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CA: CRPA Condemns Kaiser Permanente Submitted by: Doug Charette	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"The California Rifle and Pistol Association (CRPA) (official state affiliate association of the National Rifle Association) today condemned an inaccurate anti-gun smear campaign being run through Kaiser Permanente doctors' offices." "Kaiser is foisting its inaccurate anti-gun message on patients through misleading and false statistics contained in posters and brochures."

You CAN Own a Machine Gun (in some areas)
Submitted by: Doug Charette

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"Did you know that in many areas of the country, it's perfectly legal (after paying a federal tax) to own an automatic weapon?"

"The National Firearms Act of 1934 states in part:
a. Rate. - There shall be levied, collected, and paid on firearms transferred a tax at the rate of $200 for each firearm transferred, except, the transfer tax on any firearm classified as any other weapon under section 5845(e) shall be at the rate of $5 for each such firearm transferred."

Dear Mr. Ashcroft. Praise GOD and pass the ammo. Submitted by: Doug Charette	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"I woke this morning thinking that today would be a normal hump day. I walked down to the Post Office, store, and picked up my copy of The Omaha World Herald. Well back on page 5A was the article on the Justice Department and their backing of individuals right to bear arms. What a slight relief it is to see things back in-sync."

UK: Hardline over Gun Clubs Submitted by: Doug Charette	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"FALKIRK Council yesterday (Wednesday)upheld a controversial decision to exclude gun clubs from receiving rates relief. Policy and resources committee convener David Alexander said: "I don't want to demonise the club, but we need to look at the reason why the decision was taken."

OH: NRA helps oust congressman Submitted by: Doug Charette	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"After he read the fluorescent pumpkin-colored mailing, Steven Eitel knew who would get his vote in Tuesday's Democratic primary for the 17th Congressional District: Tim Ryan. No question. The National Rifle Association had done its job." "I'm tired of people taking away my right to own firearms," said Eitel, an architect from Akron who is an NRA member.

Armed Citizenry Best Deterrent Toward Property Crime
Submitted by: R. Lee Wrights

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"America's millions of gun owners are people too. Law-abiding, responsible citizens do not and should not need to ask anyone's permission or approval to engage in a peaceful activity. Gun ownership, by itself, harms no other person and cannot morally justify criminal penalties. America's founders fought the Revolutionary War to throw off British tyranny. Most of the revolutionaries owned and used their own guns in that war."

The Individual Right to Bear Arms Submitted by: Robin Maxwell	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"It is a patently ridiculous argument that the Second Amendment does not protect an individual right to keep and bear arms." -- The Washington Times Editorial

Guns and Justice Submitted by: Charlie McMillion	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
--Washington Post editors whine about Ashcroft's 2A position.

Democrats "tone down" gun-control stance (?)
Submitted by: Rick Schwartz

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"When the Justice Department this week declared that it would break with 60 years of precedent and interpret the Second Amendment as guaranteeing the rights of individuals � not just militias � to bear arms, the reaction among Washington Democrats was striking: Most of them avoided the topic altogether."

--Never forget... it's not what they say in public... it is what they vote in Congress that counts.

White House gun stance 'bows to NRA'
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At a gun show "I wasn't just frightened by the number of guns, knives, ammunition and other weapons of mass destruction. I was also taken aback by the anti-government (and at that time, anti-president) propaganda so prominently displayed. But I've come to learn that that is the nature of gun shows and gun-show enthusiasts."

"Yes indeed, those people unnerve me more than do the guns." -- Bob Ray Sanders, Star Telegram

Union wants cabin crews to have weapons
Submitted by: serinde
Website: http://www.progunwomen.com

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"Arming flight attendants with nonlethal weapons could provide more effective passenger protection than guns in the cockpit, officials with a flight attendants union said Thursday."

