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True stories from the files of 'The Armed Citizen'
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"GEORGE FINCH, 75, was sleeping in his recliner when he heard the sounds of glass breaking. Someone had broken a back window and was now entering his home. Finch then got his gun and encountered the interloper in his kitchen. ..."

"A Cambridge, Minn., man awoke to the sound of breaking glass. He retrieved a shotgun and began checking rooms when he encountered three men who had entered his home. ..."

"... When he approached the clerk a second time, he brandished a knife, pointed it at the clerk and said, 'Don�t do anything stupid, and give me all the money.' The clerk responded by drawing a handgun and ordering the would-be bandit out of the store ..." ...

Kerry Tries to Woo Gun Voters
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"Television and print ads are filled with images of Democrat presidential nominee John Kerry as a gunslinger."

"Whether it is a picture of him toting an M-16 assault rifle in Vietnam, or whether he's armed with a shotgun playing the avid hunter in Rural Somewhere, U.S.A., this is one Democrat who isn't afraid to lock and load."

"But what's all this gunplay about? Left-wing Democrats aren't known for their love of the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. And although Kerry hasn't been the biggest foe of gun rights, he hasn't been a friend either." ...

Bush's Obstructionism
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"Poll after poll finds that Americans overwhelmingly support lifting President Bush's constricted stem-cell research policy and renewing the expiring federal assault gun ban. Yet the president's reelection game plan is trumping the desires of most Americans and, apparently, a majority in Congress."

"Bills that would accomplish both critical goals are stalled. Congressional leaders, taking their cue from a president anxious to please a loyal minority of hard-right voters, refuse to schedule votes." ...

"They are playing the same cynical game on assault guns. A poll released last month found nearly 80% of Americans support renewing the 10-year-old ban on the manufacture and sale of certain semiautomatic assault guns. That ban expires Sept. 13. Even a majority of gun owners have told pollsters they think the ban on such murderous weapons makes sense."
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The classic bait and switch. In the polls I have seen, the term "semi-automatic" was not used.

Extend the ban -- Assault weapons are only for people-hunters
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"PRESIDENT BUSH says he favors legislation to extend the 1994 assault-weapons ban, which will expire Sept. 13 unless Congress acts. He isn't, however, planning to encourage congressional action because gun issues pose an election-year minefield for some of his friends in the House and Senate."

"That is surely a fence-sitting position if there ever was one. The assault weapons that fall under the ban are not for hunting or personal protection. They are for the efficient, aggressive killing of human beings. They are military weapons. Sportsmen and those who own firearms for self-defense need them about like they need bazookas." ...
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If these weapons are only for efficiently killing people, then why are the issued to police patrol officers???

DE: New law shields shooting ranges
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"As John Thompson considers improvements to the Brandywine Hundred Rod and Gun Club near Port Penn, he says he can rest a little easier knowing its outdoor shooting ranges now are safe from nuisance lawsuits."

"Under a law signed last month by Gov. Ruth Ann Minner, the state's existing outdoor shooting ranges can't be sued by new suburban neighbors who are annoyed by gunfire. The law also prohibits county and municipal governments from bowing to pressure and writing nuisance control laws that could put the ranges out of business." ...

CO: Attempted home invasion ends in [self-defense] shooting
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"Aurora Police are investigating a home invasion shooting."

"Aurora Police investigators say the incident appears to have been a 'justifiable use of force.'"

"It happened around 10:30 a.m. on Sunday in the 800 block of Oakland street."

"According to police, two young men were the victims of an apparent home invasion, by two other young men armed with guns."

"The victims inside the home had guns of their own and shot at the two intruders injuring one of them. One injured man made his way to an Aurora hospital later in the day. The other suspect is presumably on the loose."

Vin Suprynowicz: Gender gap favors Kerry ...
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... "Let me state again that I have no horse in the race between these two Skull-and-Bonesmen. I'll vote for Michael Badnarik, the principled Libertarian who really would work to repeal the income tax, re-legalize guns and drugs, and restore to us the smaller, limited constitutional government the founders promised."

"The major networks won't even announce Mr. Badnarik's single-digit vote totals on election night. But I'll go to sleep knowing I bear no responsibility for the burgeoning tyranny most of you folks will have continued to endorse and support, no matter which branch of the incumbent Republicrat party you finally vote for."

