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Japan: 1.85 mil. people participate in disaster drills across nation
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"Some 1.85 million people participated in intensive disaster drills held across the nation Sunday."
"One of the most extensive drills was held in the Tokai region where seismologists predict a huge earthquake will hit in the near future. In the worst case scenario, 8,100 people could die if a major earthquake struck the Tokai region..."
" 'We can only perfect our response to major disasters by repeatedly conducting drills. I'm sure we'll reap the benefit in the future,' [Tokyo Gov. Shintaro] Ishihara said after the end of the drill." |
North Korea Correctly Identifies U.S. Hypocrisy On Arms Issues
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"North Korea lashed out at the United States on Sunday over what it called Washington's hypocritical stance on weapons and said talks could only take place if the Bush administration dropped its hostility."
"U.S. Undersecretary of State John Bolton, in a trip to Seoul last week, branded the North as the world's foremost missile peddler, accusing Pyongyang of selling ballistic missile-related equipment, components, materials and technical expertise."
" 'U.S. hawks are charging the DPRK with deployment and proliferation of missiles,' the official agency [Korean Central News Agency] said. 'The brigandish charge means that they are free to develop, produce, deploy and proliferate any type of mass destruction weapons but other sovereign states' legitimate policy of increasing their self-defense capacity poses a threat to them.' "
SAME GAME, DIFFERENT PLAYING FIELD.
North Korean diplomats are merely pointing out the double standard now the norm in U.S. strategy -- foreign and domestic strategy -- when it comes to arms.
On the foreign scene, the U.S. behaves as if it can do whatever it pleases with arms but that it also gets to dictate what other nations must do.
On the domestic scene, U.S. law enforcement agents and employees/guards of government officials have relatively easy access to (and full use of) brand new machineguns, but The People are blocked from access to brand new machineguns -- a "law" enforced at the barrel of brand new, taxpayer-bought machineguns.
The North Koreans are simply stating a fact. |
Feds defend air marshal's actions
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"A judge said he planned to complain to federal authorities about an air marshal who trained his gun on a passenger-filled jet cabin for 30 minutes after detaining a man."
"Two armed marshals detained the man on Delta Flight 442, which was flying from Atlanta to Philadelphia with 183 people on board, because he allegedly was rummaging through other people's luggage."
"One marshal then held his gun on the coach cabin passengers because some of them ignored orders to remain seated with their seat belts on, a spokesman for the Transportation Security Administration said Sunday."
" 'If people would have stayed in their seats and heeded those warnings, that would not have happened,' said TSA spokesman Robert Johnson in Washington. 'It's our opinion that it was done by the book.' " |
CO: Vietnam Veteran shot during 911 "wrong house" call will get his day in court
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"The bullet wounds may tell the story."
"They could be a key defense for Jerry Norris, whose trial starts this week in Arapahoe County District Court. Norris is accused of pointing a gun at two Aurora police officers who were mistakenly sent to his house on the night of July 26, 2001, because of a 911 computer glitch."
"Norris, 50, was shot twice and seriously wounded. Prosecutors charged him with felony menacing."
"But allegations that Norris threatened officers make no sense, said Robert A. Dill, one of Norris' lawyers."
"For one thing, there's Norris' background. 'It's not like they stumbled on a drug dealer here who's got a meth lab or something cooking away,' said Dill, who has historically defended officers. 'He has no criminal record. Zero. Nothing.' "
"The .38-caliber semiautomatic handgun that Norris had when the police arrived was empty, and he had no reason to point it at the officers, Dill said. Norris told his lawyers he was practicing sliding the magazine in and out of its grip in preparation for a firearms competition."
"Everyone agrees on one thing, though: The police were sent to the wrong house at 15444 E. Princeton Dr. because of a computer error. The actual 911 emergency was several miles away at another home."
"Blood tests showed Norris had no alcohol or drugs in his system. He's a Vietnam veteran who served two tours as a U.S. Coast Guard seaman in search and rescue operations. He also is a lifelong member of the National Rifle Association and was certified as an armed security officer in 1983." |
One more news story that shows why you should have a loaded gun HANDY at home
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"Five people, two of them children, were bound and threatened during a robbery at a south Charlotte [North Carolina] apartment Sunday afternoon."
"Charlotte-Mecklenburg police said two gunmen forced their way inside the home at the Andover Woods Apartments just before 3 p.m. During the attack, the children were forced into a closet, police said."
