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MN: Gun training matters [Letter]
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"Rep. Nora Slawik and all the other Chicken Littles make it sound as if all we'll have to do is drop some coins in a machine at the local law-enforcement office and a permit will pop out. Are they aware that up until now we've had more than 12,000 permit holders in Minnesota and not one of them was required to have any training?"
"How many of these people have been involved in barroom shootings? Road-rage shootings? How many have pulled a gun at the Mall of America? Can you name even one?" ... |
Interviewing the ATF's Worst Nightmare
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"John Ross is a self-described 'capitalist,' an investment adviser, a former political candidate, a fiction author, and (from what I hear) a darn good shot. A few weeks ago, I had a chance to pester him with a long list of questions about his first novel, Unintended Consequences. And pester I did. Below is a transcript of our conversation." |
Journalists or Propagandists?
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"Is journalism a search for the facts, or a search for only those facts that further an agenda? Is journalism an independent profession, or merely a branch of politics?"
"If one questions the editors� anti-gun agenda, this sequence of events removes all doubt. Whatever type of gun is being considered for prohibition, that is the type the editors declare is criminals� 'weapon of choice.' "
"But what is the editors� 'weapon of choice'? It surely isn�t the truth." |
MN: Taking Up Arms
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"As Minnesotans prepare to take advantage of the state's new concealed carry handgun law, a day in the required certification class reveals what will be expected of them." |
CO: Police search for suspect with gun in hotel break-in
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Greeley police were looking Saturday for a man suspected of breaking into a hotel with a gun.
Police say Ross Early, 47, of Greeley broke into his estranged wife�s room at the Greeley Guest House, 5401 9th St., about 6 a.m. Saturday. His gun was fired as he and his ex-wife struggled. The bullet did not hit either of them.
By the time police arrived, he had fled. He is suspected of menacing and burglary.
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WA: Student arrested, expelled for taking gun to school
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"A sixth-grader at Garrison Middle School was arrested Friday morning for allegedly bringing a handgun to school earlier in the week, officials said."
"The 11-year-old male was taken into custody at school after witnesses said they had seen him there with a gun Tuesday."
"He was booked into the Walla Walla County Juvenile Justice Center on investigation of unlawful possession of a firearm and possession of a dangerous weapon on school grounds." |
Jamaica: Joe Witter charged with missing gun
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"Montego Bay land baron, Joe Witter, has been charged with breaching the Firearms Act."
"Witter, who sought to have his firearm licenses renewed, presented only four of his five guns to the parish's police superintendent, Newton Amos, and could not account for the missing weapon."
"Under the Firearms Act, a gun that is stolen, missing or misplaced has to be immediately reported to the police." |
Tracking Hate Groups Aids Terrorism Fight
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"The FBI began investigating Cecchini because of his ties to one of the largest neo-Nazi groups in the United States. In an affidavit seeking a warrant for the pre-dawn raid this year, an agent wrote that Cecchini had a 'violent criminal history' and probably owned weapons."
"Agents found no weapons, but they found something they were looking for -- T-shirts with a Nike swoosh logo that substitutes the word 'Nazi' for Nike. Cecchini is facing possible charges of trademark violations, said law enforcement sources, who spoke on the condition that they not be named."
" 'You prosecute what you can prosecute,' one law enforcement source said." |
CA: Officers Walk as LAPD Waits
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"Ninety-six Los Angeles police officers accused of wrongdoing escaped possible prosecution over the last two years because LAPD investigators waited until the statute of limitations had passed before submitting the cases to the district attorney's office." |
WA: Pasco set to legalize guns in city parks
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"The Pasco City Council adopted its first ordinance regarding city parks in April, and those rules prohibited, among other things, people from carrying guns in parks."
"More than a month later Pasco City Attorney Leland Kerr said the state doesn't ban guns specifically from parks, so neither can the city. Today, the council is expected to change its newly adopted ordinances to make carrying a gun openly in a park legal."
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China: 4 Criminals executed in capital
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One of the people executed was a woman. "...while she was on bail, she murdered an elderly man in his 80s, when the latter asked her to return his money, more than 17,000 yuan (about 2,050 US dollars). She knocked down the helpless old man with a liquor bottle and small iron balls and suffocated him with a washing towel."
