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"About the last thing you want to see after your jetliner has just taken off is the guy in the seat next to you holding a boxcutter, knife or gun. But unfortunately, that is a distinct possibility - even with the multi-billion-dollar screening systems in U.S. airports."
"Airport screening responsibilities were taken over by the government in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in 2001, in which passenger jets were hijacked by terrorists and used as flying bombs." ...
"The idea seemed reasonable, the outcome far less so."
"Two reports by government agencies reveal that airport security is no better today than it was before the 9/11 attacks. Undercover agents from the Department of Homeland Security continue to sneak everything from knives to fake bombs to pistols aboard commercial aircraft." ... |
DC: Ruling Saves Part of D.C. Gun Liability Law
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"The D.C. Court of Appeals ruled yesterday that gunmakers can be sued for shootings in the District that are carried out with a broad range of automatic weapons."
"But the judges rejected the claims of the D.C. government and several residents that they should be allowed to sue gunmakers and distributors for creating a public nuisance and for conducting their business with little or no regard for the risks their products cause." ... |
PA: Do guns make criminals stupid?
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"FORMER WARLOCK motorcycle gangster Ronald Geagnacova was sentenced to seven years in prison this week. North Philly barber Joseph Reid was jailed for 15 years by the same federal judge. Both are longtime felons, caught in possession of guns."
"The two ex-cons didn't know each other. They had little in common, except for keeping a firearm handy."
"And for foolishness, which has proven to be one of law enforcement's most effective weapons."
"Like Geagnacova and Reid, many Philly-area gunslingers seem to be their own worst enemies."
"They almost invite police attention and get nabbed with firearms in situations that lead to long jail terms, a Daily News survey of federal gun cases indicates." ... |
NY: Suspect wounded in robbery shootout
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"In what some police officers described as a shootout that 'looked like it was a movie,' a suspected gunman who allegedly took part in an attempted home invasion robbery last Monday was shot four times by his intended victim, police from the 69th Precinct said." ...
"As the second man aimed his weapon in his direction, the victim drew his own licensed 9mm handgun and fired, wounding Martin, who fell to the outside steps of the house. The second suspect aimed his gun at the victim again while helping Martin to his feet and the victim fired several more shots' at the two suspects, who fled in a waiting car, according to police. Neither the victim nor his wife was wounded in the shootout." [emphasis added] ... |
PA: NRA member tells women to tote guns
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"Last night, Charles Jones pulled a gun and two knives out from beneath his suit as he stood before about 40 students in Wartik Lab."
"The gun was a fake, and the knives were used strictly for demonstrative purposes."
"As part of Take Back Your Rights, an event hosted by the Penn State Young Americans for Freedom (YAF), Jones, a lifetime National Rifle Association (NRA) member, told audience members to carry concealed weapons." ...
"YAF President Shauna Moser said in an interview earlier this week that Take Back Your Rights was held in response to last week's Take Back the Night march and rally. She said Take Back the Night is not a proactive way for women to counter sexual violence, and women should instead carry handguns and learn self-defense methods." ... |
FL: New self-defense act may intensify road rage problem (second letter on page)
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... "Sen. Fasano stated in an April 20 letter that he opposed the Road Rage Reduction Act soon to be signed by the governor. Isn't that strange, because he voted for the self-defense bill that now designates your car as a "castle" with all the self-defense rights of your home to include no duty to retreat."
"With so many Floridians carrying loaded handguns in their cars, this could create a new dimension to the term road rage. Will fender benders and obscene gestures turn into shootouts? ..."
"Carrying loaded handguns in the vehicle compartment of a car is bad enough; now combining the right to carry in a car with new Castle Doctrine rights will mean road rage incidents are bound to become more deadly." |
NY: Judge Finally Jails 'Husband From Hell'
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... "A Long Island man was arraigned yesterday on charges he violated a restraining order against his estranged wife � for the seventh time � and was finally held without bail to prevent him from tormenting the terrified woman and their three children."
