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Buying Big Guns? No Big Deal (60 Minutes propaganda at work)
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Apparently, the departure of Dan Rather did nothing to improve the quality of reporting or objectivity at CBS. Behold the latest anti-freedom ignorance...

"Fifteen years ago, Osama bin Laden sent one of his operatives to the United States to buy and bring back two-dozen .50-caliber rifles, a gun that can kill someone from over a mile away and even bring down an airplane."

"In spite of all the recent efforts to curb terrorism, bin Laden could do the same thing today, because buying and shipping the world�s most powerful sniper rifle is not as difficult as you might think."

David Codrea: Thinking of England (Blog)
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From GUNS Magazine, April 2005 issue:

"Direct contact should be avoided whenever possible ... If unavoidable, the victim should adopt a state of active passivity ... be careful what you say or do and give up valuables without a struggle. This allows the victim to take charge of the situation ... By doing nothing there is no chance of inadvertently initiating violence by saying something such as 'Please don't hurt me.'"

Marc Folco: Sportsmen's gun ownership always in jeopardy Submitted by: New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Website: http://www.nysrpa.org	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"There are several recent national and world reports --exposing the dangers of misbegotten gun legislation that has backfired -- causing crime rates to skyrocket and costing taxpayers millions of dollars. It's proof that most gun laws infringe only upon the law-abiding citizen and further threaten continued lawful gun ownership by all sportsmen."

CA: Gathering supports activist
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"About 50 Oakland community activists Saturday honored Patrick McCullough, a man whose crusade against drug dealers on 59th Street has become a controversial symbol for broader citizen efforts to rid the city of its dangerous reputation." ...

"The 49-year-old made headlines last month after he shot and wounded a 16- year-old neighbor who was allegedly part of a group attacking McCullough in his front yard in a North Oakland block plagued by drug dealing."

"Last week prosecutors determined that McCullough, whom police had arrested on suspicion of felony assault after he wounded Melvin McHenry, appeared to have acted in self-defense. They also decided not to try to file charges against Melvin, whose family and attorney insist that McCullough provoked the incident."

AR: Lockesburg council revises firearm policy
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"The Lockesburg City Council revisited a firearms ordinance with the first reading of two amendments at their regular meeting Monday, and they also changed the time of its meetings and made plans for the annual Fourth of July celebration."

"Aldermen heard the first reading of an amendment to the firearms ordinance to add an exception for J&J Reloading, a local gunsmith. The exception will be for the east side of Shady Lane only."

NH: Gun-article amendment OK if passed
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"If you shoot a gun in the Horse Hill Nature Preserve, you had better have a duck in your sights, not concentric circles."

"Selectmen�s Chairman Dick Hinch announced Thursday that the town attorney has reviewed a warrant article changed on the floor of the town deliberative session." ...

"In its original form, drafted by an elderly couple who live near the preserve, the article would have banned the discharge of firearms, and thus ended hunting on the town-owned 563-acre parcel of field, forest and swamp."

MA: Ban bill to target cop-killer handguns and rifles
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"High-powered guns that critics say are capable of penetrating police body armor or attacking commercial airliners or trains would be banned under legislation to be filed Wednesday, lawmakers, police and gun control advocates announced Tuesday."

"During a press conference at Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel Conley's office, officials said the weapons - a .50-caliber sniper rifle and the Five-seveN Herstal made in Belgium - are widely available on the Internet, but are suitable for military purposes only and represent a grave threat to public safety when in the hands of criminals."

IN: Culture of fear in school is behind gun problem
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"A 12-year-old boy in our community recently brought a loaded gun to school, an incident that has become all too common throughout this nation."

"Here in South Bend, fearful parents called for metal detectors. Harried school officials blamed parents for their lack of supervision. Both responses missed the point."

"The boy reported feeling unsafe at school, a circumstance that is unacceptable. As members of a community, we all have the responsibility to ensure a safe environment in schools, which, after all, are institutions children attend."

OH: Schools have some leeway in gun punishments
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"School districts deciding how to punish students who bring a gun on campus are relying more often on a provision allowing flexibility in a state law that says they should be expelled for one year."

"Over the past four years, 1,305 students have been suspended and 219 expelled for gun-related incidents in Ohio schools, according to state Education Department data."

"State law says a superintendent 'shall' expel a student who brings a real gun or replica on school property - unless the district has adopted a policy specifying lesser punishment for certain cases."

OH: Violence around 'gun-free' Head Start safety zone threatens center
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"The Cincinnati Post is reporting that Cincinnati officials are 'reacting quickly' to help operators of a Head Start center in Over-the-Rhine improve safety after a teacher had a gun pointed at her head Tuesday afternoon in a robbery at a store across the street. Less than 10 minutes later, another Head Start staff member was mugged near the center." ...

