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A Pass for Bad Cops?
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" 'We're going to support Tim Curry because Tim Curry will not prosecute a police officer who commits a crime.' "
" 'A lot of Fort Worth cops 'would be in the pen if it weren't for Tim Curry,' the officers quote Kerr as saying. Then, the officers said, Kerr added that he personally had been able to pick up the phone and call Curry and get him to drop charges against police officers, particularly if one had committed a crime in uniform." |
Remote-controlled guns
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"Soldiers and others, whose normal duties now place them in the line of fire, could soon be protected and even have their shooting abilities improved by new weapons systems that let them operate the weapons remotely."
"One remotely operated gun system, developed by Dr Graham Hawkes, of Precision Remotes Inc. based at Point Richmond, California, and is being currently tested by the American Army." |
New Jersey Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Dems Replacing 'Torch' on Ballot
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"The New Jersey state Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the party can replace Sen. Robert Torricelli's name on the November ballot with former Sen. Frank Lautenberg."
"The ruling gives hope to Democrats scrambling to retain their one-seat majority in the U.S. Senate through the Nov. 5 election -- but Republicans vowed to appeal the decision to the U.S. Supreme Court." |
Violence Policy Center Releases "When Men Murder Women", 2000 Edition
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"The Violence Policy Center (VPC) today released When Men Murder Women: An Analysis of 2000 Homicide Data. This annual report details female homicides involving one female murder victim and one male offender and illustrates the unique role firearms play in female homicide. The study found that in 2000, the most recent data available, a majority of female homicides were committed with firearms -- and that 76 percent of all female firearm homicides were committed with handguns." |
TX: Waco police officer shines in national, state competition
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"Bad guys, be forewarned: Don't run from Waco police officer Heath Mynar."
"He distinguished himself as one of the nation's top guns last week at the National Police Shooting Championship and he brought home five medals in June from the Texas Police Olympics as one of the game's outstanding runners."
"One way or another, he probably is going to get you." |
Firearms Training Systems, Inc. Announces Award from the DEA
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"Firearms Training Systems, Inc. (OTC: FATS) announced today three additional contract awards received from the Drug Enforcement Administration valued at approximately $539,000."
"FATS(R) is an ISO 9000 certified company and a leading worldwide producer of interactive simulation systems designed to provide training in the handling and use of small and supporting arms for law enforcement, military and commercial applications." |
OH: Police Kill Deer At 4 A.M., Leave It In Couple's Yard
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BROADVIEW HEIGHTS, Ohio -- "A Broadview Heights couple had a rude awakening at 4 a.m. Saturday, jolted out of bed by the sound of gunshots."
"NewsChannel5's Brad Harvey reported that it turned out to be a police shooting, but not at all what they expected."
" 'So, I wake up out of a dead sleep and I kind of look out the window through the curtains, and I see a muzzle flash and hear another boom,' homeowner Bill Seitz (pictured, left) said."
"Fearing the worst, Seitz frantically dialed 911, only to learn that the victim was a deer, put down by police after being hit by a car."
" 'The next morning, I get up and I come out to get my paper, and I see three empty shotgun casings in my driveway, and there's a dead deer laying on my tree lawn,' he said."
"For two days, the dead deer laid there, with flies buzzing around it." ... |
Another rap music celebrity arrested for violent criminal activity
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"For Javier Rodriguez, also known as the rapper Latino, the lure of fame was apparently greater than his desire to elude the law."
"Friday night, Rodriguez performed his new single Coming 2 America on a Miami TV station before a live studio audience. Scantily clad women swayed as they sang backup. Rodriguez wore a cream-colored guayabera shirt as a nod to his Cuban roots."
"Only one glitch: The aspiring rapper had been wanted by Tampa police for seven years."
"Undercover officers were in the audience."
