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TN: Sept. 11 memorial ordered to remove word 'God'
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"A city official in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, doesn't like the phrase 'God Bless America' on a nine-eleven memorial at a fire station."
"City Manager Roger Haley says it improperly mixes government and religion. He says no one from the city approved the display set up by firefighters. So he ordered it changed to what he says would be more appropriate for public property."
"The memorial at Murfreesboro Fire Station Number Six now consists of a model of the World Trade Center towers and the edited phrase 'Bless America.' " |
PA: Hunting-related shooting incidents drop dramatically in Pa.
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"One pleasing development in the 2002 deer seasons has been the dramatic decline in the number of hunting-related shooting incidents involving one hunter shooting another hunter in mistake for game, or where the victim was either in the line of fire or struck by a ricochet or stray shot. Of the 10 reported HRSIs, only one was a fatal incident involving a hunter shooting another in mistake for game and one non-fatal incident involving a hunter who shot another hunter who was in the line of fire." |
Ukraine: Scare Tactics On the Rise In Ukraine
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"...a friend passed along a message from a top official in Kuchma's government: If Shandra did not join the pro-Kuchma lawmakers, his factory would find itself in deep trouble."
"Within a month, he said, a cadre of masked officers toting machine guns showed up at the factory in the western Ukraine city of Slavuta. They seized a dozen computers and 3,000 pounds of documents."
"The factory ...faces a criminal investigation for supposed financial improprieties." ... |
Wrong on rights
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"...As California Deputy Attorney General Tim Rieger noted, gun ownership can be seen as an individual right and still be subject to restriction in the interest of public safety. That's why your next-door neighbor doesn't own an atomic bomb."
"But while Reinhardt is arguing to restrict an individual's powers, he moved along on expanding his own. He turned himself into a lawmaker." |
OH: City Council extends ban on handguns
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"Mayor Jack Ford broke a 6-6 tie to repeal a sunset provision that would have caused Toledo�s handgun ordinance to expire Jan. 27."
"Ford said he expects to propose changes to address problems cited since the law passed in 1999, especially complaints that it discriminates against people who claim they need to defend themselves in their homes but cannot handle the large, heavy handguns that tend to meet the legal requirements." |
Gun-Slinging Santa Wishes You A Merry Christmas
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"Imagine a Christmas card where Santa Claus makes a pre-emptive strike on terrorists, by firing a fully automatic firearm mounted on a reindeer-powered sleigh. Santa's target: militant, Islamist, suicide terrorists."
"That's the gist of the Christmas card that gun lobbyist John Michael Snyder said he is sending to Members of Congress, the Bush administration, and others this year." |
UK: Brutal end to eight year relationship
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"Relatives and work colleagues heard him make these threats, and on one occasion he asked about getting a gun, but few people took them seriously." ...
"Bowler produced an eight-inch kitchen knife, forcing Miss. Bosworth to have sex with him... 'She effectively pleaded for her life and asked for him to release her. But he carried out exactly what he intended.' "
" '...he had sex with her and then stabbed her with a kitchen knife, fatally in the chest.' "
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UK: 108 are arrested in crime crackdowns
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"A series of police operations - with codenames including Brazil, Screw-Top, Hi-Ace and Bewitched - has resulted in 108 people being arrested for burglary, drugs and firearm offences."
"Many of them will be languishing in prison this Christmas after the 'massive' initiative tackling crime and anti-social behaviour was launched six weeks ago in Gloucester and the Forest of Dean." |
UK: Day centre closed after man escapes court
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"A day centre has been shut down and security guards drafted in to a health clinic after a man who allegedly threatened staff with a gun escaped from court and went on the run."
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Gun fingerprints useless (Letter)
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"Ballistic fingerprinting will do nothing to reduce violent crime. It will only burn up tax money. Slamming the revolving door of our criminal justice in the faces of repeat, hard-core criminals will, in fact, do much to stop violent crime. If liberals such as Sen. Corzine truly cared about reducing violent crime, he would spend time talking about this instead of dopey-headed proposals such as 'ballistic fingerprinting.' " ... |
Border militia targeted
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"Is the citizen border-patrol group formed to defend the U.S. against illegal aliens being targeted for cross-border retribution by opposition groups based in Mexico?"
"So claims Tombstone Tumbleweed editor in chief Chris Simcox, founder of the Civil Homeland Defense Corps. He told WorldNetDaily that he and members of his Arizona group have been threatened 'numerous times,' and that the threats have increased in recent weeks." |
States with high crime see more guns stolen
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"Guns are more likely to be stolen in states with high crime rates, large numbers of gun owners and where laws are lacking on safe storage of firearms, according to a study released Wednesday."
