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Kerry Still Thinks Second Amendment Is About Hunting
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. . . "Kerry acknowledged in the interview that he must overcome a cultural disconnection in Arkansas, a potential battleground state. That�s because of his ranking by the National Journal magazine in Washington as the most liberal member of the Senate last year and a recent grade of 'F' from the National Rifle Association."

"'That grade is so phony,' Kerry said. 'I own and use guns. I�m a hunter, a fisherman. I�ve shot deer, woodchucks, just about everything you can hunt. And I�ve done it all my life. But I don�t use an assault weapon when I hunt. And no hunter that I know has lost his gun because of the Brady Bill. I support the 2nd Amendment. And I support law enforcement. The NRA � those guys called federal agents 'jack-booted thugs.'" . . .

Maybe Clarke and Rice Are Both Right
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. . . "A centralized government agency can't be the main body entrusted to protect us. Because it must sift through too much data, almost all of which will turn to be benign, it moves too slowly. That was Dr. Rice's insight even if she didn't dare state it quite so bluntly. The government failed to protect us-that was Mr. Clarke's insight stated bluntly. So let's protect ourselves."

"Let's allow airlines to decide whether to let their pilots carry guns, as they were free to do before 1987. Pilots are now allowed to carry guns, but only if they give the government intimate details about their personal lives. If airlines want to man their flights with armed, retired FBI agents, as one major airline wanted to do until the FAA nixed it, they should be free to do so. And the government should allow other precautions that are too numerous to list in this short space. The lesson of September 11 is not that government should plan better and not that a Republican president plans better or worse than a Democrat president. The lesson of 9/11 is that central planning doesn't work and that government should not get in the way of our planning."

A Duty to Disobey: The Forgotten Lessons of My Lai
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. . . "What will happen at upcoming courts-martial when the military defendants attempt to defend themselves by asserting they received encouragement from military intelligence operatives to 'soften up' Iraqi prisoners in the appalling manner that photos show they did -- encouragement that the soldiers interpreted as orders?"

"The answer to that question has not changed since My Lai, or since the Nuremberg trials of 1945, for that matter: Unless the individual soldier who has executed the unlawful order in Iraq had a gun placed to his head or been subjected to an equivalent form of duress, he will have no legal defense to the charge." . . .

What is the forgotten lesson for the rank-and-file soldier of the My Lai massacre case and others like it? Simply this: If you obey an order that violates the laws of war, you are the first one who will be hung out to dry.
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This lesson also applies to solders when they come to disarm us all.... but the government doesn't want thinkers they want drones to follow without question. That is the training in our schools and in the army.

Netherlands: Disabled man faces jail for 'self-defence killing'
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"The prosecution demanded on Thursday a jail term of 1.5 years be handed down on a disabled 71-year-old man who shot and killed a robber at his business in Leidschendam last year."

"But the prosecution also told a court in The Hague that the man�s time spent in remand detention should be subtracted from his jail term, newspaper De Telegraaf reported on Friday."

"Cees Gardien � who is sick and spends most of his time in a wheelchair � reacted with disappointment. 'I am not a murderer and I did not want to kill the man. I have never done something wrong and yet I am treated like this.'� . . .

"[D]espite the fact that a knife was found underneath the body of Yuruyucu, the prosecution denies Gardien had the right to shoot him. The prosecution said the four robbers were not planning to kill him."
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So now victims must be mind-readers.

OR: Cop Shoots Man 'Armed' With Pen, DA Says Cop 'Had No Choice'
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"A Southwestern Oregon Community College student suspected of robbing an area bank had a Sharpie pen that was misidentified as a knife when he was shot and killed Wednesday by a Coos Bay Police officer, according to officials investigating the incident."

"Coos County Chief Deputy District Attorney R. Paul Frasier said he believed Detective Hugo Hatzel had no way of knowing that 34-year-old Steven Lile Garner was carrying a large pen and not a knife when he fired four rounds after ordering the man to get on the ground."

"A final determination on whether to pursue a case against the officer has yet to be made, but Frasier said he has seen no evidence indicating Hatzel acted improperly and added he believed the shooting is justifiable."

"'Based upon what I'm seeing so far, I don't see that he had a choice,' Frasier said during a press conference Thursday afternoon in Coos Bay City Hall." . . .

