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Bush Promotes Lawsuit Reform in 'Hellhole'
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"President Bush pressured Congress Wednesday to pass legislation limiting jury awards for medical malpractice, saying the legal system favors attorneys who file baseless cases that drive up the cost of health care." ...
"Exhibit A in Bush's case is Madison County, Ill., across the Mississippi River from St. Louis, named the country's top ``judicial hellhole' by American Tort Reform Association last year because of its reputation for big awards."
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Submitters note: And for the gun industry: Immediate "Lawsuit Reform" by way of
jury nullification! "...change the law using tools our founding fathers have given us! And it is a tool that the gun grabbers cannot overcome. Know it and if given the chance, exercise it." -- Jury Nullification and the 2nd Amendment |
Moore is less when it comes to the 2nd Amendment
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"I'm not buying it."
"In this and several similar instances, Moore states the obvious from every possible direction. He even accuses television personality Dick Clark for having played a small part in this shooting because the mother of the accused child was working inside one of his chain restaurants."
"Because she was a part of the welfare work program, Clark applied for tax deductions."
"It's utterly ridiculous to me how a painfully obtuse muckraker like Michael Moore can achieve an Academy Award and global acclaim for this motive-driven piece of drek." |
Can a Porcupine Save Your Guns?
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"Some 20,000 activists concentrated in a low population state (under 1.5 million) can kick ass for gun rights. Gun owner activists are the opposite of gun owner apathetics. Activists are folks who will walk the walk (to New Hampshire) for freedom and not just talk the talk about how our rights are disappearing and yell, �Where is the NRA?� The Free State Project is the hottest, strongest, most effective political strategy to come along in years. You can either stand idly by while your freedoms evaporate, or you can be part of a revolutionary political strategy to concentrate our power for the protection and advancement of all our rights. You will immediately improve your own personal freedom and quality of life by coming to �The Free State� of New Hampshire. Do not miss this opportunity to make political history in the fight for freedom. Do it for America. Do it for your love of guns. Do it for your kids. Do it for yourself. Join The Free State Project." |
Amtrak Policeman Named NRA Law Enforcement Officer of the Year
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"The National Rifle Association is proud to announce that Officer Rodney Chambers of the Amtrak Police Department has been chosen as the 2004 NRA Law Enforcement Officer of the Year."
"On the evening of June 9, 2003, Officer Chambers was on patrol at Union Station -- the Washington, D.C. area's largest train station -- when he was dispatched by Amtrak Police Department's National Communications Center to investigate a report of a man with a grenade on the West Porch."
"The suspect had just tried to rob a store inside Union Station by threatening to detonate the device if the clerk did not give him money. The attempt was abandoned when a group of customers entered the store."
"Officer Chambers located the suspect walking away from Union Station, heading toward North Capitol Street N.E. When Officer Chambers stopped the suspect, he turned around, dropped a cloth from his hands to display part of the grenade, and pulled the pin. As the suspect started to drop the grenade, Officer Chambers made an heroic, split-second decision. He quickly grabbed the suspect's hand and squeezed it around the grenade, which prevented the device from activating." |
Wal-Mart Paints Bull's-Eye on Itself
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"Think back to September, when Bushmaster Firearms settled a lawsuit brought by families of the victims of the Washington snipers. In that case, the plaintiffs based their case on Bushmaster's failure to ensure that retailer Bulls Eye Shooter Supply, which sold the gun used in the attacks, maintained adequate control over its inventory. This was the first case in which a gun manufacturer implicitly acknowledged liability for the criminal acts of one of the end users of its products. (Incidentally, Bulls Eye also settled.) At the time, I suggested the event should strike fear into the hearts of not only manufacturers such as Smith & Wesson and Sturm, Ruger, but also of gun retailers such as Wal-Mart and Kmart -- and soon, one supposes, Sears as well."
