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OWAA Loyalty to Sierra Club Forces NRA to Withdraw Support Submitted by: News Admin	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"The National Rifle Association has been forced to withdraw its support for the Outdoor Writers Association of America, due to OWAA leadership�s continuing loyalty to the Sierra Club, a longtime foe of the rights of hunters. NRA will join the growing number of OWAA Sustaining and Individual members who are transferring their memberships to groups more favorable to hunters and free expression."

Gun rights are important to have a free and safe society
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"It�s sad to think that there are those in the United States who regard this basic right to self-defense with suspicion or outright contempt. Ironically, it is very often in the most crime-ridden areas that the average citizen is legally banned from carrying a handgun for self-defense. ..." ...

"I could, of course, make a long argument in favor of an armed citizenry from the standpoint of pushing off oppressive government, but we�ve long since been conditioned by public schools and the corporate media to shut up and do as we�re told."

Ken Schram Commentary: The NRA Won't Be Happy With This One...
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"I'm not a big gun guy."

"I support the idea that people can own 'em, but I think the 2nd Amendment has been stretched to the point of absurdity." ...

"So the Senate has introduced a bill to ban guns in the legislative building."

"As you might expect, the NRA is squealing like a pig that can't get to the trough."

"Never mind that a concealed weapons permit won't let someone carry a gun onto an airplane, or into a courtroom, or into any federal building."

"Nope, the NRA professes that personal protection in Olympia means something different."

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PA: Governor Rendell Announces Uniform System to Prevent Sale of Firearms to Fugitives
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"Pennsylvania Governor Edward G. Rendell today announced the implementation of changes to existing criminal justice technology that will help prevent the sale of firearms to fugitives from Philadelphia and will allow police officers to better identify fugitives across the state."

"Governor Rendell was joined by Pennsylvania State Police Commissioner Jeffrey Miller and officials from the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office and the Philadelphia Police Department at a news conference to announce a uniform system that keeps track of fugitives throughout Pennsylvania.

TX: Metro board OKs concealed guns on buses, trains
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"A showdown about the right to carry concealed handguns on Metro trains and buses had a peaceful ending today."

"Metro's board unanimously approved the policy change this afternoon without discussion. It removes a section of a 1995 regulation that stated no exception to the authority's weapons ban was provided for concealed-handgun license holders. The new rule prohibits 'the possession of dangerous weapons' and 'the unlawful carrying of a concealed handgun in or on Metro facilities or vehicles.' "

TN: Residents Ask, Where Is Our Law Enforcement?
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"No citizen should be afraid to leave their house unattended even for a few hours in fear of being burglarized. Nor should we have to be afraid of repercussions should we try to do something about these situations. All of us who are here tonight and those on our petition along with those who are afraid to come are asking the commission for help in cleaning up the 'breeding of an infestation of crime' that is taking over our street and county." ...

"These problems keep getting worse and for one reason the criminals do not fear the law. If they aren't arrested they don't go to jail for their crime. If they are arrested and are set free they do not pay for their crimes. Look at the picture - they think crime pays! ..."

VA: House passes bill barring obesity-related lawsuits
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"If you get fat on burgers and fries, don't blame the fast-food restaurant."

"That's the message the House of Delegates sent Thursday in passing legislation prohibiting Virginians who suffer obesity-related health problems from suing the manufacturers or sellers of the food they ate." ...

"The bill also bars lawsuits arising from the voluntary use of firearms and tobacco products when the injury 'is directly caused by an open and obvious danger of the product.' "

CO: Republican activist charged with shooting at workers
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"...Lomax said, the workers appeared to be mocking her in Spanish. After repeated pleas, she said, she went inside and grabbed a .22-caliber pistol from a desk drawer."

"I went back out in the yard and I said, 'I have a gun. Get off of my property. You're trespassing... ...They laughed, and they continued to cut."

"Lomax said she fired two or three shots and called police to report the trespassing."

"...No one was injured."

FL: Attorney says West Boca deli owner killed man in self-defense
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"Deli owner Ralph Liotta endured weeks of threats from a business associate who bragged about his ties to late New York mob boss John Gotti before shooting the associate during a confrontation, Liotta's defense attorney told jurors Wednesday."

