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Exposure to Gun Violence Leads to Violence in Teens
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"Violence begets violence? It�s a question many people have often asked, but how do you prove it? A new study may have the answer. The research shows gun violence makes adolescents twice as likely to perpetrate violence within two years." |
Hostettler votes for gun bill
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"U.S. Rep. John Hostettler (R-Ind.) voted Thursday for Judiciary Committee passage of a bill designed to protect gun manufacturers from politically motivated frivolous lawsuits."
"In recent years we've seen frivolous lawsuits brought with the intention of bankrupting law-abiding businesses... The Constitution grants the sole power of regulating interstate commerce to Congress, but this authority is increasingly undermined by the proliferation of lawsuits against the manufacturers and sellers of legal products. In these cases, lawsuits are filed not in the pursuit of justice, but to achieve a political agenda." |
Laurence Tribe's Big Surprise
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"Ordinarily, the announcement by a law professor that he is not completing the second volume of the third edition of his book would not even merit a yawn."
"But when that professor is Harvard Law School's liberal lion Laurence Tribe, the book is his famed treatise 'American Constitutional Law' and he announces his decision in a letter to a Supreme Court justice, legal academics are left gasping in surprise and reaching deep for the appropriate metaphor." ...
"That most recent volume made headlines, surprisingly enough, because in it Tribe embraced a more individual rights view of the Second Amendment than he had before -- a shift that the National Rifle Association and other gun rights advocates seized on as vindication of their longtime assertions." |
On Target � Gun Owners Against Violence
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"There is no group organized as Gun Owners Against Violence. At least no group with that name was found in a web search. There is an obvious reason. At least a reason obvious to gun owners. No such group is needed because all gun owners are against violence. Gun Owners Against Violence would be a redundant nomenclature, like Mammals for Breathing."
"Gun owners are categorically against violence in our communities because that is a natural position for law-abiding civic minded members of our society. Violence involving firearms is particularly repugnant because too often the result is an illogical condemnation of equipment. Some people get mad at guns." |
Banned for Your Safety
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"According to the BBC, a research team from West Middlesex University Hospital published a study calling for a ban on the public availability of long, pointed kitchen knives. The research involved consulting '10 chefs from around the UK.' These chefs felt such knives have little practical value in the kitchen. According to the article, a Home Office spokesman stated that the law prohibits possession of knives with blades greater than three inches long in public places. The spokesman said, 'An individual has to demonstrate that he had good reason to possess a knife, for example for fishing, other sporting purposes or as part of his profession (e.g. a chef) in a public place.' How is that for a touch of irony?" |
JoinTogether to stop gun violence? Only if the money flows�
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"Last week, after JoinTogether.org announced that it would soon cease its practice of publishing gun violence news (without explanation), OFCC offered a few tongue-in-cheek guesses as to what the reasons could have been ..." ...
�Over the eight years that we have worked on this issue, gun homicide deaths have declined significantly. Join Together is proud to have been a part of this important work. ...�
"Aside from the humorous claim that this organization, which suffered legislative losses at nearly every turn over the past 8 years, had something to do with the decline in homicide rates, it is striking to note that while they�re proud of their anti-gun work, they�re only willing to keep doing it if they get paid." |
Brady Center: Gun Lobby Allies on House Judiciary Committee Vote to Protect Negligent Gun Sellers (JTO)
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"During consideration of H.R. 800, gun lobby allies on the House Judiciary Committee showed their extremism and lack of concern for public safety by rejecting several amendments."
"The gun lobby allies on the House Judiciary Committee made their extremism crystal clear today -- they gave special legal privileges to even the most reckless gun sellers, like Bull's Eye Shooter Supply which armed the DC snipers, and stripped away legal rights that protect gun violence victims and promote public safety..." |
Right to carry his guns is a boost to safety
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"Les Fisher contends in his May 8 letter to the editor that there has been insufficient evidence relating gun ownership to decreases in crime levels (in relation to the issue of 'right-to-carry' laws)."
