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FL: Doctor Sues For Being Detained By Air Marshals
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"A Palm Beach doctor of Indian descent who was taken off a plane in handcuffs, then detained several hours by air marshals, filed a civil rights lawsuit against the government Monday."
"Dr. Bob Rajcoomar, a retired lieutenant colonel in the Army Reserves, said he hadn't done anything wrong and the two marshals singled him out because of his skin color." |
Fatal Political Move By Rove? [blog]
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"Glenn notes that Bush has endorsed a renewal of the 'assault weapons' ban. I don't think that it's as bad for him politically as the good Professor does."
"I'd think that the chances of an extension passing are close to nil, even with a Bush endorsement, and he (and Rove) knows that (remember, it was a Democrat-controlled Congress that got the first one through). And remember who's majority leader in the House. Tom Delay probably won't even let it out of committee."
"So it's probably a safe position to take. He can make himself look moderate to the moderates, while still allowing the thing to die, thus pleasing his gun rights constituency." ... |
LA: Gunman With AK-47 Kills New Orleans H.S Student
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"A gunman with an AK-47 rifle opened fire in a high school gym Monday, killing a 15-year-old boy and wounding three teenage girls in a spray of more than 30 bullets that sent students scrambling for cover." ...
"Police identified the victim as Jonathan Williams. Police had not determined a motive Monday night, but students said the shooting was apparently gang related and may have been retaliation for a previous fight."
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Is Canada Going to Pot?
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"Recently, several Canadian judges have ruled that simple possession of marijuana is no longer a crime. What has caused this turn of events? Why it's medical marijuana. It seems that Canadian judges find it unconstitutional for marijuana to be legal as medicine and then force the sick to resort to the black market for their medicine. In the US, nine states have passed laws allowing the medical use of marijuana but only California allows patient access to their medicine..." |
AZ: Parents of Pizza Hut victims lose 3rd attempt to sue gun maker
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"The parents of two employees killed at a Tucson Pizza Hut have lost their third and final bid in a wrongful-death lawsuit against a gun maker and distributor, as well as a local gun-show promoter."
"The Arizona Supreme Court decided March 18 not to take up the case, thus ending a court battle against Austrian gun maker Glock GmbH; the U.S. distributor, Glock Inc.; and McMann's Roadrunner Inc., the gun show promoter who organized the Tucson Convention Center show where the parents said the gun was purchased." |
OH: Conservative radio host decries 'liberal bias' in the American media
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"One of the stories the news media have been inaccurately reporting, Wilbur charged, is gun control. Every year, nearly 2.5 million incidents occur in which guns are used for self-defense or to prevent a criminal act, he said, but fewer than 1 percent of those result in a fatality. However, he argued, the news media have failed to report on this. In 2001, for instance, the New York Times carried one story about successful gun use, while the Chicago Tribune and Washington Post each carried three. That same year, Newsweek ran an issue called "America Under the Gun," but the magazine's reporting had no examples of responsible gun use." |
'Most outrageous' ways feds spend money
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"Giving $170 million to a pornographer who wants to hand out condoms around the world."
"Funding a $1.8 million study of algae in hot water."
"Authorizing a $1 million program at Auburn University to train dogs to spot terrorist activity."
"Spending $3.6 million for 'team-building' exercises for the Postal Service."
"Mailing Social Security checks to fugitives. Though a 1996 law prohibits the payments, 36,752 fugitives have been collecting benefits anyway..."
"Hiring 2 million government workers � in Iraq."
"Selling expensive government property for pennies."
"Guaranteeing even more waste, fraud and abuse next year by increasing the federal budget to a record $2.3 trillion." |
Arming of Pilots Is Way Overdue
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"The administration can hardly claim confidence that its screening, reinforced doors and air marshals are enough. When we last went to Code Orange alert, jet fighters were flying over New York City and Washington, and surface-to-air missiles were set up to shoot down a hijacked aircraft if necessary. The administration continues to be more worried about pilots with guns than about having to shoot down a passenger airplane."
