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"Add loophole to the list of words that should be banned from journalism." ...
"It's a loaded, partisan word, one that implies wrongdoing and scandal where none exists, and inserting it into a political argument gives the inserter the upper hand. When loophole creeps into news stories, they start to read like editorials."
"For these obvious reasons, news reporters should keep their stories and headlines loophole-free. But they don't. In the past six months, the news pages of the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Chicago Tribune, the Boston Globe, the Washington Times, USA Today, and the Wall Street Journal have published at least 45 stories with the nasty word in the headline." ... |
Contemplating the Crossdraw
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"The dream was one of those rare ones, the kind you remember vividly when you wake up. I'd somehow arrived in Haiti--Port-au-Prince to be exact. I was armed with a Colt single-action .45 revolver and was having to fight my way to a sporting goods store, having to deal with a number of ruffians. Upon making it safely to the establishment, I found an elaborate setup. It was the nicest sporting goods store I'd ever seen. Fine antique rifles and shotguns lined the walls. I went directly to the holster section and found a number of brands, but they were all crossdraw. I was informed that crossdraw was the favored carry method in Haiti." ... |
Josh Sugarmann: Mental Health Gun Bill Has Hidden Problems
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"In June, in the wake of the Virginia Tech mass shooting, newspapers across the country hailed a 'compromise' bill that would supposedly increase the number of records submitted to [NICS] ... a bill introduced earlier this year by gun control advocate Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY) to improve the NICS was modified at the last minute and passed by the House with much fanfare and little outside analysis." ...
"... a closer look at the NRA-added sections raises strong concerns. So strong, that yesterday three national gun violence prevention organizations -- the Violence Policy Center (which I head), the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence, and the Legal Community Against Violence -- issued a press release voicing them. ..." ... |
WA: Re-calibrating gun control
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"This upcoming weekend, employees of the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle will quietly commemorate the one-year anniversary of the shooting at its downtown office building."
"For Seattle�s Jewish community, July 28, 2006 was a traumatizing introduction to gun violence ... In a year scarred again and again by the indiscriminate murder of innocent people at the hands of men with guns, the shooting linked Seattle�s Jews to other victimized communities. From the Capitol Hill Massacre to the murder of young Amish schoolchildren to the rampage at Virginia Tech, America�s senseless tolerance of guns was on full display. Taken together, the bloodbaths should have provided a timeline of evidence that our nation�s gun laws need to change � fast." ... |
AR: Cops: Man, 93, Shoots Violent Robber
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"An elderly man beaten unconscious by an assailant wielding a soda can awoke and shot the man during an attempted robbery, police said."
"Willie Lee Hill, 93, told police he saw the robber while in his bedroom Wednesday night. Hill confronted the man and was struck at least 50 times, police said. He was knocked unconscious."
"Covered in blood, Hill regained consciousness a short time later and pulled a .38-caliber handgun on his attacker. The suspect, Douglas B. Williams Jr., saw the gun and charged the man, who fired a bullet that struck Williams in the throat, police said." ... |
Giuliani aide: Who knows if boss would have attended machine-gun fundraiser
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"For only $25, Republican party members attending a Manchester, New Hampshire, fundraiser scheduled for next month will get to spend the day on a firing range with some heavy-duty fire power, using some of the same machine guns as US troops fighting in Iraq."
"... But despite Manchester Republican Committee chairman Jerry Thibodeau's best efforts, no 2008 GOP presidential candidates will be in attendance."
"However, the campaign of one of the most pro-gun control Republican candidates left open the possibility that Rudy Giuliani might have attended the fundraiser, had its date not conflicted with a presidential candidates' debate in Iowa. ABC News is hosting a debate among all nine Republican candidates in Des Moines." ... |
CNN/YouTube Democrat Debate: 'Protect your baby' - register to vote! (BFA)
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"Perhaps I expected too much. I had hoped they would be on their best behavior, but no."
"What am I lamenting? The shoddy treatment given to the American gun owner in the last Democrat Presidential debate, that�s what."
