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"Sniper Exhibit Draws Eerie Parallels"
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"In this shooting gallery within an art gallery, a pellet gun and a bull's-eye over a human target evoke images of the recent sniper shootings."
" 'Shoot Me,' by Miyoung Song...a video installation about the darker side of human nature."
"44-year-old painter Glenn Patton: 'The children gave me a little pause,' he said. 'But I went ahead and shot at them. I think an evil thing happened to me. This is a very scary exhibition. It's very chilling. This would be a deterrent for me owning a gun.' " ... |
"Holding a Gun Doesn't Explain Weapon's Lure"
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... "In fact, I found Printz and salesman Harry Andr�e Jr., engaging and amusing -- despite their penchant for making disingenuous comments about cars killing more people than guns." ...
"I visited the store because I hated guns -- and had no idea why others love them." ...
"I wanted Printz to show me the weapon that stole 10 decent lives." ...
"But experiencing what the sniper felt physically -- the metal's unyielding heaviness, the narrow peer down the barrel's length -- felt eerie. Felt . . . wrong." ...
"I still hate guns."
"To be sure I keep hating them, I won't be trying target practice anytime soon."
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OK: Student hurt after guard fires gun
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"A Tulsa high school student was injured slightly by debris Thursday afternoon from a security guard's errant shot."
"The bullet apparently ricocheted off a sidewalk into the youngster's cell phone."
"[T]he security guard fired at Jermaine Cox, 18, who was on the grounds of the Tulsa School for Science and Technology [a third time after being suspended]."
"[T]he guard told police he fired his gun after interpreting a move made by Cox as threatening." ... |
The Truth Wins
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"In March 2000, 47 law professors and historians sent a stiff letter to Charlton Heston, president of the National Rifle Association. They told him 'the Second Amendment permits broad and intensive regulation of firearms' and urged him to move beyond such trifles as constitutional guarantees to 'the real issue'--just how much regulation is needed to 'prevent the killings and violence that plague our country today.' " ... |
President To Author: Your Book Is Unpatriotic
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"As far as the nation knows, President Bush does not keep a Richard Nixon-style 'enemies list.' If he did, though, Gabe Hudson might well be on it."
"Hudson's new collection of short stories, 'Dear Mr. President' (Knopf, $19), has made him a favorite of book critics, fellow writers and lots of readers. But the book, it seems, has had the opposite effect on the commander in chief."
"If Hudson is telling the truth - and there's no reason to think he isn't - Bush recently sent the young author a two-paragraph note, complete with his own review of 'Dear Mr. President.' " ...
"That's not all. Hudson says FBI agents have been hanging around at his recent book readings, and the book's website (Gabehudson.com) is apparently being monitored by the government." ... |
KY: Student charged after bringing gun to school
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"A Graves County High School sophomore has been charged with unlawful possession of a weapon on school grounds after an unloaded pistol was found with his belongings." ...
" 'It's just my opinion, but I don't think anyone was in immediate danger. At least one student stood tall and did what they were supposed to do,' Bushart said of Wednesday's incident. 'I wanted the kids to know how proud we are that a student felt comfortable enough to come forward and let us take care of it. They have to be our eyes and ears.' " ... |
UK: Hero cop kicks gun from boy, 13
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"An armed policeman was forced into a chilling stand-off with a 13-year-old boy who was aiming a gun at the officer."
"His life in danger, the officer was cleared to open fire, but in a split-second decision elected to karate-kick the firearm from the schoolboy's hand." ...
"The boy's weapon turned out to be a BB gun - indistinguishable from the real thing and available over-the-counter without restriction in shops throughout London." ...
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CA: Merced deputies get new guns
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"Deputy B.J. Jones has no reservations about trusting his life with the new handgun that he has been issued by the Merced County Sheriff's Department."
" 'It's simple. It works,' said Jones, who is the department's rangemaster and armorer, and serves on the Special Weapons and Tactics team."
"It was his research that convinced the department to switch from Baretta to Glock handguns. The Glock is lighter, carries more rounds... and has less recoil when firing, which increases accuracy." ... |
Senator Ernest F. Hollings favors �Locking Cockpit Doors'
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"America can prevent another airplane hijacking by following the lead of the Israeli airline El Al, which puts up impenetrable cockpit doors with one rule: once the door is secured, it is never opened in flight. Period."
