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Attorney General-designate: Torture is not an option
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"Attorney General-designate Alberto Gonzales offered an equivocal answer this month when asked if U.S. personnel could engage in torture under certain circumstances."

"'I don't believe so, but I'd want to get back to you on that,' the White House counsel told Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., during a daylong confirmation hearing that focused on the Bush administration's interrogation policies for terrorism suspects and Iraqi prisoners." ...

"Offering his views in response to other questions submitted by committee members, Gonzales:" ...

"Said he and the administration favor renewal of the federal assault-weapons ban and background checks for gun show purchases. The administration was largely silent as Congress allowed the ban to expire last year." [emphasis added]

Nominee Gonzales backs weapons ban [another view]
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"Citing his brother Tony's work as a Houston SWAT officer, attorney general nominee Alberto Gonzales told the Senate in writing Tuesday that he supports extending the expired federal assault weapons ban."

"'I worry about his safety and the types of weapons he (Tony) will confront on the street,' Gonzales said. 'The president has made it clear that he stands ready to sign a reauthorization of the federal assault weapons ban if it is sent to him by Congress. I, of course, support the president on this issue.'"

"Anti-gun groups criticized President Bush during the campaign last year for failing to press for an extension of the ban."

"Gonzales also said he wants Congress to reauthorize the Patriot Act this year, despite complaints that it is too intrusive." ...

Unethical Academics
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... "As we should realize, illegal use of firearms has little to do with legal possession of firearms. The Centre for Defence Studies in London, showed that criminal use of handguns increased by 40% in the two years immediately after their 1997 ban on handguns. It is now believed there are over 300,000 firearms in Britain, which are readily accessible to anyone with murder on their minds. When Anne Pearston, a leader in the anti-gun campaign was presented with these figures, she dismissed them with, 'But this completely misses the point of what we were trying to do. We never thought that there would be any effect on illegal gun crime, because this is a totally separate issue. What we were campaigning for was to make sure that a civilian could not be legally trained to use a handgun.' It makes one wonder." ...

Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence Expands Use of Convio with Online Grassroots Mobilization Project Pegged to Presidential Inauguration
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"The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence United with the Million Mom March, the nation's leading gun violence prevention organization, is pegging to this week's Presidential inauguration to accelerate its already successful, 18-month-old online advocacy program. The new project, launched 11 days ago and utilizing some of the same Convio Internet tools used by former presidential hopeful Howard Dean, is generating response rates comparable to the first days of the former Vermont governor's record-smashing online campaign." ...

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FULL TEXT BELOW: The National Rifle Association extends its heartfelt condolences to the family of Neal Knox, who passed away yesterday. Knox was a former officer and member of NRA�s board of directors. "On behalf of NRA�s four million members, our sympathy and prayers are with the Knox family," said NRA executive vice president Wayne LaPierre.

Guns, Gun Ownership, & RTC at All-Time Highs, Less "Gun Control," and Violent Crime at 27-Year Low
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"Guns. The number of privately owned guns in the U.S. is at an all-time high. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE) estimates that there were about 215 million guns in 1999, when the number of new guns was averaging about 4.5 million (about 2%) annually. A report for the National Academy of Sciences put the 1999 figure at 258 million. According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, there were 30.7 million approved (new and used) NICS firearm transactions between 2000 2003."

"Gun Owners. The number of gun owners is also at an all-time high. The U.S. population is at an all-time high (about 294 million), and rises about 1% annually. Numerous surveys over the last 40+ years have indicated that just under half of all households have at least one gun owner. ..." ...

Smart magazine looks like wise choice for firearm users
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"Local inventors Barry Wright Sr., Barry Wright Jr. and Mitchell Burko have successfully developed a new handgun magazine designed to reduce stress on law enforcement officials by keeping track of the number of rounds left within a 9mm weapon."

"Dubbed the Smart Magazine, it not only provides a lighted LED display which accounts for remaining rounds, but also accounts for any already chambered rounds - a function which its developers say will help to prevent accidental gun deaths." ...

NY: Mike Opens Fire On Gun Makers
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"For the first time in the nation, gun makers and dealers are now liable for injuries or deaths caused by the criminal use of their weapons, under a landmark law signed yesterday by Mayor Bloomberg."

"The law � one of four bills signed regulating gun sales and possession � goes further than any other city's effort to hold the gun industry financially responsible for crimes involving their weapons."

"'We need to do everything we can to keep guns out of the hands of criminals and out of the hands of children,' said Bloomberg. 'There's just no argument here. Guns kill people, it's time to get them off the street.'" ...

