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An Open Letter To The Pro-gun Community
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"It may be a cliche, but it is true: This letter is written not in anger, but in sorrow and concern. It is written to our friends about NRA staff who, tragically, have taken a course which, we believe, would be disastrous for the Second Amendment and the pro-gun movement."
"Two of us are Life Members of the NRA -- one of whom was an NRA board member for over ten years. And our legislative counsel was a paid consultant for the NRA."
"So we certainly have no animus against the NRA staff, much less our wonderful friends who are NRA members." ...
"But those who staff the NRA, without consulting the membership, have now made a series of strange and dangerous alliances with the likes of Chuck Schumer, Carolyn McCarthy, and Pat Leahy. And we believe that, if allowed to continue, this will produce anti-gun policies which the NRA staff will bitterly regret." ... |
A liberal's lament: The NRA might be right after all
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... "Like many academics, I was happy to blissfully ignore the Second Amendment. It did not fit neatly into my socially liberal agenda. Yet, two related cases could now force liberals into a crisis of conscience ..." ...
"Principle is a terrible thing, because it demands not what is convenient but what is right. It is hard to read the Second Amendment and not honestly conclude that the Framers intended gun ownership to be an individual right. ..." ...
"... it does appear that gun ownership was made a protected right by the Framers and, while we might not celebrate it, it is time that we recognize it." |
A Gun Ban America Needs
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"America needs a gun ban."
"Yes, a ban that denies possession, transfer and ownership of firearms."
"I say that as a gun owner myself. I say this as a strong defender of the Second Amendment to the Constitution. ..." ...
"... 'people' is meant the citizens of these United States and here is the crux of my gun ban:"
"'No person who is not a citizen of the United States or is an agent, or member of an organization that is an agent, of a foreign power or potentate or is reasonably believed to be engaged or about to engage in international terrorist or international narcotics activities, shall have the right to possess, transfer, keep, hold, or train with any form make and model of firearm.'" ... |
"Assault weapons" vs. "Patrol rifles"
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"Not long ago, I mentioned an editorial in the South Florida Sun-Sentinel that advocated a new ban on so-called 'assault weapons.' ..."
"... I failed to spot the verbal gymnastics (despite their decided lack of subtlety) used a bit earlier in the editorial:"
"Understandably, officers in more South Florida police agencies have been arming themselves � at their own expense � with patrol rifles to be on more even footing with criminals � particularly gangs � they encounter." "Suddenly, what had been an 'assault weapon' (or the even less honest use of the term 'assault rifle') has become a 'patrol rifle'--presumably because it is now in the hands of a police officer." ...
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Mukasey Should Declare Where He Stands on Second Amendment
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"The White House would like to see Michael Mukasey confirmed as attorney general before the Senate's October recess. Until now, the focus has been on Mukasey's reading of the tradeoff between civil liberties and national security � involving, for example, the Patriot Act, warrantless surveillance and detainee policies. Those are indeed important inquiries. But there's another critical issue that triggers strong sentiment throughout the country on which a Mukasey Justice Department might play a key role. Mr. Mukasey, where do you stand on the right to keep and bear arms?" ... |
CT: Homeowner chases men out of house
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"An armed homeowner chased two men out of a house in Wolcott early Thursday morning."
"Wolcott police said officers arrived at 4:41 a.m. at the site of a home invasion on Chestnut Drive. Police said a woman was home alone with her sister when the two men entered the house."
"Police said the homeowner was armed with a gun and chased the men out of the house."
"The two men remain at large Thursday morning. ..." ...
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VA: About That Shooting
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"We harbor a great deal of sympathy for 21-year-old David Fielding, the VCU art student who was working at the Baskin-Robbins on Forest Hill Avenue in early September when a career criminal walked in with a gun to rob the place -- only three weeks after another robbery at the site. So do a lot of other people who question the decision by Richmond Commonwealth's Attorney Michael Herring to seek a charge against Fielding of reckless discharge of a firearm."