"Should a threatening disturbance in the cabin occur, as happened on Sept. 11, no one can enter the cockpit. The plane will land as quickly as possible, and the troublemakers will be taken off to jail."
"No one has hijacked an El Al plane in 30 years." ...
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FL: ;Ashamed' Officer Loses Gun
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"A city police officer faces a possible suspension for losing his fully loaded handgun Wednesday, officials said."
"The police-issued weapon remained missing late Thursday and the department is 'deeply concerned,' a spokesman said." ... |
NY: Man assaulted by gun confiscators had permits for all weapons - plans to sue police dept.
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QUEENS, NEW YORK -- "Queens prosecutors 'jumped the gun' when they charged an auxiliary cop with stockpiling weapons in his Forest Hills home, a lawyer for the man said yesterday."
"Phillip Bernstein - charged with 82 felony counts for illegally possessing an 'arsenal' of 16 firearms, including shotguns, handguns and assault rifles in July - pleaded guilty to just a disorderly conduct charge Oct. 4 after prosecutors realized he had gun permits for all the weapons."
"Judge Dorothy Chin-Brandt ordered Bernstein to pay $60 in court costs, keep out of trouble for a year and stay away from his former girlfriend."
"A dispute with the girlfriend - who said he'd pulled a gun on her - led cops to confiscate the weapons from Bernstein's home June 26."
"Defense lawyer Brian Griffin said the DA should have acted sooner to clear the name of his client, a lawyer who moonlights as an auxiliary cop and is also a certified firearm safety instructor and antique gun collector."
" 'It's clear that he was never a danger to anybody,' Griffin said."
"Bernstein, who spent nearly a month in jail on $100,000 cash bail, plans to file a multimillion dollar lawsuit against the police department for illegally entering his home and against the district attorney for malicious prosecution, his lawyer said." |
UK: "Blair's war on dirty streets"
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More totalitarian silliness from the nation of subjects: Not content with gun control, socialist Brit leaders impose gum control� |
NJ: Image of accused sniper appears in Democrat's campaign ad
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"John Allen Muhammad, accused in the sniper killings, has made his political debut. His image is appearing in a gun control commercial that an underdog Democrat hopes to ride to victory in New Jersey."
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I forgot, they're DEMOCRATS...... |
NY: Agent Indicted In Death Of Drug Suspect
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A Drug Enforcement Administration agent has been indicted in the shooting death of a drug suspect in Brooklyn.
The agent, Jude Tanella, was charged with first-degree manslaughter, Brooklyn prosecutors announced Friday. If convicted, he faces up to 25 years in prison.
The shooting occurred on May 1 following a car chase involving the victim, Egbert Dewgard. The suspect had crashed his car and was trying to flee on foot when Tanella, his gun drawn, tackled him, authorities said.
Grand jury witnesses testified that during an ensuing struggle, Tanella shot Dewgard in the back.
A call to the DEA was not immediately returned. |
Maryland's Violent Crime Rate Now Second Highest, Under Dems
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"Under the Democratic leadership of Gov. Parris Glendening and Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, the State of Maryland has notched the second highest violent crime rate in the nation according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Uniform Crime Report for 2001."
"According to the FBI report, there were 783 violent criminal acts committed per every 100,000 citizens in Maryland during the course of the 2001 calendar year. Florida topped the category with 797.2 per 100,000." ... |
WA: Gun shop probe widens
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"U.S. Sen. Patty Murray (D-Shoreline) and five colleagues are demanding more information about past investigations at the Tacoma gun shop linked to the rifle used in the East Coast sniper attacks."
"The Bushmaster .223-caliber rifle vanished from Bull's Eye Shooter Supply without a paper trail, apparently along with hundreds of other weapons." ... |
CA: City revokes gun laws, deferring to state
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PIEDMONT, CALIFORNIA -- "The City Council last week approved the first reading of an ordinance that revokes sections of the City Code related to gun control."
"The move came despite councilman Abe Friedman's reservations. 'We haven't heard from any members of the community regarding problems with this particular ordinance,' he said."
"By a 4-1 vote, council members revoked gun-control laws that have been superseded by state statutes. These laws included requirements for trigger locks on the sale of fire arms, as well as a comprehensive ordinance involving the prohibition of 'Saturday night specials' and sales of 'junk guns.' " ... |
UK: Bid to clamp down on airguns
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"THE RSPCA is backing a new Bill to clamp down on lethal air guns which kill and maim hundreds of animals each year."