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CO: Webb is incensed about new gun laws
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"Denver Mayor Wellington Webb is mad. He's mad because the new Colorado state laws making concealed carry laws all over the state uniform so he can't pass his pet laws that in effect disarm all Denver residents other than government and security people and punish people who have carry permits in other counties if they're found carrying in Denver. He reluctantly instructed Denver Police to start issuing carry permits under the new law, while preparing his suit to have it declared unconstitutional. Funny he should use those grounds, considering the fact that his gun law is, itself, unconstitutional. What he's most afraid of is losing some of his power." |
PA: Guns keep crime rate lower in U.S. (Letter)
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"In addition to the facts established in Dr. Lott�s book, we can look to the Dutch Ministry of Justice report of 2000 entitled 'Criminal victimization in 17 industrialized countries' that shows 12 of the 17 countries studied have higher per-capita violent crime rates than the United States. The two countries with the highest per-capita violent crime occurrence of any of the countries on the list, Australia and England, have the strictest gun control laws." |
NV: Gangsta rapper glorifies murder
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"50 Cent benefits from the phenomenon in which mobsters who kill go on to make big money telling their stories to movie and TV directors, while hustlers who exercise their second-amendment rights make big money rapping their street stories through music producers."
"Although I like certain gangsta rap by Ice Cube and Snoop Dogg and a few others with compelling rhythms and documentary-style narratives, to me the glorification of murder is hardly entertaining." |
Japan: 3 Shops robbed of 60,000 yen by "Gunmen"
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"Three shops in western Tokyo including a convenience store were robbed by a man in the predawn hours of Monday, police said."
"Investigators suspect that the same man was responsible for the three cases that occurred in the western Tokyo city of Machida."
"At around 1:25 a.m., a man stormed into the Nippon Rent-A-Car Service, Inc.'s branch in front of JR Machida Station and pointed what appeared to be a gun at a 24-year-old employee, investigators said."
"The robber threatened to shoot the employee unless he was given money, and stole 20,000 yen from the office before fleeing the scene." |
Matrix films blamed for series of murders by obsessed fans
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"One of the attractions of The Matrix, the film whose sequel, The Matrix Reloaded, opens in Britain next week, was its blending of fantasy and reality. A series of murders in the United States suggests some people have been unable to distinguish between the two."
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TX: Report: Dispatcher suspended after immigrants' deaths
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"A South Texas police dispatcher has been suspended with pay while investigators determine if she mishandled a call on an 18-wheeler with 70 to 100 illegal immigrants packed in its trailer."
"Seventeen of those immigrants were found dead when the truck's trailer was discovered abandoned early Wednesday at a truck stop just south of Victoria. Two more of the immigrants died later." |
NY: Defendant denies knowledge of gun case matching Easter homicide weapon
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"A Long Island man who insists an intruder fatally shot his wife in their kitchen as she prepared a Greek Orthodox Easter meal testified Monday that he never saw a gun case - matching the homicide weapon - that was found in a locked safe in his house." ...
"Prosecutors allege Kotsopoulos killed his wife after years of physical abuse, including on the day she was killed. Nassau County Assistant District Attorney Frank Schroeder noted during opening arguments that an autopsy found she had severe bruising on her 'head, neck, chest, arms and back' and that evidence of her 'fresh blood' was found on a deck outside the couple's home."
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Anti-Gun Bank
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If you're a Chase Manhattan Bank USA customer, you may want to reconsider and take your business elsewhere.
Dan Whinery of Dan's Guns And Ammo in Warren, IN recently applied for a Chase Business Credit Card and was turned down for the following reason and this is a direct quote from the letter the bank sent him:
We are prohibited from extending credit to businesses operating in your industry.
With about 80 million gun owners in America, we should be able to show this bank that they're making a big mistake discriminating against lawful, federally licensed firearms businesses. They're not comfortable with you exercising your Constitutional right to keep and bear arms. Their attack against the dealers and the industry is ultimately aimed at you, the American gun owner.