"It's easy in the calm of peaceful surroundings to second-guess Fielding's heat-of-the-moment decision to pursue the robber as he fled, and to fire shots outside the store. ..." ... |
TX: 2 attempted robbers die when guard fights back
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"Two teens are dead following a botched robbery of a 20-year-old security guard who fought back early Thursday in southwest Dallas, police said." ...
"The guard, Dedrick Howard, was using a laptop computer in his vehicle when he was approached by three young men ..."
"They ordered him out of the vehicle, and one of the robbers ... had a handgun ..."
"But Howard grabbed an semiautomatic SKS carbine and opened fire, killing Vann ..." ...
"'So, fearing for his life, (Howard) fired again and struck the driver,' ..." ...
"Howard was not arrested, and the case will be referred to a grand jury ..."
"But, the detective added, Howard 'was licensed and authorized to carry that weapon.'" |
FL: Gun control doesn't protect us -- guns do
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"Tiffany Barwick and Michael Ruschak asked the cops to protect them from Barwick's former boyfriend."
"She told them he had harassed her, threatened to kill her, bought a gun and sent an image of her riddled with bullet holes."
"A Seminole deputy advised her to get a protective court order. We all know how effective they are against the criminally obsessed."
"The deputy also would send her complaint to the State Attorney's Office, which is akin to tossing it into the Grand Canyon."
"There is a lesson in all this."
"The cops can't protect you."
"The cops could not protect Erin Belanger and her five friends who were beaten to death by Troy Victorino and his band of thugs in Deltona." ... |
CA: Armed Homeowner To Burglar: You're A Dead Man (follow-up)
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"After three break-ins in the three months, a Sacramento man had had enough. When a burglar showed up at his Sacramento home last night he pulled out a gun and started firing shots."
"'I'm always packing a gun, it's crazy,' said Rob, victim of home break-in."
"Always carrying a gun because this is the third time in three months, Rob's home has been broken into. One window is still boarded up from the last time it happened." ...
"'I think that people just know that they have the right to protect themselves, and they�re exercising that right,' said Sgt. Tim Curran, Sacramento County Sheriff�s Office."
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Washington Gun Ban Under Fire
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"Deep inside Washington's police headquarters is a library like few others, with floor-to-ceiling racks displaying 1,700 guns, from a World War II-era rifle with bayonet to rows of pocket-size revolvers, automatic pistols and big six-shooters that look straight out of the Wild West."
"Most of the guns ... were seized during crimes under a 31-year-old law in the nation's capital that bars handgun ownership for nearly everyone except law enforcement � a measure police have praised as a valuable tool against violence."
"But that ban is now in jeopardy. The law was struck down by a federal appeals court this year, and now the District of Columbia is asking the Supreme Court to weigh in. Both sides of the gun debate are apprehensive." ... |
NY looks down barrel at gun shop�s suit
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"Questioning the legality of tactics used by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg to sue gun dealers, a federal judge in Atlanta has allowed a defamation suit by a Smyrna gun shop against Bloomberg and other New York City officials to go forward."
"Senior U.S. District Judge J. Owen Forrester rejected arguments by New York officials to dismiss the suit brought by Adventure Outdoors Inc. � one of 27 shops, eight of them in Georgia, facing Bloomberg�s suit in New York." ... |
TN: Keep guns off campus
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"The Student Government Association will hear a proposal today ... attempting to make it legal for students and faculty to carry guns on campus. ..."
"All in all, it doesn't sound like too bad of a proposal, unless you actually take into account the behavior of college students and the reality of guns and their owners. The people who want to carry guns on campus may want to do so in order to protect themselves, but what this really means is that they will be using them, or tempted to, out of fear. A walk to your car alone at night could turn into something deadly if someone else walking nearby suspects you have less than noble intentions. ..." ...
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ND: UND proposal would ban guns in campus apartments
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"Some University of North Dakota students say a proposal to ban guns and other weapons in campus apartments would infringe on their rights."