"Children as young as 14 can currently use air guns unsupervised as long as they are in a controlled environment, but many youngsters take their guns on to the streets to threaten and intimidate passers-by, or to take pot-shots at pets."
"A police spokesman said there were 'too frequent' incidents of children mis-using the guns." ... |
UK: Fatal attraction of gun culture
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"Police have released CCTV footage of a 13-year-old boy pointing a fake gun directly at an armed officer."
"Officers say the stand-off between armed police and the boy in Brixton illustrates the dangers posed by London's 'gun culture'."
"Senior police officers say it is becoming impossible to tell the difference between real and fake guns." ... |
Fingerprint the Person, not the Gun
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Letter: "I believe that a person who chooses to own a gun should be able to do so. But I also have a 6-year-old son whose right to life is so valuable to me that in the name of local and national security, I would be willing to be fingerprinted for the protection of all. A person who has not committed a crime has nothing to worry about." ...
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Great. Go get fingerprinted. Just don't expect the rest of us to surrender our rights because you don't even understand your own. |
Schumer aims for gun database
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"U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer of New York is [still] pushing federal legislation that would establish a national ballistics database he contends could help police quickly trace the origin of new guns used in crimes."
"Schumer came to Albany on Thursday seeking support for the plan, which is being bolstered by a number of federal lawmakers and top law enforcement officials in the wake of the recent sniper shootings." ...
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Licensing gun owners is unlikely to stop terrorism (letter)
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"Although I support licensing gun owners in a similar fashion to those who choose to drive automobiles, I question the level of thought that Adam Bloom puts into his support of anti-gun legislation (Opinion, 'On Guns and Lies,' Oct. 30, 2002). By relying on clich�s and analogies, he accepts a priori the constitutionality of the measures he endorses." ... |
The disarming of 'Arming America'
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"Does the sudden resignation of professor Michael Bellesiles from Emory University in Atlanta signify a modification in university values? Is the American university turning its back on change, on progress?" ... |
Japan: 75-year-old taxi driver stabbed to death in robbery
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No guns, still crime...
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"A 75-year-old taxi driver died of stab wounds after a passerby found him bleeding profusely behind his parked taxi on a road in Higashi-Kurume, western Tokyo, early Friday morning, police said."
"Takeo Saito, who lives in Koto Ward, Tokyo, was rushed to hospital after he was discovered at about 5:15 a.m., but was pronounced dead about an hour later, they said."
"As Saito's earnings are missing, police have set up a special task force to investigate the case as a murder-robbery." ...
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"New Research 'Shoots Down' Concealed-Carry Claims"
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"Whenever concealed-carry permit holders go awry, as Robert S. Flores did Oct. 28 when he carried five handguns and 200 rounds of ammunition into a University of Arizona nursing school and killed three teachers and himself, the gun lobby and its supporters call it an aberration. While the incident in Tucson was unfortunate, they say, it must be measured against what they claim is concealed-carry laws' greater good: They deter crime." ...
Here's the kicker, which will surely fall on its face when held to the light of honest, critical review:"While there might have been some superficial statistical evidence that supported Lott when he did his initial work, now that we've got the experience of the `90s behind us, we see that we'd gotten these huge drops in crime everywhere--much bigger in the states that did not adopt these laws," Donohue told Join Together Online. He said that supporters of concealed-carry laws "are not enthusiastic about noting that crime fell more in the states that didn't adopt these laws. So they just look at the states that passed them and say, `Look at how crime fell.' " We sure look forward to seeing Mr. Lott's response to these people's work. If their "research" is anything like Emory professor Michael Bellesiles', they might consider looking for new work. |
MI: "Trick-Or-Treaters Dodge Gunfire"
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"Police report, one man was arrested immediately, but the other ran and exchanged gunfire with an officer, sending children and their parents running for cover."
" 'He turned the corner, the perpetrator fired one time at him ... and the officer returned fire,' said police Lt. Gregory Plummer."
"Investigators are looking into complaints from parents in the area at the time of the shots, who say a dangerous gunfight should never have happened in the middle of Halloween trick-or-treating." ... |
Canada: Lockdown drills a sign of growing up in the gun age
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"A Code 3 alert blared through Garibaldi secondary school in Maple Ridge this week, sending students scurrying into the nearest classroom, where they crouched on the floor to avoid bullets while teachers locked doors and windows and pulled down blinds."