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OH: Support concealed-carry (Letter)
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... "Maybe we should look back a few years ago at what happened in Texas, when a young lady went to be with her family in a restaurant, and left her carry gun locked in her car. A man started shooting people at will, she could only watch as he point blank, shot, and killed her mother, and father. A mistake she would never make again, but it was too late. Let's look at the sniper killings, these murders took place in states that are among the top leaders in gun control. Why! because the perpetrators knew that people on the street could not carry guns. What do you think might have happened if one law abiding person had had a concealed gun on his person or in his car! Our state patrol wants you to keep your weapon, unloaded, and locked up in your car! Now just what good is that to you or me! Politics! I would like the state patrol to furnish me with statistics, showing me how many times in the last 10 years, an honest law abiding citizen has pulled a loaded gun on an officer! There is nothing wrong with finger printing, I did that in the state I left. If you are afraid of it, you must have some thing to hide. There is nothing wrong with the time in the classroom or the firing range. In the classroom you will learn 1. The law 2. The law as for civil liability. 3. What the purpose of the carry weapon is. That is going to surprise a lot of you! On the range is to see if you can hit a silhouette target, and to teach you most gun fights take place with in a 6 ft. range. The question was asked, why should Ohio be any different than the other states? It shouldn't! But if it is going to be, let's make it in a positive way, and not be laughed at." |
U.S. Backs Pact Curbing Tobacco Use Worldwide
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"The United States, in a surprise reversal, today announced support for an unprecedented, far-reaching international treaty designed to combat tobacco use around the globe."
"As the head of the U.S. delegation to the World Health Assembly, Tommy G. Thompson, secretary of health and human services, said he would formally announce the U.S. position when he addresses the assembly here on Wednesday." |
Court to Rule on Religious Education Case
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"The Supreme Court says it is ready for another separation of church and state case, this one to decide if tax money can be used to pay for a student's religious education."
"In a follow-up to last year's landmark ruling upholding school voucher programs, the court agreed Monday to consider whether state constitutional spending restrictions are trumped by a person's freedom to practice religion, which is guaranteed in the U.S. Constitution." |
GOP eyes defying tradition for judicial pick
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"Republicans are set to break Senate custom by moving forward with the nomination of California Judge Carolyn Kuhl to the U.S. Court of Appeals despite the open opposition of both senators from the judge's home state."
"Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, Tennessee Republican, has not revealed how he plans to proceed, but the Republicans who control the Judiciary Committee pushed Judge Kuhl through on a straight party-line vote earlier this month. Senate leaders still are negotiating how and whether Judge Kuhl will make it to the floor for a final vote on her nomination to the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals."
"Democrats warn that if a vote is forced, it will be a new low in the politics of judicial nominations, and suggest they might use a filibuster to prevent the judge from a getting a vote." |
FL: Police say wife makes scents into an assault
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"When Lynda Taylor put on perfume and lit scented candles around the house, it wasn't romance she had on her mind." ...
"Mrs. Taylor, 36, was arrested last week on charges she tried to seriously injure her chemically sensitive husband."
"In addition to using the perfume and candles, Mrs. Taylor sprayed the house with bug killer and Lysol disinfectant, plugged in scented air fresheners and emptied lavender sachets around the home, her husband says."
"David Taylor, 46, says the fragrances caused him to swoon � and not in the hearts-and-flowers sense, either. He says he fell into a stupor that left him too feeble even to call for help."
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TX: Democrat ploy kills 400 bills in Texas
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"When 51 Democratic House members left the state for four days last week rather than be beaten on a redistricting bill that likely would have retired several Democratic U.S. congressmen, they played havoc with hundreds of other bills as well."
"Thursday at midnight, at least 100 House bills died automatically because no floor debate was held before the deadline."
"Another estimated 300 died in the Calendar Committee before they could reach the floor." |
Hatfill Hit by FBI Car While Under Surveillance
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"A scientist identified as 'a person of interest' in the investigation of the deadly anthrax attacks was slightly injured in a traffic incident involving a federal agent who was following him."
"Dr. Steven J. Hatfill suffered a bruised foot and abrasions after the incident Saturday but wound up getting a ticket for 'walking to create hazard' that carries a $5 fine, according to a copy of the citation provided Monday by Washington police." |
Federal court stays ruling on new campaign finance law
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"A federal court put on hold its decision striking down parts of a sweeping campaign finance law until the Supreme Court gets the final word in the appeal."
