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John Longenecker: Dialed 911 and Nobody Came? How's It At Your Home?
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"Understand that I�m not against law enforcement � not in concept and not personally � I�m for it, and that means I�m for integrity, performance and accountability."

"And I expect a lot. And so do a lot of police officers, I�m pleased to say. As a head of a household, what do you expect from law enforcement?"

"Under integrity and accountability, I�m very strongly in favor of police cooperating with citizens and admitting that they have no mandate to protect individuals. Why the big secret?"

Gun ownership up, crime down.
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"Those who push gun control tell us that crime goes up and suicide goes up with more firearms ownership. This was not the case last year. Gun crime, suicides and firearms related accidents declined last year. According to the FBI, there were 339,280 firearms crimes reported in 2005, which is down 2.4% from 2004 and 7% from 1998. The Center for Disease Control reported that firearm suicides were down 1.1%, to a reported 16,907, and they have declined 1.8% since 1998. The National Safety Council said, accidental firearms fatalities, which tied the 2004 figure at an all-time low of 700. That is down 19.2% since 1998."

House wrong to reverse gun-lock law
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"After much wrangling in Congress, a bill was passed and signed into law by President Bush last year that required trigger locks on all handguns sold." ...

"But the House of Representatives pulled a fast one on a public that overwhelmingly favors gun locks. Just before leaving on its July 4 recess, the House passed an amendment to a law-enforcement spending bill that overturns the law by prohibiting its enforcement." ...

"Apparently � and sadly � the House representatives who voted to overturn this law don't care enough about the safety of the nation's children."

IL: Evidence Chicago police tortured suspects
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"Special prosecutors investigating allegations that police tortured nearly 150 black suspects in the 1970s and '80s said Wednesday they found evidence of abuse, but any crimes are now too old to prosecute."

"In three of the cases, the prosecutors said the evidence was strong enough to have warranted indictments and convictions." ...

"Several people who claimed to have been abused or tortured by Chicago detectives have filed civil lawsuits against the city and police department, and the report could bolster their legal claims."

VA: Retired couple killed by police car -- Petersburg officer did not have emergency lights and sirens on
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"They died together within moments."

"Robert and Juanita Allen were less than a block from their home late Monday night when a city police cruiser en route to a disturbance slammed into their Ford Ranger pickup truck." ...

"David Christian, the officer driving the vehicle that hit the Allens' pickup, was taken to Southside Regional Medical Center, where he was treated for a head injury and released. He is on administrative leave while the crash is being investigated."

"Based on a witness's account, Timothy Allen believes the officers were driving much faster than the posted 35 mph speed limit. He said his parents had no warning."

VA: City deputy on leave after inmate walks from court Submitted by: Anonymous	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"A Richmond sheriff's deputy is on administrative leave after a City Jail inmate was left alone to walk out of a courthouse through an unlocked door yesterday." "The deputy assigned to watch the inmate, who had just been sentenced on a burglary conviction, left the man in a holding room while he went to deal with some paperwork."

FL: Tasered Floridian 'Just Wrestling' with Friends
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"A man said Cocoa Beach police went too far during his arrest. He and some eyewitnesses call it a case of police brutality." ...

"Culleny said police thought they were breaking up a fight, but he and friends were just wrestling."

"The officers said Culleny refused to obey verbal commands so they used pepper-spray."

"'There's no way I could have been resisting because I was already sprayed with mace. I had my arm behind my back, his knee was on my head and my face was in the sand,' said Culleny of the incident."

VA: Truman sailor charged in fatal shootings
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"A Norfolk-based carrier sailor has been charged with shooting and killing two men, one of them a former sailor."

"Fire Controlman 1st Class Paul Garner Parlier, 39, of Pfafftown, N.C., was charged Monday with two counts of first-degree murder and two counts of illegal firearm use in the deaths of the former sailor, Peter Jonathan Sorce, 34, of Poughkeepsie, N.Y., and a Chesapeake resident, Angel Flores Misa Jr., 36."