.50 Caliber Rifles And Ammunition: Latest Anti-Gun Targets Of Opportunity
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"With the demise of the Clinton Gun Ban, and several independent studies for the federal government showing that the 'assault weapons' ban was ill-conceived, gun prohibitionists have found new firearms to demonize--those chambered to fire the vintage .50 BMG cartridge."

"A fear-mongering campaign to demonize both those firearms and the hobbyists who own them began in earnest. CBS's '60 Minutes' used its Jan. 9, 2005, edition to portray .50 caliber rifles as being 'too dangerous to be in the hands of private citizens.' ..."

"So what, the gun banners say, if these rifles aren't used in crimes--they might be one day. If that sounds familiar, it should. That's the same language U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) used to help Bill Clinton attack semi-automatics more than a decade ago." ...

OR: Revealing concealed handguns
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"One year ago this month, University graduate student and Concealed Handgun License holder Brian Stubbs challenged an Oregon University System policy forbidding him from carrying his gun on campus."

"A federal judge dismissed Stubbs' suit against the Oregon State Board of Higher Education in June, but key players on both sides of this ongoing controversy -- whether to allow students, faculty and visitors with licenses to carry concealed firearms to bring them onto campus -- agree the matter has yet to be resolved." ...

OR: No Indictment [in Self-Defense Shooting]
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Lane County Prosecutor Doug Harcleroad announced late today that James Winkelman will not face criminal charges in the death of Todd Alan Hughes.

Police say Winkelman shot Hughes to death on January 11, near 13th and Garfield. The statement from Harcleroad reads "...our analysis of the facts of this case leads us to believe that the shooting of Mr. Hughes, although tragic, was a justified act. The use of deadly physical force by Mr. Winkelman is justified as self-defense because Mr. Hughes was about to use unlawful deadly force against Mr. Winkelman at the time he was shot."

The grand jury heard two and a-half hours of testimony from ten witnesses before reaching its decision.

OH: Protection order ends in slaying
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"A Tallmadge woman last summer asked a judge to lift a protection order against her boyfriend. Five months later, she is dead and her boyfriend is charged in the beating death."

"The request to lift the order came after Jamesetta 'Jamie' Antoine recanted her rape and assault claims against her boyfriend, Kashaka M. Williams."

"The ban was lifted, but another was put in place by a different judge in October when Williams was again accused of assaulting Antoine, 28."

"On Friday, Antoine's body was found inside the Bastogne Drive home where Williams' parents lived."

"The next day, Williams was jailed again, accused in the beating death of Antoine, who gave birth to their son last summer." ...

NE: Lincoln teen faces gun charges
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with threatening another student.

The 16-year-old was charged with making terroristic threats, use of a deadly weapon to commit a felony, unlawful possession of a gun and unlawful possession of a gun on school property, according to court documents.

He is not being identified because the Journal Star typically does not print the names of juveniles charged with crimes.

Police arrested the boy Friday after a school resource officer allegedly found a loaded .38-caliber gun on him while he was in class.

A day before his arrest, another student had told police the boy had threatened him with a gun.

The boy, who lives in Lincoln, was suspended from the school following his arrest.

TX: Alvin sixth-grader shoots self while in class
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A sixth-grader in Alvin accidentally shot himself in the leg today while apparently playing with his father's pistol while in class.

Nobody else was hurt.

Officials say the eleven-year-old boy at Passmore Elementary School suffered minor injuries, was treated and then turned over to his parents.

Superintendent Greg Smith says it appears the .22 caliber pistol belongs to the boy's father and the child had it in his pocket.

Smith says the boy may be assigned to an alternative school.

No criminal charges were immediately filed.

OH: Gun Found at High School Basketball Game
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"Student is in custody for carrying a handgun at a school."

"A Woodward high school student is behind bars, charged with bringing a gun to school. It happened at Monday's basketball game between Libbey and Woodward."

"Both students and parents are thankful for the quick action of school security officers. While Woodward and Libbey athletes played, one security officer didn't have his eye on the game. According to police reports, the officer witnessed a 15-year-old boy walk to a van in the school parking lot and put a handgun in his pocket. The boy then headed back to the field house. That's when officers ordered him to drop the gun." ...

MD: Bill Would Stiffen Penalties For Crimes Committed With Assault Rifles
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"Montgomery County Sen. Rob Garagiola, D-District 15, who saw the failure last year of his bill to ban semiautomatic guns, returns to the General Assembly this session with legislation that would add 20 years to a criminal's sentence if he uses an assault rifle when committing a felony or a violent crime."

