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UK: Ten years for getaway driver
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"One-legged motorist Scott Bishop who acted as the getaway driver in an armed raid at Stapleford Abbotts sub-post office and others in the area has been jailed for ten years."
"Bishop, 29, pleaded guilty at Chelmsford Crown Court to four charges of robbery. He asked for 24 other offences, including five of robbery and four of attempted robbery, to be taken into consideration." |
UK: 'Men ran from club after car fire'
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"Before the court are Dean Rye, 33, of Boosbeck Road, Skelton Green, and Anthony Dewing, 20, of Larch Avenue, Guisborough, who both deny the attempted murder of Anthony Walls, 23, of Auckland Street, Guisborough, on February 4. Both men also deny causing Mr. Walls grievous bodily harm with intent."
"Both men, with Rye's brother Craig, 35, of Eskdale Terrace, Guisborough, also deny wounding Mr. Walls with intent to cause grievous bodily harm in a separate incident in the Buck Inn, Guisborough, four days earlier."
"The prosecution has alleged that Dean Rye fired the hand gun at Mr. Walls through the victim's car window which, he claims, had been smashed by Dewing."
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Australia: Extra shots theory in police shooting
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"A railway worker shot in the leg in a bizarre police training incident believes more than one bullet may have come his way."
"Track maintenance worker Lippiatt was hit just below the left knee by a bullet from a 9mm Glock pistol fired by a police officer about 1.1km away."
"The shooting range is in a depression, surrounded by high sand mounds."
"The projectile has deflected off something that has sent it on a trajectory well above the mound." |
Green Militias -- Your New Park Service
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"But Ehrhardt is just an ordinary citizen, the president of the Oregon Rangers Association (ORA), a group of armed civilian volunteers that formed last summer to patrol the public lands of Oregon. That doesn't mean he lacks authority: In this era of drastic budget cuts to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the National Parks Service (NPS), militia-style groups could soon be public lands law enforcement officials." |
WA: Denied Again: Judge Refuses Bushmaster's Plea In Sniper Lawsuit
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"Bushmaster, a gun distributor and manufacturer that is charged with supplying the DC-area sniper suspects with their assault weapon, was denied its second plea for a dismissal in the sniper lawsuit. The decision was announced in a ruling by Judge Frank E. Cuthbertson of the Pierce County Superior Court in Tacoma, Washington, on August 11, 2003. The court refused to overturn its prior ruling where it held that based on plaintiffs' allegations, Bushmaster knew or should have known that Bull's Eye was a reckless and incompetent dealer. The case is presently set to go to trial next July." |
KS: Area youth learning fundamentals in shooting clubs
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"It's almost like two clubs in one."
"The Edwards County Shooting Sports club and the Jedediah Smith Muzzleloaders Association have teamed up in a way to promote their craft."
"The partnership started when Paul Strong, Edwards County 4-H coordinator, needed to take a muzzleloading course so he could teach about the firearms."
"He and his wife, Mary, who also is a coordinator of the Shooting Sports club, found out about the club that meets near Spearville on Marshall Road and joined it." |
NJ: Police uncover weapons cache in V'land home.
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"A convicted felon faces weapons charges after police uncovered a cache of guns and more than 1,500 rounds of ammunition at his home."
"A judge approved a police search of the suspect's home after detectives learned guns were being stored on the property in the 1000 block of Hendee Road, said Sgt. Patrick Dougherty." |
UK: Store owner sleeps in shop to stop thieves
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"A Warrington shop owner says he has been forced to sleep in his store after it was broken into twice last week."
"Don Wooden, owner of The Spares Shop on Bank Street, has complained that police have not been to advise him on store security or to inform him about the progress of the investigation."
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Canada: MLA targets feds after fake-gun scare
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"A Tory MLA wants the feds to tighten up the Youth Criminal Justice Act after a replica handgun was pointed at him by a youth who was caught but not charged."
" 'It's a traumatic experience,' Thomas Lukaszuk said yesterday, adding he thought the gun was real."
"Lukaszuk said he was driving alone in St. Albert around 5 p.m. on Tuesday when a young man close to the road pointed a handgun at him. Lukaszuk said he ducked down and kept driving." |
The True Aim Of Gun Grabbers
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"To any devoted Liberal government is the one and only answer for everything. Self- defense and our inherent right to it are not conducive to being dependent on government. In the Liberal ideal the average person is better off being more dependent on the government. Anything that lessens our need on government therefore becomes the sworn enemy of liberalism." ...
"They want us to place our protection, as well as our other liberties, in their hands. In the world of Liberals violence is violence. If you kill in self-defense you have not done something just in the eyes of Liberalism. In their sight you are just as bad as the criminal who sought to harm you. This is the dream of the Liberal elites. A nation where everyone depends on government, a government controlled by Liberals, for all our needs. Especially self-defense!" |
MA: Board discusses gun, tattoo issues
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"Silence!"
