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TX: Irving police shooting brings call for 'justice' Submitted by: serinde Website: http://www.progunwomen.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
The NAACP's Irving branch has made a formal complaint about the Jan. 23 death of a Dallas man shot by police officers during a "drug bust." Tactical police arrived at Rice's room with a felony search warrant and permission to enter without knocking or announcing their presence... "I actually thought someone was robbing us..." - Patricia Midgett

CT: Ex-student releases two dozen hostages
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1st story on page

A former Fairfield University student claiming to have a bomb took nearly two dozen students and an associate professor hostage Tuesday but released them hours later, authorities said. At one point, there were 23 people inside the classroom of the Roman Catholic school in southwestern Connecticut.

--But aren't schools supposed to be where students are the safest because they are gun-free zones?

Comcast Cable tracking customers' Web activity Submitted by: serinde Website: http://www.progunwomen.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
4th story on page [Not directly gun related, but of concern.] "Comcast Corp., the nation's third-largest cable company, has begun tracking the Web browsing activities of its 1 million high-speed Internet subscribers without notifying them ... experts cautioned that the data could be subpoenaed by law enforcement agencies or lawyers in civil cases..."

Honest Mistake Submitted by: Robert Kuhn	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
-- Another horror story involving zero tolerance and the creation criminals through unfair enforcement of existing (and inane) laws. This is a good example of the downside of "Project Exile"-style law enforcement.

Lawmaker leads effort to arm pilots (Rep. Hostettler)
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"Rep. John Hostettler (R-IN), in a series of letters to his contemporaries and the Federal Aviation Administration, said Section 128 of the Aviation and Transportation Security Act � signed into law by President Bush soon after the Sept. 11 attacks � 'addresses flight deck security and lays down the necessary guidelines for authorizing commercial pilots to carry firearms in the cockpits of their aircraft.'"

He wants the provisions carried out post haste.

FINALLY!

WI: Attend Right to Carry Hearings on February 12th and 14th Submitted by: Doug Charette	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
State Representative Scott Suder, Chairman of the Assembly Criminal Justice Committee, will hold Right to Carry hearings next week. The first will be held at 12:00 noon on Tuesday, February 12, at the State of Wisconsin-National Guard Armory in Eau Claire. The second will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, February 14, at the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Waukesha.

CO: Concealed Carry Bill To Be Considered by Committee Submitted by: Doug Charette	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
HJR 1006, a resolution proclaiming a Legislative Sportsmen�s Caucus, was approved by the full Senate on Monday, February 4. HJR 1006 now goes to the Governor for approval. Contact the primary sponsors, Rep. Tim Fritz (R-51) at (303)866-2947 and Senator Stephanie Takis (D-25) at (303) 866-4865, to thank them for their effort.

Assertive Disarmament
Submitted by: Doug Charette

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WHAT MOTIVES LURK BEHIND LEFT-WING POLITICS? Today�s typical Leftist, for example, wants forcibly to confiscate every American man�s .22 rifle and woman�s .25 caliber self-protection handgun. Such things, say the Nanny Statists, are intolerably dangerous.

But these same gun grabbers condemn any suggestion that the United States should snatch nuclear weapons potential out of the hands of terror regimes in North Korea, Iran, and Iraq.

Nothing But Lies...
Submitted by: Doug Charette

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"I've been watching, reading, and listening to the rhetoric coming from our enemies camp. We should be so ashamed as to have our elected Senators and Congressmen seriously violate what they were put in to office to do; Raising their arm to the square, then taking a solemn Oath, and then breaking it...

I will never fly a commercial aircraft again until I will be allowed to defend myself." - Mike W. Smith

MI: Wayne County Gun Board issues over 700 new permits Submitted by: Doug Charette	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
Wayne County Gun Board met today--Feb 12th--and approved 717 General Permit applications. In addition, they also approved a number of Temporary permits and they also reversed about 10 previous denials. The estimated total of approvals for Feb 2002 is approximately 750. This brings the total number of permits issued by Wayne County to over 3,000 since July 1.

Arming Democrats Submitted by: Robert Leppo	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"Could it be that Rep. Nita M. Lowey of New York, chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, outspoken leader of gun-control legislation and frequent critic of the National Rifle Association, is hosting a pheasant shoot?" -- How dare they use evil guns to raise funds!