"In addition to the car, the robbers stole two guns, police said."
QUESTIONS:
Did these guns, stolen from under their noses, have trigger locks on them? Was ammo stored separately, in a locked container, as promoted by Handgun Control, Inc. and the rest of the victim disarmament crowd?
A firearm that's not available when you need it most is worthless when you need it most. |
UK: Robber threatened to "blow a [female] shopkeeper's head off" during robbery
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"A masked gunman threatened to blow a shopkeeper's head off during a terrifying raid on a Telford village shop."
"The man struck at the store in Lawley village brandishing what police believe was a shotgun."
"Jasbeer Kaur, who was working in the shop with her sister Balbir, was forced to hand over more than £350 from the till as well as £1,000 that was in a handbag in the back of the shop."
"No shots were fired and nobody was injured but the two women, aged 36 and 38, were left badly shaken by the incident, which happened just after 8pm on Saturday."
"Miss Kaur today said she was terrified by the ordeal and her sister Balbir had been so badly shaken by the incident that she was not yet able to return to work." |
NC: "7 GOP candidates disagree on trade, guns, abortion"
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THE GUN SECTION:
"When she ran for president in 1999, [Elizabeth] Dole attacked the National Rifle Association as "a special interest group" and took positions the group opposed. One involved concealed weapons."
" 'Police work is hard enough already,' she said then. 'No one should make it harder. I think it's wrong to let people carry concealed weapons.' She also supported a ban on cop-killer bullets and bills banning assault-type weapons."
"Now she says sheriffs have convinced her that a state law allowing people to carry concealed weapons works. She acknowledges her support for the 7-year-old ban on assault-type weapons but has said 'there appears to have been little effect on crime prevention or punishment.' "
"Other candidates question her commitment to the 2nd Amendment's right to bear arms."
" 'When the chips are down, can North Carolina's many gun owners trust her to do the right thing?' [Jim] Parker asks on his Web page."
"[Jim] Snyder also casts himself as a strong gun supporter. 'I am absolutely in favor of handguns being owned by citizens,' he's said. 'Criminals in our society prey on those who are defenseless.' " |
Security in US 'still lax'
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"Experts say airport baggage checks are haphazard and that passengers are delayed but not much better protected."
"A year after the September 11 terrorist attacks, security experts have warned that similar hijackings could still occur, and say that safety procedures introduced at airports have done more to inconvenience passengers than protect them."
"...too much time was being spent on unnecessary checks that distracted staff and passengers..."
"Before September 11, less than five per cent of luggage at US airports was screened in any way. Even now, only about 20 per cent is screened." |
Australia: "Bandit trained at pistol club"
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"A CONVICTED gunman practised shooting at a pistol club while committing a series of armed holdups in Brisbane."
"The bandit joined the pistol club without officials knowing his criminal past, because of a loophole in gun laws."
"The shocking revelation has prompted the State Government to consider changes so gun clubs can check if new members have any criminal convictions." |
UK: Anti-hunt group receives threats - predictable from 'people who shoot'
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"UK Police were today investigating threatening and abusive messages directed at an anti-hunting group."
"The League Against Cruel Sports west country branch, based in Dulverton on Exmoor, said it had received a number of abusive and anonymous telephone calls containing much swearing and threats."
"It said the campaign was becoming nastier and more aggressive as a possible hunting ban loomed."
"Branch manager Paul Tillsley said:"We have received a series of calls of a threatening and abusive nature. In the latest there was a lot of swearing and a man threatened to come up to the headquarters, shoot a deer and hang it on our door.
"The messages happen at regular intervals every time hunting is in the news and as we are hopefully moving towards a hunting ban, the number of calls is going up.
"But recently the calls are becoming more violent and more intimidating. The latest started with a hunting 'holler' and you could also hear hounds in the background.
"This is the sort of intimidation you get in this circle of people who shoot." With that kind of anti-gunowner bigotry going on, it's no surprise this fellow and his kind are receiving threats. |
UK: Police 'failing to tackle street crime'
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"A number of police forces may fail government targets to cut street crime, one of the country's most senior officers has admitted."
"Chief Superintendent Rick Naylor, vice president of the Police Superintendents' Association of England and Wales, confirmed some forces were struggling."
"His comments came as a BBC survey suggested at least four forces would fail their targets."