"The study says the decline in gun thefts coincides with a simultaneous drop in crime in the USA and an increase in use of gun locks and storage devices."
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CA: County approves gun ban
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"The measure outlaws most types of firearms on the County's public land, including the Expo Center --which holds several gun trade shows a year."
"Supervisor Mike Nevin brought the measure to the five-member board earlier this month. Nevin, a former San Francisco police officer, said a gun show on County property 'sends the wrong message' to residents."
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CA: New plan to get tough on gun violence
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"State Sen. Don Perata, D-Oakland, said the get-tough initiative is designed to reduce the level of violence created by some of Oakland's 3,000 parolees."
"Police say they are responsible for half of the violent crime, and one in five parolees fails to show up for counseling programs offering services including drug treatment, counseling and job development." |
IL: Cop's story in fatal '99 shooting contradicted
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"Dr. Michael Baden ...said the pattern of gunpowder residue show Russ could not have had his hands on officer Van Watts' gun when it fired on June 5, 1999."
In fact, Baden said Russ' hands 'had to be somewhere between one and three inches away from the muzzle' of Watts' gun when the fatal shot was fired. ...Baden also concluded that Russ could not have been grasping the barrel of the gun, as Watts and city attorneys have claimed." |
SC: City approves taser guns for police
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"Anderson�s city police department will spend close to $50,000 for a new arsenal of weaponry, including taser handguns and aluminum batons."
"Anderson City Council members unanimously approved the expenditure at their Monday night meeting, allowing the department�s 87 officers to arm themselves with new .40-caliber semiautomatic handguns, capable of holding 15 bullets at a time, and expandable 21-inch batons." |
IL: Oh, deer: Hunting isn't for males only
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"Are more women hunting? Or are appearances deceiving?"
"The last three surveys (1991, 1996 and 2001) by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service show 1 percent of women in the United States 16 and older hunt, and they make up 8 to 9 percent of the hunting population. Figures by the Mount Prospect-based National Sporting Goods Association show more fluctuation over the years but basically the same idea that the number of women hunting is staying stationary." |
CO: Metro: Denverite arrested on gun charge at airport
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"A 43-year-old Denver man was arrested ...after allegedly trying to take a handgun through security screening at Denver International Airport."
"Screeners noticed the gun while X-raying Kenneth Pennywell's bag, then found the weapon and several bullets in a side pocket of the bag, according to a police report. Pennywell was going through the north security screening area when authorities found the gun."
"He told officers that he forgot the gun was in the bag, according to the report." |
UT: Cops' Guns Account for a Deadly Year
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"The overall number of police shootings of suspects, including fatal and nonfatal shootings, has either remained the same or declined from 2001, said county attorneys along the Wasatch Front."
"But when officers did shoot this year, it was more likely that the suspect was killed. So far, according to a Salt Lake Tribune tally, seven people statewide have died after being shot by police officers -- more than triple the 2001 tally of two people." |
Only readiness wins wars: Saving America's military infrastructure
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"A case in point is the Army's network of Government-Owned, Contractor-Operated Army Ammunition Plants. ...Today, there are only 10 � and if the Army has its way, even these remaining plants will be closed by the end of the decade. This will leave only commercial manufacturers to supply all of the ammunition needs of each of the three military services and the Marine Corps. Were this to occur, the consequences for U.S. national security could be grave." |
UK: Mother of Shooting Victim Holds Anti-Gun Vigil
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"Lucy Cope said the purpose of the vigil is to urge government officials to implement measures that would take guns off the streets, tighten sentencing guidelines, and prohibit the sale of imitation guns."
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FL: Police: Sex crime suspect faked being a cop to visit school
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"Earlier this year, Bradley also allegedly flashed fake police credentials to gain permission to speak to a group of students at Phyllis Miller Elementary School, according to school officials."
