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"Please allow me to blow some holes in Rep. Pat Jones� myth that 'many women feel much feel differently toward gun control from the way men do' as stated in Holly Mullen�s column, Salt Lake Tribune, Nov. 10." ...
"Third, firearms give meaning to that right where people, due to size, age, or infirmity, lack the physical strength to fight off those who would harm them. As a brochure for the Colt�s Patent Firearms Mfg. Co. put it, 'Have no fear of any man no matter what his size. When danger threatens call on me, and I shall equalize.' Or, as the pro-gun group, Women Against Gun Control, 'Ladies of High Caliber,' likes to proclaim, 'The Second Amendment is the Equal Rights Amendment.' ..." ... |
PA: Responses to "Gun control issue needs addressing"
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... "Please suggest to Mr. Welliver than he turn down his hearing aid a bit. Then he will not be able to hear those evil guns whispering to everyone ... (evil whisper voice) Pick me up and use me to kill someone � (end evil whisper voice)." ...
"I read with much amusement, the article about gun control by William Welliver. By his logic, I have now changed my stance about knives. There have been four incidents involving knives in my neighborhood within the last month." ...
"Although I understand your frustration at your local gun crimes, most people who own firearms are law abiding and would never use a firearm unlawfully. ..." ... |
NC: One bad night for mankind
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... "One way to possibly lessen the chances of it occurring again, though, is to get guns off the street."
"Don't laugh. I'm serious, even though it's such a quaint notion. The National Rifle Association has spent so much money convincing us that 'guns don't kill people; people do,' that talking about controlling access to guns for anyone makes one sound hopelessly naive or foolish."
"If proposing getting rid of guns is foolish, try this one on: We also ought to get rid of malevolent music, video games like 'Bulletproof' and violence-glorifying movies like Fitty's 'Get Rich -- or Die Trying.'" ...
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Submitter's Note: "Gun Supply": The lie that will not die. |
MS: One man dead, another charged in shooting (8th story)
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"The Jackson County Sheriff's Department is investigating a shooting Sunday that left Brian Howell dead and his friend, Richard Hinton, in jail."
"Sheriff Mike Byrd said Howell and Hinton went to get Hinton's ex-wife, who was with her boyfriend, Donald Sexton Sr., at Sexton's house on Yellow Bluff Road. Howell and Hinton, the sheriff said, had baseball bats and guns with them."
"Hinton allegedly fired into the trailer, but did not hit anyone. Byrd said it appears Sexton returned fire in self-defense and struck Howell in the head. ..."
"Hinton was charged with shooting into an occupied dwelling. Byrd said the case against Sexton will be presented to a grand jury, which will decide whether charges against him will be filed." |
IN: Homeowner�s brother shoots teenage intruder in Glen Park
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"A teenager who apparently broke into a Glen Park home Monday afternoon was seriously wounded when the resident�s brother fired at him with a shotgun, police said later."
"Officers responding to a burglary in progress arrived at 5043 Washington St., and heard gunshots inside the one-story home, police said."
"Seconds later, Detective Sean Jones found Allen Walker, 17, had been shot in the side."
"The homeowner�s brother, Johnny Yarbrough, 34, told police he shot Walker after the teen broke into the house, pointed a gun at his sister and demanded money."
"Yarbrough�s sister, Anita Yarbrough, and her 2-year-old grandson were inside the house but were not injured, police said." ... |
TX: Intruder fatally shot by gun-wielding homeowner
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A homeowner shot and killed an intruder who broke into a home near Memorial Park.
The suspect jumped a fence and broke through the side door of a town home on Lacy at Dettering just north of Memorial Drive. He had a baseball bat.
A man was home with his wife and child. He warned the intruder that he had a gun. That didn't stop him.
HPD's Mike Walker said, "(As he) began to make his way through the residence the homeowner secured his wife and child. As he tried to go upstairs he shot him."
The intruder died at the scene. Police say classify the case as a justifiable homicide.
Police are also checking out reports that the suspect may have had an accomplice. Witnesses heard a car speed off after the homeowner fired shots. |
GA: Armed resident holds criminal for police
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"Bill Mitchell ... turned the table on two burglars, holding one at gunpoint until police arrived."
"Barking dogs awoke Bill and Anne Mitchell around 1:30 Sunday morning. When Anne looked out, she saw two men in their backyard shed. ..."
"Anne ran for her husband, but what she did not know was Bill was already in the yard confronting one of the burglars. Bill Mitchell said 'I asked what he was doing. He kept running, and I just grabbed him when he ran by.'"