"Flight attendants need to have the tools to lead a fight to protect themselves and the passengers in the cabin." -- Dawn Deeks

"Arming flight attendants could create a false sense of security and ... Most weapons could be taken from attendants and used against them." -- David Stempler

Mexico: Food vouchers given for firearms Submitted by: serinde Website: http://www.progunwomen.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
- SECOND STORY ON PAGE - "Mexico's defense department is trying to reduce the number of guns along the border by offering food coupons for firearms. ... no questions are asked when people arrive with guns, ammunition or explosives, which are traded for coupons worth up to about $100 at local markets."

CA: 'The Anatomy of Crime' Submitted by: Tom Allison Website: http://www.eternalvigilance.blogspot.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"A 45-caliber Glock pistol is a popular weapon among criminals these days, and ballistics expert Dean DeYoung admits that it also is one of his favorites. For a different reason." "When the gun is fired, and the bullet shoots through the barrel, telltale marks are left on the slug. If that slug is dug out of a victim, DeYoung said, it often is easy to match it to the weapon."

TX: NRA/TSRA Working to Expand Right To Carry (NRA/ILA)
Submitted by: Doug Charette

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On Monday, May 6, representatives from NRA-ILA and TSRA, former State Senator and author of Texas' "Right To Carry" law Jerry Patterson, and State Rep. Rick Green (R-Dripping Springs) attended a meeting of the Hays County Republican Party to discuss the issue of cities and counties circumventing the Legislature and using the criminal trespass law to post signs prohibiting concealed handgun license holder access to their premises."

Reaction To Justice Dept. Proves What Anti-Gunners Want Submitted by: Doug Charette	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"The hysterical reaction by gun grabbers to the Justice Department's shift in philosophy from the anti-gun Clinton Administration about the Second Amendment proves that gun control is not the cause of reasonable moderates but instead the realm of gun rights hating extremists, said Alan Gottlieb, founder of the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF.ORG)."

'Protected class' denies guns to others Submitted by: Rodney L. Hendrix	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"It's no secret that members of the protected political class in America are often afforded special rights and privileges that, in theory, all of us are "guaranteed" but seldom can utilize to their fullest." "One of those privileges is the right to walk around without fear of being killed by an armed criminal."

The 'Radical' Amendment Submitted by: Anonymous	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"Our radical Justice Department, though, turns out to be in good company. Supreme Court Justice Joseph Story, probably the second most respected 19th-century justice--after the great John Marshall--and the author of the leading early-1800s constitutional-law treatise, also took the view that the right belongs to "the citizens," not the states."

Democrat Wants Locked Cockpit Doors, Not Guns, For Pilots
Submitted by: Doug Charette

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"Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ernest Hollings (D-S.C.) introduced legislation late Thursday that would require an airliner's cockpit doors to remain shut and locked at all times during a flight, but it also specifies that pilots would not be allowed to have guns in the cockpit."

"Pilots are there to fly, not shoot. It's not ho-hum up there. You don't get up and stretch. You fly the plane. Airlines could outfit their cockpits with rest rooms adequate for long journeys."

IL: Chicago Confronts "Deadly 911 Delay" Submitted by: Doug Charette	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"The Daley administration swung into full damage control mode Wednesday as the Police Department continued its internal investigation aimed at determining why a South Side woman who made three calls to 911 to report that her husband was violating an order of protection was murdered before police arrived on the scene."

MI: Two more counties bought by Feds to crack down on 'gun violence'
Submitted by: Doug Charette

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"Two more Michigan counties have signed on to a federal program designed to impose stiffer penalties on gun violators."

"Officials said Thursday that Project Safe Neighborhoods is expanding into Oakland and Macomb counties, The Oakland Press in Pontiac and Detroit Free Press reported Friday."

"Oakland County Prosecutor David Gorcyca and Macomb County Prosecutor Carl Marlinga said they'll now have the option of sending gun violation cases to the U.S. Attorney for federal prosecution."

NJ: Hero teacher back to school after shooting
Submitted by: Doug Charette

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"Any lessons that James Ahern may have tried to get across to students in the history classes he teaches at Jersey City's Dickinson High School were forced to take a back seat yesterday."

