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CA: Humanitarian Group Sues in L.A. Over Patriot Act
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"A human rights group on Tuesday asked a federal judge in Los Angeles to strike down part of the 2001 USA Patriot Act, saying it interferes with efforts that serve humanity and even strike at the roots of terror."
"The law, which has been attacked by civil libertarians as a constitutional threat, was used to indict 'American Taliban' John Walker Lindh and six people in Buffalo, New York, known as the 'Lackawanna Six.' "
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Challenging Patriot Act is not unpatriotic
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"We assert that it is sometimes the obligation of American citizens to question authority. That can also apply to the bodies that represent citizens."
"The greatest value in discussing the Patriot Act, however, is the exercise itself: As Americans, we should be scrutinizing our laws and subjecting them to the defining light of our principles. That is how changes have come about that guaranteed rights to women, minorities, workers, children, immigrants and others." |
Losing our liberty in the name of fighting terrorism
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"These are important victories for the forces of liberty in the battle to keep an all-powerful Big Brother government from invading every aspect of our private lives under the excuse of fighting terrorism."
"However, the victory may be short lived because the Bush Administration is applying pressure on Senate leadership to keep the provisions intact. As a result, the Senate may fail to support the amendments in its version of the bill, voiding the House action." |
NY: Pawnshops Choking On Red Tape
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"It's getting tougher to be a pawnbroker in this city."
"Anti-terror and other regulations have made them an endangered business species, creating more work and less money for the businesses."
"That's not good."
"Just ask Jeff Davis, who runs his family's 60-year-old pawnshop chain in Brooklyn and Queens. In the past when people had something they wanted to get rid of, they went to the pawnbrokers, who have to report every transaction to police."
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NY: NYPD Daily Blotter
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* A 28-year-old man was critically wounded early yesterday when a gun-toting thug accosted him and opened fire on a Crown Heights street, police said.
* A gun-wielding bandit robbed the owner of a Flatbush beauty salon yesterday.
* An unidentified man apparently shot and killed himself in his car early yesterday in Bedford-Stuyvesant, police said.
* A 23-year-old man who was shot in Bushwick Saturday got into a dispute earlier with his attackers on a city bus, authorities said yesterday.
* A 46-year-old man was arrested yesterday after he robbed the driver of a tow truck at gunpoint, police said.
* A 57-year-old man was found dead yesterday after he apparently shot himself in the chest in a Flushing apartment, cops said.
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How To Fight
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"We're not only individuals; we're also consumers, citizens, taxpayers, voters, and -- if things get bad enough -- protestors and sometimes even angry mobs. Only in the aggregate do we have power, and the more we organize, the more power we have." |
PA: Cops say teen blew off hand making bomb
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"A teenager blew off one of his hands Monday while mixing a dangerous cocktail of petric acid and other bombmaking chemicals, authorities said."
"At 11:30 a.m., the quiet, tree-lined block of Witler Street near Hoff in the Northeast was converged upon by law-enforcement officers, the bomb squad and counterterrorism units, police said." |
Is Your Television Watching You?
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"If you're a satellite TV or TiVo owner, the answer is yes, according to legal experts and industry officials."
"Under the USA Patriot Act, the feds can force a noncable TV operator to disclose every show you have watched. The government just has to say that the request is related to a terrorism investigation."
"Under Section 215 of the Act, you don't even have to be the target of the investigation. Plus, your TV provider is prohibited from informing you that the feds have requested your personal information." |
AZ: 2 armed men in ski masks rob Surprise house full of people
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"Two people suffered minor injuries after a pair of armed men in ski masks robbed a Surprise house, officials said."
"Surprise police said a 21-year-old man was hit in the face with a shotgun and a 13-year-old was shoved to the ground during the incident which happened at about midnight Monday." ...
"Authorities said the two men also wore jackets similar to those worn by law enforcement agencies and entered an unlocked back door." |
UK: Martin's pistol incapable of being fired
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"A gun that allegedly belonged to Tony Martin, which was surrendered to police last week, was incapable of being fired."
"The First World War pistol was handed in after a Sunday newspaper report claimed Mr. Martin had asked a friend to look after it following the Bleak House shooting." ...
"Firearms experts found the barrel of the gun � a .45 Webley revolver � had been drilled out so it could not be used."
