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Canada: Peaceful protest turns nasty in Halifax
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"A protest that started peacefully at the G-7 finance ministers meeting turned nasty late today as protesters clashed with police in downtown Halifax."
"About 20 people were arrested following sometimes violent scuffles with police and an RCMP riot squad - largely after the majority of the ministers from the world's wealthiest nations had finished their two-day meeting."
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OR: Mother remembers daughter killed by gunshot
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"...the 14-year-old girl never got a chance to work toward her dream of becoming a special education teacher. She died Thursday of a gunshot fired by a 16-year-old boy."
KABA NOTE: Obviously, the basic rules of gun safety were violated. This is a tragedy -- an avoidable one -- but, as we know, at least a few people will blame the inanimate object that "caused" this misfortune. |
NJ: Remembering the victims of terrorist attacks
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"A granite memorial designed by two Flower Mound [TX] teen-agers to commemorate victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks will be dedicated today in New Providence, N.J., which lost six residents in the attacks."
"The town had the perfect spot for a memorial since it was building a park to honor the six residents who died. The memorial made of 62 black granite squares will be placed on a sloped hill facing the park."
"15-year-old ...twins ... were tapped to design the memorial." |
CA: Judge affirms auction of two A-bomb parts
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"A federal judge Friday brushed aside the government's attempt to invalidate the auction of two devices that helped detonate the first atomic bomb, saying the military had not proved that the artifacts are classified material."
"The buyer, Clay Perkins, a former General Dynamics rocket scientist, said he was inspired to become a physicist in part because of the atomic bombs." |
Security rule proposed for private charter jets
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"Travelers on large privately chartered jets would have to go through the same security screening as other airline passengers under a rule proposed by the Transportation Security Administration."
"It would be the first time the government created security requirements for privately chartered planes, which have become more popular since Sept. 11 as passengers try to avoid long lines at airport checkpoints."
"The security checks would be done by screeners certified by the TSA."
KABA NOTE: Does this mean the federal government also seeks to ban firearms, pocket knives and fingernail clippers aboard these planes, too? Yes. Do they have that authority? No. |
Contacting Your Representatives Works -- If You Do It Right
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"When politicians say they want to hear from constituents on issues like addiction and gun violence, it's more than lip-service. Experts say that despite corporate lobbying campaigns and big-money influence in the halls of government, individuals can still make a difference by contacting federal and state lawmakers." |
CA: Man Dies in Calif. Workplace Rampage -- gun not involved in slaying of defenseless people
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SAN DIMAS, Calif.- "An ex-employee of a plastics business stabbed two former co-workers and set three others on fire by throwing chemicals at them before he was shot to death by deputies, authorities said."
-- Further proof that a person intent on killing another doesn't need a gun to do so. And of course, the California victims were helpless in the face of an attacker with a knife because they are forbidden to carry guns to protect themselves. |
Zimbabwe: Reporter's trial could set dangerous precedent
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As if our rights are not being trampled upon fast enough by our elected representatives, now it seems that any information placed on the internet, and therefore downloaded in any country in the world, could land the writer in jail if the author enters the country he was convicted in or one with which it has on extradition agreement.
From this report: "One of the country's leading human rights lawyers last night said the trial of the Guardian's correspondent in Zimbabwe, Andrew Meldrum, had ramifications stretching beyond the country's borders."
"Geoffrey Robertson QC, attending the trial in Harare, warned that if the case was upheld, a precedent would be set involving the internet and extra-territoriality." |
WA: Court order costs deputy gun, possibly job
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"A King County sheriff's deputy could lose his job because a restraining order filed against him prohibits him from carrying a gun."
"A 34-year-old Issaquah attorney was granted a temporary restraining order May 14 after she claimed Deputy David Hick, 33, had threatened her, her family and her law partners during and after a relationship that had begun last fall."
"An Issaquah district judge, after determining the woman's claims were credible, made the order permanent June 5." |
FL: Tampa man gets probation, fine for federal firearms charge
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"A Florida transportation safety consultant who pleaded guilty in January to trying to carry a handgun onto a commercial airplane has been sentenced to two years probation and fined $5,000."
"Barry L. Brunstein of Tampa was sentenced Friday by U.S. District Court Judge Julia Gibbons. Brunstein must also perform some community service work as part of his probation." |
CA: Federal judge overrules jury's guilty verdict in pot case
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"A federal judge has ordered a new trial for two undocumented Mexican immigrants convicted of growing more than 1,000 marijuana plants in northern California." -- after a jury found them GUILTY.
