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Poaching becoming rampant on federal land
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"Barbara Beasley was the first person called to investigate when three suspicious men were stopped on federal land in remote northwest Nebraska. It didn't take the U.S. Forest Service official long to find what they had been doing: digging an 18-by-10-foot hole more than 2 feet deep that left the fossilized bones of a prehistoric rhinoceros called a brontothere exposed. Plaster used to take casts of the bones and excavating tools also were found."
"The men, it turns out, were poaching fossils on federal land - a practice the U.S. Forest Service says has become rampant in recent years at Oglala National Grasslands near Toadstool Geological Park." |
House Renews Expiring Sections of USA PATRIOT Act
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"With a second round of attempted terror attacks in London on their minds, the U.S. House of Representatives Thursday night approved 16 expiring provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act, making 14 of them permanent and extending two of the most controversial provisions for ten years." ...
"Supporters, including Republican leaders, said the legislation will help protect Americans by giving the government the power it needs to zero in on terror suspects; but critics say it gives the government too much power to intrude in the personal lives and personal records of law-abiding citizens." ... |
Don't Trade Rights for More Security
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"People have accused me of being "obsessive and overzealous" on this issue but that's okay with me. Ask some of the senior citizens in Cuba who have been under Castro's repressive regime for 45 years how they feel now. I bet many of them wish they would have been a little more 'obsessive and overzealous' about their freedom in 1959, instead of standing by passively when the communists took over. Look what it's gotten them!" |
Second Amendment Rights : An Endangered Species
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"I can't help but notice these days that there seems to be more and more anti-gun laws not just in the United States, but around the world. Here in the U.S. we have a guarantee to be able to own firearms as free citizens according to the Second Amendment of our constitution." |
On Target � Did Brady Center Lie on S.397?
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"I like to remind my Republican friends that the roots of the Brady Campaign are Republican to the core. I do it just to get them backpedaling after some dig about Democrats hating guns. I may also remind them that the original 1993 Assault Weapon Ban amendment could not have passed without Republican votes because eight Democrats voted NO and two of the eight were Nevada Senators Reid and Bryan."
"I generally think the best of everybody, so I had counted organizations like the Brady Campaign as sincere but illogical and misguided. Gun control folks are well intentioned but wrong."
"Recently I had an experience with the Brady Campaign that revealed a darker side." ... |
AZ: Border Patrol Breakdown: Murder Suspect Fled Back to Mexico
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"The discovery of a suspected triple murderer in Mexico is prompting some embarrassing questions about U.S. border security in Arizona." ...
"... The children's mother, Isabel Acosta, also an illegal, found the murder scene and immediately reported it to the sheriff's office, who issued an Amber Alert four hours later. Border authorities were alerted and the search began."
"But even after the alert was issued, Cervantes-Zavala was allowed through the border at Nogales, Arizona. Mexican authorities even stopped and impounded Cervantes-Zavala's car, but they allowed him and his children to leave." ... |
PA: Resident fires at 2 suspected of break-in
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"An 83-year-old resident of Rod and Gun Road fired several shots at two men he thought were burglarizing his Millcreek Twp. house, but the men escaped in a truck. Millcreek Twp. police are trying to find the men."
"According to police reports, a newer-model white Chevrolet truck with two ladders attached pulled up to Herman Smith's home Friday."
"One of the men got out of the truck and talked to Smith about doing work on his roof." |
Outdoors: Opinions vary on modern muzzloaders
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"With archery deer season rapidly approaching, I also was thinking of the early muzzleloader season and wondering what 'those-in-the-know' had to say about modern muzzleloaders."
"So I went 'Yahooing,' and found all kinds of information on the use of modern muzzleloaders. There were some strong opinions about using the modern renditions of in-line muzzleloaders. There were those that felt that anything other than what 'Grand pappy' used was sacrilege to the sport of hunting. Other folks considered modern muzzleloading rifles as an efficiency type of weapon used to dispatch an animal quickly and humanely. I place myself in the latter group." |
UK: Mistake puts gun policy in doubt
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"WHEN an alert flashed to the control room of Operation Kratos at Scotland Yard last week that a suspected suicide bomber was entering an Underground station, a senior officer was asked to make a snap decision."
"His judgment that the London public were again under threat led to advice to officers at the scene that the man should be 'neutralised'."
"Seconds later three officers jumped on a man on a Northern line train and one pumped five bullets from an automatic pistol into his head." |
NRA pummels even when it�s unnecessary
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"The brave-hearts on the Columbus, Ohio, City Council must have known this was coming."
"Having dared to pass a local ban on assault weapons, partially in response to a wild shoot-out last year between a police officer and a murder suspect, the council drew a predictable response from the single-minded National Rifle Association."