"Inside Room 104 at the school, students pressed Ahern for details of his role in a story that appeared on the front page of several newspapers yesterday morning."

"You've got to explain the whole story to us," one student told Ahern, as the teacher's face broke into a wide grin.

OR: Teen 'suicide prevention' focuses on firearms Submitted by: Doug Charette	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"In Oregon, 330 people under age 20 committed suicide during the 1990s; of those, 36 were in Lane County. In Lane County, approximately 60 siblings, 72 parents, 144 grandparents, 1,200 classmates and countless friends, neighbors and coworkers are touched by these tragedies." "Of the 29 teens who committed suicide in 1999 in Oregon, three-fourths used a gun."

JOHN D. ASHCROFT: 'Betraying a promise' Submitted by: Doug Charette	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"ATTORNEY GENERAL John D. Ashcroft promised during his confirmation hearings to adhere to legal precedent, even when it was at odds with his personal beliefs. But this week, he abandoned a 60-year-old precedent in favor of his personal view that the Second Amendment protects an individual's right to own a gun."

OK: Trooper says man tried to ram cruiser in chase Submitted by: Vincent Beall	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"James, who represents the Oklahoma Troopers Assn. is not making Miner available to be interviewed by investigators until Monday. "This is nothing unusual," James said. "Shootings are traumatic, and it's better to wait a few days and give Troopers time to relax" he said." --How long do they give a non-LEO citizen to get his story straight after a shooting?

Proposal to Give Citizenship to Every Current/Future Mexican Illegal Submitted by: Curtis Wood	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"Legislative proposal up for vote on Tuesday that will permanently extend sect 245i, the law that gives US citizenship to every Mexican illegal whom can scrape together $1,000." --Activists have killed this bill 3 times already, but it keeps popping up. Call your Congressional representatives at 1-800-648-3516 or 1-877-762-8762.

Talking about 'The Issue' Submitted by: Doug Charette	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"I know my leftist friends have read the Constitution, since they quote from the First, Fourth, Fifth and 14th Amendments all the time." "It happened again the other day, as I was talking to a Democratic operative. I mentioned guns, and she was appalled at my stance: Go down to the store and pick up a fully-automatic M-16A1 rifle with attached M-203 grenade launcher?"

'Gun Rights Do Not Compute,' Say Media Cyborgs Submitted by: Doug Charette	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"In the classic "Star Trek" episode "I, Mudd," Captain Kirk short-circuits a dangerous android by talking circles around it. The Bush Justice Department has accomplished something similar, driving the gun-ban movement into a full-fledged system meltdown, with nothing more than a few well-chosen words."

NJ: Family's frantic call for help Submitted by: Doug Charette	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"The following is a nearly complete transcript of 911 tapes in Dover Township from about 9:15 p.m. April 9. Some portions were inaudible."

AR: City Council authorizes purchase of handguns for EPD officers
Submitted by: Doug Charette

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"The El Dorado City Council quickly handled a varied agenda Thursday, placing its stamp of approval on several items during a regular meeting."

"Aldermen authorized Police Chief Ricky Roberts to use grant funds, along with a 10% match from the police department's budget, to purchase 52 semi-automatic handguns for the department's officers."

"Roberts said the low bid for the guns and related equipment, including holsters and magazine pouches, totaled $26,728."

Ashcroft's gun views now policy Submitted by: Doug Charette	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"More than a year ago, when former Sen. John Ashcroft testified at his confirmation hearings to be attorney general, he bent over backward to assure the Senate Judiciary Committee that if he got the job he would put his personal views on such issues as abortion and gun rights behind him and just carry out the laws on the books."

