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"Hoping to spend as much as it wants on next year's elections, the National Rifle Association is looking to buy a television or radio station and declare that it should be treated as a news organization, exempt from spending limits in the campaign finance law."
" 'We're looking at bringing a court case that we're as legitimate a media outlet as Disney or Viacom or Time Warner,' the NRA's executive vice president, Wayne LaPierre, said in an interview." ...
"The nation's gun lobby is talking with potential investors about an NRA broadcast outlet and is considering all possible funding sources, including gun manufacturers, LaPierre said." |
Editorial: Nonlethal weapons a better approach
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*Robert Russ Sr., 22, was one of two unarmed civilians shot and killed by Chicago police in a single week, June 1999.
*Gonzalo Martinez, 26, shot and killed by Downey, Calif. police, Feb. 15, 2002.
*Nathanial Jones, 41, died after being beaten by Cincinnati police, Nov. 30, 2003.
"These cases are only a small percentage of the more than 300 unarmed citizens killed each year by police officers who claim they had no other option than to use a service firearm or other means of lethal force."
" 'Other options,' however, to bring people under submission have been made available to various police departments across the country. In the western United States, there is a sweeping trend by police districts to adopt nonlethal weapons." |
OH: Another Police State Murder!
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"Unbelievably, the City of Cincinnati�s 'government officials' have proclaimed that the brutal murder of an inebriated but 'powerful' black man caught on a police video, 'was justified.' Huh? ..."
"The facts: The black man was stretched out on the lawn of a White Castle restaurant. This may have followed or been preceded by bizarre behavior clearly indicating that he was inebriated. Perhaps the 'substance' abused was alcohol, perhaps drugs. He was not hurting or threatening anyone! Restaurant employees did not call police; they did the right thing, and called for Emergency Medical Services. The victim, a human being named Nathaniel Jones, was clubbed to death 'resisting arrest.' " |
SC: Police didn't follow rules on using drug dogs at high school
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"The Goose Creek Police Department appears not to have followed its own rules on using drug dogs in its guns-drawn raid at Stratford High School last month."
"A video tape the police department released shows a police dog passing close by students who had been forced to kneel on the floor during the Nov. 5 raid. It also captures an officer lecturing students as that part of the raid ends." |
TX: Rangers to investigate police department
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"Problems in a Southeast Texas police department will be investigated by the Texas Rangers at the request of the police chief."
"Palacios Police Chief Bernando Guerrero said Friday he sought help from the Rangers after the city council this week fired one officer and asked for an investigation into the actions of another officer."
"Guerrero said he asked Ranger David Maxwell to render an unbiased opinion on investigations initiated by the chief."
"Officers Billy Kalina and Baldemar A. Isquierdo went before city council Monday at the chief's request. Guerrero told council members that Kalina broke department policy when he allowed a former resident of a house to take items from it while the owner was not there." |
MN: Police to get silencers
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"This past June 30, I happened to be reading the local daily newspaper. As I scanned the articles, I noticed a line that struck me as odd. It read, 'Police will be able to use gun silencers for high risk entry.' ..." ...
"I explained to Koering that my intention was not to confront law enforcement, but that law enforcement needed to be held accountable. I asked Koering if he was aware of what the discharge of a firearm was called by military and police personnel. He was silent. I responded, 'It is called a report, and in essence, what this bill does is to silence the report of accountability that police officers have to the communities in which they are entrusted to enforce laws.' " |
Australia: Wrong man shot dead in drive-by, police believe
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"The man shot dead outside his home during a day of gun violence in Sydney yesterday is not believed to have been the target of the attack, police said today."
"The man is the fifth person to be shot dead during four months of retribution killings."
"But Detective Chief Inspector Bob Inkster said yesterday's fatal shooting at Merrylands and a gun battle at a south Sydney hotel carpark were not related."
"He said the murder is believed to have been connected to a previous drive-by shooting at the same address in September this year." |
Australia: Two charged over car park shooting
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"TWO men will appear in court today after being charged in relation to a shooting in a car park in Sydney's southwest last night."
