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AG Gonzales explains why Patriot Act should allow access to library records
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... "Alberto Gonzales: 'The fact that this authority has not been used for these kinds of records means that the department, in my judgment, has acted judiciously. It's comparable to a police officer who carries a gun for 15 years and never draws it. Does that mean that for the next five years he should not have that weapon because he's never used it?'"

"Sen. Arlen Specter: 'Attorney General Gonzales, I don't think your analogy is apt, but if you want to retain those records as your position, I understand.'" ...

NRA Annual Meeting in Houston Next Week; 5 Acres of Guns, Guides & Gear
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"The National Rifle Association is pleased to announce this year's Annual Meeting and Exhibits will be held at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas from April 15-17, 2005." ...

"With an estimated 40,000 attendees and over 350 exhibits, this year's Annual Meetings and Exhibits promises to be among the best in NRA history. New firearm models, various hunting and shooting accessories, and an extensive private collection displayed by NRA affiliated gun collector clubs will fill five acres of convention space." ...

More guns not the answer
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"Imagine an America where every law-abiding citizen � say, age 21 and up � is armed regularly with a gun: no need to conceal it, no need to store it when entering a restaurant or bar, no need to lock it up."

"Gun rights advocates favor such an America, and they�ve got gun control activists on their heels. A report this week in The New York Times notes that many officials, including state legislators and prosecutors, are trying to expand or establish laws allowing concealed handguns. Since 2003, The Times reports, five states have approved laws allowing people to carry concealed weapons. And in the wake of the fatal school shootings on an Indian reservation in Minnesota last month, a top official with the National Rifle Association suggested arming teachers in the classroom." ...

Shootings Fuel a Drive to Ease Gun Laws
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"Paul Bucher, the district attorney for the Wisconsin county where a man opened fire in a church service last month, killing seven people and himself, has one answer to the deadly mass shootings around the country in recent weeks: more guns."

"'The problems aren't the guns, it's the guns in the wrong hands,' said Mr. Bucher, a Republican who recently announced his candidacy for Wisconsin attorney general. 'We need to put more guns in the hands of law-abiding citizens. Whether having that would have changed what happened is all speculation, but it would level the playing field. If the person you're fighting has a gun and all you have is your fists, you lose.'" ...

Push to kill gun bill
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"Rep. Carolyn McCarthy and Sen. Charles Schumer joined victims of gun violence yesterday in launching a campaign to sink legislation currently before Congress that would prevent lawsuits against gun makers or sellers." ...

"But Schumer said the bill is 'an outrage that most Americans would not accept,' and who vowed to add so many amendments in an attempt to effectively kill it."

"'Hopefully, we'll be able to do what we did last year where the NRA and gun lobby will not want to see it passed,' he said." ...

Editorial: Still no to concealed-carry
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"'If I'm sitting in a room with 10 people, and they don't have guns, I feel safer.' - Waukesha County District Attorney Paul Bucher in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on Nov. 7, 2003."

"Some gun advocates are trying to turn public alarm over an uptick in mass shootings around the nation into support for a law permitting the carrying of concealed weapons. Waukesha County's top prosecutor appeared to have joined their ranks Sunday in a New York Times story, in which he is quoted as saying that, to even the playing field, 'We need to put more guns in the hands of law-abiding citizens.'" ...

FL: Law Expands Right to Kill in Self-Defense
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Gov. Jeb Bush said Tuesday he intends to sign a bill that would allow people who feel threatened � even on the street or at a baseball game � to "meet force with force" and defend themselves without fear of prosecution.

The measure, the top priority of the National Rifle Association in Florida this year, passed the House 94-20 on Tuesday. It had already passed the Senate."

Submitter's Note: This bill was also supported by the Florida Patrolman�s Benevolent Association.

"Bush, who has championed tougher penalties for people convicted of using guns in crimes, said the bill is about self-defense and called it 'a good, common sense, anti-crime issue.'" ...

FL: New bill protects attack victims� rights
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"The Florida House has now passed a new bill that would allow you to shoot a carjacker or a violent intruder with less fear of being prosecuted." ...

"Currently, the law says citizens have a duty to retreat in confrontations that could turn violent."

"Resident Ted Hires says he never thought twice about fighting back after three men robbed the headquarters of his business, Sonny's Bar-B-Que."

"Hires says he is a supporter of the self-defense bill working its way through the state legislature. He believes the bill will allow crime victims to meet force with force."

"After Hires was robbed he chased after the suspects down Lane Avenue. A gun battle followed for which Ted Hires was almost prosecuted." ...