"...among the 3CDC members is Joseph A. Pichler, chairman of the Kroger Co., which is headquartered a few blocks from the Head Start site."

"Perhaps Pichler can advise city officials that the failed social experiment called gun control should not be among their choices, and share his company's brief experience of how posting 'no-guns' signs did nothing but turn his stores into victim zones. ..."

OH: "No-guns" Lawrence Federal Savings Bank robbed at gunpoint
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"The Ironton Tribune is reporting an armed robbery of a Lawrence Federal Savings and Loan in South Point, Ohio, a community of less than 5,000 in population. This is the second robbery at this bank in the past four years." ...

"All three of Lawrence Federal's banks are posted with the discriminatory 'No Guns' sign at all of their entrances."

"It is also appropriate to mention that of the other banks in Lawrence County, only Lawrence Federal branches posts 'No Guns' signs denying their customers right of self-defense. All of Lawrence Federal's locations are listed in the 'Do Not Patronize While Armed' database as a criminal protection zone."

PA: Rendell joins domestic violence group in PFA campaign
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"Gov. Ed Rendell stood before several hundred people who were demanding that state officials do more to reduce domestic violence, including toughening a law on protection-from-abuse orders." ...

"A key change would allow a judge in a domestic violence case to confiscate all of an abuser's firearms when issuing an order for him or her to stay away from someone. ..." ...

"Under proposed changes, she said, a defendant in a PFA case could lose his right to own, buy or possess a gun while the order is in effect, which now can be up to 18 months. But that wouldn't be automatic. The decision still would be up to the judge."

"A county sheriff, licensed firearms dealer or third party who had passed a criminal background check would keep any weapons taken from a PFA defendant." ...

WI: Blaming the gun is a typical response (Letter)
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"Whenever a senseless, savage, high-profile crime is committed with a handgun, I patiently wait for someone to blame the gun. I didn't have to wait long after the murders in Brookfield."

"Steven R. Schmitz wrote in a March 16 letter that we need to 'control' the access to handguns ('Better controls needed over access to handguns'). How would this have stopped a cowardly murderer from shooting a group of innocent people? Terry Ratzmann bought the gun in June 2004. He had no prior criminal record and passed a background check. No one could have predicted his murderous rampage nine months later."

CA: Gun reports lead to campus lockdowns
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"Two Pajaro Valley Unified School District campuses were forced into lockdown Thursday following separate reports of people with guns. Though no weapons were located, police gave each incident a strong response." ...

"Deputies were able to confirm that no weapon had been brandished and that a male resident of the house may have hollered at some school kids for being on his property. The students' story of the event escalated into hyperbole about a gun, deputies said."

MA: Gun ban unnecessary (Letter)
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"Regarding Wednesday's article titled "Barrios for ban on 'killer' weapons" ...: Why would you print a story like this? The facts are all wrong. A FN 5.7 pistol is not an assault rifle no matter which state you live in. It's a pistol that shoots an expensive and usually hard to find round. And when the story talked about .50 rifles, it said that it can be shot at scary things like airplanes and trains. Every gun can be fired at those things. Are you going to use that to ban every gun from the most powerful civilian round all the way down? After a while you will be saying that a .22 LR can hit a plane. It's so stupid. You know nothing about guns and shouldn't speak about guns until you have a clear view of what's going on."

Australia: Mum shot kids, husband, police say
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"A mother shot her husband and young children dead before turning the gun on herself in the NSW Hunter Valley, police believe."

"Police said relatives found the bodies of Sally Elizabeth Winter and her husband Steven Anthony Winter, both 32, Jake Winter, four, and Casey Rose Winter, three, in their Forest Hill Drive, Oakhampton Heights home at 2.30pm (AEST) on Sunday."

"Lower Hunter Area Commander Superintendent Charles Haggett said on Monday that police believed Mrs Winter killed the family."

OH: JCC offers gun concealed-carry training course
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"The Ohio Valley Criminal Justice Training Association begins the 12-hour Concealed-Carry Training course with orientation on March 31."

"Offered in the new Jefferson Community College Training Center, the orientation in Room 111 will begin at 6 p.m. The classroom instruction will run from 5-10:30 p.m. on April 14 followed by the range and additional class instruction from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. on April 16."

"The course, which will have NRA and OPATA certified instruction, costs $99 per person and $50 for senior citizens."

American dreams and nightmares Submitted by: John Fansler	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
DRIVING in to Austin, Texas, in late 2000 I asked the taxi driver � a jaunty man originally from New York � which parts of town to avoid after dark. Don't worry, he advised, Austin is a safe place. After all, "everyone carries a gun in Texas". ------- Not quite the answer I'd been looking for, but strangely reassuring.

