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Boston Tea Party Day: Celebrate America�s Terrorist Roots
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"Not many people are aware that December 16th is a day to be celebrated as Boston Tea Party Day. It�s the day that American insurgents called The Son�s of Liberty, fed up with the burden of egregious taxes and demands on their livelihood, lashed out against their own government (colonialists were indeed British subjects) one evening � dumping the tea cargo ... into the Boston harbor while disguising themselves as Indian natives."
"According to the Patriot Act, terrorism is defined as having any of the following:"
"threatening, conspiring or attempting to hijack airplanes, boats, buses or other vehicles."
"threatening, conspiring or attempting to commit acts of violence on any 'protected' persons, such as government officials" ... |
Guns in the Work Place
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"Since the proliferation of states establishing licenses/permits for its citizens to carry concealed firearms, many businesses have been posting their premises as off-limits to those who legally carry. Some interesting effects have now surfaced in regard to firearms in the work place, for employees, employers as well as patrons."
"When an employer restricts the carrying of legal firearms upon his premises by legally licensed persons, he does NOT create a Gun Free Zone. What he establishes, sans other protective measures, is a Self-Defense Free Zone. Though some states have created laws to protect employers from liability for posting their property . . . it is not a guarantee." ... |
Fake ID's Foil Brady Checks - GAO
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"A team of Congressional special agents was able to bypass Brady Act background checks and successfully purchase firearms using fake IDs in all five states where they tried, according to a March 19, 2001 General Accounting Office." ... |
Congressional Subcommittee approves bill creating fertilizer registry at DHS
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"A Homeland Security Prevention of Nuclear and Biological Attacks Subcommittee Wednesday approved a bill that would regulate production and sale of ammonium nitrate, which is typically used by farmers as a fertilizer, but could be used to create a bomb." ...
"The measure calls for any individual who produces, sells or buys ammonium nitrate to register with the Homeland Security Department." [emphasis added]
"Prevention of Nuclear and Biological Attacks Subcommittee Chairman John Linder, R-Ga., introduced a substitute amendment, accepted on voice vote, that added record-keeping requirements, including requiring sellers to record the purchaser's drivers' license number or other photo-identification and the amount of ammonium nitrate purchased. Sellers would have to keep these records for at least three years." [emphasis added] ...
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CA: Clerk with gun chases off would-be robbers
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A clerk in a Mission Hills liquor store grabbed a pistol and chased two masked men out of his store last night after they shot another clerk with a Taser, San Diego police said.
The masked men walked into Mission Hills Liquor on West Lewis Street about 8:50 p.m. and confronted one clerk, police said.
The pair demanded money, and when the clerk refused, he was shot with the Taser, a stun gun. His co-worker pulled out a handgun and chased away the would-be robbers. |
NC: Suspect will not face murder charges in Red Cross Street shooting
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"A man who police say shot and killed another man in a Wilmington nightclub will not face murder charges."
"Investigators now say it's a case of self defense, but Terrell Lloyd remains in a jail cell."
"Investigators now say Terrell Lloyd was defending his own life and won't be charged in the death of 19-year-old Anthony Williams." ...
"Thursday authorities arrested Lloyd for possession of a firearm by a felon. He remains in custody in that charge but will not be charged for killing Anthony Williams."
"The district attorney and investigators have decided Lloyd shot Williams in self defense, that Williams came into that club Tuesday night with the intent to harm Lloyd." ... |
AZ: Homeowner shoots, wounds would-be intruder
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"A man who tried to break into a Chandler house near Dobson and Pecos roads Thursday was shot by the homeowner, police said."
"Sagio Maurice Henry, 35, of Chandler first rang the doorbell around 1 p.m. Thursday, then went to the back door where homeowner Cary Dennis saw him. Dennis returned with a weapon and found Henry prying open a window, police said."
"After startling Henry, Dennis chased him outside and ordered him to stop. When Henry brandished a pickax handle, Dennis shot him once in the chest, according to authorities." ... |
CO: Coyotes carry out fowl deeds in county
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"When Carl and Margaret Langley moved to the country seven years ago, they knew they would be in closer contact with nature."
"But nature -- in the form of a pack of coyotes -- has come a little too close lately, killing 15 of the Langleys' chickens, a couple of geese and some guinea fowl."
