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"In their e-mail letter encouraging senators to scuttle the bill, LaPierre and Cox wrote that 'we have said from the start that we will not allow this bill to become a vehicle for added restrictions on the law-abiding people of America.' They also warned that senators' votes on the bill that they were now recommending for defeat 'will be used in our future evaluations and endorsements of candidates for the U.S. Senate.' (A copy of the NRA's letter to senators is at www.csgv.org.)"
"According to Kristen Rand, legislative director for the Violence Policy Center, the NRA's plan was to simply strip the amendments, either in conference committee or back in the House, and then bring back a 'clean' immunity bill for another vote at a later date. 'But you started to see all this e-mail traffic from the far right,' she says, 'and clearly they either weren't understanding the strategy or they weren't acquiescing to the strategy. And they all started agitating to kill it.' "
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If you can't win your case on merit, attack your opponents in order to remove your most well-spoken foes
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"The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence this morning delivered a letter to the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, arguing that House members Don Young and Barbara Cubin used their legislative powers to further the financial interests of the National Rifle Association, which they serve as members of the Board."
"According to the Brady Campaign's letter requesting an inquiry by the Committee, the conflict of interest arises from the active support by Representatives Young (A-AK) and Cubin (R-WY) of H.R. 1036, a bill that would provide broad immunity from civil litigation to gun manufacturers, dealers and trade associations. As a 'trade association,' as defined in the bill, the NRA would benefit from the legislation. Last week the Brady Campaign noted a similar conflict of interest in a complaint filed with the Senate Ethics Committee against Senator Larry Craig (R-Id.), the floor leader for a similar bill in the Senate." |
Gun Control Group Calls For Ethics Inquiry Into Gun Bill (Alternate report)
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"A gun control group is calling for a House Ethics inquiry into National Rifle Association board members who co-sponsored a bill to give NRA civil immunity."
"The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence delivered a letter to the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, accusing House members Don Young (R-Alaska) and Barbara Cubin (R-W.V.) of using their legislative powers to further the financial interests of the NRA, which they serve as members of the board." ...
"According to House ethics rules, members are prohibited from using their legislative powers to further the financial interests of organizations with which they are affiliated."
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Top 'wedge' issues backfiring on GOP
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"The NRA has transformed its role of defender of the right to bear arms to that of a greedy special-interest group trying to fix court cases, protect assault weapons, and keep often shady transactions at guns shows from the minimal scrutiny of a criminal background check." ...
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Louisiana woman, Massachusetts man
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"Take gun control. Can you imagine Landrieu justifying to her party's purists her recent vote against renewing the ban on assault weapons, a measure that Kerry left the campaign trail on Super Tuesday to vote for? Can you imagine her debating the issue with Dick Cheney? Whose position would she defend, Kerry's or her own?"
"Given the attention the state has received from both camps lately, it does seem that Louisiana will be a battleground state. Then again, there are lots of others, most with at least one vice presidential hopeful to call their own." ... |
Convicted Washington Sniper Muhammad Sentenced to Die
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"John Allen Muhammad, one of two men accused in the sniper-shooting deaths of 10 people in the Washington, D.C., area in 2002, was sentenced to death by a Virginia judge for murdering a man at a gas station."
"A jury in Virginia Beach, Virginia, convicted Muhammad of capital murder, terrorism, conspiracy and firearms violations in November for the death of Dean Harold Meyers, 53, who was gunned down in Manassas, Virginia, in October 2002. Meyers was the seventh sniper victim." |
Readers' lock-n-load response
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"Are you lonely? Do you crave attention from passionate and devoted respondents? Would you like to receive letters, e-mails and phone calls by the hundreds, so many that you pine for that lonely old life you used to know?"
"Well, here's the answer: Write something favorable about gun control. Lament how easy it still is to buy semi-automatic assault weapons such as the one used in the Washington, D.C., sniper case by John Allen Muhammad and John Lee Malvo. Get your hand-wringing piece published in the newspaper."
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UK: "Gun crimes are like joyriding... people get killed by cars, but we don't ban them"
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"THE Tory party's spokesman on homeland security believes banning handguns is like outlawing cars."
"Patrick Mercer described the ban on handguns in the wake of Dunblane as 'nonsense' and 'a kneejerk reaction'."
"And he said: 'It's exactly the same argument that I would deploy about joy-riding.' "
"It is clearly highly undesirable that people get killed on the roads by motor cars. But we don't ban motor cars. ..."