"See the connection? In the Bushmaster case, the retailer permitted criminals to gain possession of its guns, and it paid for its mistake. Yesterday, Wal-Mart admitted that it allowed people to take possession of firearms without knowing whether the buyers were criminals."
"The dots are plotted. All that's needed now is to find an instance in which a gun sold by Wal-Mart between 2000 and 2003 was, or eventually is, used in a crime. At that point, I'd expect the trial lawyers to start connecting the dots."
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JTO: Wal-Mart Settlement Reveals National Trend
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"Wal-Mart's $14.5 million settlement with the state of California over the store's high number of gun violations is indicative of a national trend. On average, violations are found at inspections of Wal-Mart and other large retailers at a rate almost twice that of the national average."
"California brought this suit in response to the high number of violations of state and federal law and regulations during routine state inspections at Wal-Mart. Nationally, violations are found during 40% of gun dealer inspections. However, violations are found in 75% Wal-Mart inspections. This disparity can be found in almost every state in the nation. (see below for the violation rate in your state)." |
NJ: Shopkeeper who killed rapist: 'I guess we were lucky'
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"The owner of a small city store had not heard about the rapist terrorizing downtown Camden before he used a single bullet to end the man's life."
"When Ngoc Le saw a masked man holding his wife at knifepoint, the shopkeeper shot the man in the head, killing him instantly. Five days later, DNA tests showed Antonio Diaz Reyes was responsible for three sexual assaults in November and December." ...
"Police arrived within a few minutes and took Ngoc Le to the police station, but they did not put him in handcuffs. Because he used deadly force to protect his wife's life, rather than his property, Ngoc Le was not charged with a crime." |
WA: Plumber with rifle nabs suspected bank robber (Another report)
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"When Leon Dalsing saw someone run behind a wood shed near his parents' home, he ran into the house, grabbed a .30-06 rifle, loaded it and ran out the front door. He confronted a man wearing a baseball cap and ordered him to his knees, he said."
"Meanwhile, his mother, Helen Dalsing, called 911, and Cowlitz County sheriff's deputies Brad Bright and Tory Shelton arrived a few minutes later to find Driffill on the ground with Dalsing holding him at gunpoint, according to Helen Dalsing."
"Deputies found a 9 mm automatic pistol in Driffill's belt, according to Charlie Rosenzweig, chief criminal deputy for Cowlitz County. ..." |
AZ: Gun scare locks down Cienega High School
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"Reports of two suspicious males, one with an apparent gun, roaming campus forced school officials to lock down all classrooms and buildings."
"A Cienaga High School teacher noticed two suspicious males on campus Wednesday afternoon."
"The teacher observed what she thought was a handgun of some type in the possession of one of the males." |
Philippines: Batangas mayor�s aide linked to slay
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"A bodyguard of the city mayor was accused of fatally shooting two employees of a catering service and wounding another last Dec. 29."
"Superintendent Renato Angara, city police chief, said Mayor Alfredo Corona was attending a reunion at the Governor Modesto Castillo Cultural School here on the night of Dec. 29 when his bodyguard, Rene Dulugmanding, had an argument with the catering employees."
"The verbal tussle turned violent with Dulugmanding, 28, fatally shooting Fernando Malipol and Armand Sandoval and wounding Florante Mendoza, with a 9-mm. pistol."
"'I was really shocked about the incident,' said Corona, who told the police to hunt down his bodyguard." ... |
Best Bet For Beginners?
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"This spring I got a wonderfully pleasant surprise. My 17-year-old daughter, Brittany, brought up in urban private schools, has been, well, ambivalent (to put it mildly) about hunting since she was about 11. I respected her position and she respected mine, so we never had a problem with this, and I never expected any change. So I was downright shocked when early this year she announced out of the blue that she would like to go hunting." ...
"We started at the range with a crash course. First, a safety brief. Then .22 rimfire, a good old Remington 541 with a 4X scope. ...She did just fine, both off the bench and from a standing rest. Then it was on to centerfires, starting with a .243. We got her shooting form down, limited the shots off the bench, and in short order she was knocking over bowling pins one by one..."
