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Kerry Gets Labor Day 'Goose Egg' from Gun Dean
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" 'Sen. John F. Kerry of Massachusetts gets a Labor Day goose egg from the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA),' John Michael Snyder, CCRKBA public affairs director, announced here this morning."

"Snyder, named dean of gun lobbyists by national media, said the Democratic presidential nominee 'can add this zero award to his collection of Purple Hearts and band aids.' He added that the senator 'truly is a first class hypocrite. In recent months, he's been going around the country trying to cater to pro-gun rights voters, proclaiming that, 'I am a gun owner and a hunter and I respect the Second Amendment,' BUT, 'I've never contemplated shooting a deer with an AK-47.' "

Michael Moore makes a stunning discovery
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Rabbi Boteach had a conversation with Michael Moore at the Republican National Convention. During their conversation about Israel, Moore admitted that he had visited Israel twice. What did he find?

"After I made Bowling for Columbine, I discovered that Israel has one of the lowest levels of violence -- I mean, besides the conflict with the Palestinians -- even though there are so many guns around."

Will this change Moore's stand on guns?

Swanee Hunt: Safety of our streets hinges on politics
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"In less than two weeks, the Federal Assault Weapons Act expires. I don't know about you, but keeping AK-47s, Uzis and TEC-9s off our streets seems like a good idea to me. In fact, according to a New York Times/Wall Street Journal poll, fully 78 percent of my fellow Americans agree."

KABA Note: Fortunately, what you and your fellow sheep think is completely irrelevant. We do not live in a democracy where the whims of the cowardly and uninformed enslave the rest of us.

"According to data maintained by the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, assault weapons are 20 times more likely to be used in a crime than conventional firearms. ..."

KABA Note: Actually they're used in less than two percent of crimes. Someone needs to learn how to read data.

"When the law was passed, 16 percent of gun murders of police officers were with assault weapons. ..."

KABA Note: No they were not. The LEOKA data does not differentiate between the type of rifle used.

"As effective as the ban has been, a simple renewal may not be enough. ..."

KABA Note: According to your pal Tom Diaz of the VPC, the ban has done nothing.

"Without strengthening the assault-weapons ban, or at a least renewing it, our security is threatened. ..."

KABA Note: In 1994 you were 11 times more likely to be beaten to death than killed by the weapons you so fear. In fact, these weapons were used in less than 2 percent of crimes BEFORE the ban was enacted.

In other words, this woman has no clue.

NY: More gun violence in the gun control "haven" of New York City Submitted by: Newslinks Admin	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"A Brooklyn love triangle turned deadly yesterday when a rifle-toting wanna-be rock star fatally shot his ex-girlfriend's new beau and the man's dad before turning the gun on himself." "After smashing windows in the Gravesend home overnight, Michael Jobsky returned in the morning, barged past his pajama-clad ex-lover and blasted Vincent Rotunda Jr., 40, and his 73-year-old father, Vincent Sr."

NY: Gun Pulled on Driver
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"The search continues Monday morning for suspects who shot at another Buffalo cab driver."

"The latest incident happened Sunday morning on Janet Street."

"Investigators say two men riding in a Cold Spring Cab pulled a gun on the driver."

"Police say the gun fired when the cabbie tried to grab it. The bullet hit the head rest."

"Another Buffalo cab driver was shot and killed during a robbery last month."

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It's sad that one set of individuals with admittedly dangerous professions just received carte blanche to exercise their Second Amendment rights everywhere in the country, while another set of individuals with equally, if not more dangerous professions must still beg the state for permission to arm themselves.

NY: Ex-beau is charged in L.I. mom's killing Submitted by: Newslinks Admin	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"An order of protection couldn't save a Long Island mother from her ex-boyfriend, who police said murdered the woman with a kitchen knife in front of her three daughters." "Police found Grecia Ogando, 31, stabbed repeatedly and huddled with her children - ages 18, 14 and 6 - in the bedroom of her Oakridge Drive apartment in Bay Shore on Thursday around 8:25 p.m."

OH: Mother Speaks Out After Daughter Gunned Down
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"West-side mother is sending out a warning to victims of domestic violence, after her daughter is gunned down."

"Police say 32-year old Kim Sheckles Buie was shot and killed over the weekend."

"The suspect was her husband Daniel, who later turned the gun on himself."

"Just two weeks before her death Kim Sheckles Buie filed a temporary protection order against her husband." ...

"Now Kim's mother hopes other domestic violence victims will get help before it's too late."

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What they need is an effective tool of self defense - more effective than a piece of paper.

DC: Former Nugget Rodney White Arrested On Weapons Charge
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Three men, including NBA free agent Rodney White, face weapons charges after a uniformed Secret Service officer allegedly saw them randomly shooting in the air early Sunday morning while driving on Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway. ...

"Each was charged with unlawful discharge of a firearm a felony. They were also charged with five misdemeanors: carrying a pistol without a license; possession of an unregistered firearm; possession of unregistered ammunition; possession of fireworks and possession of a prohibited weapon, which Mazur identified as a knife."

