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Dr. John Lott: Time To Level Playing Field For Gun Makers
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"Every product has illegitimate uses and undesirable consequences, but even lawsuits have had their limits. In 2002 in the U.S., car accidents killed 45,380 people and injured another 3 million, 838 children under the age of 15 drowned, 474 children died from residential fires, and 130 children died in bicycle accidents."
"Fortunately, local governments haven�t started recouping medical costs or police salaries by suing auto or bicycle companies, pool builders or makers of home heaters."
"All sorts of products, including cars and computers, are also used in the commission of crimes. But again, no one yet seriously proposes that these companies be sued for the losses from these crimes." ... |
Smith & Wesson Names Eoin B. Stafford Director of Sporting Goods Sales
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"Smith & Wesson Holding Corp. ... parent company of Smith & Wesson Corp., the legendary 153-year old firearms maker, announced today that it has named Eoin B. Stafford as Director of Sporting Goods Sales. In the newly created post, Stafford will lead the company's United States Sporting Goods sales efforts for both Smith & Wesson and Walther products."
"Stafford joined Smith & Wesson in November of 2004 as Business Development Manager for Walther pistol products. Prior to joining Smith & Wesson, Stafford held several leadership positions in the sporting goods industry. Most recently as President and General Manager of Heckler & Koch, U.S.A., a German firearms manufacturer ..." ... |
Fighting the Global Scourge of Small Arms and Light Weapons
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"The real weapons of mass destruction are small arms and light weapons, which kill half a million people around the world every year, according to the international movement pushing for greater control over the trade in these instruments of death."
"The unchecked proliferation of pistols, revolvers, assault rifles, grenades, machine guns and similar weapons has had drastic consequences for health and public security, human rights and even the economy. In some countries, like Brazil, Colombia and El Salvador, it is estimated that gun-related violence leads to economic losses of more than 10 percent of gross domestic product (GDP)." ...
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NH: Man turns tables on assailant, pulls out gun
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"The robber came through the door of Bella Variety with his revolver drawn and a bandana over his face, manager Tony Nader said."
"He plunked a bag on the counter and loudly demanded that Nader fill it up with cash." ...
"Nader picked up the bag in one hand and a handful of cash in the other, holding both out in front of him. He made as if to drop the cash into the bag, but instead dropped both and grabbed for the guns."
"His left hand grabbed for the robber�s revolver, while his right hand reached for the semiautomatic on his belt."
"The robber pulled away, startled, then ran from the store without the loot ..." ... |
FL: Florida Self Defence Has New Meaning
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"Jeb Bush takes self defense to a whole new level. With a National Rifle Association lobbyist at his side, Gov. Jeb Bush signed a law Tuesday to make it clear that people have a right to meet 'force with force' to defend themselves on the streets."
"The measure says that persons under attack do not have to retreat before retaliating. They have the right to 'meet force with force, including deadly force if they reasonably believe it is necessary to do so.'"
"Florida residents currently have that right in their private homes, while the bill, which takes effect Oct. 1, broadens the right to public spaces, including streets or a places of business."
"Supporters said the measure brings Florida in line with a number of other states." ... |
TX: Brazen robberies shake UNT campus
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"A string of armed robberies at the University of North Texas has left students, faculty and nearby residents on edge."
"The most recent attack happened Monday, when a student was hit with a handgun. Crime alerts warning of the danger are now posted across the campus as the suspects appear to be getting bolder."
"Students came to class Tuesday morning only to learn of the latest robbery. It happened on Hickory Street, just a few blocks off campus; a student was accosted by two men, one of whom pointed a pistol at him, demanded his wallet and then hit him in the head with the gun." ...
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FL: Bush OKs gun law as dueling continues
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"Floridians will have the right to shoot in self-defense anywhere they feel threatened under a bill Gov. Jeb Bush signed into law Tuesday, but critics fear it will encourage people to fight to the death rather than seek safety." ...
