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"Here's a bad idea about to happen: broad immunity for gun manufacturers, distributors and dealers who negligently provide weapons to criminals and terrorists."
"Legislation working its way through Congress would give that free pass to the gun industry and deny victims of violence the right to seek compensation in court." ...
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KABA Note: Actually the bill specifically states that dealers who break the law and manufacturers whose guns blow up are not protected. |
KS: CCRKBA Says SB 195 'A Reasonable First Step' for Safety of Kansas Citizens
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"Legislation passed in Kansas last week is a good first step toward bringing the gun rights of Sunflower State residents into the 21st Century, according to the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA)."
"The legislation contains a new section that pre-empts local gun ordinances, so that all firearms regulation will be uniform, from one end of the state to the other. Gun control extremists have lashed out at the bill, contending that it prevents Kansas communities from passing their own gun laws." ... |
IL: Legislation Would Put 750,000 Criminals on Illinois' Streets"
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... "If passed, HB 2414 would ban the possession of a wide variety of semiautomatic sporting firearms owned by hundreds of thousands of law-abiding Illinois citizens. Under HB 2414, gun owners would have 90 days to surrender their firearms to the police, or face felony prosecution and stiff jail sentences. Any such firearms they surrender would be forfeited without compensation." ...
"'Since the firearms banned by HB 2414 cost between $800 and $4,000 apiece, many owners have a sizeable investment at stake here,' continued Pearson."
"'It's a safe bet that they are not pleased with the prospect of handing their valuable gun collections over to the local police and going home empty handed.'" ... |
OR: Gunfight Breaks Out In Street During Pot Robbery
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"Police are on the lookout for at least two suspects after shots rang out at the scene of a home invasion early Tuesday morning in Gresham."
"It happened at a neighborhood near Southeast 176th and Division. After beating down a door, pistol whipping the homeowner and stealing his medical marijuana, the suspects were confronted by a neighbor with a gun." ...
"'Kind of didn't feel right,' the neighbor said."
"The neighbor ... says his wife woke him up when she heard a crash. He grabbed his gun."
"'I was toward the end of the driveway. They were running out at the end of that driveway. It was just the street length across from him. He was shooting right at me, so my instinct was to shoot back.'" ... |
FL: Wild West making a comeback in Sunshine State
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"It's great to see the state of Florida getting in touch with its inner Dirty Harry."
"The enforcer sneering 'Make my day' at psychopathic criminals in the movies would have been thrilled to see the Legislature overwhelmingly pass a bill allowing people to 'meet force with force.'"
"Once Gov. Jeb Bush signs it into law, as he has promised, you'll be able to shed those nagging doubts about firing your gun when you're out on the street or anywhere else you 'have the right to be.'" ... |
CA: Suspect in shooting of toll-taker arrested Man, 42, was wanted on traffic warrants; victim 'doing well'
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"Like bank tellers, Golden Gate Bridge toll-takers are trained to cooperate during robberies by motorists."
"But after a 58-year-old toll collector did just that during an unusual gunpoint heist in Lane 7 on Saturday night, the robber shot her anyway."
"He nearly killed her before he took off in his stolen Ford Explorer, then stalled the SUV and continued on foot before he was shot by a bridge security guard in an exchange of gunfire, police said Sunday." ...
"The guard, who was not identified, was placed on paid administrative leave for at least three days, as is standard procedure, Currie said."
"... [H]omicide inspectors were probing the guard's actions -- a routine response to what is considered an officer-involved shooting." ... |
South Africa: Burglar shot dead inside house
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"A burglar was killed in a shoot-out in which a Centurion resident was wounded in the early hours of Tuesday morning, Pretoria police said." ...
"'The suspect was spotted by the man's fianc�e after she arrived home. The woman was greeted by her fianc� at the door who took her luggage in. As she was going to the lounge, she saw the suspect on the kitchen doorway and rang the alarm,' said [Police spokesperson Inspector Anton] Breedt."
"He said the woman's fianc� then drew his firearm." ... |
MN: Appeals court upholds ruling striking down gun law
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"The Minnesota Court of Appeals upheld on Tuesday a lower court's ruling that struck down a law that expanded access to concealed weapons permits because the Legislature passed the law improperly."
