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Democrats Want Explanation On Anti-Terror Proposal
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"Democrats on Monday asked the Justice Department to explain reports that it plans to ask Congress to expand an anti-terrorism law to increase surveillance while restricting access to information and limiting judicial review."
"House Judiciary Democrats called on Attorney General John Ashcroft to explain the existence of a copy of draft legislation called the Domestic Security Enhancement Act of 2003." ... |
A Gun Lawsuit's Smoking Gun
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"Mr. Ricker's inside account will be powerful evidence in the California case, and should help in others, including a $433 million suit filed by the city of Chicago. But the courts are not the only institution that should take note. The gun industry's allies in Congress have introduced legislation to grant gun manufacturers and dealers immunity from lawsuits of this kind. Given evidence of industry connivance in illegal distribution, such a law would be the height of irresponsibility." |
CA: Police search for gunman at school
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"Students and staff members locked themselves inside classrooms and followed other campus emergency procedures toward the end of the school day as police searched the halls for the man, Lt. Robin Heinemann said."
"Police were called at 2:17 p.m. They found neither a weapon nor a suspect."
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UK: Pensioners robbed at gunpoint
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"Two Co.Antrim pensioners have been threatened at gunpoint by armed robbers in their home."
"The couple were in their home at Dunloy when two masked men forced their way in on Friday night."
"One threatened the elderly couple with a gun and forced them to lie on the floor. The other man ransacked upstairs rooms." |
UT: Gun Show Background Checks: Useless Scheme, with a Hidden Agenda?
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"Third, background checks are nearly worthless. Identity theft is the fastest-growing crime in America today, and fake identification will get any criminal past a background check. Clever crooks also get a friend or relative ...to make a 'straw purchase' for them, a federal felony." ...
"We are unaware of a single prosecution by Utah authorities in the last three years of anyone who failed a background check. Laws not enforced should be repealed, not expanded." ... |
TX: Gun safety preached to Pottsboro youngsters
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"Children at Pottsboro Elementary School learned about gun safety Wednesday afternoon as Bob Douglas, with the Grayson County Sheriff's Office, McGruff, and Eddie the Eagle, the mascot for the National Rifle Association Gun Safety program, were all on hand to teach and entertain."
"The Eddie Eagle GunSafe Program ...was designed by qualified professionals such as psychologists, teachers, law enforcement personnel, and reading and curriculum specialists." |
UT: Concealed-Weapons Bill Gets Legs
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"A bill paving the way for concealed-weapon permit holders to carry guns onto school grounds walked away victorious from a Capitol showdown on how best to harmonize conflicting gun laws."
"Senate Judiciary committee members advanced Senate Bill 108 in a 4-2 vote -- striking down substitute legislation to ban legally concealed weapons -- after testimonies from parents, educators and gun owners." |
VA: Guns and gin aren't a soothing mix
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"About 100,000 Virginians with concealed weapons permits want the peace of mind of being able to carry guns into restaurants and bars, says the sponsor of House-passed legislation allowing them to do so, which leaves 6.9 million Virginians who can now start shaking in their boots."
"The lunacy of mixing guns and alcohol seems so obvious that one would never expect it to be a topic of conversation, much less a source for debate." |
SC: Charleston storeowners considering guns
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"Charleston Police Chief Reuben Greenberg ...suggests it may be time for storeowners carrying guns to protect their businesses." ...
"North Charleston Police Chief Jon Zumalt doesn't think its time for merchants to lock and load. He said adding more guns to a situation elevates the danger for all."
"Zumalt would rather storeowners take a nonconfrontational approach and let authorities handle the investigations." |
UK: Citizens' Outraged at Burglar's "Sentence"
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"One of Britain's most prolific burglars has been sentenced to just four days for each of his crimes."
"Martin Maloney, 22, racked up a staggering total of 589 burglaries in 18 months preying on the elderly and infirm."
"Maloney, of Weedington Road, Kentish Town, north London, and accomplices stole �266,930 of which just �1,040 has been recovered."