"Rodriguez, 29, was wanted on armed robbery and kidnapping charges stemming from a 1994 pawnshop robbery in Tampa. According to Tampa police, Rodriguez and another man stole $40 in cash and jewelry from Busch Pawn on N 40th Street. The robbers bound the clerk's hands and threatened to kill him, according to a police report."
"Rodriguez has a lengthy criminal record from 1989 to 1994, with arrests on charges including possession of a short-barrel shotgun, trafficking in cocaine and grand larceny." |
WI: Report turns spotlight on domestic violence
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"41 people killed in 2000. ... 18 victims were shot, 10 with a handgun, five with a rifle and three with a shotgun; 10 were stabbed, though some were also shot, beat with a hammer, kicked and beat with fists or strangled."
But nobody is calling for bans on hammers, rope, etc., even though more people die by these methods when someone violates the Murder Ban.
"11 of 33 victims had previously left abusive partners or had talked about divorce, and two had active restraining orders against their perpetrators."
How many of the victims now dead were armed, trained and prepared to perform the duty of self-defense? |
UK: Gang of youths attacks firefighters on emergency call
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"A CREW of firefighters was forced to withdraw while attending a 999 call in Glasgow last night after coming under attack from youths wielding knives and other weapons."
"The youths confronted the Cowcaddens fire crew as they attempted to tackle a blaze in Pinkston Road, in the north of the city, which turned out to be burning rubbish. Strathclyde Fire Brigade said no-one was injured in the attack - the fourth such incident involving fire crews from the brigade in just over a month."
"In one of the previous attacks a firefighter was shot in the head with an air rifle."
"Following another incident fire brigade officials said they would request a police escort to future call-outs to Blackhill after they came under attack from a gang of youths wielding knives and throwing bricks and bottles."
"Earlier this month MPs of all parties united in condemning the rise in the number of attacks on emergency service workers." |
UK: Replica gun ban 'shelved'
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"Government ministers have dropped plans for a ban on replica firearms, BBC News Online can reveal."
"In March 2001 then Home Office minister Charles Clarke pledged to bring about a ban after 29-year-old Derek Bennett was shot dead by police in Brixton as he held a gun-shaped cigarette lighter." |
Guns In The U.S. And U.K.
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"Guns and Violence: The English Experience was clearly intended as a contribution to the ongoing American debate about gun control. Several years ago, Joyce Lee Malcolm, an historian at Bentley College, published a careful study of the English legal background to the U.S. Constitution's Second Amendment. That book lent support to the claim that America's Founders intended to safeguard an individual right to own guns." |
Taxation Is Robbery
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"THE Encyclopaedia Britannica defines taxation as 'that part of the revenues of a state which is obtained by the compulsory dues and charges upon its subjects.' "
"That is about as concise and accurate as a definition can be; it leaves no room for argument as to what taxation is. In that statement of fact the word 'compulsory' looms large, simply because of its ethical content." |
OH: Dozens protest Preble County police shooting
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"Slain man�s roommates say he was unarmed"
... "I looked up and saw him, rounding the stairway, and he had this look on his face, like, 'What's going on?' and the cops yelled, 'Get down' and then 'boom.' "
"...and I tried to apply pressure."
"He died in my arms. It took about two minutes."
"The cops are smoking and joking, high-fiving each other." |
Dem Hopes?
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"The New Jersey Democratic party's claim that it can anoint a new candidate, based on the political calculation that incumbent Robert Torricelli will probably lose, appears to be baseless."
"Although news reports have not specified what parts of the law the Democrats are citing, New Jersey statutes are available on the Internet. Let's start with the basic statute on vacancy (NJ Statute 19:13-20):" ... |
NC: Bondsman on trial for chasing bail jumper through school property while armed
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"A Durham bail bondsman accused of running across a school playground with his gun drawn in March 2001 told a jury Tuesday that he didn't notice he was on school property because he was focused on chasing a bond jumper."