"I am sadly not surprised by how us gun owners were dealt with as I watched the CNN-hosted YouTube Democrat debate. I will grant that Jered Townsend did not present himself very well, as he held his Bushmaster XM-15 rifle asking about the intent of the Democrats towards his 'baby'. But what followed should have been illustrative to any gun owner watching the debate about how they should vote in the primaries and in November next year." ... |
Romney, we hardly knew ye
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"We're so lucky to be the state that gave Mitt Romney presidential credibility. Now he can spread the values of Massachusetts � like glamorizing automatic weapons � to the rest of the country. Why, just the other day he said he sees no problem with guests at a Republican fundraiser in Manchester, N.H., shooting off Uzis and M-16 rifles for entertainment. Naturally, he still supports an automatic weapons ban, but why should that be a conflict? After all, inviting people to shoot high-powered guns for fun isn't the same as allowing them to own the guns, as Mr. Romney explained." ... |
NH: Machine gun fundraiser under fire
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"City Republican leaders are steering clear of a party fundraiser that invites donors to test their marksmanship with a loaded machine gun."
"Several of the city's most prominent Republicans, including many of the party's candidates for mayor and alderman, say they will not attend the Aug. 5 event at the Pelham Fish and Game firing range."
"A few raised moral objections, saying they would not support a fundraiser that packs a pro-gun message."
"'I don't think it's an appropriate way to raise money,' said Mike Garrity, one of two Republican aldermen in Manchester."
"Mayor Frank Guinta is 'not against' the event but will be unable to attend, according to his campaign consultant, Mike Biundo. ..." ... |
IA: Huckabee on education, taxes, abortion
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"Republican presidential hopeful and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee spoke to a group of more than 30 in a coffee house�s back room in Oskaloosa Wednesday."
"In Smokey Row's meeting room, Huckabee shook hands, and tried to gain supporters for the upcoming straw poll in Ames on Aug. 11."
"'We're looking for folks that really believe in something,' Huckabee said. 'The question is what will you do with what you believe?'" ...
"Huckabee responded to questions, one of which had to do with the Second Amendment."
"'I believe the Second Amendment is as sacred as the First,' Huckabee said. 'It's not about hunting, it�s about freedom.'" |
Protecting Police Officers More Important Than Helping Political Donors, Group Says
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"Congress should not put the lives of law enforcement officials at risk to benefit its trial lawyer contributors, says Deneen Borelli of the national black group Project 21."
"Congress is now considering overturning the Tiahrt Amendment, a measure that restricts certain gun data from being shared outside of the law enforcement community. Project 21 members are opposing any action that allows trial lawyers, politicians, criminals and others from accessing federal gun trace information."
"'The only possible purpose served by overturning the Tiahrt Amendment is to aid the anti-gun lobby and make it easier for trial lawyers to sue gun manufacturers,' said Project 21 fellow Deneen Borelli. ..." ... |
OH: Cuyahoga County Republican Party Rescinds 'Gun Control' Language
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"At their Central Committee meeting on Wednesday night, the Cuyahoga County Republican Party acted quickly to remove the words 'gun controls' from the proposed party platform."
"Before the platform committee report, Chairman Rob Frost stated that he did not know how those words were added. He noted that he received the letter from Buckeye Firearms about it, and heard from many people who were upset about it, and he would make the first motion to amend the platform to remove the words 'gun controls' from the platform."
"While this story is about a Republican County party meeting, it could equally apply to a State or a National Party meeting, and is applicable to any party." ... |
KS: Wyandotte County mayors join anti-gun alliance
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"The Mayors of Wyandotte County�s four cities are joining a national campaign against illegal guns."
"Unified Government Mayor Joe Reardon, Bonner Springs Mayor Clausie Smith, Edwardsville Mayor Heinz Rodgers and Lake Quivira Mayor Larry Meeker have all signed the resolution."
"The effort was launched by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Boston Mayor Thomas Menino. More than 230 Mayors from cities across America have also joined the effort."
"The resolution signed by the four Wyandotte County Mayors states there is no greater threat to public safety than the threat of illegal guns. More than 30,000 Americans are killed every year because of gun violence." ... |
John M. Schofield to Edward D. Townsend, "armed men, not in the military service", Sept. 14, 1863
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"...The people of Kansas were very naturally, intensely excited over the destruction of one of their fairest towns and the murder of a large number of its unarmed citizens, and many of them called loudly for vengence..."
"...On the 4th of Sept. I published an order, a copy of which is enclosed, prohibiting armed men, not in the military service, from passing from one state into the other, and sent a sufficient force along the state line to enforce the order against any who might be disposed to disobey it. The people quietly acquiesced..."
