card within the next 18 months will transform all state motor vehicle departments into agents of the federal government. They have now been told to install a high tech computer chip into every single drivers license in every single state. That chip will be used to carry either a finger print or voice print."
"And all the time the federal government has been passing this law mandating a national ID card – it vigorously denies it is doing it. It’s not mandatory, they tell us. It’s all voluntary."
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MO: Vashon Student Arrested After Gun Found In School
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St. Louis Public School District officials have confirmed that a gun was found at Vashon High School. The school went on lockdown for two hours while police investigated.
District officials say the gun was not fire, and no one was hurt. Starter pistols are commonly used at track and field meets and for dog training.
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Gun control advocates vow to defeat deadly force legislation
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LANSING (AP) — Earlier this year, gun control advocates failed to block a Florida bill allowing people to use deadly force in the street to defend themselves.
The advocates vow not to let that happen in Michigan.
The battle in Michigan over the so-called deadly force legislation is important for both sides in the gun debate. It could open the doors to similar laws across the country — a top priority for the National Rifle Association — or stop the effort in its tracks.
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IL: Illinois Hunters Register Deer By Phone or Web
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The Illinois Department of Natural Resources will require deer hunters in most Illinois counties to register their harvest by telephone or by logging onto the IDNR web site. This registration process will begin with the 2005-06 archery deer-hunting season, which starts on Oct. 1. Harvest reporting through county check stations this fall will be conducted only during the firearm deer season in those counties where the IDNR will be doing surveillance sampling for chronic wasting disease (CWD) (see list of counties and check stations below).
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Worcester Man Charged with MA: Unlawful Possession of Firearm, Reports U.S. Attorney
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WORCESTER, Mass., Sept. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- A Worcester man has been
indicted by a federal Grand Jury on a charge of being a felon in possession of
a firearm.
United States Attorney Michael J. Sullivan; Worcester County District
Attorney John Conte; Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
Special Agent in Charge William J. Hoover, and Worcester Police Chief Gary
Gemme, announced that OSCAR MACHICOTE, a/k/a "Omar Medina," age 31, of 28
Parker Street, Worcester, was indicted yesterday by a federal Grand Jury for
being a felon in possession of a firearm.
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MT: Shoot! Class gives hunters tips on gun-handling, field skills
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He caught me out in the open.
The mule deer buck was coming up from the sagebrush flats toward the same shallow saddle where I was heading. I was halfway up a steep hillside, struggling to keep a foothold on loose rock.
The buck's nose was down and he was making time. I first saw him at about 300 yards and the distance was shrinking fast.
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NY: Another BB Gun Seized from a Buffalo Student
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(Buffalo, NY, September 22, 2005) - - Authorities say they seized a gun from another Buffalo student Thursday. It turned out to be a BB gun, but News 4's Jodi Hovenden reports school administrators are taking no chances.
It's the second time in three days that security officers have confiscated a BB gun in a Buffalo public school.
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NC: Woman Charged With Failing To Store Firearm After Boy Dies
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Authorities in Rockingham County say a woman has been charged with failing to store a firearm to protect a minor after a 14-year-old boy shot and killed himself at her residence.
Nikki McLamb, 40, called 911 last week and reported a gunshot wound at her residence on N.C. Highway 150. |
MI: Youth hunt is Saturday
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CHEBOYGAN - Young hunters between the ages of 12 and 16 will have a chance Saturday and Sunday to participate in a special deer hunting season.
A special youth firearm deer season is scheduled statewide for those who are properly licensed to take a white-tailed deer with a firearm.
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MI: Governor signs bills banning online hunting
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LANSING, Mich. (AP) -- Michigan has joined a growing number of states to ban computer-assisted hunting under three new laws signed Thursday by Gov. Jennifer Granholm.
One of the laws makes it illegal to hunt using a computer to remotely control a firearm or crossbow or to operate a facility offering such an opportunity.
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OH: On Triple Slaying Suspect's 'To-Do List': Get Gun
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Sept. 22, 2005 — Authorities believe a man being hunted in three states in the killings of three people, including a child who was involved in a sex abuse investigation against him, will not be captured alive.
A nationwide task force has been set up to help FBI and local law enforcement officials search for Melvin Keeling, who is suspected of three slayings in Ohio and Indiana. Authorities have been searching for Keeling since Monday, when 13-year-old Katelind Caudill was found shot to death in her bedroom in Deerfield Township, Ohio.
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Yemen: Activists Demand Arms-Free Country
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SANA’A - The Yemeni parliament is set to approve a new law banning the carrying of weapons in cities, after hundreds of Yemenis gathered outside parliament on Monday.
The gathering was organized to protest against the widespread use of weapons and urge parliament to ratify the draft law. The law was approved by the cabinet four years ago, but has yet to be passed by Parliament, which is largely made up of MPs with tribal backgrounds.
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South Africa:Many Options for Gunowners
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The Firearms Control Act of 2000 will play a pivotal role in the control of legal firearms and the reduction in the proliferation and availability of illegal firearms in SA. It also aims to address firearm-related crimes by removing illegally possessed firearms from society and ensuring effective control over firearms owned legally.
With the amnesty on illegal firearms, which ran for six months, the South African Police Service (SAPS) received and confiscated more than 100000 firearms, including illegally possessed firearms, legally possessed firearms, and firearms confiscated by the SAPS. The SAPS will continue to mount operations to remove illegal firearms.
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Canada: Firearms keep RCMP busy
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Burnaby RCMP were kept busy responding to firearm incidents last week
On Sept. 15 at about 11:30 p.m., a man was waiting for a bus on Cameron Street, near Wal-Mart, when a male approached him and demanded to know what the victim was looking at, say police.
The suspect, a complete stranger, then pulled what looked like a gun out of a black duffle bag. The victim heard a shot and the suspect ran away. Luckily, the shot missed the victim, as officers found shotgun pellets in a nearby utility pole |
New Zealand: Firearms stolen in home invasion recovered
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Hastings police have recovered a large number of firearms, including military-style semi-automatic assault rifles, sub-machine guns, pistols and ammunition - some of which were stolen during a violent home invasion last month.
The weapons were found when the police Clan Lab team searched two sheds in Hastings yesterday.
On August 6, Napier weapons collector Alan Walker was allegedly assaulted, bound with a telephone cable and had a knife held to his throat. A total of 29 firearms were stolen from him during the raid.
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CzechRep to give guns, military uniforms to Iraq
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PRAGUE- The Czech Republic will give machine and submachine guns, military uniforms and other military equipment worth more than million crowns to the Iraqi government, the cabinet's decision, the government press department said.
The gift including 1,500 uniforms, 1,500 submachine guns and 50 machine guns is another in a series of similar transactions in the past weeks.
Recently, the cabinet nodded to giving tonnes of ammunition to Georgia and Egypt.
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