"John Gurino, 48, the man who was shot dead in the doorway of the deli west of Boca Raton in October 2003, told anyone who would listen that he got away with a murder in 1984 and led the 1992 riots outside the Brooklyn courthouse when Gotti was sentenced to life in prison, defense attorney David Bogenschutz said in his opening statement."

NH: Man Ordered To Sell House After Pleading To Break-In
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"A Hollis, N.H., man agreed to an unusual sentence Thursday to avoid jail time for breaking into a neighbor's house."

"Peter Camplin, 38, was charged with burglary, but he pleaded guilty to a lesser crime and agreed to sell his home. On Jan. 17th, prosecutors said, a highly intoxicated Camplin jumped from his second-floor window at 12:30 a.m., crashed through his neighbor's door across the street, and started screaming and banging his chest."

" 'The homeowner had a gun,' Chief Richard Darling said. 'A couple of shots went off, and the homeowner was able to get him down on the ground until police arrived.' "

PA: Derry Township Homeowner Shoots Prowler
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Police in Westmoreland County are hoping a trail of blood leads them to a prowler.

According to the Tribune Review, a prowler was outside a Derry Township home Tuesday when he was shot by the homeowner.

The prowler ran away but left a trail of blood.

He is described as a white male, between 5 feet 10 inches and 6 feet tall.

He has a thin to medium build and has a bald or shaved head.

Anyone with information is asked to call police.

WA: Anti-gun plan for Capitol under fire
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"Despite new security measures at the state Capitol, including metal detectors and X-ray machines, it isn't difficult for someone with a firearm to legally get within feet of the governor and 147 legislators."

"Visitors with a concealed-weapon permit are allowed to enter the Legislative Building, firearms in tow, and some lawmakers are up in arms."

"Capitol employees, lawmakers and gun-rights activists faced off Tuesday at a hearing on Senate Bill 5344, which would ban firearms in the Legislative Building."

"Bill sponsor Sen. Darlene Fairley, D-Lake Forest Park, said the Capitol should be protected just like courts."

KY: Deputy held in child abuse investigation
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"He volunteered his time to help law enforcement officials in southern Kentucky, but now a special deputy is in trouble with the law himself."

"Police say McCreary County Deputy Steve Hensley severely injured his own infant daughter." ...

"McCreary County Sheriff Clarence Penny Perry has refused to talk on camera about the case but he admits it's an embarrassment to his department. He says the sheriff's department is helping state police in any way they can."

"Police in Knoxville say they picked Hensley up on a fugitive from justice warrant. They say he fled to Tennessee to avoid arrest in Kentucky."

TX: Thieves' Crime Spree Nets Officer's Badge, Gun
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"Two neighborhoods are on edge Thursday after a crime spree in which thieves made off with a Houston police officer's handcuffs, badge and gun, Local 2 reported."

"Investigators said the thieves stole various items from several cars, including a Houston Police Department officer's, in the Falcon Ridge and Eagle Lakes subdivisions in Friendswood."

"Officials said the doors of all the victim's cars were left unlocked, including that of a police officer."

SC: High School Student Arrested for Bringing Gun to School
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A 16-year-old Hilton Head student is in police custody for bringing a gun to school. Beaufort County deputies arrested the high school student Monday afternoon at a convenience store near Hilton Head High School. They say he had a handgun visibly tucked into his pants.

According to the sheriff's office, his ex-girlfriend told them he pointed the gun at her while walking from the high school to the middle school. Deputies sent the boy to the juvenile detention center in Columbia.

IL: Four Chicago Police Officers Charged With Drug Violations
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"Four Chicago police officers and four other people have been arrested and charged with federal drug-related violations, officials said Thursday."

"U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald was scheduled to announce charges against the officers and four others at a Thursday afternoon news conference at Chicago Police Department Headquarters, 3510 S. Michigan Ave., according to U.S. Attorney's Office spokeswoman Kim Nerheim."

"The eight men would be charged with conspiracy and violation of federal drug laws, according to a news release from the FBI."