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MN: Minneapolis cop accused of taking lewd photos of women is fired
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"A Minneapolis police officer has been fired amid allegations that he took indecent photos of women in the back of a squad car, sources said Monday."
"Officer John R. Mills, who was terminated March 2, has 30 days to appeal the decision. Because the appeal period hasn't expired, officials were unable to comment on the details of the case except to confirm the termination, said officer Ron Reier, a department spokesman."
"Officials under former Minneapolis Police Chief Robert Olson had been investigating Mills for months, the sources said."
"The Minneapolis Police Federation has decided not to challenge the firing, said Sgt. John Delmonico, the group's president." |
OH: Some unlikely candidates are ready to carry firearms
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"One is a fifth-grade teacher, another a stroke victim who walks with a cane."
"Not exactly the folks you would expect to be packing heat."
"But both recently took firearms training so they can become eligible to carry a concealed weapon come April." ...
"A gun is an equalizer... You've got too many people out here just shooting up people when they want... like this guy in Columbus who's shooting. In this world anymore, people just don't care." |
UK: Murdered Neighbour with Bayonet
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"An unemployed man who killed his next-door neighbour with a 2ft sword during a row about noise was jailed for life today after being convicted of murder."
"Melvin Sullivan, 45, of Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, thrust the sword � which could also be used as a bayonet � through Michael Bailey�s body from side to side during the incident in June 2003."
"The blade went between the 28-year-old mechanic�s ribs and through his chest muscles to within half a centimetre of the skin on the other side of his body, Norwich Crown Court heard during a week-long trial."
"Mr Bailey, a talented stock car racer, died almost immediately after the sword 'wreaked terrible damage' to his lungs and heart, jurors were told."
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New Zealand: Policeman investigated for 'inappropriate behaviour'
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"Hornby-based highway patrolman Constable Mike Smith and three other men were ejected from the ground during a one-day international between Pakistan and New Zealand on January 10."
"The four men clambered into a corporate box from general seating at the end of the day's play and allegedly helped themselves to alcohol and food in front of guests."
"Security staff had to eventually remove the men from the corporate box and the stadium."
"Then during the New Zealand versus South Africa one day game on February 17, Mr Smith was alleged to have run on to the cricket ground."
"He was later banned from Jade Stadium for two years. It was believed the three other men with him on January 10 were also banned from the ground." |
NY: New York Officer On Trial Now Defends 'Uniform'
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"A cop charged with using a police radio to whack a handcuffed suspect who spat at him admitted yesterday he later told his partner, 'Nobody disrespects the uniform.' "
"But Officer Charles Dorcent - on trial for hitting Anthony Carty outside Prospect Park - insisted he was talking about himself and the way he wanted to clean up his own uniform, which was soiled with saliva. He insisted he wasn't referring to the entire NYPD."
"Dorcent, who claims he swung the radio in self-defense after Carty lunged at him, testified that when his partner asked him what had happened moments afterward, he responded, 'He spit on me. Nobody disrespects the uniform.' "
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AK: Wife killer's lies spark effort to change trial rules to allow cops to use a confession they beat out of you
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"A wife killer scheduled to be sentenced today so outraged people when he lied on the witness stand at his trial last year that an Anchorage legislator is taking steps to make sure future juries know if a defendant changes his story just for them."
"The state House of Representatives last week approved a change in court rules that will allow defendant statements, even if obtained illegally, to be used during trial if the defendant takes the stand and tells a different story."
"The bill, sponsored by Rep. Ralph Samuels, R-Anchorage, also allows other illegally obtained evidence to be used to impeach a defendant, meaning the prosecution can use it to suggest he lied during his testimony."
"In both cases, prosecutors must first prove to a judge that the statements were not coerced and the evidence was 'not obtained in substantial violation' of a defendant's rights." |
Ruling in state case far-reaching
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"In the case of a Thurston County man, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled yesterday that criminals have a constitutional right to cross-examine witnesses against them, an opinion that overturned 25 years of precedent and has sweeping implications nationwide."
"Among other things, the ruling casts serious doubt on child-abuse prosecutions, which since the 1990s have often allowed social workers or investigators to testify in place of the victims."