"Please consider the following facts: According to research presented in the Journal of Law and Economics (September 2001), states that enact right-to-carry laws exhibit reduced felonious police death rates and slightly lower rates of police deaths overall." |
'Gun Control Laws' Are a Big Lie (Letter)
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"To reinforce what you said, these laws have NO effect on the criminals. I knew people that I could get just about any gun I wanted for $200. No serial numbers, (not just filed off, but tempered out too) and ballistics augmented to create a different ballistics marking on each shot fired."
"That $200 could also get me one block of C-4."
"These boys want ca$h. The law means NOTHING." |
Revisiting the Second Amendment (Letter)
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Your editorial board has evidently succumbed to the delusion that our Bill of Rights is actually a "Bill of Needs."
You may not believe that I need a .50 caliber rifle, but that is my decision to make - not yours.
The Second Amendment was written so that every citizen would have the means to resist foreign aggression as well as domestic tyranny. It does not exist merely as a courtesy to sportsmen and hunters.
It's nice that you claim to support the right to bear arms, but when you qualify that support with a caveat about what someone "needs," you've already run afoul of the Constitution.
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CA: Alleged robber shot by pharmacy employee
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"A 32-year-old man armed with a plastic replica revolver was shot to death Friday by an employee of a North Park pharmacy when he allegedly tried to rob it for a second time, authorities said." ...
"An employee recognized the man as the same person who allegedly robbed the business of prescription drugs at gunpoint on April 11..." |
FL: Sarasota man in love triangle killed
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"A man told authorities he shot and killed his girlfriend's ex-husband Saturday in self-defense."
"James A. Towns, 47, called the sheriff's office and told them what he'd done at 12:16 p.m. - moments after the shooting took place." ...
"'There'd been some threats made by the victim (Lehnert) in the last couple of days, according to the shooter,' Bristow said, adding that the two may have argued over the woman when Lehnert went to Towns' house Saturday. 'They exchanged words, then he took a few steps towards the shooter.'" |
FL: Man takes shots at fleeing suspect
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"A customer fired shots at a shoplifting suspect's car on Sunday as he tried to flee a Publix in Fort Myers."
"Donald Biggs, 69, of Fort Myers, who sometimes works in security, said he wasn't aiming at the suspect."
"He was worried that the suspect could have run over people as he fled, Biggs said." |
UK: Ball-bearing gun ban a step closer
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"Ball-bearing guns used by children could be banned after a string of cases involving serious injuries."
"The pistols, which fire plastic pellets, are not classed as firearms because they are considered too low-powered to be fatal."
"But the death of two-year old Andrew Morton after being shot in the head with an airgun in Glasgow earlier this year prompted safety concerns. Police officers have also warned that teenagers carrying them may be mistaken for armed criminals and shot by marksmen." |
UK: Biker man robs post office with gun
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"A man dressed in biker leathers and a helmet walked into a post office in The Avenue, West Ealing, at about 3.50pm on Thursday, May 19 and pointed a silver handgun at the 34-year-old female cashier and demanded money."
"She handed over �500 cash and he walked out of the shop. No shots were fired and nobody was injured." |
IL: Gun-control meets mixed responses in House; bills go to governor
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"Illinois lawmakers handed victories to both sides of the gun-control issue Monday, approving a measure that cracks down on gun shows but making it easier for people to transport weapons."
"The House voted 89-28 to close a loophole that allows people to buy firearms at gun shows without going through the normal criminal-background check. Minutes later, lawmakers approved a provision that would let gun owners travel the state with their weapons without having to comply with local communities' stricter rules on safe gun storage." |
FL: Palm Beach Deputy Uses Stun Gun On Boy After Father Suicide Attempt
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A Palm Beach County sheriff's deputy used a stun gun to subdue a 16-year-old boy who protested the handcuffing of his father after a suicide attempt.
Sheriff's deputies used a Taser gun on Josh Welch after officers handcuffed his father, Leslie Welch, who had slit his wrists. The father suffers from schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
The teen said his dad was waiting for an ambulance, but deputies arrived first and handcuffed the bleeding man. So the teen called 911 again and asked for, "cops who could do their job."