"The pro-gun lobby canceled plans to hold its 2007 national convention in the city." |
UK: Debate rages over 'shoot-to-kill'
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"Debate over the police 'shoot-to-kill' policy against suspected suicide bombers has intensified after the killing of an innocent man on the Tube."
"Officers shot dead Jean Charles de Menezes, 27, in Stockwell, London, on Friday, thinking he was a terrorist."
"Lord Stevens, the former Met police chief who brought in the policy, insists the principle remains correct." |
UK: Armed cops raid house
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"POLICE officers armed with machine guns raided a house after a man was seen brandishing what appeared to be a pistol on Tuesday." ...
"The man had been earlier walking along Littlebrook Avenue, Burnham, staggering around and waving what appeared to be a bottle in one hand and a gun in the other."
"But armed police surrounded his home in Burnham Lane, arrested him and took him to Slough police station."
"His 'weapon' turned out to be a gunshaped cigarette lighter." |
Canada: Police warn of realistic toy guns
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"Toy guns being sold in Calgary look very similar to police handguns and could lead to misunderstandings, police are warning."
"They're asking anyone who has bought the toy to turn them in, and an officer will be sent to pick it up if you call your local police station."
"They don't want people bringing the toys to the station themselves." |
Australia: Gun was a toy, but boy's shot at hold-up was real enough
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"An 11-year-old boy faced court yesterday charged with holding up a Central Coast service station with a toy cap gun."
"Police alleged the boy entered the station on The Entrance Road in Erina about 4.30pm on Saturday, threatened a female employee with what appeared to be a firearm and demanded cigarettes."
"Two customers tried to detain the boy but they were allegedly threatened with what they thought was a firearm. Later it was disclosed that the device was a toy cap gun designed to be a 'realistic' replica." |
NM: Deputies equipped with tasers
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"Members of the Eddy County Sheriff�s Department were recently armed with a device that provides them with a way to defuse potentially dangerous situations without having to use lethal force."
"Forty X-26 tasers were delivered to the department in early July and distributed to each member of the force providing the sheriff�s department members with an alternative to using their firearms in certain situations."
"Sgt. Lance Ridgway said the taser incapacitates without harming the individual on which it is used." |
Taser pushes its stun guns for public
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"Taser International is offering its controversial stun guns for sale to the general public, raising concerns among police, legal experts and a human rights group."
"The manufacturer of the stun guns cops carry on their belts is launching an aggressive marketing campaign to boost sales of the weapon to the public, a move police fear will put a dangerous and largely unregulated weapon on the streets." |
IL: .50-caliber rifles easy to purchase
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"Scott Vogel had never before owned a gun when he purchased a bolt-action .50-caliber rifle over the Internet a few months ago with little more than his Illinois driver's license and Firearm Ownership ID card."
"Vogel, a Chicago resident and coordinator with the Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence, said he did so on the group's behalf to show how easy it is to obtain a weapon powerful enough to strike targets more than a mile away, one that is able to pierce armor plating and potentially ground a jet aircraft during takeoff or landing." |
OH: Officers suspended for use of force on man who died in custody
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"Canton Police Chief Dean McKimm says two officers were suspended because they hit and kicked a suspect in custody not because the officers used a stun gun him."
"A video released by police shows officer Eric Stanbro hitting Shawn Pirolozzi while he struggled, handcuffed and bleeding. The same video shows officer William Guthrie kick Pirolozzi."
"Police say Pirolozzi jumped from a second story window and ran through traffic before he was shocked with a Taser gun and subdued. Pirolozzi died after being taken to a hospital following his arrest June 13th." |
OH: Gun charges dropped against Columbus police officer
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"Criminal charges were dropped against a Columbus police officer who allegedly pointed a gun at another person during a domestic argument." ...
"Columbus Police Chief Ricky Boren said the incident was a domestic situation and that Diltz was off-duty and not wearing a uniform."
"The gun he allegedly used was not a police weapon, Boren said."
"Diltz, who has been with the department for five years, was placed on administrative leave without pay after the arrest." |
NY: Rifle season: Bad idea, worse process
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"There are some huge flaws in the proposed law change in the state works, allowing center-fire rifles to be used to hunt deer this fall in selected Southern Tier and Central New York counties."
"Here are two:"
"One is that in the headlong rush to make available high-powered rifles to every deer hunter this fall, the law effectively cancels out the main reason why these counties produce large whitetail bucks every year." |
NY: Off-duty cop allegedly shoots man for knocking over beer
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"An off-duty police officer ended up on the wrong side of the law Friday night, shooting a man who had purposely knocked over the cop's beer in a lower Manhattan bar, police said Saturday."
"The injured 23-year-old, whose name was not released, was taken to St. Vincent's Hospital Manhattan in stable condition, police said."
"Bernard Marti, who is assigned to Harlem's 25th Precinct, was drinking in Cordato's Deli and Bar at 94 1/2 Greenwich St. at 10:30 p.m. Friday when a man knocked over Marti's beer, police sources said."
