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CA: State investigates gun sales at Madera store
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*This is one county away from where the local D.A. has sued the State Attorney General over definitions of assault rifles - see http://www.crpa.org/pressrls091801-1.html*
"State authorities are continuing to investigate a Madera gun dealer after raiding the business Friday and seizing 28 American- and foreign-made assault rifles."
Authorities claim Zak's does not have a permit to sell assault weapons, said state attorney general spokeswoman Hallye Jordan in Sacramento. "They're illegal," she said of the rifles, "because they need to be registered." |
'People Pedaling Peace' Bike Ride Honors Victims of Gun Violence
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"Over the course of four days this June, more than 25 dedicated cyclists with "People Pedaling Peace" made the 190-mile trek from Hampton, Va., to Washington, D.C., to honor and remember victims of gun violence."
"The "People Pedaling Peace" cyclists rode not only in honor of the victims of gun violence, but they rode for stronger, more sensible gun laws in America." |
GA: "Court wise to stand firm on guns"
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"To better protect communities against the rising tide of gun violence, the U.S. Congress authorized judges to impose tougher sentences on felons who use firearms while committing a crime."
"Thousands of criminals are now behind bars as a result of that 1998 federal sentencing guidelines. Fortunately, the Supreme Court decided Monday to keep them there."
KABA NOTE: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution needs to change its name -- to remove mention of the founding document it apparently despises. |
NJ: New Attack on Gun Rights
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Warning: A631 Has Passed the New Jersey Assembly.
This Bill BANS expungement (record clearing) for 14 different offenses including the disorderly persons and petty disorderly persons offenses of harassment, simple assault, lewdness, false imprisonment, criminal mischief and trespass which may qualify as domestic violence.
This means PERMANENT and FOREVER LOSS of GUN RIGHTS anywhere in the United States for those convicted in New Jersey of certain "misdemeanor" offenses. |
Handgun found in bag of passenger at Hopkins
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"A passenger at Hopkins International Airport was stopped by security Monday when a screening machine detected a gun in his carry-on bag."
"The man was pulled aside and his bag was searched. Security found an unloaded handgun and some ammunition."
"The man claimed he did not realize the gun was in his bag. He thought he packed it with his other luggage."
KABA NOTE: Unless you'd like to be charged with a federal crime, check your carry-on baggage to make sure your pistol isn't in it. (Or join the growing number of people who refuse to "fly the friendly skies" until at least pilots are packing heat...) |
AL: Decatur gun dealer, stepson wounded in stupid gun show accident
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"A Decatur gun dealer and his stepson were wounded in an accidental shooting that scared dozens of people browsing weapons at a Florence gun and knife show."
"Terry Joe Runager had just sold an AK-47 rifle to a customer Saturday and had reached for his personal handgun from a side holster when it fired, hitting Runager in the hand and his stepson in the leg, police said."
KABA NOTE: This idiot's incompetence makes all gun owners look bad. |
Germany: German authorities close investigation into deadly Erfurt school shooting
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"Investigators said an expelled student acted alone in the Erfurt school shooting two months ago in which 17 people, including the student were killed."
"There had been speculation in the German media that Robert Steinhaeuser, 19, had an accomplice in the attack during which he killed 13 teachers, two students, a police officer and himself."
"None of the victims would have survived even if they had been given immediate medical attention, according to the forensic pathologist's report."
KABA NOTE: Perhaps not, but they'd have had a better chance if a few teachers had been armed and trained. |
UK: Vicar jailed for keeping loaded gun
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"A vicar has been jailed for four months after keeping a loaded gun [a mere .22 derringer] hidden in a grandfather clock at his vicarage in Greater Manchester."
"On Tuesday Salford Magistrates' court heard how the Reverend Michael Daggett, 54, kept the gun for protection."
"Daggett, a US citizen, came to the UK in 1984, before becoming vicar at The Church of the Holy Rood, Swinton, in 1990."
"He pleaded guilty to possessing a prohibited firearm and possession of ammunition." |
Plane diverted to Detroit because federal officer had gun
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"A Chicago-bound American Airlines flight made an emergency landing in Detroit -- after crew members learned a federal employee aboard hadn't warned airline officials that he was armed."