"Up to 30 shots were fired into a car park behind a South Hurstville tavern about 3.30pm yesterday, damaging a number of cars, NSW Police said."
"Police located cartridges in the car park at the corner of King Georges and Connell's Point roads, South Hurstville."
"Three men were arrested a short distance away at a service station in King Georges Road, police said." |
Canada: Police can be sued, Supreme Court rules
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"The Supreme Court of Canada has opened the door to a lawsuit against police by the family of a Toronto man slain by police."
"The ruling Friday means that the family of Manish Odhavji can sue for abuse of public office. At the same time, it ushered in an era in which citizens and public interest groups can sue public officials for all manner of shortcomings using the civil tort of 'malicious abuse of public office.' " |
MA: State director doubts bear, shooting story
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" 'Hunting is a safe sport. You always make sure that the safety is on, and you only unload toward the target. If you're responsible, there isn't a problem,' Belmont said."
"His comments come just days after a fellow hunter accidentally shot Michael J. Doherty, 41, of Westford in the head during the first day of deer hunting season." ...
"The hunter who spotted the bear stood and shouldered his rifle, released the safety and fired his weapon at the bear just as Doherty stood up, Browne said."
"But Massachusetts Wildlife Department Director Dr. Robert Deblinger said he doesn't believe a black bear would ever approach a group of hunters." |
UK: UK continues to arm rights abusers
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"The UK government is selling arms and security equipment to countries whose human rights records it has strongly criticized, according to lists of weapons cleared for export that have been seen by The Guardian."
"The countries include Indonesia, where the UK Foreign Office has reported allegations of extrajudicial killings; Nepal, where it has reported summary executions; and Saudi Arabia, where torture is just one abuse of basic human rights to have been criticized." |
Canada: Violence against women `still a sickness'
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"The St. Lawrence River is swift, cold and deadly this time of year. But a 14-year-old girl dove into its dark waters, her only escape from two men she says raped her and wanted to finish off the crime with her murder." ...
"It was on the minds of those standing in a Montreal park yesterday, recalling another crime that shook Canada 14 years ago: the murders of 14 women at Montreal's Ecole Polytechnique by Marc L�pine..."
"In the years since her sister's death, Bergeron has tried to go on with her life. She's now a mother of two children and takes pride in being an activist for the national gun control registry, which she thinks could have prevented the bloodshed." ... |
VA: Exercising the �Ultimate� Private Property Right
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"The official land control policy of the United Nations was stated in the UN Conference on Human Settlements: 'Land�cannot be treated as an ordinary asset, controlled by individuals and subject to the pressures and inefficiencies of the market. Private land ownership is also a principle instrument of accumulation and concentration of wealth and therefore contributes to social injustice; if unchecked, it may become a major obstacle in the planning and implementation of development schemes. Public control of land use is therefore indispensable�such control may be exercised through�acquisition of development rights�' "
"Conservation easements are a UN sanctioned method to control people and their private property by stealth..." ... |
DE: Del. Bill of Rights copy returns home
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"After it was ratified by Delaware's legislature, a clerk wrote a ratification message on the bottom of the state's copy and returned it to the federal government. Smith Windsor said Delaware was one of the few states to return the document."
"Delaware had been trying to get the copy of the document returned since 1933..."
"Delaware's most recent effort to win the return of the document started in summer 2001. Minner, legislative leaders and Delaware's congressional delegation worked to get a 25-year agreement that guarantees a yearly exhibit of the document in Delaware. That agreement was signed in July 2002." |
OH: Talks continue, but gun bill likely pushed to 2004
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"Any potential compromise on the bill allowing Ohioans to carry concealed handguns likely will wait until next year, although talks will continue next week."
"Rep. Jim Aslanides, R-Coshocton, who is sponsoring the bill, said he had a heated 90-minute conversation with Senate President Doug White on Wednesday. A day later, White agreed the two should meet again next week to discuss amendments in hopes of getting the stalled legislation moving again." |
Critics really missed point of gun column
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"You would have thought I kicked over a hornets nest, the way readers responded to my column two weeks ago about the appropriateness of using an AK-47 as a deer hunting rifle and whether it's a good idea to start young hunters off with military-style arms." ...