More Cops Endorse Kerry: Reflects John Kerry's Strong Anti-Crime Record, Bush's Failures to Support Law Enforcement, Says Campaign
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"The International Brotherhood of Police Officers (IBPO) is the only major national police organization to have endorsed the winner of the last three presidential elections. Today, IBPO endorses John Kerry because of his strong anti-crime record and because of President Bush's consistent failure to support law enforcement in the battle against crime and the war against terror. Joining the International Union of Police Associations (IUPA) in support of John Kerry, IBPO sends another message that John Kerry stands for a strong and safe America."
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KABA Note: Actually it shows Kerry stands for an America of disarmed sheeple.

OH: 66 Year-Old Man Beaten and Maced In Police Video Files $6 Million Lawsuit
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"Campbell, 66, said he was sitting in his car in front of a Kroger store last year when Woodlawn police officer George Wells approached. He was parked in the fire lane while he waited for his wife to come out of the store."

"'And a guy comes up to me and says, 'You're going to have to move. You're in the fire lane,' Campbell said. 'And I says 'OK.' I was reading a book and I started to put it down, and he says, 'I mean right now,' and I said 'OK.'"

Campbell drove his car to the entrance of an adjacent park, Jones reported.

"'I'm sitting in my car,' Campbell said. 'A guy swings my door open and jumps in my lap and maces me in the face. And I thought, 'What in the world did I do?' Next thing I know, they grabbed me. They had me on the cement. A guy has his hand on the back of my head. My lips are bloodied up. Two guys jumped on my back to handcuff me, and two guys started beating my legs.'" . . .
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Sounds like Freedom to me.

EU: Undermining Global Security: Report shows European Union's ongoing hostility to RKABA Submitted by: Sean Glazier	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"Disturbingly, as this report shows, there are numerous reports of exports of MSP equipment, technology and expertise from existing EU Member States or new EU member states which have been transferred mostly in secret to recipients who have used such items for grave human rights violations or breaches of international humanitarian law."

UK: Why We Cannot Give Up On Our Call For A Ban
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"The Government has rejected calls for a wholesale ban on imitation firearms. It claims it could not be enforced - but victims and police have urged the Home Office to think again, warning that gun criminals will run amok unless something is done." . . .

"The gunshots rang out across an eerily silent Mansfield Road. Armed police marksmen trained their guns on Jamie Clark as he waved a gun around on the balcony of his Sherwood flat and fired 21 rounds."

"For six hours he terrified the neighbourhood. When he finally gave himself up, detectives realised the gun was a fake - and the rounds had been blank." . . .
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Isn't this the same rhetoric they used with every previous ban?

UK: Anger at new Gun red tape
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"Ministers were last night accused of imposing 'illogical, pointless restrictions' on thousands of Westcountry farmers and shooting enthusiasts, in order to distract attention from the Government's failure to tackle inner city gun crime."

"New Home Office proposals would place a series of 'onerous' restrictions on the Westcountry's 31,000 shotgun licence holders - and could see under-18s banned from using shotguns altogether."

"Home Secretary David Blunkett said the restrictions could help prevent firearms falling into the hands of criminals."

"But his comments were undermined by a new report from Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary, which suggested that criminals succeeded in stealing 'relatively few' licensed weapons." . . .
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Gun control is an addiction, requiring ever increasing "fixes" to sate the cravings.

VA: Shades of the Geheime Staatspolizei: Police return seized camera after erasing images
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"The incident occurred Tuesday as police were investigating a gang-related machete attack on a 16-year-old that occurred early Monday. Although the victim is not a student at Annandale High School, police were questioning five teenagers outside the school."

"'I took six pictures of police and the students,' said Kyle Smeallie, 17, news editor of the A-Blast, Annandale's school newspaper, recalling the initial pass he and editor Paul Gleason made in a car within 500 feet of the school's entrance."

"By the time an officer stopped their car and confiscated the camera, Smeallie had snapped six more photographs."

"When the camera was returned by a second officer, the young men discovered that the photos had been erased."

"'He claimed he deleted them by accident,' Smeallie said. That would have involved multiple steps requiring deliberate actions. The officer allegedly threatened to have the principal remove them from the newspaper staff." . . .

OH: Hundreds can carry hidden weapons
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. . . "Stuart Armstrong, manager of Waterbeds N Stuff, said he picked up the sign at the company's warehouse."

"'I simply don't want someone to come in here armed with a concealed weapon and rob me,' he said. 'I put the sign up so people will know it is against the law to bring a weapon into a store like this.'"

