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AGS Radio Ad Urges DOJ to Reconsider Terrorism/Guns Ruling
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Americans for Gun Safety (AGS) today released a radio ad criticizing the Department of Justice for its decision to thwart attempts by the FBI to use the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) database to investigate and prosecute suspected terrorists. The ad will begin running on drive-time radio in Washington on Monday.

"The Justice Department is guilty of not enforcing the nation's gun laws as they pertain to suspected terrorists," said AGS President Jonathan Cowan.

U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Gun Penalty Challenge Submitted by: NewslinksDirector Website: http://www.KeepAndBearArms.com/FORUMS	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to consider the fairness of federal prison terms in gun cases. The case has implications for many inmates given longer sentences because a firearm was involved. The question for justices: whether juries or judges should decide if someone brandished or discharged a weapon while committing a crime.

Customer Acts Odd? U.S. Wants to Know
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The "terrorists' shopping list" includes missiles, grenades, grenade launchers, other munitions; aircraft parts; computer encryption devices; ...and items that might be used to manufacture or deliver such weapons.

Customs agents will visit 300 companies in the next few months and "will start knocking on doors" Monday.

If companies identify a suspicious customer, they should call the Customs Service Office of Investigations at 1.800.232.5378

LA, New Orleans: Arm the Coeds
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"There has been a spate of robberies and sexual assaults aimed at university coeds in uptown New Orleans. ... The reaction on the part of the police authorities is the usual blather about being �street smart,� not carrying a weapon, not resisting, and not venturing out at night. If going unarmed was such great advice, why don�t they follow it themselves? ..."

-by Walter Block & William Barnett II

Fearful Americans Shun Liberties Lobby
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"Mindful that most citizens don't believe their rights are in jeopardy, and that most even seem willing to accept future invasions of their privacy, Democrats in Washington are generally saying as little as possible - rather than risk being tagged by the public as wimps on terrorism."

"I've never seen anything like it before," said John Zogby, a nonpartisan pollster. "The willingness to give up personal liberties is stunning, because the level of fear is so high."

Television Manages Us Because We're So Easy Submitted by: NewslinksDirector Website: http://www.KeepAndBearArms.com/FORUMS	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"The gibbering box dulls the mind. You get used to it. You forget what it is doing, and how well it does it. Until you are away from it for a while... "Recently I resubscribed... The experience was startling � though nothing had changed. I had just forgotten how appallingly propagandistic it was, how didactic, how gnawingly relentless in inculcating its messages." --Fred Reed

UK: Moves To Lock Up Mental Patients Are 'Orwellian'
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A new study suggests 6 people will have to be detained to prevent 1 act of violence. Researchers say "forecasting dangerousness cannot be done with any accuracy."

The Home Office and Dept. of Health announced proposals to reduce the public risk of people "said to have a dangerous severe personality disorder" (DSPD), including keeping individuals locked up if they presented a risk to the public and indeterminate detention in criminal and civil proceedings.

Lebanon: Hrawi says announcement of ban on gun licenses imminent
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Defense Minister Khalil Hrawi said Friday that a statement would be issued very soon, probably before Dec. 24, announcing the cancellation of all firearms licences, pending new regulations that confine such permits to �justified and pressing� cases.

He indicated that there were around 35,000 such licences at present and that the figure was �high for a country like Lebanon.� Hrawi said it was possible that this figure be significantly reduced next year.

FL: Man (badguy) shot, killed during robbery attempt Submitted by: SASister	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
This is not a self-defense story as you'd think. Thug#1 shot thug#2 while assaulting and attempting to rob the victim. Thug#1 was charged with third-degree murder and aggravated battery with a firearm. Sometimes the good guys win without even trying. ;-)

Muzzleloader fans can choose from traditional, modern rifles Submitted by: Kevin Novak	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
When Steve Bastin heads to the deer woods, he feels a closeness to the men and women who settled Indiana. Bastin, president of the Morgan County Longrifle Club, hunts exclusively with a 1780s-era flintlock Kentucky Long Rifle.

TN: Gun crackdown aimed at criminals
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"Operation Safe Neighborhoods" -- Adding a firearms charge to drug or carjacking charges may seem minor in comparison to federal drug charges or a federal bank robbery charge, but Harris insisted career criminals are deterred by the thought of more jail time for carrying a gun.

Also taking part are the FBI, the BATF, Shelby County DA office and sheriff's department, and Memphis and suburban police departments.

NRA Brings Women Hunters to the Big Screen Submitted by: Doug Charette	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
�Welcome to hunting. Welcome to a world of big bucks, hard-flying pheasants, and struttin� spring gobblers! And it�s very much a woman�s world!�

IN, Goshen: CRIME Suicidal gunman took four shots (??) Submitted by: WildWest	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
FOURTH STORY ON PAGE "Robert Wissman, the gunman who killed a factory co-worker and injured six others, shot himself four times with his 12-gauge shotgun before dying, the coroner reported." "Coroner Jeff Landrum said Wissman had two wounds to the head, one to his neck and a chest wound, but ruled the death a suicide."

Proposed Cops HQ Submitted by: WildWest	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
Already guaranteed controversy over supplemental spending, the conference on the Defense appropriations bill may also feature friction between House and Senate appropriators on funding for a new command center and headquarters facility for the Capitol Police. "With that release, Congress has now been allocated $632 million in emergency funds for security upgrades and police overtime."

Optics Expert Rebuts (Official) Waco Standoff "Report" Submitted by: Anonymous	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
Tucson optics consultant Barbara Grant used science - not politics - to determine that law enforcement agents likely fired guns at the Branch Davidian compound near Waco, Texas, in the moments leading up to the building burning to the ground.

Private Gun Ownership Keeps the Criminals in Line Submitted by: Sarah Thompson Website: http://www.utgoa.org	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
Sarah Thompson's Op Ed in response to the Salt Lake Tribune's anti-gun hysteria, and its support for ignoring rights when doing so is "effective". Contains a very brief summary of relevant research.