'Sustainable Development' The Evil Facing America
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"My friends, we come here today from many walks of life. A wide variety of reasons got each of us started on the road to activism."

"Some of us started simply because we noticed something funny about our child's curriculum in school. Some of us were outraged by government trying to take away our guns. A good many of us suddenly found government agents and members of private groups plotting to take away our land. ..." ...

Amid guns at show, an oddity
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"From a distance, it could have been any old catcher's mitt, yet it was on a shelf among the rifles, shotguns, swords and military memorabilia at the North Eastcoast Arms Collectors Associates gun show on Sunday. The price: $475."

"The name on the mitt wasn't Wilson or Rawlings or even Spalding. It read Winchester, the same company that manufactured 'The Gun That Won The West.' For about a decade after the end of World War I, the Winchester Repeating Arms Co. also was in the hardware and sporting goods business." ...
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So did the seller have to do a "Brady check" on the mitt?

CA: Teen victim wants to buy gun manufacturer
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... "Maxfield, 17, is in the final days of a tense, quixotic gambit to buy and dismantle the company that made the gun that left him a quadriplegic."

"Last year the teen won a record $24 million judgment against Bryco Arms, its distribution arm and its owner. Bryco was forced into bankruptcy, and on Thursday, a federal judge in Florida will auction off 75,600 unassembled guns and other remaining assets."

"Maxfield hopes to buy the inventory, melt it down and create a sculpture from the metal. It is tempting to see divine retribution in such a scheme, but the teen and his lawyer, Richard Ruggieri, insist revenge is not their motivation � they simply want to make sure no one else is hurt." ...

Philippines: Charge 6 cops with murder says NBI to ombudsman
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"SIX Cebu policemen are facing criminal and administrative charges for the death of drug suspect Remegio 'Remy' Arias ..." ...

"The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) 7 recommended to the Visayas Ombudsman that the accused policemen be prosecuted for the murder of Arias and for violating Section 29 (planting of evidence) of RA 9165, the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002." ...

"In its report, the NBI 7 found out from witnesses that the reported buy-bust operation against Arias was 'simulated to cover up the crime.'" ...

"Also, the NBI 7 said the victim was negative of gunpowder nitrates and that the downward trajectory of his bullet wounds indicated he was shot while kneeling." ...
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But only cops and the military . . .

MI: Retired Troy cop foils carjacking in Detroit
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"A retired Troy police officer fought off a group of five men trying to carjack him Sunday morning in Detroit, shooting two of them as they tried to pull him out of his SUV."

"Both wounded suspects were hospitalized Sunday at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, one in critical condition and the other in serious condition. Three other suspects in the carjacking attempt were arrested by Detroit police, and all five could be charged today."

"Detroit police declined to identify the retired Troy officer or the men arrested in connection with the incident."
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Now that MI has shall issue it isn't just retired cops who can defend themselves from car-jackers.

NY: Officer's Gun Goes Off in Elevator
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"NFTA Police have suspended an officer after an incident with a gun. Authorities tell News 4's Jodi Hovenden the officer was off-duty when his gun went off inside a Buffalo restaurant."

"NFTA Police say the off-duty NFTA officer was riding on an elevator inside Darcy McGee's around 3:45 Friday morning when his semi-automatic pistol somehow went off."

"The bullet broke the glass of the elevator wall."

"NFTA Police Chief Joe Riga said, 'The bullet went through the glass wall of the elevator and struck another glass wall on the outside just a short distance from the inside wall, but it didn't penetrate the second wall.'" ...
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But only cops and the military are "professional" enough to be trusted with guns, right Sarah?

CA: Jewish center shooting vicitims reunite
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"Five years after a white supremacist went on a shooting rampage at the North Valley Jewish Community Center and then killed a San Fernando Valley postal worker, survivors and their families gathered Sunday to remember the attack with sorrow, determination and hope."

"Mindy Finkelstein, a teenage camp counselor when wounded during the attack, said returning to the center brings back memories of happy childhood times there despite her ordeal from two gunshots to her right leg." ...

