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David Codrea: The Next Steps Toward Aug. 28
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"Get ahold of gun shops and ranges in your area. To find them all, go to YellowPages.com or a similar online resource." ...
"If you have time, search for them online and see if they have a website with an email address or contact form. If they do, send them the following message (feel free to modify):"
"On August 28, the Brady Campaign is teaming up with Jesse Jackson for a nationwide protest against what they call 'illegal guns,' meaning guns they've succeeded in banning or are working on banning. We're forming a counter-protest by encouraging gun owners across America to buy a box of ammo, or components, targets, etc., on that day. We're asking gun stores and ranges across the country to participate ..." |
Parker case now known as 'Heller' as it is appealed to U.S. Supreme Court (BFA)
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"For months you have read stories about the Parker case, in which several residents of Washington D.C. were suing the city over the thirty year ban on the ownership of handguns. I wanted to update you as to what is going on at the moment."
"In March the city lost their case to preserve their ban, and a later appeal for an en banc hearing was refused. ..." ...
"The case name has now changed. As pleadings for certiorari move forward, the case will now be known as District of Columbia vs. Heller. The reason for this change is that it was decided that Dick Heller was the only plaintiff who still had legal standing. ..." ... |
Renowned Oscar-Winning Actress Makes Case For Common-Sense Gun Laws (BCPGV)
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"Jodie Foster, winner of two Academy Awards and one of the most respected actresses in the world, says in the September issue of More magazine that she believes it makes common sense to place reasonable restrictions on access to firearms."
"She told More Contributor Margy Rochlin 'Isn't it possible that we all have that bit of insanity in us? That's why I'm for gun control. Absolutely. Hunting, I get that � let's protect hunting. But I don't believe that people should have access to life-or-death situations at any emotional time in their life. I don't really believe that a human being who feels [things] should have the option at their fingertips.'" ... |
Why can't Americans give up their guns?
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"Is there anything comparable to the numbing obstinacy, the utter blindness to reality, that politicians display toward the consequences of untrammeled gun ownership in this country?"
"Here are some facts. The number of those shot dead by a mentally unbalanced student in 'the massacre' that April morning was 32. The figure was thought large enough, even in this country, that The Washington Post prepared a profile of each person killed and serialized the sketches. But anyone willing to pause and check would have found a startling fact: That number is close to the daily average for killings by firearms in the United States." ...
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KABA Note: Here is another fact: Gun ownership does not correlate with violence! |
Brady Campaign Invites Public To Demand Action Against Gun Violence Via Video
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"As students resume classes at Virginia Tech and other schools across the country, the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence today launched a website called Vidivoice, which offers individuals the opportunity to post brief videos made from cell phones or camcorders in which they can express their thoughts about gun violence, offer solutions that would make communities safer, and ask the general public, friends, elected officials and those running for higher office, 'What are you going to do?' to make the country safer from gun violence." ... |
UK: Pirate radio DJs risk prosecution to fight gun and knife crime
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"Leading DJs from the world of illegal broadcasting will compromise their anonymity today to take a stand against gun and knife crime." ...
"Pirate DJs have been involved in the world of gangs and drug dealers when coded text messages are read over the airwaves. But they see themselves as social entrepreneurs, who have an influence over communities that authority figures lack." ...
"The operators face prosecution if their identities are revealed ..." ...
"Police will not attend the event but are supporting the campaign, which is backed by the Home Office, the Greater London Authority and Mothers Against Guns ..." ...
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Submitter's Note: As David Codrea points out: "They're not even pretending any more. The UK citizen disarmament cabal is openly teaming with the underworld." |
CA: Owner will not be charged
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"A Yuba City market owner who shot and killed an armed robber will not be charged with a crime, Sutter County District Attorney Carl Adams said today."
"Adams said the woman, who co-owns the Percy Avenue Market, acted in self-defense when she pulled a .38 caliber revolver from a drawer the night of Aug. 10 and shot Billy Lloyd Saling at point blank range."
"Adams did not name the woman in a press release but confirmed she is Suad Hamdan, wife of co-owner Chris Hamdan. She earlier declined comment."
"Saling had a loaded .22 caliber revolver in his hand when Hamdan fired one time, hitting him in the upper left chest. She fired a second time as he ran out the door but missed and hit a wall, said Adams." ... |
NC: She feared he would kill her
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"Sonia Long was afraid the man she was divorcing would murder her, kill her children and maybe even turn the gun on himself."
"So, last week, she filed a restraining order against Anthony Long, then moved into a battered women's shelter, her grandmother said."
"On Thursday, police found her body inside her red-brick east Charlotte home. They would not say how she was killed."
"She was staying at the shelter, but had returned to collect her children's birth certificates. Anthony Long was at the house when she got there, her grandmother, Ona Murray, said Friday."
"Anthony Long, 35, is charged with rape and murder in connection with the slaying ..." ... |
LA: Trial to begin today in kidnap-stabbing
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"The trial of a man accused of kidnapping and stabbing his wife and 2-year-old daughter is scheduled to start today in state district court."
