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Gun Control Does Not Stop Violence (BFA)
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"Everybody's first reaction to the massacre at Virginia Tech was one of shock and sorrow, but, for some, what followed that initial reaction was an angry and ridiculous call for more gun-control. If you, dear reader, were one such person, who believes that tragedies like the one at Virginia Tech would be stopped by taking guns out of civilians' hands, you need to think again."
"...You may be personally against carrying a weapon, and perhaps you even think the police are sufficient enough to protect you, but some of us do not agree. Some of us aren't willing to be murdered, raped, and robbed. Some of us know that calling 9-1-1 won't save us. ..." ...
"Click here to read the entire op-ed in The (OSU) Sentinel." |
New Findings from the FBI about Cop Attackers & Their Weapons
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"New findings on how offenders train with, carry and deploy the weapons they use to attack police officers have emerged in a just-published, 5-year study by the FBI." ...
"Predominately handguns were used in the assaults on officers and all but one were obtained illegally, usually in street transactions or in thefts. In contrast to media myth, none of the firearms in the study was obtained from gun shows. ..."
"Researcher Davis, in a presentation and discussion for the International Assn. of Chiefs of Police, noted that none of the attackers interviewed was 'hindered by any law--federal, state or local--that has ever been established to prevent gun ownership. They just laughed at gun laws.'" [emphasis added] ... |
TX: Grand jury clears shooter in March Metro fatality
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"The deadly shooting of an unarmed man on a Metro bus two months ago was justified, a prosecutor said after a grand jury declined to indict the shooter, because the man appeared to be a threat. But the man's family said the recent decision to drop the murder charge was an 'outrage.'" ...
"The Metro bus had about 30 passengers when Mallot, who had a license to carry a concealed handgun, climbed aboard ... As he boarded, the two men bumped into each other and began arguing. Mallot continued to the back."
"McDaniel said several witnesses on the bus said Francis then walked from his seat at the front of the bus to Mallot in the back while saying he was going to beat Mallot." ... |
New Zealand: 'I thought he would chop my head off' - gunshop worker
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"Gunshop director Greg Carvell has no regrets about shooting a man who threatened to kill him with a metre-long machete in his shop last year." ...
"Carvell said after the hearing in the Auckland District Court he had no choice but to shoot Ricky James Beckham in July last year."
"The court was told Beckham threatened to kill Carvell and gunshop worker, Bruce Motley as he advanced on them in the Penrose gunshop, waving a machete over his head."
"Carvell fired one shot into the man's stomach with a .45 calibre Colt automatic pistol he had kept loaded but hidden on a shelf under his desk." ... |
VA: Student journalists in hot water for James Bond-themed prom supplement
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"A student newspaper has landed itself in controversy after it published a supplement for the school's James Bond-themed prom with a cover page that featured students posing with guns."
"With the headline 'Achieving the 'Bond' Look for Prom,' the April issue of the Kaneland Krier displays a boy in a tuxedo pointing a water gun at the reader against the backdrop of a martini glass and a girl holding a prop pistol. ..." ...
"Heather Lyons, the district parent who made a formal complaint about the issue, said she thought the cover page sent the wrong message to Kaneland students and the community."
"'My initial objection was that they were glamorizing alcohol and firearms,' she said. ..." ... |
FL: Police arrest suspect in school shooting
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"A thick glass door apparently helped save a student from serious injury ... According to police, 17 year old Ariel Cruz and two other suspects went to George S. Middleton High School looking for the student and when they spotted him, fired a 22-caliber gun at him."
"'The combination of it being a small caliber handgun and then the thick glass,' said Tampa Police Officer Laura McElroy. 'Thankfully that was enough to prevent the bullet from penetrating ...'"
"Police say Cruz and the others -- who never went inside the school -- fled after firing just one shot. ... Two armed school securities officers were on campus when the shooting occurred, but additional officers were quickly called and the school was placed on lock down." ... |
OR: Teen Accused Of Bringing Gun To School
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A former student at Aloha High School was arrested Wednesday on charges he brought a loaded handgun to the school, deputies said.