IA: Prison Officials and County Attorney Continue Cover-Up
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"On Friday February 8th an Illinois Constitutional Law Expert served a motion on the Jasper County prosecutor demanding that they respect the constitutional rights of Rick Getzschman and Eric Cotton who have been held for a full month on $100,000 bail for having an uncased shotgun in their car.

The gun was seen on January 8th by prison guard Kenneth Bushman after he conspired with a cashier in the Newton prison to stall Rick while Bushman snooped..." - Attorney Douglas Palaschek

UK: Vicar Faces Gun Charges Submitted by: Stuart Heal	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"A VICAR has been charged with firearm offences after a handgun and bullets were found in his home by police. American-born Michael Daggett, 53, was arrested at the vicarage on Moorside Road, Swinton, yesterday. He has now been relieved of his church duties."

VA: Stalking would be legal for Cops and PIs Submitted by: Anonymous	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
Summary as introduced: Crimes; stalking. "Exempts law-enforcement officers and regulated private investigators, acting in the course of their "business," from the provisions of the stalking statute." Yes -- under this bill, it would be LEGAL for cops & PIs to engage in conduct that would cause a resonable person to fear death, bodily harm, or sexual assault. No one is above the law??

UK: Giuliani To Advise Britain On Crime Submitted by: Rodney L. Hendrix	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
Former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani will advise British officials on ways to combat London's recent crime wave, Home Office officials said Wednesday. --What a hoot! Ex-mayor of anti-gun NYC to tell anti-gun UK how to reduce crime. Jeepers Batman, talk about "the blind leading the blind"!

IL: ISRA-PVF Endorses Sen. Patrick O'Malley for Governor Submitted by: Kevin Novak	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
In a January 2000 speech to the ICHV, Wood further antagonized firearm owners by labeling them as '...gun blinded militants' who engage in '...threats and narrow minded subterfuge.' Wood's inflammatory rhetoric along with her implicit approval of the ICHV's extremist gun control policies make her unsuitable to serve as Governor of Illinois."

MI: Posthumous sets sights on weapons crackdown Submitted by: Kevin Novak	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
Some of the more strident gun-rights groups, like Brassroots and the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, say programs like Project Exile should end because they would inevitably target non-criminal gun owners.

Campaign Finance 'Reform' Bill Passes; Faces Series of Amendments
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By a vote of 241 to 190, the House on Wednesday passed a measure sponsored by Rep. Chris Shays, R-Conn., and Rep. Marty Meehan, D-Mass, that would outlaw "soft money" contributions to national political parties and ban certain types of political advertising 60 days prior to an election. But the bill's foes will offer amendments later Wednesday that, if adopted, will make the bill unacceptable to the Shays-Meehan forces.

Are You Ready to Pay Your UN Taxes?
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When I took the oath of duty for my service in the United States Army ... One of these days, if the United Nations' potentates have their way, I am going to receive a tax bill that will include a portion of my earnings allocated to the UN.

--Technically, we already do pay a form of taxes: it is called our dues. That being said, there is a major movement throughout the world to tax the low-tax countries (America) so that the hig-tax countries will stop losing their tax-base.

NRA Will Take Shays-Meehan Bill To Supreme Court Submitted by: Anonymous	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
The NRA says it is willing to go to court, if necessary, to preserve its First Amendment rights. It is one of many issue advocacy groups that have criticized the various versions of the Shays-Meehan bill, and its Senate companion McCain-Feingold, for infringing on the free speech and free association rights of its members.

U.S. Pilots Press Regulators to Let Them Carry Guns
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(Reuters) - Last week a United Airlines co-pilot thwarted a cockpit intruder by whacking him with an ax, but many pilots would rather arm themselves with guns.

--The main problem with Pilots carrying guns is that they are working stiffs like you and me! The next thing you know the average guy will want to be able to protect himself and his family when waling down the street or visiting a mall and then Constitutional rights will have to be allowed and that could lead to American freedom.

Living the outlaw life: Bye-bye Banking Submitted by: Ted Vaughn	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
[Although not directly KABA related,everyone--ESPECIALLY GUN OWNERS--need to learn ways to protect their privacy.] KABA NOTE: On a related note, read: Bank of America Can Now Give Your Bank Account Away

Open Letter to Liberals Favoring Gun Confiscation Submitted by: Ted Vaughn	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"The single stupidest thing that liberals could do for their causes is pass gun control. They would be writing their own death warrant..." - Liz Michael