"There were those who labeled me a typical liberal media so-and-so with an anti-gun bias. They interpreted the whole column as a set-up to undermine their second amendment rights rather than an invitation to have an open discussion." ...
"There were those who were highly critical about my limited knowledge of AK-47s, the military arms industry and the associated gun laws." |
OH: Cincinnati Mayor Recommends Stun Guns
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"Cincinnati's mayor on Sunday urged the city to buy stun guns for its police force in response to the death of a man following a struggle with six officers a week ago."
" 'I am looking for any avenue to avoid another struggle,' Mayor Charlie Luken wrote in an e-mail to City Council members Sunday that asked them to find $1 million in the 2004 budget to pay for the non-lethal weapons."
" 'While it is unclear whether the incident would have changed if our officers had the latest technology in Tasers, I believe we must equip our police with the very best equipment,' Luken wrote." |
School's in Session
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"A democracy is NOT the same as the Great Republic, not anywhere near the same. The Founding Fathers did not assemble a democracy here. In fact had made it abundantly clear they hated this form of government, in fact hated it with a passion. It is treasonous to remold their words to imply otherwise for it is this very act that led to a Constitution not of their making and opened the floodgates to steal all our liberties. The Great Republic and the American democracy, any democracy actually, every bit of it, are opposites and it is the American democracy which is our undoing." |
MD: Welcome to the Jungle
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"In the extremist victim disarmament stronghold of the evil social fascist oligarchy of Maryland, where terrified law-abiding citizens are unconstitutionally disarmed and predatory criminals like the infamous Willie Horton run for sanctuary and uniformed thugs regularly brutalize the community, what can we expect from lawbreakers?"
"As can be readily expected in any third-world regime, federal prosecutor Jonathan Luna was 'brutalized with multiple stab wounds' and dumped in a creek where he eventually drowned."
"If all-powerful 'authorities' can�t keep someone of Jonathan Luna vaunted stature 'secure,' how much effort do you think they�ll invest in your safety?" ... |
Liberia: U.N. Sponsored Disarmament Opens in Liberia
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"The U.N.-supervised campaign to disarm 40,000 rebel and government forces nationwide opened with government forces lined up at an army barracks outside the capital, Monrovia."
"One by one, 1,000-plus government and allied militia fighters - among them boys at least as young as 12 - handed automatic rifles to blue-helmeted U.N. peacekeepers from Bangladesh." |
UT: Gun prompts lockdown at prison
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"The discovery of an unloaded handgun hidden in a Utah State Prison work area Friday prompted the state Department of Corrections to lock down two housing units and launch an investigation, officials said."
"The gun was found about 10:50 a.m. in an area used by Utah Correctional Industries (UCI), said warden Clint Friel. Officers searched for the weapon after receiving a tip that a handgun might be in the facility, he said."
"The small-caliber revolver was not loaded, he said. But it still concerned officers, as the gun could have been used as a prop and pointed at someone who didn't know whether it was loaded, Friel said. No ammunition had been found as of 5 p.m. Friday." |
Canada: Massacre 'always there'
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"Several dozen people gathered at a city park yesterday to carry on the memory of the 14 women killed in the Ecole polytechnique massacre of Dec. 6, 1989." ...
"Vigil organizers said this year's message was a call for community action to combat violence against women." ...
"Marc Lepine, a 25-year-old with a troubled history with women, went into the engineering school with an assault rifle and moved from classroom to classroom, methodically killing the female students before turning the gun on himself."
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PA: State General Counsel say we're not at war
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"When the Commonwealth's Office of General Counsel was asked about funding for rifle clubs, authorized by state law in times of war, the reply was that we are only 'colloquially' at war. That should come as a great relief to everyone whose loved ones are only colloquially serving and colloquially dying in Iraq and Afghanistan." |
The War on Drugs
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"...Ronald Reagan's presidential administration may have declared a 'War on Drugs' but watching television today is a virtual tour of Main Street, USA's local pharmacy. One would never guess America is trying to prevent the next generation from becoming addicted to drugs if even a few hours are spent in front of the tube. ... The list is endless but nearly every commercial segment contains one or more drug ads with more seeming to be added every day." ...