Jamaica: Three 15 year-old boys on gun rap Submitted by: News Admin	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"THREE 15 year-old boys were arrested Thursday following the seizure of an illegal weapon at Holborn Road, Kingston 10." ... "A .45 Colt semi-automatic pistol, serial #CV1389Q, with three rounds, was taken from one of them, the police said. The three were arrested and charged jointly for possession of the weapon."

UK: Questions raised over gun crime Submitted by: News Admin	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"Although the level of gun crime is still considered to be relatively low, some commentators fear an increase in inner-city gang and gun culture." "They are also concerned guns are falling into the hands of young people." "Three commentators look at the reasons for increasing in gun crime and how the problem can be addressed."

NY: Wrongs Against Our Bill of Rights
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"We all learned in grade school that the Bill of Rights is comprised of the first 10 amendments to the United States' Constitution. They guarantee the protection of certain inalienable rights, including the freedom of speech, the pursuit of happiness, the right to bear arms, etc."

"The enactment of the Patriot Act has caused civil libertarians and others to argue that some of these rights are in jeopardy of being compromised. ...But a thoughtful exhibition, on view at E.S. Bird Library on the campus of Syracuse University, suggests the threat to these fundamental rights has been in the air for quite some time."

PA: City activists, officials push for gun legislation
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"State and local lawmakers, community leaders, and Police Commissioner Sylvester M. Johnson gathered in City Hall yesterday to announce a campaign to get the state to allow the city to restrict gun sales."

"Led by the grassroots antiviolence group Men United for a Better Philadelphia, about 20 lawmakers and community officials pledged to press Gov. Rendell, state legislators and residents to pass proposed local and state measures aimed at giving the city the authority to reduce and better track gun sales."

GA: Program targets gun criminals
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"One of Georgia's U.S. attorneys is trying to make local neighborhoods safer."

"Maxwell Wood, U.S. attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, came to Columbus on Friday to talk about implementing a federal Project Safe Neighborhoods program."

"The program helps state and federal officials team up to get longer sentences for criminals accused of gun crimes."

"Criminals, especially convicted felons who still have guns, should be worried, Wood said. 'If they go into the federal system on a gun crime, they're going to do hard time.' "

Australia: Man robbed by bike riders with spear gun
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FULL TEXT BELOW:

Two bicycle riders armed with a spear gun robbed a pedestrian in Brisbane's bayside suburbs.

Police said a 24-year-old man was walking along Malabar Street at Wynnum around 1.15am (AEST) Saturday when two men riding bikes approached him and demanded his wallet.

One of the men was armed with a spear gun.

Police said the victim handed over his wallet and escaped by running to the nearest train station.

And The Gun Went BOOM
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"Seattle denizen John DePalma was a little from Missouri on this business of a muzzle-loading shotgun for a South Dakota Merriam�s. He is, however, a confirmed traditionalist�kind of comes with the territory when you represent the C.C. Filson Company, famous for its rough-and-ready outdoor clothing made from natural materials. So when the idea was suggested for a turkey hunt in the state of the never-ending wind, it just seemed natural to pair the man from the world of wool, cotton and canvas with a shotgun from the 19th century."

OH: Gun laws mean freedom to Waldo man
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"When Dwight Cimino was almost 5, a drunken driver hit and killed his 21-month-old sister and left him with a scar between his eyes."

"Cimino said in a free society people have power that they sometimes shouldn't." ...

"The semiautomatic Colt 45 that he carries on his hip is a privilege of what Cimino calls a free society. His gun is the same as the service arm he had while serving in the United States Navy for six years, doing three tours of duty in Vietnam." ...

"Cimino said crime has dipped since the bill passed. He feels safer carrying a weapon and said everyone should be taught to be aware of their surroundings and responsible for themselves, something he learned serving in the Navy. Not only do permit-carrying gun holders feel safer, he said, but if a criminal is thinking of attacking a small woman for example, he could reconsider because the concealed carry law adds an element of doubt."

VA: American Legion, gun club team up for military gun shoot Submitted by: New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Website: http://www.nysrpa.org	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"Only military weapons will be used in the event, including 03A3 1903 Springfields, M1s, Russian M-48s, and the Czech 8-mm Mouser. Gun club organizer Sam DuVall will bring a 50-caliber musket black powder flintlock. 'We'll have a 50-caliber rifle out there to shoot if anybody wants to try shooting it,' DuVall said. Guns and ammunition will be available for participants' use."

WI: Two very different gun bills before the Legislature
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"Jaki Marion was convicted of pulling the trigger on the gun that put three bullets into 21-year-old Kirk Bickham Jr.'s head during a triple homicide ..."

"Marion was ordered to serve three life sentences for the deaths of Bickham and two other men � but Marion isn't the only one who should be held responsible ....said Bickham's mother, Debra Fifer."

