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Gun-control senators cheer Bush
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"A pair of U.S. senators noted for their avid support of gun control are praising President Bush for his backing of the continuation of a weapons ban the lawmakers pushed through Congress 10 years ago."
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This ought to tell you one thing: Bush is no friend of gun owners. Let your vote speak next year, and don't cast it in his direction. |
World court elects first prosecutor
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"An Argentine lawyer, who helped to put his country's former military rulers on trial, has been unanimously elected the first prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC)."
"The ICC's Assembly of States Parties voted 78-0 for Luis Moreno Ocampo who was the only candidate for the job." |
She's at it again!
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"New York Sen. Hillary Clinton had her staff fabricate records of meetings and phone calls to families of victims of the Sept. 11 attacks to burnish her image as New York's leading politician on 9/11 issues, the author of a new book on how U.S. officials dealt with the aftermath of the attacks charged Sunday." |
CA: Alameda County jury finds Costa Mesa gun maker partially liable in shooting
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"A jury found a Costa Mesa gun maker partially liable Monday for a 1994 accidental shooting that paralyzed a 7-year-old boy."
"The Alameda County trial against Bryco Arms and others will continue Tuesday, when jurors begin weighing whether to award damages to Brandon Maxfield, who was accidentally shot in the jaw with a .38-caliber handgun that a family friend was trying to unload." |
Michael Moore: Flatulent Sh*t-head
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Not for the faint of heart...
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" 'Roger and Me' was Moore's first foray into being an irritating prick. It's a documentary in which Moore follows General Motors CEO Roger Smith. Moore tries to embarrass him into explaining layoffs at a GM plant in Flint. The layoffs are never explained. My guess would be that GM came to the realization that Flint sucks and is inhabited by uneducable troglodytes. Michael Moore was born there. Maybe that was the beginning of the end for Flint." |
Sunset the assault weapons ban
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"For this week's action, those who are interested in 'political activism' may wish join in with other gun owners and see if pressure can force Bush to retract his statement. After all, he does have some 'wiggle room;' the statement came from a 'White House spokesperson.' And perhaps an outpouring of 'shock and disgust' from the gun community will pressure a retraction (or correction, as in 'I didn't really mean to imply that ...'). Certainly anything that slows down the mindless march toward a police state is a worthwhile activity, as it gives us more time to work on building a culture of freedom and opposition to tyranny in its many forms." |
TX: When does a snapshot of a mother breast-feeding her child become kiddie porn?
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"After Mercado dropped off the film for processing, a technician viewed the images and decided they were 'suspicious,' according to a police report. As required under Texas law, he immediately contacted local police. Mercado says that when she went to pick up her pictures, the clerk told her there would be a delay, and then only returned three of the four sets of prints." |
A Flat Tax for Iraq
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"The results in Iraq could be similar. Like Russia, it is in a position to build an entirely new tax system from nothing. Thus it need not worry about all the political and transition problems that have made adoption of fundamental tax reform here so difficult. It is gratifying, therefore, that leaders of the new Iraq are said to be looking at a flat rate tax system for their country, according to an April 14 report in Tax Notes." |
NY: Gun club noise draws fire
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"Neighbors of the Northern Dutchess Rod and Gun Club on Monday said the facility should be considered a location for 'weapons of mass disturbance' and asked officials to turn down an application for expanded use." |
Government Is Fattening
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"Government propaganda states that a low-fat/high-carbohydrate diet will control weight and help prevent other health problems. Yet all the evidence -- particularly the increasing obesity of the American population after the FedGov began to champion the idea -- belies the notion that low-fat diets can control weight." ...
"How did government come to be so horribly wrong? As usual: political expediency." |
PA: Latrobe delays gun-law enforcement
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"As it now stands, legally permitted concealed firearms technically are not allowed in Latrobe's parks and recreation areas."
"But no one is to be arrested for carrying one there while council works to revamp an apparently unconstitutional city law."
"Council agreed Monday to instruct city police to refrain from enforcing a local statute that prohibits the possession of legally permitted concealed firearms until council can sort out its efforts to repair the city's ordinance pertaining to such weapons." |
CA: Bill would force hiring of cross-dressers
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"The Democrat-controlled California Assembly passed a bill today mandating fines of up to $150,000 against business owners � including Bible bookstores and nonprofit organizations such as the Boy Scouts � for refusing to hire cross-dressing and transsexual job applicants." |
India: Groom Shot In Head At Wedding Reception
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"An Indian groom is in a coma in a hospital after he was accidentally shot in the head by a friend who was celebrating the wedding by firing into the air, police said on Tuesday."
"...Tapesh Kumar Singh, 22, was sitting next to his bride when his friend shot him with a revolver at the alcohol-laden bash on the outskirts of town Sunday." ...
"Some people in India, especially in the country's north, fire in the air to celebrate weddings."
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Stabbing Death of New York Bouncer Highlights Need for More Gun Control [satire]
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FULL STORY BELOW:
NEW YORK, NY -- A bouncer was fatally stabbed last week as he attempted to eject patrons for violating the city's no-smoking ban. Many gun control advocates insist this violence is the result of the lax gun laws in New York, and are calling for more gun laws to combat the problem.