"The U-S postal inspector had identified himself at a security checkpoint before getting on the plane in Newburgh, New York -- but failed to submit the proper paperwork."
"After learning of the man's presence, the airline verified his identity and notified the flight crew, which landed the plane."
"The inspector was questioned and released."
KABA NOTE: BATF has prosecuted people and escorted them to federal prison for paperwork violations. |
Protecting liberty in a permanent war
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"With the detention of Jose Padilla (a k a Abdullah al Mujahir), the Bush administration has made an extraordinary assertion of power. It is sweeping and unnerving. The administration contends that, by merely designating a person as an "enemy combatant," the government can hold him in prison without according him a trial. Indeed, the government does not have to charge him with any criminal offense, much less present evidence of an offense." |
NC: "Crack Down on Gun Crime in North Carolina"
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"Last week, legislation was introduced in the General Assembly to fight crime and protect the citizens of North Carolina. The Gun Trafficking Bill, SB 1434, sponsored by Howard Lee (D - Orange), and HB 1744, sponsored by David Miner (R - Wake) and Jennifer Weiss (D - Wake) is a pro-law enforcement plan designed to solve a real problem - that of criminals and kids obtaining guns." |
Bush And Ashcroft Assail Habeas Corpus, Scholar Says
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"The Bush administration has now asserted that (a) citizens can be taken into custody as enemy combatants; (b) that, beyond such battlefield detainees, citizens can also be taken off the streets of any American town; and (c) that civilian courts cannot intervene to inquire into the legality of such arrests and detentions. When these propositions are taken together as a whole, the implications are very disturbing." |
IL: ISRA: Gun Control Makes Cities Dangerous Places to Live
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"Crime statistics released Monday by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) suggest strongly that tough gun control laws do little to curb violent crime."
"According to the latest FBI Uniform Crime Reports, the U.S. murder rate jumped 3.1 percent while forcible rapes inched up 0.2 percent. Overall, the U.S. crime rate climbed 2 percent. Interestingly enough, cities having strict gun control laws saw
their respective crime rates jump well in excess of the national average." |
Electoral Democracy: The Big Lie
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"The constitutional debate over campaign finance "reform" is far from over. Good.
One of the many items for concern: Americans have been led to believe that we are a democracy, not a republic and, consequently, that reforms which act to check the free speech of rich men, rich corporations, rich unions and rich special interest groups as "unequal," "unfair," "unconstitutional" and "sinister" are just what the Founders ordered.
Think again." |
A Challenge to the 2nd Amendment Crowd
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"Today is the first day of Summer and things are getting hot; 111 degrees in Pho... no, not THAT kind of hot."
"I grew up around guns - all kinds of guns. Modern shooters for plinkin', big game rifles for huntin', a couple of shotguns for birds, a few collectors pieces and a lot of handguns from manufacturers all over the world - some operable - some not." |
IL: Teen Gun Survey to be Released by Teens at National Press Club
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"Teens will release the third annual, nationally (plus or minus 3 percent) valid teen (12-19 years old) gun survey. The news conference will be hosted by the Child Welfare League (which has nearly 1200 child service agency members nationwide) on behalf of Children's Uhlich Home of Chicago. The survey is sponsored by Uhlich and underwritten, in part, by the Joyce Foundation of Chicago. It is conducted by the nationally recognized Teen Research Unlimited, on behalf of Uhlich." |
Poland: Poles rush to arms as crime booms
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WARSAW -- "For years, membership of a pistol or rifle shooting club was an near essential social attribute among Warsaw's political, business and show business elite..."
"But today the man on the street is racing to acquire firearms or other means of defense in sheer alarm at the soaring crime figures."
"Applications for firearms licenses leapt by 40 percent over the last year..."
"...80 percent of Poles have suffered or witnessed a break-in, pick-pocketing or assault."
"At the moment about 30,000 Poles have a firearms license and 200,000 can legally carry gas pistols and blank-firing guns. Police believe that another 200,000 people own firearms illegally."
"Whatever the legal aspects are at present, it is easy enough to procure a firearm in Warsaw."
