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Credible Complaints?
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"The [New York Times] story was widely picked up across the country, but Heather MacDonald of the Manhattan Institute points out that the word 'credible' referring to alleged violations of the Patriot Act simply means that these 34 charges, out of more than 1,000 the department received, would be violations if proven true. In fact, she says, the department has so far found only six charges to be even worthy of investigation, and has since dismissed two of them."

LA: Library Warns About Patriot Act
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"Right now if a federal agent wanted to know what books you were checking out or what you were looking at on the Internet, librarians have to hand over that information. No questions asked."

" 'In the past, this required a warrant and just cause,' says Iberia Parish Librarian Carla Hosetter. 'In other words if somebody came in and said we want to see this person's records, our answer would be no. You have to go to a judge, give us a warrant, and give us a just cause to look at this.' "

IL: On Chicago streets, cameras are watching Submitted by: Newslinks Admin	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"If 'Big Brother' is coming to Henry Wilson's community on the South Side of Chicago, Mr. Wilson will be waiting enthusiastically." "He has lived in the tough Englewood neighborhood for more than four decades, and he applauds a police department initiative to place surveillance cameras in high-crime areas."

CO: Library thwarts Patriot Act snooping
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"If a federal agent asks a Boulder librarian for a list of all the books checked out by John Q. Public in the last month, the answer will be 'Records? What records?' " ...

"The library has decided to almost completely stop recording what books patrons have checked out. The library will keep tabs only while a book is checked out; when the book is returned, that record will be purged from the library's computers."

Judicial Foolishness...
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"Unfortunately, as he demonstrated this week, Judge Weinstein is a man with an agenda, and he's not going to let himself be encumbered by trivialities like a jury's carefully reasoned findings of fact about the gun industry. On the positive side, his ruling is virtually certain to help supporters of congressional legislation, which passed the House in March, to block such frivolous lawsuits against gun makers." ...

Anti-terror security may be too tight
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"Last week, a 900-page report by intelligence committees in both houses of Congress concluded that the FBI and CIA might have foiled the Sept. 11 plot if they had been communicating better. That's very discouraging considering the tragedy that subsequently occurred."

"It also means the national response to Sept. 11 overreacted. The nation had the capacity to stop the terrorists. It failed because the agencies and individuals who could have didn't do their jobs." ...

NY: Hundreds of kids expected for Saturday's Conservation Field Day
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"The first year local turkey hunters held a Conservation Field Day, they hoped to attract 10 children to Phil Bennett's string of log cabins and ponds in the hills of Howard. Nearly four times that many kids appeared."

"Last year, in the second Conservation Field Day, organizers aimed to attract 50 children to their series of hands-on exhibits on the outdoors. Instead, almost 90 came."

"This year, they are taking no chances: They are planning for more than 200 in this Saturday's event. Nobody is sure just how many more might turn up, but organizers have 300 T-shirts on hand to give away."

HI: Kahala bank robber
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"A bank robber who cooperated with authorities following one of the most violent holdups on Oahu four years ago was sentenced to six years and three months in federal prison yesterday." ...

"All four men stormed into the Kahala bank on July 7, 1999, wearing masks and brandishing guns. Authorities said the robbers ordered everybody in the bank to the floor, dragged one customer by the hair and hit an employee with the butt of a rifle to gain access to a currency dispenser."

AK: Grizzly shot in neighborhood outside Fairbanks Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft Website: http://home.comcast.net/~bruce.krafft/	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"A Goldstream Valley homeowner shot a grizzly bear in his driveway last week that ignored warning shots." "The bear is the second killed in the last year west of the University of Alaska Fairbanks." "Stan Tonelli told state game officials he and his wife had returned home from work late Wednesday when the bear, weighing more than 350 pounds, ran toward them."

Solomon Islands: Solomon Islands Rebel Group Agrees to Hand Over Weapons, With Conditions Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft Website: http://home.comcast.net/~bruce.krafft/	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"Members of one of the Solomon Islands' most powerful militia groups, the Malaita Eagle Force, or MEF, promised to hand in their weapons to Australian-led peacekeepers. The offer, however, is not unconditional. The MEF has warned it would only turn over its weapons, if rival ethnic factions are also forced to disarm."