"Now, Carl is frustrated because he can't get help handling the coyote problem."
"'They just keep getting closer,' he said ... 'They come right into the yard to get the chickens. They've stood right outside our yard fence, looking in at our dogs. It's getting so bad, I don't want to go outside alone without a gun.'" ...
"In the meantime, Carl Langley keeps his loaded pistol near the front door. These days, he doesn't go out without it." |
UK: Householder fires gun in burglary
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"A 50-year-old man opened fire with a gun after disturbing two intruders at his west Norfolk home."
"It happened as an outbuilding was being broken into at the house in Walpole St Andrew early on Friday morning. The men escaped in a white van."
"The events were a few miles from the house where Tony Martin shot dead a burglar and wounded another in 1999."
"Teams of police are searching the Fens looking for the burglars who may have shotgun wounds." ... |
How to Buy a Used Gun
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"Gun shows are a major source of bargains, but there are a couple of cautions: First, don�t think that you�re going to encounter some poor oaf who has no idea of the value of what he�s selling. At every show I�ve ever been to, each dealer knew exactly how much his stuff was worth. Second, if you happen to get stuck with a lemon, you are well and truly stuck. A gun store is going to be there the next day, as will the websites that sell used guns. But the guy at the show who took your cash will have vanished, never to be seen again." ... |
RI: Bristol Police search MH High School for gun
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"Bristol police scoured Mt. Hope High School unsuccessfully last Friday, Dec. 9, after school officials heard a rumor about a gun being brought to school."
"Police received a call around 9:30 a.m. from high school officials who had heard the rumor. At least nine officers were brought in to search the school, but after several hours of looking through lockers, classrooms and bathrooms, they left empty-handed. Police also spoke with high school staff and several students throughout the day."
"'We spent the entire day and into the latter part of the evening searching, but we found nothing,' said Bristol police Lt. Nicholas Guercia."
"Police continued the search Monday and Tuesday ..." |
MO: Student with rifle suspended
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"The Rock Bridge senior arrested Tuesday for having a gun in his truck in the school�s parking lot has been suspended for 10 days."
"Jonathan Dudley, 18, told police and school officials he planned to use the semi-automatic AR-15 rifle for target practice after school. The rifle ... was not loaded and was confiscated by police."
"'I would like to stress that he did not bring the gun to school with the intent to harm anyone,' said Sgt. Eric White of the Columbia Police Department."
"Dudley is an enlisted trainee with the Army Reserves and as part of his training is required to go through a marksmanship course, said Charlene Gemar, a spokeswoman for the 89th Regional Readiness Command in Wichita, Kan." ... |
RI: Two teens arrested after gun scare at E.P. High School
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"Two students at East Providence High School were arrested and several others suspended for 10 days after running into the high school with what turned out to be a pellet gun, according to police and school officials."
"On Wednesday, Dec. 7, at approximately 3:30 p.m., a motorist on Pawtucket Avenue noticed a group of juveniles near the Shaw's with what appeared to be a gun. The motorist approached a nearby police officer. When police approached the group, most of them ran down the hill in front of the school, past the clock tower and into the front entrance of the school." ... |
TX: Gun confiscated at Leander High
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"A student at Leander High School was accused Friday of bringing a handgun to class."
"School officials sent students home Friday with news that a sophomore brought a gun to school. Police took her into custody after another student told them something was going on."
"'The student came forward immediately and said 'I don't know what, but this girl has something that she shouldn't have,' said Bill Britcher, Leander ISD spokesman."
"The assistant principal pulled the sophomore out of class and discovered a handgun in her purse. Officials will not say whether it was loaded." ... |
NY: Pataki calls for special session on guns laws
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"Gov. George Pataki called Friday for a special session of the Legislature to enact tougher gun control laws and protect police officers."
"Pataki's call for Wednesday's session comes after two New York City police officers died in separate fatal shootings since Thanksgiving."
"Pataki wants to close what he calls loopholes in state law that weaken crimes against illegal gun trafficking. He also proposed what he calls the Crimes Against Law Enforcement Officers Bill, which increases penalties for criminals who injure or kill police officers. The sentences could include the death penalty." ... |
Canada: Over-licensed to kill
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"A GATINEAU man says the federal firearms registry is flawed and he has three gun licences for the same rifle to prove it."