"Jimmie Darnell Dixon III, 28, faces two counts of attempted first-degree murder and two counts of second-degree kidnapping."
"The charges stem from a Sept. 22 incident."
"On that day, authorities say, Samantha Dixon obtained a restraining order against her husband from a Livingston Parish judge." ... |
In court's cross hairs
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"Federal Judge Jack Weinstein has shot down the last feeble attempt to derail a city lawsuit against out-of-state gun dealers who funnel their instruments of death onto New York's streets."
"In a decision last week, Weinstein cut the legs out from under six of the most unscrupulous, ruling that Mayor Bloomberg had every right to send in undercover probers and to sue the dealers as public nuisances and to force them to answer for their crimes where the consequences are writ large - in Brooklyn."
"The original May 2006 suit named 15 dealers who broke federal law by knowingly selling firearms to people who did not live in the state where they were doing business. But the feds refused to enforce their own statute ..." ... |
MI: Gubernatorial Scratch Fever: Ted Nugent hopes to rule Michigan?
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"Many will argue that this country needs some fresh faces in the political arena. But is a rock guitarist with polarizing views what people have in mind? For years, musician and second-amendment fan Ted Nugent has hinted at making a run for political office in Michigan or Illinois. The 58-year-old rock icon responsible for 'Cat Scratch Fever' is still keeping this goal in mind. Before a recent concert, he told reports that 'I have threatened [to run for governor of Michigan in 2010] and I was sincere ... Michigan was once a great state ... now the pimps and the whores and the welfare brats are basically the state's babies.'"
"Good to see he's toning down his rhetoric in preparation for a move into politics." ... |
PA: Council plans to repeal gun ban on borough property
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"Tonight, Ellwood City Council plans to repeal the ban enacted last month on carrying guns into borough buildings and vehicles."
"The only exceptions were certified law enforcement officers."
"'We're going to repeal it,' Glenn Jones, council president, said last night."
"'We can't ban guns as I understand it,' noted vice president Tony Court last night. 'It's unconstitutional. We thought we could do it because they�re banned in the courthouse. I guess we may have overstepped our bounds; our stance is to back off a bit.'"
"Borough solicitor Edward Leymarie Jr. noted last week he supports council�s action, saying this is not a fight he would recommend council undertake." ... |
Congressman Charged for Assault At Dulles
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"ABC 7/Newschannel 8 has learned the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority have charged Democratic Representative Robert Filner of California with assault and battery following an incident at Dulles International Airport Sunday night." ...
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Filner:
-- Voted NO on prohibiting product misuse lawsuits on gun manufacturers. (Oct 2005)
-- Voted NO on prohibiting suing gunmakers & sellers for gun misuse. (Apr 2003)
-- Voted NO on decreasing gun waiting period from 3 days to 1. (Jun 1999)
-- Rated F by the NRA, indicating a pro-gun control voting record. (Dec 2003)
It's easy to see why he's so anti-gun. He thinks we all have as little self-control as he does.
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KS: County bans firing of guns in area west of town
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"Shawnee County is banning the firing of guns, except in self-defense, in the three Clarhan Farms subdivisions west of Topeka."
"After saying they were undecided last month about whether to support the ban proposed by Commissioner Shelly Buhler, commissioners Ted Ensley and Vic Miller voted in favor of it today as the ban was approved, 3-0."
"Miller and Ensley ... said they are both hunters and support allowing hunting in areas where it is safe, but consider it unsafe to allow guns to be fired in the Clarhan Farms subdivisions because houses there are fairly close together."
"More than 80 percent of the residents of those subdivisions signed the petition that brought about today�s hearing. ..." ... |
ATF Officials Release Gun Trace Data
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"Local police forces last year asked the ATF for help investigating whether an estimated 284,000 weapons were legally sold, officials said Monday."
"But Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Director Michael J. Sullivan said he's worried that fewer police departments will request assistance because of new legislation barring public release of so-called gun trace data, which tracks gun sales in specific cases."
"'My biggest concern is we have law enforcement departments out there that believe that they can't get access to trace information, so they're not even asking for it,' Sullivan told reporters at ATF headquarters. 'And it's undermining their ability to advance their investigations.'" ... |
MS: Former Corrections Officer Ryan Michael Teel Faces Life in Prison in the Beating Death of an Inmate
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"The Justice Department has announced that a former Mississippi corrections officer, Ryan Michael Teel, has been sentenced for abusing inmates at the Harrison County Adult Detention Center in Gulfport, Mississippi."
"His trial lasted two weeks, and there was testimony from many other officers, among them some who had already pleaded guilty to similar crimes. In their testimony, they stated that Teel was a ringleader in an organized conspiracy the aim of which was to physically abuse the inmates in their care. The testimony showed that Teel created an atmosphere of violence at the jail. The place where it was most prevalent was the booking area, which is the first place an inmate comes to ..." ... |
MS: DNA testing sought by former JPD officer convicted in robbery
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"A former Jackson police officer convicted of bank robbery is asking a judge to order DNA testing in his case."
"On May 14, 2002, a disguised bandit robbed the Citizens State Bank in Morton and discarded a hard hat, shirt and sunglasses he wore in the robbery."
