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Bowling for Baghdad
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"Last week, the capital of the United States was a bit more surreal than usual."
"First and foremost, there is the sniper."
"And just when the sniper arrives in the neighborhood, here comes Michael Moore with his much awaited critique of violence in America -- Bowling for Columbine."
"We have three words of advice: go see it." ... |
Officials' Immunity - The Tie to Tyranny
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"There are many who say the Constitution is dead or that it is a 'living document' that changes with circumstances (Scalia of the US Supreme Court). There are even those who apparently believe the Constitution doesn't apply to them, which is to say that rights of the people apply only if they say it is okay or that they are free to remove rights under some circumstances." ... |
Shop Slows U.S. Inquiry Into Rifle
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"Upstairs above his gun shop and behind a door marked 'Employees Only,' Brian Borgelt huddled today at a laptop computer on a desk piled high with paperwork. Mr. Borgelt, the owner of Bull's Eye Shooter Supply, flipped through a wad of business cards from journalists. Outside in the parking lot, television cameras were fixed on the store's entrance."
"Mr. Borgelt's eyes were heavy and his manner abrupt. He was not enjoying the attention that came with owning the most scrutinized gun store in America."
"Downstairs, agents for the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms were sifting through records, seeking information about a semiautomatic Bushmaster XM15 rifle that the authorities say was used by John Muhammad in the sniper attacks." ... |
Forget milk. Got ID?
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"Look, all these incremental steps are fine, but they just don�t do the job. Not like a real national ID. I�ve got too many IDs and too many different numbers to remember. It�s inconvenient. I want one number, one card, everything tied together. All the information available at the swipe of a card. It makes it easy for law enforcement, too." ...
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AZ: Police shootings anger 1 victim's sister
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"He drove at legal speeds, stopped at red lights and even signaled lane changes as he drove generally toward his Mesa home, the report says."
"He ended in a cul-de-sac with 32 police officers, two police dogs and a helicopter. He died of multiple gunshot wounds to his face and chest. In the report, some officers described how they dived for cover when the shooting began." ... |
Anti-gun website already repeating yesterday's lie from the Associated Press
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"For the first time in a decade, violent crime, including murder and rape, rose in the U.S., the Associated Press reported Oct. 28."
"According to the FBI, murders increased 2.5 percent from 2000 to 2001, while robberies rose 3.7 percent and forcible rapes increased by a little less than 2.5 percent." ...
"Firearms accounted for about two-thirds of the murders..."
REALITY CHECK...
In yesterday's Newslinks, we exposed the fact that their "about two thirds" was actually 54.5% -- much closer to "one half" than "two thirds" -- and just one day later, an anti-gun group's website is repeating the Associated Press' lie.
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OK: Gun group endorses Edmondson re-election
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" '[Drew] Edmondson was able to get an A+ from our group because he is an incumbent,' NRA spokesman Kelly Whitley said. 'He certainly has one of the strongest records on the Second Amendment possible for an attorney general.' "
"Whitley said the organization always endorses an incumbent if that person and the challenger earn similar grades."
"[Bill] Shapard said the similar rankings for the two candidates show that the NRA is concerned with gun ownership issues and not political parties." ... |
Chechnya And Gun Control
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"One of the sneakiest techniques the media uses to great effect is attaching pejorative modifiers to causes, parties or individuals."
"This is routinely done in the case of conservative causes or individuals who then become 'right-wing' or 'ultra-conservative' which is supposed to conjure up visions of the Reich or of buzz-cut militia types." ... |
FL: Gun-rights guru Heston to head local rally Friday
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"Charlton Heston, the National Rifle Association's top gun, will be at the Pensacola Interstate Fairgrounds on Friday for a get- out-the-vote rally."
"NRA executive vice president Wayne LaPierre and NRA chief lobbyist Chris Cox will appear with Heston, who has been president of the organization of 4 million members since 1998." ... |
FL: Taking away kids' toy guns is un-American
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"Walt Disney World is coming under pressure to unilaterally disarm by eliminating all flintlocks of mass destruction from Frontierland."
"How can you separate guns and the wild frontier? Do the disciples of political correctness think the West was won with an ACLU lawsuit?" ... |
Police Challenge Gun Control Advocates on Ballistic Imaging
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"Even before two suspects had been captured in connection with the murders of ten people and the wounding of three others in the Washington, D.C. area, gun control advocates claimed a national registry of so-called 'ballistic fingerprints' was needed to solve such crimes. They also claimed law enforcement supported the idea. But new information made public Monday challenged those claims." ... |
MA: Despite strict gun control, homicide rate increasing in Massachusetts
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"Just hours after city officials and community leaders met in a church to discuss how to end the surge in violence, someone fatally stabbed a 31-year-old man near a playground late Sunday."