The 17-year-old, who was not authorized to be on school grounds, told deputies that he was carrying the gun because he had been shot at last week. Authorities said that the shooting had not been reported to the Washington County Sheriff's Office.
The boy's gun was fully loaded and had a round in the chamber, deputies said.
Last year, the teen was arrested on charges he assaulted the school's vice principal. He is on probation for that crime, according to deputies.
On Wednesday, he was charged with unlawful possession of a firearm and criminal trespassing.
Deputies are still investigating. |
CO: Local College Responds to Gun on Campus
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"UCCS Campus Police were tested Tuesday when an 18 year old brought what looked like a handgun into a UCCS gym."
"It turned out to be a pellet gun, and police determined there was no threat, but with recent school shootings campus police say this was the ultimate way to test the system they have in place."
"'We never thought anything like that could happen here, but then you see what happened at Virginia Tech and you think, that can happen anywhere,' said Sgt. Guy Thoms."
"Campus police say they reacted immediately, sending out an email within fifteen minutes warning of the situation. Some students say it's not enough." ...
"The 18-year-old who brought the pellet gun on campus was charged with disorderly conduct." |
UT: Gun control first on U. security list
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"A University of Utah task force formed to examine campus security initially will focus on policies prohibiting guns in hearing rooms and restricting concealed-weapons-permit holders in dorms." ...
"U. President Michael Young proposed the 12-member, cross-campus task force after this year's Legislature passed a law that allowed concealed-weapons carriers to bring guns on campus, but allowed students to select non-carrier roommates in campus dorms. In exchange, the U., which had previously lost a case in the Utah Supreme Court to ban guns from campus, dropped a pending federal lawsuit." ... |
AZ: Gun rights lobby sets sights on public buildings
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"The state House of Representatives has passed a bill that could be dangerous not only to the public but to every member of the Arizona Legislature. It could make it legal for citizens to enter City Hall or the Capitol armed with a loaded gun."
"The bill expands an existing law that says public buildings that prohibit guns must provide storage so that a gun owner can stow his or her weapon before entering." ...
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ID: ATF trumps up violations to shut down Red's
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"On Wednesday June 6, 2007; the BATFE has submitted a letter to Judge Edward Lodge requesting the termination of the preliminary injunction that was granted to Red's Trading Post on April 30th by Judge Lodge. The ATF is alleging that Red's Trading Post 'willfully' committed three violations. The ATF conducted an audit on 5/23/2007 in which 2 Agents John Hansen and Kylie Williamson and Area Supervisor Linda Young, who specifically came down from Spokane, WA. One of the employees documented Young stating to the other Agents during the audit, 'We'll do this again and again and again until this is done. I mean done. Sooner or Later it will be done, something will be found.' The Violations are listed below:" ... |
KY: Shooting victim's family wants impartial investigation (follow-up)
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"It could be weeks before the Jeffersontown Police Department completes its investigation into what led a retired J'town police officer to shoot the driver of a Humvee ... the victim's family wonders why there's been no arrest in the shooting that left Darren Pickerill in critical condition." ...
"Now his family wonders if Koenig's former job as a cop will cause the investigation to be biased in his favor -- and they think it explains why he has not been arrested."
"'If it were one of us that had shot a police officer, we wouldn't be at home with our family right now,' said Roxann Marling."
"Since Pickerill can't talk or even open his eyes, his family says it's up to them to ask the questions." ... |
FL: Palm Beach County may go after gun licenses of defendants
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"Prosecutors in Palm Beach County are taking steps to join other South Florida counties in forcing people charged with violent crimes to surrender their concealed weapon licenses."
"The Palm Beach County State Attorney's Office has asked the local circuit court chief judge, Kathleen Kroll, for direction in how to implement the procedure ..."
"'We are certainly looking at it,' Kroll said Tuesday."
