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"General Dynamics says it has formed a joint venture partnership with German gunmaker Heckler & Koch to develop a replacement for the standard infantry weapon, the M16 rifle." ...
"The XM8, proposed as a replacement for the M16 and the newer M4 carbine rifle, would be based on a weapon already developed by Heckler & Koch. The rifle is modular, meaning various barrels can be swapped to make it a sub-machine gun, a sharpshooter's rifle, a heavy-duty machine gun or a grenade launcher." ... |
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"If you were to count up the big-game cartridges available today, starting at .243 and ending at .45/70, you would come up with no fewer than 95. ..."
"It was not always thus. If you had made the same list in the early 1950s, it wouldn�t have included more than 20 or so big-game rounds. They now exist in almost unimaginable profusion. But the big-game cartridge that was most popular in the repressed �50s, and is today, and probably will be 20 years from now, is an ancient number developed three years after the Wright brothers flew at Kitty Hawk."
"The .30/06 was originally 'U.S. Cartridge, Model of 1903,' loaded with a slow-moving 220-grain bullet, and designed for the Springfield Model 1903 bolt-action rifle. ..." ... |
MN: Q&A on the news
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Q When my son went to the airport recently, he had an unloaded pistol in a locked case checked in his luggage. Because he didn't declare it to the skycap, he was arrested. His bail was $5,600. Is this the usual consequence for being under the impression that as long as it's checked into luggage that is going into the belly of the airplane, it's within the requirements for transporting a weapon?
A The Transportation Security Administration cites specific regulatory requirements for transporting a firearm, some of which your son did correctly (the firearm was unloaded and in a locked container, and was not in his carry-on baggage).
But TSA also requires that the firearm must be declared orally or in writing, in accordance with the air carrier's procedures.
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"President Bush's re-election victory, and the gains by Republicans in November's elections, are presenting conservative and liberal activists with a serious challenge: Keeping up excitement and donations among their supporters, despite the risk of complacency on one side and despair on the other."
"Fundraising and membership often shoot up when part of the population feels its interests are threatened, analysts say. Liberal groups, such as Planned Parenthood and Greenpeace, have expanded dramatically with Republicans in power, for example, while the National Rifle Association and similar groups doubled in size during Bill Clinton's presidency." ... |
NJ: Slain robber's DNA tested for link to rapes
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"Police were investigating whether Antonio Diaz Reyes, the man shot and killed by a Camden store owner Friday during an attempted robbery, could be linked to three sexual assaults in the city in the last two months."
"Reyes, whose last address was the 2800 block of North Fourth Street in Philadelphia, fit the general description of a man who reportedly raped three women in downtown Camden on Nov. 8, Nov. 22 and Dec. 9, said Bill Shralow, spokesman for the Camden County Prosecutor's Office."
"'We have DNA from all the cases,' Shralow said yesterday, 'so we will be able to determine for certain whether he is the same guy.'" ...
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IL: No Charges In IL Fatal Shooting Following Break-In
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State prosecutors say they will not bring homicide charges against a 61-year-old Harvey, Illinois man who shot and killed his 21-year-old stepson.
Harvey police say the older man shot John Shedrich on Friday afternoon as Shedrich attempted to force his way into the home he had formerly shared.
They say Shedrich had thrown bricks through a window and kicked down the front door to get in.
Police said the stepfather, whom they declined to identify, fired only in self-defense. |
CT: Resident Fatally Shoots Home Invader, Wounds Another
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Three home invaders were repelled in a shootout Sunday night with a homeowner that left one of the attackers dead and one seriously wounded, police said.
Police said 47-year-old Edwin Vega was one of three people who broke into a DeKalb Avenue home. The homeowner opened fire on the assailants, killing Vega. The two others fled, but not before one was wounded.
The homeowner was also shot and wounded in the attack.
A short time later a man showed up at St. Vincent's Hospital with a gunshot wound to the mouth. Police said, Frankie Rodriguez, 26, of Bridgeport, was one of the attackers who fled.
Rodriguez was placed under arrest and taken to Bridgeport Hospital where he was under police guard. The homeowner was admitted to St. Vincent's Hospital to be treated for gunshot wounds. |
PA: Teen won't be charged in fatal shooting
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"Authorities have termed it self-defense, but the justification has not set Robert Miner at ease."
"'It's unreal how anybody could just take up a gun and just shoot somebody,' he said Monday, reflecting on his son's death and reacting to Fayette County District Attorney Nancy Vernon's decision not to charge the 17-year-old who authorities say pulled the trigger. 'They're supposed to be friends.'"
"His son, 21-year-old Joshua J. Miner, had been living with the 17-year-old's family in North Union Township. An argument in the early hours of Dec. 18 led to several 911 calls as it became physical, police said."