"That is what neighbors of the Tewksbury Rod and Gun Club are looking for."
"Chandler Street resident Gail Perdicaro and her neighbors approached the Board of Health for a second time this year demanding the board hold hearings regarding both the alleged pollution caused by 45 years of shooting at the club's range and the constant noise created by having a gun club in their neighborhood." |
GA: Feds say cop led gang (Another Report)
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"An Atlanta police 'Officer of the Year' was arrested Wednesday on federal racketeering charges as an alleged leader of a notorious drug gang."
"Officer David Alan Freeman, 38, is among 16 people indicted since March as members of the Diablos gang, which authorities describe as 'very violent.' " |
OH: Perception changes in a (political) gun fight
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"Many readers may be familiar with Dr. Alexis Artwohl's 'Perception Changes During Deadly-Force Incidents', in which he documents some of the physiological impairments those unfortunate enough to have been involved in an armed confrontation reported experiencing."
"Pro-self-defense advocate Stephen Wenger has done his own version of this study, which we like to call 'Perception changes in a (political) gun fight' - a very telling description of some Ohio politicians."
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OH: What Senate leaders, Bob Taft and OSHP bureaucrats don't want you to know
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"Those who are standing in the way of passing true concealed carry reform in Ohio are fond of saying that despite doubling the size of the House version of HB12, the laundry list of terrible amendments still produced a bill that is 'similar to other states' concealed carry laws'."
"At the very center of the HB12 battlefield is the issue of allowing citizens to defend themselves in their personal vehicles."
"So do other states restrict carry in a car for CCW license-holders?"
"Quite the contrary." |
Jet might survive missile strike
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"The British arms dealer accused Wednesday of trying to smuggle a shoulder-fired missile into the USA allegedly delivered it on the basis that it could bring down a passenger jet. Analysts aren't as certain."
"Although a shoulder-fired missile could down a commercial jet, aviation analysts say a hit wouldn't necessarily prove catastrophic."
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CATO Institute Daily Commentary: Comparing the U.S. and EU Constitutions
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"Europeans will soon consider a proposed constitution for the European Union that is very different from the U.S. Constitution. The United States is the oldest and largest surviving constitutional republic -- a nation that has experienced a larger increase in area, population, and income; absorbing people of more diverse racial, ethnic, and language backgrounds than any other contemporary nation. So Europeans are well advised to understand and consider those characteristics of the U.S. Constitution that provided the political and legal framework for the American success story."
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Women, Jews, Others Join Pro-Gun Effort
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"Among the organizations that have joined the case are the Pink Pistols, a group of gay and lesbian gun owners; the Second Amendment Sisters; and Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership. They are asking the court to consider if the Constitution's Second Amendment guarantees the right to own a gun."
The case is Silveira v. Lockyer |
Libertarian Homesteaders Have High Hopes
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" 'The government has gotten too big, and [project members] want to return to a lifestyle pre-PATRIOT Act and pre-Roosevelt...New Deal kind of nanny statism,' FSP Vice President Elizabeth McKinstry explained."
"Specifically, the loose-knit group of activists wants to do away with many taxes, as well as laws regulating home schooling, marriage, controlled substances, small businesses and the Second Amendment." |
CA: Man shot dead after yelling at gunman
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"A man was shot to death outside a taco shop early Thursday after yelling at two men who were trying to rob him."
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VA: Police chief blames community for crime
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Richmond Police Chief Andre Parker said he holds the community - not his police department - responsible for the city's high level of crime.
"Every community gets the type of law enforcement they deserve," he said, paraphrasing former U.S. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy.
Parker called in last week to Michael Graham's afternoon radio show on WRVA (1140 AM) when Graham criticized the performance of the city police department, citing its failure to solve a "promiscuous shooting" the night before during a National Night Out event. |
PA: Paintball pranksters get gunfire
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"Two teens who drove around Pittsburgh shooting passers-by with paintball guns were shot with real bullets for apparently targeting the wrong group, police said." ...
"When the teens turned around to tell the group on the street they were only shooting paintballs, someone returned fire with a gun, peppering the driver's side of the car with more than a dozen bullets, Dacey said." |
WA: Ex-deputy pleads guilty to sexual misconduct
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"A former deputy with the Thurston County Sheriff's Office pleaded guilty yesterday on the eve of his trial for sexually assaulting a woman he falsely arrested during a traffic stop, according to the Thurston County prosecutor."
"Dallas Hogan pleaded guilty to custodial sexual misconduct, unlawful imprisonment and extortion." |
MD: Man shot 3 times by police officer
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"He was shot as he paced on a red metal awning over the front of a house in the 1500 block of N. Lakewood Ave."