"Amy Zollo, 37, said she has been living 'a nightmare' of death threats, beatings, spousal rape, phone bugging and harassment since deciding to divorce Pasquale Zollo last year after 15 years of marriage." ...
"In a court-filed affidavit, the Nassau County woman said that Pasquale last May punched her and knocked her down a staircase before saying, 'I have 10 bullets and the second to last one is for you. You will watch every one of your family members die first, and the last will be for myself.'" ...
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PA: Double shooting shocks town
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... "Police say Thomas S. Conroy Jr., 44, blasted his way into the Lincoln Avenue home of his estranged wife about 4:40 p.m. Tuesday, then shot his stepdaughter Alana MacNeil twice with a sawed-off shotgun before turning the weapon on himself." ...
"Thomas Conroy ... was under a 2002 court order to have no contact with his wife, who had said in requesting the protection-from-abuse order that Thomas Conroy had engaged in a pattern of escalating violence." ...
"Marino, the neighbor, said she watched from a window in horror as Thomas Conroy blasted away at a side door to the house, while Alana, inside, screamed for him to go away. Marino called police, as did other neighbors who heard the shooting." ...
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ND: Prior threats precede arrests
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"When two Discovery Junior High students were arrested Wednesday for spreading a rumor that another student was planning to bring a gun to school, it was only the latest threat of violence to plague Fargo schools."
"The district has investigated a handful of threats since the school shootings in Red Lake, Minn., including one where a student brought a weapon to school."
"'We're taking this all very seriously,' district spokesman Lowell Wolff said Thursday. 'We're encouraging students and staff to keep their eyes and ears open.'"
"Fargo school officials were reluctant to release details of the incidents, in part because of the public's heightened anxiety over school safety." ... |
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"Although not related directly to concealed carry in Ohio, the following pertains very much to the education of our youth in the shooting sports, and as such, deserves your consideration."
"Members of Cincinnati's Xavier University Rifle Team have been told that the storied team, which made history by winning the university's only NCAA Championships (1996 and 1998), which has had 17 individuals earn 51 All-American honors in the past 15 years, and which has had at least three members make the U.S. Olympic Team, will be disbanded at the end of the 2004-2005 season."
"The Xavier Rifle Team is one of only two collegiate rifle teams to have placed in the top five nationally in each of the past five years." ... |
AL: Millbrook Student Charged with Bringing Gun to School
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A Millbrook student has been arrested for bringing a gun to school.
Police say a 16-year-old boy at Stanhope Elmore High School was arrested for carrying a concealed weapon.
Chief Kenneth Bradley says a brave student alerted a teacher about the potential danger.
"A teacher got a note that he might have a pistol in his bookbag," Bradley explains. "The note was taken to the principal's office. The principal came and got him with a security officer. The pistol was in his bookbag inside another bag."
Chief Bradley says the student told him he was carrying the weapon because he was having trouble with a couple of other students at the school.
Investigators say the boy got the gun from his mother's boyfriend. |
AZ: No charges for soldier who held aliens -- Arizona county rules act legal citizen's arrest
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"The Army reservist who was jailed for holding seven illegal aliens at gunpoint until Maricopa County, Arizona, sheriff's deputies arrived will not be prosecuted as the action was determined to be a legal citizen's arrest."
"County Attorney Andrew Thomas announced his decision today that Sgt. Patrick Haab did not commit a crime. He had been charged with seven counts of aggravated assault."
"'This is a unique case with a very unique set of circumstances, and after a full analysis of the issues involved and the applicable law, prosecution is not appropriate,' said Thomas."
"Haab said he was acting in self-defense." ... |
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"No criminal charges will be filed against an Army reservist who held seven undocumented immigrants at gunpoint this month at an Arizona rest stop."
"Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas said Thursday that Sgt. Patrick Haab had the legal right to make a citizen's arrest because the man smuggling the immigrants into the country was committing a felony and the immigrants themselves were conspiring with the 'coyote.'" ...
