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Few People Likely to Escape Higher Taxes
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"Fines, fees, surcharges, taxes: Whatever you call it, the bottom line is that cash-strapped states are seeking billions of new dollars from their citizens, enough to potentially double the load of new taxes this year and erase much of the windfall American taxpayers enjoyed in the 1990s."
"An Associated Press analysis of budget work in all 50 states found many are trying to target their tax hikes or increase fees � allowing politicians to make claims that they did not raise income taxes. But those states that have raised across-the-board taxes such as income, sales or property taxes will get more money." |
MI: Detroit police department to be monitored
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"Federal investigators named an outside monitor yesterday to oversee the Detroit Police Department for at least five years. The move follows a 30-month investigation that turned up many problems, including the improper use of deadly force."
"The Justice Department conducted the review after protests over several police shootings." |
OH: Youngstown 'assault weapons' ban gets first public hearing
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"Wednesday's public hearing in city council chambers on a proposed ban on possession or sale of assault firearms brought out raw emotion on both sides."
"More than four dozen people attended the unusual pair of hearings, arranged by Artis Gillam Sr., D-1st, council's safety committee chairman. Massive feedback on the proposed law led him to set aside two hours in the afternoon and two hours in the evening for public input."
"Gillam expects council to act on the issue in July. The decision will be based on what is right, not what's popular, he said." |
UK: Burglar given leave to sue Tony Martin
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"Bleak House burglar Brendan Fearon today won the right to sue jailed farmer Tony Martin for damages."
"A judge at Nottingham County Court overturned an earlier decision which threw out his claim."
"Career criminal Fearon, 33, hopes to sue Martin for �15,000 in loss earnings after he was shot during a bungled break-in at the farmer's home in Emneth Hungate, near Wisbech, four years ago." |
MA: Home-schooling standoff in Waltham
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"A legal battle over two home-schooled children exploded into a seven-hour standoff yesterday, when they refused to take a standardized test ordered by the Department of Social Services." ...
" 'We have legal custody of the children and we will do with them as we see fit,' DSS worker Susan Etscovitz told the Bryants in their Gale Street home. 'They are minors and they do what we tell them to do.' "
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OH: Meigs Co. Sheriff will go it alone starting Saturday
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"Consider the first two paragraphs of this Columbus Dispatch article, and ask yourself why this newspaper's editorial board continues to advocate a ban on a practical self-defense law for Ohioans."
"If there�s big trouble during the wee hours of the night, Meigs County Sheriff Ralph Trussell warns it may require a few rings to rouse him from bed and a minute or so for him to pull on his pants and grab his gun."
"With no dispatchers to answer calls and no deputies on duty beginning at 12:01 a.m. Saturday, Trussell will be the lone county lawman � a status he could retain for the remainder of the year." |
TX: 3 die in shootings at Sulphur Springs home
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"Three relatives were killed Friday in what authorities described as a double murder-suicide." ...
"Johnson's wife and two children were at the home during the shootings but weren't harmed, Sulphur Springs Police Chief Jim Bayuk said in Friday's online edition of the Sulphur Springs News-Telegram. The wife called 911, Bayuk said." |
NY: Teacher Arrested on Gun Charge
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"A Queens teacher and her husband have been arrested for gun and drug possession, police said Friday."
"Helen Halampalakis and Nicolaos Halampalakis, both 27, were arrested Thursday after officers learned from a prisoner, who was being debriefed in an unrelated matter, that there was contraband in their car, police said." |
IN: Winfield wants to muzzle gun sales
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"The Plan Commission directed a proposed gun sale ordinance be drawn up in time for next Tuesday's Town Council meeting after Nancy Jancaric, a Merrillville resident who lives adjacent to DoubleTree Lake Estates West, told the Plan Commission that she hears gunfire behind the subdivision's golf course clubhouse on a regular basis." |
AZ: Tucson officer accused of falsifying gun papers
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"A Tucson police officer was indicted on federal charges that he made a false statement when filling out paperwork to buy a gun."
"The charge is a felony, which has a maximum sentence of five years in jail and a $250,000 fine."
"But Lt. Michael J. Lara's attorney, Michael Piccarreta, described the indictment as 'the king of nitpicking, technical, pinhead cases' by overzealous investigators of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives." |
CA: Gun lock giveaway planned
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"Visitors to next week's Shasta District Fair will have a chance to receive one of 3,500 free gun locks."
