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John R. Lott, Jr.: The Big Lie of the Assault Weapons Ban
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"This wasn't supposed to happen. When the federal assault weapons ban ended on Sept. 13, 2004, gun crimes and police killings were predicted to surge. Instead, they have declined."
"For a decade, the ban was a cornerstone of the gun control movement. Sarah Brady, one of the nation's leading gun control advocates, warned that 'our streets are going to be filled with AK-47s and Uzis.' Life without the ban would mean rampant murder and bloodshed."
"Well, more than nine months have passed and the first crime numbers are in. Last week, the FBI announced that the number of murders nationwide fell by 3.6% last year, the first drop since 1999. The trend was consistent; murders kept on declining after the assault weapons ban ended." |
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"When they took the Second Amendment, I was silent because I didn't own guns."
"When they took the Fourth Amendment, I was silent because I didn't deal drugs."
"When they took the Fifth Amendment, I was silent because I was innocent."
"Now, they've taken the First Amendment, and I can say nothing about it." |
Respect the decision of the Supreme Court?
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What does President Bush think of the Kelo decision?
Presidential press secretary Scott McClellan:
"I think the president has made his views clear when it comes to private property rights. In terms of Supreme Court decisions, we obviously have to respect the decisions of the Supreme Court."
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Submitter's Note: Respect their decision? I don't like their decision.
Where will this treason go next? Watch for an assault on your firearms like you've never seen before!
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CCRKBA Suggests in Statement to House Committee That Congress Answer Official Opposition to D.C. Gun Rights with Recision of D.C. Home Rule
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"If District of Columbia officials persist in their attempt to thwart revision of D.C. gun laws, Congress ought to consider recision of D.C. home rule, John Michael Snyder, public affairs director of the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA), suggested today in a statement submitted to the House Committee on Government Reform." ...
"While a number of local officials argue that adoption of the proposed Act would be an infringement on local home rule, said Snyder, "this ignores the fact that the District of Columbia is a special constitutional entity. ..." |
President Urged to Regulate Blunt Objects (Satire)
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"President George Bush should regulate blunt objects that could cause severe injuries or even death. . ."
"Farm and Field Auctions maintains that the United States cannot stand idly by, while Great Britain takes the lead in injury prevention. . ." We can claim our rightful lead in personal safety by regulating all blunt objects before they do."
"We have taken the first step," says Brown. "We do not allow anyone to bid on rocks, metal pipes, clubs or bats, not even rolling pins or frying pans, unless they can produce a certificate of proper training. Now it is up to the government to take action." |
Count the Bullets: Blow Away All Arguments
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"Most of us who write for STR presently own guns, have shotguns, or received weapons training while in the US military. As a teenager, I owned shotguns and rifles, a semi-automatic .22 with 4x scope, was briefly a member of the NRA and an enthusiast at the local gun club. Later, I earned a sharpshooter ribbon with a weapon I had never shot before, the M-16, as a US Air Force trainee."
"Perhaps the greatest reason many Americans believe Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone and killed Kennedy is that a majority of Americans have never shot any guns, and certainly not a rifle with a scope. If the Warren Commission had been composed of unbiased shooters instead of senators and lawyers, the final verdict would likely have rejected the ludicrous assumption that Oswald acted alone. The 'trumpeting of falsehood, however virtuous in intent,' was indeed a vicious lie, supported by the government then and now." |
FL: Seminole County Patrol Car Stolen with Gun Inside
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Officials say a Seminole County patrol car stolen with a sheriff's issue shotgun inside has been recovered. Deputies say the late model Ford Crown Victoria was left running last night with the keys inside outside a fire station.
Authorities found the vehicle abandoned between a convenience store and a used car dealership. The missing shotgun was also recovered. No arrests have been made, but investigators are following some leads. |
IL: Sheriff and Deputies Arrested
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"A Southern Illinois sheriff finds himself on the other side of the law, after a grand jury indicts him and two of his deputies."
"On Monday, officers arrested Wayne County Sheriff Everett 'Sonny' McCulley, Chief Deputy David Zola, and Deputy Mark Tipps. McCulley and Zola face felony charges of obstructing justice and official misconduct. Tipps faces felony charges of aggravated discharge of a firearm and obstructing justice. That's because court documents claim Tipps fired shots at a suspect back in December of 2004, but didn't include that fact in his police report. According to grand jury indictments, McCulley and Zola were included because they helped furnish false information regarding the incident." |
MI: Corrections officer convicted on gun charge
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"A jury deadlocked Monday on whether a state corrections officer tried to kill his wife in their Freeland home in December 2003 after accusing her of having an affair with one of her co-workers."