"There was no shooter. The students in this post-Columbine, post-Washington-sniper era were simply preparing for the horrors of the modern world in the same way they practise for other emergencies, such as fires, earthquakes or bombs." ...
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OH: Ballot issue over armed officer in school aims to nix him
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The anti-gunners always say you don't need a gun, dial 911. They always say that police officers should be trusted with firearms over citizens because they get "better training". We all know these excuses are a crock. But get this:
In a small suburb of Cleveland Ohio, a ballot initiative seeks to prohibit the city from using a federal grant to put a full time officer in the High School. Why? Because he carries a .40 handgun?!?!? What about the dare officers' gun? Beam me Up. |
UK: Two jailed in training camp case
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Thunder Ranch?, Gunsite? Are you paying attention?...(U.S. Politicians are wanting to bring these type of prosecutions to gun ("assault weapons") owners by calling them a Militia member, then off to jail)... |
The Real Lesson of the DC Sniper
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... "I believe the DC Sniper killings were one of those harbingers, and it is a lesson we ignore at our own peril. A lesson that our children are not really safe after all." ... |
NY: "Election 2002 candidate review"
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"Three-term incumbent Democrat Carolyn McCarthy is taking on Republican challenger and political novice Marilyn O'Grady in the race for the Fourth Congressional District seat. Toughening up gun laws is still one of McCarthy's chief priorities." ... |
A Closer Watch on Guns?
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"Despite episodes such as the murder of 10 people in the Washington (D.C.) area during the first three weeks of October by two snipers, gun owners see no problems with the nation's gun laws -- and they don't want anyone to mess with their rights. That's the conclusion from the responses of more than 6,000 readers to our Reader Survey on this topic posted on Oct. 24." ...
CONGRATULATIONS...
A good percentage of those respondents went from our website to that BusinessWeek survey. |
Lax Border Control Manifests Itself as More Violence Against Americans
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"It is this reporter's opinion that had the FBI and the INS done their jobs, the innocent sniper victims would be alive today. Current policy on illegal immigration in America is a bungled, confused mess."
"Following the sniper killing spree, we've been able to determine the following: John Williams Muhammad was engaged in the smuggling of illegal aliens into our nation." ... |
America Must Choose: Open Borders Or Civil Liberties
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" 'They are coming after us, they want to execute attacks. ... The threat environment today is as bad as it was the summer before Sept. 11.' "
"In his appearance before the congressional joint intelligence committees, CIA Director George J. Tenet asserted that prior to 9/11 he was convinced that Osama bin Laden was planning to kill Americans, 'and we reported these threats urgently.' " ... |
IL: A reliable foe of concealed carry
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"Joe Birkett's position on gun issues walks and talks like a duck."
"But he assures us it's not a duck."
"Phew."
"Birkett asserts that he does not support a gun owner's right to carry a concealed weapon in Illinois. When asked by the Tribune editorial board whether he supports concealed-carry laws, Birkett replied: 'No, I don't.' " ... |
PA: Police scolded as Bush protester acquitted
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"A man arrested during a local appearance by President Bush got his protest sign back, and police got a scolding, at a hearing this morning."
"District Justice Shirley Rowe Trkula dismissed a disorderly conduct charge against Bill Neel, 65, of Butler, without any defense witnesses having to testify."
"Neel was arrested because he refused to move to a fenced-in area for protesters before Bush's Labor Day appearance at a union picnic in Neville." ...
"Trkula said none of Neel's actions rose to the level of disorderly conduct, and beyond that, he had a right to express his point of view." ... |
UK: 'Five-year penalty' for carrying gun
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"People who carry guns should face at least five years in jail, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner has said."
"Sir John Stevens also told the Metropolitan Police Authority (MPA) that there should be a "tough policy" towards illegal firearms, similar to one enforced in New York in the mid-1980s."
"His remarks follow a huge rise in the number of reported incidents involving firearms in London."
"In the last quarter of this year, armed officers were called out 5,500 times - an increase of 38 per cent on the same period last year." ... |
Disarming Bellesiles
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"Michael Bellesiles contends he challenged 'received truth' in his award-winning 2000 book, 'Arming America: The Origins of a National Gun Culture.' A distinguished panel of his peers, however, has concluded that Mr. Bellesiles invented his version of the 'truth.' " ... |
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