UK: Armed police patrol after three shot
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"ARMED police officers patrolled Sheffield streets today after three men were gunned down in separate bloody attacks."

"The 12-hour shooting spree began when a 19-year-old was blasted to the ground as he walked along Verdon Street, Burngreave, on Friday afternoon." ...

"Last month a man suffered serious stomach wounds after being shot in his home in Andover Street."

"A man recently had part of his liver removed after being shot outside the Donkeyman's nightclub in Spital Hill, a short walk away from the scene of the latest shootings."

Canada: American shooting death-rate sadly out of step with world
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"In 2001, a whopping 29,573 people were killed by firearms in the U.S., with another 63,000 injured." ...

Note: Notice this buffoon does not differentiate between suicide, self defense or criminal on criminal violence.

"Believe it or not, those totals are down considerably from a decade before -- leading some, such as mouthpieces for the National Rifle Association, to rejoice at the sprightly news."

Note: That's right. Meanwhile the gun control utopias of England and Australia have experienced an unprecedented upsurge in crime. How could that be? Guns are tightly controlled there!

"In that same year, Canada recorded 842 gun deaths." ...

"Whatever's said about this country's undoubtedly cost-bloated gun control program, it's likely to have a chilling effect on weapons ownership that'll prevent us from reaching America's heights of firearms carnage."

Note: Sure. Because criminals always register their weapons, right?

Send this pseudo journalistic hack a message at: bill.kaufmann@calgarysun.com

Mail Call - Assault rifles don't have impacts on violent crimes
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"According to state reports from Florida, California and a number of other states, before the 1994 gun ban was put in place, assault weapons were used in approximately 2 to 3 percent of all crimes. A police chief in New Jersey said that his men were more likely to face a tiger on the street than a criminal with an assault rifle. The National Institute of Justice and the Justice Department recently completed a study in which they could find no correlation between the assault weapon ban and crime reduction. With these facts in mind, Mr. Blakley's claim that assault weapon-related crime was reduced is meaningless."

CA: 3 arrests in school's opening week
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"Parents of about 900 students at Elk Grove's newest high school will be getting a letter Tuesday about an opening-week incident: Two men and a juvenile were arrested in the parking lot of Monterey Trail High School after police found weapons in their car."

"Not the best debut news to send home, but police assure the public that no students were in danger, said Jim Elliott, a spokesman for the Elk Grove Unified School District." ...

"According to Elk Grove police, the three were arrested Friday afternoon, at the close of the school's first week, after police noticed irregularities in the car's license plates. During a search of the car, officers found two handguns and a short-barreled shotgun. ..."

"None of the suspects was a student, said Elliott, who said the three were at the school to pick up a sibling of one of the suspects and nothing more."

Australia: Boys, 16, 'used gun in robbery' Submitted by: Newslinks Admin	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"TWO 16-year-old boys will appear in court today over an armed robbery in Sydney's east." "Police said the boys threatened a 26-year-old attendant with a gun and a cricket bat at a Dover Heights bottle shop about 8pm (AEST) last night." "The pair then allegedly bound the man's hands and feet and ransacked the premises, taking money and other items."

UT: Doorknob swabs challenged
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"Technique to detect drugs, guns violates rights, cases contend."

"The men, in separate cases, are challenging the use of test results that allegedly revealed microscopic drug particles on their front doors - information officers used to bolster their requests for search warrants."

"To the trio, the high-tech approach is a blatant violation of the Fourth Amendment right to be free of unreasonable searches."

UK: Shopkeeper gunned down for standing up to robbers
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"A shopkeeper is seriously injured in hospital today after being shot in the chest trying to stop armed attackers stealing money from his till."

"The 65-year-old man had emergency surgery after the raid at the post office in East Dulwich. Two men, one carrying a gun, entered the shop on Saturday and demanded cash from the till behind the grocery counter. When the owner refused the gunman fired. The victim was taken to a south London hospital where he was treated for serious chest injuries. His condition was today described as stable."

CA: Salinas prison guards accused of abuse
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"A retiring interim warden at Salinas Valley State Prison said Friday that a small ring of officers at the institution planted contraband on inmates and beat them on occasion, then worked in concert to cover up their wrongdoing."

"Edward Caden acted as warden at the Monterey County prison for six months earlier this year - until he resigned effective Monday amid an internal investigation into his own activities at Salinas Valley. He attributed the misconduct to about a dozen officers as well as a few supervisors who were either associated with or belonged to a gang-like club at Salinas Valley who called themselves the 'Green Wall.' "

KS: Gun assault (Letter)
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Third letter on page

"One would think that the administration would think twice before allowing such weapons to again abound in our country, where certain segments of society have a penchant for apocalyptic thinking and amassing huge caches of weapons, and where huge numbers of desperate citizens are disenfranchised by current economic and social justice policies."

"We are indeed angry and appalled that House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., and the Republican leadership intend to let the ban expire without congressional debate."

IL: Berwyn cop drives with no license after DUI
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"Berwyn police officials say they are investigating how long a first-year officer has been driving to work on a revoked driver's license after a DUI conviction earlier this year."