Bush calls THESE guys "vigilantes"
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"Ya know something? When the government cannot or will not do its job..."

"...when your government officials refuse to perform one of the few LEGITIMATE tasks assigned to them..."

"...it's time for citizens to take matters into their own hands."

"It's pathetic and ridiculous that President Bush and other government officials have branded the Minutemen as vigilantes, while Bush's socialist Mexican co-hort (I'm much too polite to call him what he really is - a whore), President Vicente Fox has threatened these people with prosecution. For WHAT? For daring to do something our government has failed to effectively do - protect our borders from invasion." ...

Minutemen catch 141 illegals so far -- New Mexico official hopes to expand citizen volunteer project to 2nd state
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"In its second day of operations, the civilian volunteer Minuteman Project claimed to have aided the Border Patrol in the apprehension of 141 illegal aliens along the Arizona border and deterred many more from attempting to cross from Mexico."

"With the project gaining favorable attention, a city official from New Mexico announced he would like to expand the project to his state."

"'It has been successful,' said Chris Simcox of Civil Homeland Defense, a group aiding the Minuteman Project. 'No one has come across.'"

"While President Bush and other officials have characterized the Minutemen as 'vigilantes' and Mexico's President Vicente Fox has threatened them with prosecution, the group is getting more favorable attention from some media outlets and radio talk-show hosts impressed with their composure, discipline and orderliness." ...

AZ: Border family's strange encounters with illegal crossers
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... "Mr. Garner, a carpenter, his wife, and three daughters (age 10, 12, and 15) tell countless stories that are as alarming to outsiders as they are matter-of-fact to them. Theirs is a life dominated by self-defense lessons, family practice drills to huddle in the master bedroom, obligatory two-way radios for kids who walk to school, and a handgun on the hip for mom." ...

"'You'll be weeding in your garden and turn around to see 20 of them standing in front of you, demanding water and food,' says Dawn Garner, the mother." ...

"Stories like those of the Garners are being corroborated from San Diego to Houston this week as the high-profile citizen's effort known as the Minutemen Project unfolds across a 20-40 mile section of the border here. ..." ...

AZ: Border Militia Divides Arizona Residents
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"A right-wing militia patrolling the Mexican border to catch illegal immigrants is pitting some residents in favor of old-style frontier justice against critics who say the militiamen are the real threat."

"Between 300 and 400 'Minuteman' project volunteers, some of them armed, have come to Arizona to stake out a 23-mile section of the border throughout April."

"They say it is a peaceful political protest, although some are armed with pistols, and a number of local residents have joined the patrols or turned out to support them."

"Others, however, have held protests and watch with suspicion the volunteers� arrival in camper vans and four-wheel drive vehicles, some decked out with gun racks." ...

TX: Border watchers have eyes on Texas
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"With the Lone Star flag flying and a pistol and knife on his belt, a Houstonian, who gave his name as Bill Breaux, stood on top of his pickup and stared through binoculars at the mountainous Arizona-Mexico border."

"He was looking for migrants trying to sneak into the United States. But on this sunny day, there was not much action." ...

"Breaux was proudly manning Base 4 of a month long volunteer border patrol they call the Minutemen Project." ...

"Project organizer Chris Simcox and others said they plan to organize similar border-watch projects in Texas and other states." ...

LA: Shooting near Orleans school leaves student in critical condition
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"A teenage student was in critical condition Wednesday afternoon after a shooting just outside a New Orleans high school, police said."

"School authorities and police said the 15-year-old had left Alfred Lawless High School without permission around 1 p.m. and was shot after arguing with some people who pulled up in a car."

"'He should have been moving to another class,' Capt. Marlon Defillo, a police spokesman, said."

"The student's name was not released. He was taken to Charity Hospital."

"The shooting happened as intermittent, strong storms moved across the area. Police at the scene, just across the street from the school, had to look for evidence in a driving rain." ...

FL: Orange Co. Sheriff Used Driving Records To Locate Critic
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"Orange County's sheriff may have broken the law when he used driver's license records to track down a woman who wrote a newspaper to criticize his staff's use of Taser stun guns and described him as too fat for basic police work, critics say."

"Orange County Sheriff Kevin Beary had his aides use the records to get the address of Alice Gawronski so he could send her a scathing letter, which some say violated federal privacy law. It is illegal to access a driver's license database to obtain personal information, except for clear law-enforcement purposes, under the Driver's Privacy Protection Act of 1994." ...