"Garagiola presented the bill at a news conference Tuesday, along with 20 letters from local police and sheriff's offices supporting the legislation."

"'Use of guns of this type in the state is a serious problem,' said Baltimore State's Attorney Patricia Jessamy. 'These are the kinds of guns we're getting from criminals -- and from juvenile criminals -- in Baltimore city.'" ...

TX: Jury convicts former Houston police officer in teen's death
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"A former Houston police officer who shot a 14-year-old boy during a struggle was found guilty Tuesday of criminally negligent homicide."

"Arthur J. Carbonneau could have been convicted of murder or manslaughter, but jurors chose the lesser charge."

"Prosecutors said Carbonneau deliberately shot Eli Escobar Jr. in November 2003 as the teen fought with him and Officer Ronald Olivo outside a friend's northwest Houston apartment. Carbonneau claimed it was an accident."

"The two officers, who were looking for a suspect in an earlier assault, were trying to subdue Escobar and handcuff him because he had not followed their commands, police said." ...

AL: Officer Arrested for Murder, Police Chief Alone on the Job
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"At the Owens Crossroads City Hall, a planning commission meeting got underway Monday night. On the agenda: a public hearing about new development, but folks in this small town have something else on their minds -- one of their police officers being accused of murder."

"George Wilcox, Chairman of the Planning Commission says, 'Mr. Young was beat up pretty bad.'"

"Wilcox says Officer Richard Young was attacked inside his own home on Wilson Mann Road, and he fought back. Investigators will only say that some kind of physical altercation took place between Young and Billy Curtis Anderton of New Hope. Anderton was shot to death." ...

"Young has been charged with murder. Billy Anderton is dead. Those are the facts -- no matter how hard it is to swallow."

AL: Caught on Tape? New Information on Police Officer Charged With Murder
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"New details tonight in the case of a Valley police officer charged with murder. Some of the incident may have been caught on tape."

"Investigators have collected what could be a key piece of evidence. This as the victim's family prepares to bury their loved one."

"The dashboard camera sitting on Officer Richard Young's patrol car is now of interest. The tape inside of it has been collected. Investigators say the camera's red light was flashing when they arrived Saturday morning. It was apparently recording. They will soon review the tape."

"'We believe there's some evidence on that tape that will certainly shed some light on events that took place that night,' Sergeant Yox said." ...

UT: Officer charged with assault
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A Granite School District police officer has been charged with aggravated assault, a second-degree felony, for shooting a man with his service pistol last October.

Officer Richard Todd Rasmussen, 44, was chasing a man suspected of driving a stolen car Oct. 20. Anthony Chavez abandoned the car he was driving, jumped a fence and ran into the backyard of a house.

Rasmussen fired a shot, striking Chavez in the left thigh.

According to the Salt Lake County district attorney's office, Rasmussen was not threatened, and did not believe that Chavez was armed. He told investigators he fired at Chavez because he feared that the suspect would take his gun. He said Chavez lunged toward him when he fired the shot.

KS: Not worth the risk [fourth letter on page]
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"Selling confiscated firearms for revenue is not a new issue. But, of course, the Wichita City Council is counting on the fact that most people have short memories or little concern about reselling firearms."

"If the City Council and mayor did their homework, they could easily pull the minutes from previous council meetings and find that funds that could be generated from firearm sales would be minimal." ...

"If the City Council moves forward with this, will it take responsibility when a recycled confiscated gun kills one of our police officers or a child?"
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Submitter's Note: Shouldn't the person who pulls the trigger bear the responsibility?

India: Challan against 'rapist' Major
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"Police Tuesday produced challan against the Army�s Major, allegedly involved in the rape of a 10-year-old girl and her mother, before the judicial magistrate Handwara. Army sought to conduct the trial through its court martial."

"The Major of 30 Rashtriya Rifles allegedly barged into the house of Abdur Rashid Dar at Badr Payeen village and raped his daughter Shabnum and wife Aisha on the night intervening November 6/7 2004."

"The incident sparked off violent protests across the Valley ..."

"A Special Investigation Team (SIT) was constituted by the police which was headed by Deputy Superintendent Muhammad Shafi. According to police sources, 15 persons, including the mother-daughter duo, have given their statements." ...

NY: Crime Spree Suspect Is Arrested in Bronx After Bank Robbery
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"A man suspected of raping and robbing a woman and then pistol-whipping a nun and stealing her car a day later was arrested yesterday after he robbed a bank in Queens, the authorities said."