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South Africa: Firearms being handed in
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"Fourteen firearms and about 700 rounds of ammunition were handed in at Northern Cape police stations during the first week of an amnesty to surrender all unlawful firearms, police said on Thursday."
"Northern Cape police spokesperson Captain Tony Modise said seven members of the public surrendered 14 firearms and the ammunition at four police stations."
"The firearms were handed in at Kimberley, Upington, Prieska and Griekwastad and comprised 9mm pistols, revolvers, rifles and ammunition."
"'The police welcomes the response of the public in regard the 90 days of amnesty to surrender all unlawful firearms and ammunition,' Modise said." ... |
South Africa: Fewer guns, please
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"ZAKHE ZONDO, a community leader in Alexandra, a Johannesburg township, tried to stop a row between two drinkers in a shebeen last month. For his pains, one shot him dead, then killed the other drinker and fled. It was typical of the 20,000-odd violent killings in South Africa every year. A few days later three more young men were shot dead during a petty tussle on a beach near Cape Town. At weekends and holidays, stray bullets whiz as often as fireworks. On average, two South African children die every day from gunshot wounds."
"Though South Africa's homicide rate is dropping slowly, it may still be the world's highest (except, perhaps, for those involved in civil wars). Easily available guns, used in roughly half of all murders, are increasingly popular. Some 200 policemen are killed every year, mostly with pistols (often their own). As Mr Zondo found, pub brawls quickly become fatal." ...
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Australia: Burglars tie up children
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Five men armed with pistols, a sword and a knife tied up a family in an aggravated burglary in Melbourne's west early today.
The five armed men broke a window to enter the Dantum Grove, Braybrook house about 12.40am.
They tied up two boys, aged 10 and 12, who were asleep in the lounge room, a Victoria Police spokesman said.
The men went upstairs and forced their way into an upstairs bedroom, where the boys' mother and her six-year-old daughter were sleeping.
The intruders tied up the woman, aged in her 40s, searched the house, stole jewellery and escaped.
Neighbours reported the crime to police.
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Nigeria: CPJ condemns attack on journalists
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"The Committee to Protect Journalists is deeply troubled by the recent violent attack on journalists by government security forces. On Tuesday, January 4, police acting as security at a meeting of the National Executive Council of Your Excellency�s ruling People�s Democratic Party ... assaulted at least 10 journalists who were covering the meeting."
"According to local news reports and media organizations, police attacked a group of journalists with batons and gun butts when they moved forward to photograph the arrival of Chris Ngige, the embattled governor of southern Anambra State. Segun Jacob Olatunji, a reporter for the private daily Nigerian Tribune, was beaten unconscious, and had to be hospitalized following the attack." |
NE: Guns Involved In Fewer Murders
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"Concerted police efforts to crack down on gun-related crimes appear to be working."
"U.S. Attorney Mike Heavican said Thursday that homicides involving guns fell from 23 in 2003 to 14 in 2004 for the state. Heavican said 158 gun crimes were prosecuted in Federal District Court -- a 50 percent increase over the year before."
"Heavican credited Project Safe Neighborhood, a nationwide commitment to reduce gun crime in America by networking existing local programs that target gun crime and providing those programs with additional tools necessary to be successful." |
UK: Gun in luggage passenger cleared
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"An Israeli who blamed "poor memory" for having a loaded gun in his hand luggage has been cleared of any wrongdoing."
"Benjamin Lehman, 48, went through several checks at Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport and through customs at Heathrow without the pistol being detected."
"It was only discovered when he tried to board a flight to the USA a few days later on 17 June last year."
"But on Thursday, a jury at Isleworth Crown Court found him not guilty of two counts of 'having a dangerous article'." |
VA: Mother Sentenced in School Gun Case
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"The Prince William County cafeteria worker whose 12-year-old son ambushed his middle school in June with a loaded rifle was given jail time today, even though prosecutors recommended a suspended sentence on the weapons charge."