UK: The eccentric loner with a shotgun who became a folk hero Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft Website: http://home.comcast.net/~bruce.krafft/	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"Martin is all set to become a controversial public figure, campaigning for the rights of householders to defend themselves and their property. North-West Norfolk MP Henry Bellingham, who met Martin earlier this month, believes he is also planning to campaign against burglars getting legal aid to sue their victims for compensation if they happen to be injured while committing a crime."

CO: Ranger kills aggressive bear
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"A ranger in Rocky Mountain National Park shot a black bear thought to be the same bruin that attacked two sleeping campers in their tents earlier this month, officials said Monday."

"The 200-pound male bear, or boar, was killed with a single shot Saturday near a popular day-trip destination called The Pool in Colorado's largest national park, about 75 miles northwest of Denver."

"The bear had stalked two separate groups of hikers who could not scare off the animal by yelling and shouting, said Kyle Patterson, park spokeswoman. Then the boar stared down, circled and approached the ranger who shot it with a Remington 30-06 rifle from a distance of about 30 yards."

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But Heaven help the peasant who dares bring a weapon into this park!

NJ: Police find some bullets get to vital areas faster
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"The .40-caliber, 180-grain, hollow-point Gold Dot bullet plowed through 12 inches of flesh-like material, just as the FBI determined that it should."

"What was left of Deptford Township Ptl. Brian Toal's bullet was a piece of lead in the shape of a nearly perfect mushroom, much wider than it had been when it left his pistol at approximately 1,050 feet per second."

"The flesh-like material used in the test is called ballistic gel, a distant cousin to the gelatin you eat, and -- according to weapons experts -- a substance that's the closest transparent thing to human flesh."

Russia: Iraqi Embassy Robbed of $3 Million in Cash Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft Website: http://home.comcast.net/~bruce.krafft/	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"The Iraqi Embassy said Tuesday that masked gunmen broke into the diplomatic compound overnight and stole more than $3 million in cash from a safe." ------- But Russia has such strict gun laws!

Philippines: Fil-Macao trader is 24th victim of vigilantes
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A Filipino-Macao businessman was shot dead by two motorcycle-riding hit men near his residence along San Nicolas, Buhangin, Davao City, early morning Tuesday.

Arturo Kwok, 56, owner of Mel Parts Auto Services located along Guerrero Street became the 24th victim of summary executions perpetrated by motorcycle-riding gunmen since June 16.

Police investigation showed that at around 5:30 a.m. Kwok was driving his owner-type jeep with plate number LBP 692 out of his house to go to the Victoria Plaza car park where he jogs when one of the two suspects shot him on the head with a .45 caliber pistol.

The suspects immediately fled onboard a motorcycle after the incident.

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Good thing Arroyo banned guns in the Philippines! Someone could have gotten hurt.

IL: Two gunmen rob Carmi Pizza Hut
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According to a Carmi Police Department press release, the robbery was committed by two white males. The suspects entered through the rear door of the Pizza Hut as an employee was cleaning up after the eatery closed. The suspects demanded money, and an undetermined amount of cash was taken.

One suspect . . . displayed a shotgun.

The second suspect . . . displayed a handgun.

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Pizza Hut has a policy preventing its employees from carrying firearms for protection. Strange, but criminals appear to not care that Pizza Hut doesn't want guns on its premises.

UK: Police defend farmhouse response
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"Norfolk police defended the security operation they are mounting around Tony Martin's home."

"Martin criticised police for 'locking the stable door when the horse had bolted' - but a spokesman for Norfolk Police said officers were making a 'proportionate response' to the situation." ...

"...police have set up a temporary police station outside the farm which is manned throughout the day."

"Police say there have been a number of threats against Martin and his property."

OH: Women in the Outdoors
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"A program designed to acquaint women with an array of outdoors skills, is coming to Adams Conservation Club, 240 South King Rd., on Aug. 23."