"Street robberies rose by 28% in the year ending April 2002, prompting an outcry in sections of the media." |
AR: Police watched store robbery, court files say
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"North Little Rock police knew hours ahead of time that a convicted robber and kidnapper planned to hold up a convenience store and watched as the robbery occurred, court records reveal."
"Police never told the store clerk and waited until the armed man left the business before attempting to arrest him, the files show."
"A police report said a robber entered the store with a handgun and demanded money. The robber forced the clerk to walk from the store at gunpoint, court records reveal." |
AZ: Libertarian Arrested For Displaying Protest Sign at Televised Debate
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"Joe Duarte, a Libertarian candidate for U.S. Congress, was arrested on Sunday, August 25, for displaying a hand-held paper sign protesting the League of Women Voters' unlawful exclusion of Libertarian candidates from a televised gubernatorial debate at Pima Community College in Tucson. Duarte was advised by police at the event that he must either leave the debate venue or stop displaying his sign. When he refused, he was handcuffed and removed. "
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Herr Ashcroft's Amerika
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"John Ashcroft's new 'The Attorney General's Guidelines on General Crimes, Racketeering Enterprise and Terrorism Enterprise Investigations' may just be the final piece needed for ushering in a totalitarian American police state." |
MN: Senate Candidates - Rep & Dem - support gun ban
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"One of the most pointed exchanges came from a question about a federal ban on assault weapons that is scheduled to expire. Wellstone and Coleman said they support continuing it but with limitations. Coleman said he would make a clear distinction between the banned weapons and semiautomatic hunting rifles, and Wellstone said all 'sportsmen and women should have the right to hunt.' " |
VA: Cop killings spark debate
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"Virginia residents who voluntarily enter mental institutions after surrendering to emergency commitment orders should be cleared by a judge before they are permitted to own guns, Prince William County officials said Friday."
"Prince William Commonwealth's Attorney Paul B. Ebert also wants the loophole closed."
" 'Just because they've voluntarily committed themselves, doesn't mean they're any less dangerous,' Ebert said." |
Historians: Gunslinger's (Wyatt Earp's) 'grandson' and imposter
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"Goldfield residents eagerly welcomed a man who said he was Wyatt Earp's grandson to the mining town's 100th anniversary celebration, making him an honorary sheriff's deputy as politicians posed for photographs."
"Locals listened as he talked about the famous lawman, who owned a saloon in nearby Tonopah, and Earp's brother, Virgil, a sheriff's deputy in Goldfield in the early 1900s."
"There was just one problem: Historians say Wyatt Earp had no children, and the man is an impostor." |
Bermuda: Homeowner sends thief to hospital
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"A youth who broke into a man's home was soon sorry he did so as the homeowner beat him."
"The 17-year old fled the scene when he was able to escape and took himself straight to the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital (KEMH). It is understood the culprit had several wounds and that he received upwards of 50 stitches to close them. Many of the gashes were in his head." |
MT: Forester says some anti-logging activists in Montana are terrorists
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"A U.S. Forest Service official told loggers Wednesday that some out-of-state environmental activists operating in Montana are terrorists trained in arson, vandalism and bomb-making."
" 'Here in Montana, we are starting to see people from out of state and people who have direct ties to the Earth Liberation Front, and that concerns us,' said Bill Fox, of the agency's Northern Region office in Missoula."
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Japan: Ramen shop owner, wife stabbed to death
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"The owner of a ramen noodle shop in Shinagawa Ward, Tokyo, and his wife were found dead Saturday morning with multiple stab wounds in an apparent murder-robbery case, the Metropolitan Police Department said."
"The MPD said Isamu Hayakawa, 64, was found dead at about 6:15 a.m. in the bedroom on the second floor of the three-story building."
"His wife Yoko, 57, was found dead in the establishment's noodle factory on the first floor, the MPD said."
"The couple had multiple stab wounds and there were signs that the rooms had been ransacked, according to the police."
WHEW!
Thank goodness this couple wasn't allowed to own a firearm for self defense -- someone could've gotten hurt! |
AL: Man indicted by BATF faces possible 830 years in prison for selling firearms
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"Officials are alleging Charlie Thomas dealt with firearms illegally"
"A 27-year-old Huntsville man was indicted by a federal grand jury Friday on 83 counts of federal gun trafficking stemming from the efforts of a local, state and federal gun violence reduction program and a still-ongoing investigation."
"Charlie Thomas was indicted following an investigation by the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms into illegal weapons transactions."
