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Report: 40% of criminals acquire guns from friends or relatives
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"During the same period, the percentage of those inmates who bought or traded for their gun at a pawn shop, flea market, or retail outlet fell from 21% to 14%. That shift is due in part to the passage of tougher gun control laws during the 1990s, including the 1993 Brady Bill that imposed nationwide background checks on buyers," said the report's author, Caroline Wolf Harlow.
[KABA NOTE: Although this and the related article both cite AP as their source, the articles vary on some points.] |
Criminals Getting Guns From Friends
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Note how this article says nothing about how increased prosecution and sentencing has anything to do with the mentioned shift.
"More gun-carrying criminals are turning to friends and family for their weapons rather than buying them at stores, gun shows or flea markets, the Justice Department reported Sunday..."
[KABA NOTE: Although this and the related article both cite AP as their source, the articles vary on some points.] |
On Second Amendment, Earley's Number One (VA)
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Whether Virginians elect Republican Mark Earley or Democrat Mark Warner as governor on Tuesday, one political reality is very clear when it comes to Second Amendment issues in Virginia. Politicians court anti-gun groups at their peril. |
Court to Wield Power in Terror Hunt
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WASHINGTON (AP) - It meets for a few days each month in a windowless room in the Justice Department basement, a highly secretive court that can shape how the government spies on some U.S. residents.
Already viewed warily by civil libertarians, the court will grow more powerful as a result of the tougher anti-terrorism laws President Bush signed into law last month.... |
Fresno official sues the state over ban on "assault weapons" (CA)
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Fresno District Attorney Ed Hunt is taking the unusual step of suing the state attorney general to overturn the regulations behind California's stringent 1999 ban on assault weapons.
Mr. Hunt, in his 19th year as chief prosecutor, says that the rules are so vague that police, gun dealers, prosecutors and gun owners cannot figure out which weapons are banned.
Mr. Hunt's suit asks the court to send the regulations back to the California Department of Justice for clarification. |
ACLU: Face-recognition systems won't work
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As U.S. airports begin installing face-recognition systems to thwart terrorism in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks, civil rights activists are rushing to decry the technology as ineffective and invasive.
The American Civil Liberties Union on Thursday derided the use of face-recognition software in airports, saying it doesn't work and "offers us neither order nor liberty." |
Analysts Ponder Influence of Second Amendment Ruling
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JoinTogether.org -- "An appellate court has broken from 62 years of precedent and concluded that the 2nd Amendment guarantees an individual right to gun ownership. Some legal observers, however, are skeptical about the influence of this decision."
"Now that the Fifth Circuit has broken the string, what will the effect be?"
"Did they have an effect in influencing the court to address the issue as a side matter?" |
Families of Xerox Shooting Victims File Lawsuits
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Xerox Corp., a convicted gunman and his doctors are being sued by the families of seven workers shot to death in 1999 while working at Xerox's warehouse in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Three separate lawsuits were filed against Xerox for failing to take adequate measures to protect employees. The lawsuits also hold responsible several hospitals, clinics, and doctors who treated Uyesugi for his mental-health problems. The suits claim that medical personnel did not do enough to prevent the shootings. |
Books for Toy Guns Exchange Catches-on
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Three years ago Tonya's son pointed a toy gun at her and pulled the trigger. "I killed you, Mom."
It was shortly after that incident that she conceived an idea that has turned into a mission: trading her son's toy gun collection for books and other nonviolent toys.
The idea was so popular that a schoolwide "buyback" program was held last spring. Now, the program is spreading to 7 other Canton schools and has become among the most ambitious "toy gun buyback" programs in the country. |
Gun Control Debate between MMM founder Mary Leigh Blek and Dr. John Lott
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A gun control debate between Mary Leigh Blek, founder of the Million Mom March, and Dr. John Lott, Yale law professor and author of More Guns, Less Crime: Understanding Crime and Gun Control
Moderated by Charles Jaco of KMOX Radio, Wednesday, November 28, 2001, at 7:00PM, at the Melvin Price Convocation Center, at McKendree College, 701 College Road, Lebanon, IL.
Admission is free, but space is limited! See link for RSVP form, or call 618.537.6863 or 314.436.3301 ext.6863 |
Cunningham Pushes Discharge Petition for Gun Bill
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Cunningham Pushes Discharge Petition for Gun Bill Bid to Let Retired Cops Carry Firearms Puts Him at Odds With Judiciary Chairman Sensenbrenner. In a rare move, Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham (R-CA) will begin circulating a discharge petition this week designed to force Judiciary Chairman Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI) to release his hold on a gun bill.
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The Press Spins Self-Serving Myths
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The ground war is finally heating up--no, not the one in Afghanistan, the one in the Pentagon and White House briefing rooms. The brief era of good feelings between the media and the military is already turning sour as journalists complain about being kept in the dark and off the frontlines. They take it as an article of faith that they can be trusted to inform the public without damaging the war effort.
...with so much at stake in this war, journalists should be wary of confusing the public's 'right to know' with their own 'right to break a story'. |
Students "Safety" goal of "Tip" Line
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Oklahoma City, OK -- Since mid-October, in the halls and classrooms of Capitol Hill [High School], students have seen a phone number they can call to report violence, drugs, harassment "or anything that makes them feel unsafe".
"Many of the 1,600 students ... are aware of the importance of reporting dangerous activity, including other students carrying weapons," [Principal James Paschall] said. "Our students are very aware of weapons and protecting their safety." |
Senior travelers urged to plan for new airline restrictions
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Airport restrictions put in place after Sept. 11 can be challenging, especially for older travelers who carry adaptive equipment and medical supplies.
Travelers with disabilities may experience intensive baggage searches. Their canes, walkers and removable equipment on wheelchairs may be taken apart and scanned. And carry-on medications are likely to be thoroughly examined and even confiscated if not properly labeled and documented. |
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