"The bill's House sponsor, Ocala Republican Dennis Baxley, said the law brings Florida into line with other states, fewer than a dozen of which have "duty to retreat" laws on the books. Baxley and the Senate sponsor, Sen. Durell Peaden, R-Crestview, also were in Bush's office when he signed the bill." ... |
FL: Gun accidentally fires in car, killing 1
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A passenger in a car traveling in Osceola County, Fla., was killed and another woman was seriously injured when a gun in the vehicle accidentally discharged twice, according to Local 6 News.
Police said four people were traveling in a car on Nova Road near Holopaw when a gun accidentally discharged, injuring a woman in the vehicle, Local 6 News reported.
The driver then pulled the car over on the side of the road.
Police said when the three were trying to exit the car, the gun accidentally fired again, killing a man.
Local 6 News reported that the man's body was left at the scene while the other three passengers went to get help.
The injured woman was transported to Orlando Regional Medical Center. Her condition was not known.
Watch Local 6 News for more on this story. |
CA: Gun-control plan has important backing
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"A major new gun-control plan, a numerical coding and tracking system for bullets, began moving through the Legislature yesterday with heavyweight political support."
"Sponsored by Democratic Attorney General Bill Lockyer, the measure passed the Senate Public Safety Committee on a 4-2 vote after a brief hearing. In addition to Lockyer, the bill is co-authored by Senate Leader Don Perata, D-Oakland, and another prominent Democrat, Sen. Joe Dunn of Garden Grove." ... |
CA: Bill advances to put serial number on every bullet (another view)
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"A proposal to put a serial number on every handgun bullet passed a Senate committee Tuesday and law enforcement officials said they hoped the novel effort would spread to other states."
"The measure cleared the Senate Public Safety Committee Tuesday on a 4-2 vote over opposition from sportsmen, firearms dealers and manufacturers who said it is impractical and would harm law-abiding citizens."
"The technology now exists to laser-cut each bullet with a serial number, said Sen. Joseph Dunn, D-Garden Grove, who is carrying the bill. Police would immediately be able to trace who purchased bullets used in crimes." ... |
IL: House panel OKs gun transit bill
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"Illinois lawmakers are seeing to it that people driving their guns around Illinois would no longer have to worry about the patchwork of municipal rules that vary from city to city."
"Senate Bill 2104 would overrule municipalities that regulate the transportation of firearms more strictly than the state. It sailed through the House Agriculture and Conservation Committee on Tuesday." ... |
IN: Gun-seizure bill a tribute to slain officer
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... "House Bill 1776, which received final legislative approval Monday night, spells out a process to keep guns out of the hands of dangerous people and gives judges more authority to order searches of the homes of those believed to pose a threat." ...
"Authorities would be able to retain, for up to 14 days, guns seized from someone believed to be dangerous. A prosecutor could petition to extend the time the weapons are held; a court would have to rule on that request." ...
"The legislation includes anyone who presents an imminent risk of injury to himself or others, regardless of his mental status; or someone who poses a risk and has a mental illness that can be controlled through medication, but which the individual does not regularly take." ... |
OR: Pellet Gun Found On Campus, Students Held In Class
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"Guns are not allowed at school -- even look-alikes. That's the message that officials at Beaverton's Westview High School are trying to hammer home."
"A custodian discovered the empty packaging from a semi-automatic pellet rifle about 2:10 p.m. Tuesday."
"Students were ordered back to their classrooms until school officials could track down the gun. The weapon was located, and students were dismissed at the normal time of 2:30 p.m."
"'Westview High School and Beaverton School District policy forbids look-alike weapons, including pellet guns of any kind, on any school campus at any time,' Principal Gail VanGorder wrote in a letter to Westview parents." ... |
AL: Water Gun in School
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Police say a student could face criminal charges if found that he or she tried convincing others that a water gun he brought to school was real.
Ozark parents are worried after word spread that a student had brought a gun to an area middle school last Friday.
Ozark Police have confirmed to News 4 that a student at D.A. Middle School could be facing criminal charges, but that student did not bring a pistol to school, it was just a toy. |
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 principals 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. |
FL: Sheriff�s Deputies Cleared In Motorist Shooting
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"A grand jury cleared two Martin County sheriff�s deputies in the shooting death of a 29-year-old Pompano Beach man."