"It was Brockton's second homicide in 72 hours - and the 11th in the city this year. Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy Cruz said yesterday the victim, Ronald King of Brockton, was found at Harvard and South Fuller streets about 10:30 p.m." ... |
PA: Man foils robbery attempt with his handgun
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"When two teens walked up to a Bensalem 7-Eleven early Saturday morning, Jim Smith immediately thought they were trouble. '
"So did the store's co-owner, Smith said."
" 'I don't like the looks of this guy,' Smith recalled the co-owner saying as they chatted at 2:49 a.m. inside convenience store in the 1600 block of Street Road."
"Minutes later, Smith, 39, of Bensalem, was pointing his gun at the chest of one of the teens. Then he had it aimed at the other." ... |
WI: Wasting Disease Scares Wis. Hunters
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"In a state where hunting is so popular that some high schools dismiss classes to let students take to the woods, it's unusual that an outdoors group would have to put up billboards encouraging people to go hunting."
"Doing so is one indication of the concern of over chronic wasting disease, an incurable brain disease that is fatal to deer and was discovered in Wisconsin's whitetail herd eight months ago." ... |
Kenya: Police unearth illegal gun factories
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"Guns are being manufactured in make-shift markets in Nairobi and sold to criminals, police revealed yesterday."
"Two welders believed to be the racket masterminds are in custody, police said, adding that 12 of their customers had also been arrested."
"According to the Nairobi provincial police chief Stephen Kimenchu, the two manufacturers were arrested in Kariobangi North and Shauri Moyo estates. They were found with materials used for making pistols." ... |
MD: Townsend eyes expansion of arms ban
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"Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend wants to give the state more authority to prohibit the sale of semiautomatic assault weapons in Maryland, a campaign spokesman said today."
"The Democratic gubernatorial nominee planned to announce a proposal to increase the authority of a state handgun review board at a news conference this afternoon in Montgomery County, where six people were killed by the Washington-area sniper." ... |
OH: Deer a danger to drivers
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"Deer are propagating faster than hunters and predators can kill them in the Tristate, leading to more collisions with drivers and forcing some officials to consider drastic measures to reduce their numbers."
"For drivers, the risk of crashing into a deer is worst along the expressways in Anderson and Colerain townships in Hamilton County, in Miami and Batavia townships in Clermont, and in northern and western parts of Cincinnati." ... |
MI: "Shooters and workers risk lead poisoning"
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"Mike Hoban lives with unrelenting pain. He has stomach cramps. His hands shake without warning, and he endures piercing headaches."
"Doctors say that Hoban, a safety instructor at an Inkster gun range for the past 16 years, has lead poisoning, with blood levels nearly 20 times the amount considered safe. Now, state health officials are investigating whether residue from thousands of rounds fired each week at Alexander's Indoor Gun Range caused Hoban's illness." ... |
More Liberals and More Insane Laws
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"Let me get my 2� worth in on the sniper situation Back East. I just want to know why the profilers couldn�t pin this one down. Perhaps no one wanted to be politically incorrect and say it was a Muslim?"
"Now, the liberals come out of the woodwork to dodge the issue of the hate crimes these guys committed and instead blame it on the guns. Judy Woodruff at CNN wonders why there isn�t a greater call for gun control from the left after the sniper situation." ... |
CBS News: "Learning How To Be A Sniper"
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"If the why of the Washington snipings is still in question, the how is more obvious, reports CBS News Correspondent Lee Cowan."
"The deadly skills used by the Washington snipers could have been learned just about anywhere: precisely why professional shooters at the world's largest gun show in Tulsa, Okla. last weekend were fearing the worst." ... |
Ballistic fingerprinting of guns is likely to backfire
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"Ballistic fingerprinting is the new magic crime-solving tool, and after the sniper attacks in the Washington area, there is an understandable desire to do something. According to the Brady Campaign, recording the markings on bullets from all new guns 'would have solved this crime (the sniper shootings) after the first shooting.' Today the Assembly is voting on requiring such a system for New Jersey." ... |
MI: Republican candidate woos gun rights advocates
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"As Republican gubernatorial candidate Dick Posthumus greeted two long-haired teens, one boy's mother felt the need to explain."
" 'They look like hippies, but they're conservatives,' said Sheri Sias, 51, a chef from Grand Blanc Township."
"Posthumus smiled and said, 'Like Ted Nugent,' referring to the rock star and GOP supporter." ... |
Stop the Idiocy
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"I have been noticing lately that there are many people in the 'freedom movement' who are causing much more harm than good to the very movement they claim to support. Many of these folks are no more than self-aggrandizing publicity-hounds who make spurious and bizarre claims about issues they plainly have never properly researched in any depth." ... |
CIA warns of Net terror threat
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"Al-Qaida is not the only terrorist network hoping to wreak havoc on the United States through 'cyberwarfare,' the CIA says."