... "Women ages 14 and older will be able to sample and take instructions in archery; shotgun, rifle, and handgun shooting; GPS direction-finding, map and compass proficiency, fly tying, canoeing, kayaking, outdoor survival, treestand safety, fly fishing, primitive cooking, wild turkey hunting and waterfowl hunting."

UK: Threats force freed farmer into hiding
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"A reclusive British farmer whose shotgun killing of a teenage burglar provoked a national debate about victims' rights was in hiding yesterday after being released from prison."

"Threats have been made against the life of Tony Martin, who was convicted in April, 2000, of killing one burglar and wounding another after the pair broke into his isolated farmhouse -- aptly named Bleak House -- in rural Norfolk."

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But the government still won't allow him weapons with which to protect himself. Instead, they have created a police station to "guard" him.

CA: Hung Jury in Calif. Police Brutality Case
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"A judge declared a hung jury Tuesday in the police brutality case against a white former officer who punched and slammed a handcuffed black teenager onto a squad car during a videotaped arrest."

"The jury deliberated more than three days without reaching a verdict against former Inglewood officer Jeremy Morse in a case that raised racial tensions and drew comparisons to the Rodney King beating."

NY: Murder in City Hall
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"In the short time since Councilmember James Davis was murdered July 23rd in the City Council's chambers on the second floor of City Hall, New Yorkers have struggled to make sense of this homicide, to little avail. Our bafflement is in part due to the historical peculiarity of the crime. Until Wednesday, City Hall was, and always had been, one of the safest places in New York. Davis's murder was unprecedented. Historians have been unable to find any record of any other murder in City Hall itself."

Canada: Eves blocks enforcement of federal gun registry - Looks for real solutions to a real problem
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"Ernie Eves, Ontario's Premier, today announced a real plan to deal with gun-related crime, calling the Federal government's $1 billion gun registry a waste of money and resources, that targets law abiding citizens instead of criminals."

"...we will remain committed to initiatives that
work, like cracking down on gun-related crime, tougher sentences for criminals who use guns to commit crimes, and special courts for firearm-related offences."

CA: Remembering Kenzo, and still trying to change gun law
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"The gun lobbyists argue that they fear 'frivolous lawsuits.' In this case, it is an oxymoron. No person who has lost a loved one when a gun was not carefully made or carefully sold feels the least bit of frivolity. They are, unfortunately, very serious. Kenzo's loss is still sad beyond explanation - but Kenzo's tree is still blooming."

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The kid was careless and didn't check to ensure the chamber was empty - a cardinal rule. How is the firearm maker responsible in this case?

The Fourth of July and Other Lies
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"Just try to exercise your freedom by something as basic as opening a business in your home. In less than a week, someone from your local zoning or planning board will drop by to see what you are doing and to tell you that you can't. Try starting your own school for your children, shooting off fireworks in a lot of states, buying weapons and the list goes on. You can't travel anywhere without interfacing with some arrogant representative of Big Brother. That's just for starters."

Oh! Kanada: Open Letter To The Sierra Times
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"We, too, thought that our freedoms were unassailable. We became complacent and smug. Then, one by one, our freedoms began to erode. The architects of our own demise posed as special interest groups, feminists, socialist, centralist, etc."

"While we sat back and enjoyed our television and our bar b.q. and our Saturday night hockey, these nefarious groups were hard at work re-engineering the social fabric of our society. Then one day it was too late."

CA: Loaded gun at Stanislaus Fair prompts arrests
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"A fair-goer flagged down a Turlock police officer about 11 p.m. Sunday to report two men loading a gun in the west parking lot of the fairgrounds."

"Based on the witness�s description of the men�s car, the officer pulled over a 1996 yellow Mitsubishi Eclipse carrying two men."

"The gun, a .38-caliber Colt handgun, was lying on the floor of the car, near 18-year-old passenger Edgar Manuel Martinez. The Modesto resident initially gave a false name, police reported."