"According to the indictment, Thomas bought about 135 firearms from a federally licensed firearms dealer - James Longshore, doing business as Jabal Inc. in Hazel Green - before selling and delivering the weapons to other purchasers throughout the state, said Alice H. Martin, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama, and James M. Cavanaugh, special agent in charge of the regional ATF office in Nashville."
" 'The investigation and prosecution of firearms trafficking cases in North Alabama demonstrates this office's strong commitment to enforcing federal firearms laws and to protecting the public by ensuring that firearms do not come into the hands of people who are not legally authorized to purchase firearms,' said Martin. 'We will seek hard prison time for all gun trafficking crimes.' "
"If convicted, Thomas could face between five and 10 years for each count, and fines up to $250,000."
KABA NOTE:
83 counts at 10 years each would be 830 years.
This story doesn't say a word about whether or not any of these firearms were used in crimes, or whether even one of them ended up in the hands of a prohibited person. |
Losing the recovery
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"Today, the U.S. economy is no longer protected by socialism's failures. The United States is even losing agricultural markets, and U.S. multinational corporations rely heavily on foreign earnings for their profits. The mobility of capital and technology is sending U.S. high-tech jobs to Third World countries. With cheap skilled labor, China is becoming a favorite location for U.S. manufacturers." |
IL: Seeking clemency
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"The following men who have previously been convicted in Fox Valley [IL] murder cases are seeking clemency under a new initiative by Gov. George Ryan." ...
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Gun Industry Is Gaining Immunity Against Suits
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"A spate of government litigation against the nation's gun companies has been stifled in 30 states, which have passed laws granting the industry immunity from civil lawsuits."
"A striking exception to the trend is the California State Legislature, which passed a bill this week repealing a law that gave the gun industry immunity."
"Gun control advocates hailed the repeal as a major defeat for the industry, but their victory may be short-lived. In Washington, there is a bill with 228 sponsors in the House of Representatives, that would provide federal immunity to the firearms industry. A similar bill in the Senate has 39 sponsors. No other industry has such blanket protection."
CONSIDER:
No other industry caters to a constitutionally protected right that comes under daily assault all across this nation. For example, far more people die in car accidents than by guns -- including the intentional criminal misuse of guns -- but people aren't trying to abolish automobiles or to sue car manufacturers into oblivion. |
"U.N. Arms Control Works in Albania"
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NDROQ, Albania -- "It was an offer that Drita Nuri and some of her fellow villagers couldn't refuse: Turn in their illegal weapons in exchange for a better water supply."
"And it worked, after a fashion. Villagers were still handing in guns, ammunition and explosives well after an Aug. 4 deadline expired. Their reward: amnesty, plus $50,000 worth of new pipes and pumps to improve the leaky water supply network."
"Although Albania's government has collected about 200,000 weapons and significant amounts of other ordnance, police say at least 200,000 other weapons and countless rounds of ammunition remain in private hands."
"Officials concede it hasn't been easy getting Albanians to part with all that firepower, even though it's against the law for most citizens to own anything more powerful than a hunting rifle, and even those must be officially registered."
"Enter the U.N. Development Program, which has hit on cash as a compelling carrot for disarmament."
"Since 2000, the UNDP has been running two programs in eight Albanian districts, doling out more than $3 million in aid in exchange for weapons. Project spokesman Gert Guri said the UNDP is working with the government to find other innovative ways of coaxing the citizenry to disarm."
CONSIDER:
The U.S. federal government has given the U.N. billions of dollars -- money that is ultimately used to fund such projects.
But some Albanians aren't so gullible:
"Keeping it buried somewhere won't hurt anyone," a teenager who gave his name only as Agim said at a coffee bar in Ndroq. "I may need it someday to take care of myself and my family." |
MO: "Senator" Carnahan can sort of shoot skeet
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"Firing a borrowed shotgun, U.S. Sen. Jean Carnahan blasted 60 percent of her clay targets Friday night and pronounced the percentage satisfying -- in skeet shooting or in politics."
" 'I'll take 60 percent in any contest,' the Democrat said after taking her turn at a benefit shooting event after a day of campaigning in southeast Missouri's Bootheel."
We should believe her; 60 percent of the right to keep and bear arms is honored in her own home state.