"Miner began to beat on 39-year-old Jerome Zuzak before Zuzak's 17-year-old son fired a single shot from a pistol. The bullet ripped through Miner's right arm before entering his body and piercing his heart, Vernon said." ... |
CA: Learn how to defend yourself in church
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"You, your family, friends and kids over 6 can now all be savvy about self-defense simply by taking a free eight-week course at the Church of Rancho Bernardo. I'm happy to tell you that of all the things I might have done, a really great judo and ju-jitsu course was something I really did and I've always been glad spent that time."
"I had a Filipino instructor who looked like a harmless accountant when he was out of class but he certainly knew how to defend himself. The one thing he stressed was that if someone came at you with a gun, the only possible defense was to fall on your knees and pray, despite what you see in the movies." ...
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TX: Investigation underway after off-duty officer shoots at driver
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"Investigators in Brazoria County are looking into whether an off-duty Houston police officer was justified in shooting another driver on the road Sunday afternoon."
"The shooting took place at Highway 6 and County Road 824 as the off-duty officer was traveling out of town with his family. Police aren't releasing a whole lot of information about the shooting."
"'An HPD officer was not injured,' said Lt. Varon Snelgrove with the Brazoria County Sheriff�s Department. 'One suspect was shot.'"
"We know the incident began after an argument between the officer and two men driving near or alongside him. The officer claims the other men tried to run him off the road and he shot one man in self-defense." ...
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TX: Road shooting going to grand jury [follow-up]
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"A Brazoria County grand jury will decide whether an off-duty Houston internal affairs sergeant was justified when he shot at a van he said was trying to run down his car on Texas 6 on Sunday afternoon."
"Houston police Sgt. Tony Nguyen, 38, told investigators that he feared for his life and for his wife and two children after a van tried to run his car off the road."
"But relatives of two men injured in the incident said the officer was the aggressor and that the men never meant any harm." ...
"As the van moved toward him, Nguyen told investigators, he fired three times at the left front tire, and as the van moved past him, he shot two more times." ...
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WA: Seattle Police Chief's Gun Stolen
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Seattle police are investigating the theft of Police Chief Gil Kerlikowske's service pistol from his police vehicle.
The chief's unmarked Crown Victoria was parked downtown on the day after Christmas when someone broke in and took his city-issued Glock 26.
The loaded gun reportedly was in a holster but hidden from view in the car.
Police spokesman Sean Whitcomb says there is no policy against officers keeping guns in their cars, and that car prowls are a common problem in the city. |
FL: Off-duty officer charged in turnpike gun incident
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"A veteran Fort Lauderdale police officer was charged Monday with using a gun to assault a motorist on Florida's turnpike near Interstate 75 three months ago, officials said."
"The incident is not the first time the officer, John Gonzalez, has been accused of inappropriate behavior toward another motorist."
"Gonzalez, 37, turned himself in to authorities Monday afternoon, responding to an arrest warrant issued last week, said Michael Dutko, Gonzalez's attorney. The officer was booked into the Main Jail on a charge of aggravated assault with a firearm, but was released on his own recognizance." ... |
Mexico: Officials vow prison shake-up after shooting of suspected drug boss's brother
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"Prison authorities on Monday vowed a shake-up after the second shooting in three months inside Mexico's top-security prison." [emphasis added]
"Carlos Tornero, head of prisons for Mexico's federal Public Security Department, told a news conference that trusted figures � apparently guards or suppliers � had committed 'high treason' by allowing a weapon into the La Palma prison west of Mexico City." ...
"Only the most trusted security officials are allowed to work at the site, Tornero said."
"He said that at least two and as many as 10 officials could have been in on the plan to allow entry of the pistol used by a fellow inmate to shoot and kill Arturo Guzman ... inside the prison on Friday." ... |
South Africa: VIP guard commits suicide after joyride
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"The police's national VIP Protection Unit has launched an internal probe into the apparent suicide of one of its officers after he was arrested for drunk and reckless driving."
"Constable Matsobane Bambo, who was 29, reportedly shot himself in the forehead with his service pistol shortly after being released on bail on Saturday, the day he was arrested."
"'Bambo had been arrested for racing a government vehicle at fast speed, causing at least one accident and injuring a 4-year-old girl,' Limpopo police spokesperson Superintendent Mohale Ramatseba said yesterday."
"'He then raced off, instead of stopping, and tried to escape pursuing motorists during a high-speed chase.'" ... |
VA: Richmond homicide toll of 94 "very sad"
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"The pictures occupy an entire wall of the second-floor conference room at the Richmond Police Department."
