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CO: Springs eyes gun ban on city property
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"Pikes Peak Firearms Coalition President Bernie Herpin said he doesn't see anything courteous about Ortega's actions."
" 'He is not one of us,' Herpin said. 'Nor would I consider him pro-gun. What he does is anti-gun.' "
"Still, Herpin said he opposes the city's proposed ban. That would be "overreacting to a single situation,' he said. 'If they'd ignore him (Ortega), he would probably go away. A responsible gun owner wouldn't bring a shotgun to City Council meetings, but it is a responsible gun owner's choice, not the government's.' "
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A law-abiding citizen exercising his rights is "anti-gun"? Mr. Herpin better learn quickly who his friends are and who his enemies are. |
MI: Eye on the birdie: Shooting skeet requires consistency
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"When starting out in the sport of skeet shooting, ignorance is bliss."
"Or at least that's what I was told by Ron Fortier, chairman of the Elk Rapids Sportsman's Club."
" 'If you haven't done a whole lot of it, you haven't picked up any bad habits yet,' he explained." |
VA: Cars Attacked With Pellet Gun , Police Car Shot
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Police in Prince Williams County, Va., want to find whoever is responsible for shooting at three cars early Monday morning with a pellet gun.
Police said a 63-year-old man was driving east on Minnieville Road, about 4 a.m., when he heard to pops and felt something hit his left cheek. It was later discovered that a pellet had lodged in the side of his cheek. He was taken to Potomac Hospital for treatment.
Then authorities said while a police cruiser was responding, the officer's cruiser was also hit. Police said there were two dents in the passenger door and a crack in the windshield.
A woman also driving in the same area reported that her car was hit. Police discovered two dents in the driver-side door. |
CO: 911 Tape Released In Fatal Aurora Police Shooting
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"More details are being disclosed about what happened on the night a 29-year-old mentally disabled woman was shot and killed by an Aurora officer last week. Aurora police released the 911 dispatch tapes on Monday."
"The tape shows that the family member who called police did tell dispatchers that Michelle Washington was supposed to be on medication for mental problems. But from the tape of the conversation between the dispatcher and another officer, it does not appear that the information was ever passed on to officers sent out to the scene." |
UK: New anti-gun campaign targets worst-hit boroughs
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"Five London boroughs plagued by high gun crime are to be targeted in a new Met Police advertising campaign."
"The campaign, which encourages people to shop gun-toting criminals, will target the boroughs of Brent, Hackney, Haringey, Lambeth and Southwark where gun crime is particularly prevalent It is being run by Operation Trident - a unit specialising in tackling gun crime in London's black and ethnic communities." |
NY: Whack�em & Stack�em: Bystanders Beware
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"Three cops show up, and miraculously didn�t kill either of the women. As they arrived, some loud mouth, goodie-two shoes blurts out that the brother of one of the women had a gun."
"GUN??? This is New York City. Someone must die. Keep that �gun� in mind. There will be a pop quiz on this later." |
IL: Child shot while playing with gun
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A child who was wounded while playing with a gun is in good condition this morning.
Police say the six-year-old boy was playing with his nine-year-old sister in their West Side home when they found a loaded handgun under a mattress in their mother's bedroom. The girl fired once, grazing her brother behind the ear.
Patricia Weston, 26, has been charged with unlawful use of a weapon and endangering the life of a child. |
UK: Police use taser on robbery suspect
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"Police have successfully used a controversial Taser stun gun to arrest a man wanted for robbery - the first time it has been used successfully in the UK."
"Weapons specialists from Northamptonshire Police fired the device, which delivers a 50,000-volt electric shock, to help arrest the 29-year-old suspect in Thrapston."
"Tasers, which have been condemned by civil liberties groups, have been used twice before - by the Metropolitan Police and North Wales Police - but failed to work properly on each occasion." |
OH: Federal Government May Investigate Attack On Homeless
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"Stun gun attacks on at least six homeless people last week in Cleveland could result in a federal government investigation of violence against the homeless."
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Gun backers claim momentum among state governments
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"Gun-rights groups gained momentum for their cause this year after a series of victories at the state level made it easier to legally carry concealed weapons." ...
"Eric Howard, spokesman for the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, said the NRA's crowing is an empty boast, pointing to defeats of attempts to eliminate background checks for firearms purchases in Connecticut and to allow guns to be brought into churches, taverns and stadiums in Georgia."
" 'They have a very extreme agenda that anybody should be allowed to carry a gun,' Mr. Howard said."