" 'He acted like a cop,' county schools spokesman Mayco Villafana said. 'He volunteered to do some work, and did presentations to the kids in the classroom.' " |
Support your local sheriff
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"The sheriff of your county is the highest elected official and has more power than most people realize. Your local sheriff has the power to tell dragoons from various federal alphabet soup agencies that they will not come into his/her county and attempt to enforce unconstitutional "laws." Your local sheriff is there to protect your rights, not the actions of an out of control government whether it be state or federal." |
MI: Michigan Gun Owners Sell Out
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"In an attempt to gain very little and give much away Michigan gun owners and the groups formed to support them have sold out to Michigan law enforcement in the form of HB 6337. "
"Introduced in September by Representative Hummel and backed by a slew of Michigan law enforcement groups, HB 6337 seemed destined to pass through the Michigan legislature without incident and it did. The final version passed the senate by a margin of 30 to 3 and when it returned to the house the bill passed 84 to 13." |
An Open Letter to all Gun Rights Activists:
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"The Second Amendment isn't brain surgery. Bring on the lawsuits. Bring on your best thinkers. Solve this damn issue once and for all! This limbo is a direct assault on the very essence of being American. An assault on our Constitution. We either have a Second Amendment, or we don't. Period. But we all believe in the crap we are fed by our 'leaders' that we aren't 'ready' for a decision. Bullsh*t. Bring it on." |
An Open Letter to the N.R.A.
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"But I say let's get it over with. We are wasting our time with legislators because all of the law we need was written 200 years ago. It is called The Constitution and ultimately it is up to us to enforce it. And if the courts prove to be the final agents of the great double cross? Well, that's why we have a Second Amendment in the first place." |
UK: Pro-hunting writer held in cell after race claims
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"Robin Page, a columnist for The Telegraph, has been arrested on suspicion of stirring up racial hatred after making a speech at a pro-hunting rally."
"Mr. Page also told his audience that Londoners had the right to run their own events, such as the Brixton carnival and gay pride marches, which celebrated black and gay culture. Why therefore, he asked, should country people not have the right to do what they liked in the countryside." |
NV: Gun store heist brings "stiff" prison sentence
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"One of three men accused of carrying out a daring heist at a Las Vegas gun store received a stiff sentence Tuesday."
"District Judge Donald Mosley sentenced Allen Jamal Ross, 19, to 7 1/2-to-34 years in prison. Ross previously had pleaded guilty to charges of burglary, conspiracy and armed robbery with a deadly weapon."
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ME: Study: Maine gun theft rate low
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"A new report by the Americans for Gun Safety Foundation shows that 1.7 million handguns have been stolen in the United States since 1993. The report says firearm theft rates are twice the national average in Alaska, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, New Mexico, and Georgia. California, Texas, Florida, Georgia and North Carolina had the most firearm thefts over the past ten years. ...Maine, South Dakota, and Wisconsin have very high gun ownership rates and miniscule gun theft rates." |
CA: Home Invasion
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"A man was shot during an early morning home invasion."
"Police say three men kicked in the back door of a home on Grant near Sixth in southeast Fresno."
"The man living in the home woke up, grabbed his gun and shot at the men. They shot back and hit him once in the forearm. He was taken to University Medical Center, where he's in good condition."
"Witnesses say the three men drove off in a red or maroon colored Dodge Intrepid." |
WA: Car thief shooting was self-defense, says lawyer
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"The lawyer for a Tacoma man accused of killing a car thief says he fired in self defense as the driver of the stolen car was trying to run him off the road." ...
"Self-defense is a consideration as Pierce County prosecutors are deciding this week whether to charge Sims for the Saturday night shooting."
"He could be charged with second-degree murder, manslaughter, drive-by shooting or no crime at all." |
Just how blind and stupid are we "Americans"?
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"Judges do not know the Constitution or ignore it. [P]eople who face these tyrants know of the evil lurking in the halls of injustice. Fines, property thefts, jail time for speaking out, and other abuses occur daily and multiple times across this country that was once known as the land of the justice. And, yet the crooks and corrupted minions filing government think they are the epitome of good and great Americans. They deny or maybe ... they don't know they have created a police state." |
AL: Man shoots would-be carjacker; second suspect escapes
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"A U.S. Marine sergeant shot and killed a would-be carjacker in an exchange of gunfire in the drive-thru lane of a fast-food restaurant near a military base, police said Wednesday." ...
"Thaddeus Antone... was killed when he allegedly tried to commandeer Lowery's Chevrolet Suburban in the drive-thru lane of a McDonald's restaurant about 9:40 p.m. Tuesday near the entrance to the Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base." |
CA: California ranks first in gun thefts, report says
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"Nearly 1.7 million guns have been stolen nationwide in the last decade, more than 150,000 of them in California alone, according to a report Wednesday by gun-safety advocates." ...
"The study found large differences in theft rates among states, which it blamed on differences in laws requiring owners to keep their guns locked up."
"Gun owner organizations dismissed the report as a new gun control tactic in disguise." |
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