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MN: Support for concealed weapons is lower in high-crime areas
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"Minnesota's current concealed-weapons law accommodates both views of the gun culture. Police chiefs and sheriffs have wide discretion in determining who gets to carry a loaded weapon in their communities, and it is this fudge factor in the law to which gun-rights groups and Pawlenty object." |
MN: Committee Shoots Down Dove Hunting
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"A bill that would have created a hunting season for mourning doves was shot down on a 10-9 vote in the Minnesota House Ways and Means Committee on Thursday. A similar measure had cleared a Senate Natural Resources Committee by one vote." |
When Law Becomes The Criminal's Friend
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"But how are the people to know when tyranny is at their doorstep? Tyranny and despotic government are easily recognized once measured by these basic, commonsense ground rules. Tyrannical government relies upon the law-abiding mindset of the populace that regards compliance with established laws as good citizenship. Such law-abiding citizens feel that their only need for direct involvement in government occurs when called upon to vote, serve on a jury, or when paying their taxes." |
Why Tyrants Can Take Over In A World Of Idiots Called People
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"Then along comes a strong man and takes control. The people listen to him because they view him as a leader and surrender to him the power that belongs to a free people because free people without any brains cannot and will not willingly behave as if they were civilized. So along comes a tyrant and the next thing the people know, rather than being just organized and kept orderly, they've been placed into oppression." ... |
Federal agencies use commercial data to track U.S. fugitives
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"For years now, Americans who happen to use a credit card or order a magazine have left a financial identity trail that has been catalogued by database companies like ChoicePoint Inc., then resold to the U.S. government."
"Federal and state governments pay about $50 million a year to comb through ChoicePoint's databanks, also marketed under such names as AutoTrack, KnowX.com and ScreenNow." |
IN: Pharmacy manager terminated for firing at robber
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"A drug store manager who fired two shots at an armed robber has been terminated by CVS Pharmacy officials, who said his actions put his co-worker's life in danger."
"Mike DeAngelis, spokesman for CVS Pharmacy in Rhode Island, said Mike Hart was fired for exercising poor judgment." ...
"Hart, 46, had been the store's manager for three years. He said he feels he was terminated 'because I fought back.' "
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Where Are We? [Where 2nd Amendment Liberties Are Heading In the Future And What We Can Do]
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"The Second Amendment Movement, the �pro-gun� movement, the RKBA movement - whatever you want to call it, needs to grow. It absolutely has to. We must see an overwhelming groundswell of support and identification with the generations who will be running the planet in a decade or three - and it isn�t there! Are public and private ranges crowded with teenagers we�d welcome into our lives, are we seeing to it that the growth rate of new ranges is outpacing the inflation rate? How about cultural and sociological diversity at matches - much less a reasonable representation of men and women?" |
Study links bullying with weapon-carrying, fighting
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"Bullies and their victims are both much more likely to carry weapons and get into fights, according to a study that also suggests more than 2.7 million students have carried a weapon in the past 30 days - including nearly 2 million who carried one to school."
"Researchers said the findings shed light on some of the school shootings in recent years. Many such incidents involved young assailants who were said to have been bullied." |
NJ: Suspect sought in three holdups near college
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"Police are looking for a man they say held up two men and a teenager at gunpoint Saturday night inside three separate apartment buildings on Kennedy Boulevard near St. Peter's College." ...
"According to a police report, the suspect followed each victim into their first-floor vestibule, and then forced them into a hallway, pointing a gun to their heads and making them face against a wall."
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ME: Guns stolen, couple robbed in home invasion
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"The York County Sheriff's Department says a gun dealer and his wife were tied up with duct tape and robbed at their home in Shapleigh Sunday night." ...
"Detectives are still doing an inventory, but right now it appears at least 20 long guns -- shotguns and rifles -- were stolen. The robbers used the Shippees' car to get away, and it was found not far from the home." |
Feds Say Changes Since Waco Have Helped
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"Law enforcement agencies made sweeping changes after Waco. The ATF changed its policy on who makes decisions during an incident and improved how intelligence is gathered and reported. Agents now get more tactical training."
"The FBI formed a crisis-response group to coordinate negotiators, agents, hostage-rescue teams and others. Officials admitted that they didn't communicate well with each other at Waco." |
DC: Police Search For Shooting Clues
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"Police in the District are searching for leads in a violent robbery in northwest Washington Friday night."
"The attack happened at 20th and Kalorama streets. Police said two men walking home from a social event were approached by a man with a gun who demanded money."
"One of the men complied, but the other man resisted and apparently struggled with the gunman."
"The victim was shot in the chest and was critically injured." |
NC: Arsenal discovered in city man's house
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"New Bern police checking on a man's welfare found him to be fine -- but found a house full of weapons, according to officers."
"The most disturbing discovery in the house, according to police, was a sawed-off shotgun."
"Police were quick to point out that the weapons were not connected 'whatsoever to any criminal activity.' " |
Some Thoughts About the War
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"The media and those who support the war have made much ado about the 'liberation' of Iraq. But the Bush administration�s own term for this�regime change�indicates that Iraq is not being liberated, it is simply getting a different regime. First a military government appointed by Paul Wolfowitz will rule Iraq indefinitely, and Iraq�s oil will be used to pay for the occupation and probably some of the cost of the war. ...Iraq currently does not have an income tax, but the Bush administration is planning to impose a progressive income tax. It is also planning to disarm the Iraqi people; that process has already begun." ... |
PAX Benefit Gala Raises A Half Million Dollars to End Gun Violence
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"This year's event was chaired by Steven J. Heyer, President & COO of Coca-Cola and honored Michael D. Drexler, CEO of Optimedia. Actor and comedian Richard Belzer (Law & Order) emceed the evening with help from comedians Mario Cantone (Sex and the City) and Joy Behar (The View). The event featured a special musical performance by Roberta Flack and speeches from parents and students who had been touched by gun violence in their communities..."