Pollster: Democrats bleakest in 70 years
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"In terms of issues, Democrats are more often favored on poverty, the environment and health care. Republicans are favored on terrorism and national security � prominent issues dominating this week's headlines."

"Penn found opposition to the war in Iraq and angst over the economy have eroded President George W. Bush's standing. Forty-eight percent of likely voters believe Bush deserves re-election, while 42 percent believe someone else should be elected."

SECOND CHANCE: Wheelchair games let disabled veterans demonstrate their skills
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"As soldiers, they pushed their bodies to the limit. Now, as veterans with disabilities, they remain physically active, even without the use of their legs."

"Fort Worth residents Albert Claveran and Tamara Barrett were in Long Beach, Calif., in early July to compete in the 23rd National Veterans Wheelchair Games."

"The games are the largest annual sporting event for wheelchair athletes in the world, Bob Ensiger, communications director for the Department of Veteran Affairs, said." ...

Events include basketball, billiards, swimming, track, archery, rugby, and air guns.

OR: Firearms case ends sheriff's sergeant's job
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"A Multnomah County sheriff's sergeant and gun expert investigated this spring in connection with the Explorer Post he once supervised resigned from the agency after admitting he illegally owned an automatic weapon."

"Patrick Coffeen, 43, pleaded guilty in Multnomah County Circuit Court on Friday to attempted unlawful possession of a machine gun, a Class C felony. The gun, for which he failed to get a federal registration, was his personal possession and had nothing to do with the Explorer Post, said his lawyer, Michael Staropoli."

PA: Snook: Recent gun violence linked to drugs
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"The recent gunplay in Lewistown has many residents scared, and District Attorney Stephen Snook says they have every right to be." ...

"Snook said he believes the shooting Sunday that damaged several vehicles is part of a series of gun-related incidents all having to do with the drug trafficking occurring in Lewistown."

" 'This is a new era for drug problems for this community,' he said."

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Actually that's drug ban problems.

FL: Girl, 9, is recovering from attack by pit bull
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"Courtney Davis was only trying to help the pit bull when the animal snapped, latching its vice-like jaws onto the 9-year-old's forehead, narrowly missing her left eye." ...

"Even with her temporary disability, Courtney fared much better than the 1-year-old female brindle pup that attacked her during John Davis' party Saturday. The dog, which Davis said was brought to his house to be picked up by a friend, paid the ultimate price when the father of two young girls retrieved a .22-caliber rifle from his house and shot it twice during the party attended by between 50 and 75 friends, family and birthday well-wishers."

Solomon Islands: Ban hampers Solomons gun watch
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"The hitch comes amid concerns that the Australian-led intervention force in the Solomon Islands could result in the smuggling of high-powered weapons from the troubled islands to PNG, where there is a lucrative market for them."

"PNG criminal gangs are willing to pay high prices for quality weapons for use in armed hold-ups. 'Hot pursuit across the border is not an option at the present time,' said Commander Martin Brooker, captain of HMAS Manoora, an amphibious troop landing ship providing logistics support for the intervention force."

"It is a matter of international law that precludes us from going into someone else's territorial seas. We are authorised in the Solomons; we are not authorised in Papua New Guinea and in the long term that would be a matter between governments."

UT: Gun battle [Letter]
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Janae Wallace's letter "Gun Mentality" (Forum, July 26) shows just how ignorant of the facts some people are -- especially concerning legal firearm ownership and the Second Amendment.

In 1960 Washington, D.C., had a population of 763,956. In that year, there were 81 murders in the District. This was in a time before gun laws and gun registration, when you could buy a handgun in the local drug store. Forty years later the District of Columbia has the strictest gun laws in the country -- you can't even own a handgun in the city unless you are a cop. The year 2000 found Washington with a population that had shrunk to 572,059 while the murder rate soared to 239.

It's clear to me that the unconstitutional gun laws imposed on our nation's capital (and other cities) by the liberal elite have had the very effect that many predicted. They removed the guns only from people who obey the law and would use them for self-defense. The criminals have all the guns they want. And according to the FBI Uniform Crime Report statistics I have quoted here, they use them.