" 'Prosecutors and victims and children and witnesses lose, and defendants win,' Thurston County Prosecutor Sherman, who argued the case before the high court, said yesterday." |
OH: In Ohio, a Fear That Hits Home
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"On Nov. 17, a bullet struck a UPS truck. Police traced the bullet to the shooter's gun without releasing information on exactly where the shooting took place."
" 'He's a crazy guy. Got some mental problems. He's mad at authority,' Brian Baucum, 38, a driver for the Central Beverage Group, was saying the other morning, sitting in the driver's seat of his truck near City Hall in Grove City."
"The state of Ohio has passed a law that goes into effect in April granting citizens the right to carry weapons. Baucum figures the law just might serve to bring the shooter down. 'Somebody's gonna hurt him. With them passing the concealed-weapons law, someone will shoot him. If I saw him, I'd run him off the road.' " |
Dealing honestly with firearms laws
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"The Los Angeles Times wrote in a March 4 editorial decrying the defeat of S. 1805 and its poison-pill amendments wrote, 'If the 10-year-old assault gun ban expires in September, look for Uzis at a gun store near you, weapons capable of taking out an entire schoolyard or the morning line of caffeine hounds at Starbucks.' "
"While Schumer is partly correct - many of the banned guns are modeled on military designs - the Times is completely over the top. The banned firearms are semi-automatics, not the submachine guns most people envision when they read 'Uzi.' The banned guns are no more deadly than many firearms used by hunters. Are those next to be forbidden?"
"Another senator speaking in favor of the ban said the extension was necessary because it had kept such firearms out of the hands of criminals, but hadn't affected responsible gun owners. He said no sportsmen had been denied the firearms they needed for their pursuits and that the banned semi-automatics had no legitimate uses and were useful only to criminals. That's misinformation used by supporters of the ban as though it's true, but it's not." |
Anarchy in Oz
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"What if a mayor actually looked at the Constitution and read the words of the Second Amendment, which say 'the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed,' came to the conclusion that the right to keep and bear arms could not be infringed by any state law, and then started issuing concealed weapon permits? Do you think Lockyer would first say he would only defend state agencies sued as a result of the mayor�s actions, then call anyone who wanted him to act 'radical,' and then say he would consult with the Supreme Court as to the meaning of the law-all while doing nothing? Of course not." |
Haiti: Failing Democracy
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"Most democracies, Haiti included, have clauses that deal with the issue of how civilians can or when they can overthrow the government. The second amendment is a good example of that, keeping an armed citizenry in case of tyranny by the government. But even in the U.S. that is a last resort position, and the tried, true, and preferred way of removing inept government is through the ballot box. The problem with Haiti, is that the ballot box was not given the opportunity to do just that." |
Gun store owner ambushed by three; shoots one
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"Zane Wilson, 74, was shot and killed on February 27 in his store, Zanes Gun Rack, 4167 N. High St. in Columbus, but not before returning fire and wounding one of his three attackers." ...
"Note to gun controllers: THIS is how bad guys get guns. Notice that they didn't bother with a NICS background check. Notice that a mandatory waiting period would not have made a bit of difference to them. And yet groups like Americans For Gun 'Safety' want us to believe it is the gun store owner who is evil."
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PA: Firearms Hearings in Philly
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"Mothers of who lost sons to gun violence voiced support at a public hearing for handgun legislation city council is considering. Council members, Darrell Clarke and Donna Reed Miller introduced seven bills that would limit multiple gun purchases, require ammunition and gun transfers and sales be reported to police, and prohibit the possession of firearms on school property." |
OH: Police Chief Says Violence Committed By Young People On The Rise
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"Cincinnati's police chief says violence committed by young people is growing out of control."
"In fact, Police Chief Tom Streicher, says a quarter of the murder in recent years committed in Cincinnati are by juveniles."
"Chief Streicher says violent crime committed by kids under the age of 18 has gone up on the streets of Cincinnati."
"More kids robbing people, more kids with guns killing people."
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What John Kerry Should Say About "God, Gays and Guns"
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"Finally, guns and gun ownership continue to be an emotional, volatile issue. I hunt and I understand our tradition of gun ownership in America. But using the gun issue, as this administration does, to divide citizens, rather than looking at ways to reduce gun violence and ensuring the safety of our children is, frankly, irresponsible."