For those who don't remember, Mrs. Carnahan is the woman whose dead husband won the election that took John Ashcroft out of state politics -- so they gave the seat to her. She's up for re-election and says, " 'I don't see where the Second Amendment needs to be an issue' in her race against Republican Jim Talent, a former congressman who expects the NRA's endorsement." |
Namibia: Nujoma Warns White Farmers to Surrender
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"Namibia President Sam Nujoma has warned white farmers they should comply with his government's voluntary land redistribution program. Local media quotes Nujoma as saying if farmers do not hand over their land it would be taken from them."
"In Zimbabwe, the government has ordered 2,900 white commercial farmers to surrender their farms to landless blacks without compensation. Over the past week, the government has arrested at least 200 farmers, who have defied eviction orders to leave their land."
Sarah Brady would probably urge these white farmers to surrender their weapons -- "to comply with the law". |
Animated series on the Revolution debuts on PBS with a star-studded cast
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"Imagine Sylvester Stallone as the voice of Paul Revere. ("Adrian!! The British are coming!") Odd, but it could work. Walter Cronkite as Ben Franklin? Terrific."
"Annette Bening as Abigail Adams, Dustin Hoffman as Benedict Arnold, and Michael Douglas as George Washington enliven the past..."
"Jack Rakove, a Pulitzer Prize winning historian from Stanford University in California, oversaw the scripts for accuracy."
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CA: Middle School teaching kids that "There is no place in our society for handguns."
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"The Morgan Hill Unified School District is now teaching our children the following:"“The 2nd Amendment right to keep and bear arms does NOT include the right to keep and bear handguns.”
“There is no place in our society for handguns.”
“All small firearms should be banned by law.” "These are quotes from an English class assignment at Britton Middle School in Morgan Hill. They are part of the standard curriculum in use by several teachers at the school for years. A copy of the actual course material is shown below." ... |
When is War really War?
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"People talk about going to war with Iraq as if there is still some question as to whether or not we will actually do battle in the small, Middle-Eastern country thousands of miles from America. ... And while everyone and their cousins are busy flapping their gums, American and British planes attacked, and reportedly destroyed, targets inside the borders of Iraq six times last week. The cannons of war are already belching their death and terror upon the Iraqi people." |
UK: Burglars raid pregnant Icelandic singer Bjork's home - while she's sleeping
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Burglars broke into pregnant Icelandic singer Bjork's house in LONDON while she was sleeping.
The list of other celebs who've been robbed is interesting (Liz Hurley mugged at knifepoint)...as are the comments they make about how the U.S. is safer...
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"Other celebrities whose London homes have been burgled recently include models Jerry Hall and Elle Macpherson, Tara Palmer-Tomkinson and singer Geri Halliwell."
"Actress Joan Collins, 69, has denied reports a decision to base herself in New York was because of her fear of crime in London." |
NM: Sheriff's candidate, wearing a dress, kills teenager who allegedly attacked him
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"A La Plata County sheriff’s candidate says he shot dead a teenage gang member who kidnapped him last week as the candidate left an Albuquerque adult bookstore wearing women’s clothes."
"...Robert Bouslaugh, 56, of Bayfield, told The Durango Herald over the weekend that he killed the 18-year-old man in self-defense at about 2 a.m. Thursday."
"Bouslaugh, a former sheriff’s deputy in California and a former private investigator, is a little-known candidate who made the November ballot as an independent after gathering 245 signatures earlier this summer."
"He said he was wearing women’s clothes and carrying a purse because he had been involved in an undercover operation earlier that night that had required him to dress in drag. He did not change his clothes before visiting the bookstore after midnight. He declined to discuss the undercover operation or say whom he was working for." |
Swedish hijack suspect charged
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"A Tunisian-born Swede has been charged with attempting to hijack and sabotage an aircraft or airport."
"Kerim Sadok Chatty, 29, was also charged with the illegal possession of a firearm. He was arrested as he tried to board a Ryanair flight with a gun in his hand luggage."
"Defence lawyer Nils Uggla told the court in Vasteras, west of Stockholm, that Chatty, who was remanded in custody for two weeks, denied all charges except for possession of a gun." |
TN: "Justifiable homicide, troubling aftermath"
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"Twice in the past two weeks, Memphis homeowners shot and killed intruders who were breaking into their houses. In both cases, prosecutors determined the homicides were justifiable."
"It's always a cause for concern when civilians feel it necessary to enforce the law in the absence of police. But nothing now suggests that either of the incidents - one in Frayser, one in Raleigh - represented anything other than a legitimate act of self-defense."
"Both of the intruders had extensive criminal records." ... |
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