"The list is endless but nearly every commercial segment contains one or more drug ads with more seeming to be added every day. The upcoming generation spends an alarming amount of time in front of the TV so the drug message has plenty of time to sink in. Free enterprise may package drugs in pretty wrappings and claim there is a big difference between commercial remedies and street addiction but that line becomes blurred to our younger generation and the message is clear: America has lost the War on Drugs." |
UK: Warning to joggers after new park knife attack
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"Detectives last night warned women not to go jogging on their own after a 39-year-old was left fighting for her life following a knife attack by a man believed to be responsible for murdering another female runner."
"Police believe there is a link between the attack on Friday evening and the murder of American artist Margaret Muller 10 months ago in an east London park."
"The latest victim of the serial attacker, a local woman, was stabbed several times in the upper body while jogging in Clissold Park, Stoke Newington, north London, at about 5.15pm"
"The victim was jogging a mile and a half from the scene of Muller's murder when she was attacked. She was stabbed several times in the torso by a man wearing a hooded jacket." |
Bosnia: Minnesota Guard members are keeping the peace in Bosnia
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"For one squad, this day's patrol would be fruitful, yielding 15 hand grenades and a loaded Yugoslavian sub-machine gun stashed in an outhouse."
"The daily patrols to retrieve weapons are a major part of the Minnesota National Guard's peacekeeping mission in Bosnia, a land driven by war and ethnic cleansing a decade ago."
"The 1,100 Minnesota Guard members -- part of a 12,000-strong international peacekeeping force -- are here to prevent fighting now, and to rid the region of as much weaponry as possible -- in hopes of minimizing any destruction that might occur after the peacekeepers leave." |
We need a controlled eruption
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Response to Reflections Upon the U.S. Supreme Court's Rejection of Silveira
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"Let�s get rid of another feel good blind patriotism fostered myth: There is no 'noble cause.' There is only survival of the fittest. We will shove Liberty down the throats of the enemies of Liberty or they will shove slavery down ours."
"They already have. It�s delivered from birth via a silver spoon called a television with 'I�m an Amerikan' engraved on the handle with all the lies that statement intones: 'I deserve social security, government education, health care, fairness, NASCAR and Sunday School, blah, blah, blah.' " |
Honduras: Cocaine on Sale in Parliament Office
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A staff member of the Central American Parliament, a body that promotes regional integration, was arrested for selling cocaine in the parliament's offices in Honduras, police said.
"We arrested Jorge Alberto Caceres in the parliament offices where he carried out the distribution and sale of cocaine," prosecutor Doris Aguilar told Reuters Thursday.
It was not clear what position Caceres held. The parliament, which has few powers, has its headquarters in Guatemala and offices in Honduras, Nicaragua and El Salvador.
In August, a Honduran deputy in the parliament was arrested while trying to smuggle 15 pounds of heroin into Nicaragua.
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NY: NYPD Officer Shot in the Bronx
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"In all, four people were hurt in the confrontation that started at about 5:15 a.m. on Sunday in a 2nd floor apartment at 2199 Holland Avenue. Police were responding to a report of a domestic dispute between a man and a woman. When officers arrived they were confronted with a man swing a sword. He also had a knife and has been described as emotionally disturbed. He charged at the officers. The confrontation then spilled over into the lobby of the building. That is where officer Lewis was hit."
"Police are still trying to find out how and why that gun went off. The man with the sword was also hit and later brought to the hospital." |
Australia: Rally for officer on shoot charge
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"HUNDREDS of police, business leaders and members of the public will march on the courts next month in a show of support for hero cop Inspector Shane Cribb."
"The officer has been charged with shooting a thief and faces 25 years' jail."
"He has become the powerful symbol for community fears the justice system is preventing police from doing their jobs."
"Insp Cribb's former Burwood local area commander Superintendent Terry Andrew is disgusted by the charge." |
UK: We won't stay armed - cops
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"Rank and file cops have warned they will fight any proposals to extend the use of armed officers on Birmingham streets after Christmas."