"There are three rows of faces, all neatly reduced to 8�-by-11-inch color photocopies, glued to squares of white poster board. Smiling graduation pictures, cropped family photos, Virginia driver's licenses and, most of all, mug shots."
"One picture for each of the 94 people slain last year in the city of Richmond." ...
"Last year, the majority of homicide victims in the city had at one time or another been charged with committing a crime themselves. Sixty-nine of the pictures along the wall appear to be taken from police mug shots." ...
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VA: Richmond Murder Rate Climbs for 2004
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... "Richmond had the country's fourth highest murder rate in 2003 and was ranked the nation's ninth most dangerous city overall in 2004 _ beating out Miami and Compton, Calif. Richmond is the sixth most dangerous when compared to other cities with populations of 100,000 to 499,999." ...
"... 'Unfortunately in Richmond, it's more of an expectation or a pattern that goes back a long time to where acceptability of gun violence exists. ... That is a peculiar challenge for Richmond.'"
"Why the acceptability exists to begin with is harder to pinpoint, [U.S. Attorney Paul] McNulty said."
"'The availability of guns themselves, I don't think is the critical difference,' McNulty said. 'They expect to use them.'" ... |
NE: Concealed-carry bill may get a shot
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"By the numbers, it would appear that Nebraskans might get a shot at packing heat next year."
"Two-thirds of state lawmakers responding to a survey by The World-Herald voiced support for some sort of legislation to allow carrying of concealed weapons, at least with conditions."
"That would be enough votes to cut off a filibuster and pass legislation if all 33 senators hang together."
"But the Nebraska Legislature has been down this road several times before. Every previous effort to pass a concealed-carry bill has failed in the face of outnumbered but determined opponents." ... |
KY: Museum to research Washington's rifle
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"The Frazier Historical Arms Museum in Louisville, Ky., is taking George Washington's flintlock off display so researchers can learn more about the rifle."
"The .44 caliber flintlock has become one the museum's most popular exhibits since going on display Nov. 28 after being purchased from a private collector."
"There's no question the 214-year-old rifle once belonged to George Washington. Museum officials told the Louisville Courier Journal that the flintlock rifle likely was a gift to the nation's first president at his Mount Vernon estate in Virginia in 1791." ... |
GA: Shooting range has neighbors fired up
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"It sounds like an extreme case of buyer beware: Sign a contract to buy a brand-new home in a subdivision, and then learn your neighbor has a machine-gun range he uses on weekends."
"'Basically, if you're watching a war movie on television and they're shooting machine guns, that's what it sounds like,' said Jim Toland, one of the first residents to move into the Morgan's Crossing subdivision in Walton County last summer." ...
"The case highlights the friction that can emerge in fast-growing communities such as Walton County, where newer residents may have expectations about land use at odds with established landowners. This is especially true where new homes border agricultural land." ... |
NJ: Court's bear ruling adds to confusion
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"When Sunday arrives, a month will have passed since the state Supreme Court stomped out the 2004 black bear hunt. It was a brief, but confusing, ruling that basically gave the state environmental commissioner veto power over the state Fish and Game Council."
"The current commissioner, Bradley Campbell, opposed the hunt. Since the court ordered that the hunt 'cannot take place,' it's safe to say Campbell emerged the victor."
"However, that's about the only clear part of the ordeal. While the court stopped the hunt, its muddy reasoning filled an already hazy room with even more fog. The court said it would be augmenting the four-page order with a more detailed opinion 'in due course.'" ... |
CA: California Bans a Large-Caliber Gun, and the Battle Is On
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"California has become the first state to ban a powerful .50-caliber long-range rifle that gun control advocates portray as a military firearm that could easily fall into the hands of terrorists bent on assassination or shooting down an airplane." ...
"The legislation's author ... concedes that street criminals would most likely view the .50 BMG as too much gun for the typical robbery or drive-by shooting. Rather, the law is intended to help keep the weapon out of the hands of 'terrorists, general nut cases and survivalists,' Mr. Koretz said, citing government reports suggesting that it had been used in assassinations overseas and that at least 25 had been bought by Osama bin Laden." [emphasis added] ... |
IL: 2 are shot, wounded at busy intersection
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Two people were shot and wounded Sunday afternoon at a busy intersection on the Northwest Side.
Responding to a call of shots fired near the West Division Street and North Milwaukee Avenue, police officers saw a 24-year-old man with a bloodied mouth running west with a pistol in his hand, said Carlos Hererra, a police spokesman. As the man tossed the gun under a car, the officers arrested him and called for an ambulance.
Shortly after, the officers saw a 27-year-old woman getting out of a Chrysler sedan. She had multiple gunshot wounds in the lower body, Hererra said.