"That man voluntarily bought Marti a new beer but intentionally knocked it over again, spilling it all over Marti's clothes, the sources said." |
India: Army men mistake school boys for militants, gun them down
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"The shroud couldn't hide the bloodstains on his white-and-grey uniform."
"Sixteen-year-old Mohamad Shabir Shah had headed straight from school for a wedding party. With him were Bilal (15) and Waseem (10)."
"An hour past midnight on Saturday, the celebrations turned into a nightmare: as the boys walked out of the tent, an Army patrol mistook them for militants and opened fire." |
CT: Store has the drop on new gun rules
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"The rules governing gun ownership, and the types of people who own them, are changing, and a new city business will have residents covered."
"The K-5 Arms Exchange, scheduled to open next Saturday at 962 Boston Post Road, across from Showcase Cinemas, will sell guns, supplies and accessories for hunting, law enforcement and personal security, and will also offer training classes, owner Frank Guerra said." |
WI: What about guns that stop crimes? Baldwin, Wis. The July 17 letter... (Letter)
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"The July 17 letter from Rebecca Thoman, executive director of Citizens for a Safer Minnesota, 'Headline said it all,' is typical of anti-gunners. Every month in the American Rifleman, 'The Armed Citizen' is a page filled with stories of law-abiding citizens successfully defending themselves against assaults using the very tools that Thoman so detests."
"It's estimated that more than 2.5 million times a year firearms are used to deter a crime. According to the FBI, there are 80 million gun owners in the U.S. while the number of accidental gun deaths per year number about 1,500. That means the chances of accidental death are 0.0000188." |
South Africa: Police nab one of their own in operation
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"Police in KwaZulu-Natal have pounced to plug a serious security breach by arresting a senior Durban colleague who sold hand-grenades from their armoury."
"They bust the officer in Phoenix on Friday night in a sting operation in which 20 South African-made M26 hand-grenades and four firearms were seized. After the arrest, investigators swooped on the suspect's office in Durban Central police station and took possession of 72 more grenades. The police officer had been working in the armoury at Durban Central police station." |
UK: Man Killed in London Not Linked to Blasts
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"Police identified the man who was chased down in a subway and shot to death by plainclothes officers as a Brazilian and said Saturday they no longer believed he was tied to the recent terror bombings."
"Friday's shooting before horrified commuters prompted criticism of police for overreacting and expressions of fear that Asians and Muslims would be targeted by a 'trigger-happy culture' after two well-coordinated attacks in two weeks."
"Police expressed regret for the death of the man at the Stockwell subway station ..." ...
"'For somebody to lose their life in such circumstances is a tragedy and one that the Metropolitan Police Service regrets,' a spokesman said on condition of anonymity, which is police policy." |
UK: Killer cop dies in jail
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"A KILLER cop, who murdered his wife and two children in their Co Tyrone home, was found dead in his cell at Maghaberry Prison yesterday."
"Evil RUC officer John Torney, who claimed his 13-year-old son John had killed his wife Linda and 10-year-old daughter Emma before killing himself in the family's Cookstown home, was found dead shortly after 8 o'clock yesterday morning."
"Prison sources say 50 year-old Torney, who was serving a life sentence, failed to respond to calls from prison officers who unlocked cells on Landing Three of Lagan House, just before 8am."
"When he didn't respond, the officers then went into his cell at around one minute after 8 o'clock and tried to rouse him." |
Resistance to crime works (Blog)
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"When I talked to Mr. Kleck I asked him if he was surprised at the results he found especially when the police and press have always said that resisting leads to more violence."
"His reply of 'No, Not at all' surprised me. He went on that he had done other studies and research projects and findings elsewhere have shown that resisting normally lead to less injury to the victim."
"The report starts by showing how data was recorded and interpreted. Then the results are shown. The results are shown in chart form and good explanations throughout." |
CA: Assembly Bill 352 : Fingerprinting for Handguns
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"The anonymity of ammunition is being fought with the proposal of Assembly Bill 352, which, if passed, would require that every semiautomatic handgun sold after January 2009 be equipped with a new microstamping technology that would allow law enforcement officials to link the used bullet cases to the handguns from which they were fired."
"This new technology would stamp a serial number on to every bullet fired from a particular gun. That number would be linked to the owner of the gun in already existing database of gun owners." |
Things have changed, so let's get tough (Letter)
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A gun buyback has got to be one of the sillier things suggested. Does anyone think street gang members and people shooting each other over drug turf, the basic culprits, are going to turn in their guns?
Get the guns off the streets with tougher laws, and the National Rifle Association be hanged. The right to bear arms was for a time when people hunted for food, there were marauding Indians and the British were at the gates.
Things have changed, and so should the nebulous Second Amendment.
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