"Mr. Martin was released from prison on the day the gun was seized, after serving three years of a five-year sentence for the manslaughter of 16-year-old burglar Fred Barras." |
UK: Ferrybank parish priest robbed by lone raider
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"Father Jim Crotty, Ferrybank, Parish Priest has a quantity of cash robbed on Saturday night last at approximately 8.45 after a man wearing a helmet and sunglasses threatened him with what Gardai say appeared a pistol. A Garda spokesman said the man is described as being over 6ft in height and of thin athletic build. Although he demanded and was given the keys of Father Crotty�s car, the thief made his get away on a silver type scooter." |
AK: Chatanika camp hosts cowboy shoot
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"Cowboy action shooters from as far away as Reno, Nev., and Tucson, Ariz., were on hand last weekend to take on Alaska's best in the seventh annual Alaska State Single Shoot hosted by the Golden Heart Shootist Society at the Chatanika Gold Camp."
"Known locally as the Justin Pierce Memorial Shoot, the event attracted 43 registered Cowboy Action Shooters and more than 20 registered non-shooters as well as numerous spectators." |
CA: 21-year-old male arrested in San Leandro carjacking
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"Prosecutors on Monday charged a 21-year-old man with carjacking a woman in San Leandro as she sat in her car reading a Bible last Friday morning."
"The victim said she was sitting in her car eating a meal and reading a Bible when she was approached by a man with a gun."
"The man allegedly pressed the gun to the woman's temple and ordered her out of the car. The woman watched the man disappear onto northbound Interstate 880 and then she called police." |
NJ: Man with gun tries to get money at Barnegat Twp. gas station
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Barnegat police Monday were searching for a man who brandished a pistol and demanded money from a 47-year-old gas station attendant on Route 9 Sunday night.
The incident occurred at a Citgo at 7:23 p.m., police said.
Police said that another gas station patron "walking up to pay for fuel" scared the suspect away before he had gotten any money.
The suspect drove off in a light-colored two-door vehicle, Sgt. Keith Germain said. |
Libertarianism and Religious Freedom
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"Thomas Jefferson�s words 'All men are created equal' have been turned from the ideal of equality under law to equality of results, a very different � and pernicious � thing. By its very nature, Christianity is exclusionary, something that the modern equality police cannot tolerate and will always try to destroy. (In fact, Christianity also promotes a doctrine of equality, St. Paul writing that those who are Christians are equal in the sight of God. He was not, however, endorsing a doctrine of egalitarianism, despite what religious leftists claim.)" |
NY: Glitterati with Guns [3 Letters]
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"Many celebrities and high-profile people are prime targets today, and you can never find a cop when you need one. Yet, if you know how, you can purchase an illegal gun for $300 or $400." ...
"While law-abiding citizens have to practically jump through hoops on one foot to even get a chance for a permit, celebrities get permits with no problem. The NYPD won't even let its former commissioner carry one." ...
"New York City's leaders also decided that our Second Amendment rights are up to their own interpretations and that only the city's elite, in violation of the 14th Amendment, can carry concealed firearms."
"What happened to equal protection under the law?" |
Should Congress allow the sunset clause of the assault weapons ban
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"KEN: The assault weapons ban was bad legislation when it was enacted and no law deserves a quicker death than this fragmented, disjointed, and misguided attempt to ban firearms. This law deals with threaded barrels, pistol grips, and folding stocks. These features can make a firearm look real scary. This law has little to do with the power, strength, or accuracy of a firearm, and more to do with how mean they look." ...
"JAMES: Legislators did pick 'mean' looking firearms for a reason - they are generally high powered and able to spray a large number of bullets in a general area as a means to maximize their lethal effects. In your statement you are partially correct about what the assault weapons ban does not permit, but you should have also included bans on guns with clips of 10 or more rounds, threaded barrels that can support flash suppressers and grenade launchers, bayonet mounts, and specific weapons such as Kalashnikovs, Uzis, Ar70s, AR15s, and others." ... |
PA: Young's children holding up well,' says grandfather
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"Reginald Runkle said his great-grandchildren are 'holding up well' after his granddaughter, Stacey Young, was killed at her home." ...
"John Young was seen entering the camper by neighbors, who later heard two gunshots, then saw Young leaving with a 'rifle-style weapon' in his hand."
"He then drove to Heidelberg Township where he confronted and attempted to shoot Gabriel Bollinger."
"During the confrontation, Bollinger shot Young in the upper abdomen."