UK: School cleared over student murder
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"An inquiry into the murder of teenager Luke Walmsley, stabbed to death by a fellow pupil at his school, has ruled that nothing could have been done to stop it."

"But Walmsley's parents said on Thursday the killer should have been expelled much earlier and that the probe had failed to deal with any of the main issues."

"Walmsley, 14, was stabbed through the heart by Alan Pennell outside a classroom at Birkbeck School in Lincolnshire, in November 2003."

Israel: Abbas Bans Weapons to Bolster Support for Cease-Fire
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"The Palestinian leadership banned civilians on Thursday from carrying weapons, its latest step aimed at reining in militant violence, as the Palestinian leader said he was awaiting Israel's response on a proposal for a mutual cease-fire declaration."

"If enforced, the ban on weapons would be a strong move against militant groups, whose gunmen often openly brandish their automatic weapons in the streets of Gaza and the West Bank -- reflecting the lack of control by the Palestinian security forces."

UK: Gun terror in cars ambush Submitted by: News Admin	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"Gunmen tried to steal two cars in terrifying incidents in Warwickshire last night." "Police were today investigating possible links between the two incidents and a third theft of a car." "In the first attack in Derwent Close, off Beverley Road, Leamington, at about 9.35pm, two men jumped out of a hedge and demanded a car as a man, aged 31, and a woman, 55, were about to drive away."

NJ: 'Gun destroyed my entire life'
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"Following the sentencing of the six men convicted of the robbery and murder of 37-year-old Jian Hui Lin, the victim's wife expressed her disappointment with the sentences, as well as the impact the death of her husband has had on her life and the life of her young son, Jason." ...

"That gun destroyed my entire life... Is (this) how the government is supposed to work?"

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Note that "the gun" takes the blame for destroying her life. Little is said about the thug who wielded it.

WA: Store gun records as well (Letter)
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"Like millions of other Americans, I flew on a commercial airliner between June and September 2001. As a result, my name and those of 257.5 million other fliers is listed in the FBI's permanent investigative database. Before 9/11, I would not have suspected that my name would be on any kind of FBI list. But in this post-9/11 world, I accept that limited invasions of my privacy may be necessary to keep our country safe."

"However, the very same FBI, which plans to store my name and other personal information from the uneventful 2001 flight, does not retain information on Americans who purchased guns of any size, class or caliber from the day before yesterday. ..."

UK: Police Carrying Guns 'Up 12%'
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"Police were authorised to carry guns in more than 16,000 incidents last year, a rise of 12%, official figures showed today."

"Out of 43 forces in England and Wales, 25 showed an increase in the number of incidents in which officers carried firearms."

"Home Office minister Caroline Flint also revealed that the number of operations involving armed response vehicles rose 11.5% in 2003-04 to 13,218."

"There were 16,657 incidents in which officers were authorised to carry firearms compared with 14,827 the previous year and 11,109 in 2000-01."

IL: Shots Fired Inside IL High School
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"Classes are scheduled resume today at a Peoria high school where a 15-year-old student allegedly fired gun shots in a stairwell Wednesday."

"But students at Woodruff High School will have to pass through metal detectors and other security in order to enter the school Thursday morning."

"Authorities say the boy fired three shots in a stairwell as students walked between classes Wednesday morning."

UK: Armed robbery at city convenience store Submitted by: News Admin	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"ARMED robbers escaped with a substantial sum of cash from a city store." "The three robbers burst into Costcutters, in Jardine Crescent, at around 10.25pm on Sunday. One was armed with a sawn-off shot gun while the others were carrying baseball bats." "The robbers threatened staff before snatching an undisclosed, but substantial, sum of cash." "All three escaped in a dark coloured car."

UK: "Gun nut" is jailed
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"A GUN nut was jailed for five years yesterday after threatening to shoot police and workmates."

"David Collins, 27, bought a cache of weapons, converted them to increase their firepower, and tested them in his bedroom by firing them into boxes filled with newspaper."

"Armed police arrested him after a tip-off from his brother."

"Collins had two air rifles and eight air guns. Revolvers, a sawn-off air rifle, a rifle and a deactivated sawn-off shotgun were also recovered from his home at Milton, Ross-shire, in August last year."