"Miami-Dade County prosecutors announced last week, as did Broward on Tuesday, that they are filing motions with the courts to require that people charged with felonies and violent misdemeanors give up their licenses to carry guns." ...
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VT: Animal cruelty case yields 'doggone' dismissal
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"A woman facing jail time for 'staring' at a police dog had charges against her dropped Monday after an Orange County prosecutor viewed videotape of the alleged crime."
"Jayna Hutchinson, now of Lebanon, N.H., was scheduled for a jury trial this week on a misdemeanor charge of cruelty to animals."
"A Vermont State Police sergeant said Hutchinson was intoxicated and stared at his police dog in a 'taunting/harassing manner' last July ..."
"'Prosecuting a woman for staring at a police dog is absurd,' said Kelly Green, a public defender appointed ... to represent Hutchinson. She likened the act to giving a police officer the finger � a form of expression protected by rights accorded under the First Amendment." ... |
TX: Ex-Deputy To Be Executed For Slaying Of Texas Woman
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"Michael Griffith, a former Harris County sheriff's deputy, is scheduled to be executed Wednesday for the fatal stabbing of a Houston woman in 1994. ..."
"According to police records, Griffith was convicted in the rape, robbery and murder of Deborah McCormick, 44, a flower shop owner in Houston. Griffith was arrested in October 1994 after the knife used to stab McCormick was linked to him."
"The police summary says that on the day of murder, Griffith ordered six long-stem roses before pulling out a pistol and robbing McCormick of $400 and four credit cards belonging to her father. He then sexually assaulted her and stabbed her at least 11 times with a butcher knife." ... |
India: Counterfeit Encounters And The 'Nation'
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"The current wave of outrage in the country over the horrific murders by the men in khaki in Gujarat is likely to be transient, a passing squall. The dust that it raises will rapidly settle, and we will forget, in the same way as we have expelled from memory so many similar inequities of the recent past ..."
"The Central Bureau of Investigation, in 1996, submitted a report to the Supreme Court that established that in just three crematoria of Amritsar, as many as 2097 illegal cremations were carried out by security forces between 1984 and 1995. ... In nearly 60 per cent of the cases, the persons who 'disappeared' was subsequently reported to have died in police 'encounters'. ..." ... |
VA: Mothers Protest
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"On Sunday, June 3, as heavy rain poured down from above, 32 mothers lay prostrate ... clad from head to toe in black, they lay in silence for several minutes ..." ...
"'We're here as concerned mothers,' said Gupta. 'We're here to express our outrage about lax gun laws � we need the politicians to step up and change gun laws.'" ...
"... [the VT massacre] made clear the dangers that are made possible by the various loopholes and moderate restrictions on gun purchases in Virginia. Sullivan said he is not in favor of abolishing the second amendment right to bear arms, but he does believe that it should not be an easy task for a regular individual to purchase semi-automatic weapons ..." ... |
VA: Anti-gun meeting canceled after clash
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"A meeting on preventing gun violence scheduled at the Centreville Regional Library for June 4 was canceled because pro-gun activists were videotaping it."
"About 30 people showed up for an informational meeting about gun laws organized by the Million Moms March of Northern Virginia ..."
"Before it started, organizers asked two men associated with the Virginia Citizens Defense League wanting to videotape the meeting to sign a handwritten contract promising to use any 'photographic representations' recorded for private use only."
"One of them refused, and the meeting was canceled ..." ...
"'It was a public meeting that was publicly advertised,' Rohland said. 'I wanted to tape it to share the information with other people.'" ...
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OH: City of Oregon v Daniel Sayers Dismissed! (OFCC)
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"Ohioans For Concealed Carry has learned through long-time legal representation and friend of the organization, Attorney Dan Ellis, that the case brought against Dan Sayers by the City of Oregon, OH has been dismissed. All property confiscated from Mr. Sayers at the time of his encounter is to be returned. "
"You may recall that on May 30, 2006, Mr. Sayers was open carrying two handguns while patronizing a Sunoco gas station. ... At some point during this activity, a 'concerned citizen' took it upon himself/herself to jump to wrong conclusions and call 911 to report a 'man with a gun' even though Mr. Sayers had not done anything threatening or menacing." ... |
IN: Gun laws negate Second Amendment rights
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"A quick refresher. The Second Amendment protects the right of individuals to keep and bear arms. Virtually every gun control law on the books unconstitutionally infringes upon that right."