"The unanimous ruling by a three-judge panel of the court was a blow to advocates of gun rights. They had backed the 2003 law, which removed most of the power of police chiefs and county sheriffs to deny the permits." ...
Submitter's Note: Actually the Sheriffs retained full discretion, they just had to back it up in court and pay court costs if the court disagreed.
"The enacting bill was tacked onto another piece of legislation to get it through the state Senate, which had resisted voting on the measure as a standalone bill." ...
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Submitter's Note: The senate actually had not resisted voting on the bill, the metro area Dems used parliamentary tricks to prevent a vote, when it did reach the floor as an amendment to another bill it passed 37-30. |
MN: Minnesota Court of Appeals Upholds District Court Ruling Against Concealed Carry Gun Law (CSM)
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"The Minnesota Court of Appeals today affirmed a District Court decision that found the 2003 Concealed Carry law unconstitutional. Ramsey County Judge John Finley invalidated Concealed Carry last summer because the method used to pass the law violated the single subject rule of Minnesota's Constitution."
"'The Appeals Court reprimanded Minnesota's legislature for violating the Constitution in order to pass unpopular legislation. The ruling is a victory for the vast majority of Minnesotans who believe that we are safer with fewer loaded handguns on our streets,' said Rebecca Thoman, MD, Executive Director of Citizens for a Safer Minnesota." ... |
TX: Girl, 14, Charged With Bringing Gun To School
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"A middle school student, accused of bringing a gun to campus, faced criminal charges Tuesday, police told Local 2."
"Investigators said the eighth-grade student brought the pistol to Thornton Middle School, located at 19802 Keith Harrow Blvd. in the Cy-Fair Independent School District, on Monday."
"Police arrested the student and charged her with possession of a prohibited firearm. She was taken to a juvenile detention center. The student could be expelled for one year."
"Parents of seventh- and eighth-grade students received a letter detailing the incident and praising the student who told an adult." ... |
NY: Videos Challenge Accounts of Convention Unrest
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"Dennis Kyne put up such a fight at a political protest last summer, the arresting officer recalled, it took four police officers to haul him down the steps of the New York Public Library and across Fifth Avenue."
"'We picked him up and we carried him while he squirmed and screamed,' the officer, Matthew Wohl, testified in December. 'I had one of his legs because he was kicking and refusing to walk on his own.'"
"... But one day after Officer Wohl testified, and before the defense called a single witness, the prosecutor abruptly dropped all charges."
"During a recess, the defense had brought new information to the prosecutor. A videotape shot by a documentary filmmaker showed Mr. Kyne agitated but plainly walking under his own power down the library steps, contradicting the vivid account of Officer Wohl ..." ...
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NY: Convention videos contradict police accounts (another account)
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"Video evidence has exonerated hundreds of the nearly 2,000 people arrested during last summer's Republican National Convention in New York."
"Hours of videotape collected from the handheld cameras of scores of private citizens during the weeklong event provide direct evidence contradicting prosecutors' charges and police testimony, the New York Times reported." ... |
MO: Former Johnson County Probation Officer Heads To Prison
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"A former Johnson County, Kan., probation officer who admitted that he groped and tried to solicit sex from female probationers has been sentenced to more than two years in prison."
"Randall Nester, 37, pleaded guilty in January to four counts of sexual misconduct and one count of acceding to corruption by a public servant."
"On Thursday, he was ordered to serve 30 months in a Missouri prison for what Jackson County Circuit Judge Edith L. Messina described as taking advantage of 'incredibly vulnerable' victims." ...
"The judge told Nester that instead of protecting the public's trust, he threatened his clients with jail time if they didn't comply with his wishes." ... |
PA: Officer fired in death of fellow patrolman
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"A police officer who shot a fellow patrolman to death last spring in a case of mistaken identity has been fired."
"Reading Mayor Tom McMahon said he dismissed Patrolman James M. Palange for negligence in the June 4 death of Officer Michael H. Wise II."
"The president of the city's police union contested the mayor's legal authority to fire a police officer, and said Palange had already appealed the disciplinary action to an arbitrator."