"U.S. District Judge Frank C. Damrell, Jr.'s ruling overturned jury verdicts..."
"Both were arrested two years ago at a remote Mendocino National Forest camp and charged with conspiracy, manufacturing marijuana plants and possessing firearms to facilitate drug trafficking." |
NY: Bus driver who stabbed knife-wielding passenger to death will not be charged
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"The bus driver who fatally stabbed a knife-wielding passenger in Brooklyn last month will not be charged with a crime, authorities said yesterday."
"A Brooklyn grand jury decided 33-year-old Clinton Phillip acted in self-defense, a spokesman for prosecutors said."
KABA NOTE: So, basically, according to the inmates running the asylum in The Big Apple, self-defense is okay as long as a pocket knife is used. Meanwhile, any thug with a gun is given the upper hand. |
Scotland: Family to face cops who shot their innocent father
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"THE family of an innocent Scot shot dead by bungling police will face his killers for the first time tomorrow."
"Harry Stanley, 46, was hit outside his house by two marksmen who had been told the table leg he was carrying was a shotgun."
"His family will meet the two police gunmen for the first time at an inquest."
Mr Stanley's neice Eva, 31, said: "We just want the two officers to admit what they did was wrong, but the police have covered up for them." |
VA: HCI-endorsed Virginia Legislator's Daughter Gets 9 Years for Armed Robbery
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"The daughter of a Virginia legislative leader was sentenced yesterday to more than nine years in federal prison for her role in a Fairfax City gas station robbery that authorities say was one of a string of nine holdups in Virginia and New York last summer."
In March, Ashley E. Devolites, 20, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Alexandria to charges in the Aug. 9 robbery of the Jermantown Shell station at Route 50 and Jermantown Road."
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MD: Police recover dozens of stolen firearms, looking for owners of some of them
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"Cooperation among local drug and law enforcement agencies has resulted in recovering about three dozen stolen firearms and a significant amount of marijuana. Police arrested three men in connection with the crimes."
Many of the guns recovered belong to McClain, however, police are still searching for the owners of the remaining guns that do not match descriptions of firearms reported stolen here. Police said the guns may have been stolen from Maryland, Delaware or Virginia." |
NY: Student facing gun charge released from jail
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"An 18-year-old Brewster High School senior who was arrested on a misdemeanor weapons charge in April after bringing an AK-47 rifle onto school grounds has been released from jail, his attorney said."
"Christopher Boujon...was released from the Putnam County jail last week after a psychological exam at Putnam Hospital Center showed he was not a danger to himself or anyone else..."
$50,000 bond, said he had the gun in his trunk because his mom wasn't comfortable with it at the house. |
MI: Cop loses gun in courthouse -- gun never recovered
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"The Genesee County Circuit courthouse was locked down Thursday morning after a Flint police officer lost his gun in a bathroom."
"The gun, a .32-caliber pistol, still is missing."
"The narcotics sergeant took the gun off about 9 a.m. to use the restroom but didn't realize until 90 minutes later that he had left the gun behind."
KABA NOTE: Unconfirmed reports tell us that this "Drug Warrior's" mother is named "Mo" and his father is named "Ron". |
GA: Unorganized militiamen help capture armed bank robber
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"Some sharp detective work by three citizens in a van led to the arrest of a suspected bank robber."
What you will read on the link above is a tale of how three members of the unorganized milita covered in Title 10, Section 311 of U.S. Code aided the police in capturing this thug. Without these militia members, this guy would have gotten away. |
Ex-VP No Airport VIP -- Al Gore searched twice
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"On Saturday afternoon, when [Al] Gore was leaving Milwaukee's Mitchell International Airport, he was taken aside for some extra scrutiny at a Midwest Express gate before boarding a flight to New York, said Gore spokesman Jano Cabrera, who accompanied him during both checks."
NOTE: Not quite RKBA-related, but it is satisfying to see this elitist "liberal" (socialist) get a taste of his own medicine.
Maybe, just maybe, he'll see the light... ah well, one can always dream. |
VA: Freedom is a good idea, despite threats to safety
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"As I've written before, our nation did not attain greatness in spite of its citizens' being free; it attained greatness because its citizens were free."
"Today, if we let the federal agents charged with foreseeing and preventing terrorist acts determine how free we should or shouldn't be, I fear that we will be a lot less free than people used to be, and the nation will suffer for it."
"The truth is, we cannot safely be not free." |
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