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A Closer Look At The Second Amendment (Letter)
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"I can assure you from personal experience, Mr. Buchanan, this law 'infringes' every owner of these firearms. Under its provisions many formerly available models have been forbidden from further import. Costs on the remaining models have sky-rocketed, in many cases tripling in price within a year or two. That is essentially a violation of the constitutional prohibition against seizure without just compensation."

CA: Was that our governor??
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"Who rode in the two-car motorcade that hurtled along at 90 mph Saturday night on Highway 46 East?"

"Could it have been Gov. Gray Davis?"

"A Templeton-based CHP officer followed the speeding motorcade east on the narrow, two-lane highway in northeast San Luis Obispo County, which has been the site of dozens of fiery fatal car wrecks over the years. The speed limit on the undivided road is 55 mph."

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This is not the first time a public official considered himself above the law.

MA: Police target violent crime The Quadrangle shooting
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"City residents should see an increase in state police presence by next weekend under a collaborative effort with local police to crack down on drugs, guns and violence, Police Chief Paula C. Meara said yesterday."

"The joint effort, dubbed 'Operation City Shield,' is being launched for a three-month period in response to growing concerns about violence in Springfield, including gunfire erupting last week at the Quadrangle. No one was injured in the Quadrangle shooting, the site of the Central Library, four museums and the Dr. Seuss National Memorial Sculpture Garden." ...

" 'At the heart of it is drugs,' Bennett said. 'Almost all the gun crimes are related to drugs.' "

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That's what happens when you ban a substance. That's what will happen if guns are banned. Don't they get it?

Gun-control debate gets muzzled
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"On the same day last month, five factory workers in Mississippi were shot and killed by a co-worker and five people in a family in Bakersfield, Calif., were killed by gunfire."

"Not too long ago, dramatic slayings such as these would have created a new chapter in the national debate over gun control. There would have been angry speeches in Congress and new proposals to crack down on firearms."

"But today, there is mostly silence."

"Democrats, who believe that their calls for gun controls might have cost them the White House in 2000, are less willing to take on the gun lobby."

Canada: Gun law misfires in poll
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"The federal government's controversial gun registry program has the support of only 39% of Canadians a new poll reveals." ...

" 'The more people learn about the federal firearms fiasco, the less support it receives,' Breitkreuz said."

" 'The Liberals have put the police between a rock and a hard place,' Breitkreuz said."

"Respect and public support for police actions is diminished when they crack down on gun owners who have never been, and never will be, a threat to public security."

OH: Gun bill compromise sought
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"Sen. Steve Austria still thinks a compromise on Ohio's concealed handgun bill is out there waiting to be discovered."

"But Jim Aslanides, R-Coshocton, the sponsor of the gun bill, said a proposed compromise is unacceptable."

"As the Legislature takes time off this summer, the Beavercreek Republican has sent bill revisions to the Ohio House and governor's office in hopes of breaking the stalemate that has put the bill's fate in jeopardy."

WI: Victim held gun, complaint says
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"The victim of the shooting by a police officer said he picked up a handgun in an attempt to throw it into the sewer."

"And a police report about Monday's shooting states that Timothy Nabors told a Milwaukee police officer riding with him in an ambulance that 'The other guy who I was with threw the gun by me, the gun hit the ground, and I picked it up.' "

"But a Milwaukee firefighter who was in the ambulance trying to save Nabors said he never heard Nabors admit to holding the gun."

UK: Two held over gun incident in beer garden
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"Two people have been arrested following an incident in which a man brandished a gun in front of more than 100 terrified customers in a pub beer garden."

"Armed officers raided homes on the Kingswood estate in Corby, Northants, early this morning where they arrested men aged 29 and 20."

"A Northamptonshire Police spokeswoman said they were being held in connection with an incident at the Spread Eagle pub in Corby on Wednesday night."

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Another lovely evening out in the gun-free workers paradise of the UK.

Anti-Gun Group Opposes So-Called 'Newspaper Loophole'
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"Gun control activists nationwide are pressuring newspapers to stop accepting legal classified advertising of firearms for sale by private citizens. Advocates of gun owners' rights said Thursday that anti-gun forces apparently aren't content with ignoring the Second Amendment and now want to ignore the First Amendment as well."

" 'The issue is not guns, but the way guns are sold,' claimed John Johnson, coordinator of the so-called National Campaign to Close the Newspaper Loophole."

UK: Air gun warning for pet owners
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A national pet charity is urging animal lovers to be aware of the number of air gun injuries which animals are increasingly suffering.

Each year in Britain over 10,000 cats are killed or maimed by airgun injuries, which breaks down to 30 feline casualties every day.

Because cats are impossible to supervise it makes them idea targets for cruel gunslingers to take a pot shot.

PDSA � Britain's leading veterinary charity � is urging pet owners to be watchful and always report any cases of airgun injuries to the local police.

UK: Police swoop on 'gun'-toting man
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"Armed police descended on a residential street after a man was spotted walking through back gardens carrying a rifle."

"Beds Police's entire armed response team turned out along with the force helicopter and dog handlers � only to find the gun causing the scare was a plastic toy."

"The gun turned out to be a plastic imitation AK-47 rifle. Police did not arrest the man but said he was 'advised accordingly' about his behaviour."