"'It's frustrating knowing that it's totally not my fault and there's nothing I could have done, really, to avoid the situation.'"
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Spoken like a true member of the People's Republic of California flock. She has no concept of self-defense.

OH: More evidence of the need for self-defense in parks
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"Despite repeated inquiries, city officials in Clyde, Elyria and certain other communities have offered no demonstration whatsoever that there is a need for ordinances banning concealed handgun license-holders from public places. No municipality has any facts or research to indicate that law-abiding, licensed gun owners pose any threat or danger, nor has any history of problems in other states been identified."

"On the other hand, examples of the need for self-defense options in public places like city parks continue to pour in:"

"Boldface Park, Sedamsville (Cincinnati): 14-Year Old Boy Raped At Gunpoint In Local Park"

"Cincinnati police are investigating the rape of a teenager at a local park."

"Police say a man raped a 14-year old male at gunpoint around 11 p.m. Friday night." ...

NY: Fatal 'Fun' In Queens
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"A hard-luck Queens teen blew away her troubled boyfriend during a deadly game of Russian roulette, authorities said yesterday.
Nadera Goodson, 16, and her boyfriend, Michael Henry, 18, were allegedly taking turns pulling the trigger on a seven-shot, .32-caliber revolver � with five chambers loaded � inside a vacant South Jamaica house at around 11 p.m. Saturday."

"'He put it into her mouth and fired,' said a source."

"'Then he put it to his head and fired. She then took the gun and put it to his head, and that's when it went off.'" ...
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Doubtless the grieving parents will be comforted to know that handguns are effectively banned in Queens (which is probably why these morons never learned elementary gun safety).

MA: Boston Reacts to a Rash of Summer Shootings
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"After a number of recent shootings in two neighborhoods, officials are increasing patrols, employing help from clergy members and restricting park hours."

"Two double homicides since Aug. 1 in the Roxbury and Dorchester sections have put residents on edge; they were part of nearly a dozen shootings in the city the same week and part of a spike in killings since the start of the year." ...
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Why don't they just check their short list of permit holders and find the shooters?

Philippines: Journalists permitted to carry guns [provided their lives are under threat]
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"The police chief in the Philippines said journalists would be allowed to carry firearms after a radio reporter was gunned down in the third such killing in nine days and the fifth this year."

"But many journalists are not waiting for official sanction, they are already carrying weapons. One said he recently survived an ambush because he had a bigger gun."

"In the latest murder of a journalist, radio station reporter Jonathan Abayon was shot dead yesterday while being driven in a car in South Cotabato province." ...

"Police Chief Superintendent Joel Goltiao said the office of police chief Hermogenes Ebdane would issue journalists with permits to carry firearms outside their place of residence 'provided their lives are under threat'." ...
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So the nanny state will permit you to defend yourself if you can prove a threat. Same manure, different day.

CA: More baseball news -- Man held in bat-wielding rampage
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"A 36-year-old Sacramento man who felt he was "disrespected" went on a rampage at a house in North Highlands on Saturday morning, attacking seven people with a baseball bat, killing one of them, authorities said.
When the violence ended, the suspect, identified by Sacramento County sheriff's deputies as Luis Orosco, waited outside the home until officers arrived."

"'He was just sitting there on the bricks outside the home, waiting,' said sheriff's spokesman Sgt. R. L. Davis."

"Davis said a 35-year-old man who lived at the house on Marabou Court was found dead. Six others - including two young girls - had been beaten with an aluminum baseball bat and were taken to area hospitals."
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Bat control NOW!

Mexico: Two 'Most Wanted' Criminals Found -- in Jail
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Two Mexicans from a "Most Wanted" list released to great fanfare by the government last week have already been tracked down -- in jail.

Alfredo Cervantes Ramirez, also known as "The Bullet-swallower," and Alvaro Dario de Leon Valdes were withdrawn from the list after officials discovered they were already in prison, the Mexico City prosecutor's office said on Saturday.

The state prosecutor's office put out a statement saying it "recognizes and values the unmatched cooperation of the citizens and authorities of the country ... which allowed us to locate these two dangerous evil-doers, who are already in jail."