"Because of those [earlier neighborhood] robberies, Bill had shown Anne where he kept his pistol, and she went and got it. Anne Mitchell said, 'I said 'I got the gun honey, you want me to shoot him?' He said 'No, don't shoot him, just go call the Police.'" ... |
AL: Police Decline to Charge Self-Defense Shooter; Third Time in 12 Months (follow-up)
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"One man is dead after a fatal shooting and another is walking free, not likely to face charges."
"Police say 37 year old Wallace Jones got into a traffic accident with another man near Godfrey and Day Streets early Saturday morning. Investigators say Jones then threatened the other driver with a baseball bat."
"Then, the other driver pulled a gun and killed Jones. Now, police say they will not file charges against the shooter, instead sending the case to the grand jury."
"You may wonder how and why police came to that conclusion. The short answer is; self defense. It's not that uncommon a scenario. Police have declined to file charges at least three times in the last year." ... |
KY: Teen allegedly brings gun to Danville High School
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"A Danville High School student was arrested Monday after authorities found an unloaded handgun he allegedly brought to school."
"The 14-year-old-student, who was not identified because of his age, was taken into custody at the school Monday afternoon after other students told a teacher they had seen him with a gun."
"One student reportedly saw the weapon in a classroom and others said they saw the outline of the gun in the student's pants pocket, Assistant Danville Police Chief Tony Gray said." ... |
WA: White Swan schools locked down
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"White Swan middle and high schools went into lockdown Monday following a 14-year-old student's expulsion and arrest late last week." ...
"'Our primary focus for the lockdown is to make sure the students and staff on campus are safe,' Hall said. 'Even though it was a precaution, it was a step that we feel, as a district, was necessary.'" ...
"Last Thursday, a 14-year-old student was placed on emergency expulsion after being involved in a lunchtime fight ... After the fight, the boy left campus and allegedly threatened students while they were walking home, Hall said."
"According to local law enforcement, the boy also allegedly fired shots from a rifle near the school. He was arrested by Yakama Tribal Police ..." ... |
NJ: Two killed despite girl's 911 call
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"A 14-year-old girl called 911 to report an altercation between her mother and stepfather, but he fatally stabbed them both before police arrived, authorities said yesterday."
"The girl, eighth-grader Lisandra Casanova, told a police dispatcher her mother was being hit and to send help. When officers arrived seven minutes later, the teen and her mother, Yolanda Camacho, were dead on the kitchen floor, Atlantic County Prosecutor Jeffrey Blitz said." ... |
CA: L.A. Police Officer Arrested For Arson
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"An LAPD officer who called 911 early Sunday to report a fire at the Los Angeles Police Academy was arrested on suspicion of intentionally setting the blaze, authorities said Monday."
"The fire damaged part of the gymnasium and burned a small portion of a rock garden before firefighters could extinguish it, said Mary Grady, a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles Police Department."
"'After the Fire Department put it out, they became suspicious about the cause,' she said. 'Arson investigators believed it was deliberately set and began to question the statements by the officer.'"
"Officer Jonathan Sugar, 41, was taken into custody that morning." ... |
TX: Bomb site guard accused of selling sensitive military equipment
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"A federal worker entrusted with one of the most secretive jobs in U.S. government has been relieved of his duties as authorities investigate the disappearance of high-tech combat equipment used to help guard nuclear warheads as they are transported across the country from a West Texas bomb plant."
"At the sprawling Pantex Plant near Amarillo - the nation's only nuclear weapons assembly facility - federal agents are trying to determine whether an armed courier had help in acquiring and selling or trying to sell such items as laser aiming devices, a specialized rifle scope, body armor and 50-round ammunition drums for assault weapons." ... |
CA: Officer describes deadly chase -- Drug agent on trial for manslaughter in shooting of suspect
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"Mike Walker, the first California drug enforcement agent ever charged with killing someone in the line of duty, returned to the stand this morning for a second day of testimony and described the events that led to the death of Rudolfo 'Rudy' Cardenas."
"Walker's testimony came in the fourth week of his trial on voluntary manslaughter charges for killing Cardenas, a 43-year-old San Jose man who Walker had mistaken for a wanted fugitive. Walker is trying to show he acted in self defense, but prosecutors have called him a cowboy cop, whose reckless and rash behavior led to Cardenas' death."
"If convicted, Walker could face up to 11 years in state prison." ... |
MT: Police destroy dangerous weapons
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"Like an angry, roaring monster, the green machine chewed thousands of knives, brass knuckles and pistols to the size of party confetti and spit out the steel remains."