"Sportsmen, hunters and gun owners have nothing to fear about gun ownership in a Kerry administration. There is nothing to fear about creating a national climate where reducing gun death and injury is compatible with the interests of hunters and gun owners. Preying on the emotional sensitivity of this issue won't accomplish this goal, but honesty and straight talk will. I know that gun owners, from my personal experience as a hunter, are as concerned about the well-being of our communities as I am."
"There is no need to continue to play a game of divide and conquer on the gun issue or on the issue of gender preference. There is no need to continue to play a game of trying to prove that one party or the other is closer to God."
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FL: Bill would outlaw lists or databases of gun owners
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"Databases kept by some law enforcement agencies that have lists of gun owners culled from pawn shop sales records would be outlawed under a measure passed overwhelmingly Tuesday by the House."
"The bill (HB 155), which still needs Senate approval, passed 81-35 over the objection of a number of lawmakers who said it would hamper the ability of police to solve crimes."
"But supporters noted that the bill is supported by the state's sheriffs, and said it would prevent police from profiling innocent gun owners, or some potentially larger move by government to target them for harassment or take their guns away."
"The bill would impose fines up to $5 million for any police or other government agency that continues to maintain such a database." |
Ashcroft Gunning for Peek at Private Medical Records
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"Wrap your mind around this one."
"It's the law now: If you buy a gun on, say, Monday morning, then by the time you've had breakfast on Tuesday, the record of that sale will be in the shredder � gone."
"Don't thank me � thank John Ashcroft, your attorney general." ...
"Now Ashcroft, the man who won't let the sun go down on gun-buying records, has sent out process servers to go knocking on the doors of six of the nation's Planned Parenthood offices � one of them in Los Angeles and another in San Diego � with subpoenas demanding those most private of records: medical data on thousands of patients, because he's being sued over a new law making so-called partial birth abortion a federal crime." |
US House likely to back limits on fat lawsuits
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"The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday will take up a bill that would block so-called 'frivolous' lawsuits that accuse fast-food chains and other segments of the food industry of causing obesity."
"Bill backers said on Tuesday they expect the legislation to pass the House, although it is not yet clear whether companion legislation will come up in the Senate this year."
"The bill states that its aim is 'to prevent frivolous lawsuits against the manufacturers, distributors or sellers of food or non-alcoholic beverage products' that meet legal and sanitary standards."
"House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, a Texas Republican, told reporters the legislation would prevent trial lawyers from mounting 'Ronald McDonald made me do it' cases." |
MN: Mondale Heads Effort to Repeal Minnesota's Handgun Law (JTO)
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"Repeal Conceal," an initiative seeking repeal of Minnesota's concealed-carry handgun law, is being headed by former Vice President Walter Mondale and former Gov. Arne Carlson, the Associated Press reported March 4.
The law allows most law-abiding, mentally competent residents who take a firearms-safety class to obtain a permit. Previously, permits were issued only to those who showed a need for a gun for work or personal safety.
Mondale and Carlson said the law is bad public policy because it removes the discretion of local police in issuing permits and gives residents a false sense of safety. |
OH: Measure creates an elite class of Ohio citizens
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"Zanesville police officers will be the only city employees carrying firearms on the job, as the result of an ordinance passed Monday night by city council."
"The measure was required in light of the state's recent passage of a concealed carry law, which takes effect April 8. The portion limiting weapons on the job to police officers is an addition to the employment policy in the city employee handbook."
"Also part of the state law is a requirement to post signs on all city property where weapons are prohibited."
"There was no discussion on the bill, other than a question from Council Member Jack Humm, who asked how many signs will be necessary and how big they will have to be. Service Director Mike Sims said they are checking the state law for size and placement requirements and have only had some preliminary contact with sign companies about possible cost." |
MO: Senators vote to keep concealed gun permits secret
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"State senators rejected an attempt Tuesday to make public the names of Missourians who receive concealed guns permits, while endorsing a bill that could make it cheaper to obtain other government records."
"Missouri's concealed guns law - just beginning to be implemented by some sheriffs - keeps secret the names of people approved for permits."
"Senators voted 19-13 against an amendment that would have required sheriffs to keep lists of permit holders and release them upon request of the public." |
FL: Deputy On Trial For Allegedly Pistol-Whipping Stepson
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"A Clay County Deputy went to trial Tuesday on charges that he pistol-whipped his teenage stepson."
"Prosecutors say Shawnon Martin (pictured, left), a former soldier and sheriff's officer, hit his stepson over the head with a gun."
"But the former officer's lawyers said it was an act of self-defense." ...