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Machine Guns Among Deadliest
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"Most illicit arms transfers begin as legal ones. Shipments get rerouted to a clandestine buyer, or guns are simply resold. That is how the Taliban and the rebels in Liberia ended up with American weapons. Often arms brokers are complicit. The United States requires American arms brokers worldwide and foreign nationals who live or work in the United States to get licenses for every arms deal, even one that does not touch American soil. This law should be replicated everywhere, but equally important, the United States should begin to enforce it." |
Eco-Criminals
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"Both Congress and federal law enforcement are well-aware of eco-terrorism's destructive potential. Rep. George Nethercutt, R-WA, summed up the situation well when he asked "How do we deal with this home-grown brand of al-Qaeda?" at last year's House Subcommittee hearings, proposing improved intelligence and less restrictions on law enforcement authorities. However, many members of the media, local prosecutors and judges, university administrations, and city governments aren't quite as well informed. If they took the threat of ecoterrorism seriously, would the University of Oregon permit a conference of unrepentant ex-terrorists and career criminals, all of whom advocate lawbreaking in some form or another, from civil disobedience to murder, to use their taxpayer-funded facilities? If they took the threat of ecoterrorism seriously, would a court in Nebraska, three months after 9/11, shunt three Earth Liberation Front activists charged with felonies into a "diversion" program which allowed them to escape with community service - without even a trial, without even criminal records?" ... |
IL: County Gun Resolutions Welcomed by Illinois State Rifle Association
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"The ISRA is applauding a pair of county boards for passing resolutions recognizing the individual right to keep and bear arms. The measures, passed in June by the Shelby and Livingston county boards, affirm that law-abiding citizens have the right to possess and use firearms for lawful purposes."
"The passage of the county resolutions is seen as backlash to attempts by the Illinois General Assembly to ban the private ownership of most firearms including target rifles, black powder rifles, and all shotguns larger than 28 gauge. Senate Bill 1195, which calls for this sweeping gun ban, enjoys the strong support of Chicago Mayor Richard Daley. As of today, SB 1195 remains alive in the Illinois Senate under postponed consideration." |
IL: Governor won�t speak with rocker Nugent
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"Governor Rod Blagojevich turned down an opportunity to debate Illinois� gun control laws with rock star Ted Nugent Monday night before his grandstand show at the Illinois State Fair." ...
"Nugent said he wanted to raise concerns about Illinois law that prohibits retired law enforcement officers from carrying a firearm." ...
"A similar proposal was bottled up in the House Rules Committee during the last legislative session. The measure sponsored by state Rep. John J. Millner, a Republican from St. Charles, would have allowed any retired local, state, federal law enforcement officer to carry a concealed weapon on their person or in their vehicle. Retired officers would have to have served at least 15 years, be honorably discharged and carry a valid Firearm Owners Identification Card."
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Against Discouragement
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..."How much respect does a libertarian enjoy in the capital? Well, that depends. If the libertarian is saying what he should be saying � that we need to abolish the state as we know it, that society can manage itself without the help of DC, that human liberty is a more productive force than power � he will enjoy very little respect and receive virtually no hearing. His ideas will have little credibility. Very little if any money or media favor is available to this person."
"If the libertarian is willing to trim his sails, to endorse a state program from time to time, or, better yet, advocate expanding the state in one area, he can expect temporary praise and attention, as a libertarian think tank did in 2001 after it endorsed the war on terrorism and the invasion of Afghanistan. This is the way Washington rewards people with souls to sell. There are profits to be had in betraying one's principles." |
U.N. building to lose submachine gun stash
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"The United Nations, under pressure from the Bush administration, has decided to move a stash of submachine guns out of the organization's New York City headquarters."
"The MP5s, made by Heckler and Koch of Germany, are to be moved to U.N. peacekeeping operations overseas, State Department sources said."
"The United Nations purchased the restricted weapons for the personal protection of Secretary-General Kofi Annan in his travels around the New York metropolitan area."
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India: Another Ctg magnate abducted, shot dead
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"Another millionaire businessman was abducted and later killed Monday, sparking deep resentment and protest by the Chittagong business community."
"The bullet-riddled body of Rezaur Rahman alias Zakir, 42, was found at Militarirpole area in Boalkhali upazila of the district yesterday morning."
"Two BNP leaders and five others have been arrested following the killing." |
South Africa: Men leave a trail of blood in Gauteng
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"... The woman, whose five-year-old daughter escaped the carnage, had been strangled with a piece of wire."
"Less than six hours later in Pretoria, a man forced his way into his girlfriend's Silvertondale office, shooting her three times."
"Hours later, in another incident, a Pretoria North man allegedly shot his estranged wife in the head while she was walking home with a friend."
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MO: Two charged in crime spree
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"St. Louis police said they had never seen anything like it: four young men allegedly committing a series of random shootings and robberies for the sheer fun of it."
"Two suspects were in custody Monday and two more the subject of a manhunt as police reacted to at least a dozen major crimes attributed to the suspects over less than 80 hours."
"The mayhem included killing a man for no apparent reason and running a Colorado family of four off I-70 and seriously wounding one of them as they fled."
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South Africa: Son watches parents die
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"Inspector Michael Read said Sunny Moodley, 55, and his wife Janakie, 45, were leaving their smallholding on the way to take their son, Leslie, to school."
"While Leslie was closing the gate, a man opened fire on his parents with a 9mm pistol. They were both shot in the chest."
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CT: Former biker fired shotgun at Clinton party, police say
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"The woman called police as she hid in the basement with two children while outside Richard Schwartz allegedly pulled the trigger on his rage, sending another shotgun blast over the heads of party-goers and into the midnight sky."
