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Second Amendment is clear on gun rights
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"In response to William C Roemer's Soapbox of Aug. 2: Roemer states and would have you believe that we, as United States citizens, have no right to keep and bear arms."
"I am retired military; I was sworn to support and defend the U.S. Constitution. I have a different opinion."
"The text of the Second Amendment is: 'A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.'"
"As stated by Roemer, the amendment consists of a sentence of 27 words. And it cannot be interpreted in pieces, but only as a whole." ... |
Victory For Gun Owners! -- Anti-gun incumbent defeated in Michigan; Pro-gun champion wins in Colorado (GOA)
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"Gun Owners of America members and supporters won two huge victories on Tuesday."
"In Michigan's 7th Congressional District, Tim Walberg defeated anti-gun incumbent Joe Schwarz."
"Joe Schwarz does not believe the Second Amendment is an individual right; he opposed concealed carry in the state of Michigan; and he voted in favor of mandatory trigger locks when he came to Washington."
"Former state representative Tim Walberg has a long and consistent record of supporting gun rights without wavering."
"Gun Owners of America's Political Victory Fund was the only national pro-gun organization to support Walberg." ... |
MD: Terry Allen Hensley acquitted on murder charge
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"After deliberating for slightly more than four hours on Thursday, a jury found Terry Allen Hensley not guilty of murder. He had been charged with first-degree murder for the shooting death of his brother ..."
"The panel also acquitted him on the charge of use of a firearm in the commission of a murder. However, it did convict him on a lesser charge of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. ..." ...
"After the decision had been announced in court, and speaking on condition of anonymity, the jury foreman said the panel 'did not feel that Terry Allen Hensley deliberately set out to kill his brother.' Instead, he said the group concluded that Terry Allen Hensley shot Charles Wayne Hensley in self-defense." ... |
DC: D.C. Police Look for a Connection Following Four Nearby Shootings
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"Four people, including a 17-year-old from Arizona, were shot within about a mile of each other in Southeast Washington Thursday night, and police were trying to determine whether the shootings were linked."
"As police investigated each of the first three shootings, gunshots could be heard from the next crime scene, officials said. The gunfire began about 9 p.m. when a gold-colored car approached and shots were fired into a crowd at 29th and S streets SE, police said. One woman suffered a leg wound." ...
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Submitter's Note: Yes the crimes are linked: the common thread is that the victims were all disarmed, allowing the thugs to shoot in peace. |
TX: DeLay aims at McDaniel about gun lawsuit
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"The scope of the campaign for Arkansas attorney general is taking aim on the 'right of self protection' and the Second Amendment to bear arms, said the Republican candidate, Gunner DeLay."
"'One of the key issues in this race is going to be the right to bear arms. It is one of the most precious rights we have. I have been steadfast in my support of the Second Amendment, having co-sponsored the concealed weapon bill, voting in favor of the ban on municipal lawsuits against gun manufacturers and voting against mandatory trigger locks. I am an NRA member and have been endorsed by the Gun Owners of America,' DeLay said in a news conference Thursday morning in the Miller County Courthouse in Texarkana, Ark." ... |
TN: Texas lessons for Tennessee
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... "Since his election to the House 10 years ago at age 26, Ford has cast high-profile conservative votes, though he's more liberal than other Tennessee Democrats."
"He is spending the August congressional recess touring rural areas, trying to counter GOP contentions that its candidate ... is more in tune with Tennessee than Ford, a graduate of a tony Washington prep school and the University of Pennsylvania."
"Addressing a racially mixed rally crowd of 125, Ford took his perceived weaknesses head on."
"... 'Well, two of them are true. I'm from Memphis, and I'm black.'"
"But he said he opposes gay marriage, is 'a practicing Christian' and backs the Second Amendment, the right to bear arms." ... |
CA: Officers in police video sue
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"Eighteen San Francisco police officers who appeared last year in a video of skits that were denounced as racist and sexist by city officials have filed a $20 million lawsuit against the city."
"The officers ... alleged that they have been defamed and discriminated against and say authorities excused several Asian officers involved in making the tapes." ...
"The 18 suing officers, including women, African Americans and Latinos, are referred to in the suit as 'non-Asian' or 'perceived non-Asian.'"
"They say Fong and the city acted against them while ignoring four Asian officers -- including one who appears as an Asian gang member on one of the videos -- who were neither suspended nor transferred to desk duty." ... |
IL: Cop Pleads Not Guilty To 4 Rapes (follow-up)
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"A police sergeant pleaded not guilty Friday to charges that he raped four women in this central Illinois college town, some of them multiple times."
"Sgt. Jeff Pelo, a 17-year veteran of the Bloomington Police Department, wore a blue jail jumpsuit and was flanked by sheriff's deputies during the brief hearing." ...
"Pelo, now jailed on more than $2 million bond, is on paid administrative leave and still collecting his $81,000 annual salary." ...
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IL: Officer accused of misconduct
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"A Harvey detective was charged with official misconduct Thursday for allegedly trying to stymie a case--part of an ongoing corruption probe--by smuggling a gun out of the police station that had unlawfully been pointed at two police officers, authorities said."