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OH: Belmont County Prison Guard Pleads Innocent
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"Keith A. Pitts, 27, of 4686 Harrison St., Bellaire, was indicted by the April term of the Belmont County grand jury on a charge that he brought a handgun on to the state prison grounds. The gun was found unloaded in the trunk of his car by an Ohio State Highway Patrol officer on March 22 after Pitts had been taken into custody. The ammunition for the gun was discovered inside the glove compartment, according to court records." |
UK: Terrified service station boss robbed at gunpoint
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"A female service station manager was held at gunpoint by robbers at a Cambridge petrol station last night." ...
"A gun was held to her cheek and the robbers shouted at her to give them the keys to the safe but Sri-Lankan-born Renuha, 38, told them she did not have them."
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Brady Says Wal-Mart Problems Widespread
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"The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence [a/k/a Handgun Control Inc. Let's use their true name and draw attention to their true purpose] says firearms sales at big chain retailers nationally should be suspended and investigated in the wake of Wal-Mart's admission of illegal gun sales in California." |
OH: Concealed Carry Goes Before Ohio Supreme Court This Week
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"This week, the state�s highest court will hear arguments on one of the most controversial issues facing Ohio�s lawmakers."
"Tuesday, the Ohio Supreme Court will hear arguments in a lawsuit over the state�s law banning concealed carry. The Second Amendment Foundation and Cincinnati residents question the constitutionality of state law that makes it illegal to conceal a gun, unless it�s used for self-defense." |
Papua New Guinea: PNG minister escapes gun charges
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"Gun charges against Papua New Guinea's tourism minister were dismissed yesterday after the police prosecutor mysteriously developed 'high blood pressure' and failed to appear at the trial."
"Alois Kingsley was suspended from office last month after police charged him for allegedly holding a gun to the head of a university professor at a rugby match last year."
"The alleged victim, University of PNG Professor Kenneth Sumbuk, also failed to turn up..." |
Canada: Flow of illegal weapons north has police worried
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"In the three years from Jan. 1, 2000, to Dec. 31, 2002, the ATF received 4,829 requests from Canadian police for gun traces on weapons seized and suspected to have been imported illegally from the U.S., said supervisory special agent Scott McKinna."
"The biggest number of weapons-tracing requests, 1,728, came from Ontario. Police in B.C. made 1,025 requests to trace weapons." |
FL: Accidental Gun Deaths Underreported
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"Firearm injury is the second most common cause of death for young people. The key source for fatal firearm injuries is the medial examiner (ME) report, completed for each firearm death. The ME's classification of gun-related deaths as homicide, suicide, or accident determines the rate of unintentional deaths in Miami-Dade County, Fla. However, this classification can be biased and subjective and may affect the reporting of unintentional pediatric firearm fatalities."
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Firearm injury is the second most common cause of death for young people? The CDC says in 1998,
kids 0-14 years died from the following causes in the U.S.: (1) Motor vehicle accidents (2) Drowning (3) Suffocations (4) Other causes (5) Fire or hot substances and (6) Firearms |
Netherlands: Armed robber gave himself up after police didn't show
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"An armed robber gave himself up in Holland after he got sick of waiting for police to come and arrest him."
"And when he finally walked into the police station, he had to show his gun to prove he was a criminal, reports De Telegraaf." ...
"A police spokesman said the robber was homeless and wanted to be arrested so he had somewhere warm and dry to sleep." |
UK: Amnesty goes on as gun crime falls
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"Gun crime in the west of Scotland fell by 10% last year, new figures reveal today."
"Fatal shootings dropped by a third and serious assaults with weapons were also down. Police revealed the figures as the national gun amnesty entered its third week."
"The UK-wide campaign means anyone who hands over weapons and ammunition to police during April will not be charged."
"Figures for last year show murders involving a firearm fell by 33.3% while serious assaults dropped by 32.8%." |
Why Gun Control is Wrong
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"On December 14, 2002, Ron Dixon, a 27 year-old naturalized citizen who emigrated from Jamaica and served in the US Navy, used a gun to protect his two children in New York City. The Brooklyn District Attorney is desperately trying to throw Dixon in jail for the crime of protecting his children with an unlicensed gun. Consider children that weren't as lucky to have a father's protection as demonstrated by Ron Dixon: Danielle Van Dam, Jean Benet Ramsey or Samantha Runnion. This may be the law, but it certainly isn't justice!" |
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