"Police officials said that the man, Roy Williams, 32, held up the North Fork Bank at 233-15 Hillside Avenue in Queens yesterday morning. He was taken into custody yesterday in the Bronx. As of last night no charges had been filed. A police spokesman said that investigators were questioning him."

"The first two crimes in which Mr. Williams is a suspect occurred just blocks from each other in Jamaica Estates, Queens." ...
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Submitter's Note: But guns are banned in New York City!

AK: Guns show enthusiasts have a blast
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"The fact that thousands of guns were stacked all over Wasilla High School this weekend didn't seem to faze anyone."

"The way thousands of people slowly browsed by more than 100 display tables, you might think it was a Christmas bazaar or craft fair, except for the fact that many attendees wore cowboy hats, boots and camouflage gear. Others walked around with six-shooters on their hips or hunting rifles slung over their shoulders."

"'I love guns,' said Dennis Hopper, a firearms manufacturer and member of the Alaska Machine Gun Association. 'I killed my first deer with a 16-gauge shotgun when I was five years old, so I have a great respect for guns.'" ...

NY: In coed sport, girls taking best shot
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"Michelle Wie and Annika Sorenstam have chipped away at golf's gender barrier. That seems to be the consensus sport in which women are best suited to go toe-to-toe with men."

"But rifle seems to fit that bill even better in Western New York. Not only are girls coming out to participate in the coed sport in all-time high numbers, they are beginning to dominate."

"Rifle competitions consist of shooting from three positions: prone (lying on stomach), offhand (standing) and kneeling. Girls hold season-high marks in two of the three competitions this year in Western New York, and Alden sophomore Rebecca Gerevics has posted the match-high aggregate total." ...

ME: Crossbow hunting bills stir controversy
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"Today's high-tech, high-priced crossbows barely resemble the medieval weapon from which they evolved. Fans of crossbow hunting believe the weapon offers the best of both rifle hunting and traditional bow hunting - the steadiness that comes from bracing a crossbow on the shoulder and using a sight, like a gun, combined with the silence and short range that makes bow hunting palatable in urban areas."

"But legislative proposals to legalize hunting with crossbows this year still are expected to be controversial."

"Opponents, many of whom come from Maine's growing community of hunters who use traditional vertical bows - like those you probably recall from Boy or Girl Scouting - fear that allowing crossbows into Maine hunting could ruin their sport." ...

UK: Knives up ante in arguments -- London police say the easily accessible weapons are coming out of pockets in the heat of the moment
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"The easy accessibility of knives on the street makes them deadly when emotions run high, London police said following a rash of weekend knifings. 'Walking downtown with a pocket knife or some other type of knife . . . is not necessarily a criminal offence,' London police Chief Murray Faulkner said yesterday."

"'But when emotions erupt, people know they have this weapon in their pocket and they're quick to use it.'"

"Latest police statistics show weapons offences, which aren't broken down by type, are on the rise, up 13 per cent last year over 2003."

"That may be because society is more violent, Faulkner said."

"'If you grow up bombarded by violence, it will have an impact,' he said, referring to TV, movies and video games." ...

UK: Prospective Tory MP suspended for posing with gun arsenal
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"A Conservative parliamentary candidate for the seat of Slough in Berkshire has been suspended for posing with a number of 'illegal' guns and rifles, according to The Sun newspaper."

"Conservative party central office moved quickly to suspend Robert Oulds last night after the tabloid forwarded camera phone images - disseminated on the internet - of the local party law and order spokesman." ...

"The Sun said it had seen 11 images of the councillor in Chiswick, west London, posing with the weapons, which included an AK 47 machine gun and a shotgun."

"Mr Oulds told the newspaper: 'Those photos were taken at the home of a member of the Conservative association.'" ...

"'They are all licensed and all legal. They are not mine.'" ...

Mexico: Three dead in mass kidnap
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"THREE Mexicans were shot dead and five were missing after a mass kidnapping by gunmen toting assault rifles in a Gulf Coast fishing village, police said today."

"A group of 20 heavily armed men swept into the village of Soto la Marina, 230km south of the border with Texas, in a convoy of trucks on Friday night and rounded up 19 local people from three homes in the village."

"It was not clear why the people were kidnapped."

"Local police chief Antonio Rocha said the bodies of three of the men seized in the kidnapping � the former mayor of the town and his two sons � were later found nearby with a single, execution-style shot to the head." ...