"Circuit Court Judge Richard B. Potter told Naomi Lewis, 39, that a five-year suspended sentence would not send 'the right message' that this 'type of behavior should not be tolerated.' The judge instead sentenced Lewis to three months in jail as many people in the courtroom glanced around in stunned silence." |
France: French police target school crime
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"The French Interior Minister, Dominique de Villepin, has launched a campaign to combat crime in French schools."
"Police across the country carried out random identity checks on people outside selected schools on Thursday. "
"The aim is to scare off drug dealers and send a signal violence, extortion, racism and anti-social acts will not be tolerated, Mr de Villepin said." |
Sensible Sevens
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"American shooters seem to go through periodic phases of 'magnumitis.' We are definitely in one now, and I have no idea how long it will last. Fast-stepping cartridges with large case capacities are interesting, but the reality is that magnum cartridges make a lot of noise and kick harder than most of us like. That's OK if you really need the capability. But most of us don't." |
Dave Kopel: 911 Is a Joke... or Is It? Let's Find Out
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"A major new report by National Academies of Science concludes that there is not enough empirical data to determine whether gun control enhances public safety, or whether gun ownership deters crime. The report calls for further data-gathering on firearms injuries. We suggest that gathering a type of related data is equally critical: how often 911 calls result in the interruption of a crime." |
.300 Winchester Short Magnum - Is short-package performance enough to ensure success?
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"The .300 Winchester Short Magnum has been with us for about three years now. In that time hundreds of thousands of words of copy have filled gun and hunting magazines to the brim. Guns & Ammo published its first set of loads for the .300 WSM in December 2001."
"At that time I said that it was going to take three or four years to determine if the cartridge was going to be popular. ..."
"But I haven't heard of many shooters throwing away their .300 Winchester Mags or, for that matter, their .30-06s to go out and buy a .300 WSM, though that doesn't mean a few haven't made the switch. Still, it's early, and I think the jury has yet to return a verdict on the ultimate popularity of this cartridge. ..." |
Liberia: Con Artists, Crooks Perpetuate Gun Violence COPE Executive Points Fingers
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"The 14 years of intermittent civil wars have come and gone, but the attributes continue to receive backlashes as Mr. Robert Miller of the Center for Peace Education and Democracy (COPE), has pointed fingers at individuals occupying political offices."
"Mr. Miller, Executive Director of COPE, blamed people he described as "corn artists, crooks and greedy men" in high places of public trust for perpetuating the long-standing gun violence that devastated the country."
"He said due to the gun violence, the national Legislature is being headed and occupied by warmongers and rebels while the Executive is infested with corrupt practices and crooks that engineered wars against Liberians." |
NC: New law takes guns from felons
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"New legislation aimed at keeping guns out of the hands of felons will make communities safer, law enforcement officials say."
"The law, which took effect Dec. 1, prohibits convicted felons from possessing firearms of any kind in their home, business or the public. Before, they could have guns at their homes and workplaces and could also possess a long-barreled firearm in public." |
OH: Muzzleloaders bag at least 27,749 deer
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"John Fahrbach shot this 8-pointer on opening day of black powder season. He�s back afield after doctors replaced his leg."
"Hunters who use muzzleloading rifles bagged a record of at least 27,749 deer during the recent 'black powder' season, and among them are a buck and doe to which special memories are attached."
"John Fahrbach of Northwood took a fine eight-pointer on opening day of the four-day season, hunting alone from a ground blind on private land between Genoa and Woodville." |
NJ: Feds offer plan for reducing Camden crime
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"In the latest plan to curb violence in the city, federal law enforcement authorities said they'll help round up most-wanted fugitives, pursue federal gun prosecutions and join drug busts." ...
"The announcement came Thursday as local police and the county prosecutor's office prepared to unveil additional crime-fighting measures. Also, the state Attorney General's office is preparing a broader plan that will likely include more state oversight of law enforcement in the city." |
Practice makes perfect
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"One of the most difficult tasks in the shooting sports is to be able to hit a flying target consistently."