"However, the jury of four men and eight women did convict Ronald S. Mielcarek of having a gun during the incident with his wife, Danelle I. Hoffman." |
WI: Prosecutor: Off-duty police chief's mistake almost cost innocent man his life
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"A misunderstanding with an off-duty cop over a man's elaborate attempt to catch homecoming pranksters almost cost him his life, a prosecutor told jurors Monday during opening statements in Matthew Hoskins' attempted murder trial."
"Hoskins, the 34-year-old police chief of the village of Norwalk, is accused of pointing a loaded handgun at John Ellingson and pulling the trigger after the two scuffled." |
NJ: Cop gets probation in assault on wife
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"A Superior Court judge on Friday sentenced a suspended Perth Amboy police officer to a probationary term for assaulting his then-wife last year."
"Perth Amboy officials are awaiting paperwork from the court to determine whether Joseph M. McDonald, 37, of Waretown (Ocean Township) will keep his job."
"Supervising Assistant Ocean County Prosecutor William J. Heisler said that because McDonald's conviction April 20 on a simple assault charge stemmed from a domestic-violence incident, it is illegal for him to possess a firearm." |
UK: Driver escapes 'sweet gun' attack
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"Young children fired sweets from a pellet gun at a bus driver as he drove across Londonderry, police have said."
"The driver was struck on the side when the sweets were fired through the open door of a private bus he drove across Foyle Bridge at about 1535 BST."
"He was not seriously hurt, but police have warned the incident was dangerous with potentially serious consequences."
"Police have urged parents to make sure pellet guns are used responsibly and only under supervision." |
AZ: 2 try to rob jewelry store; 1 suspect shot, still at large
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"A jewelry distributor shot and wounded at least one of two masked, armed men who walked into a store Monday afternoon to rob it, authorities said."
"The attempted armed robbery at Loretta's Ahwatukee Jewelers at lunchtime in a community that seldom sees such violence brought back memories of the November murder and robbery of an armored car guard just two miles away."
"In Monday's incident, one suspect was shot in the leg and taken to Maricopa Medical Center in police custody. Police said the other suspect was likely wounded based on witness accounts." ...
"Morales said the jewelry distributor, whose name was not released, quickly drew his gun when he saw the armed men entering the store ..." |
UK: Kidnapper shot by police in rescue
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"A man was snatched from the street and repeatedly assaulted in a 24 hour kidnap ordeal which only ended when one of his abductors was shot by armed police, a court heard today."
"Oral Lattibeaudire, 33, and Kevin Jones, 25, grabbed their 42 year-old victim as he walked to his car in Brixton, south London, and dragged him to their vehicle, on October 6 last year, the jury heard."
"The victim, who cannot be named, was driven to a nearby address where his wrists and ankles were tied together and newspaper stuffed into his mouth." |
DC: House panel looks at D.C. gun laws
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"'People who live in Texas should no more impose their values on the people of the district than people who live in one of my neighborhoods should impose their values on the people of Houston or Dallas or Fort Worth,' said District of Columbia Mayor Anthony A. Williams ..." ...
"Metropolitan Police Chief Charles H. Ramsey weighed in on the politics of the attempt to overrule D.C. law, as well as its potential effect on his crime-fighting strategy." ...
"Research shows that most D.C. homicides are motivated by 'arguments and retaliation,' Ramsey said. 'When a handgun is readily available in a home or on someone's person, the chances of these encounters turning lethal increase significantly.'" |
IL: SAF Says Mayor Daley Could Give Lessons to Nero After Violent Chicago Weekend
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"'Mayor Daley could give Emperor Nero some lessons in how to mismanage his responsibilities,' said SAF founder Alan M. Gottlieb. 'Here's a guy who should have, and could have, provided true leadership to prevent these kinds of outbreaks, but instead, he's spent far too much of his time trying to interfere with the gun rights of honest citizens. On the one hand, he touts Chicago's tough gun laws and wants to make them a model for the state, yet he hasn't stopped gun crime in his jurisdiction, on his watch. What's wrong with that picture?" |
CA: Liberals in Sacramento Missing the Target On Crime, Again!
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"Liberals in Sacramento are missing the target again. At a time when people are upset and fearful of serious sex offenders that are being placed in group homes in their neighborhood with little or no oversight, the Democrats in the legislature have once again rallied around their favorite 'tough on crime' issue and declared war on� bullets!"
"But while these gun bills have passed the floor in their house of origin, bills to extend parole periods and require GPS tracking of sex offenders, prevent felons from owning sex offender group homes, keep sex offender group homes away from schools, and create a one-strike punishment for certain sex crimes against children have been defeated or stalled in Sacramento by the Democrat majority"
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Canada: Gun deaths in Canada trend downward even as shooting tragedies raise awareness
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"Gun-related deaths are trending steadily downward in Canada, says Statistics Canada, even as high-profile shooting tragedies continue to raise public hackles."