"America's spooks have named Sunni extremists, Hezbollah and Aleph--formerly known as Aum Shinrikyo--as other top threats."
" 'These groups have both the intentions and the desire to develop some of the cyberskills necessary to forge an effective cyberattack modus operandi,' the CIA said in a report to the Senate Intelligence Committee." ... |
IL: Jump in Chicago Murder Rate More Reason to Doubt Lisa Madigan's Qualifications
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"National crime figures released Monday should make Illinoisans think twice about casting a vote for Lisa Madigan in the attorney general's race. Those figures show Chicago suffering a whopping 6
percent increase in its already staggering murder rate."
"Additional data released earlier by the Chicago Police Department in its annual homicide analysis show that about 80 percent of murderers have previous criminal records. Of murder victims, 66 percent had previous criminal records." ... |
VA: Brady Campaign/Million Mom March To Endorse Rep. Jim Moran
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"On Thursday, October 31, the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence united with the Million Mom March will officially endorse Representative Jim Moran for re-election to Virginia's Eighth
Congressional District. During his distinguished career of public service, including six terms in the House of Representatives, Jim Moran has been a leader for common sense gun laws." ... |
Why is federal health agency funding a "Club Med" for monkeys?
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"A plan by the National Institutes of Health to spend $24 million on a retirement facility for chimpanzees shows why America needs a separation of science and state, Libertarians say. ... In an effort to house 800 chimpanzees that have been 'retired' after being used in medical experiments, the National Institutes of Health has created Chimp Haven, an animal sanctuary in Louisiana. The total cost to taxpayers: $24 million over 10 years, or $30,000 per chimpanzee." ... |
How the left became irrelevant
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"Christopher Hitchens talks about his beef with the Nation, the 'filthy menace' of Saddam Hussein, and how the left ceded its moral credibility by opposing the war against Islamic fascism." ... |
UK: Police squadron dispatched over "possession of a firearm"
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ORIGINAL TITLE: "Armed Police in Gun Alert"
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ARMED police surrounded premises in the Belgrave Crescent area of Scarborough after reports of a gun being fired.
The police were alerted to the incident at 8am. Shortly before 1pm a man was brought out of a house in Belgrave Terrace.
At a briefing at 11am today Scarborough police area commander Chief Insp Ken Gill said: "This morning we received a call saying that individuals in a flat were in possession of a firearm.
From 8am, officers were in the area. Members of the tactical firearms unit from York were also called.
Police also took over the former Probation Services building in Falsgrave Road which overlooks Belgrave Crescent.
Police vans and officers could also be seen in the surrounding area. |
Gun 'fingerprinting' plan raises privacy fears
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"Imagine this: To make it easier to solve future crimes, the federal government collects every American man, woman and child's fingerprints, DNA and handwriting and stores them in an enormous national database."
"Can the government be trusted or might the data be abused? Is the effort cost-effective or money wasted? Is it crime-fighting in the computer age or shades of Big Brother?" ... |
UK: Teenage girl raped at gunpoint - where guns are banned
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"A teenage girl was raped at gunpoint in the back of a stranger's car, a court heard."
"The girl, who was 15 at the time of the alleged attack, claimed she was picked up as she walked along a county road."
"The youth - who cannot be named for legal reasons - claimed she was taken to a remote spot in the countryside near the Lincolnshire coast before the man forced her to have sex with him." ... |
AK: Bear shot after attacking dog
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"A Thane resident killed a black bear known for causing problems in the neighborhood Saturday evening after it attacked his dog."
"Bill Corbus, who lives near the end of Thane Road, said he was reading at dusk on Saturday when he heard his dogs barking. He went outside and then heard a 'terrible squeal.' "
" 'I saw the bear had a hold of the dog by the head,' he said." ...
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Owner of 'pistol that killed teacher' takes stand in gun civil trial
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Heavy emphasis on "pistol that killed teacher" is what these anti-rights Leftists desire -- they blame the firearm. The trial against the manufacturer is well underway. ...
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... "The case has drawn national attention because it is the first to address both the absence of a gun lock and the flaws associated with a small, inexpensive weapon known as a 'crime gun' or 'Saturday Night Special.' " ... |
MD: "Spate of robberies" in gun control utopia leaves residents uneasy
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"Homeland, Roland Park neighbors to discuss spate of robberies with police"
"As police continued their search Tuesday for suspects in a string of weekend robberies, alarmed residents in the North Baltimore neighborhoods where the crimes occurred were preparing for a meeting with their local police commander."
" 'We don't want to be seen as easy pickings,' Carter Michel Brigham, 36, said after dropping off her son at St. David's Church Day School on Roland Avenue. 'That perception has got to change.' "
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Blow a few robbers' brains out, have the local media widely publicize the fact, and robberies will in fact go down. |
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