IN: Rifle Stolen from Indiana Deputy's Cruiser
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"An automatic rifle was stolen from a Hendricks County Sheriff's Department car parked in a Circle Centre Mall garage in Indianapolis Tuesday afternoon, authorities said."

"Police said the rifle, five loaded magazines and a light brown case were taken from the car between 1:30 p.m., when an officer parked the car, and 4 p.m., when the officer returned."

"The officer said one of the car's doors was damaged near the keyhole. The firearm was stored in the car's trunk, police said."

FL: Fort Pierce officer accused of choking pregnant girlfriend sentenced
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" Fort Pierce police officer accused of choking his pregnant girlfriend was sentenced to probation Wednesday and resigned from the agency under a plea deal."

"David Leon Clark, 42, pleaded no contest to charges of tampering with a witness, possession of a firearm with an altered serial number and attempted aggravated battery, a reduced charge. He was sentenced by Circuit Judge Gary Sweet to three years of probation with conditions that he undergo anger management and substance abuse treatment and resign his law enforcement certification."

GA: Deputy's gun stolen at birthday party
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"A Clarke County sheriff's deputy's gun was stolen ...while he was attending a birthday party for another deputy on Smokey Place, Athens-Clarke police said."

"The deputy was off duty when he went to his co-worker's house off Smokey Road in northern Clarke County for her party Saturday night, and during the celebration he loaned his truck to the other deputy's teenage son so he could go to the store, police said." ...

"The deputy discovered his sheriff's office-issued Glock .40-caliber pistol missing from the truck at about 8 a.m. ..."

WI: Gun charges expected against auto shop owner
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"A local businessman who made several vandalism complaints to the Fond du Lac Police Department is expected to be charged with pointing a gun at the alleged perpetrators." ...

"The 63-year-old man has made several complaints in recent months about five boys who have been throwing rocks through the windows of vehicles on his auto shop lot, causing enough damage to force him to close his business."

"The man has accused the Police Department of not taking the vandalism incidents seriously and not doing enough to curb the incidents."

NY: Kin of slain councilman tap Congress candidate
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"The mother and brother of a Brooklyn councilman who was shot to death at City Hall three years ago endorsed David Yassky in his bid to win the Brooklyn congressional seat held by retiring incumbent Major Owens."

"Yassky, who represents Brooklyn Heights in the Council, had been a colleague of slain Councilman James Davis of Crown Heights, who was gunned down inside the Council chamber on July 23, 2003." ...

"Yassky used the endorsements from Davis' mother, Thelma, and brother, Geoffrey, to underscore his support of strong gun-control legislation."

FL: Gun-toting is in fashion
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"Forced to draw a bead on a bad guy? May as well do it in style."

"Pinellas County-based Philip Clements Group LLC is selling a $295 custom-designed purse with a hidden gun compartment for pistol packin' mamas." ...

"Leather holsters are too bulky to hide a gun beneath form-fitting clothes, and harnesses are designed for a man's body. 'A man can always wear a Tommy Bahama shirt over a holster,' said Joe Rice, manager of Delray Shooting Center Inc. 'Unfortunately, the manner in which women dress requires them to carry smaller guns.'"

"National manufacturers are scrambling to fill the market niche, offering everything from daily organizers with an area for a revolver � or an automatic � to a briefcase with hidden gun compartment to fanny packs to an $89.95 soft-side briefcase with a zippered side opening which "makes drawing very quick and easy." (Available only in black.)"

Jamaica: US guns taking Jamaican lives
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"THERE IS no doubt that the typical American doctrine that 'guns don't kill people, people kill people' has led to the proliferation of firearms; and there is no doubt that the proliferation of firearms has led to a significant increase in civilian violence throughout the world."

"It has been documented that gun violence accounts for the staggering death toll of approximately 1,000 people throughout the world every day, while about 3,000 are left wounded."