"Armstrong said he had not received any negative feedback from his customers about the sign."

"'Truthfully, I don't know how many people read the signs,' Armstrong said. 'We've got signs up all over and I don't know if the public reads them all.'"

OH: Woman Arrested for Gun in Carry-on
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"A woman was arrested at Port Columbus International Airport on Thursday when security found a loaded gun and additional ammunition in her carry-on bag, authorities said."

"Janis Printz, 52, of suburban Powell, will be charged with attempting to take a weapon onto an airplane, said Thomas Rice, airport federal security director."

"Printz was released Thursday evening after being questioned, said Scott Lorenzo, a manager with the Transportation Security Administration."

"The maximum sentence upon conviction of the federal charge is 10 years in prison, and Printz could also face a fine of up to $7,500, Lorenzo said." . . .

"Rice said he believed Printz had a permit for the gun."

"'That doesn't matter. If you do have a permit to carry in Ohio, you can't carry it into the airport and attempt to take it on the plane in your carry-on luggage,' he said." . . .
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KABA Note: But a member of the House of Representatives who did the same thing was charged with a misdemeanor.

VA: Mayor McCollum, Virginia Moms Kick Off National Tour to Save America's Assault Weapons Ban
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. . . "'Richmond already suffers from too much gun violence,' said June Hazelhurst, Richmond Chapter President of the Million Mom March. 'We don't need Uzis and AK-47s back on our streets.'"

"The Million Mom March 'Big Pink Rig' will be in the city Monday and Tuesday, May 17 and 18, as the first official stop on a national 'Halt the Assault' tour that will visit some 20 states and dozens of cities over the next four months."

CA: Cougar Has Claws, Hiker Has Pistol
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"A jogger who says he pulled out a handgun to protect himself from a mountain lion near Modjeska Canyon said Thursday that he'd been carrying the weapon in his backpack since two cyclists were attacked in January � one fatally � by a cougar in the same area." . . .

"A spokesman for the Sheriff's Department said Thursday that he wasn't aware of any similar cases and hopes that none exist. 'From a police officer's standpoint,' Lt. Hayward Miller said, 'I don't believe it's a good idea for them to carry weapons out there. I believe there are an adequate amount of resources to protect the public.'"
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It took the cops 10 minutes to get to Mr. Cody, by HELOCOPTER. How does that qualify as protection?

AL: State legislation inspired by Athens shooting could become law Monday
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�Gun control legislation that came about as the result of the shooting deaths of two Athens policemen earlier this year will likely be signed into law Monday by Gov. Bob Riley.�

�Riley's office reported Thursday afternoon the governor has not yet signed the bill, as he has been swamped by the nearly 100 bills passed by the Legislature in the last days of the session, which ends Monday. The governor is expected to sign the bill Monday, though, they said.� . . .

�Opposition to the bill came from Gun Owners of America, a gun rights group based in Springfield, Va.�

�Despite the opposition of Gun Owners of America, the legislation has gained the support of more mainstream gun groups such as the NRA.� . . .
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There's a shock, the NRA in favor of "reasonable" encroachments on our inalienable rights!

TX: Probe to determine if shootings justified
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"Authorities are investigating whether two brothers who had exchanged gunshots with a group trying to break into their home were justified in pursuing the would-be intruders, killing one and wounding another in a second gunfight."

"'Does what they did, when they pursued them, fall within the bounds of the law? That's one of the things we're going to be looking at,' said Houston Police Department homicide Lt. Ron Walker, whose squad is investigating the case."

"However, Allan Cease, the lawyer for the two brothers, said Manuel Sandoval, 22, and Daniel Sandoval, 20, were legally justified when they returned fire."

"'I absolutely believe that both of these young men acted in self-defense. They were in danger of losing their lives -- they were fired upon first,' Cease said." . . .

CA: Sunnydale under siege Two injured in AK-47 attack by gangsters.
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"Gangsters armed with an AK-47 opened fire on rival gang members, in a brazen daylight drive-by shooting that left a man and a teenage girl injured at the Sunnydale housing projects Thursday, police said." . . .

"Police and politicians have raised concerns about the violence caused by assault weapons, with city leaders joining forces last month to appeal to U.S. Congress to renew Sen. Dianne Feinstein's assault weapons ban when it expires on 9/13." . . .
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Well it is in effect along with CA's much stricter "AWB" and neither prevented this, so renewing the national "AWB" does what?