"'If you would review the 911 tape, that is the best evidence of his state of mind at the time . . . and it was clear to me and to other members of this office in listening to the 911 tape that Mr. Haab did this to effect a citizen's arrest.'" ... |
NH: Hunter loses license for decade
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"A man acquitted of criminal charges after fatally shooting a fellow hunter last year has been banned from hunting in the state for 10 years." ...
"Laro, 50, of Concord, was acquitted of negligent homicide in the January 2004 death of Robert Proulx at Corbin Park, a private game preserve in Croydon. Laro said he mistook Proulx, 58, for a boar."
"During two days of hearings, his lawyer argued the fatal accident was not solely Laro's fault. The state questioned Laro's competency to handle a gun, pointing out he acknowledged being unprepared on the morning of the shooting."
"In the end, commissioners agreed Laro � a former police officer and FBI-trained firearms instructor � didn't properly identify his target before shooting; they also were not satisfied that Laro would not repeat his mistake." [emphasis added] ... |
IL: Fairbury police to get rifles
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"Fairbury police will get four carbine rifles, the City Council voted Wednesday, after a presentation by two officers about the advantages of those weapons over shotguns."
"Mayor Robert Walter said the purpose of the presentation, by Officers Robert "Mac" McCormick and Michael Frickey, was to decide on the purchase of the patrol rifles, since the money for them is budgeted." ...
"[McCormick] said patrol rifles were very accurate with an effective range with minimum recoil. They are faster to get back to a target and practice is much easier on officers. He also stated that with a .223-caliber high-velocity bullet there is less risk of ricochet liability." ...
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MS: Yazoo sheriff decries searches
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"A fruitless search of two Yazoo County lawmen's homes, based on an apparently unsubstantiated tip from a prisoner, has Yazoo County Sheriff James Williams seething and looking for answers."
"A Yazoo County deputy took the inmate to the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics headquarters to give a statement alleging illegal activities by the law officers. A Justice Court judge signed search warrants, and the two searches were made March 18, according to city and county officials' account of what transpired." ...
"'There was no probable cause ... and that's just not acceptable,' Williams said. 'They didn't tell me they were coming. The search warrant was bogus. I don't know what they were looking for, and it caused the guys a lot of embarrassment.'" ...
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WV: Realistic 'Toy' Guns a Concern
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"Follansbee Police Lt. Louis Bonaventura, alerted to an armed robbery at a restaurant last weekend, caught the suspect quickly. But when he did, he probably was worried about his own safety - the man had a gun, according to reports. Bonaventura drew his own pistol and ordered the suspect to get down on the ground."
"Only then did Bonaventura learn that the man was armed with a BB gun ..."
"Bonaventura handled the arrest very well. But had the suspect made a move Bonaventura saw as threatening, he might well have shot the man in self-defense. Such a response would have been entirely understandable."
"It also would have been a tragedy - and, unfortunately, scores, perhaps hundreds, of similar tragedies are in the making throughout our area." ... |
LA: New Orleans PD Officer Accused Of Home Invasion, Rape
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"Members of the New Orleans Police Department's Public Integrity Bureau on Friday arrested a seven-year member of force for rape and assault, according to spokesman Capt. Marlon Defillo." ...
"According to investigators, Johnson, who was off duty at the time, had apparently gone to a home, knocked on the front door and was allowed in after he identified himself as New Orleans police officer."
"He asked for a woman, who was not at home at the time, and threatened a 41-year-old man, police said. Johnson walked to the rear of the home and threatened a 31-year-old man, ordering him to the front of the house. A 21-year-old woman was in the room. Johnson demanded sex from her, but she refused. A 24-year-old woman submitted to his demands and was raped." ... |
SC: Prevention proves matter of lock for gun-safety program
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"The possibility of unlocked firearms falling into the hands of children bothers Sgt. Mike Jennings, crime prevention specialist for the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office."
"Jennings, a father of two, said the issue has weighed on his mind ever since he saw an investigative report on a TV news program featuring parents who kept unlocked guns in their homes." ...
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MO: Officer denies framing suspects on drug charges
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"Reginald A. Williams, a decorated undercover St. Louis drug officer who is on trial for allegedly planting crack cocaine on two suspects, denied Thursday that he framed the men or wrote a bogus police report about their arrest."