" 'I ran with [my gun] down by my leg so they couldn't see it,' said Hester, who is charged with carrying a pistol onto school property, a felony. 'I didn't want to startle the kids.' " |
Plan to arm pilots is taking off
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WASHINGTON � "Since the Senate voted overwhelmingly last month to arm up to 85,000 airline pilots, carriers and safety advocates have raised numerous concerns about cost, security and safety."
"But so far, no one appears to be listening." ... |
Yale Threatened with Loss of Federal Funds Over Military Access
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"Threatened with the loss of $350 million in federal funds, Yale University announced Tuesday that it will allow military recruiters to attend a law school career day. But it will also seek ways to resist Pentagon pressure for access to such events because the military violates the school's non-discrimination policy, the school said." |
Focusing on your shooting form
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"Now it's time to put that camcorder to good use. Take it out of storage, and head over to the shotgun range with a friend or two."
"You finally have a tool with which you can record and analyze your shooting form."
"The number of people you'll need depends on what kind of a shooting session you set up. If you go to a trap, skeet, or clay range, you can probably get by with just one partner. "
"He (or she) tapes while you shoot, and vice-versa." |
Ashcroft blasts civil liberties advocates
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"U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft, speaking to crime-fighters in New York, yesterday blasted critics who claim the government is eroding civil liberties, saying federal prosecutors should 'not be timid' in fighting terrorism, because they are defending freedom." |
TX: District may reassess zero tolerance
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"By next month, Grapevine-Colleyville Superintendent Kevin Singer expects to form a parents committee to review disciplinary methods that result from the state zero-tolerance law prohibiting weapons at school."
"One gap in the state's zero-tolerance rule ... does not clearly define 'weapon.' "
" 'People get zero tolerance confused with disciplinary actions that take place as a result of breaking zero tolerance,' Singer said." |
CCRKBA: Armed Citizens Could Deter, Prevent Attacks
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PRESS RELEASE:
BELLEVUE, Wash., Oct. 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Once again, anti-gun laws in California have created defenseless victims out of innocent, and unarmed, citizens as a man armed only with a knife was able to attack a Greyhound bus driver, causing the bus to crash and two passengers to die.
"... the presence of a firearm in the hands of someone who knows how to use it could prevent a tragedy and preserve innocent lives." Joe Waldron Citizens Committee Right to Keep and Bear Arms |
Airlines' pleas for help land poorly amid political gifts
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"Since 9/11, major airlines have tried to cut their huge losses by squeezing passengers for every penny, from adding baggage charges to cutting meals."
"Investors are being targeted, too. This week UAL suspended dividend payments to some stockholders."
"In a second effort to hit taxpayers, industry officials returned to Capitol Hill to plead for more relief."
"Yet one airline expense appears too essential to trim: the millions of dollars spent to win powerful political friends." |
NM: New Definition of & Punishment for 'Road Rage'
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"An Albuquerque City Counselor has written a new ordinance that said anyone with a loud engine, squeals or skids their tires, or plays their stereo too loud could be cited for road rage."
"Under the proposed ordinance:
"1st offense = citation
"2nd offense in 4 yrs = judge boots car for 30 days
"3rd offense in 4 yrs = city seizes car & sells it
"The ordinance passed unanimously in committee & will now go before the full City Council."
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DON'T LET YOUR TEEN DRIVE YOUR CAR IN NM! :-) |
NJ: Smart gun bill holstered until Oct. 7 (redux)
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"An expected vote in the state Senate never materialized Monday for a proposal that could eventually require that all handguns sold in New Jersey be equipped with technology designed to ensure that only the owner can fire it."
"Democrats criticized their Republican colleagues for not providing the votes needed to declare an emergency that would have allowed them to amend and pass the bill in the same day. But the bill has GOP support, and it is now expected to pass Oct. 7." |
GA: Students Involved in Gun Scheme
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"The problem of gun running in the United States has a new twist and it involves college students."