"Local journalists last year conducted an experiment, asking around at a market reputed for its dodgy dealings for various types of weapons."
"After a few hours, there was very little they hadn't been offered." |
FL: 1 Killed, 1 On Run In Home Invasion
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A homeowner shot dead an intruder who forced his way into the man's Northwest Tampa home early Saturday morning. Detectives are searching for a second man, an apparent accomplice, who fled the scene. |
CA: California Legislative Alert (NRA)
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The word I get from Sacramento is that we are not hitting them nearly hard enough on SB-682 and AB-496. These two bills can easily stop ALL GUN SALES in CA by holding the manufacturers legally responsible for the actions of CRIMINALS! THESE BILLS CAN COME UP FOR A VOTE AS EARLY AS NEXT WEEK. FAX AND CALL YOUR REPS NOW AND GET YOUR FRIENDS ON BOARD TOO.
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The Sons and Daughters of Liberty
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"In 1756, in Boston and other cities and towns, the coming of the American Revolution was speeded by mechanics, merchants, and artisans who organized against British tyranny. Calling themselves the Sons of Liberty, they set up committees of correspondence in the colonies to spread detailed news about British attacks on their liberties. They focused on the general search warrant, which allowed customs officers to invade and ransack their homes and offices at will." |
NV: City bans guns; event is peaceful
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"The Elko City Council banned weapons in the downtown corridor during an emergency session Friday afternoon in which they heard concerns that an alarming number of visitors were carrying guns at the Elko Motorcycle Jamboree, according to Mayor Frank Franzoia."
"Franzoia said Police Chief Clair Morris contacted City Manager Linda Ritter because law enforcement officials saw many people carrying firearms illegally." |
Back to the basics of the 2nd Amendment
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But, there are those who either do not think, or do not comprehend simple English, that try to affect what is not theirs to affect - unalienable rights. These people are a different story and are at the present time the most serious threat to freedom in that they are doing exactly as the federal government wants concerning the most important amendment protecting ALL rights of The People. I refer to the right to keep and bear arms. |
Guns and Ammo Poll - Would you carry concealed without a permit?
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Scroll about halfway down page, poll is on right-hand side. G&A staff is using this for research, and tell people on their 2A topic board to: "Vote honestly as this is absolutely anonymous."
P O L L Would you carry concealed without a permit?
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MD: Baltimore's police union endorsed Rep. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.'s bid for governor
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The board of directors of Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 3, which represents 5,000 current and retired city police officers, unanimously selected Ehrlich over Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend . The full union membership ratified the board's decision at a meeting last night
Rank-and-file police officers overwhelmingly oppose gun-control laws, and consider the issue when deciding which candidate to support.
Police unions often weigh candidates' positions on criminal justice issues.
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WA: Witness: Don't aim gun unless you mean business
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"Citizens are rewarded every year for their life-saving efforts," said Sgt. Don Davis, a defensive-tactics instructor with the King County Sheriff's Office. "But it's always a risk to the citizen. We don't ever encourage citizens to get in over their heads."
"There is potential danger to innocent bystanders and liability concerns, Davis said."
"Also, working police officers under duress have a hard time identifying who's who if somebody not in uniform is flashing a gun." |
Second Opinion: Measuring Violence
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"Sirens and blood. When there's a pileup on I-95, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) gathers up all the details -- the make of the vehicles, the time of day, the place on the highway, whether the victims were wearing seatbelts or the drivers were drunk."
"Blood and sirens. When a person blows his head off in the kitchen or the woods, or when someone is murdered in an alleyway, well -- forget it." |
AZ: Sheriff Richard Mack To Speak In Phoenix
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"Sheriff Richard Mack, GOA's Director of Public Affairs, will join other speakers this Saturday at the Second Amendment is For Everyone's SAFE Conference."
"This event will raise funds for the Richard Mack, Jr. and the Tim McDermott defense funds. A donation of any amount gets you through the doors."
"Donations are tax-deductible. "
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SAFE Conference
June 29th, 2002 2pm - 6pm
Crowne Plaza Hotel -- MetroCenter
2532 West Peoria Ave
Phoenix, Arizona" |
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