FL: Upset fat sheriff tracks down critic -- a mother of 4 (another story)
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"Orange County Sheriff Kevin Beary has a vast array of computers designed to track down terrorists and criminals -- or a Winter Park mother of four."

"Upset at being described as too fat for basic police work, Sheriff Kevin Beary ordered his staff to use restricted records to find the woman who also criticized his agency's use of stun guns in a letter to the editor."

"He then fired off a letter scolding Alice Gawronski, a 35-year-old registered Republican." ...

"'I thought I was exercising my First Amendment right of free speech -- expressing an opinion in an open forum about a paid public official,' Gawronski said Tuesday, saying she considered Beary's letter a form of intimidation." ...

OR: Deputy Accused Of Assaulting Teenage Fianc�e [again]
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"A Josephine County sheriff's detective has been placed on paid leave for the second time this year after reportedly assaulting his teenage fianc�e."

"Sean Valdez, 30, of Grants Pass, faces a misdemeanor charge of fourth-degree assault in connection with a Friday morning incident involving the 19-year-old woman, officials said. He is on paid leave."

"'He got into an argument with his fianc�e,' said Josephine County Undersheriff Brian Anderson."

"Just after midnight on Friday, a sheriff's sergeant went to Valdez's home in response to a reported disturbance. Anderson said the sergeant called for assistance from Oregon State Police after realizing he was headed to the detective's address." ...

FL: Judge Faces Inquiry For Jailing Traffic Defendants who made innocent mistake (went to wrong courtroom)
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"A Seminole County judge is facing charges from a state panel that investigates claims of judicial wrongdoing for ordering the arrest of 11 traffic defendants who mistakenly went to the wrong courtroom."

"The Judicial Qualifications Commission issued a notice of charges Tuesday accusing Judge John Sloop of being unfit to serve. Possible punishment ranges from a fine to removal from the bench." ...

"The defendants were directed by summons and the court staff to the wrong courtroom next door to Sloop. When people realized they were in the wrong room, Sloop refused to listen to them or withdraw arrest warrants issued in their absence. The defendants were handcuffed, taken to jail and held for about eight hours." ...

TX: SWAT Team Gear Stolen From Deputy's Vehicle
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"The Bexar County Sheriff's Department is searching for a thief who stole about $4,000 worth of SWAT team equipment -- including a semi-automatic shotgun -- from a deputy's vehicle Friday."

"The deputy, a county SWAT team officer, parked his vehicle outside of a Gold's Gym near Crossroads Mall and went inside to work out."

"'He'd been on a mission earlier with SWAT and his vehicle was burglarized,' said Sgt. Dennis Casillas, a spokesman for the Bexar County SWAT team."

"The thief got away with body armor, a whisper microphone, three magazines for a Glock pistol, a weapons of mass destruction kit and a Banelli entry semi-automatic shotgun." ...

TX: Trooper faces deadly conduct charge
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"Accused of pressing his unloaded pistol against a friend�s head and pulling the trigger, Department of Public Safety Trooper Manuel Anthony Moreno Jr. stood trial Tuesday facing a deadly conduct charge."

"Testifying before a two-man, four-woman jury in county court, Chon Gabriel Brown, 24, of Midland, said Moreno, a 33-year-old Odessa DPS trooper, put the empty gun to his head while off duty after a night of drinking at Graham Central Station in April 2004." ...

"'[Moreno] said it one more time, 'Do you trust me?' Chon Brown said. 'Next thing I knew, I had a gun to my head and the trigger clicked.'" ...

MI: Detroit officer charged in Web sex abuse
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"A Detroit police officer was arraigned Thursday on a child sexual abuse charge for allegedly attempting to arrange a date for sex with an Internet chat room companion he thought was a 14-year-old girl."

"Daniel Jay Mathison, 27, of Eastpointe was arraigned in 41-B District Court on a charge of child sexually abusive activity and for using a computer in the commission of a crime."

"Mathison was arrested Wednesday by undercover officers from the Macomb Area Computer Enforcement team, known as MACE, when he showed up at an undisclosed location in Clinton Township to meet someone he thought would be a 14-year-old girl, police said." ...

CT: Hartford officer charged with fraud
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A Hartford police officer has been charged with insurance fraud for allegedly setting fire to a car he was leasing.

Officer Luis Raimundi is accused of torching the car, then reporting it stolen to avoid paying excess mileage fees.

Raimundi was charged yesterday with insurance fraud and first-degree larceny. He was released after posting 20-thousand dollars bond.

Raimundi was arrested after an investigation into the Mitsubishi he had been leasing. Raimundi reported it stolen in April of 2004. The car was later discovered near Charter Oak Terrace after it had been burned.