"West Midlands Police revealed last week it was introducing the highly-visible patrols to combat the heightened threat posed by terrorists over the festive period."
"In Birmingham specialist officers on foot patrol will be armed with sidearms and 9mm carbines and they will wear body armour." |
CA: North state law agencies are giving away gun locks
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"A gun-lock giveaway in the north state aims to help keep firearms out of the hands of their most innocent victims � children."
"The Red Bluff Police Department received the devices Friday as part of the Project ChildSafe program, Chief Al Shamblin said. The cable and padlock devices make most commonly owned handguns, shotguns and rifles inoperable. The cable is woven through a gun's action parts and locked at both ends."
"Starting Monday, Red Bluff officers will have about 1,000 gun locks available to give away to anyone who stops by the police station weekdays between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m." |
UK: Manhunt after Gun Raid on Fuel Station
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An armed robber who brandished and fired a gun inside a petrol station is being hunted by police today.
The incident happened when the suspect entered the Lochside Filling Station in Cumbernauld Road in the Hogganfield area of Glasgow, last night.
He fired into the air and demanded cash from two workers before fleeing with a three-figure sum of money, police said.
The two staff members were said to be unhurt but shaken following the incident.
The suspect is described as 5ft 11in, of medium build, with a square jaw and was wearing a red, hooded top, tan coloured trousers and white training shoes.
Anyone who has any information on the robbery or who can help identify the suspect is asked to contact police in Glasgow. |
NY: Midtown gunman flees with 125G
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"A brazen stick-up man looted $125,000 from a Midtown check-cashing store yesterday by barging into the shop and menacing employees with a gun, cops said."
"The brazen robbery took place in broad daylight just before 9 a.m. when a female employee opening the shop at 140 W. 36th St. was surprised by the gunman, who forced his way into the store and demanded that the clerk open the safe."
"A store security guard could do nothing but watch as the robber, who had a scarf wrapped around his face, pointed a gun at him and the female clerk before running out with the cash, according to cops." |
OR: Washington benefits as ducks skip Oregon
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"Maybe it's been five years."
"Perhaps as many as six, said hunting partner Tom Dwyer of Vancouver, the northwest conservation director for Ducks Unlimited."
"That's how long a relative dry spell duck hunters have had in northwest Oregon while northwest Washington has been awash in the flyway's wintering waterfowl." ...
"Gone are the days of high administrative costs and high-flying bashes and banquets."
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Australia: 30 rounds of bullets blast hotel car park
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"Just after 3.30pm, at least three men � who had tucked into a serving of the bistro's chicken special and a large plate of calamari before playing the poker machines � left the tavern through the back car park which faces Connells Point Rd at Hurstville."
"Moments later an argument broke out between the group and two men who met them in the car park."
"The two men, believed to be of Middle Eastern appearance, pulled out two semi-automatic handguns and fired at least 30 rounds of bullets."
"Shoppers and the tavern's patrons hid behind their vehicles for cover while a man filling up a gas bottle ran into the back storeroom of the Caltex service station next door and called police."
"No one was seriously injured." |
ME: Fire up history Muzzleloading firearms give hunters another shot
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"Bill Laney, owner of Hawk -N- Horn Modern Muzzleloading Firearms in West Gardiner, claims he can always tell when a hunter didn't bag a deer during the regular firearm season the moment they walk through his door. Most are looking to purchase a new muzzle-loader to hunt deer one or two additional weeks, he says."
"The black-powder season on deer ran from Dec. 1-6 statewide. In central, southern and western sections of Maine -- Wildlife Management Department's 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26 and 30 -- the season runs from Dec. 8-13."
"Muzzleloading guns, which date back hundreds of years, are the oldest line of firearms still used by hunters." |
OH: Tradition brings family together for hunt
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"The sweet smell of a venison roast simmering on an old stove in the corner of the rustic cabin was the perfect greeting this week at an old-fashioned deer-hunting camp on Conneaut Creek in Ashtabula County."