"A small crowd gathered at a steelyard near downtown Monday to witness the demolition of thousands of weapons Great Falls police have confiscated over the last three years." ...
"Reeves pointed out a brand new 9-mm firearm worth roughly $500. He held up a carefully welded sword four-feet in length and some nunchucks."
"The combined total value of the weapons stretches into the tens of thousands of dollars, Officer Noah Scott said." ... |
Scotland: Scottish police 'do not need' guns
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"THE routine equipping of police with firearms could trigger a wave of violence on Scotland's streets, the country's most senior police officer warned last night."
[Submitter's Note: Well, you know your officers better than we do. . .]
"Peter Wilson said a sudden rise in the number of armed officers would permanently alter Scotland's style of policing."
"Mr Wilson, the president of the Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland and chief constable of Fife Constabulary, said the service's firearms response capability was being "continually reviewed" - but ruled out a knee-jerk response to the murder in Bradford of police officer Sharon Beshenivsky." ... |
Scotland: More guns, more violence (Blog)
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"I have to admit, I've never, ever understood the reasoning which is routinely used by some to claim that more guns automatically equals more violence. It makes even less sense when the guns being talked about would be in the hands of police:" ...
"Now, there's no doubt that there'd be an alteration in the 'style' of policing. Yes, now when confronted with an armed criminal, the police too would be armed. Seems to be a net positive if you're a policeman."
"Scotland has 15,000 police, 750 of whom are armed. In crimes where a gun is reported to have been used, they routinely deploy some of these armed police as 'backup'."
"Backup? So it is the job of the other police to do what ... confront an armed perp while they're unarmed ..." ... |
Canada: RCMP understaffed and undertrained, auditor general finds
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"The RCMP are inadequately trained and so understaffed that they can't meet their federal responsibilities such as tackling organized crime, the federal auditor general says in a report." ...
"Fraser said the RCMP would soon be short hundreds of officers because their training facilities are inadequate and can't produce enough recruits to keep up with the demand."
"The centre in Regina can train 1,200 cadets a year, but the force needs at least 1,400 new recruits annually for the next four years, the report says."
"She also said the force often doesn't adequately fill in for Mounties who are on long-term absences, overburdening their colleagues and leaving them exposed to dangerous situations without access to backup." ... |
OH: More evidence of an ailing Cleveland Plain Dealer (BFA)
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"In the wake of news that subscriptions to the Cleveland Plain Dealer are off 4.46% in the past six months alone, the Associated Press is reporting further evidence that all is not well at The Plain Dealer, Ohio's largest newspaper."
"According to the report, The Plain Dealer is axing its Sunday Magazine because of rising expenses." ...
"Should it be any surprise that a business enterprise that so callously offends thousands upon thousands of law-abiding concealed handgun license-holders in its subscriber area by publishing their names as though they were convicted sex offenders is losing subscribers?" ... |
OH: Campaign spokesman: Doug White on Betty Montgomery's short-list for Lt. Gov. (BFA)
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"The Columbus Dispatch is reporting that anti-self-defense Betty Montgomery is trying to dampen rumors she will pull out of the race for the GOP nomination for governor by announcing that she has begun vetting candidates to become her running mate. For those who followed the intense battle to pass Ohio's concealed carry law (HB12), and those who have been forced to endure some of the most ridiculous provisions in the bill that eventually became law, one name on Montgomery's list is likely to raise even more questions about the viability of this campaign." ... |
FL: American Ammunition Ships 5.56 Rifle Ammunition to the United States Department of State
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"American Ammunition, Inc. announced today that it shipped 1,010,000 rounds of 5.56 rifle ammunition to the United States Department of State. The shipment was shipped pursuant to an order under the multiyear federal contract with the U.S. Department of State. The ammunition is destined for the Government of Colombia, its end user. All of the necessary permits and clearances were obtained prior to shipment."
"'The shipment of the 5.56 rifle ammunition is a fulfillment of part of the effort by AAMI to continue to compete for governmental contract orders. This area shows great growth potential,' said Paul Goebel, National Sales and Marketing Director of American Ammunition, Inc." ... |
WI: Bill�s very special hunt
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"Bill Briggs shot a doe with a crossbow a week ago Sunday during bow season, and then he shot a 10-point buck on the second day of the gun season
And without knowing the whole story, some may say he was lucky, others may say he was in the right place at the right time, and others may say 'Yeah, so?'"
"An avid outdoorsman, Briggs has been hunting his whole life. He hasn�t even let amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig�s disease, keep him from his deer stand."
