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Australia: PM: "Ludicrous for ordinary people to have guns"
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"It was ludicrous that ordinary people in Australia should have access to handguns, Prime Minister John Howard said today."
"Mr Howard said he supported the concept of police, security industry workers and sporting shooters having such weapons."
" 'But other than that you don't need a handgun, and I think most people would agree with that,' he told Adelaide radio station 5DN today."
" 'It's just ludicrous that people should have access, and a lot of them do. The rules are too lax.' "
"Mr Howard said he did not want to see Australia go down the American path where guns were 'worshipped'." ... |
Australia: Handguns to be banned, buyback likely
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"Most semi-automatic handguns and all large-calibre revolvers will be banned from all but military, law enforcement and security purposes."
"The move, announced last night after an Australasian Police Ministers Council meeting in Darwin, could result in a national handgun buyback scheme."
"The council also agreed to accelerate uniform national standards for registering and tracking firearms and to develop a system for staggered access to sporting handgun shooters based on training, experience and event participation."
"A list of handguns to be banned is yet to be formalised but it would be likely to include semi-automatics in calibres of 9mm, .40 and .45, and revolvers chambered for .44 and .357 rounds."
"Restricting the types of handguns that can be imported or possessed for target shooting to those used in events such as the Olympics will require a recovery and disposal process for the weapons which fall outside those classifications." ... |
FL: Firearms proposals sadly misguided
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"Marianne Means' column, 'Sniper has given gun issues new intensity' (Oct. 19), and Clarence Page's column, 'Technology can help sides come together' (Oct. 21), misguidedly urge that either massive firearm 'fingerprinting' databases immediately be created regarding every newly manufactured firearm or that research be conducted regarding feasibility of such databases." ... |
Australia: Ministers to decide gun blacklist
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"TWO weeks after a student opened fire with licensed handguns at Monash University, police ministers today will consider which firearms should be banned under a nationwide crackdown."
"The Australasian Police Ministers Council meets in Darwin over the next two days and is expected to blacklist more than 250 different types of pistols, which the shooters lobby agrees could be removed from the community." ... |
Let's make this a safe one
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"Next Saturday, November 9, there will be several hundred thousand men and women going into the Minnesota forests armed with high caliber hunting rifles."
"They will be intent on harvesting upwards of 100,000 white-tailed deer which will be converted into steaks, roasts, stews and 'burger." ... |
MI: Gun safety video attracting interest
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"Police departments and education groups from throughout the state are requesting a new gun safety videotape produced by Lansing police and Michigan's largest teacher's union."
"Michigan Education Association officials say about 70 police departments have ordered 'Scotty the Skateboard,' a 6 1/2-minute animated feature promoting gun safety that debuted a little more than a week ago." ... |
AZ: Proposed gun shop raises concern
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"A battle is brewing in west Chandler over a gun shop under construction about 100 feet from a day care center."
"The Weapons Showroom is set to start selling pistols, rifles and alarm systems early next year, but parents who take their children to Triple R Child Care on the northwest corner of 56th Street and Chandler Boulevard want the store to take root elsewhere." ... |
Officials' Immunity - The Tie to Tyranny
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One of the circumstances in which a few believe the Constitution doesn't apply to them is the state of "official immunity". And who are these few who believe themselves above the law? Why, they are the very ones charged with seeing that "equality of the law" and the unalienable rights of the people are protected at all costs, even to the extent of declaring war against any country (government) that attempts to force surrender of the rights. |
CA: Lockyer covering up DOJ report
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"A gun ban lobby proposal to establish a ballistics imaging computer database will be introduced this legislative session by state Senator Jack Scott (D-Altadena). State Attorney General Bill Lockyer, who apparently supports the proposal, has recently tried to dispute a research report by his own DOJ ballistics experts, and reportedly has gagged those experts from expressing their professional opinions publicly. The report is posted at www.nssf.org." ... |
IL: Blagojevich Gun Grab Scheme Bolstered By Court Decision
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"A decision rendered today by the Illinois Appellate Court, 1st District, is seen as a huge boost to efforts by Chicago Mayor Daley and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Rod Blagojevich to ban private firearm ownership in Illinois."
"The appellate court decision allows Chicago's landmark $433 million lawsuit against area gun shops to go forward. In that lawsuit, the City of Chicago faults gun shops for selling firearms to people who 'dress like gang bangers.' " ... |
Australia: Couple face gun charges
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"AN elderly Port Macquarie couple arrested over firearm offences in an undercover police operation last month faced Port Macquarie Local Court on Monday."
"James Frederick Bennie, 65, and 71-year-old Dallas Rose Borger, of Glen Ewan Rd, Port Macquarie appeared before magistrate Wayne Evans in relation to five firearm charges."
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So while the government is busy outlawing more guns and making more potential victims, illegal gun rings supply criminals with their wares. |
Canada: Toronto violence spurs gun-control pleas (another report)
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"A drive-by shooting that capped a third straight bloody weekend Sunday left nerves frayed and politicians clamouring for stricter gun laws in Canada's largest city."
"Three men were driving on Highway 401 after a visitation Sunday for two brothers killed in a hail of gunfire a week earlier when their car was strafed by bullets." ... |
Guns in the Wrong Hands
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"In the outpouring of commentary about the Washington, D.C.-area sniper rampage, one fact was almost completely ignored: John Allen Muhammad... once was a member of the U.S. armed forces. This is hardly an indictment of the military, which plays an honorable and indispensable role in protecting our nation and liberties. But it illustrates the fallacy, much cherished by anti-gun activists, that firearms are in 'safe' hands when the military and police possess them exclusively." ... |
Australia: States won't pay gun buyback bill
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"STATE and territory police ministers have refused to help fund the commonwealth's proposed handgun buyback, saying the $15 million that remains in federal coffers after the 1996 Port Arthur rifle buyback should be used to cover the costs."