"Police said the accidental shooting happened during the confusion of a gunfight between three plainclothes officers and a Reading man, Andrew L. Smith."
"Investigators said Palange arrived at the gun battle while it was in progress, saw the three men in street clothes firing at Smith, and assumed they were civilians."
"He fired four shots at the group, hitting and killing Wise, according to police." ... |
CA: Officer Charged With Stealing Evidence [Second Story on Page]
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"A police officer was charged with grand theft for allegedly taking a handgun that was evidence in a 1996 case."
"A 13-year-old boy living under the guardianship of Officer Larry Michael Raussa took the pistol to Pacific Grove Middle School in January and showed it to friends, investigators said." ...
"The felony grand theft charge, as well as a misdemeanor count for allowing a child access to a concealable firearm, were filed Monday against Raussa, whose most recent assignment was as a school resource officer."
"The criminal complaint alleged that Raussa obtained the gun on July 2, 1996, from the Monterey Police Department and failed to log it with the Seaside Police Department as evidence." ... |
UK: Police accused of manslaughter after dumping addict at roadside
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"A confused and hungry heroin addict, dressed in soaked clothes and with no money, bus ticket or mobile phone, was callously dumped on a near-freezing roadside by two police officers, a court heard yesterday."
"Michelle Wood, a mother of three ... died of hypothermia in a nearby field after she was taken from a police station and left at the Lincolnshire police force's boundary."
"Two constables and a sergeant who ordered them to drop Ms Wood off five miles short of her home are all charged with manslaughter following the tragedy in January 2003. PC Andrew Wood, 44, PC Ian Clark, 43, and Sergeant Andrew Hickinbottom, 40, who between them have 50 years of police service, deny causing Ms Wood's death through gross negligence." ... |
AZ: Aliens hide from [militia] patrols in canyons
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"Several hundred illegal aliens are holed up in the canyons of the Coronado National Memorial here, six miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border, unable to meet up with smugglers because of ongoing patrols by Minuteman Project volunteers."
"Cindy Kolb, who has lived in the area for the past six years, yesterday told The Washington Times that she saw about 300 aliens 'huddled in the brush' near her home, waiting to come down the wide, brush-covered washes that cross State Highway 92 to be picked up in vans and trucks headed north."
"'They're hiding in the bushes, waiting to hook up with the smugglers in the very same area that our children wait for the school bus,' said Mrs. Kolb, who waits with her daughter daily, armed with a pistol holstered on her ankle." ... |
OH: Activist protests citation at park
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"Bruce Beatty of Luckey, Ohio, who held a party on Saturday to challenge Toledo's prohibition of concealed weapons in city parks, filed a police report yesterday indicating the city violated his civil rights."
"The 49-year-old, who was cited for carrying a firearm in Ottawa Park, also spoke with the city prosecutor's office and requested that the case be handled by a special prosecutor so there is no potential conflict of interest." ...
"In his police report, Mr. Beatty contends the citation was issued under the direction of the city administration. Its issuance, he said, is in direct conflict with state law, and he believes his civil rights were violated." ... |
CO: Gun advocates take aim at wildlife bill
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"Legislation that would spread some of the cost of taking care of Colorado wildlife to non-hunters is being fought by gun advocates who warn of interference from environmentalists and higher fees for sportsmen."
"The bill would require people using state wildlife areas to buy a $5 stamp, which would generate an estimated $7 million a year to acquire and improve wildlife habitat. The annual charge would apply to hunters and anglers as well as non-hunters who don't pay any entrance fees now." ... |
ND: Gun safety kit giveaway begins today
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"The annual Project Childsafe gunlock giveaway is kicking off today in Grand Forks County as local law enforcement officials distribute thousands of free firearm safety kits." ...
"At the same time kits are distributed, local law enforcement officers will give community members a booklet titled 'Are you ready?' It's an in-depth guide to citizen preparedness, provided by the Grand Forks County Emergency Management Office. The booklet provides information about how people can prepare for any disaster."