Police say because Raimundi had exceeded the mileage limit, he faced thousands of dollars in fees.

NY: Father-son prison guards face charges in sex case
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A father and son who work as guards at an upstate prison for women both face charges stemming from the son's alleged sexual contact with an 18-year-old inmate.

Aaron Sklener, 33, of Akron is charged with sexual abuse and official misconduct, State Police said. His father, James Sklener of Corfu, is charged with intimidating a victim and official misconduct for threatening the woman if she cooperated with investigators, police said.

Both men work as corrections officers at Albion Correctional Facility in Orleans County. Aaron Sklener has been a guard for six years, his father for nearly 20.

The Skleners have been suspended without pay and could lose their jobs, state Department of Correctional Services officials said.

OH: Police Officer Charged With Drunken Driving
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Cincinnati Police Officer Melissa Cummins was cited for drunken driving at 1:15 a.m. Sunday at 10th and Elm streets, downtown, prosecutors said.

A breath test measured her blood-alcohol content at .17, more than twice the legal limit in Ohio.

Cummins was charged two counts of operating a vehicle while intoxicated as well as a traffic light infraction.

She will be arraigned Friday, the prosecutor said.

TX: Addicted DA Faces Probe by Special Prosecutor
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"Richard J. Roach, the troubled former district attorney in the Pampa area who pleaded guilty to a federal gun charge in February, still may face state criminal charges."

"Roach pleaded guilty to a felony charge of being an addict or unlawful user in possession of firearms after the government agreed to drop two felony drug charges against him."

"On March 28, 31st District Judge Steven Emmert appointed Perryton solo David Scott as a special prosecutor to look into whether state charges should be brought against Roach." ...

"... Roach had possession of a Beretta .380-caliber semi-automatic pistol and a Smith & Wesson 9 mm pistol while 'being an unlawful user and then being addicted to a controlled substance.'" ...

UK: Downing St officer shot herself
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"An elite woman police firearms officer who worked on security at Downing Street shot herself after suffering depression over a double family tragedy, an inquest heard today."

"Pc Amoreena Adams, 31, shot herself once in the head with a 9mm Glock handgun she had drawn from the armoury where she worked."

"Her body was found in a basement boiler room at the Territorial Police Headquarters at Victoria Embankment last August."

"Pc Adams, who worked for the diplomatic protection squad, had mysteriously left her post as the armourer. Her body was found several hours later after a search of the building." ...

IL: Advocates Call on Illinois State Representatives to Pass the 'Anti-Terrorism and Aviation Protection Act' to Prevent .50 Caliber Sniper Rifle Terror in Illinois as House Vote Nears
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".50 caliber sniper rifles, powerful enough to shoot down civilian airplanes during takeoff or landing, or taxiing on the runaway from over a mile away are 'weapons of terror' said Patrick Thompson, Chairman of the Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence. The Illinois House of Representatives is expected to vote on the 'Anti-Terrorism and Aviation Protection Act,' (H.B. 1098) in a matter of days. The homeland security measure is part of a bi-partisan legislative effort to keep the most deadly and powerful sniper rifles on the market out of the hands of terrorists to prevent a deadly attack on Illinois aviation or vulnerable chemical or industrial targets." ...
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KABA Note: Yes, if there was such a thing as ".50 caliber sniper rifles, powerful enough to shoot down civilian airplanes" they certainly would be "weapons of terror". As well to try to ban the Tooth Fairy because she might cause a plane to crash by getting sucked into a jet engine.

MO: Not everyone has a blast with gun use
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"Some students may relax after a long school week with a six-pack or long nap, but the Campus Conservatives have a different way of shrugging off the pressures of college life: a trip to the shooting range, armed with assault rifles and handguns."

"This method of blowing off steam is a controversial one that a few vocal professors have spoken out against. The Second Amendment, unlike the cherished First, is ripe for mockery on campus, with professors posting signs on their doors prohibiting firearms as though that is a threat at this university. Others jokingly suggest that the Campus Conservatives move from targets to actual people. Hilarious!" ...

VA: $6 wasn't enough to satisfy robber -- 'I was mad,' teen tells police in describing death of 71-year-old
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"A Henrico County teen accused of robbing and fatally shooting a 71-year-old car transporter on West Broad Street last month told police he was mad he got only $6."

"The defendant, 18-year-old Brandon Lee Robertson, admitted during an interview with investigators that he 'pulled the trigger' and took the victim's money and a gold ring ..." ...