"Bill Potvin recently received his third firearms licence for the same Winchester rifle. The former hunter can't understand why he's received so many licences since he registered the gun several years ago."
"'I guess that's why the (registry) costs $2 billion,' he said yesterday. 'Two billion and counting.'" ...
"Potvin's story had gun registry opponents shaking their heads yesterday, just days after Prime Minister Paul Martin vowed to crack down on handguns in big cities like Ottawa and Toronto." ... |
OK: Gun museum investigation 'still pending'
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"The investigation of suspected embezzlement and/or theft of hundreds � potentially thousands � of guns and similar weapons from the J.M. Davis Arms & Historical Museum has been going 'slowly,' said Claremore Police Chief Mickey Perry." ...
"Haynes� issuance of investigation was also prompted by the positive identification of an automatic weapon recovered from a crime scene in New York in 2004."
"Since that time, the Claremore Police Department has been working closely with state investigators from the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation and the state auditor�s office, among others, to make a detailed account of the exact number and types of items still at the state-owned museum." [emphasis added] ... |
MO: Ex-officer's appeal claims double jeopardy
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"An attorney for former St. Louis County police Officer Thomas Zeigler asked an appellate court panel Thursday to throw out Zeigler's felony convictions in the shooting of fellow officer and lover Patricia March."
"Alleging faulty jury instructions and double jeopardy, Chet Pleban told three judges of the Missouri Court of Appeals that his client should be acquitted of second-degree assault and felony cocaine possession." ...
"On March 3, 2003, Zeigler and March were off-duty and had been drinking beer and Southern Comfort when Zeigler's .40-caliber Glock pistol discharged in his SUV parked outside his apartment in south St. Louis County." ... |
PA: Ex-Philly officer guilty in shooting
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"A decorated former Philadelphia police officer was found guilty yesterday of shooting a man he found in bed with his former wife in her Williamsport apartment."
"David Wade Howard, 42, of Philadelphia, faces at least 5 years in prison and could get more than 20 after a Lycoming County jury yesterday found him guilty of charges of aggravated and simple assault, recklessly endangering another person and terroristic threats." ...
"The 17-year police veteran, who received a merit of valor award, was accused of shooting Wayne Ware in the chest with his 9 mm service revolver [sic] early Feb. 20, 2004, in the apartment of Lakeesha Young in the 300 block of High Street." ... |
WA: Deputy resigns, but can keep police license
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"Ferenc Zana will keep his state license to work as a police officer, even though he resigned this week ... to avoid being fired for violating three department regulations."
"Sheriff's spokesman ... said the violations weren't serious enough under state law to justify the sheriff recommending that the Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission take away Zana's police officer certification."
"That didn't sit well with ... the brother of the convenience store clerk who was shot in August with Zana's personal handgun after the officer left it on a kitchen table. Prosecutors say the .40-caliber pistol was stolen by a drunken 23-year-old man with a violent criminal history who was living with Zana and who used it a short time later to kill Dimitri Imad Harb." ... |
VA: South Lakes teen arrested for bringing BB gun to school
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"A 15-year-old South Lakes High School sophomore was arrested Dec. 14 for bringing a BB gun to school, Fairfax County Police reported."
"The student was taken into custody on school grounds without incident, according to police. 'He was completely cooperative,' said Shelly Broderick, a police public information officer."
"Police were called to South Lakes at 9:17 a.m. after school administrators received information that the student had a BB gun, Broderick said."
"'The student was isolated and taken into custody by the police officers. ... Students were never in danger during this incident,' said Principal Bruce Butler in an e-mail sent to parents."
"The boy has been charged with three counts of having a concealed weapon ..." ... |
Nepal: Army Men Beat up Students in Bharatpur
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"Army personnel beat up the students entering the premises of the Birendra Multiple Campus, Bharatpur at noon on Friday. The students had been demonstrating against the massacre of 12 civilians by the army personnel at Chihandanda, Nagarkot, in Bhaktapur."