"Yearning for the good old days when friends and relatives gathered at a cabin in the big wood for an annual deer hunt, I joined the Madewell clan at the Conneaut Creek Club. There was plenty of deer-hunting tradition and lots of family." |
UK: Mental health charities warn over police use of stun guns
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"Senior police officers are calling for high-voltage stun guns to be used against people who harm themselves, in a move described as 'alarming' by mental health charities."
"Five forces in England and Wales have been testing the Taser gun, which incapacitates by delivering a 50,000-volt shock, since April."
"Guidelines say they are only supposed to be used in incidents involving guns or a 'threat to life'. But last Monday the Metropolitan police used a Taser against a 35-year-old woman who had set fire to her home and was threatening to cut her wrists. A spokesman for Scotland Yard said Taser use was permitted because the woman's life was in danger."
"Ian Arundale, of the Association of Chief Police Officers, told Jane's Police Review that police chiefs wanted to extend Taser trials so they could be used in self-defence, arrest and restraint." |
IL: His armory is for show, not combat
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" 'This is not mainstream USA,' Littlefield said with characteristic understatement about his collection of 220 military vehicles, including 66 tanks, from late World War I through the 1980s; it makes up perhaps the world's foremost private museum of armored fighting vehicles. 'It's definitely a niche,' he said."
"For the record, Littlefield, a self-described "tank nerd" and die-hard libertarian, is not what he would call a 'right-wing wacko.' He just happens to be zealous about restoring tanks, tank destroyers, armored cars, self-propelled antitank guns and other military hardware -- all of it legally deactivated." |
PA: Teach your children to fight with their fists and minds
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"Joe thinks public schools should teach kids how to fight. They should teach Boxing, Karate, Judo, wrestling, all of it."
"Not because Joe wants our toddlers and teenagers to become bloodthirsty brutes, but because he thinks learning to defend oneself, both physically and intellectually, is critical for self-confidence, self-fulfillment and ultimately the improvement of society in general."
"When you fight, you uncover new thresholds of pain. You are able to push yourself beyond your normal limits. The immediate threat to your safety and pride, which is a result of fighting, force you to battle with all of your strength."
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CA: Legal fight targets gun design in fatality
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"Lawyers Monday will resume battling about whether the Beretta company is responsible for a Berkeley teenager's shooting death because the design of its semi-automatic pistol didn't make it obvious there was a bullet in the chamber." ...
"Beretta's defense team has countered that fault lies with the family of Michael Soe, who was 14 years old when he aimed his father's Beretta 92 Compact L handgun at Dix and pulled the trigger without making certain the chamber was empty. Dix was shot in the heart."
" 'If a cheap disposable camera can tell you when it's loaded, surely a handgun should indicate when there is a bullet in the chamber,' Dix's father, Griffin Dix, wrote in a local newspaper editorial..." |
AL: Tracking pointers given for new hunters
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"...Hearing movement is very restricted in a blowing gale, so a lot of success is predicated on being able to detect movement out of the ordinary."
"A quality pair of binoculars can be a hunter's best friend in these situations. You do not want to use your gun scope for spotting as this creates larger movements. That means the deer see you before you see them, so they win."
"Add in a drizzling rain and some colder air, and it just gets plumb miserable. Isn't it sort of amazing how we will not get out of the house to go to the store or do some of the outdoor chores, but we will head to that deer stand? Ah, what sacrifices we hunters must make!" |
NJ: Project Childsafe donates 300 locks to Hillsborough
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"Township police are urging all gun owners, particularly those in households with young children, to pick up a free gun lock at the township Police Department."
"Project Childsafe, a nationwide program aimed at promoting the safe storage of guns in homes, is funded by a $50 million grant from the U.S. Department of Justice. A total of 20 million gun locks are being distributed nationwide, including 190,000 in New Jersey."
" 'The objective is to make guns safe and educate gun owners,' Lt. Paul Merkler said."