"'This evidence is virtually certain to contain DNA ...'"
"Prosecutors never introduced these items at Fasano's 2005 trial ..."
"The evidence - the clothing worn by the bank robber - was checked out for Fasano's August 2005 trial, but prosecutors told defense lawyers afterward it had been lost. That evidence turned up a year later in a closet in the prosecutors' office - four months after Fasano left for prison." ... |
NY: NY judge knocks state police for withholding information
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"A New York judge has criticized the state police for playing a game of 'cat and mouse' over a request for public records and ruled it had no legitimate reason to delete certain information from the documents in a police brutality case."
"Acting state Supreme Court Justice Thomas McNamara rejected an argument the information was blacked out to protect the privacy of witnesses - a position commonly taken by the state police - and accused the agency of 'contrived procedural maneuvering designed to avoid (court) review of its decision.'"
"He ordered the information turned over to Derek DeMeo ... man who claims he suffered severe facial injuries at the hands of a trooper ... outside an Albany bar in December." ... |
FL: Gun show loophole can put guns in criminals' hands
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"Police are looking for the killers of a police officer, and there are rewards in the tens of thousands. Where would these killers go?"
"In a few weeks, the gun show at the South Florida Fairgrounds will be an ideal event for all violent criminals to attend. At these shows, there is a gun show loophole in the law that allows them to buy guns from other private individuals without any documentation or paperwork. Even a person like Osama bin Laden would have no problem purchasing automatic and semi-automatic weapons."
"Congress has been trying to close this loophole for years, but the National Rifle Association has made sure none of these bills passes. Some states have closed the loophole. Florida is not one of them." ... |
FL: 'Gun show loophole' letter writer claims doesn't exist
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"Thursday's letter, 'Gun show loophole can put guns in criminals' hands,' is yet another example of the ignorance of the gun grabbers."
"There is no such thing as a gun show loophole. Every dealer at a gun show must have a federal license to sell guns, and any violation of it represents a felony."
"An occasional sale of one or two personally owned guns by an individual to another private individual does not make that person a dealer. It has been illegal for many years in the United States for any person to buy or possess an automatic firearm without a special federally issued Class III license." ... |
OH: Gun possession a concern in parks
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"During the last couple of weeks, I've had the opportunity to review and study the current rules and laws surrounding Ohio's concealed weapon law and policies." ...
"Just recently Miami Township lifted the ban on firearms in parks to follow and uphold the state law currently in place. With this action, I received several calls asking me 'why?' and 'how could this happen?' My response is that we are following the current law in place by our state." ...
"There should never be any question to deprive law-abiding Americans of the ability to own firearms, it is our right based on the Second Amendment. The concern I have is our children, and their safety within the parks of Miami Township." [link added] |
CO: Friends of NRA sells out Norwood fund-raiser
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"Every year, Norwood puts on one of the most effective National Rifle Association fundraisers in Colorado, last year earning more money per dollar spent than any other, according to last year�s coordinator, Matt Morris."
"'If you do it per capita, we smoke Denver, hands down,' Morris said."
"The Friends of NRA of the San Miguel Basin held their annual dinner and auction at the Hitchin� Post in Norwood Saturday night."
"You couldn't have bought a seat at the Hitchin� Post for dinner if you wanted one. Janice Todd organized the event, and the place was sold out: 130 people bought the $30 tickets to the event." ... |
NJ: Militia only
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"Re: 'Democratic presidential contenders take potshots at Second Amendment' (Perspectives, July 29)."
"Michelle Malkin's attack on Democrats about their views on the Second Amendment was very revealing. It clearly showed she does not know what the Second Amendment says. It is only one sentence long ..."
"The subject of the sentence is the militia (today's National Guard). It is talking about the right of a state to defend itself by having an armed militia. It is not saying that citizens have a right to walk around with as many guns as they want, for whatever reason they want, as she seems to think." ... |
India: 31-year-old strangled to death by business rivals
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"A 31-year-old resident of Chandlodia was strangulated, allegedly, by his business rivals in Satellite area on Sunday afternoon. They incident came to light early on Monday when the two accused � Keshram Rathod (25) and Sikandar Rathod (30) � surrended at the Sola Police Station."
"Police said, 'The murder took place at the accused�s paint shop. The two are residents of Chandlodia. They were at loggerheads with victim Surendra Rathod ever since the latter began approaching their clients to get contracts to supply paint. Rathod had also started doing well professionally in the recent past.'" ... |
Scare Words: Trace request and violations (Red's Trading Post)
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"The words violations and trace request are becoming the new scare words in the firearms industry...why because the ATF and others groups who have an anti-gun agenda are using them to vilify dealers, firearms and the industry in general. The public is for the most part unaware and jumps to conclusions. So lets take a look at these word a bit more closely."
"Violations: As I have said in the past when I would hear that a dealer was shut down for 'violations', I would assume the absolute worst. I knew that these violations had to be willful ... had always assumed that it meant ... intentional. So in my mind and others, this dealer had willfully (intentionally) committed violations, well for me that was pretty cut and dry ..." ... |
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