"One would have thought that this staggering incidence of gun-related violence would have been a wake-up call for all gun lobbyists, gun manufacturers, and governments in industrialised countries."

OH: Woman shot accidentally while at sitting at home
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"According to the Hamilton County Sheriff's office, Maryland Zipfel was sitting in her living room at her home, 7029 Gaines Road, when a bullet from a .45 Colt semiautomatic revolver grazed her head. The bullet came from a gun owned by her husband, Edward Zipfel, also 60, in the bedroom of the home."

"Police said the bullet went through four walls before grazing Maryland, who was taken to University Hospital."

Canada: Shootings help gun registry cause
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"The shooting deaths of two RCMP officers in northern Saskatchewan and other crimes like it in recent years show the need to maintain the federal registry for long-barrelled firearms, gun control advocates say." ...

"Wendy Cukier, a professor of justice studies at Ryerson University and president of the Toronto-based Coalition for Gun Control, says it doesn't make any sense to dismantle the long-gun registry."

"Cukier points out that, with the registry in place, gun crime levels are the lowest they have been in decades and both the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police and the Canadian Professional Police Association, representing rank-file officers, support retention of the registry."

Bermuda: Cricketers witness gun terror
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"A gunman who blasted three people with a sub-machine-gun sent hundreds of nightclub-goers fleeing for their lives � among them three Bermudians."

"Cup Match cricketer Dennis Pilgrim said he had to take cover behind a pillar to avoid being crushed by a 'stampede' of terrified patrons."

"One man was killed and two others wounded in the shooting, which took place in the early hours of Monday at the Volume club on Toronto's Richmond Street."

Canada: Town cops will carry guns Submitted by: News Director	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"High Prairie Town Council approved a draft policy for the transport, use and storage of firearms for their special constables." "The policy states that constables shall only use the firearms if they are qualified, and in lawful execution." "Additionally, special constables are to accept all the responsibility for the care, custody and control of the firearm."

MA: Boston Women Empowered By Pulling The Trigger Submitted by: News Director	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"When it comes to gun ownership, women are a growing market. You don't have to look any further than Boston to find out why." "It's the fourth Friday of the month, and as gunshots ring out, members of the Second Amendment Sisters are practicing at the Boston Gun and Rifle Association. They're target shooting with handguns. Why? 'It's fun, it's empowering,' says Jacqueline Scott."

UK: Gardener finds loaded gun at old folk's home Submitted by: News Director	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"A LOADED gun believed to have been stashed in ivy by a suspect fleeing police has been found by a gardener in Wood Green. "The gun was found in the wall of an almshouse complex for the elderly in Nightingale Road as a volunteer gardener cleared ivy from a 100-year-old wall."

WI: Gun shop gets final OK
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"The last obstacle standing in the way of The Woods gun and archery shop was blown away Tuesday as the Monroe City Council approved a $75,000 purchase and development agreement for 1.04 acres of vacant land in the Monroe Business and Industry Park."

"Director of Public Works Kelly Finkenbinder said he and City Attorney Rex Ewald met with Joel Potts, co-owner of The Woods, Tuesday to go over the agreement and everybody seemed happy with it."

NC: Gun goes off, woman killed Submitted by: News Director	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"Burke County authorities say a woman was killed Monday evening as the result of an apparent accident involving a gun." "According to police, the incident happened about 8:30 p.m. on Salem Road near Morganton. Authorities say they believe two men were handling a gun when it suddenly discharged, striking a woman nearby."

South Africa: Stricter gun control is needed
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"America is a great country? The land of the free is one of only two out of 191 countries that has not ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child."

"By controlling the number of firearms in our society, the government is ignoring the valid concerns and recommendations of the public? Really? Which public? Rapcan is part of the public that is supposedly being ignored."

"We, among many, many others, feel that the control of firearms should be even stricter than it is."

"Gun control was a characteristic of apartheid South Africa? Van Wyk cannot be serious. Apartheid South Africa was rife with legal firearms, and what gun control there was related mainly to the colour of the gun owner's skin."