'Our most treasured freedom: gun rights?' Submitted by: Doug Charette	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"In a dismaying action that honors dogma over common sense, the Justice Department has reversed decades of official government policy on the meaning of the Second Amendment, the so-called right to bear arms." "Ashcroft is promoting an anachronistic dogma that has no bearing on 21st-century realities." -- The Honolulu Advertiser

Gun flip-flop / Ashcroft disdainful of 'precedent' Submitted by: Doug Charette	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"Today's civil liberties quiz involves the U.S. Constitution's Second Amendment, the one about "the right to bear arms." What do you reckon it means?" "If you wonder, you might want to look to the Supreme Court, which interprets the Constitution, and the federal government, which must honor and enforce it." -- Star Tribune

IL: What a difference 911 delay makes
Submitted by: Doug Charette

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"It is against the law to own a handgun in Chicago, except for those registered before 1982. It is against the law to sell a handgun, or buy one or, except for security guards, police and such, to carry one around."

"But even good things can have dire consequences. Banning handguns means that women who are being stalked, as Ronyale White was before her death Friday, cannot legally arm themselves against those who would harm them. We demand that they take out court orders to protect themselves." -- Chicago Sun Times

'Mr. Ashcroft reaches far' Submitted by: Doug Charette	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"The attorney general is trying to vastly expand the right to gun ownership in America ... By their fiat, the Constitution suddenly stands for something else. Prevailing Supreme Court interpretation matters no more." -- The Times Union

CO: Senate Foils Right To Carry Bill (NRA/ILA)
Submitted by: Doug Charette

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"On Tuesday, May 7 the Colorado Senate defeated HB1410, sponsored by Rep. Lois Tochtrop (D-34) and Sen. Ken Chlouber (R-4). The bill, which would have established a "Shall-Issue" Right to Carry permit system, made it all the way through the House of Representatives and the Senate Agriculture Committee before being derailed by five members of the Appropriations Committee."

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CA: Ex-police employee ordered reinstated
Submitted by: Tom Allison
Website: http://www.eternalvigilance.blogspot.com

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"The city of Modesto has been ordered to reinstate a key figure from the Police Department's gun sale fiasco of the late 1990s and award her $182,000 in back pay."

"The gun sale, which ran from February 1996 through July 1997, resulted in the sale of as many as 241 handguns to 97 active-duty and reserve Modesto police officers.
The sale was mishandled and ran afoul of state law because required paperwork was missing and the guns were not sold through a licensed firearms dealer."

MO: County officials favor concealed-gun legislation
Submitted by: Doug Charette

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"Despite the Missouri House of Representatives passing a new concealed-carry bill by a vote of 93-44, State Rep. Charlie Ballard, R-Marshfield, said Thursday that it's unlikely the issue will become state law."

"I don't think the bill was introduced for any other reason than to give rural Democrats a pro-gun vote," said Ballard, who represents Webster County in the 140th District. "It's a good piece of legislation, and it's one that I voted to approve."

Ashcroft's "Gunslinger" Style Submitted by: Doug Charette	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"So now Atty. Gen. John Ashcroft thinks he gets to rewrite the Constitution to reflect his personal opinions. His pronouncement this week that the 2nd Amendment guarantees individuals the right to own guns, despite six decades of federal policy and U.S. Supreme Court decisions to the contrary, is another audacious move by a man who mistakenly thinks his job is to make, not enforce, the law."

Living with guns and the 2nd Amendment
Submitted by: Doug Charette

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"A well-regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."

"Gun-shy Americans may wish it said, "The powers of the States to muster a well-regulated Militia shall not be infringed." But James Madison's words were the "right of the people."

"When Madison wrote "right" and "people," he meant individuals. That's what those terms mean in the Bill of Rights and elsewhere."

MD: Police chief switches to Democrat for gun control
Submitted by: Rick Schwartz

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"Howard County's police chief has changed his party affiliation from Republican to Democrat in part, he says, because he and the GOP don't see eye to eye on gun control."

"Livesay, a Republican since 1969, said the amount of gun-related crime in Howard County _ along with the dangers such crimes pose to his officers _ proves the need to take guns off the streeet."

--So taking guns from law-abiding citizens will reduce crime and protect "his" officers?