"In recent years, several college students from Ga., have been charged with the illegal purchase of guns, which eventually wind up on the streets of New York." ... |
MD: Packed House Hears Lecture on Gun Control
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"Philip J. Cook, a professor of economics and sociology at Duke University, spoke Thursday to a standing room only crowd about gun control. Cook lectured about different laws regulating gun control, problems with the laws and ways they could be improved."
"One of the first things Cook said at the lecture was that the results he found in his study were actually damaging to the gun control movement, a movement that he is for." |
Vektor Company Firearm Recall
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"The Vektor Company is recalling all of its CP1 and CP1N pistols because a small number of the handguns have accidentally fired when bumped or dropped."
"Owners are instructed not to load the firearms or attempt to have them repaired by a gunsmith."
"Instead, they should call 1-877-831-8313 for return instructions."
Calling hours are from 8:30am-5pm EST, Mon-Fri. |
NY: Churches Take Stand
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" 'Violence knows no borders. We are all being victimized by the surge of it in our city,' Wiggins said both in his e-mail and at the rally. 'All the creative efforts being made to vitalize the community are threatened by the fear and anxiety that the violence is generating.' "
"Groups working on the problem include the Syracuse Partnership to Reduce Juvenile Gun Violence, the Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance and the Syracuse City School District." |
NJ: Political stock soars for Forrester
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"Few shooters have ever matched Douglas Forrester's hot hand at political dice."
"An unprecedented streak of good luck has put the Republican on the cusp of winning a U.S. Senate seat, even though few voters know much about him."
Now that Torricelli has bailed on his candidacy and the Democrats have received state supreme court help in violating the law to change the ballot by adding former Senator Frank Lautenberg, people are looking at what Forrester is really all about.
"On most issues, Forrester takes the Republican Party position. He opposes more gun control laws and backs developing a missile defense system, strengthening intelligence agencies and making last year's income tax cuts permanent." |
MA: Gun Law Turning Law Abiding Citizens Into Felons (another version)
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"Jim Wallace remembers the implementation of the Bartley-Fox law in Massachusetts in the 1970s which imposed a mandatory one-year term in prison for carrying a gun without a permit."
" 'I was just a kid," Wallace told MassNews, 'but I remember that they ran ads all over the place. You couldn't turn around without seeing something about this new law. We knew, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that if we possessed a gun illegally we would be standing in front of a judge and sent to prison.' " |
Bucket, shovel brigades begin convoy to aid property rights
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"Ranchers and farmers battling the government over fish protection in Oregon and Nevada are trying to rally support for their property rights cause with a cross-country convoy."
"The Klamath Bucket Brigade of Klamath Falls, Ore., and the Jarbidge Shovel Brigade of Elko left Oregon on Saturday for a 3,000-mile, 22-day drive to Florida. Sporting a 13-foot silver bucket and a 30-foot green-and-yellow shovel, they intend to raise money and support for..." |
To Save and Protect - Some Bullet-Resistant Vests May Be Defective
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"Point Blank, the Oakland Park, Fla.-based manufacturer, turns out more than 1,000 vests a week and company officials say the vests have saved the lives of hundreds of police officers. The company claims its vests have never failed when worn in the line of duty."
" 'This company is about saving lives,' said Ronda Graves, the Chief Operations Manager at Point Blank. 'It has been for 30 years.' " |
Kennedy: Still Too Many Preventable Gun Accidents and Suicides
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"Gun accidents and suicides took the lives of 1,200 children and teens, plus an additional 18,358 kids 0-19 years-old were injured by a firearm and 1,776 were killed in homicides, according to new mortality and injury data released by the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics and National Center for Injury Prevention and Control for the year 2000." |
China Breaks Second Shooting World Record
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"China broke the second world shooting record in the Asian Games on Wednesday. The Chinese team led by Li Jie scored a new world record of 1,788 points to win the men's air rifle team title. The previous mark of 1,785 was set by Russia in the world championships in July." |
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