"Daniel A. McGuffey, 25, a former auxiliary officer hired full time in January, was in uniform when he left the Berwyn police station at 6:18 a.m. Thursday and entered his sport-utility vehicle in plain view of at least one on-duty Berwyn police officer."

"Despite having no legal driving privileges since his license was revoked July 24, McGuffey drove almost 3 miles to his house in Forest View."

"A Tribune reporter and a photographer watched the officer drive home from work."

MO: Missouri gun users go out of state for permits
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"When Jackson County refused to issue concealed-weapons permits this summer, Peter Blake-Ward saw an opportunity he couldn't pass up."

"Since June, the Arizona gun instructor has come to Kansas City twice, teaching a $100 weekend course that can get all of his 50 students even those from Jackson County concealed-weapons permits."

"The catch: The permits are from Utah."

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"A brave pensioner was shot in the chest when he tried to stop a robbery at a Post Office, police said today." "The 65-year-old was working at the store in Dulwich, south-east London, when two men entered brandishing a gun." "A spokesman for Scotland Yard said the raiders threatened the man with the weapon soon after noon on Saturday and demanded cash."

CO: Teacher Accused Of Taking Loaded Gun On Academy Grounds
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"A teacher at a high school on the Air Force Academy grounds was arrested for allegedly taking a loaded gun into the school, but investigators said they did not think he intended to harm anyone."

"Thomas Wesley Mangney, 44, told investigators he forgot the .45-caliber weapon was in his pickup when he drove to Air Academy High School on Monday."

"Air Academy is a public high school on the Air Force Academy campus operated by Colorado Springs School District D-20."

"Mangney said he locked the gun in a cabinet in a storage room near his classroom for fear it would be discovered if his vehicle were searched, an El Paso County sheriff's report said."

Namibia: Soldier shoots dead girlfriends brother, turns gun on himself
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"AN NDF soldier shot and killed his girlfriends brother before shooting himself at Oluno in Ondangwa on Thursday night." ...

"Waandja told the two that he had decided to end his life and that of his girlfriend Maria because of the numerous problems he was having."

"He then took his gun and went into the bush to urinate."

"While he was gone Maria tried to flee."

"When Waandja noticed his girlfriend running he started firing in her direction but missed her."

"Marias brother Longeni also tried to flee but Waandja shot and killed him before he could get away."

"After that the NDF soldier turned the gun on himself and killed himself."

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More proof that only law enforcement and military should have guns.

OH: Barbara Palmer pushed for stricter gun legislation
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"Her ex-husband entered their Elsmere home and shot at and killed the children. Her husband, an Elsmere police officer, shot back at Bundy, killing him." ...

"After her husband and children were slain, she pressed for stricter gun laws and a law requiring family members of mental patients to be notified about their release."

"Ms. Palmer was a member of the American Policemen Hall of Fame and Citizens of Police Survivors."

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Another person who used her personal tragedy as a tool for disarming the rest of us. RIP

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"...only to discover children popping balloons." "The newlyweds, a banker from Qatar and his wife Justine Francis, who had been teaching in the Middle East, had already married but they decided to hold a belated celebration for friends and family in Bedford, Beds." ... "We had just opened the bar when around 10 police officers turned up. ..."

CO: Friends of NRA to hold benefit
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"Regional members of Friends of the National Rifle Association are planning their annual fund-raiser for Saturday, Sept. 11, in Glenwood Springs."

"According to Carbondale resident Richard Teague, 2004 Friends of the NRA Banquet chairman, the fund-raiser will enable The NRA Foundation to grant money to various local shooting sports programs."

"Money raised will go towards purchasing firearms and targets for the two clubs."

"More than 50 youths participate in Garfield County's 4-H shooting sports club. And they're an accomplished group: The team took top honors at state in 2003 with a first place in 4-H statewide competition."

UK: Son held over parents murder
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"A TEENAGER was arrested today after his parents were found shot dead in their home."

"Accountant Sydney Blackwell and wife Jackie, a retired buyer for TJ Hughes, were found at their bungalow in Melling with head wounds."

"They had been dead for at least two weeks." ...

"Last night, detectives removed a gun from the house. Searches, using the force's team of dogs, are now being conducted in the fields around Mr and Mrs Blackwell's bungalow in Sandy Lane."

UK: Terrified by toys
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"TWO masked gunmen terrorised a concert audience when they fired a pellet gun in a busy community centre."

"Residents were left shaken and frightened after the men, who were wearing balaclavas with eye slits, burst into Broughton Community Centre on Thursday night."

"The group was listening to a band when the men entered at about 9.45pm and fired the gun. They also set off a fire extinguisher before escaping."

Australia: Man shot in the back, walks to hospital
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"A MURRAY Bridge man walked more than a kilometre to a South Australian hospital after being shot twice in the back yesterday morning."

"He was later airlifted to the Royal Adelaide Hospital and a bullet was expected to be removed from his stomach last night."

"His injuries are not life-threatening and last night the man was in a stable condition." ...

"The 30-year-old victim walked into the Murray Bridge Hospital about 4.30am and told emergency staff he had been shot outside his Swanport Rd home."