"Project ChildSafe, a nationwide effort started in 1999 to distribute gun locks, will team with the California Highway Patrol to distribute the locks. It is the first time Project ChildSafe is passing out gun locks in California."
"Nearly 20 million free gun locks will be distributed across the country... All of the locks are California-approved." |
CA: Teen Killed in Richmond Pizza Robbery Sting
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"A gun-wielding 16 year-old Richmond boy was killed by Richmond police Thursday night during a sting operation that had officers posing as pizza deliverymen to catch a suspected serial robber, said Lt. Mike Pon of the Richmond Police Department."
"According to Pon, an undercover officer dressed as a deliveryman was carrying a pizza to a suspected customer when a boy ...allegedly pulled a gun on him and demanded money at around 10:50 p.m. Thursday."
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WA: Vancouver police concerned with increase in assaults, burglaries
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"Vancouver Police are concerned with the increase of physical assaults and burglaries plaguing the area in recent months. Residents are urged to follow common safety tips such as keeping residential doors and windows locked, securing valuables and vehicles, and using the buddy system while exercising or walking out of doors."
"The following is a review of incidents that have occurred in Clark County in the past few months. They represent a marked increase in stranger attacks." |
SD: Firearms, Self Defense, and the Law
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"Take some comfort in knowing that the law does allow you to use deadly force to defend yourself from a murderer. The specific law that does so reads, 'Resisting attempted murder-Resisting felony in dwelling house. Homicide is justifiable when committed by any person when resisting any attempt to murder such a person, or to commit any felony upon him or her, or upon or in any dwelling house in which such person is.' " |
House OKs bill to curb shopping of class-action lawsuits
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"Trial lawyers will be limited from shopping class-action lawsuits around state courts in search of favorable judges under a bill passed yesterday by the House."
"Tailored after a bill now winding its way through the Senate, the House bill � passed on a 253 to 170 vote � requires more class-action suits be filed in federal courts as opposed to state courts, which have developed a reputation for granting huge verdicts in sometimes-questionable cases." |
NJ: Officer deemed drunk when his car hits another
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"A police officer was drunk when his vehicle crashed head-on into another car, killing himself and five other people, investigators said."
"Union County police Officer Edward C. Belvin's blood-alcohol level was 0.326, or more than three times New Jersey's legal limit, according to toxicology tests released Friday by the National Transportation Safety Board. County prosecutors placed the level even higher, at 0.351." |
Mueller defends FBI at civil liberties meeting
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"FBI Director Robert Mueller defended his agency's conduct in the war on terrorism Friday before a skeptical audience -- members of the American Civil Liberties Union."
"He told the group that success will depend on whether terrorists can be beaten without trampling Americans' individual freedoms." |
CA: Student Takes Issue With NRA Ad in School Yearbook
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" 'When I first saw that ad, I was like, 'Whoa!' You can get kicked out of school for bringing a replica of a gun, a squirt gun, or anything that looks like a gun, and we have an ad supporting guns in the yearbook,' said Brytini Benjamin, a 14-year-old honor student at the school."
"The ad features the NRA logo of an eagle clutching two rifles in its talons, the text of the Second Amendment, and a toll-free telephone number for prospective members." |
Is your weight the government's business?
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"Meanwhile, Brownell rejects measures that would make a real difference. When I suggested (tongue in cheek, I hasten to add) that the government tax people for each pound over their ideal weight, he objected."
"Brownell's complaint was not that such a system would be tyrannical because how much you weigh is your business, not the government's. Plainly, he doesn't believe that. Rather, he worried that a weight tax puts too much emphasis on individual responsibility rather than the environment." |
The "Jersey Girls" Take On The Feds
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"On Tuesday of this week, FBI director Robert Mueller ran into a buzz saw in a meeting of family members of those lost on September 11th. A group of young widows from northern New Jersey who lost their husbands in the World Trade Center disaster seem to have lost their patience with what they see as a serious failure on the part of the government to provide them with answers." |
CA: Group Threatens to Go Public With Lawmakers' Social Security Numbers
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"Unless California lawmakers support a 'favorable' consumer privacy bill currently under consideration, a watchdog advocacy group said it would go public, 'one digit per day,' with the Social Security numbers of key elected state officials."