"'Did you make this up about them having cocaine in there?' defense attorney Craig Kessler asked."
"'No, sir, I did not,' Williams replied."
"A former officer, Terrell Carter, testified Wednesday in U.S. District Court in St. Louis that Williams, then his partner, fabricated drug charges on Aug. 14, 2001, against two men who were sent back to prison for parole violations as a result. One of them spent an extra 16 months in prison." ... |
Haiti: U.S. guns flowing to Haiti despite embargo
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"The United States has quietly given thousands of guns to the Haitian National Police and is moving to approve the sale of thousands more despite a 14-year arms embargo and allegations the force is corrupt, brutal and responsible for unjustified killings, U.S., U.N. and Haitian officials said this week." [emphasis added]
"The officials said police are outgunned by gangsters and must be better armed."
"The United States gave 2,600 used firearms to the Haitian National Police last year to help re-equip and professionalize the force, according to State Department and U.N. officials who spoke on condition of anonymity." ... |
India: Soldier nose what he wants
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"An Indian paratrooper has bitten off part of a colleague's nose because he refused to turn off the light."
"The soldiers of the Eastern Frontier Rifle were in their barracks in Bhabani Bhavan when Lance Corporal Bhupesh Rava asked his roommate to switch the light off."
"Sepoy Durga Lama was doing the night duty, however, and wanted to leave the light on a little longer so he could get dressed."
"Rava refused his colleague's request, ordering: 'Do it right now.' But his roommate said he must wait for five minutes, the Calcutta Telegraph reports."
"This sent Rava into a rage, in which he pinned Lama down and gnawed off what police described as a 'substantial portion' of his nose." ... |
Australia: Prison officer charged with murder
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"A PRISON officer who shot dead a prisoner trying to escape from a Melbourne hospital has been charged with murder."
"In 2003, a magistrate found that prison officer Fabrizio Federico acted in self-defence when he shot and killed prisoner Gary Whyte, 39, in a corridor of St Vincent's Hospital on May 7, 2002."
"But the Victorian Coroner decided to refer the case to the Director of Public Prosecutions, which has now charged Federico with murder."
"A spokesman for the DPP said he could not discuss the details of why the decision had been made to charge the prison guard."
"'He should have been committed for it, is what the DPP is saying,' he said."
"'The DPP is saying it is a matter for a jury to decide.'" ... |
ID: Gun club uses expo shooting range to raise funds
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"He held his arm as still as rock and peered through the sight for a few moments, with a scrap of paper Scotch taped over the left lens of his glasses to help him focus. His air pistol made a soft noise when he squeezed the trigger. 'Psst.' He pumped a few more pellets into a small black circle printed on a paper target 10 meters away."
"Patrick Whitham has taken his share of razzing about his sport. 'Wouldn't you rather shoot something with a little more power?' they ask him." ...
"He reminds them air gun target shooting is an Olympic sport. He tells them it requires concentration and discipline, and it involves using muscles most people don't ever develop. He's seen brawny football players complain of being sore after shooting air guns, and little girls hit the bull's-eye with no problem." ... |
DE: Students aim high at event
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"Fresh off the shooting team's Sussex County/Delaware State championship, the Marine Corps Junior ROTC program at Indian River High School has a lot to be proud of these days."
"The four Indian River students who participated in the shooting competition six weeks ago at Woodbridge High School not only claimed the team championship, but also had two of their members finish in the top three at the event."
"'We went into that match thinking we could do well and we actually did much better than we thought,' said Major Frank Ryman, the senior marine instructor at Indian River. 'It was really nice to take that county/state trophy away from (Woodbridge).'" ... |
TX: Battle set Saturday at San Jacinto fest -- Annual re-enactment largest in state
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"Texas history re-enactors in carefully crafted period uniforms will recreate the Battle of San Jacinto using authentic weapons specially made for re-enacting the battle."