"Bird hunters frequently discover that truth to their chagrin when they go hunting and get an all-too-rare shot at a grouse, woodcock or pheasant."
"Such hunters will always make excuses for their misses, but few will acknowledge that what they need is more practice." |
MA: Company historian builds on a fascination with firearms
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"There is an entire bookshelf (10 feet, 6 inches long) in Roy G. Jinks's home office that contains every firearms patent issued in the United States from June 29, 1832, to May 17, 1921. They were compiled and bound first by Daniel Baird Wesson, who died in 1906, and then his sons. D. B. Wesson, as he was known, together with his business partner Horace Smith founded Smith & Wesson, a company that holds a special place in American industrial history."
"Wesson, who was responsible for innovations that led to the first handguns that could shoot multiple rounds without reloading, held more than idle interest in the set. ..." |
Canada: Cop who killed prisoner fears for life back in jail
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"A former Pincher Creek Mountie who killed a prisoner says he's afraid to return to jail if he loses a bid to remain under house arrest."
"Speaking publicly for the first time since he was found guilty of manslaughter, Michael Ferguson said Wednesday he would appeal his conviction in the 1999 shooting death of Darren Varley."
"'Jail is not a safe place for me to be,' Ferguson told the Herald from his home in Kamloops, B.C."
"'Right now, I'm under house arrest . . . it's a lot better alternative than to be in jail.'"
"The ex-constable's vow to fight the manslaughter conviction comes one day after the Crown filed an appeal of Ferguson's house arrest sentence."
"Ferguson was spared a mandatory four-year prison stint and given house arrest instead." ... |
UK: Post office gun raid thwarted, jury told
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A post office worker foiled a robbery at a Telford post office by screaming for help over an intercom while a gun was aimed at his face, a court heard today.
David Judson, who worked at Admaston post office, called for help while one raider pointed a pistol at him and another held a customer hostage. His actions caused the attackers to flee empty handed.
Paulo Antonio denies attempting to rob the post office on October 16, 2003, and also denies robbing Horsehay post office on October 14. The 27-year-old, of Windsor Road, Arleston, also denies two counts of possessing an imitation firearm with intent to commit robbery.
Shrewsbury Crown Court was also told that Antonio had allegedly robbed Horsehay post office two days earlier. The trial continues. |
South Africa: New licensing law sparks anger as violent crime levels soar
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"South Africa's licensed gun owners are furious about a new law which could force millions to hand over their weapons - removing what some consider their only defence against rampant crime.
All legal guns must be re-licensed over a five-year period starting this week, and thousands of applications have already been rejected or snagged in red tape."
"Critics of the firearms control act say it is an attempt to disarm law-abiding citizens while leaving criminals armed and free to rape, rob and kill."
"The government and gun-control activists defend the legislation as urgent and necessary for a country with one of the world's highest rates of gun-related crime." |
KY: Judge refuses to jail "geriatric" gun seller in Knoxville
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"A federal judge in Knoxville has refused to send an elderly flea-market gun dealer to prison."
"Senior U.S. District Court Judge James Jarvis cited Henry Bostic's failing health and age of 84 years in telling prosecutors he wouldn't follow sentencing guidelines and put Bostic in prison."
"Bostic was one of 23 aging gun dealers, dubbed 'the geriatrics' by law enforcers, who were rounded up between 2000 and 2002 for illegally selling firearms at flea markets, gun shops and homes in Tennessee." |
South Africa: Gun licence chaos looms, say owners
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"Firearms dealers say that there is no way the government can hope to re-register the millions of legal guns in the country in the four years from January 1 that it has given itself."
"Adding to the load will be the thousands of new gun licence applications that will be made to the Central Firearms Registry this year."
"Since Monday, the 2.8-million firearm owners across the country could apply to renew licences for their 4.5-million firearms." |
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