"The goal of the Project Childsafe gunlock giveaway is to prevent a child or any other unauthorized person from using a firearm in the home, Grand Forks County Sheriff Dan Hill said in a news release." ... |
NC: Keg proposals alarm Chapel Hill
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"Bills filed in the General Assembly that would require beer keg buyers to register with the state could invade lawful citizens' privacy and have unintended consequences, Town Council members said Monday." ...
"Under the Insko-Hackney version, ABC officials would have the right to perform a criminal background check on a would-be keg buyer, at the applicant's expense." ...
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Israel: Israel to Disarm Settlers in West Bank
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"Jewish settlers in four West Bank settlements will be disarmed about two weeks before they are to be removed from their homes this summer, Israeli military officials said Monday. But settlers said they would not give up their weapons."
"The showdown, reflecting growing concern that resistance to a West Bank pullback will be intense, came as Prime Minister Ariel Sharon told NBC's 'Today' in an interview aired Monday that 'now for the first time steps I'm taking to protect me from Jews.'"
"Military officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said troops will collect all military-issue weapons from residents of the four settlements about two weeks before the pullout. ..." ...
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UK: Mugger, armed and dangerous, but no match for Superwoman
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"THE mugger never stood a chance. The woman seemed like the perfect choice of victim, who would capitulate to his demands in seconds � but the gunman had not bargained for the fact that he was going up against Nicola Horlick, known as �Superwoman� for juggling a career in the City with bringing up a large family."
"As she got out of her car at her home in South Kensington on Monday night, a man threatened to shoot her unless she handed over her jewellery. He hit her with his pistol, but still fled empty-handed."
"Last night Ms Horlick said that the attack highlighted the need for more police on the streets around her �5 million home. 'The whole area seems to be full of yellow police boards appealing for information and the crime rate appears to be rising,' she said. 'There are not enough policemen and something should be done about it.'" ... |
UK: Appeal to war veterans for help over banker's murder
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"Police hunting the killer of a Scottish banker said yesterday that the weapon used to shoot him was a prewar German-made pistol, so small it could be slipped into a pocket."
"Officers now hope that war veterans may be able to help in their hunt for the man who shot 30-year-old Alistair Wilson on the doorstep of his home in Nairn last November." ...
"At a press conference yesterday, Northern constabulary officers produced a replica of the .25 calibre semi-automatic handgun, which was manufactured in Germany between 1922 and 1930. They think the weapon may have been brought back to the UK as a trophy by soldiers serving in the second world war." ... |
New Zealand: Making the Arms Amendment Bill useful
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"ACT will bring a fresh new concept to the Arms Amendment Bill debate when it has its first reading in Parliament this afternoon, ACT Justice spokesman Stephen Franks said today." ...
"'The amendments restore the right lost in 1983 ... to use force in self-defence, where the victims reasonably fear they are at risk of harm from an unprovoked offender, or where a crime will continue if self-defence is not used.'"
"'I believe the state has no right to punish citizens for defending themselves and their property when the state cannot defend them. ...'"
"'The law would require a court to order payment of the legal costs of a crime victim who has successfully defended Arms Act charges by showing that it was legitimate self-defence.'" ... |
Netherlands: Gang steals pistol arsenal from Dutch airbase
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"Up to 150 Glock pistols have been stolen from the high-security Gilze-Rijen airbase after thieves made a hole in the wall of the armoury."
"The theft of between 100 to 150 service pistols took place over the weekend, but was not discovered until Monday morning ... All vehicles belonging to airbase staff were inspected on Monday."
"A military police spokesman confirmed that an inquiry had been launched into the theft of 'military property'. Further details are expected to be released later on Tuesday."
"Military personnel at the airbase in the south of the country suspect the thieves were familiar with the terrain because they knew exactly where to drill a hole in the wall of the armoury without hitting scaffolding." ... |
Canada: Calgary police frustrated
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Calgary city cops are angry that three people they arrested on gang-related charges Friday are back on the streets. Cops stopped an SUV and found a fully loaded Glock pistol with the serial numbers filed off, hidden inside a secret compartment under the driver's floor mat.
Police said two people in the SUV were unlawfully at large at the time of the arrest and laid dozens of serious charges against all three people in the SUV.
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