"UND Police Chief Duane Czapiewski says the ban is necessary to make a consistent policy on campus ... and to prevent the theft of guns and the possible use of them in other crimes."
"Under the policy, gun owners would have to store firearms with the University Police Department. The proposal ... also would ban knives that are not used for cooking purposes."
"'I think the ban is an infringement on my freedom and Second Amendment right,' said Jae Baker, who recently started a campus group called Females for Firearms to educate women about the safe use of guns." ... |
TN: Allow firearms on MTSU campus?
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"Middle Tennessee State University�s Student Government Association considers the first step in allowing firearms on campus Thursday afternoon."
"'The resolution petitions the Administration to lobby the state, either directly or through (the Tennessee Board of Regents), to repeal the laws �, which make it illegal for persons who obtain a carry permit to carry on the campuses of 'institutions of higher learning,' resolution sponsor and SGA Senator Matthew Hurtt said."
"In other words, it won�t simply allow firearms on campus, but will ask for the General Assembly or TBR to consider allowing them." ... |
ID: Yippee kai-ay! Recreation can still include a smoking gun
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controllers and your Wii-motes and grab your six-shooter. Don�t forget your posse."
"It's time to enlist into the Boise State University Second Amendment Gun Club."
"The 25-member gun club, allocated with the purpose of preserving and protecting Boise State students' Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms, also takes into consideration the need to promote firearms safety through knowledge, training and experience."
"Jonathan Sawmiller, president of the gun club, says their goal is to 'provide students with an opportunity to handle weapons and not be afraid to utilize their rights granted[sic] to them by the Second Amendment.'" ...
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OR: Students weigh in on gun issue
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"For some South Medford High School students, the news that English teacher Shirley Katz is 'Jane Doe' in a lawsuit asserting her right to carry a gun on campus came as a surprise."
"But some of her pupils said they have had a hunch for weeks that Katz was the anonymous plaintiff ... The case has drawn national attention and become a rallying point for gun rights activists." ...
"Katz has said she has the right to bring her concealed handgun to school to defend herself from her violent ex-husband, Gerry Katz. Gerry Katz has denied he has ever acted violently toward her, and no assault charges were listed against him in Jackson County court records." ... |
Ron Paul Raises $5 Million for Bid
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"Long-shot Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul raised a surprising $5 million during the past three months, capitalizing on his stance as the only anti-war contender in the GOP field."
"Paul, a Texas congressman who once ran for president as a Libertarian, also will report having $5.3 million cash on hand, campaign spokesman Jesse Benton said."
"The amount places Paul well ahead of all but the Republican front-runners in the race. ..." ... |
NY: Chelsea Gun Club Members Shoot Off on Giuliani
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"Opinions of presidential hopeful Rudolph Giuliani vary at Chelsea's West Side Rifle and Pistol Range: The staff and customers describe the former mayor's gun control journey as everything from 'opportunistic' to 'realistic.'"
"Located in a concrete-walled basement on West 20th Street, the lively Manhattan oasis of gun culture welcomes customers with a doormat reading 'Safety Starts Here' ... Owner Bob Derrig, 67, says about a third of his clientele is law enforcement professionals and that the remainder is a diverse mix."
"Mr. Derrig, a registered Republican who describes himself as a hard-line conservative, is a lifetime member of the National Rifle Association and suspicious of Mr. Giuliani's evolution on gun control." ... |
NRA Gun Control Bill Stalled But Not Dead
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"The NRA backed, Brady Bill expansion act, HR 2640 has been stalled as a result of your efforts, but it's not dead yet."
"Senator Tom Coburn of Oklahoma is working to keep the bill from being fast-tracked, but Charles Schumer and the NRA are continuing to try to pass it over the objections of gun owners across the country."
"While the NRA continues to insist this is not gun control, their allies, New York's Charles Schumer and Carolyn McCarthy have hailed it as just that."
"Gun Owners of America, which is opposing the bill, has reported that the American Legion has joined The Military Order of the Purple Heart in opposing the legislation." ... |
Misguided standoff
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"Sen. Tom Coburn has waged an admirable campaign against pork-barrel spending on Capitol Hill. But he's being just plain pigheaded in his opposition to a common-sense measure drafted in response to the Virginia Tech massacre."