"...That portion of the order which directed the destruction of property, I did not approve, and it was modified accordingly..." |
John Adams' Notes of Debates, "We shall loose our Liberties, Properties and Lives too, if We do not take this Step", May 13-15, 1776
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"...If the Facts in this Preamble should prove to be true, there will not be one Voice vs. Independence.
"I suppose the Votes have been numbered and there is to be a Majority. (3)
"McKean. Construes the Instructions from N. York as Mr. Sherman does, and thinks this Measure the best to produce Harmony with G. Britain. There are now 2 Governments in direct Opposition to each other. Dont doubt that foreign Mercenaries are coming to destroy Us. I do think We shall loose our Liberties, Properties and Lives too, if We do not take this Step..."
"...In Magna Charta, there is a Clause, which authorises the People to seize the K[ing]'s Castles, and opposes his Arms when he exceeds his duty..." |
Creating a Criminal out of someone who isn't (Red's Trading Post)
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"Would you consider yourself a criminal? I never have, in fact I am normally a pretty boring guy. I serve my community, Chairman of our Planning and Zoning Commission, President of the Downtown Business Improvement District (twice), Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors and too many other boards, committees and commissions to name."
"I am not saying this to brag but to point out the same thing that I tell my 3 children. That it is your responsibility to give back to your community. ..."
"So I guess it is difficult to watch as someone who paints you out to be a Bad Guy or a Criminal and they are dead set on running your name into the ground simply because you are speaking out against something that is wrong." ... |
NJ: Hackettstown cop busted for meth, theft of police radios
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"The Warren County Prosecutor's office has filed complaints against Hackettstown Police Officer Kevin M. Barbera for theft and official misconduct."
"Barbera allegedly took two portable police radios from the Hackettstown Police Department without authorization and gave them to convicted felon in Pennsylvania, authorities said."
"Authorities said that Pennsylvania State Police discovered the police radios during the execution of a search warrant, authorities reported." ...
"Authorities also allege that Barbera engaged in the use of crystal methamphetamine over a period of months. Ferguson declined to specify how long." ... |
MD: Joint Effort Targets Gun Market
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"Leading officials from Maryland, the District and Prince George's County will announce a set of initiatives today aimed at cracking down on gun trafficking, tightening laws that govern firearms use and improving information-sharing among law enforcement agencies."
"The effort will focus on stepping up inspections at firearms shops, increasing the number of sting operations at gun shows and ensuring that people on parole or probation sign notices acknowledging that they are prohibited from owning firearms, authorities said." ...
"Law enforcement authorities, particularly in Maryland, have struggled to reduce the number of gun sales involving 'straw purchasers,' ..." ... |
Zimbabwe: Babies abandoned as police beat mothers
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"A group of nursing mothers were ordered to put down their babies by Zimbabwean police before being beaten for hours."
"The six women were among 160 people rounded up at the offices of the National Constitutional Assembly (NCA), an organisation dedicated to constitutional reform, after activists tried to hold a demonstration."
"They were taken to Harare central police station and told to leave their babies in the corner of a hall and join other adults lying on their stomachs."
"For the next four or five hours, witnesses say, the infants screamed as police lashed their mothers and the other adults continuously with metre-long, heavy rubber sticks." ...
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UK: Officer 'used police database to blackmail victims'
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"A Metropolitan police officer used the police computer database to blackmail people, a court heard today."
"Amerdeep Singh Johal was accused of demanding up to �98,000 after threatening to expose them as drug dealers."
"The constable, 28, spoke only to give his name, age and address at Westminster magistrates court. He is charged with 12 counts of blackmail and one of misconduct."
"Donna Rayner, prosecuting, said Johal had gathered information from the police intelligence database to use against his victims. The court heard how he wrote letters and sent texts demanding sums between �29,000 and �89,000." ... |
UK: Prison Warden Beat Love Rival With Baton
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"A WARDER who beat his lover's husband with a prison baton after he was confronted over the affair got off with a fine yesterday."
"Ian Anderson, 48, left Steven Brown needing hospital treatment after belting him on the head and body with the baton in the brutal attack outside Anderson's house."
"Anderson, of Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, admitted assaulting Mr Brown last December when he appeared at the town's sheriff court."
"The disgraced officer, who has been suspended from his job at Peterhead Prison, originally claimed he was acting in self-defence." ... |
UK: Police officer charged over City murder
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"A police officer is due in court having been charged along with two other men over the murder of a barrister's clerk in London's Square Mile."
"Lee Cook, 21 ... died after being attacked last Friday at the Alibi Bar in Shoe Lane, near historical Fleet Street, which was packed with over 200 people."