"Fifer said she thinks the people who helped put the gun in the hands of Marion, a convicted felon, also should be held accountable. ...the state doesn't even track gun sales between private individuals, which is how Marion is suspected of having gotten the gun, Fifer said."

"As a result, Fifer and the mothers of the two other victims are pushing for a bill that would regulate gun sales between individuals in Milwaukee County."

PA: How gun control is kept silenced
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"The recent spike in homicides and the continued slaughter of innocents such as Wander DeJesus have led city officials to wonder whether there is a better way to prevent some of these shootings. One way is to make it harder for gun traffickers to get guns."

"One considered particularly effective is a law to limit handgun purchases to one a month. This prevents straw buyers from going into gun stores, stocking up on 30 or 40 guns at a pop, then selling them on the street."

"Pennsylvania has no such law. Pennsylvania is pro-gun, and all attempts at passing laws to fight gun trafficking are routinely defeated."

"In fact, 10 years ago, angry at Philadelphia and Pittsburgh for enacting ordinances banning assault weapons, the legislature stripped local governments of the power to pass gun laws."

NY: Firearm fans take aim at City Center
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"More than 250 tables and 105 exhibitors crowded into the City Center Saturday for the 21st NEACA Arms Fair."

"David and Cathy Petronis have been running the event from the beginning, when it was the first convention in the newly built City Center. She said the chandeliers were still being hung when they were moving in for their first show."

"Cathy Petronis said the event has grown a lot since then. They expected 3,000 or more people to attend this year."

OH: Rapist uses Beacon Journal to lure victim
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"This wasn't supposed to happen."

"Time and again, when told that publishing lists of gun owners (CHL-holders) would provide criminals lists of homes from which to steal guns, the media responded by saying that criminals just weren't smart enough to utilize the newspaper to premeditate their crimes or select their targets." ...

"Last month, criminals used the Cleveland Plain Dealer to pre-plan an armed robbery. This time, a man used the Akron Beacon Journal to pre-plan a rape."

TN: Project Child Safe Gives out Gun Locks
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" 'Essentially we set up with police departments to reach their local constituencies,' said Clyde Still with Project Child Safe. 'It's simpler for police departments and sheriff's departments to reach the areas they're familiar with than it would be for someone to come in from the outside.' "

"The free cable-style gun locks are part of a national campaign that's given away more than 20 MILLION gun safety kits in the past year."

OH: Off-duty officer's gun lost/ stolen from Hamilton Co. courthouse
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"The Cincinnati Enquirer is reporting that Evendale police officer Stephen Roach reported his personal .40-caliber Glock missing at 1 p.m. Monday, 2� hours after he left it in a fourth-floor restroom, according to a Hamilton County Sheriff's Office report."

"According to the report, Roach didn't immediately realize that the gun was missing. When he went back to the restroom looking for it, the gun was gone." ...

"Ohioans For Concealed Carry understands that, due to the anti-gun positions of certain liberal law enforcement groups and other factors, there is a perceived chasm between law enforcement and the general population. ..."

OH: Ashland Co. CHL-holders taken hostage, Ohio newspaper style
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"In a move that more closely resembles the behavior of a band of terrorists than a 155-year-old news organization, the editor of the Ashland Times Gazette has announced that he has taken the privacy of 400 or more concealed handgun license (CHL)-holders hostage, and will release the information unless the Ohio General Assembly bends to his will."

"In a March 19 editorial, Times-Gazette editor Ted E. Daniels announced that his newspaper has been collecting the names of CHL-holders in Ashland County. ..." ...

"At the end of the editorial comes Daniels' demand: if legislators respond to the will of their constituents by closing the Media Access Loophole, the Times-Gazette will 'inform Ashland County residents which of their neighbors are licensed to carry a hidden gun' by publishing the list of CHL-holders whose private information the paper has already collected."

"This is the same type of tactic terrorists use when they demand policy changes, and threaten beheadings if they don't get their way. ..."

LA: Many gun owners prefer Florida permit
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"Locally, the discussion centers around a growing number of residents snubbing the Louisiana license, opting instead for what many state-certified gun instructors are calling a much better deal �� the non-resident Florida concealed weapons permit."

" 'The Florida license seems to have the most bang for the buck,' said Paul Murray, a licensed firearms instructor and owner of Shooters USA in Bossier City."

"When people come in to sign up for his bimonthly concealed handgun training course, which is required to become licensed, Murray says he encourages them to look at the Florida license over Louisiana�s."

Canada: Squeezing off some fun
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"Up until last week, I had never picked up a working firearm before and, like a lot of people, I never really expected to." ...

"When it comes to The Great Gun Debate, I'm a non-participant."

"I know I don't need a gun around the house and I silently have to question the logic of anyone who thinks they do."

"Guns belong in the hands of cops and soldiers and hunters and cowboys. I can also get behind guns for movie stars, who seem inexplicably cooler when they're packing heat."