AZ: Neighbors of gun club can file nuisance suits
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"Question: When we moved into our house two years ago, I was horrified to learn that the loud noise I first thought was from a neighbor's nail gun was from a local gun range. My neighbors say the gun club has been there forever, and there's nothing we can do about it. The Town Council told me the gun-club noise is 'grandfathered,' so there is nothing we can do. The surrounding area is residential. Most of the people at the gun club are from out of the area. Can we do anything?"

"ANSWER: The situation you describe is a public nuisance because it affects many people. Ideally, it should be abated by the city or county attorney.

However, if that official refuses to act, there are provisions for citizens to bring legal actions, such as by filing Small Claims Court damage lawsuits against the gun club.

Just because a public nuisance has existed many years does not make it legal. The loud noise, which can be abated or compensated, is an invasion of your private property." . . .

CA: Gilroy HS locked down on rumor of gun on campus
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"Gilroy High School students have been in a 'total lockdown' since about 9:30 this morning after the school received a phone call warning that a student was on campus with a gun, a representative of the superintendent says."

"No one has been hurt, said the spokesperson, who asked not to be identified by name."

"A police representative said parents who want to pick up their children when the incident is over were advised to gather at Glen View Elementary School, 600 W. Eighth St., and wait for them."

"Streets around Gilroy High School, 750 West Tenth St., are closed."
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Teachers and children, huddled together, disarmed and helpless . . . G-d forbid there actually were a gunman in there.

MD: Guns at Maryland school lead to arrest
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"Police arrested a 15-year-old boy Thursday for allegedly bringing guns and ammunition to a high school on Kent Island in Queen Anne's County."

"The boy, whose name was not released, was charged with stealing the guns, possessing handguns on school property and handgun violations, the Queen Anne's County Sheriff's Office said."

"About 9:50 a.m., students at Kent Island High School told school officials that the student had guns in his book bag."

"School officials and a deputy sheriff searched the student's locker and found a 9 mm Ruger handgun with one round in the chamber and a loaded magazine in a book bag, authorities said. They also found a .22-caliber handgun with a loaded magazine in the book bag. Authorities found a total of 31 rounds of ammunition, including 15 rounds of 9 mm ammunition and 16 rounds of .22-caliber ammunition." . . .

MD: Reports of gun at 2nd school: No gun found, but angry parents asked why they weren't told immediately
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"Sheriff's deputies searched Grasonville Elementary School and playground Thursday morning after students reported a boy had a gun there Wednesday."

"No gun was found, but the boy, a fifth-grader, was suspended for threatening another student."

"Police and an angry group of 40 to 50 parents greeted administrators as school opened Thursday, all wanting to know what had happened the previous day."

"One mother, who asked not to be identified, said her child told her at least three students had seen the boy with a gun and that two boys had been threatened."

"Lt. Dwayne Embert said the late shift duty officer at the Queen Anne's County Sheriff's Office got a call from a concerned parent about 10 p.m. Wednesday. The office got more calls from parents early Thursday, so they decided they should be there when school opened to ask, 'What's the deal?'" . . .

Australia: Shoppers duck for cover in shoot-out in "Brady's Paradise"
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"At least 12 shots were fired in a busy shopping centre carpark during a shoot-out between armed guards and three bandits as they fled a botched raid on a jewellery store yesterday."

"An Armaguard guard was shot and a two-year-old girl and her father kidnapped during moments of high drama at the Newpark shopping centre in Girrawheen. Police said it was lucky no one was killed or seriously injured."

"The bandits were still being hunted last night."

"'It shows that these offenders are desperate and prepared to do anything . . . they are extremely dangerous,' acting Insp. Wayne Silver said. 'We would appeal to the public not to approach these people.'" . . .

Australia: Arrest in bikie kill case
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"Major crime detectives last night charged a 39-year-old Morley man over the killing of a high-profile former bikie whose treachery sparked WA's deadly bikie gang war in the late 1990s."

"Kevin 'Mick' Woodhouse was shot several times with a high-powered weapon about 4.50am yesterday outside the Bayswater Waves Aquatic Centre."

"The 36-year-old father of two was sitting on a bench outside the centre while waiting to do his early morning gym workout."

"It is understood that Mr. Woodhouse knew his alleged killer and that two men were involved in a confrontation several days ago over a debt of $4000 to $5000." . . .