"His sentence of seven years represents four days and eight hours for each of his crimes." |
U.S. May Seek Wider Anti-Terror Powers
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"The draft, a potential successor to the Patriot Act that passed Congress after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, would authorize the Justice Department to conduct clandestine searches or eavesdrop on any suspected terrorist or foreign agent for 15 days after the beginning of a military conflict or 'national emergency,' rather than after a formal declaration of war, as current law provides. It would also permit wiretaps of U.S. citizens in terrorism cases for longer periods and with less court oversight than now permitted; and allow the department to collect a DNA-sample database from both convicted and suspected terrorists." |
Justice Dept. Drafts Sweeping Expansion of Anti-Terrorism Act
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"The Center for Public Integrity has obtained a draft, dated January 9, 2003, of this previously undisclosed legislation and is making it available in full text. The bill, drafted by the staff of Attorney General John Ashcroft and entitled the Domestic Security Enhancement Act of 2003, has not been officially released by the Department of Justice, although rumors of its development have circulated around the Capitol for the last few months under the name of 'the Patriot Act II' in legislative parlance." ...
"Senior members of the Senate Judiciary Committee minority staff have inquired about Patriot II for months and have been told as recently as this week that there is no such legislation being planned."
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Canada: Tax collector to run gun registry
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"Justice Minister Martin Cauchon has appointed senior Customs and Revenue bureaucrat Bill Baker � one of the top tax and customs collectors � as chief executive officer of the Canadian Firearms Centre, the Star has learned."
"The move comes as new numbers emerge showing legislative delays in streamlining operations of the gun-control program are costing Ottawa up to $3.5 million a month." |
FL: Venice man says he killed girlfriend
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"Denise Dean was already dead and her killer was hiding out in her house when sheriff's deputies knocked on her door to find out why she'd called 911."
"Her killer hung up the phone when she tried to call for help, then strangled her before that help arrived."
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CA: Gun laws a minefield for military
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"But getting those handguns can be a big problem in California, which has some of the most restrictive gun laws in the nation. Although law enforcement personnel are exempted from many of the restrictions on purchasing firearms, military personnel stationed in California are not - even if they're on their way to a combat zone." |
Arafat gets asinine plea from PETA on intefadeh
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"In January 2003 -- the month in which the donkey died -- 21 Israelis and eight foreign nationals were killed by terrorists in Israel, and 127 others were injured."
"Yet PETA weeps for the ass."
"Radio talk show host Tony Macrini got it right when he remarked recently that 'PETA' was an acronym for 'People Embarrassing the Tidewater Area.' "
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AZ: Shoot down gun bills (Letter)
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"A vision came to me then. I was in a Green Valley restaurant with my wife and about 10 other couples. The air was heavy with cigarette and pipe smoke. All the males, except me, were wearing heavy belts filled with ammunition and a mighty six shooter on each side. Suddenly an adolescent Billie-the-Kid [sic] type guy came swaggering in and, in a whiny adolescent sneering voice shouted obsenities [sic], pulled his right-side pistol and aimed at a large middle-aged super macho John Wayne-looking guy who was sipping a lemonade. I grabbed my wife's arm and we hit the deck. Shots roared through the building. Within 10 minutes it became quite[sic] like a morgue. I peered over the edge of the table. Everyone else was dead except the bartender. He told us that every gun-carrying patron pulled his gun to protect himself but wasn't sure which other guy was aiming at him, so they all aimed at each other and pulled the trigger. My wife/and I had a brandy and left."
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NE: Woman fires gun to summon help
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"A disabled Omaha woman shot holes in her walls Saturday afternoon to alert neighbors that her apartment was on fire."
"The fire, at a residential area for people with disabilities, significantly damaged the inside of the woman's apartment, but she was not injured." ...
"She did not have a phone, so she fired two or three shots out the window to call for help," said Sgt. Cathy Cook of the Omaha Police Department." ... |
KY: Gun dealer charged, awaits word from court
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"Ronnie Gayle Perkins, 58, of 120 Hiawatha Trail, was charged with dealing in firearms without a license, possessing semiautomatic assault weapons, furnishing false identification to a firearms dealer and possessing unregistered firearms." ...
"ATF agents seized about 160 guns from Perkins shop on North Broadway on Nov. 19, 2002." ...
� 'I�ve got the Constitution on my side, if that means anything anymore,' Perkins said." |
Jamaica: Inmate says guards beat her after suicide attempt
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"A British inmate at the Fort Augusta women's prison has told the Sunday Observer that she attempted to commit suicide after being bullied by other inmates and was then severely beaten by guards."
"Senior Superintendent Sylvester Lindo, who is in charge of the prison, confirmed that the incident had taken place, saying the guards had 'become annoyed' with the woman after she scaled the walls of the prison and jumped into the sea." ... |
TX: Report: failed background check
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"Federal officials are puzzled as to how an elderly career criminal managed to purchase a shotgun through normal channels, then use it to fatally shoot a respected southeast Texas attorney."