"About 26 hours before Jack was killed, police believe Robertson robbed and assaulted a 23-year-old woman with a wrench as she walked to her mailbox about 12:15 a.m. She lives in the same apartment complex as Robertson." ...

"Authorities are still investigating how Robertson acquired the 9 mm gun that was used in the slaying. The weapon had been purchased by someone else March 5 at a gun show ..."

"But authorities haven't determined how Robertson came into possession of the pistol. ..."
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Submitter's Note: Assault, armed robbery, underage handgun possession and concealed carry without a permit. And, oh yes, murder on impulse. Yet more laws, especially gun laws, are the answer.

UK: Anti-gun lobbyist on Theft Charges
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Maureen Lynch, 55, of Park Street, Southwark, south London is accused of stealing �16,963 from the Mothers Against Guns' account.

The group lobbies for tougher sentences for those convicted of using guns.

Ms Lynch has been bailed to appear before Tower Bridge Magistrates Court on 19 April.

Scotland Yard confirmed that Mrs Lynch, who is unemployed, is alleged to have taken the money from the group's Royal Bank of Scotland account between March and September 2004.

Mothers Against Guns was set up by Lucy Cope in 2002, following the death of her son Damian, and is funded by grants and donations, including money from the Home Office.

Australia: Inquiry launched into jails system
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"RETIRED NSW Supreme Court judge Dennis Mahoney will spend the next six months investigating the West Australian prison system after four escapes in three weeks and a prisoner's alleged rape of a tutor."

"Double murderer Brian William Edwards, 48, and burglar Matthew Wayne Winmar, 19, were still on the run yesterday as Premier Geoff Gallop announced the $2 million inquiry."

"Dr Gallop said 80-year-old Mr Mahoney, the former president of the NSW Court of Appeal who retired in 1996, would be able to interview all government ministers, including former justice minister Michelle Roberts."

"The announcement was a bid to halt the political fallout from what new Justice Minister John D'Orazio described as an 'appalling mess', including serial rapist Paul Stephen Keating's alleged six-hour sexual assault of a prison tutor on March 16." ...

UK: Gangs at war wreck charity concert
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"WARRING gangs armed with deadly weapons including a Samurai sword wrecked a tsunami benefit concert at Walthamstow Assembly Hall."

"Two men were rushed to hospital after the violence erupted at the event organised by the East London Tamil Youth Association last Sunday afternoon."

"A 50-strong mob of youths battled each other in front of Waltham Forest Town Hall and the Assembly Hall."

"Detectives say the fight was a revenge attack by an East Ham Tamil gang against a Walthamstow-based group."

"Officers rushed to the scene at 5.30pm after calls from concerned onlookers. When they arrived they found weapons including a pistol, hockey sticks and cricket bats littering the car park." [emphasis added] ...

Mexico: Radio journalist shot on U.S.-Mexico border
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... "Guadalupe Garcia Escamilla, 39, was hit by nine bullets as she arrived at Radio Stereo 91 to do her regular show on crime and public safety, according to the prosecutor's office in the Tamaulipas border state." ...

"Garcia Escamilla had worked for a time in Nuevo Laredo's police administration and recently received threats, Chavez said. Her car was burned outside her home this year."

"In February, a television journalist went into hiding after his car and home were sprayed with machine-gun fire following his reports on drug cartel kidnappings in Nuevo Laredo." ...

UK: Gun boy, 15, ordered girl to undress
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"A GUN nut schoolboy held an air pistol to a nine-year-old girl's head and ordered her to undress, a court heard."

"Graeme Linnen told the terrified youngster he would shoot her before forcing her to remove clothing as she played with friends at a swing-park."

"Aged 15 at the time of the offences, baby-faced Linnen's horrifying assault took place in daylight on May 13 last year."

"At Hamilton Sheriff Court, Linnen of Strathaven, Lanarkshire, admitted dragging the girl into bushes at a park in the town and pointing the gun at her head."

"The thug, who is now 16, also admitted a separate offence of assaulting two nine-year-old boys by firing an air pistol at them." ...

Australia: Armed thieves get away with $3m pseudoephedrine haul
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Police say $3 million of pseudoephedrine, which can be used to make illegal drugs, has been stolen during an armed hold-up in north-west Sydney.

Investigators say three men armed with shotguns and pistols threatened employees at a pharmaceutical manufacturing company at Castle Hill last night.

The trio ordered two staff members to open a safe where the drugs were being stored.

The workers were not hurt.

Detectives are now interviewing witnesses.

Pseudoephedrine is used to make cold and flu tablets, but can also be used to make illicit drugs.