MN: Former state senator's son sentenced in gun death
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"Brett Lessard, the son of a former state senator, was sentenced Monday to four years in prison for second-degree manslaughter." ...

"Aho was shot and killed while taking pictures of Lessard, who was posing with a gun for a college photo class. While Aho was focusing the camera directly down the barrel, the gun went off." [emphasis added]

"The bullet hit Aho in the eye and killed her."

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Guns don't go off by themselves. Someone's irresponsible fingers were on that trigger. And speaking of responsibility, didn't anyone ever teach the deceased not to look down the barrel of a loaded gun?

MD: Case Against Baltimore Gun Owner to Be Refiled in Circuit Court
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Prosecutors in Baltimore are planning a procedural move today that will transfer the criminal case against Lovell Wheeler from District Court to Circuit Court.

Wheeler has been jailed for four weeks on Reckless Endangerment and firearms charges after police found about 100 home-made firearms at his Highlandtown rowhouse.

He's being held on $2 million bail.

According to a spokeswoman in the State's Attorney's office, Marty Burns, Wheeler will be charged in Circuit Court with three counts of Reckless Endangerment -- one for each of the three people living in the attached house next door. Burns says the neighbors have agreed to testify.

Burns also says the new proceedings would normally postpone the next possible bail review for Wheeler, but she says prosecutors are agreeable to having a bail hearing this week.

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Two million dollars for merely possessing guns?

IL: Cabbie Shot When Grabbing Gun From Robber
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"A cab driver was hospitalized after being shot while trying to wrestle a gun away from a robber Monday night."

"Police said a man stuck a gun through the Plexiglas security window in the cab and tried to stick up the driver... When the driver grabbed the gun, police said, it went off and wounded him in the arm."

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First, the gun did not "go off." The bad guy shot him.

Second, does self-defense-free Chicago expect every victim to just roll over and take it? Apparently so.

CA: City of Madera, police officer sue stun gun maker over death
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"The city of Madera and a police officer who killed a suspect after drawing a handgun instead of a Taser device, have put the blame on the manufacturer of the stun gun, alleging the company failed to provide appropriate training."

"The city and officer Marcy Noriega have filed a lawsuit against Arizona-based Taser International for the death of Everardo Torres, 24." ...

"Noriega told investigators she intended to stun Torres with her Taser but she accidentally drew and fired her service weapon. Torres had been arrested on suspicion of resisting and delaying police as they tried to quell a loud party."

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Oh no! Of course, it's never the cop's fault! She couldn't possibly take responsibility for her own stupid actions. Must blame the manufacturer for her being too stupid to tell the difference between her Taser and her firearm. Just follow the money trail.

MA: Candidate arrested on gun charge Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft Website: http://home.comcast.net/~bruce.krafft/	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"Mayoral candidate Benjamin Sawyer was arrested yesterday for pulling a loaded gun on two city men." ... "According to police, Sawyer said he felt threatened by the men. Sawyer is licensed to carry a firearm." ... "I said, 'You'll end up being towed,' and they said, 'If the car's gone, you're gone.' I said, 'Are you threatening me?' and they said 'yes' and then came at me."

FL: Ex-Officer's Murder Trial Continues Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft Website: http://home.comcast.net/~bruce.krafft/	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"A trial continued Tuesday in West Palm Beach for a former police officer accused of killing her husband." "Ex-Palm Beach Gardens Officer Gwen Napier faces charges of second-degree murder in the Thanksgiving Day killing of her husband, John, three years ago." "The question is whether she was defending herself from an abusive husband when she shot him in the bedroom of their home."

Japan: U.S. Navy sailor held in Tokyo robbery
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Police said Tuesday they have arrested an enlisted U.S. Navy sailor over the wounding of a Tokyo shop owner with a stun gun during a 10 million yen watch and jewelry robbery early this month."