A deputy wrote in a sheriff's report that the boy came at him with a lit cigarette in a threatening manner. |
GA: Deputy suspended over gun left in bathroom
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"Fulton County Sheriff Myron Freeman has suspended without pay a longtime deputy because she left her loaded gun in a juvenile courthouse bathroom stall."
"Spokeswoman Sgt. Nikita Adams-Hightower said Thursday Deputy Hattie Richey also will be reassigned when she returns to work in a month."
"Richey will be moved from the Romae T. Powell Juvenile Justice Center, where she had been assigned to a courtroom for several years, to the Fulton County Jail after her suspension. ..." |
VA: Change to Rockbridge County gun law reopens old wounds for family
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"Hugh Meyers still struggles with the death of his wife. On November 24, 1991, authorities say Wayne Johnston's three year old son accidentally shot and killed Linda Meyers in the parking lot of the Lexington Baptist Church."
"After Linda's death, the Rockbridge County Board of Supervisors approved a county ordinance making it illegal to drive on county roads with loaded shotguns and rifles. Thirteen years later, the Rockbridge County Board of Supervisors voted 3 to 2 to repeal the law. ..." |
IN: Free gun locks provide extra safety measure
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"The Linton Police Department gave away about 250 gun locks through the Project ChildSafe program Wednesday afternoon outside Linton Wal-Mart Super Center."
"The stainless steel cable gun locks aren't available through retail establishments, according to Gil Kalbus, a Project ChildSafe representative and retired New York Police Officer. He said other cable or trigger gun locks are available, but the Project ChildSafe locks are specially made for and endorsed by the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF)." |
Canada: Phone police, get rid of guns
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"Justice Minister Gord Mackintosh wants to disarm Manitobans."
"Mackintosh yesterday said police agencies across the province will hold a firearms amnesty for the month of June."
"Cops will not lay charges against anyone who turns in a gun during the month unless the weapon is found to be stolen or has been used in a crime, said the province's justice boss."
"This is the first time there's been such an amnesty in Manitoba since 1994." |
VA: Disabled hunters shoot down obstacles, find peace in sport
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"Sprinkled across this forest east of Richmond on this recent morning are others like Kody � members of a national group of disabled nature lovers called the Wheelin' Sportsmen."
"Since the group was founded in Alabama in 1996, chapters have sprung up in every state and parts of Canada. With its partner, the National Wild Turkey Federation, the group's hunting and fishing trips have attracted everyone from a 7-year-old blind girl who shot her first deer, to a 96-year-old stroke victim who caught her first fish."
"Though hunting is a sport associated with death, the Wheelin' Sportsmen say that for them, hunting is an affirmation that life doesn't stop just because they have a handicap." |
NY: Group Targets .50-Cal. Rifle
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"A .50-caliber rifle can shoot down an airplane while it's taking off or landing, bust a hole in half-inch steel and set an oil refinery on fire, according to Andy Pelosi, executive director of New Yorkers Against Gun Violence."
"And an 18-year-old can buy one in New York state."
"'There's no place in civilian society for this gun. This gun is a weapon of war,' Pelosi said." ...
"The Assembly passed legislation Tuesday that would ban the gun. A similar bill has been introduced in the Senate, but it is still in committee. California has banned the .50-caliber from civilian use." |
ID: Nampa revamps policy for concealed weapons license
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"Residents of Canyon County in southwest Idaho now must prove they've been trained to carry a gun if they want a permit for a concealed weapon."
"Sheriff Chris Smith says he updated the county's concealed-weapons policy to bring it in line with neighboring Ada County, which includes Boise."
"Residents who already have concealed-weapons permits won't be affected by the change. But new permit seekers will have to complete a hunter education or safety course by a group such as the Idaho Department of Fish and Wildlife or the National Rifle Association." |
Nigeria: Let Every Nigerian Carry Gun - Ogbemudia
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"FORMER Governor of defunct Bendel State, Brig-Gen. Samuel Ogbemudia (rtd) has called for a legal provision to make every Nigerian carry a gun."
"Speaking during debate at the ongoing National Political Reform Conference, (NPRC), Gen. Ogbemudia said that those who want to carry guns should be allowed to do so if they have the required licence."