"Coburn, R-Okla., has single-handedly blocked a Senate vote on a bill designed to fix flaws in a database used by gun dealers to check the backgrounds of people trying to buy firearms. The measure breezed through the House this summer, but has been stalled for months in the Senate, partly because of Coburn's use of a controversial procedure known as a 'hold.'"
"... Whatever the merits of the other holds may be, his battle against the database bill is irresponsible -- and dangerous." ... |
The Senate's loose gun
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"The conventional wisdom is that the National Rifle Association always gets its way in Congress. The conventional wisdom is wrong. If there is a single obstacle to sane gun control legislation, it has to be Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., who is blocking a measure that would prevent the mentally disturbed from getting their hands on firearms." ... |
Report of the Hartford Convention, "those means of defence which are indispensable to self-preservation", Jan. 4th, 1814
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"...That acts of Congress in violation of the Constitution are absolutely void, is an undeniable position. . . . and the danger of delay. But in cases of deliberate, dangerous, and palpable infractions of the Constitution, affecting the sovereignty of a State, and liberties of the people; it is not only the right but the duty of such a State to interpose its authority for their protection, in the manner best calculated to secure that end..."
"...When a great and brave people shall feel themselves deserted by their Government, and reduced to the necessity either of submission to a foreign enemy, or of appropriating to their own use, those means of defence which are indispensable to self-preservation..." |
Hamilton to Washington; Report on Opposition to Internal Duties, "armed with guns and other weapons", 1795
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"...Designs of personal violence against the Inspector of the Revenue himself, to force him to a resignation, were repeatedly attempted to be put in execution by armed parties, but by different circumstances were frustrated..."
"...About break of day, the 16th of July, in conformity with a plan which seems to have been for some time entertained, and which probably was only accelerated by the coming of the marshal into the survey, an attack by about one hundred persons, armed with guns and other weapons..."
"...Several of the party repeatedly presented their pieces at him, with every appearance of a design to assassinate him..." |
MD: 10 Officers Charged In Double-Dipping Scandal
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Some Montgomery County police officers accused of working side jobs while on duty were charged Thursday.
Four have been charged with felony theft, and six have been charged with misdemeanor misconduct. Four officers have been allowed to resign and repay money.
"On a personal note, this is a difficult day for me as state's attorney of Montgomery County," said State's Attorney John McCarthy. "I've worked in this building for the past 25 years with the men and women that serve as police officers in Montgomery County. Despite the announcement I'm making today as state's attorney for Montgomery County, I continue to believe in the integrity, the quality and the dedication of this outstanding department." |
CA: LA deputies held arrest contests
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"Sheriff's deputies have been competing in organized contests to see who could make the most arrests, who could impound the most cars and who could question the most gang members."
"The contests were meant to boost morale and motivate deputies, but some observers are crying foul ..."
"One of the competitions, outlined in an internal Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department e-mail, was 'Operation Any Booking.' The object of the contest was to see who could arrest the most people in a 24-hour period."
"'It's just a friendly competition to have a little fun out here,' said Lt. James Tatreau, who helped organize the events. 'It's a morale booster.'" ...
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MD: Trial to begin for officer charged with rape
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"Opening arguments are scheduled today in the trial of an ex-Salisbury patrolman accused of committing rape and burglary while on duty."
"Tracy Ross Sparpaglione, 26, of Laurel allegedly had forced sexual intercourse with a married 19-year-old Salisbury woman May 26, according to charging documents."
"He had arrested the woman hours earlier on a separate domestic disturbance charge in relation to a fight she had with her mother-in-law."
"Sparpaglione ... could face 30 years in prison if convicted, according to Davis Ruark, Wicomico County state's attorney." ...