"The shooting occurred on March 17."
"Deputies Micah Skowronski and Jack Munsey said they acted in self-defense when they shot and killed Brian Treman."
"Skowronski stopped Treman, who was driving an SUV, after deputies smelled marijuana smoke coming from the vehicle. Treman led deputies on a high-speed chase before stopping at a mobile home in Hobe Sound. The deputies got out of their patrol cars and ordered Treman to surrender."
"According to the deputies, he backed the SUV into Munsey's car and was driving toward deputy Skowronski when they fired their weapons several times." ... |
WA: Officer�s running car taken
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"A Lakewood detective had to call the cops Tuesday after someone stole the unmarked police car he left idling in front of his house."
"The detective was leaving his Gig Harbor home Tuesday morning when he realized he�d forgotten something, said Lt. Bret Farrar, Lakewood police spokesman."
"The 15-year veteran left the car running as he dashed inside the house, Farrar said."
"When he returned, the car was gone."
"'He was only in there for one, maybe two minutes,' Farrar said. 'Just goes to show that what law enforcement tells people is true: Don�t leave your running car unattended.'"
"The detective�s bulletproof vest, police duty belts, portable radio and other gear were in the trunk, along with his sidearm: a .45-caliber SIG Sauer pistol." ... |
NM: Autopsy: Body of shot man in handcuffs
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"The body of a man who was shot by a sheriff's deputy arrived at the state medical examiner's office with his hands cuffed behind his back, according to an autopsy report."
"Earl Flippen died Dec. 18 after a confrontation with two Otero County deputies at his home. One deputy was killed, and the other has been indicted on a voluntary manslaughter charge in Flippen's death."
"The autopsy report, dated Tuesday, said Flippen's wrists had pale indentations from the handcuffs but did not speculate when the handcuffs were put on. The report also said the body arrived with seven unfired bullets in a pocket." ...
"Anders was indicted last month, accused of killing Flippen in 'a sudden quarrel or in the heat of passion.'" ... |
MS: Former Officer Charged
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Pete Collins of Madison, who is now an inspirational speaker known for doling out safety tips to audiences around Mississippi and the world, posted a $10,000 bond Friday after arriving at the Tupelo-Lee County Adult Detention Center to turn himself in. No trial date has been set.
A grand jury issued an indictment in February, alleging Collins fondled a 13-year-old girl in Tupelo in January. Collins, a former director of public affairs for the Mississippi Highway Patrol, was never arrested on the charge. He couldn't be reached for comment.
A longtime state trooper, Collins was promoted to captain in 1997 when the Mississippi Legislature mandated his promotion. He retired a year later.
In 1988, Collins was named Statewide Trooper of the Year and President Clinton awarded him the Presidential Citation for an Outstanding Enforcement Officer in 1994. |
UK: Bid to quash police death verdict
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"An inquest jury should not have been allowed to return an unlawful killing verdict in the case of a man shot dead by police, the High Court has heard."
"PC Kevin Fagan and Ch Insp Ian Sharman opened fire on Harry Stanley, 46, in Hackney, east London in 1999."
"Police had been tipped off that Mr Stanley was armed, but he was in fact carrying a table leg in a plastic bag."
"The policemen have launched a legal challenge to quash the unlawful killing verdict returned by a second inquest."
"The first hearing in 2002 returned an open verdict, but the second one was ordered after a campaign by Mr Stanley's family."
"Edmund Lawson QC, representing Ch Insp Harman, asked the High Court to rule the second inquest 'defective' and the verdict to be quashed." ... |
Thailand: Suffocation Inquiry - Senior Thai Officers Guilty
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"Senior military officers were 'guilty of dereliction of duty,' causing 78 Muslims to suffocate to death in army trucks and used 'excessive force' to kill 31 armed rebels in a mosque, a government commission said."
"Publication on Tuesday (April 26) of an English-language translation of the commission's official report examined Buddhist-majority Thailand's inability to halt worsening violence in the south, where minority ethnic Malay Muslims complain of extrajudicial killings, torture and other human rights abuses."