"The prosecution presented its case Tuesday, saying Martin struck his stepson in the head after finding him at a party with drugs." |
UK: Two face gun attack charges
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"Two men have been arrested in connection with a gun attack on a mother-of-two in County Antrim."
"The woman was assaulted and threatened with a knife at a caravan site in Dunmurry, on the outskirts of Belfast, on Monday."
"Both men will appear at Lisburn Magistrates' Court on Wednesday."
"One is charged with attempted murder and grevous bodily harm with intent while the other is charged with attempted murder." |
NC: Students learn more about gun safety
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"Elementary students in Kings Mountain got a gun-safety lesson Tuesday from the town's police chief and mayor."
"Chief Melvin Proctor said he wants to send a message to children about how unsafe guns can be." ...
"A grant from the Justice Department paid for firearm safety kits, which are part of a national program known as ChildSafe. The Kings Mountain Police Department will begin distributing the 800 safety kits, which include a gun lock, on Monday night." |
Australia: Swords now being banned, $12,000 fine and 6 months in prison for illegal possession
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"Swords will become prohibited weapons from July 1, carrying penalties of up to $12,000 or six months in prison for illegal use or possession, the Minister for Police and Emergency Services, Andre Haermeyer said today."
"Mr Haermeyer announced new sword regulations today, saying they would assist Victoria Police to crack down on incidents involving swords."
" 'The Bracks Government is implementing these new regulations to help Victoria Police overcome this culture of young people arming themselves with swords,' Mr Haermeyer said." ...
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Australia: Two robbed in separate crimes
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"TWO men were robbed in separate incidents in Brisbane and on the Sunshine Coast overnight."
"Police said a 19-year-old man was robbed after being accosted by two men in the courtyard of his unit block at suburban Clayfield in Brisbane about 7pm (AEST)."
"His attackers forced the man to go with them to an ATM, claiming they had a gun pointed at his back, before they stole some money and other property."
"At Mooloolaba on the Sunshine Coast a man was bashed in the side of the head with a stubby beer bottle when he refused to hand over money to five men who stopped him in the street at 2.30am (AEST)."
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CT: Gun control bills win support
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"Two gun-control bills being considered by the legislature's Judiciary Committee won support Monday from a bipartisan group of lawmakers and the Police Chiefs Association."
"One bill would require any lost or stolen handgun be reported to police within 72 hours, while the other bill would require stores that sell "long guns" to obtain a state permit."
"More than 1.7 million stolen guns have fallen into criminal hands over the last 10 years, lawmakers said."
" 'With increased gun crime rates and easy access to firearms, it is imperative that we control the sale of guns by possession of a permit and require persons to report theft or loss to the police,' said state Rep. Michael Lawlor, D-East Haven, co-chairman of the Judiciary Committee." |
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"The United States military is about to add a new, exotic weapon to its already impressive arsenal in Iraq."
"But in contrast to other armaments, this one does not shoot or explode, it screams and hollers."
"A defence contractor announced it had secured a $US1 million deal to supply the First US Marine Expeditionary Force, slated to rotate into Iraq later this month, with a so-called Long Range Acoustic Device, or LRAD."
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DARPA plans for urban war
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"...the new initiative would better let troops blend into urban environments, detect potential threats and eliminate them with less risk to themselves than currently exists."
"But critical to all eight of the strategic initiatives, he said, is the network."
"The network 'reduces the latency between detecting and destroying the enemy's assets,' Tether said. 'This allows us to react to an enemy's tactics faster than they can be changed.' " |
Let people, not NRA, call the shots
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"Gun control advocates had the support of the International Association of Chiefs of Police, the Major Cities Chiefs of Police organization, and 200 sheriffs and police chiefs. A big lift came from Sen. John Warner, R-Va., who said he was persuaded by the law enforcement community, which cited statistics showing crimes attributed to assault weapons dropped 66 percent as a result of the ban."
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And while the gun banners like to brag that they have some police bureaucrats on their side, we'd be willing to bet that law abiding gun owners and freedom advocates represent a much bigger, more powerful group. |
FL: Can't You Pistol Whip Anyone Anymore?
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"A former Charlotte County Sheriff's detective convicted of pistol-whipping a teen-age marijuana peddler will be spending the next seven years behind bars." ...