"He said the need for guns is to check incessant attacks by armed robbers in the country." |
IL: Vandals damage World Shooting Complex
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"Authorities are investigating vandalism at a shooting range and campground complex under construction outside the southern Illinois town of Sparta."
"Randolph County Sheriff Fred Federking says the vandals broke into the World Shooting Complex Wednesday and last night and caused several thousand dollars worth of damage." ...
"Illinois State Representative Dan Reitz says he was disappointed to find out about the damage but he doesn't think the vandalism will keep the complex from opening in July." |
Japan: Man arrested after gun fired at police officer
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"A man was arrested early Monday in Okayama after firing a gun at a police officer, the police said."
"Officers of Okayama Nishi Police Station noticed a suspicious van at around 2 a.m. and stopped to investigate. A man burst out of the van and struck a 33-year-old sergeant on the shoulder with a bar, followed by another, who fired a gun." |
NY: Assembly speaker hammers Pataki on gun-control measure
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"Democratic Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver usually doesn't pull too many punches aimed at Gov. George Pataki. He's slammed the Republican governor over cuts to schools and health care. Ripped him for 'sick taxes' on hospitals and fare hikes."
"Always popular is the speaker's claim that Pataki has made the 'wrong choices.'"
"But when it comes to crime, Silver hasn't pointed too many fingers -- until last week, that is."
"On Wednesday, Silver blasted Pataki and state Senate Republicans for not embracing gun-control bills the Assembly passed one day earlier. Silver even tried a scare tactic, noting he recently attended a ceremony where the names of slain police officers were added to a wall." |
CA: Big Rifle A Terrorist Tool?
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"California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger decided there�s a weapon that�s too dangerous to be in the hands of private citizens."
"This year, a new law went into effect in California banning that weapon. It�s the .50-caliber rifle, the Rolls Royce of sniper rifles. It�s a big gun, a favorite of armies around the world, and it�s still available in 49 states in this country to anyone over 18 with a clean record."
"It is, without a doubt, the most powerful weapon you can buy. And, as Correspondent Ed Bradley first reported last January, it's powerful enough to kill a man or pierce armor from more than a mile away." |
AZ: In Chandler, toy guns now legal in public
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"People who carry toy guns that look real won't be breaking the law here anymore."
"The City Council rewrote a municipal weapons ordinance that used to make it a misdemeanor to carry a loaded air gun, BB gun or paint-ball gun in a public place even though it is legal to carry real guns under state law."
"The council made it legal to carry the less-lethal weapons but not fire them or display them in a threatening manner on public property. It's still legal to use them on private property." |
NC: Lessons offered on `golf with a shotgun'
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"Sometimes called 'golf with a shotgun,' sporting clays is a shotgun shooting game in which traps throw domed clay discs that mimic the flights of game birds or rabbits."
"The shooting range is laid out in stations, or stands, over varying terrain with each station representing one type of bird or a combination of game, such as a grouse and a rabbit. The shooter calls 'pull,' a bystander releases the 4 1/4-inch orange clay disc and the shooter fires to break the target." |
TN: NRA getting its way on proposed constitutional right to hunt
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"A proposed constitutional amendment to protect hunting and fishing has been changed to appease the National Rifle Association's desire to protect all traditional methods of hunting, setting up a final Senate vote this week."
"Supporters said the change was needed to protect the right of people who hunt with dogs, bows or other methods that might be limited in the future for 'political purposes.'" |
NY: Buffalo Cops Headed to Prison For Civil Rights Violations
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"A former Buffalo narcotics detective and his brother are heading to federal prison nearly eight years for carrying a firearm while committing civil rights violations while on duty."
"Paul Skinner, 46, was one of two former members of the Buffalo police narcotics unit convicted in December following a three-week jury trial in U.S. District Court."
"Sinner was sentenced to 93 months after being convicted of a single count of carrying a firearm during a civil rights crime in addition to a conspiracy charge and a misdemeanor civil rights violation."
"His brother, Gerald Skinner, pleaded guilty prior to trial and was sentenced to 30 months in prison." |
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