"According to Lt. Merkler a child's curiosity could lead to tragedy if sufficient precautionary measures aren't taken." |
ND: Should Dru's story change us? Yes and no
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"Five days later something happened that made me realize that escorts aren't needed just in big cities. That was, of course, the day Dru Sjodin disappeared from the Columbia Mall parking lot. Police say she was kidnapped by Alfonso Rodriguez Jr., who has been convicted for two sexual offenses and assault."
. . . " 'That's not the case in Clearbrook,' she said. 'Too many have the mentality that it can't happen to us where we live. We should hold self-defense classes and awareness classes. We need awareness. People are too lax.' "
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DC: Transit Officer Fatally Shoots D.C. Man After Chase, Struggle
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"A young Metro Transit Police officer shot and killed a Northeast Washington man early yesterday after a foot chase from a stolen car and a violent struggle, police said."
"After the man was shot, police said, he wrested control of the officer's weapon and tried to shoot the officer, but the handgun jammed." |
UK: Gun raid on ice cream van
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A GUNMAN who held up an ice cream van was being hunted by police last night.
The hooded robber pounced on the van in Paisley on Friday night.
When the 28-year-old driver tried to make a get-away, the gunman climbed in through the serving window.
He stole a three-figure sum of cash and escaped in a car driven by an accomplice.
The van driver was shaken by the incident but not injured, police said.
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Philippines: Illegal guns flourish in trigger-happy Philippines
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"Politicians are among a steady stream of clients for the revolvers and machine pistols Jose produces in the backyard of his home in Danao City on the central Philippine island of Cebu." ...
"With as many as one in 80 Filipinos owning a firearm, and gun licences regarded as optional, shootings over trivial incidents such as traffic altercations are commonplace." ...
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FL: Broward Sheriff�s Office interview room hidden cameras a hit with detectives, lawyers
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"Since the hidden cameras started rolling in Broward Sheriff's Office interview rooms, get a load of what detectives have caught on film -- coming soon to a courtroom near you:"
". . . And then there was the robbery suspect who was allowed to make a cell phone call during a break in questioning."
" 'During the telephone call, the suspect called his girlfriend and gave her instructions on how to dispose of the evidence in the case,' said O'Neil."
". . . Last year, Broward State Attorney Mike Satz urged all law enforcement agencies in Broward to begin videotaping their interrogations from start to finish, saying it would help eliminate many legal challenges."
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IN: Berrien buys back guns
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"Berrien County police ...handed out Wal-Mart gift certificates in exchange for unloaded guns."
"Participants received a $100 certificate for turning over an assault-style weapon, $50 for a handgun and $25 for a rifle or shotgun." ...
"It's a very easy process. You come in, put your gun on the table, and then we give you a couple of gift certificates from Wal-Mart and then they're on their merry way. There's no name taking or identification requirements. They simply supply the gun to us at the sheriff's department and they get a certificate."
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Gun makers need to come to their senses
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"I'm beginning to wonder if the gun makers will ever come to their senses and quit bringing out new rounds."
"It's as if they've gotten on a treadmill and can't get off it. Some of the stuff they're coming out with is about as badly needed as a new batch of product-liability lawyers."
"It's only been a few months since I wrote a column complaining how the gun makers keep roiling the pot with new cartridge introductions, hoping that'll entice shooters to go out and buy new guns."
"It turns out that if anything, I understated the case in that earlier column because I just learned from the latest issue of "Shooting Times" magazine that two additional new rounds have made their appearance." |
VA: Sunday hunting ban could come under attack
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"This fall Virginia's deer hunters said goodbye to a long tradition when the openers for the early muzzleloader and general firearms seasons moved from Mondays to Saturdays."
"The change received generally good reviews and also prompted a fair amount of speculation that it could be a step toward changing another Virginia tradition - the ban on Sunday hunting."
"Virginia is one of just a handful of states that allows no hunting on Sunday. The list is shrinking."
"Maryland and West Virginia are among the states that recently have relaxed Sunday hunting bans." |
PA: Hunting is in the bloodlines
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"Evan Shultz took his hunter's education course when he was 11. Now almost 13, he still hasn't shot at a deer, but the seventh-grader at Purchase Line High School doesn't mind."
"Even when his father, uncle and grandfather got bucks this week and he didn't." ...