"Police said Mr Cook ... was struck up to three times. The apparently unprovoked and motiveless attack took place close to the dance floor."
"City of London Police officer Adam Lowe, 26, of Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire has been charged alongside Lloyd Moore, 26, a portfolio administrator, of Epping, Essex, and Rick Maynard, 27, a product designer, of Woodford Green, Essex." ... |
MD: Applications For Bear Hunt Permits To Open
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"Starting Aug. 1, the Maryland Department of Natural Resources will begin accepting applications from hunters to participate in this fall's black bear hunt."
"Maryland's black bear seasons are Oct. 22-27 and Dec. 3-8 in Garrett and Allegany Counties."
"Applications will be taken online until Sept. 1 at 6 p.m. Phone applications will only be taken Aug. 27-31."
"The application fee is $15."
"Beginning this year, the state will implement a Preference Point System for bear hunting permit applications. It will not affect the results of the 2007 bear hunting permit random drawing, but will provide hunters additional entries in future drawings." ... |
VA: His li'l shop of gun horror
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"The notorious Virginia gun dealer who sold the handgun used to kill Brooklyn cop Russel Timoshenko insisted yesterday he is torn up by the hero's death."
"'It's very upsetting to see something you sold legally get used like this,' Richard Norad told the Daily News, his head peeking out a house door which was adorned with a National Rifle Association sticker."
"Norad, 54, a former gun dealer, was indicted in 2000 on 10 counts of selling guns without properly checking buyers' IDs. He faced up to five years in prison but pleaded guilty to a single count and was fined just $1,720." ...
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CA: NRA now selling wine (second story)
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The National Rifle Association has created a wine club, and a donation of its proceeds go to the NRA in its battle to preserve the Second Amendment.
According to winespectator.com, NRA members can go to the organization�s Web site and shop for a variety of �vintage boutique wines handpicked for club members.� Buy $500 worth of wine, and you�ll get a rebate that pays for your NRA membership, the Web site said.
(�We think they want to shoot the empty bottles,� the Web site concluded.) |
UK: Hunt continues for escaped heifer
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A town remains on alert, 24 hours after two heifers escaped from a cattle market, sparking the deployment of police marksmen.
Armed officers shot dead one animal in a quiet cul-de-sac in Darlington, after the animals fled a trailer being unloaded at the town's weekly market.
But the second remains on the loose and police have renewed warnings that the half-ton animal is extremely dangerous.
Durham Police said the animal may be sheltering with a domestic herd.
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Canada: Guns buried in Calgary park
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"Cops found two firearms buried in a shallow trench yesterday in South Glenmore Park, which they say were likely hidden for future use."
"The weapons were wrapped in plastic and buried not far from a bike path."
"Cops using a metal detector unearthed the find."
"... 230 rounds of ammunition were with the rifles."
"'They were about a foot down and wrapped up in plastic,' Fitzgibbon said. 'They were stashed for future use.'"
"Cops would not elaborate on how they were tipped to the hidden cache, but ... learned of the possibility during an unrelated investigation."
"The weapons do not appear to be linked to any unsolved crimes and had been buried for an extended period of time, said cops." ... |
UK: Jailed for Hammer Attack
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"A masked man who launched a savage hammer attack on his ex-girlfriend has been branded a danger to society by a judge.Former Union Street pub landlord Shane Ratcliffe had been out of jail for just a week when he tracked down and assaulted Donna Marie Larkin."
"He was jailed for two-and-a-half years at Plymouth Crown Court yesterday."
"The court heard how he put on a home-made stocking mask and battered her repeatedly around the head and back with a hammer in two separate attacks."
"Ratcliffe was brought to trial on a charge of assault occasioning grievous bodily harm with intent."
"But on the day the trial was due to start, he pleaded guilty to a lesser alternative charge of assault occasioning actual bodily harm." ... |
Ireland: Weapons seized after hotel brawl
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"Gardai are today investigating a late night brawl between members of the Travelling community at a Co Wicklow hotel."
"The row broke out between 20 to 30 Travellers who were attending a wedding reception at the four-star Tinakilly Country House Hotel in Rathnew at about 11pm, during which a number of people were armed."
"The Gardai have so far recovered machetes, pick axes, slash-hooks, hatches, wheelbraces and knives, and are investigating rumours that a sawn-off shot-gun and pistol were also produced during the row." .. |
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