"A report released Tuesday - as police in London, Ont., continued to investigate Monday's horrific murder of a mother and two children - shows that death rates related to firearms fell by more than half for men and by three quarters among women over the last 25 years." |
PA: Thousands of free gun locks to be distributed locally
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"In an effort to prevent gun accidents, 4,500 gun locks will be distributed free of charge in Bradford County."
"The 4,500 gun locks were delivered to seven law enforcement agencies in Bradford County on Monday, and those law enforcement agencies will now distribute them be free of charge to local gun owners, said C.J. Walters, chief deputy sheriff of Bradford County." |
UK: Sounds of gunshot and streets of fear
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"POLICE are continuing to hunt a gang of teenagers which shot a clubber in the leg outside a top nightspot."
"Trouble flared when the 10-strong mob was refused entry to the Ministry of Sound superclub in Elephant & Castle in the early hours of Saturday."
"After bouncers barred their way, the gang members turned their fury on other revellers queuing outside the venue in Gaunt Street." |
OH: Victim Runs; Attackers Shoot Him Anyway
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"This story suggests that the man was not at fault, had a reasonable and honest belief that he was in danger and tried to run away. How was he rewarded? By being shot in the arm and foot despite following steps that gun ban extremists and certain law enforcement personnel often advocate. They would have us believe that running away or driving off when faced with danger will bring a pleasant outcome to the event. Unfortunately, as this story indicates, criminals do not follow the same guidelines." |
Brazil: Referendum on gun sales still bogged down in Congress
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"The publication of a Unesco study of deaths in Brazil by firearms has ratcheted up the pressure on the Chamber of Deputies to vote authorization for a referendum on the sale of firearms and ammunition (Congress has already passed a bill prohibiting the sale of firearms and ammunition in Brazil). Voting in the chamber is presently tied up because of other measures that have priority (temporary measures (MPs) and bills earmarked 'constitutional urgency')." |
NH: "Lost Liberty Hotel" proposed on Justice Souter's land
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"Justice Souter's vote in the 'Kelo vs. City of New London' decision allows city governments to take land from one private owner and give it to another if the government will generate greater tax revenue or other economic benefits when the land is developed by the new owner."
"On Monday June 27, Logan Darrow Clements, faxed a request to Chip Meany the code enforcement officer of the Towne of Weare, New Hampshire seeking to start the application process to build a hotel on 34 Cilley Hill Road. This is the present location of Mr. Souter's home."
"Clements, CEO of Freestar Media, LLC, points out that the City of Weare will certainly gain greater tax revenue and economic benefits with a hotel on 34 Cilley Hill Road than allowing Mr. Souter to own the land."
"The proposed development, called 'The Lost Liberty Hotel' will feature the 'Just Desserts Caf�' and include a museum, open to the public, featuring a permanent exhibit on the loss of freedom in America. Instead of a Gideon's Bible each guest will receive a free copy of Ayn Rand's novel 'Atlas Shrugged.'"
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TX: Perry signs bills to protect gun owners' rights
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"Gov. Rick Perry today signed legislation aimed at clarifying existing firearm laws, enhancing protections for law-abiding gun owners and reducing barriers for gun ownership."
"The right to keep and bear arms is a fundamental right of every law-abiding citizen of our country... This legislation will clarify existing firearm laws, enhance protections for law abiding gun owners and reduce barriers for gun ownership."
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DC: Brady Center attacks John Lott
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"The following was released today by the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence United with The Million Mom March:"
"John Lott Jr., an alleged scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, is being called to testify before the House Government Reform Committee today, to make the principal argument for repealing the District of Columbia's gun laws."
"Let's review Mr. Lott's credentials."
"He's Been Discredited By Scholars." |
UK: Gunmen gag pensioner in his home
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"GUNMEN have bound and gagged a pensioner in his own home - before stealing his car which they had pretended they wanted to buy."
"The 68-year-old, from Strawberry Lane, Carshalton, had his arms and hands cut with a knife as he bravely tried to fight off the two armed robbers."
"But they tied him up on the floor and gagged him, despite the man pleading with them not to because of recent serious health problems." |
UN Highlights Brazil Gun Crisis
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"More than 500,000 people have been killed by firearms in Brazil between 1979 and 2003, according to a new report by the United Nations."
"Guns are the single biggest cause of death among young people in the Latin American nation, the organisation says."
"The UN and disarmament groups are using shocking statistics to put pressure on Brazil's parliamentarians."
"Over the past year, more than 300,000 weapons have been handed into the police in return for cash as part of a pioneering disarmament scheme."
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