"On Wednesday, three generations of the Shultz family loaded up their gear and went hunting in Pine, Indiana County. Paul Shultz, 55, of Cherry Tree, has been hunting for 43 years. His sons, Dave, 32, (Evan's dad), and Greg, 29, have both hunted since they were 12, and Evan's the same."
"The men have passed the tradition along." |
UK: Diva's love of hunting makes the hanky wringers in the UK nervous
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NEW Zealand�s finest songstress, Kiri Te Kanawa, turned up in Glasgow last week and gave the receptionist at her Holiday Inn hotel a bit of a shock when she asked the location of the gun store.
The 59-year-old opera dame, who commands around �50,000 per performance, assuages her Maori blood every year with a spot of hunting in the Scottish hills. An expert clay-pigeon shot, she frequently travels with her sporting guns.
The hotel was quick off the mark and summoned the polis, mindful that Glasgow was last week branded, once again, the murder capital of Europe. Well, would you have taken her on?
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AK: Fairbanks woman caught with gun in luggage at airport
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"A 41-year-old woman is accused of carrying a gun in her luggage at Fairbanks International Airport, airport security officials said."
"Tracy A. Terry of Fairbanks told airport police she had forgotten the .25-caliber pistol was in her carry-on bag when she went through the screening Nov. 14, according to a criminal complaint written by airport police."
"Terry was issued a summons last week to appear in state court. She is charged with a misdemeanor offense that carries a sentence of up to 90 days in jail and a $25,000 fine."
"Terry also is accused of violating an Alaska Administrative code that prohibits unauthorized firearms at the Anchorage and Fairbanks international airports. Terry has declined to comment about the incident."
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NY: Hunting questioned after bullet hits house
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Although deer-hunting season ends Tuesday, a recent incident in which a house was struck by a hunter's slug highlights a growing problem in a rural county where shotgun hunting is allowed as more and more land is being developed.
One day after David Skelton heard a noise upstairs in his Rockledge Drive home, his wife noticed wallboard dust on the carpeting in a guest bedroom.
"I looked around, and I found a large hole in the wall behind the headboard of the bed ... I could see daylight through the hole."
...saw a hole in the vinyl siding ... saw a 20-gauge shotgun slug on the floor. It struck a bed where, hours earlier, her mother and grandmother had slept. ... |
PA: Commission experiments with hunter-trapper course
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"The Pennsylvania Game Commission is experimenting with a program that allows would-be hunters to take a portion of their hunter-trapper safety education course on-line or at home.
At two hunter safety courses -- one in September, another in October -- the PGC gave students two choices."
"Option one was to attend eight hours of classroom instruction spread over two nights, then spend five hours on a Saturday doing hands-on learning that involved live-fire exercises, shot placement and safe gun handling."
"Option two allowed students to do the classroom portion of the course at home, either on the Internet or using a workbook. They still had to show up on a Saturday, however, for the five hours of hands-on training." |
The Battle For America...Country Mouse Versus City Mouse
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"It is pathetic to listen to the voices of those incapable of enduring life's simple tasks. They are so accustomed to having all their needs fulfilled they have lost the ability for original thought. Shovel the walk or plow their own street? Oh no...that's the government's job. Is there a rabid skunk at the back door? Hide in the house and call animal control. Save for retirement? Why? We have Social Security." ...
"Interesting how the most intolerant section of our populace continuously preaches tolerance. It is hypocrisy at its finest, diplomacy at the end of a gun barrel. Or at least it would be if not for the widespread urban terror of anything with a trigger." |
CA: Gang Banged
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"Gustavo Orejel, a 22-year-old Santa Ana resident with no record of violent crime, faces life in prison for allegedly shooting a gun at a car full of gang members who had just fired several bullets at his house ... But because Orejel stands accused of belonging to a gang, prosecutors aren't even required to reveal the identity of the two witnesses they say have fingered Orejel in the shooting."
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Amendment VI
In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the state and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the assistance of counsel for his defense.
The Bill of Rights is being murdered slowly and gradually, step by step. Who will stand up and say, "NO MORE?"
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