"Armed with a military-style shotgun equipped with a pistol grip, a sawed-off M1 carbine semiautomatic rifle, a belt buckle knife, and brass knuckles, Schwartz had gone to an outdoor party on Walnut Hill Road late Saturday filled with a fury that had already erupted on Route 1, where he deliberately crashed his truck into three vehicles, police said."
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UK: Gunman gets jail
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"A gunman caught with a pistol and ammunition in a van claimed spies planted a weapon at his home."
"Turkay Ates and Michael Georgiou were stopped by armed police in Bromley. Georgiou had 10 cling film-wrapped bullets and a revolver was found at Ates� Birmingham home, Blackfriars Crown Court heard."
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Russia: Teenagers kill police officer in Dagestan
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An officer of the Dagestani Interior Ministry department for organized crime, Yusup Abdullayev, was killed near his home in Makhachkala on Monday evening.
Sources in law enforcement say that the major was shot dead with a Makarov pistol. Two teenagers fired three shots and fled from the crime scene at 7:35 p.m. Former Duma Deputy Nadirshakh Khachilayev was killed in the city at virtually the same time.
So far, law enforcers have not linked the two murders. "They were different people and the circumstances of their murders differed," one source said. Efforts have been launched to arrest the attackers. A team of investigators is working at the scene.
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CA: Girl will not face charges
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"Nicole Ramirez died last week after she was shot in the head with a rifle. An investigation revealed the weapon was unloaded when the two girls found it in a gun case while they were left alone at an Armona home."
"The gun owner also won't face charges. California law prohibits the storage of loaded firearms in places that are accessible to minors unless it is in a locked case or has a trigger-locking device."
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TN: �Crockett Days Celebration� Set This Weekend At State Park
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"The 'Crockett Days Celebration' will be held at Davy Crockett Birthplace State Park on Saturday and Sunday."
"The camp will be designed to create a 'living history' exhibition of life as it was lived in the late 1700s, including the native American influences, skills and culture."
"The East Tennessee Historical Society will show the 'Crockett Rifle.' "
"This is the actual flintlock rifle owned by Davy Crockett and used in the early establishment of his fame as a hunter and marksman." |
What makes a liberal?
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"At the heart of liberalism is the naive belief that people are basically good. As a result of this belief, liberals rarely blame people for the evil they do. Instead, they blame economics, parents, capitalism, racism, and anything else that can let the individual off the hook."
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MD: Man accused of improperly storing gunpowder denied bail
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"A Baltimore judge refused bail today for a man charged with endangering his neighbors with a cache of gunpowder improperly stored in his rowhouse."
"At bail review today, the state argued that Wheeler was a risk to public safety and that his bail, originally set at $2 million, should be revoked."
"Wheeler is charged with reckless endangerment, possession of smokeless powder not stored in its original shipping container and possession of smokeless powder without the required license." |
Impeachment: Not all peaches!
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"The Ninth and Tenth Amendments are two complementary statements that were meant to shackle the federal government. They haven't been used that way. You can get into an argument over when a state can have the power to do something but when it comes to an invasion of a right of the people, as libertarians we must give the presumption to the people and not the states." |
Can globalism amend our Constitution?
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"Globalism also means bending the U.S. Constitution to conform to the opinions of foreigners who pompously enunciate new laws and new human rights. The utterings of these self-important bureaucrats in the United Nations and Europe could be merely matters for TV humor if it were not that U.S. Supreme Court Justices Steven G. Breyer, Anthony M. Kennedy, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and John Paul Stevens take them seriously." |
Protecting security in a nation of laws
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"Obviously, to defend Padilla's constitutional rights is not to defend Padilla. If he is guilty as charged, he should never leave prison - if he isn't executed."
"Potential mass murderers deserve swift, sure and severe punishment. Genuine justice demands no less."
"However, justice must be done, which means the truth must be determined through a procedure consistent with the Constitution." |
CO: Colorado towns face showdowns over gun laws
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"A showdown is developing in Colorado cities between the right to bear arms and public safety as city councils consider barring residents from openly carrying firearms in public buildings."
"New state laws prevents cities from banning concealed weapons in public buildings, but at least seven communities are trying to keep people from carrying them openly." |
GA: Cherokee Student With Gun Arrested
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A Cherokee County ninth grade student was removed from class Tuesday and arrested after administrators at his high school received a tip from a classmate that the boy was allegedly carrying a loaded 9 mm handgun, officials said.
No one was injured when the 14-year-old boy, whose identity was not released, was found with the weapon at Sequoia High School. |
UK: Gun terror for barmaid as men raid pub
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"Police were last night hunting balaclava-wearing robbers who ransacked a pub safe after threatening a teenage barmaid with a gun."
"The 19-year-old barmaid was waiting for a taxi, having just finished her shift and locked up at the Marlborough Arms in Spencer Street, Norwich, when the raiders appeared. They forced her to reopen the pub." |
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