"While in broad agreement that most types of handguns should be banned, the state and territory ministers attending the Australian Police Ministers Conference in Darwin yesterday complained the federal Government's 27-point list was too vague." ... |
NM: State to Decide if 'Idiots' Can Vote
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"New Mexico voters will decide on Tuesday whether they want 'idiots' and 'insane persons' to vote in their state."
" 'There are so many varieties of mental illness with people who are perfectly capable of making a decision,' said Bureau of Elections official Denise Lamb."
" 'I'm more worried about unstable people with guns than I am about unstable people voting,' Lamb said."
" 'I think it's good to bring your Constitution more in line with reality,' she said." ... |
FL: Deal lets Orlando ex-cop avoid battery conviction
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"Former Orlando police Officer James Howard struck a deal in court Monday that allowed him to avoid a criminal conviction for sexual battery stemming from an incident last year with a prostitute."
"Last April, Howard was charged with coercing a prostitute into performing oral sex while he was in his police cruiser and on the job."
"On Monday, 32-year-old Howard agreed to the deal that dismissed the most serious charge: sexual battery by a law-enforcement officer, a first-degree felony."
"Howard, in exchange, pleaded no contest to receipt of unlawful compensation for official behavior, a third-degree felony similar to bribery, and solicitation to commit prostitution, a misdemeanor."
"After Howard entered the pleas, Circuit Judge John H. Adams withheld adjudication on both counts, meaning Howard will end up with no criminal convictions on his record in this case." ... |
FBI Agents 'Miffed' that Gun Owner Contacted Media
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"Jeff Brown of Gaithersburg, Md., was 'a little nervous' when he heard the voicemail message from an FBI agent on the sniper task force who wanted to 'visit' Brown at his home to check a .223 caliber semi-automatic rifle Brown purchased in 1993." ...
"So, when FBI Special Agent Greg Metzger and his partner arrived at Brown's home for their scheduled meeting, they were greeted by Brown and his wife, Mary, along with reporters and photographers from various media outlets." ... |
"Sportsmen can't ignore elections"
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" 'Gun owners who fail to vote are gun owners who vote to fail.' That thought-provoking sentence is on the cover of this month's 1st Freedom magazine. With election day here, it's imperative we vote for officials in favor of protecting our right to bear arms and enjoy the tradition of hunting." |
CA: Girl testifies against ex-cop
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"A 17-year-old girl testified Monday in Superior Court that former San Bernardino police Officer Ronald VanRossum fondled her breasts during a search after she was detained for carrying a BB gun." ...
"He allegedly slipped his hands under her shirt and placed them on top of her bra, fondling her breasts."
"I told him, 'Isn't a lady cop supposed to be doing that?' and he said, 'No. I'm a cop. I could do anything I want,' said the girl, identified in court as Jane Doe No. 8." ... |
Head of Tucson SWAT team arrested on DUI charge
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TUCSON, ARIZONA - "The head of the South Tucson Police Department's SWAT team has been arrested and charged with driving under the influence."
"Tucson police arrested Sgt. Richard Garcia, 41, late Sunday night after noticing two vehicles stopped in the middle of the road for no apparent reason."
"Investigating officers noticed Garcia had symptoms of intoxication and they arrested him for suspicion of DUI." ... |
FL: Expert witness disputes 'crime gun' theory
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"A Florida State University criminology professor testified Monday that the .25-caliber Raven used to kill teacher Barry Grunow is no more likely to be used in crimes than any other mass-produced handgun."
"Gary Kleck challenged data from the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms that flags the Raven handgun as one of the most frequently traced by the federal agency." ... |
DE: Federal civil rights suit goes to trial
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"Claymont man says he was abused by state police officer during raid"
"A federal civil rights trial opened Monday in which a Claymont man, whose dog was shot to death by officers during a Delaware State Police raid in 1999, claims he was abused by a trooper searching for a fugitive in a nine-day crime spree."
"Herbert J. Douglas Sr. claims that masked troopers on a manhunt broke into his home while searching for convicted car thief Brian Humphries, a teen wanted in connection with cases that included carjacking and leading police on a chase through Brandywine Hundred that day. A state police officer, Cpl. Blaine L. Quickel III, was seriously injured in a car crash as he rushed to join the chase." ...
"In opening statements in the trial in U.S. District Court in Wilmington, Douglas' attorney, Gary Aber, told jurors that Sgt. Patrick A. Ogden hit Douglas in the head with a heavy metal flashlight while Douglas sat on his bed." ...
" 'If Mr. Douglas had simply done as he was commanded to do, nothing need have ever happened,' [Deputy Attorney General Marc P.] Niedzielski told the jury." |
Court says Chicago can try linking crime, gun industry
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"Chicago won a major legal victory Monday when an Illinois appeals court ruled the city can sue gunmakers and dealers for creating a public nuisance with their products."
"The ruling came more than two years after a lower court dismissed the city's $433 million lawsuit against the gun industry." ... |
Attack Iran the Day Iraq War Ends, Demands Israel
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"ISRAEL�S Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has called on the international community to target Iran as soon as the imminent conflict with Iraq is complete."
"In an interview with The Times , Mr Sharon insisted that Tehran � one of the �axis of evil� powers identified by President Bush � should be put under pressure �the day after� action against Baghdad ends because of its role as a �centre of world terror�. He also issued his clearest warning yet that Israel would strike back if attacked by Iraqi chemical or biological weapons, no matter how much Washington sought to keep its controversial Middle Eastern ally out of any war in Iraq." ... |
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