"The shotgun purchase highlights dangerous shortcomings in the federal criminal background check system... Even FBI agents weren't certain how Gerzine bought the weapon even though he was ineligible for the purchase, according to several interviews with federal officials." |
OH: Ohio Coalition Against Gun Violence Launches New E-Mail Newsletter
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"The Ohio Coalition Against Gun Violence (OCAGV) is delighted to announce the launch of a new weekly e-mail newsletter that will make us -- and you -- more effective in protecting Ohio residents from gun related tragedies." ...
"This cutting-edge newsletter will contain up-to-date news, facts and statistics, press releases on upcoming events, and other useful resources for our members and friends." ... |
Philippines: Checkpoints are the wrong solution to the gun problem
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"We in the Philippine Alliance of Human Rights Advocates view with alarm the recent plan of the National Police to set up checkpoints in strategic places all over Metro Manila in compliance with the total gun ban imposed by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. The plan is unnecessary and unjustifiable, the wrong solution to the problem of illegal possession of firearms and gun-related violence." |
NJ: Cop charged in plot against Speziale
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"Lt. Hector Hernandez, 36, was put under surveillance after special investigations detectives discovered he was feeding personal information about Sheriff Jerry Speziale and his family to an inmate who is a self-admitted Bloods member, said Lt. Terry Smith of the special investigations division. The 17-year veteran was forced to turn in his gun and badge." |
CA: County denies claim of man shot by deputy
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"Monterey County on Friday officially rebuffed a legal claim by the family of a King City small business owner who was seriously wounded in August when he was shot in the stomach by a sheriff deputy's assault rifle." ...
"Friday was the last day the county had to respond to the lawsuit. The county denied the claim..."
"The case will now go to mediation, where both parties could reach an out-of-court settlement." |
Australia: Robbed so often police gave him a certificate
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"A hardware store owner in Sydney's west has been robbed so many times that police have given him an official letter of sympathy attesting to his problems."
"Rod Bradshaw's store at Pendle Hill has been plundered by thieves and hold-up merchants an astounding 41 times in seven years."
"His police letter notes that official records confirm him as a 'repeat victim' of three separate offences within 12months." |
VA: Deputy Shoots Dog While Serving a Warrant
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"Now the sticking point is whether the deputy shot the dog inside the doorway, or out on the porch."
"In a statement released by the sheriff's department - it reports that the dog came out attacked the deputy on the porch and ran back inside after he shot it."
... "Dwayne Deel who lives in the house says the dog was in the house when the deputy fired his gun."
The dog's owner, Rodney Jones says if the deputy came into house, Thor would naturally defend his home." |
Ex-wife's anger leads to arrests in espionage case
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"Court documents and law enforcement sources say it was Deborah Davila, a 40-year-old schoolteacher, who came to authorities about her ex-husband, Rafael Davila, 51, a former major and intelligence specialist with the Washington National Guard."
"He stands accused of taking perhaps hundreds of documents, including at least one on chemical, biological and nuclear weapons, and she of sending those documents out. The ultimate recipients, federal agents fear, were radical, anti-government groups within the United States. The documents, which filled a dozen or more boxes, remain missing." |
WA: Loophole Lets Gun Buyers Skirt Background Check
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" 'The fact of the matter is 99.9 percent of what goes on at those gun shows is perfectly legal,' says Lewis County Sheriff John McCroskey."
"McCroskey says gun shows in his jurisdiction don't bother him a bit. He also thinks politicians should stay out of 2nd Amendment debates."
" 'I'm not confident those people know what to do, nor am I confident what they do will be effective. In my book, if you can't be effective, you shouldn't be doing it,' McCroskey says." |
NY: State lawmakers back Friar Tuck
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"Friar Tuck Inn owners have gotten state support for a shooting range that has been closed following years of court battles and zoning challenges. Letters from state Sen. James Seward on Jan. 29 and state Assemblyman Daniel Hooker on Jan. 27 were reviewed briefly Tuesday during a Town Board meeting, with Town Board members asked to reach a compromise that would allow the use of firearms at the 29.6-acre resort on state Route 32." |
NY: Court Order To Dismiss Pine Barrens As Intervener Filed
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"The town of Brookhaven filed papers in New York State Supreme Court last week asking for a denial and dismissal of the Long Island Pine Barrens Society's request for judicial intervention with Brookhaven in the town's lawsuit against the Long Island Shooting Range of Brookhaven, Inc., and Frank Vigliarolo." ...