"'We see no indication that regional or international [terrorists] are involved in the violence in the south,' U.S. Ambassador Ralph Boyce said on April 20 ..." ... |
Lebanon: Rights association slams army violence
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"The Lebanese Association for Human Rights strongly denounced the use of violence by the Lebanese Army against relatives of Lebanese prisoners detained in Syrian jails who were caught in a clash with security forces while staging a peaceful protest Tuesday."
"The protest outside Parliament, mainly by mothers calling for the release of their children from Syrian prisons, turned violent when one of the demonstrators beat Beirut MP Adnan Araqji's car hood with a flag pole after the vehicle almost knocked into him while trying to enter Parliament through the line of protesters."
"The Lebanese Army intervened to protect the official with some soldiers beating demonstrators with their rifle butts during ensuing clashes, resulting in the injury of 16 people." ... |
South Africa: Families of killed petrol attendants to sue
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"The families of five petrol attendants murdered at a petrol station in Grassy Park three years ago are to sue Safety and Security Minister Charles Nqakula for damages."
"They claim that Nqakula, through his employees, granted Ismail Hendricks - the police sergeant responsible for the murders - a licence to possess a personal firearm despite previously having had his service pistol taken away."
"Hendricks handed himself over to the police three days after the bodies of Arthur Zukisani Ngxumza, Thembile Mjali, Sizisa Bashe, Sibongile Same and Zithulele Alfred Nyumbeka were discovered at Jaffer's Service Station in Grassy Park on June 24, 2002."
"Each man had been shot in the back of the head." ... |
MN: A lesson for Minnesota from the Old Gray Lady
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"After reading Sunday's New York Times, my first inclination was to call 9-1-1 and ask police to put St. Paul's Mac-Groveland and Crocus Hill neighborhoods, as well as Minneapolis' uberliberal Uptown enclave, on suicide watch. I was particularly worried about Heather Martens and the other folks over at Citizens for a Safer Minnesota, the local adjunct for the mathematically challenged Million Moms."
"The 'paper of record' ran what must have been a painful front-page story for readers and staff alike. The Old Gray Lady admitted what many of us have known all along: Sen. Dianne Feinstein's assault-weapon ban had little or no effect on crime or weapons trafficking over the 10 years it was in place. What's more, so-called "assault weapons" were used so infrequently to commit crimes � an argument put forth by opponents of the ban 10 years ago but dismissed by the solons in the Senate � that the law was little more than a feel-good measure." |
VA: Opposition to rifle range mounts
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"A request to construct a firing range near the Warrenton-Fauquier Airport is being opposed by several residents who cite noise, safety and the potential for dwindling land values as their core concerns."
"The firing range proposal, Range 82, is slated for development on roughly 283 acres at 4380 Midland Road, in the Cedar Run District. It calls for 33 rifle ranges, 58 pistol ranges, two shotgun ranges and separate skeet and archery ranges."
"Already denied once by the Board of Zoning Appeals because of its characterization as a training facility, applicants are now seeking a special permit for recreational use, with only a 'discreet one-third' of operations aligned with training, according to statements made to the BZA at the April 6 hearing." ... |
IA: Good friends, good talk prevail at gun shop
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"The three men gathered around the wish book and dreamed a little."
"'If I had enough money, I'd get one of these, one of them and one of that,' one of the men said inside Denny Spieker's gun shop located, as Spieker likes to say, in the 'heart of downtown Hayfield.'"
"High on the wall hung a sign that read, 'Hunters, fishermen and other liars gather here.'"
"For almost 40 years, the liars � and we mean that in the most positive way � have come together at Spieker's to spin their yarns and tales. And for almost 40 years, Denny Spieker has loved pretty much every minute of it." ... |
NY: Mother at arraignment: 'He needs to rot in jail'
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"A Rochester man pleaded not guilty today to charges that he gunned down a high school student during a dispute over a woman."
"Randy T. Allen, 20, is charged with second-degree murder and second-degree criminal possession of a weapon in the March 30 slaying of DeMario Moore, 17, who was shot at North and Wilson streets."