" 'My speculation is he was trying to decide whether he could jump safely,' said Maj. Michael J. Andrew, commander of the Eastern District. 'At one point he reached back into the window. That, coupled with screams coming from inside the house and not knowing whether he had a weapon, that's when the officer fired three shots.' "
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Philippines: General admits 'giving' weapons to ex-rebels
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"Retired Lt. Gen. Romeo A. Padiernos, former Armed Forces Southern Command chief, admitted Thursday that he gave firearms and ammunition to a former Moro rebel and his companions but denied he received payment for the delivery."
"Padiernos, who was SouthCom chief in 1997, told ABS-CBN that he authorized the delivery of 100 garand rifles to ex-Panamao, Sulu mayor Hajji Bagis and his allies, who were former members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF)."
"Padiernos said he gave the rifles to Bagis to aid him in his feud against the family of the mayor of Estino, Sulu." |
AZ: SWAT shooting lacks evidence
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"Evidence laid out in a police report doesn't support a Glendale officer's claim that she was fired upon when she shot a man during a July 8 raid in north Phoenix."
"Officer Laura Beeler told Phoenix investigators she opened fire with an assault rifle after believing that she had been shot at during a sweep at a Hells Angels clubhouse." |
South Africa: Woman's head and parts matched to torso
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"The Ga-Rankuwa Murder and Robbery Unit was on Thursday still questioning a man whose girlfriend's beheaded corpse was found in the bush between Klipgat and Odinberg near Mabopane."
"North West Province police said the body was identified as that of a 30-year-old police sergeant stationed at the Klipgat police station."
"The police said the woman was shot several times before being cut with a sharp object."
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MN: Residents buying fewer handgun permits than authorities expected
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"While Washington County residents haven't bought as many handguns as the county Sheriff's Office anticipated, they've still purchased quite a few, said Sheriff Jim Frank."
"Since May 28, when Gov. Tim Pawlenty signed into law the Minnesota Personal Protection Act, Washington County residents have applied for 470 permits to carry concealed handguns."
" 'It sounds way too many to me,' said Sheriff Jim Frank. 'That's my position � (people) don't really need them.' "
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Two questions:
1 - Who is he to determine our need?
2 - Will he guarantee our protection in the event that we might? |
CA: Crime wave in the still of night
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"The Sheriff's Department has logged 17 home-invasion robberies this year, including eight since May 23. Sheriff's detectives investigated just six such crimes last year."
"For the most part, the robberies have been taking place in rural homes in and around Turlock, Keyes and Ceres. But people in Modesto, Delhi and rural northern Merced County also have become victims." |
UK: Armed man in terror threats at pub
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"A crazed gunman armed with a ball-bearing pistol and a fake hand grenade went on the rampage at a Stourbridge pub, threatening to shoot terrified bar staff."
"Armed police were called to The Foley Arms, in Hagley Road, when the man, wearing combat gear, went into the pub and started being abusive and aggressive to young women workers there."
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IMI optimistic US will lift ban on Uzi sales
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"Sources inform 'Globes' that Uzi manufacturer Israel Military Industries is optimistic that it will be able to resume sales in the US. Former President Bill Clinton signed a bill banning certain types of automatic and semi-automatic weapons, including the Uzi, blocking signed contracts worth millions of dollars."
"The law expires next year, and IMI believes that the Republican administration and Republican-controlled Congress will not renew it." |
TX: 3 Men pose as Police
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"Pasadena police are looking for three Hispanic men posing as cops, who pulled over a man two weeks ago and robbed him of $2,800." |
GA: 'Officer of the Year' Led Gang, Feds Say
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"Federal agents arrested an Atlanta Zone 1 police officer Wednesday morning as he walked to his car shortly after roll call."
"The arrest came after a federal indictment that alleged Officer David Freeman -- known as 'Day Day' on the streets and recently named his precinct's Officer of the Year -- helped lead the violent Diablos gang in northwest Atlanta." |
John Lott: Off-Duty Bans - Should Cops have Guns?
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"Over 8,000 state and local police departments in the U.S. employed about 450,000 full-time sworn police officers in 2000. Adding retired officers who have served at least five years would add millions more. Many would not only carry their guns for free, but would actually feel more comfortable and safer being able to carry them."
"The federal government advises us that we should be observant and report strange events to the police. But there is not always time to call 911 and wait for the cavalry to arrive. This legislation helps provide police who are well trained and who may already be there at the scene." |
IL: Local law to ban gun sales shot down
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"A Glenview trustee failed to convince his colleagues on the Village Board that a local ordinance banning gun sales altogether in the village is needed."
"In the wake of Galyan's failed attempt to be allowed to sell long guns at its new store in The Glen Town Center, Trustee Mike Guinane proposed Aug. 5 that firearms sales be banned permanently in Glenview."
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CO: A sensible gun ban
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"The Denver Post supports the right of law-abiding citizens to protect themselves, including the state's new concealed-weapons law. However, there are places where it's inappropriate to go armed, such as courts and government buildings."
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