"Petty Officer 1st Class Rick Miller, 26, has owned up to the stickup, police said. Miller is a crew member off the U.S. Aegis cruiser Vincennes forward deployed to Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture."

"Police suspect Miller, pretending to be a customer, entered the shop in Shinjuku Ward on the evening of July 2 and assaulted the owner with the stun gun after the owner opened a showcase at his request."

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But according to Sarah Brady, police and military are the only ones who should have guns. They would never victimize a disarmed populace, now would they?

OH: Attempted abduction proves that no place is totally free of worry
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"At the request of Bob Taft, the Ohio Senate added restrictions to House Bill 12 that would prevent parents from protecting their children while in a motor vehicle."

"Had the bad guy in this Six Flags Wyandot Lake camp ground been armed, the unintended result of Taft's 'car-jacker/ kidnapper protection' provision might well have been fully displayed."

" 'It happened so quickly, it took me by surprise,' Jeanne Stull said. 'This creep clearly had nothing good intended. I never dreamed in a million years that being 10 feet away from my own kids in my own vehicle wasn't safe.' " (emphasis added)

OH: New York Post quotes OFCC PAC Chairman Jim Irvine
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"OFCC PAC Chairman Jim Irvine, who is a major airline pilot, was quoted for a story concerning New York Mayor Bloomberg's comments that the NY City Hall shooter slipped past security the same way pilots and 'stewardesses' do at airports."

"The only disappointment in this very short story is how much of Irvine's comments were not printed. In the interview, he explained that these types of shootings are much more prevalent in areas where firearms are banned. The Post also recently printed an op-ed from John Lott, who addressed the same issue."

Once again we see that victim zones exclusions exacerbate the problem."

OH: Summer project for legislators
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"Ohio's House and Senate spent the summer stalling like a teenager avoiding as signed reading, but they finally seem to have succumbed to reality." ...

"Just when you thought they were going to do their duty to send HB12 to the governor..."

"The story is referring to the General Assembly's plans to return to finalize school accountability legislation that, if delayed, would result in the loss of $400 million in federal money."

"Some are apparently less concerned with the loss of life which continues to mount due to delayed action on HB12."

Philippines: Erap aide cries foul over arrest; govt files raps
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"The Department of Justice on Tuesday filed rebellion charges against C�rdenas, former senior deputy executive secretary of deposed President Estrada."

"C�rdenas� relatives complained that he was arrested without an arrest warrant, and that his house was raided by police who had no search warrants."

"Sources at the NBI admitted that the case against C�rdenas may be weakened by 'technicalities,' including the timing of the issuance of the arrest and search warrants."

KS: A small town murder trial
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"A month before the murder, Shirley and the children returned to Kansas. She and Richard had decided to get a divorce."

"Sometime before 4 that morning, Richard entered the house. He allegedly shot and wounded both Shirley and Rachael. Shirley was able to make it to a closet in the home. With a gunshot wound to her arm, she dialed 911 and told them a man with a gun was in her home." ...

"The gunman found Shirley before police did and shot and killed her."

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Oh yeah, rely on the police to protect you. Dial 9-1-1 and die.

KY: Take responsibility [Letter]
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"If you approach me, pull a gun and attempt to rob me, then I pull my gun and you shoot me, you cannot claim 'self- defense.' Under Kentucky law, if you initiate or instigate a crime, you become responsible for everything that happens during that crime."

"Jasper Pollini�s probable intentions were to burglarize the home without interruptions. This plan did not work out, since the homeowner discovered him and threatened him with bodily harm. Being caught, he retreated into the woods, and to the getaway car. But he returned, armed, to continue his crimes."

"Byron Pruitt was the victim in this case. Pollini and Crystal Plank got off easy. They should have gotten the death penalty with the 'no-pardon' option."

MI: Police Search for End to Rash of Gun Violence Submitted by: Newslinks Admin	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"Detroit police say they are working around the clock to try to put an end to a series of shootings on Detroit's west side." "Officers at Detroit's Second Precinct must deal with an especially difficult situation in this rash of gun violence because it involves armed factions constantly retaliating against each other."