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Popularity of "Socially Responsible" Funds Grows
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"Socially-screened" investment portfolios -- those that bar investments in gun companies and those that make alcohol, tobacco, and other "sin" products, are increasingly popular.
According to a report by the "Social Investment Forum", companies that make weapons are the second most widely banned product in screened portfolios.
(Of course, they could also be skewing their data, we don't know.) |
VPC Reports of "Efforts to Undermine Landmark Legislation"
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"Ashcroft has crafted a rule that will undermine the integrity of the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) by eliminating the time needed by law enforcement to audit the system to ensure that it is not being abused."
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"Legislation supported in the U.S. Senate by NRA Board Member Larry Craig (R,ID) and sponsored in the House by former NRA Board Member John Dingell (D,MI) would have limited the time to complete problematic background checks to 24 hours." |
Chicago, IL: Detective charged in pistol-whipping
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John Capers (a convicted felon) grabbed Matthews around the chest, while Detective Darlene Capers (the attacker's mother) struck him on the head with her gun.
When Matthews screamed for someone to call the police, Det. Capers said, "I am the police;" and when Matthews asked, "Why are you doing this?" she allegedly answered, "Because I can." |
Feds selling "secret coin-knife"
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Despite new measures to "secure the safety of commercial air travel", an agency of the federal government continues to sell an "easily concealable, fake silver dollar that includes a double-bladed hidden knife." Offered by the U.S. Mint and available via the Internet, it "can likely slip past an airport metal detector when concealed with other coins in a coin purse."
KABA NOTE: Great! Let's all get one before their supplies run out. Even if you aren't travelling by air, it looks like a handy gadget. |
U.S. Sen. Mike DeWine: "Gun shows put U.S. at risk"
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The NRA and other opponents say additional background checks are unnecessary and accuse supporters of shamelessly exploiting the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
DeWine and McCain said they plan to force a vote on the current version by attaching their bill to "the first appropriate, amendable vehicle" - possibly homeland security legislation - when the Senate reconvenes in January. |
Brady Campaign Celebrates 8th Anniversary Of Brady Law
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In July, the DOJ reported that since the Brady Law went into effect 2/94, background checks have kept 689,000 "criminals and other prohibited purchasers" from buying guns from licensed dealers. Two-thirds (458,000) of those were "convicted felons or fugitives from the law".
"The decline in gun deaths is proof that gun control laws work... We don't know exactly how many lives have been saved or how many crimes were prevented because these felons couldn't get a handgun," said Mrs. Brady. |
Australia: Weapons seized by hospital staff
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We all know the sad crime state down under, especially in the time which has elapsed since the government successfully disarmed the public.
This is a story of the increase in weapons seizures in the emergency rooms; of their metal detectors; their 'new breed' of violent drug abuser; their threatened and frightened medical staff.
...And the ongoing political wrangling to commit millions to "improve hospital security." |
TX: Cooperative program targeting crime in Woodhaven apartments
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[The] Fort Worth Crime Free Multi-Housing Program in the Woodhaven apartment community ... builds a partnership among police, apartment owners and residents to reduce crime and calls for city services, and to improve the quality of life.
The program includes an 8-hour training program for employees, the complex meets minimum security requirements, a yearly safety social for residents, a crime-free lease addendum, and criminal checks on potential tenants.
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GA: Ex-sheriff charged with killing sheriff-elect
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A former sheriff was arrested and charged with the ambush assassination of an anti-corruption crusader who defeated him in an election.
Derwin Brown had defeated Sidney Dorsey in a bitter runoff after promising to clean up a department plagued by years of corruption. Also charged were former sheriff's Deputy Melvin Walker of Conyers and Daniel Isaiah Ramsey, whom Dorsey tried to recruit as a sheriff's deputy. |
Phoenix, AZ: Man trying to thwart lunch-wagon robbery shot, run over
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The good Samaritan, who was walking by, came up along the passenger's side of the truck with his gun and may have fired shots at the robbers. A third robber, parked in a pick-up truck behind the snack truck, then drove forward and hit the man, sending him flying in the air. The two other robbers then walked around the snack truck and shot the man in the chest with his own gun. |
Avondale, LA: One killed after armed men burst into home
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Detectives said Titus White entered the home carrying a handgun, with a second man who was armed with a shotgun and wearing a ski mask. The shotgun-toter forced the three relatives who lived there -- a 54-year-old man and two teen-agers -- into a den. White, meanwhile, went upstairs, and the second gunman followed. A shot was heard, and then the unidentified gunman dragged White's body down the stairs, dropped him in the street and fled. |
FL: Two top Venice officials plan to get gun permits
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In the days after Sept. 11, Venice (FL) learned it had been a gathering place for terrorist pilots looking for flying lessons.
Leery of a return engagement, some top city officials say they now need to carry a gun to feel safe. Venice City Manager George Hunt decided Thursday that he and two other department heads -- Airport Manager Larry Heath and Utilities Director John Lane -- should be allowed concealed weapons on the job... |
VT: Photographer at Yankee (nuclear plant) threatened with Treason
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A newspaper photographer on assignment to get a picture of the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant was threatened with arrest for treason by the Vernon Police Department.
Under a little-known Vermont law, it is illegal to take pictures of a nuclear power station...during times of war or threat of war, according to Vermont Title 13, subsection 3481. The entire section is entitled �treason.�
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Ex-Reporter Bernard Goldberg Accuses CBS of Bias
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In his forthcoming book, "Bias," published by Regnery Publishing, Goldberg unloads on his ex-employer.
CBS News President Andrew Heyward once told him, "of course there's a liberal bias in the news. All the networks tilt left... If you repeat any of this, I'll deny it."
He says he wrote the book because he cares about journalism... Goldberg became something of a pariah at CBS after accusing the network of liberal bias in a 1996 op-ed piece for the Wall Street Journal. |
CA: Appeal of Tarzana Boy Suspended Over Toy Gun
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Sabina Gonzales presented her case to a School District administrator and 2 principals during a closed meeting. She wants her son's 1-day suspension removed from his permanent record.
PTA President Yafa Ifrah said, "The parents support zero tolerance for weapons because children can start out with toy guns and before you know it, it escalates to real guns. You have to put it in their heads at a young age that guns are bad [or] you will have a hard time controlling them later." |
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