UK: 'Back-up man' in five garage raids is jailed
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"AN ARMED robber who struck at a Tadworth garage during a three-month crime spree has been jailed for a total of six-and-a-half years."

"When he appeared before Guildford Crown Court on Friday, January 7, Daniel Boyd, of Pollard Close, Windsor, admitted five robberies, one attempted robbery and six offences of possessing an imitation firearm with intent." ...

"William Saunders, prosecuting, told the court that Boyd played 'back-up man' during the early-morning raids by brandishing a baseball bat or a nine-inch blade while his partner threatened staff with an imitation pistol." ...

Canada: Man held for three days at gunpoint
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Calgary police are investigating claims a man was held for three days by suspects armed with a high power rifle.

Two people were taken into custody from a home on Falton Way N.E. early Tuesday morning.

Someone inside the home called police and said he was being held against his will by three people with a gun.

Officers surrounded the house and took two people into custody.

A rifle was also found inside the house.

There were no injuries and charges are pending.

Australia: City shooting
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"BUNBURY police have charged a well-known Club Deroes motorcycle gang member with threatening a crowd with a loaded pistol before firing in the direction of six people outside a Bunbury hotel on Friday."

"Police say the incident happened after the man allegedly assaulted a 39-year-old Bunbury woman outside the Highway Hotel at about 12.20am on Friday. The woman received minor injuries."

"The 30-year-old Kewdale man is then alleged to have produced a pistol and threatened people with it before firing in the direction of the crowd."

"A bullet struck a pillar at the front of the hotel, slightly injuring a 23-year-old female hotel employee." ...

UK: Teenage Cyclist Shot In The Head
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"THUGS shot a cyclist in the head with a gun they stole hours earlier from a Cambridge home."

"The teenager was treated by paramedics but his injuries are not thought to be serious."

"Now detectives are urging people to come forward with information before the yobs use the air pistol again."

"Sgt Andy Gallichan, of Cambridge police's crime management unit, said: 'The victim has received head injuries serious enough for his mother to call an ambulance.'"

"'It could have lodged in his head or hit him in the eye.'"

"'Our concern is: if they have still got hold of this what are they going to shoot at next?'" ...

UK: Armed robbery in Tandragee
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Detectives are investigating a robbery of a man in his home in Tandragee.

The incident happened at around 10 pm last night.

A group of men entered the house, one armed with a handgun, they tied up the householder with packaging tape.

The group then searched the house and made off with a sum of cash. The man was shocked by the ordeal.

An automatic pistol was put to the householder's head during the incident.

He was tied up in the hall before the men left.

Anyone with information on the incident is asked to contact police on 02837 523311.

UK: Burglary victim had gun
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"THE victim of a vicious armed burglary is facing jail after confessing he kept a gun at his home 'for protection'."

"Steven Chapman, 47, told police from his hospital bed the .32 pistol was put through his letter box with a note reading, 'This may help'. Chapman, of Tessa Sanderson Place, in Clapham, admitted possessing the weapon and ammunition."

"Jason Cross, prosecuting, told Inner London Crown Court how Chapman called police following a gang attack at his home on May 30 last year. 'He had been assaulted viciously in a burglary by a number of men carrying weapons including firearms,' said Mr Cross." ...

UK: Driver in gun threat terror
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"A commuter was threatened with a gun as he drove to work on one of Warwickshire's busiest routes yesterday."

"The incident happened as the man drove to work along the A46 at 8am."

"Police say the victim was driving from Longbridge Island in the direction of Stratford and Alcester when the driver of a Peugeot 106 pulled up alongside at the Marraway Island and pointed a handgun at him through an open window."

"Both cars then continued in different directions with the victim heading off along Warwick Road towards Stratford and the Peugeot on the A46 towards Bishopton."

"The victim, from Leicester, drove to work in Stratford and reported the incident to police at 8.15am with details of the Peugeot's registration number." ...

Japan: MSDF member slapped on wrist for shooting subordinate with air gun
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"A Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) member who shot a lower ranking member with an air gun because the 20-year-old refused to perm his hair was handed a suspended prison sentence in the Yokohama District Court on Wednesday."

"Finding the 34-year-old 2nd-class petty officer guilty of violence and intimidation, the court's Yokosuka branch sentenced him to 2 1/2 years imprisonment, suspended for four years."

"'The defendant's actions had nothing to do with training, and were spiteful and malicious,' Judge Setsuo Fukushima said in handing down the ruling. 'The habitual violence was just the tip of the iceberg.'" ...