"Moore, a student at East High School, was shot in the back allegedly after Allen's girlfriend smiled at Moore and waved to him." ...
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UK: Assassin's gun goes on sale
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"The pistol seized from the Irish tailor hanged in 1869 for the assassination of one of Canada's Fathers of Confederation is being offered for sale by a London auction firm. The .32-calibre Smith and Wesson revolver was found in the pocket of Patrick James Whelan when he was arrested less than 24 hours after MP Thomas D'Arcy McGee was gunned down at the door of his Ottawa rooming house in the early morning on April 7, 1868."
"The Irish-born McGee was felled by a single shot to the head as he returned from the Commons. He was a week short of his 43rd birthday."
"The weapon seized from Whelan, a Smith and Wesson .32-calibre Model 2 tip-up revolver, will be sold by Jeffrey Hoare Auctions Inc. at public auction in Hamilton May 22." ... |
Canada: Gladstone slaying claims father of 3
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"The 29-year-old Windsor father of three gunned down in the city's near east side was remembered by grieving family members Tuesday as a 'gentle giant' whose 'heart was as big as the city.'"
"Jason Joyce ... was shot about 11:30 p.m. Monday in the 200 block of Gladstone Avenue, between Riverside Drive East and Assumption Street." ...
"Joyce's murder occurred just hours after police held a news conference announcing they had rid city streets of ten semi-automatic pistols, all smuggled from the United States, including a pistol with a laser sight and a Tec-9 machine pistol with a 30-round clip." ... |
Canada: Hamilton motorist pistol-whipped, car stolen
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A Hamilton motorist is recovering Wednesday after he was pistol-whipped and his car stolen by three men outside an east-end variety store.
Police say the motorist had stepped out of his car and was in a telephone booth when he was attacked on Tuesday.
All three attackers were armed with handguns and one of them used his gun to beat the man on the head and face.
Police recovered two of the three guns at the scene after arresting a 29-year-old man, who has been charged with robbery.
The victim was treated for cuts and bruises. |
UK: Businessman Shot after Tackling Intruder - Police
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"A businessman was shot by intruders after gaining the upper hand in a fight with one of two men who had broken into his home, detectives said today."
"Police believe Mark Holland, 38, was shot after he attacked one of the men with an iron at his detached luxury home in Low Bradfield, near Sheffield, last week."
"The property developer, who remains in a 'poorly but stable condition' in hospital, narrowly escaped death after the bullet missed his heart by just a few millimetres."
"Detective Inspector Tom Whiteley, said that Mr Holland had told them that one of them men shouted 'shoot him' just before the pistol was fired." ... |
Iraq: MP murdered on brother's doorstep
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"AN IRAQI woman MP was shot dead outside her brother�s home in Baghdad yesterday � the first member of the new National Assembly to be murdered since parliament was elected three months ago."
"Lameah Abed Khadouri al-Sakri ... was shot nine times in the head and chest by a man armed with a pistol as she answered the door of her brother�s house, which she was visiting, Hossam Ghada, her nephew, said. The killer made off in a car with two accomplices." ...
"Ms al-Sakri, an unmarried Shia Muslim who lived alone, was shot in an otherwise peaceful part of the capital. Mr Ghada, who acted as her driver, said: 'She refused to have any guards or even let me carry a gun. She said: 'God will protect me and I don�t like pistols.'" |
IA: Des Moines Roosevelt student stabbed on school grounds
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"A Roosevelt High School student was stabbed in the arm on school grounds early Wednesday afternoon." ...
"The stabbing incident was unrelated to an investigation last month of a student showing a gun to other students off campus last month."
"Police confiscated a legally purchased AK-47 rifle from the home of an 18-year-old student on March 28." [emphasis added]
"Officers began investigating the student after they received a complaint about threats made against Roosevelt High School students."
"Sgt. Todd Dykstra said the student did not take a weapon to school or threaten anyone. The gun was shown to friends of the student at a tennis court near the school on March 5. The case was turned over to the Polk County attorney�s office for review." ... |
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