" 'I bought Gov. Gray Davis's Social Security number on the Internet for $26,' said Jamie Court, executive director of the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights (FTCR)." ... |
Iraq: Iraqis Buying and Hoarding Guns, Grenades
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"After the fall of Saddam Hussein, weapons are everywhere in Iraq, left over from the disbanded army or looted from government storehouses. People are not only hoarding them, they're buying -- and the market is ready to meet the demand." |
MN: Guns not welcome on city property, Eagan says
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"While it can�t legally prohibit them, the city of Eagan is sending a message that guns are not welcome on city property."
"The Eagan City Council directed city staff to post 'unwelcome' signs in city-owned public areas such as the Civic Arena, Cascade Bay and the Community Center."
"The signs will be similar to those posted by the city of Duluth, which read 'Guns not welcome here.' " |
UK: Cops' terror as gangsters get deadly 'IQ' bullets
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"Britain's most ruthless gangsters are carrying guns loaded with new 'super intelligent bullets' that have devastating effects."
"The ultra-powerful ammo easily rips through body armour - making our cops' bullet-proof vests useless."
"But the slugs are dubbed 'IQ' bullets because they can RECOGNISE the density of targets on the moment of impact." ...
"New figures show gun crime has almost doubled in the past six years - with 60 firearm offences a day." |
UK: Martin name used to deter burglars
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"A sign that hangs outside John O'Neill's land claims it is protected by Tony Martin Security."
"Mr. O'Neill, a music case designer, who has worked with such stars as Elton John and Robbie Williams, says he is a supporter of farmer Tony Martin, jailed for shooting dead 16-year-old burglar Fred Barras."
"And he decided to put up the sign after he had �4,000 worth of property stolen in a break-in." |
Janice Brown: The next U.S. Supreme Court justice?
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... "A Christian black woman from the segregated South, Brown supports limits on abortion rights and corporate liability, routinely upholds the death penalty and opposes affirmative action." ...
"In terms of gun control, Brown's thinking appears to align closely with Attorney General John Ashcroft's policies. Both support the right to firearm ownership, but believe the government may impose certain restrictions." |
MN: 'Conceal and carry' a symptom of fear (Letter)
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"If I were a touch more cynical, I would imagine that a weapons manufacturer or the National Rifle Association was behind this over-the-top response to one man�s fairly benign exercise of freedom of speech. But I don�t think so...I just think that this is one more symptom of a deeply disturbed society. 'Bowling for Columbine,' anyone? This film by Michael Moore should be required viewing for every American citizen. We are in danger of being consumed by our own fear." |
AZ: Civil-rights inquiry looks at killing by border agent
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"A U.S. Border Patrol agent who fatally shot an illegal entrant last week near the Douglas Port of Entry has become the subject of a federal civil-rights investigation, an FBI spokeswoman said Thursday."
"The results of the investigation of the June 5 shooting of Ricardo Olivares Martinez, 22, of Agua Prieta, Sonora, by agent Cesar Cervantes, 25, of Douglas will be forwarded to the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice..." |
TSA Modifies Screening Plan
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"The Transportation Security Administration has altered plans for a computerized passenger screening system, in part because of criticism that earlier proposals would have been overly intrusive, according to documents and interviews with government officials."
"Under the new approach, the system known as CAPPS II would draw less personal information about passengers into the government computers, the documents show." |
Law Would Spy on Ashcroft
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"The Surveillance Oversight and Disclosure Act (SODA) introduced in the House of Representatives would require the DoJ to publish an annual report counting and categorizing the number of surveillance orders issued under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) in the previous year." |
Ashcroft's Cruel Version of America
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"If anything, the report reveals that times have changed, going so far as to acknowledge that pre-9/11, illegal immigrants would likely not have been detained in such fashion. Indeed, it seems that the fundamental basis of the American legal system has been suspended as, in the aftermath of the attacks, persons detained on immigration charges have been treated as guilty until proven otherwise." |
AZ: Officer gun traced to crime scene
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"The gun that a Tucson police lieutenant is accused of buying for someone else at a local sporting goods store later was found at a crime scene, a federal agent said." ...
"He would not elaborate on the type of crime scene." |
UK: Man held over gun haul find
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A 46-year-old man has been arrested in Birmingham after firearms were seized at an address he was staying at in the city.
Officers from West Midlands Police force crime unit, supported by armed officers, detained the man after executing a warrant in Short Heath Road, Erdington.
A .22 revolver, a semi-automatic pistol and a quantity of ammunition were recovered from the property.
"The man remains in police custody and is being interviewed by detectives over possession of these weapons," a spokesman said.
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