"You end your column stating that Americans have the right to bear arms. That is obviously not the case, in practice. It is not a right when you must license yourself with the government before being granted the privilege of possession or ownership."
"I also find it ironic that you mention the right to bear arms, not the right to keep them. In Illinois, there is no right to bear arms. Private citizens are not allowed to carry weapons on their person. Here in Indiana, we do have that right... although the carrying of a handgun does require a license." ... |
AR: Mayors Unite Against Illegal Guns
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"In order to obtain a concealed handgun permit, applicants undergo a lengthy process, one that takes months. It includes classroom and firing range training, fingerprinting and background checks."
"Longtime guns right activist and Don�s Weaponry employee Wayne Collins says, �All of that information is given to you and then you mail it into the Arkansas State Police.'"
"All of it intended to keep guns out of the hands of would be-felons. But a group of the nation�s mayors feels more could be done. They want to put a stop to the flow of illegal guns."
"Over 200 mayors in 43 states formed a coalition called Mayors Against Illegal Guns. North Little Rock's Patrick Hays is part of the group." ... |
IL: Police concerned about powerful new gun
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"Chicago Police are concerned about a powerful new weapon used in a recent shooting on the city's South Side. The gun is known as the FN-5.7."
"For the first time, police found evidence that such a gun had been used in a criminal act in Chicago. ..." ...
"It was the search of the crime that turned up troubling evidence: a shell casing from an FN Herstal 5.7 pistol. It is a 20-round, Belgian-made semi-automatic that is capable of firing armor-piercing bullets that can penetrate a policeman's protective vest. ... the Chicago department's rangemaster said the rounds used in Tuesday's shooting were not the armor-piercing variety, which by law cannot be sold to civilians." ... |
UK: Students pledge not to carry knives
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STUDENTS from Croydon College are pledging not to carry knives or other weapons as part of an initiative in memory of schoolboy Damilola Taylor.
The 10-year-old bled to death in a Peckham street in November 2000 after being stabbed in the leg.
A pledge wall has been designed by graphic design students which carries the message: "In memory of Damilola Taylor, I pledge never to carry a weapon" and invites students to sign their names.
One of the first to sign up was 18-year-old Desmond Udi who said: "Carrying a knife is not self-defence but self-destruction." |
UK: Love rival stabbed woman in pre-arranged fight
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"A JEALOUS ex-girlfriend who repeatedly stabbed a love rival during a premeditated assault has been jailed for nearly two years."
"Paula Hawkins, of Eanleywood Lane, Runcorn, was sentenced to 20 months in prison at Warrington Crown Court on Monday for stabbing a former lover's girlfriend eight times on September 23 last year."
"The court heard how the 21-year-old, who had no previous convictions, attacked Julie Tinsley with a five-inch kitchen knife during a pre-arranged fight." ... |
UK: Gun dealer 'caught in police sting'
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"AN ELVIS lookalike was caught selling illegal pistols from his home after a police operation, a court heard today."
"Michael Shepherd, aged 56, was caught red-handed selling revolver handguns to undercover officers ..." ...
"Shepherd also allegedly offered to sell the officers a Belgian revolver, a French service revolver, a Smith and Wesson altered to fire Russian military issue .44 bullets and a 'British Bulldog' .32 calibre pistol."
"Police seized a cache of around 900 firearms from Shepherd's house ..."
"The haul included illegal weapons including Browning semi-automatic pistols, double-barrelled shotguns, Remington double-barrelled pistols and Wild West-style Colt single-shot guns." ... |
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