"Bill was diagnosed with ALS in 1984."
"'He has limited mobility with his hands and it�s tough for him to shoot a gun,' Bill�s wife Michele explained. Michele speaks for Bill as the disease makes it difficult for him to communicate." ... |
WI: No hands doesn't stop deer hunter
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"Deer hunter Ernie Englund didn't have a steady hand as he spotted the buck walking slowly through the woods Saturday afternoon."
"But Englund stayed calm, patiently tracking the animal on the first day of gun deer season."
"Finally, at about 70 yards, he pulled the trigger on his Remington 1100 rifle -- with the hook at the end of his prosthetic left arm."
"'It was a heart shot,' said Englund, 30, showing off the eight-point buck that will turn into venison steaks, chops and sausage."
"'I've seen more than a dozen deer that if I had arms I probably would have been able to shoot them,' Englund, a Kenosha high school teacher, said from the 'Little Ponderosa,' a cabin on Madson Road just south of U.S. 151." ... |
MT: Deer hunting and harvest slightly down, bird harvest up
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"After a slow start earlier in this fall�s big-game season, hunter success in northeastern and north-central Montana has risen in the second half of the season. And while fewer upland bird hunters are going afield in Region 6, they are having more success than last year."
"Those are early conclusions from Al Rosgaard, the wildlife biologist who manages the Havre check station. The station, located on U.S. Highway 2 east of Havre, is the only location in Region 6 that collects biological data from hunters. Biologists determine the age and sex of deer, elk, antelope as well as waterfowl and upland game birds." ... |
AK: UAF Rifle Takes Down Murray State
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"The University of Alaska Fairbanks rifle team continued its success on the road Monday afternoon with a victory over Murray State. The Nanooks outshot Murray State 4,721-4,648."
"UAF dominated both disciplines posting scores of 2,352-2,320 in the smallbore and 2,369-2,328 in the air rifle."
"The match marked the Nanooks fourth consecutive victory under first year head coach Dan Jordan."
"'Things went really well,' said Jordan. 'Everyone is starting to settle in for the year and figuring out how to perform when they need to.'" ... |
PA: Big bruins bagged on first day of season
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"Bob Price fulfilled a 15-year quest to take a Pennsylvania black bear on Monday, when lots of luck and a little fancy shooting created the perfect hunting combination."
"Price, of South Whitehall Township, overslept Monday morning and didn't arrive at his hunting location on State Game Lands 141 in Carbon County until 7:30 a.m. � more than an hour after legal shooting hours began."
"Although he was kicking himself over the late start, Price didn't get more than 50 yards from his truck when he saw something black moving along a wooded hillside along the Lehigh River."
"'I was in the right place at the right time,' said Price, who quickly realized the black spot was a bear." ... |
ID: Nonresident Idaho deer tags sold out
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The Idaho Department of Fish and Game says that all of the nonresident deer tags have been sold out for the season.
10,900 tags were available to nonresidents.
It's the first time the tags have sold out since the price was raised substantially in 1994. This year, it cost nonresidents just under $260 to get a deer tag.
Idaho residents may still buy tags, though most rifle seasons in the south are over for the year.
Whitetail deer hunting is still open, mostly in the northern part of the state. |
Canada: Pair escape shooters in Regent Park attack
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"Two men narrowly missed being shot yesterday afternoon as two gunmen firing their weapons chased them through a Regent Park parking lot."
"The would-be victims were saved by a parked minivan they skirted behind to elude the gunmen.
The Mercury took the brunt of the attack on Sackville St. south of Gerrard St. at around 4:40 p.m."
"The driver and passenger windows were shattered, a bullet ricocheted off the windshield, the driver's side mirror was pierced, and the driver's door was left pock-marked by slugs."
"The van, which had a baby seat in the rear, was empty at the time of the shooting." ... |
UK: Mum backs call for gun amnesty
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"GUN campaigner Linda Mitchell today called on police chiefs to enforce a countrywide gun amnesty to take the lethal weapons off the streets."
"The Roker mum, whose son was nearly killed when he was shot in the face with a pellet gun, wants to send a message to parents thinking of buying air guns or pellet guns for Christmas gifts."
"Speaking after Fraser Kemp made the call for an amnesty in the House of Commons, Linda also wants the other Wearside MPs to join the campaign." ...
"Linda, 41, of Beatrice Street, whose son Micah was shot in the face four years ago, said: 'The last one we had was in 2003, it's about time we had another one. We have to be doing everything possible to get these guns off the streets.'" ... |
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