"The effect of the ruling means the Bipartisan Campaign Finance Reform Act (BCRA) of 2002 will continue to be enforced until the Supreme Court issues a ruling." |
PA: Students walk out on Santorum graduation speech
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"About one in every eight graduates walked out of Sunday's commencement at Saint Joseph's University before the keynote address by Sen. Rick Santorum, who recently infuriated gay groups and others with derogatory remarks about homosexual behavior." |
Supreme Court extends review of Miranda warning
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"The Supreme Court on Monday broadened its review of police questioning, including how and when officers must recite Miranda warnings to criminal suspects."
"The court agreed to review a third case involving the familiar legal warning beginning, 'You have the right to remain silent.' The cases, chosen since March, will be argued in the term that begins this fall." |
Supreme Court Seat Shuffle? Judges' retirements would spark first shift in decades
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"Well-informed court observers say that there could be two Supreme Court resignations next month, Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist and Associate Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, bringing the greatest upheaval on the court in 32 years."
"Rehnquist's resignation is considered likely, though not certain, while O'Connor's is considered likely by some court insiders and less so by others." |
Court to Hear Religious Education Case (Another report)
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"The Supreme Court said Monday it will consider when government money can be spent on religious education, a follow-up to last year's landmark ruling upholding school voucher programs."
"The latest case involves students in training to become ministers or other church leaders. Fifteen states have constitutional bans on state spending for theology classes."
"Justices will decide next year whether those bans are trumped by a person's freedom to practice religion, which is guaranteed in the U.S. Constitution."
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U.S. to Fingerprint Most Foreign Visitors
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"Foreign visitors arriving at U.S. airports or seaports beginning Jan. 1, 2004, will have their travel documents scanned, fingerprints and photos taken and identification checked against terrorist watchlists."
"Homeland Security undersecretary Asa Hutchinson released details Monday of the department's new U.S. Visitor and Immigration Status Indication Technology, or U.S. VISIT, that will check the comings and goings of certain foreign travelers." |
NV: Rules of Engagement: A Warning to Las Vegas And America
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"This report is not meant to frighten anyone into not visiting Las Vegas. In fact, many of the larger casinos hire former federal law enforcement officials to head security. But most of that security is focused inside the casinos, where shady characters continue their endless quest to disprove the notion that 'the house always wins'. Some casinos have taken it upon themselves to stop vehicles before they reach valet service or target range, question the passengers, and take a quick peek inside before letting them get too close. This is helpful, but the recent attacks in Saudi Arabia prove that unless security personnel are prepared to shoot-to-kill upon sight of a 'no-goodnik', their presence is moot. Of course, we wouldn't want anyone accidentally shooting customers, either." |
NY: Coming Clean in New York City
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"It's one of those cases where it clearly looks like a Whack & Stack on the surface, but doesn't quite fit the definition. Even though a 57-year-old woman with a heart condition died after police conducted a paramilitary assault on her apartment with a stun grenade, we clearly have a 'whack', but no 'stack'."
"Reason: The police admitted their error, something that is RARE during state-sponsored population reduction episodes. But let's chalk this one up for the record:" |
NV: Bill would tighten Nevada's gun laws, allow switchblade manufacture
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"The Nevada Assembly voted Monday for a bill that began as an effort to strengthen state laws dealing with guns and was amended to help a knife manufacturer set up shop in Nevada."
"SB199 makes it illegal for someone to knowingly sell a gun to a person who is a convicted felon, takes illegal drugs or has been judged mentally ill by a court."
"The knife amendment was sought by Assemblyman Lynn Hettrick aimed at helping Emerson Knives Inc., now located in California, move to Douglas County." |
GA: Teen's shooting refocuses attention on gun safety
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"The fatal shooting of a 13-year-old Walker County boy by his twin brother Sunday is sharpening the county�s focus on gun safety." ...
"Wilson said he recalls four or five incidents involving guns and minors during his tenure as sheriff, but Woody is the first fatality in such a case."
"Wilson said he plans to meet with local school boards to implement the Eddie Eagle gun safety program offered by the National Rifle Association, which is offered to students in elementary schools." |
IN: Federal gun cases skyrocket
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"Gun crime cases referred for prosecution by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives have nearly tripled in the past year in Indiana's Southern District, a Syracuse University study has found."
"The number of gun prosecutions also doubled -- from 17 to 38 -- in the district, which covers 60 counties, including Marion, in the lower two-thirds of the state."