Malaysia: Cops arrest nine over firearms robberies
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"Police have arrested nine people including two women in connection with a spate of firearm robberies around the Klang Valley recently."

"The suspects, aged between 24 and 39, were arrested during three separate operations conducted here and Old Klang Road by the district police here between Tuesday and yesterday."

"A police spokesperson said police also seized five cars worth about RM400,000 and believe that the suspects, four of them with previous records, have been active in firearm robberies in the Klang Valley since 1999."
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This in a country where possession of a single bullet can incur the death penalty!
"It is learnt that police made the breakthrough when they arrested two of the suspects while attempting to steal a Perdana V6 in USJ 11."

TX: Police Say Wrong Man Arrested In Fatal Drag Strip Stabbing
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"Dallas police said they arrested the wrong man in connection with a fatal stabbing at the Yellow Belly drag strip after witnesses provided information that led them to a new suspect."

"Police have now dropped the charges against Raymond Longoria and have arrested Daniel Barrientez."

"Officials said a witness came forward with a video tape of Kevin Tucker being stabbed. Investigators said the tape showed the wrong man being arrested."

"Barrientez is now charged with the murder of Kevin Tucker."

"Investigators said Barrientez's brother, Dallas police Sr. Cpl. Patrick Barrientez, may have driven him from the scene after the offense occurred. Patrick Barrientez has been placed on restrictive duty with the Dallas Police Department."

"Daniel Barrientez's bond has been set at $100,000.

"Investigators are asking for more witnesses to come forward to aid in the case."
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And we should 'trust' them?

NJ: Weapons for Sale
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Weapons for sale: a slow news day sends New York television reporters looking for scary stories that will alarm the sheeple.
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"A CBS 2 investigation has uncovered some of the deadliest weapons imaginable on sale for anyone to buy inside a home in a local neighborhood. CBS 2's Cheryl Fiandaca investigates."

They are deadly weapons and advertised that way on the Internet. Swords, sickles, axes and flails, the weapons of war from another time. But they are being manufactured and sold today, on a tree lined residential street in Garfield, New Jersey and the neighbors are not happy.
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KABA Note: So I guess when guns are outlawed they won't let us use swords!

ND: Fargo man's stun gun seized at courthouse
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"A security officer at the Cass County courthouse on Thursday seized a stun gun and pepper spray from a man who was entering the building for a divorce hearing."

"Deputy Steve Gabrielson said the stun gun is considered a concealed weapon. He said the man told him he bought it at a local pawn shop."

"Prosecutors said the man was not arrested, but they are considering whether to charge him with a misdemeanor."
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The victim disarmament zone was not breached . . . this time.

IL: Drop weapons when police arrive, rural couple told
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"Armed with pistols, a rural Mt. Vernon couple who rounded up a burglar on their property in April tried again Wednesday, but the only thing they caught was a speech about gun safety." . . .

"Deputy David Bowers said that when he reached the scene on Wednesday Karen Simmons was standing in the road with a pistol drawn."

"An Illinois State Police car was following behind Bowers."

"'I expected that a person who saw a squad car coming at them would have put the pistol down, but she didn�t,' Bowers said."

"Her husband also was wielding a pistol, Bowers said."

"The couple was 'lucky', the deputy said, that he and the trooper were able to deduce Simmons was the reporting person and not the burglar." . . .

CO: Schaffer attacks Coors on gun rights record
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"U.S. Senate hopeful Bob Schaffer charged opponent Pete Coors, the brewery titan who has contributed to hundreds of campaigns during the years, with supporting congressional candidates who opposed gun rights."

"Schaffer, a former congressman from Larimer County, and Coors are vying for the GOP nod to replace Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell, who is stepping down after two terms for health reasons." . . .

NC: 2 Men Accused Of Chasing 4 Others With Chain Saw
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"A Davidson County man was charged with ethnic intimidation after authorities said he started up a chain saw and chased after four black men, threatening to kill them."

"Winston-Salem police said Darrell Steed and Michael Allen, who are white, were involved in threatening four black men with a chain saw on Thursday. Investigators said Steed used racial slurs, then got a chain saw from his vehicle and started it as he made the threats."

"Police said Steed chased the men into a Winston-Salem grocery store, while Allen encouraged him to assault the four."

"Steed faced several charges, including ethnic intimidation and assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill. Allen was charged with aiding and abetting assault with a deadly weapon."

"Both are in the Forsyth County Detention Center."
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Where is the chain saw control in this country?