Said Nancy Sheldon, spokeswoman for the local chapter of Guns are Always Bad, "The man was assaulted and killed. I hope this sends a clear message to the President that we need another ban on assault weapons. We need to pass gun laws until people stop killing each other."
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As Semi-auto Issue Heats Up... Official denials, attacks and silence abound
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"Some of you reported that White House operators accused callers of not knowing what they were talking about -- that there was no Scott McClellan at the White House and that no such announcement had been made."
"Others reported that White House staff would not discuss your concerns unless you could give them the exact law number or the exact section from the US Code. We have provided the White House with the appropriate information, so hopefully that won't be a problem anymore." |
U.S. Government Planning a Patriot Attack -- against America
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"With public attention riveted on the war in Iraq, politicians may be planning to launch a sneak attack against the American people."
"Their weapon: Patriot II, a piece of legislation that would give the government frightening new powers, including the ability to make secret arrests, issue secret subpoenas, create a vast new DNA database and even strip Americans of their citizenship and deport them." |
VA: Former Public Safety Director Shot By Deputies
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"In Franklin County there is some degree of disbelief that a former public official there was shot and killed last night by authorities. Now, State Police are looking into the case."
"Claude Webster spent 9 years working for the community in Franklin County as the Director of Public Safety. Which is why his death is such a tragic and unusual occurrence." |
SC: Trooper indicted for son's death
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"A Highway Patrol trooper whose 8-year-old son died of a gunshot fired from his service weapon was indicted Tuesday on one count of unlawful conduct towards a child."
"A grand jury returned an indictment that says Ricky Sabb put his children at unreasonable risk on Feb. 14 by leaving a loaded pistol unattended in plain view in his home." |
Canada: Trial hears how RCMP sniper killed suspect
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"Gourlay said he heard gunshots, then could be heard on the radio saying his team was going to take the suspect out. The sniper then shot Sand in the head, killing him."
"Under cross-examination, Gourlay admitted he didn't know who fired the earlier shots and that Sand was not pointing the gun at police when he was killed." |
UK: Assault rifle handed to cops
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"A Kalashnikov AK-47 assault rifle has been handed in as part of Scotland's guns amnesty."
"The deactivated rifle - a favourite of fighters all over the world - was surrendered at a Glasgow police station." |
ACLU Seeks Data On Secret 'No-Fly' List
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"The American Civil Liberties Union is suing the FBI and other government agencies on behalf of two peace activists whose names popped up on a secret 'no-fly' list." ...
"Their names had turned up in a database created after the Sept. 11 attacks."
"The ACLU is asking a federal judge to demand government disclosure of who's on the list and why, and how someone can be taken off it." |
IN: Marion Co. Inmates May Be Released To Relieve Overcrowding
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"U.S. District Judge Sarah Evans Barker is expected this week to either impose population caps that would force officials to reduce the number of inmates, or fine the county for violating a 30-year-old court order." ...
"Officials released about 3,500 inmates last year to avoid violating the order. Two of the prisoners were charged with murders after their release and were later convicted." |
MO: Crowd questions Patriot Act's merits
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"It's not often that a local government decides a federal law is so bad that a public hearing is necessary, but that is exactly what the Jackson County Legislature is up to."
"The Legislature is investigating whether the USA Patriot Act, passed by Congress in October 2001, is stomping on civil rights." |
Zero tolerance or zero common sense?
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"Parents are laughing at the intolerance of the zero tolerance rules that have been instituted in so many public schools. Laughing, that is, unless it is their own sons who are victimized by policies that seem to lack common sense. It's a serious matter when a good child is expelled from school, suspended or sent to a detention facility to take classes with real delinquents. Here are some recent examples of how the zero tolerance hatchet is wielded in public schools." |
Global Deaths from Firearms: Searching for Plausible Estimates
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"Activists and academics supportive of restrictive firearms laws often claim that half a million deaths worldwide annually are caused by firearms, or by small arms and light weapons. Although widely repeated, the factoid has no empirical basis. Annual wartimes deaths from firearms in war are closer to 100,000 than to the asserted 300,000. Annual non-war deaths are closer to 50,000 than to the asserted 200,000. Simplistic repetition of the 500,000 factoid obscures important policy issues..." |
The quote that won't die
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A blog post, by Glenn Reynolds regarding the nearly-two-year-old, National Academy of Sciences study panel on guns.
"Back in August of 2001, Dave Kopel and I wrote this column about a National Academy of Sciences study panel on guns that seemed rather biased to us. We noted that the study was funded by the anti-gun Joyce Foundation, the anti-gun Packard Foundation, and the Centers for Disease Control, noted for anti-gun junk science. We also noted that the panel appeared stacked, with no obvious pro-gun scholars, with anti-gun non-scholar Benjamin Civiletti and others. And we noted that one panel member, Steven Levitt, had been described to us by another scholar as 'rabidly anti-gun.' " |
Judge releases documents in Moussaoui case
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"A federal judge released sealed court documents Tuesday in the Zacarias Moussaoui case, the only U.S. criminal prosecution resulting from the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001."
"U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema released three of her own orders, which had been sealed for as long as five weeks." |
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