OH: Workplace gun prohibitions = promises not kept
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"When companies prohibit employees who have concealed handgun licenses from bringing their protection on company property, they explain by way of making a lot of promises."

"They say without the prohibition, there is a risk of misuse, poor judgment or accident by license-holders."

"They say the prohibition will make a safer work environment."

"They say the prohibition makes the company 'weapons-free'."

"The Jeep plant in Toledo, Ohio was none of those things Wednesday night, January 26."

OH: Gun found on 12-year-old at Harmony School
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Cincinnati police this afternoon are investigating the discovery of a gun on a 12-year-old student at Harmony School.

The investigation began after a school official called police about 3:45 p.m. He said the student was not causing any trouble and was sitting in the office at that time. The gun was an unloaded .22-caliber pistol.

The student was taken to District 4 police headquarters to talk to investigators, then to juvenile detention in Mount Auburn.

KS: Businessman: Deputy didn't ID himself before entering home
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"Local businessman Rob Phillips said his poor eyesight and fear of intruders were factors leading to his arrest Sunday for battery on a law enforcement officer."

"...The officer had gone to the house after a 911 call from Phillips' wife, Beverly, asking that police check on her husband's safety." ...

"...He contends the deputy entered the home unannounced and without permission. Phillips was startled, he said, and saw only a blur because of his failing eyes." ...

"The well-known entrepreneur faces a misdemeanor charge of battery on a law enforcement officer. Phillips has also filed a formal complaint against the Douglas County Sheriff's Office, alleging the deputy violated his constitutional rights ..."

MI: Family Speaks Out About Gun Safety
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"Both Mike and his wife Mary Beth are active in the armed forces. Mike, a Military Science Teacher at Eastern Michigan University, Marybeth, an Army drill instructor and ROTC instructor. They work with guns regularly, and store several in a gun safe in their bedroom, yet they never expected someone would get shot in their home." ...

"...The Knott's have since removed all the guns from their home, and are taking a 2nd look at their beliefs and rules for safety. They'd like you to do the same."

TX: Feds find more than 30 weapons at DA's office, home
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"When West Texas District Attorney Rick Roach was arrested at the Gray County courthouse on methamphetamine charges, federal agents found two handguns in his brief case."

"A search of his courthouse office, home and an apartment, all in Pampa, turned up 35 more guns, along with what appeared to be a stash of cocaine, methamphetamine and marijuana, according to search warrant inventory lists obtained by The Associated Press. The weapons included shotguns, revolvers and semi-automatic pistols and rifles."

"Federal prosecutor Christy Drake wouldn't discuss whether Roach owned the guns legally, whether they were evidence from criminal cases Roach's office handled, or why Roach had so many guns."

GA: Fired deputies accuse sheriff of illegal promotions, dodging investigation
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"An attorney for Clayton County Sheriff's Department employees who claim they were illegally fired has set off another round of legal action, accusing Sheriff Victor Hill of being uncooperative with the investigation and violating policy."

"The newly elected sheriff has been mired in controversy since his first day in office, when he fired 27 employees - mostly white deputies - without warning or apparent cause."

Kenya: Former policeman who lived by the bullet and died by the bullet
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"Daniel Kiptum Cheruiyot has been linked to many murders in the country, including the recent killing of the chief executive officer of a bread company in Thika."

"The Commissioner of Police, Maj Gen Hussein Ali, said Cheruiyot, his killed accomplice Peter Mwangi Karandi and three others still at large were responsible for the killing of the Broadway bread company chief executive, Chunilal Shah."

"The same gang, according to police, also gunned down a policeman and injured two others within Ruiru area three days after the Thika incident."

Canada: Public input sought for firearms by-laws
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" 'It�s important to hear from the public before making changes that could impact those who hunt and farm in our community,' said Councillor Frances Caldarelli. 'I know the municipality can accomplish its goal of eliminating outdated by-laws and standardizing others, while taking into consideration the concerns of our residents. I believe members of council will not want to vote on this issue until we hear from the public.' "

"Currently, the city has 20 separate by-laws governing firearms discharge as a result of amalgamation. City staff has been working with police to develop one consistent and enforceable by-law for the community."