MN: Finley to rule soon on request for handgun law stay
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"A Ramsey County judge said this morning he will decide soon whether Minnesota�s conceal-carry handgun permit law should remain in effect while its constitutionality is argued on appeal."

"District Judge John T. Finley said in a written decision after a morning hearing in St. Paul that the decision would come soon, but he did not specify when."

"Minnesota Attorney General Mike Hatch asked for the stay last month after Finley ruled that the Legislature approved the conceal-carry law in violation of the state constitution."

"Hatch wants Finley to let the new law stand while he appeals Finley�s ruling to a higher court. If Finley declines, Minnesota�s old permit law would remain in effect in the meantime." ...
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Under the old law the only training required was a hunter safety course, there was no prohibition on carrying while intoxicated, permit holders could carry in schools and day care centers, certain felons and violent misdemeanants could get permits . . . I don't think the Honorable Judge Finley thought this through.

MI: A weekend to remember
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"Seventy-seven women gathered at the Twin Lake Gun Club on Saturday, July 17, for the 2nd annual West MI Dune Drummers National Wild Turkey Federation (NWTF) Women In The Outdoors event."

"Women from all over Michigan, along with three from Indiana, had the opportunity to learn how to shoot trap, sporting clays, archery, fly tying, arrow fletching, pistol shooting, rifle/muzzleloading, self defense, backyard habitat, and ATV/4 Wheeling."

"The women could choose five of the 10 classes offered on Saturday. Each class was taught by highly experienced instructors volunteering their time for the women. The instructors had such patience and were there because they truly wanted to be there, passing on their knowledge and experience to others." ...

VA: Rash of accidental shootings of children prompts focus on safety
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"Police are urging adults to pay more attention to gun safety after four children were accidentally shot, three fatally, in the Charlottesville area in the past year." ...

"'Adults need to be responsible for keeping weapons out of children's' reach,' said Albemarle Lt. Earl Newton. 'You can't emphasize enough the responsibility of gun owners.'"

[WRONG! Parents need to teach their children basic gun safety!]

"City police Capt. B.A. Bibb urges gun owners to keep their firearms locked up and well hidden. Many police departments and sheriff's offices give away gun locks. Newton said if people aren't going to use a lock, they should unload the gun and keep the ammunition and weapon in separate locations."

"'I know people have concerns about their safety,' Newton said. 'But to have a weapon sitting around loaded all the time is not necessary.'"
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So does Officer Newton keep his duty weapon sitting around unloaded, with the ammunition in a separate location?

Australia: Two-man crime wave ends in death
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"IN the last frantic hour of his life, 20-year-old Shaun Ryan Cronin stole a fire truck, ram-raided a gun store, made off with a cache of weapons and pointed a firearm at police as they pursued him at high speed."

"Cronin died in a horrific smash early yesterday morning that ripped the roof off the fire truck in which he was the passenger."

"The driver - 18-year-old Russell Louis Collard - was seriously injured in the failed bid to steal the weapons, possibly to fill a black market order for guns."

"The pair had allegedly stolen the fire truck from Collard's home town of Toodyay, 86km northeast of Perth, then rammed a suburban Perth gun shop at about 2.30am." ...

NH: Hunters head to school
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"If you are a first time hunter or a hunter who has reached the age of 16, you are going to have to successfully complete a hunter safety course, and if you intend to bow hunt, a bow hunter education course."

"There are a few key dates to consider. The archery season opens Sept. 15, the muzzleloader season opens Oct. 30 and the regular firearms season opens Nov. 10. Hunter education has been with us so long it is taken for granted. This is due to the remarkable success of this program in turning out a hunter who is considerably smarter from a safety viewpoint than previous generations of hunters." ...
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Now if only they would start educating school-children on gun safety.

Australia: Police swoop on weapons cache
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"FEDERAL and Victorian police have seized a cache of illegal firearms, including a sub-machinegun and semi-automatic rifles from a property in inner suburban Melbourne."

"It is the third stash to be uncovered by police following intelligence reports, which identify domestic manufacture as a source of illegal firearms."

"The latest haul includes a replica Owen sub-machinegun, six pistols, five semi-automatic rifles, two pump-action shotguns and a large quantity of firearm parts and ammunition."