"Detective Hollis Dorrough, 37, allegedly handed the weapon--a .45-caliber semiautomatic pistol--to a man whose stepson, Anthony Reynolds, was accused in an October incident, authorities said."
"Dorrough disposed of the gun after an October meeting with Reynolds, his stepfather and several city officials ... authorities said. Inside a Police Department room, a city official allegedly told the detective to help Reynolds by returning the gun to him." ... |
NY: Cops say correction officer took own life after fatally shooting wife in Ridgewood home with kids inside
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"A Rikers Island correction officer shot his wife dead inside their Queens home, then killed himself, leaving two of their children to discover the carnage, police said yesterday."
"In the Wednesday night hours leading up to the Ridgewood murder-suicide, Norberto Irizarry, who was supposed to be celebrating his 37th birthday, and his wife, Marilyn Zeh, 32, were arguing, according to neighbors." ...
"Just before 11 p.m., two shots rang out in the family's home."
" Police said Irizarry shot his wife, then turned his 9-mm handgun on himself."
"The couple had a 16-year-old son who wasn't home at the time. Their two other children, a boy, 13, and a girl, 5, were in another room." ... |
NY: $200 for pistols
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"The gun amnesty program being conducted in Yonkers may be largely symbolic, but it's worth a shot if it takes in one gun that could have been used in a crime. The timing is certainly propitious."
"Gunplay was rampant in the city over last weekend, mostly in the southwest section. In separate incidents, one man was shot in a shoulder, another in the hand and a third cut by bullet-shattered glass. Elsewhere, a restaurant manager was robbed at gunpoint, as was a man in an apartment house lobby. Shots also were reported fired during an argument at a bar and, separately, in a park, where police took a .380-caliber handgun from two 14-year-old boys and an air gun from a 16-year-old girl. Getting the picture?" ... |
IL: Event held at Hancock Co. Gun Club
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"A Rotten Egg and .22 Rifle Silhouette shoot was held Sunday at the Hancock County Gun Club."
"Eggs are hung at 50 yards from strings and have to be shot by the contestants in order to win or move ahead in the shooting. Shots are fired until all contestants are eliminated or ties broken."
"Winning the Rotten Egg Youth scoped rifle class was Emily Robinson of Roodhouse followed by Chance Briggs of Carthage. Tim Shoff of Washington, Illinois was tops in the Adult Open sights division with Mike Hallar of Washington taking second and John Robinson of Roodhouse placing third." ... |
MN: Sportsmen might be off DFL's radar
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"Recently, the National Wildlife federation published results of a poll it said indicated hunters and anglers ... are as concerned about global warming as anyone else. Maybe more so."
"Whether that finding was the federation's primary intent in publishing the poll results, or whether its main point was somewhat more complicated ... is open to interpretation."
"It's no secret, after all, that members of most environmental groups ... often support Democrats, while members of hunter and wildlife groups usually support Republicans. This last is due in part to Republicans' typically laissez-faire attitude about guns, and Democrats' greater penchant for gun control." ... |
South Africa: Demonstrators protest for tighter gun control
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"Shameema Langeveldt has never recovered from the slaying of her only son. Veronica Von Staden struggles to care for her nephew crippled by a bullet through his spine. Lisa McBride's children are traumatised by frequent gunfire outside their school."
"The three women were among 20 demonstrators outside parliament on Friday, holding a vigil in driving rain for tougher gun control laws in a country behind only Colombia and Jamaica when it comes to homicide. The vigil coincided with the first day of public hearings on proposed amendments intended to close loopholes in existing legislation and reduce the number of gun-related deaths." ...
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Submitter's Note: They just passed the Firearms Control Act, and now the anits are back for more. |
Canada: Handgun gets man six years
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"The half-brother of a slain Toronto gang member, who refused to testify against his sibling's accused killer, was sentenced yesterday in Calgary to six years in prison on weapons offences."
"Justice Scott Brooker -- in jailing Richard Basil Baker -- said a message had to be sent out handgun use would not be tolerated in Calgary."
"'The carrying of handguns and their use is becoming increasingly common in this community,' said Brooker."
"'It leads to escalating violence.'"
"The Queen's Bench judge said even though Baker didn't draw his prohibited .357-calibre weapon, just carrying it presented 'the very real risk of using it.'" ... |
NE: State Patrol refines training proposals for concealed-carry law
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"People who carry concealed weapons need not practice to be crack shots at targets 50 yards or even 50 feet away, some gun safety instructors say."
"But those people need to be deadly accurate at 5 to 15 feet _ the range at which they could be in danger from someone else."
"The gun safety instructors and others testified Wednesday during a hearing on proposed rules for the state's new concealed-carry law."
"Most self-defense shootings would be at close range, said instructor Alan Hieronymus." ... |
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| Those, who have the command of the arms in a country are masters of the state, and have it in their power to make what revolutions they please. [Thus,] there is no end to observations on the difference between the measures likely to be pursued by a minister backed by a standing army, and those of a court awed by the fear of an armed people. � Aristotle, as quoted by John Trenchard and Water Moyle, An Argument Shewing, That a Standing Army Is Inconsistent with a Free Government, and Absolutely Destructive to the Constitution of the English Monarchy [London, 1697]. |
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