"And yes, the re-enactors will fire their rifles and shoot off their cannons, filling the battleground with many of the noisy, smoky pyrotechnics of the original battle."
"According to Susan Foutcher, development director of the San Jacinto Museum and Historical Battleground Site, the entire experience is a sight to behold."
"'It's the largest battle re-enactment in the state and it's quite impressive,' she said." ...
"The festival is devoted to turning the clock back to the 1830s in celebration of Texas' independence and Texas history." ... |
UK: Partying thieves wreck youth club
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"TEARAWAYS who broke into a community club for a party have swiped thousands of pounds of equipment."
"Pulross Area Playground Association (PAPA) volunteers said Technics record decks, a computer, phone and music equipment were among items taken on Sunday night." ...
"[Music teacher Jane] Ruby's 10-year-old vintage guitar was also taken."
"She put the value of stolen items at around �3,000 and claimed neighbours told her disturbances had gone on all night." [emphasis added]...
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UK: Man denies gun and arms charges
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"A Belfast man has been remanded in custody on gun and ammunition charges."
"James Samuel Armstrong, 25, of Wilton Street, is charged with having an AK-47 assault rifle, a Browning pistol and ammunition in suspicious circumstances."
"He is also charged with having the same items with intent to endanger life. The charges followed a search of houses in the Shankill area on Wednesday."
"A detective told Belfast Magistrates Court that when Mr Armstrong was charged he replied: "Not guilty.'" ...
"The officer agreed that Mr Armstrong had claimed he was acting under duress and only had possession of the firearms for a matter of hours." |
Australia: Melbourne man shot in own garage
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A 29-year-old male is the second man to be shot in Melbourne in less than 24 hours.
The shooting occurred shortly after 1:00pm AEST in Alsace Street, Dandenong.
The victim was confronted in the garage of his home by a man wearing a ski mask.
He was shot once in the stomach with a low-calibre pistol and is in a stable condition at the Alfred Hospital.
The dog squad and air wing searched the surrounding bushland but were unable to locate the assailant, who is described as six-foot tall with a solid build.
He was wearing a blue windcheater.
The incident is being treated by police as a retribution shooting. |
Australia: Couple's night of hostage horror
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"AN elderly couple were terrorised with a pistol, tied up and had the bulk of their tobacco crop stolen in a terrifying burglary." ...
"Joe and Caterina Primerano were tied to chairs for 45 minutes at their Cheshunt home, south of Wangaratta, before freeing themselves and raising the alarm early on Wednesday. 'They just remained there - too scared to do anything,' said Wangaratta Det Sen-Sgt Lindsay Cummins."
"The ordeal began when the Primeranos, in their late 60s, answered a knock at the door of their farmhouse in Upper King River Rd about 11.30pm on Tuesday."
"Det Sen-Sgt Cummins said four men went into the kitchen. A balaclava-clad intruder produced a handgun, while the men demanded a key to the tobacco storage area." ... |
Canada: Police hunting for trio of armed robbery suspects
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Police have the get-away car, but are still looking for three heavily armed men who ambushed and robbed two other men as they arrived at work in the west end. It happened around 7:00 Thursday morning near Bloor and Dundas West. Two of the suspects were carrying handguns and police say a third was armed with a military assault rifle and stood on the street ordering people walking by to the ground. The victims were robbed of their briefcases and a large amount of cash. The suspects took off in a blue Chrysler mini van. It was later found in a laneway a few blocks away. |
Canada: Police turn to judges over rising knife use
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"The number of weapons offences involving knives in the city has spiked, prompting city police to prepare reports for Crown attorneys on the skyrocketing statistics. Police hope the reports, which will be provided when someone convicted of a weapon offence is sentenced, will show judges that the use of knives is a dangerous trend in London."
"'We're hoping to send a message,' deputy chief Tony McGowan said yesterday."
"Police hope the statistics will convince judges to impose stiffer sentences for weapons offences, he said."
"In 2003, London police investigated 165 offences involving knives, compared to 190 in 2004 and 63 in the first three months of this year -- a 50 per cent increase compared to the same time period in 2004." ... |
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