"Last month, police recovered more than 80 unregistered and illegal weapons in south-east Melbourne and more than 800 firearms were seized in NSW in November last year." ...

Canada: Quebec Man Charged in Shooting Death
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"A 19-year-old man in northern Quebec was charged with manslaughter on Monday after his infant sister died from a freak gunshot, police said."

"The suspect in the small isolated Inuit community of Salluit on the Hudson Strait, 2,000 miles north of Montreal, was arguing with someone over the phone in a downstairs room at his mother's house when he picked up a .22 caliber rifle and fired several shots, police said."

"One bullet went through the ceiling and hit the child, who was in her crib. The baby was taken to the village clinic, where she was pronounced dead." ...

"Kaitak was charged with careless use of a firearm and criminal negligence causing death with a firearm."

UK: Air Rifle Blitz As Injured Cat Dies
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"POLICE in Cumbria are promising to crack down on airgun thugs this summer after a spate of shootings."

"A woman was shot in the head as she drove through Carlisle last Wednesday, and a pet cat which was shot with an air rifle in Whitehaven on Thursday has died."

"The incidents in Cumbria came as a string of similar attacks happened across the country this summer." ...

"A Cumbria police spokesman said that while air rifle attacks were rare in Cumbria, the force would use all powers available to stop irresponsible use of guns."

"The spokesman said: 'It is now an offence to possess an air weapon in a public place without reasonable excuse.'" ...
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Just curious, what constitutes "reasonable excuse"?

Malaysia: Stunned security guard shoots robber dead during hold-up
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"A security guard, despite being temporarily disabled by a stun gun and hit with a chair, fatally shot a robber at a goldsmith shop in a hypermarket here." ...

"It is learnt that the robber, 33, had walked into the Wah Chan Goldsmith Shop at the Xtra hypermarket in Taman Suria at about noon, armed with a parang and a stun gun."

"He held the stun gun to the 40-year-old guard�s face, causing him to fall, grabbed a chair and struck the guard with it."

"The robber told the five workers in Mandarin that he was robbing the shop."

"In the meantime, the guard ran to the back of the shop."

"He returned with a pistol a few minutes later and pointed it at the robber."

"However, the robber refused to surrender, and a struggle ensued." ...
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KABA Notes: A gun is not a magical talisman that you produce like a cross to scare off vampires.

OR: Your Oregon Deer Preview
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... "Oregon's deer hunting offers more diversity than almost anywhere else in the country. From the coast to the desert, from blacktails to big mule deer to wily northeast whitetails, Oregon's hunters have a difficult choice when they get the new synopsis at the start of each year. With all of the options available, how does a hunter decide? Information is the key, and Washington-Oregon Game & Fish magazine knows where to find it. While you pursued spring turkeys and opening-day trout fishing jaunts, and right into early summer, we were gathering data, interviewing successful hunters, outfitters and wildlife biologists to get a glimpse of the coming deer hunting seasons." ...

WA: Evergreen State 2004 Deer Forecast
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... "In addition to wide-ranging hunting options, Washington rifle, archery and blackpowder deer hunters also enjoy some of the simplest hunting regulations in the West. It is still possible to purchase a general-season deer license over the counter, and except for a handful of units, a hunter can choose to hunt any region of the state in any given year. Those who want solitude and the chance of seeing older, branch-antlered bucks have the option of applying for permit hunts, which greatly increase their odds of success. With an extensive network of wilderness areas and gated forest roads, hunters willing to put some boot leather between themselves and their vehicle can also enjoy an old-time wilderness hunt." ...

CO: Colorado's 2004 Elk Forecast
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"If the weather cooperates, and that's always a big if in the Rocky Mountains, this fall should produce the best elk hunting Colorado has ever enjoyed for the simple reason that it has more elk than any other state or Canadian province."

"Drought, wildfires, predation by mountain lions, increased hunting pressure and habitat loss due to urban sprawl along the eastern foothills - known as the Front Range - nothing seems to put a dent in a burgeoning elk population that remains the largest in North America."

"Although hunters killed a record 61,174 elk in 2002, Colorado still had more than 300,000 elk as it entered the 2003 season, about a third more than biologists believe the range can support. ..." ...