"Campus Chief LB Chhetri said that almost 200 soldiers had entered the campus premises after encircling the campus � before beating up the students. Six students were seriously injured in the incident, while six others were taken away by the army personnel. Terming the indiscriminate beating of students inside the campus premises 'an act of cruelty,' Chhetri said: 'We condemn such acts. This should not have happened.' ..." ... |
FL: Both sides of aisle back state's gun laws (third letter on page)
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"Re: Agenda of lawmakers mirrors that of NRA, Dec. 13 letter"
"It certainly is an invalid assertion that supporting positive gun laws has been a one-party effort or that a political cartel of some sort, composed of a small band of renegade party members, has been responsible for ignoring public safety, because the facts clearly show differently."
"The Castle Doctrine Law ... passed the Florida Senate by a 39-0 vote, with the House voting 94-20 in favor. Obviously, many Democrats agreed that the law was a good one. The writer's obtuse letter describes that law as encouraging 'irresponsible, aggressive and even illegal use of a firearm.'"
"Factually, 133 Florida legislators disagreed with that assertion ... 87 percent. Hardly a cabal." ... |
MI: End Gun Violence
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"Death or serious injury by gun violence is almost always as senseless as it is tragic -- but never more so than when a young person is shot while playing with a loaded gun."
"Accidents are particularly heartbreaking because they're so easily preventable by using a trigger lock, or at least unloading the gun. That's one of the messages Neighborhood Service Organization's Youth Initiatives Project and the Detroit Police Department will carry into the New Year's holiday, and throughout 2006, with the Hugs Not Bullets Campaign." ... |
PA: Residents: Gun range a safety problem
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"Stephanie Forrest was relaxing in her back yard by the pool on Labor Day when she heard something rustling through the branches in the woods behind her property."
"At that moment, a high-powered rifle round whistled only a few feet above her head and hit a rock on her home. Her husband, Dave, was chopping wood and heard gunfire from the nearby Swamp Creek Rod and Gun Club." ...
"'It�s unsupervised shooting back there,' said neighbor Marty Miller. "... there is nothing to stop anyone from being intoxicated and going back there to shoot, or just hopping the fence to go back there to shoot.'" ... |
VA: Second Amendment commentary shot balance in the foot
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"I was extremely disappointed by your coverage of the Second Amendment as part of your Bill of Rights series ["Amendment II: Right to bear arms," Dec. 6]."
"As a government teacher, I was looking forward to a balanced essay that would highlight the diverse interpretations of this controversial amendment." [emphasis added]
"After reading the essay by Tom Moncure, former assistant counsel to the NRA, I looked for the piece that would complement his words by offering an alternate viewpoint."
"Alas, I found none. Mr. Moncure's essay was allowed to stand alone, implying that his (and the NRA's) interpretation of the Second Amendment is the only credible one." ... |
MI: Michigan has far too many deer
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"Southern lower Michigan needs to lose about 300,000 deer by 2010, according to deer population management goals being proposed by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources for the coming five years."
"At the same time, the upper peninsula could use about 30,000 more deer, but the northern lower peninsula has about the right amount, the agency says in its new five-year plan, in which deer population targets represent fall pre-hunting populations."
"'Changes from the previous deer populations goals [set in 1999] reflect changes in both biological and social conditions within the DMUs [deer management units],' stated Doug Reeves, field operations supervisor for the MDNR's wildlife division. ..." ... |
AL: Hunters enlisted to fight hunger
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"In Alabama, hunting is more than just a sport; it is a way to provide for the less fortunate."
"Hunters Helping the Hungry is one way to do just that. The program provides a way for Alabama hunters to give thousands of pounds of ground venison to needy families and individuals around the state."
"The program began as a joint project of the Governor's Office, the National Rifle Association, the Phillip Morris Company, the Alabama Conservation and Natural Resources Foundation. Through the years, the program spread throughout the state with two processing plants from the Black Belt participating." ... |
Canada: Gun owners dismiss prime minister�s plan
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"Prime Minister Paul Martin may have been hoping for a bull�s-eye last week when he promised a Liberal government would ban all handguns in Canada, but hunters, gun collectors and politicians on both sides of the spectrum say Martin�s surprise election promise missed the mark."
"'If this had a chance of working, all firearms owners would support it, but it�s not going to work because bans aren�t effective,' said Metchosin handgun collector Gary Kangas."
"'If somebody could point out one jurisdiction where this has worked, I�d take it seriously.'" ... |
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