"But the study found that instead of targeting gun dealers, most of the federal gun prosecutions were directed at individual gun users. Nationally, two out of three prosecutions involved a felon in possession of a gun or ammunition." |
Why No One Shoots Straight on Guns
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"When it comes to guns, politicians are figuring out what clay pigeons have known for a long time: it's safer to be a moving target. So it is that President Bush can win points with gun-control groups by sticking to his campaign promise to sign an extension on the assault-weapons ban when it expires next year, while House majority leader Tom DeLay can make the gun lobby happy by suggesting, as he did last week, that no such bill will ever reach Bush's desk. And Democrats can fuss and fume over how Bush and the Republicans are trying to have it both ways � while quietly breathing a sigh of relief at being spared a vote that would expose the party's own divisions on the issue."
"The pantomime will continue, for behind it lies a new reality: two years into the Bush Administration, the gun lobby is on a winning streak. Bill Clinton muscled through the most significant new gun laws in 30 years, including the 1994 assault-weapons ban and the 1993 Brady Law, requiring background checks for gun buyers. But gun groups got some revenge in the 2000 election, when they were credited with costing Al Gore at least three states, including his home, Tennessee." |
Australia: Thief fires gun in store raid
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"A shot was fired in a robbery at a Melbourne convenience store early this morning."
"An attendant was alone in the store in Dandenong Road, Prahran, when a man armed with what appeared to be a sawn-off shotgun entered and demanded money."
"A police spokeswoman said it was believed one round from the gun was fired into a cigarette display case before the gunman made off with cash."
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NJ: Gun club makes neighbors uneasy
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"Mulvey lives a short distance from the New Jersey Arms Collectors Club Inc. shooting range."
"He and his wife Lori take their son and 11-year-old daughter on weekend trips to get away from the gunfire."
"They also avoid the front sections of their home when the shooting is going on, Mulvey said."
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Gun verdict reflects sense of justice
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"You don't have to be a card-carrying National Rifle Association member to recoil from attempts to hold lawful companies responsible for the actions of the relatively small fraction of people who put the products they make to illegal use. It would be the same to suggest Chevrolet is accountable for vehicular homicide, or that Boeing should be blamed for the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks."
"It's one thing to hold companies liable for products that injure people as a result of design flaws or manufacturing defects. But it's something entirely different - something that upends our sense of justice - to say criminals share their responsibility with the makers of products that the vast majority of consumers use safely and responsibly." |
MO: Concealed Infringement Law
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"If our Constitution guarantees us the right to keep and bear arms, why do we even need a concealed weapons law? It's just one more example of how politicians use smoke and mirrors to trick everyone into believing what they want them to."
"In this case it is the Republicans of Missouri spreading the word that they are fighting for the right of Missouri residents to carry concealed weapons. The reality is, when one looks at the 'provisions' of this legislation, the typical Missouri resident will have no more real gun rights after the legislation is passed than before it was passed. Remember there is a loophole that allows local law enforcement to deny anyone a permit who might be suspected of 'negative behavior.' And who's to say that later on the majority of the state could be legislated into one big 'No-Safe Zone' rendering the concealed weapons legislation useless?" |
UK: Homeowner spared jail for shooting 'burglar'
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"A retired businessman who shot a drunken teenager he feared was about to burgle his rural home was spared prison by a judge yesterday."
"Anthony Spray loaded a .22 air rifle he used to frighten rabbits off his vegetable patch before firing from the hip on his doorstep."
"The pellet struck Paul Evans, then 19, in the face from a distance of four to five feet and surgeons had to remove his left eye."
"Spray, 64, was convicted by a jury of causing grievous bodily harm but cleared of the more serious offence of committing the act with intent." ...
"He gave Spray a 12-month prison sentence, suspended for two years, and ordered him to pay �3,000 compensation, prosecution costs of �1,650 and defence costs of up to �15,000." |
President Bush and GOP is Poised to Sell Out Gun Owners
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"You feel complacent because you feel gun owners will support you regardless, because you happen to be the lesser of the two evils. You feel secure, shrouded in the Republican banner, because gun owners have consistently and loyally voted Republican. Well, I suggest you stop feeling secure, sir. Because gun owners don�t appreciate cowards and hypocrites. We don�t appreciate compromising twits, who will do anything to appear 'moderate' while trading away our rights for a few votes." |
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