"Sparpaglione has been charged with second-degree rape, third- and fourth-degree sex offenses, first- and third-degree burglary and misconduct in office." ... |
NY: Wounded officer charged with making up story about attack
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"A village police officer whose claim he was knifed in a local cemetery launched a nationwide manhunt has been charged with fabricating the attack."
"Johnson City Police Officer Matthew Romano was charged Wednesday in Broome County Court with one count of first-degree offering a false report for filing, a felony that carries a penalty of 1 1/3 to four years in prison. ..."
"Romano, 30, of Owego, a six-year veteran, pleaded innocent and was released on his own recognizance."
"Police found Romano bleeding from two critical stomach wounds last December in Calvary Cemetery. Romano told police a young black man with matted dreadlocks and a diamond stud earring stabbed him while he was investigating a suspicious vehicle. ..." ... |
New Zealand: Cops fire at dog, miss 12 times
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"NEW Zealand police fired their guns 12 times at a snarling rottweiler during a domestic dispute but missed every time, local media reported."
"Officers had already tried capsicum spray on the 'large, lunging rottweiler' with no effect, the New Zealand Press Assocation said."
"A 19-year-old man threw an axe, logs and bottles at police who tried to arrest him last night at Porirua, near Wellington, before setting his partner's dog on officers, Inspector John Spence said."
"After the capsicum spray failed to subdue the rottweiler, the young officers began shooting at the dog as it ran around the property, but missed."
"Asked why police fired so many shots at the dog, Insp Spence said shooting at moving things in real life was different to shooting at targets at the range." |
Canada: Toronto police officer charged with assault
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"A veteran Toronto police officer has been charged with three counts of assault following a domestic dispute."
"Police allege the 45-year-old officer went to a home and confronted one person before assaulting them, early Tuesday evening. When a second person tried to intervene, they too were assaulted, police allege."
"There were no injuries reported."
"Kimberly Hancock, 45 is charged with three counts of assault and was given a summons to appear in court. Hancock is a detective with the sex crimes unit and a 19-year veteran of the force." ...
"Hancock has been placed on restricted duty. She is to appear in a Toronto court on Nov. 6." |
MN: Commission recommends reopening West Concord gun range
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"Dodge County's planning commission has recommended that a local gun-range owner be given a second shot."
"Commissioners on Wednesday voted in favor of granting Terry Campbell a permit to reopen his Minute Man Indoor Handgun Range. The recommendation comes after the county yanked Campbell's permit this summer because of allegations from a neighbor that bullets from the range had whizzed across Minnesota Highway 57 and struck his property. Campbell's conditional-use permit did not allow any outdoor shooting on the property."
"The Dodge County Board will vote on the commission's recommendation at its Tuesday meeting, which is at 9:30 a.m. in the Commissioners Room of the courthouse annex in Mantorville." ... |
PA: Protecting the Second Amendment
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"It seems every week King's students are receiving another e-mail about the violence occurring in the city of Wilkes-Barre . As the 2008 Mayoral election approaches, the crime rate issue is being addressed by both incumbent Tom Leighton and Republican candidate Linda Stets. Both candidates have plans of their own to fixing Wilkes-Barre's crime rate, and neither of them involves gun-control."
"Unfortunately, a good number of students would say that the way to stop the crime in Wilkes-Barre is to take away the ability for these people to get guns and other firearms. But enacting gun-control, the government is only harming the innocent, those who only have the need for a firearm to protect themself, and not to hurt others. ..." ... |
IN: Lack of education, not guns, is the problem (second letter)
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"I am writing in response to Gerry Neiderhiser's letter on Sept. 16 about 'Guns are the problem,' of which I totally and irrevocably disagree. Guns are not the problem."
"We have laws that when you want to drive a car you must take a driver's test and a written exam. ..."
"Now, we come to guns ... People in your frame of mind would not and will not allow the safety and rules of handling firearms be taught or even mentioned in the education of our youth. ..."
"Guns are not the problem. The problem is we send our youth to learn how to drive and answer the questions, but do we allow our youth the privilege of learning how to, when to, and when not to use guns? No, we don't." ... |
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