The wounded man and woman were taken to Stroger Hospital, where their conditions were not released Sunday night. |
PA: Springfield rifle range aims to open
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"If the Springfield Township Board of Supervisors sides with Scott Morris next month, area handgun and rifle owners will be one step closer to testing their marksmanship in the rural hills of southern York County."
"But they'll be doing so on an indoor shooting range, surrounded by noise-canceling walls and monitored by the township."
"Morris, a New Freedom resident and owner of the Shrewsbury firearms vendor Freedom Armory, plans to open a two-story building ... The facility would offer four rifle lanes in the basement and 12 handgun lanes on the first floor."
"The area surrounding the site is not densely populated, but contains several businesses, at least one of which isn't pleased with the proposed shooting range." ... |
MI: Group on track to force dove hunt vote in '06
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"A group that wants to stop mourning dove hunting in Michigan says it expects to meet a March deadline in its campaign."
"The group - the Committee to Restore the Dove Shooting Ban - must submit the signatures of at least 158,879 valid Michigan voters by late March to qualify its referendum for the November 2006 election."
"Voters then would decide whether to allow dove hunts in Michigan."
"The state held its first dove season in nearly a century this fall. The group circulating petitions wants to reinstate the dove hunting ban." ...
"Sam Washington, executive director of the Michigan United Conservation Clubs, said the drive has been organized by national groups that oppose all hunting. 'We're hoping citizens will have the good sense to realize that. It has nothing to do with doves.'" |
PA: Pa. studies safety of rifles, shotguns
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"The idea of allowing rifle hunting for big game in the Southern Tier is pretty much a dead issue right now, or at least dormant. That being said, I probably shouldn't stir the waters any more this, the new year -- but hey, it's fun, so let's stir."
"Gunweek Magazine, in its Dec. 20 issue, noted the results of a Pennsylvania Game Commission study that started in 1998 on the use of shotguns rather than rifles and found that the idea that shotguns were safer than rifles was basically unwarranted."
"It was widely assumed that slower-moving, shorter-ranged shotgun slugs would provide safer hunting around suburbs and the Game Commission was considering outlawing rifles for big game in Lancaster and some other southern counties. Public outcry against the idea forced the study." ... |
South Africa: Gang escapes with cash
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"An armed gang of between ten and 15 men robbed a Coin Security van of an undisclosed amount of money in Lenasia South on Monday afternoon, Vaal Rand police said."
"One of the vehicles the gang was travelling in rammed the cash van from behind while it was travelling along the K43 road about 13:00, said Inspector Trudie Wilkens."
"The two security guards were slightly injured when their van left the road and overturned."
"The gang opened fire with rifles and took several cash boxes. They drove away in two BMWs, a Ford Laser, a Ford Courier bakkie and a Jetta."
"Police found the Jetta and the Ford Courier abandoned in Lenasia extension one about 16:00. Several spent R5 assault rifle cartridges were found in the cars." ... |
Malaysia: Gunmen run off with RM260,000
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"Two gunmen escaped with over RM260,000 after overpowering two security guards in Pandan Indah here yesterday."
"In the 2.45pm incident, the guards were walking towards their armoured van after collecting cash from the Fajar supermarket when the robbers cornered them. "
"One of the gunmen struck a 28-year-old guard on his forehead with a pistol before grabbing the cash-filled bag while the other tried to snatch the pump-gun from the other guard, aged 48."
"Ampang CID Deputy Supt Radin Roslan said the pump gun went off during the scuffle." ...
"'The two robbers then jumped into a car with their accomplice waiting inside and fled with the cash and pump-gun.'" ... |
Canada: Violence claims 34 -- City sets record for killings; guns used in more murders
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"It was a killer year -- literally. In terms of homicides, no year in Winnipeg's history has ever been more violent than 2004."
"The city's homicide tally reached 34, eclipsing the previous record high of 30 set in 1987."
"The unusually high number of victims was bolstered by eight homicide investigations in October alone and Winnipeg police expressed concern about the number of gun-related deaths."
"At least 10 of the victims in 2004 were shot to death."
"No other year has witnessed so many homicides due to firearms."
"But Winnipeggers can take solace in the fact that, for the most part, the victims and suspects knew one another -- and there weren't any apparent random attacks." ... |
Australia: Shooters taking aim
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"SHOOTERS from around the country converged on the Lake Gillear shooting range during the last four days for the Summer By The Sea marathon."
"The four-day program attracted national and state representatives from as far away as Queensland."
"Event coordinator Anna Dyson said the event had been promoted in a way to bring people down to the south-west during the new year period."
"'We put together a four-day program,' she said."
"'On New Year's Eve we had the long range shoot over 800, 900 and 1000 yards.'"
"'Saturday was the Port Campbell open prize meeting held over 300, 500 and 600 yards.'" ... |
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