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Left-wing CBS cherry-picks interviewees -- excludes blacks
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"An electronic message from a spokeswoman at a liberal thinktank obtained by RatherBiased.com has provided new evidence of backdoor contacts between CBS News and left-leaning organizations. The document also indicates that producers at the network deliberately exclude African-Americans in their search for potential story subjects."
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AZ: Leader of border group arrested
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"The leader of a southwestern U.S. border group that electronically monitors illegal-alien traffic has been arrested on gun-related charges, according to local law-enforcement officials."
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Canada: Councillor eyes gun registry money
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"City councillor Duke Connelly says he will support a motion proposed by Ottawa city councillor Dwight Eastman calling on the federal government to redirect gun registry funding to municipal programs."
" 'I think it�s a crock,' Connelly said of the registry at Monday evening�s council meeting." |
Missing the Story
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"Year after year, the same New York Times reporter, Fox Butterfield, writes a story with some variant of the same theme. In last week's story, the secondary headline was 'More Inmates, Despite Slight Drop in Crime.' Perhaps there is a drop in crime because more criminals are in prison." |
Court Deluged in Filings for Finance Law
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"Supporters of a new campaign money law came to its defense in hundreds of pages of filings Tuesday at the Supreme Court. The court is considering whether fund-raising and advertising restrictions are constitutional."
"The Bush administration, in a 135-page brief, argued that the 2002 law is needed to keep elections clean and does not hurt the free-speech rights of donors or political groups."
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CA: Real-life hero of Hollywood
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"A crazed gunman burst into a party and opened fire on a Liverpool family."
"He was wrestled to the ground after firing three shots at the house in San Diego, California."
"The drama unfolded at the home of Liverpool-born actor Mark Cooper who was throwing the party for his family."
"Mr. Cooper, who played Third Officer Pitman in Titanic, leaped on the gunman and dragged him to the ground."
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Union wants pilots trained in gun use
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"The union representing American Airlines pilots said Tuesday the threat of new terrorist acts should lead the government to expand a program to train pilots in the use of guns."
"Over objections by the Bush administration last year, Congress approved the arming of pilots. The first group of 44 pilots completed the required training in April." |
CA: Porn Star Says She'll Seek Governor's Office
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"Carey said her platform includes taxing breast implants to generate revenue; hiring adult film stars to help negotiate better wholesale electricity prices; and creating a 'Porno for Pistols' program, where gun owners can to swap their weapons for X-rated films."
" 'If more guys had orgasms, they'd be less violent,' said Carey, who said she'd run as an Independent." |
MI: Gun amnesty program underway in Ottawa County
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"There are 800 registered gun owners in Grand Haven. But, this week the focus is on those who have guns that are not registered."
"Grand Haven Public Safety worked with the Ottawa County Prosecutor's Office to set up the gun amnesty program which runs this week as part of 'National Night Out.' "
"Grand Haven residents can turn in their guns or register them with no questions asked. The program runs through Friday at the Grand Haven Public Safety Building." ... |
Canada: Anti-police sentiment increasing: Toronto chief
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"Following a weekend of bloody gun play in the city that left several people dead, the chief of Canada's largest police force announced Tuesday he would redeploy officers to crack down on 'the enemy of society' - violence - as well as gangs, drugs and guns."
"Chief Julian Fantino said there has been a 70 per cent increase in shooting homicides so far this year over the same period last year, and there has been an alarming rise in violence against his own officers." ... |
UK: Man shot dead in Dublin pub
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"Garda� have begun a murder investigation after a fatal shooting in Dublin last night."
"Thomas Canavan, from Myra Close, Inchicore, was shot once in the upper body, by a man who fired three times from a handgun, after entering Cleary's pub on Sarsfield Road shortly after 9pm." |
MA: State says It Has No 'Unsafe' Schools
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"Massachusetts, like California and Florida before it, plans to report to the federal government that it has no 'persistently dangerous' schools, from which students can request a transfer."
"Georgia and Arkansas also have reported none, according to the U.S. Department of Education. States are required under the No Child Left Behind law to determine which, if any, of their schools are unsafe." |
NY: Call On County Legislature To Stop Gun Violence
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"Demonstrators in front of the Monroe County Office Building Tuesday demanded that the County Legislature take a more active stand against gun violence. The Reverend Joy Powell encouraged passers-by to sign a petition for County Legislators. She said the petition asks the Legislature to press for statutory change in Albany."
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