"...As detectives in unmarked cars closed in, Grant fled in a mini-van. Henderson, who was the first to pull over the vehicle, ordered Grant to get out and lie face down. Henderson, who is 6-foot 5-inches tall and weighs some 250 pounds, drove the suspect to the ground hard. When Grant got up, he said, 'Why did you have to hit me with the gun,' testified former sheriff's narcotics detective Keith Bennett. Former detective Grant Davis testified that Henderson bragged, 'I showed him.' "
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"A man who claims police used a stun gun on him while he was in a diabetic coma has filed a lawsuit against the city."
"Terrance Crawford of South Bend said his constitutional rights were violated when a South Bend police officer shot him repeatedly in the legs with a Taser." ...
"Crawford, who has diabetes, said he tried to drive himself to a hospital when his blood sugar dropped to a dangerously low level on July 9, but he became disoriented and collided with a parked car."
"Crawford did not immediately stop following the crash due to his confused state, the lawsuit alleges, and police followed him and surrounded his car with their guns drawn when it came to a halt."
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OH: OFCC Victory: Ding, Dong, 'Carjacker Protection' Is Dead
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"But in a victory which contradicts critics like Senator Eric Fingerhut, who charged that the gun lobby was willing to accept anything to get a law, many are just now learning of some of the very best news about HB12 - the fact that Ohioans For Concealed Carry was successful in getting the now infamous "carjacker protection" provision, as well as the "off-person" provision, removed from language addressing how licenseholders may carry in motor vehicles." |
Give Them Your Name and Give Up Your Rights
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"One man parked on the side of the road in Humboldt County, Nevada, in May 2000 was brave enough to say no to a police officer when ordered to identify himself."
"The officer 'just walked up and started demanding my papers,' Larry Hiibel told Associated Press. 'I was there on that road minding my own business.' "
"He refused and, as a result, was arrested. Now Hiibel may end up redefining our ability to move in public without having every aspect of our lives investigated at the whim of the police."
"Such a redefinition is sorely needed. Under current precedent, being ordered to give your name to a police officer, if you are stopped under reasonable suspicion of being involved in a crime, is generally considered a reasonable and minimal intrusion on your privacy and dignity. When the Supreme Court hears the case of Hiibel vs. 6th Judicial District Court, it must consider how the practical consequences of identifying yourself to a police officer have changed given the rise of a seemingly endless number of computerized databases." |
Canada: We all have a role fighting gun crime
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"No one opened his or her door � not even at the apartment the man was going to visit when he was gunned down Sunday morning."
"One tenant explained that, although the victim had pleaded he was dying, 'we heard him say he had been shot, so we didn't call (the police).' "
"That attitude must change, radically, if Toronto is to defeat the violence that has taken 12 lives so far this year."
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UK: MP faces calls to resign over gun speech
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"Patrick Mercer, the Tory home security spokesman, prompted widespread controversy during a fringe speech to party members last weekend when he also claimed the ban on handguns, introduced after the Dunblane massacre, had 'no effect' on spiralling gun crime."
"Yesterday, his comments were condemned by anti-gun groups and politicians who joined in calls on the Tory leader, Michael Howard, to sack the MP from the front bench."
"Mothers Against Murder and Aggression spokeswoman Dee Warner said that Mr Mercer�s comments were 'crass' and 'appalling'."
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The Road to Tyranny is Poorly Paved
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"One wonders when this madness will end. The first state to criminalize cell phone use was New York in 2001. A recent study by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety shows their ban isn't working, but no bother: It's nothing a little 'publicized enforcement' can't fix. Assemblyman Felix Ortiz is looking to set-up a hotline whereby folks can report fellow drivers caught talking on the phone. How can do-gooders make the call without being called out themselves? Hey, that's beside the point! And who cares if half the calls are erroneous? Fines go as high as $200. The more, the merrier." |
Towards a better America
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"We Americans take much for granted, and way too much on faith and trust in those we have supposedly placed in official positions. We somehow have come to believe those people meant to serve us (civil servants, one and all whether the President or the janitor in your local city hall) have our best interests and security at heart, no matter how many people such as Thomas Sowell, our founders, political philosophers, and the like tell us otherwise." |
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| "There's no legitimate use for a gun like this." --Chicago Police Superintendent Philip Cline, brandishing a 9mm semiautomatic handgun at a news conference (Chicago Tribune, "Special unit hauling in guns, drugs" by Glenn Jeffers, January 29, 2004) |
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