"Brookhaven Councilman Edward Hennessey commented, 'The shooting range is a recreational use that should be protected. For sportsmen who shoot with rifles and pistols for recreation, there are fewer and fewer places on Long Island for them to go. But the town has to strike a balance between recreational uses and preservation interests.' " |
Philippines: Negros Occ. cop arrested with 21 revolvers
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"The National Police landed its first fish in the total gun ban ordered by President Arroyo after one of its men was arrested for possession of 21 firearms in Catmon, Cebu last week." ...
"When Catmon policemen led by Senior Insp. Francisco Comahig searched the bag of Morin, it yielded eight derringer Magnum .22 revolvers, eight Smith and Wesson .38 caliber revolvers, two HM Magnum .357 revolvers, a snub nose caliber .22 revolver and two rounds of Magnum .357 ammunition." |
Philippines: Comply with gun ban, policemen ordered
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"Metro Manila Police chief Deputy Director General Reynaldo Velasco Sunday ordered policemen to comply with the gun ban or face arrest."
"He added that policemen who would be caught carrying their guns without mission orders will be arrested and charged in court." ... |
Philippines: Sleepless and gunless in Manila
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"Armed or unarmed, civilians would always be in danger in Manila�s streets as long as there are gangs and their guns." ...
"Three days after President Macapagal-Arroyo declared the total gun ban for civilians and off-duty officers, 59 shooting incidents have been reported nationwide. At least 35 people have been killed and 30 others injured." ... |
CA: Gun Lobby's Perfect Aim
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"In the last four years, California has passed more high-profile gun-control laws than most other states combined. It is widely lauded as the most progressive state on gun control. But I believe we should see this not as progress toward an end to gun violence but as a great victory for the gun lobby, which has succeeded spectacularly well in blocking laws that would make a real difference."
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The author of this editorial readily admits that California has some of the toughest gun laws in the country. However, she immediately blames the gun lobby for the high rate of victimization that occurs in California for not allowing a yet tougher, more intrusive nanny state to throttle the last vestiges of freedom in that state. The gun lobby appears to be a convenient whipping boy to cover up the inefficiency of draconian gun laws. |
AL: Riley tries to reduce pork
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"New revelations of pork emerged Friday even as Gov. Bob Riley and House and Senate leaders put a stop to the practice of a select group of lawmakers hiding appropriations for their districts."
"The New York Times Regional Newspapers in Florence, Gadsden and Tuscaloosa earlier this week reported that $3.24 million, or 60 percent, of the Senate�s $5.4 million in pass-through pork in ADECA�s budget went to numerous projects, cities, counties and schools in Bedford�s Senate district, including $1.5 million to his high school�s football program." |
Lawyers Group Mulls Combatants' Rights
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"If its members can settle their differences, the nation's largest lawyers' group is prepared to condemn part of the government's strategy in the fight against terrorism: its refusal to grant legal rights to people arrested in the United States and held as enemy combatants."
"The American Bar Association, at its winter meeting, also will consider this week whether to press for more openness about government surveillance in the United States." |
Blacks turn to home-schooling
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"An increasing number of black families nationwide are choosing to home-school their children as they become fed up with what they call the country's 'inadequate' public school system." ...
"Most of them said public and private schools in their neighborhoods are failing to provide their children with strong moral values, a quality education or a history of black culture and identity. Large class sizes and lack of one-on-one instruction also are to blame." |
CO: Colo. May OK First Pet Companionship Law
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"Several Colorado lawmakers are supporting legislation to elevate the status of cats and dogs from property to companions."
"The measure would allow people in Colorado to sue veterinarians and animal abusers and seek damages for 'loss of companionship,' up to $100,000."
"Republican Gov. Bill Owens, who owns a springer spaniel named Hannah, would not say if he would sign such a bill into law if it passes. But he added: 'Hannah is very much in favor' of the bill."
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NY: New Terror Alert Brings Increased Security
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"Police stepped up security at airports, subways and hotels this weekend after the nation was put on heightened terrorist alert and law enforcement officials indicated New York was a possible target."
"City officials told residents to be vigilant, but go about their business. Many New Yorkers did just that on Saturday." ...
"But city streets, and particularly traffic aboard subways, was sparse." |
Confessions of a Weakling - Or - Why I Own a Gun!
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"This is an open letter to all gun-backed bureaucrats, gun-control advocates, gun-toting soldiers of the State, and criminals. ... You see, although I am nearly incapable of making it to the bathroom without an accident, (due to a failure-to-thrive syndrome brought about by government-mandated nutritional guidelines) I still have enough strength to explain to you why I am doing the only thing I can do in the short-run to protect my personal property. ... I own a gun for reasons of defense." |
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