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For walking down the street with a toy. Welcome to the socialist paranoid haven of gun-free UK.

NJ: 'God Bless America' suit prevails
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"The New Jersey honor guardsman who was fired for saying 'God bless you and this family, and God bless the United States of America' during grave-side burial services for veterans has won his job back � with back pay." ...

" ...after one of Cubbage's fellow honor guardsmen complained, Cubbage was ordered to stop giving the blessing because it could 'offend Jews and Muslims.' He then was fired last October after he continued to give the blessing."

CT: Armed robberies were with BB gun, police say
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"Two city men were arrested on robbery charges Wednesday night shortly after they allegedly used a BB gun to hold up two individuals on Jubilee Street, robbing them of cash and two cellular phones, police said."

"Officers later recovered a pellet gun, hidden in some bushes, located in the area where the robbery occurred."

"Gannon said police believe it was the weapon used during the robbery after one of the victims told police it looked identical to the firearm shown by one of his assailants."

Australia: Gun mishap puts boy in hospital
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A 10-year-old boy has been airlifted to Perth after he was accidentally shot in the head with a rifle at a remote Kimberley community in north-west Western Australia.

Police say three boys were playing with the firearm in a house at the Kearney Range about 10:00am AWST yesterday, when the gun accidentally discharged.

The boy was taken to the nearby Balgo Aboriginal community in a serious condition, before being flown to Princess Margaret Hospital yesterday afternoon.

Police from Halls Creek have arrived at the community to investigate the incident.

UK: Gun Crimes Soar
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"Recently published Home Office statistics show gun crime has soared by 35%, and that firearms related offences rose to more than 27 occurances every day on average in England and Wales, with the biggest increases in large metropolitan areas."

"The report has come out in a week where the government has highlighted plans to introduce a five-year minimum jail sentence for anyone illegally possessing a firearm. This was then followed by an announcement that new legislation would be brought in to ban anyone carrying a replica or air weapon in a public place without a good reason."

MI: Angry residents intensify battle over gun range
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"Residents upset about what they claim is excessive noise coming from the Island Lake State Recreation Area shooting range are taking their complaints to the top guns."

"Jenness Wiegand of Brighton Township said she will present petition signatures from people opposed to the shooting range noise to the Department of Natural Resources next week. The DNR oversees the operation at the shooting range. The meeting is scheduled at 4:30 p.m. Thursday in Lansing."

Gun Education for Anchormen
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"I�m really tired of the way television news readers�anchormen� portray guns as the great American evil. I can understand why anchorwomen object. Girls, as a rule, don't like guns. It is when the baritone voices express outrage at gun ownership that I find myself scratching my head."

"I blame our education system." ...

"So, here is my modest proposal�firearm training for television commentators. Get these boys and girls out of their studios and on the firing range for a day. Give them the basic National Rifle Association safety course, in order to remind them that responsible gun owners take their hobby seriously. Then, let them tear off a few dozen rounds from various caliber handguns and rifles, to show them that marksmanship is a challenging sport."

New Zealand: Bus hijacked by 17-yr-old wielding air pistol Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft Website: http://home.comcast.net/~bruce.krafft/	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"It has emerged that an air pistol was used to hijack a Christchurch city bus last night." "An Orbiter bus carrying 14 passengers was commandeered for more than an hour last night, after a man wielded a gun at the driver." "Christchurch police have confirmed the weapon looked like a Glock nine millimetre pistol, but was actually an air pistol."

UK: Officers hunt for red dye robbers
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"Two armed robbers who are believed to covered with red dye are being hunted by police."

"The men, one armed with a pistol, stole a cash box which was being delivered to Morgans Newsagents yesterday."

"They drove off in a gold Rover car and stopped in Sycamore Drive, Wythall, where they drove over the cash box in an attempt to open it and were covered in red dye from a security device. They then headed towards the Solihull Lodge area of Birmingham."

OH: "Work continues on concealed-carry bill"
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"We truly welcome Sen. Austria's attempts to find a solution to the mess that has been created by Republican leadership and Gov. Taft. We view this news as ecouraging, and do not wish to discourage his efforts."

"However, Rep. Aslanides is 100% correct in continuing to demand the full restoration of the right to claim an affirmative defense if arrested for carrying in a vehicle without a permit."

"Furthermore, we do not believe that changing Taft's 'Carjacker Protection' provision to render parents of children 16-and-younger (instead of 18) defenseless is any less egregious."

OH: OSC, in unusual move, allows new information in already-argued CCW case Submitted by: Ohioans For Concealed Carry PAC Website: http://www.ofccpac.org	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"The Gonger News Service is reporting that, almost four months after the Ohio Supreme Court heard oral arguments over a challenge to a law that prohibits carrying concealed weapons, justices took the unusual - but not unprecedented step - Thursday of allowing the record to be supplemented with a Wisconsin Supreme Court decision on the same subject."

IL: Assault Weapons Readily Available in Chicago Suburbs
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"The Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence (ICHV) called on Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-14th) to strengthen the federal ban on assault weapons that will sunset in September of 2004 unless Speaker Hastert and Congress take action. Since the passage of the 1994 Federal Assault Weapons Ban, the gun industry has made various 'clones' of banned weapons and made minor cosmetic changes that do not reduce the lethality of assault rifles in order to circumvent the ban and continue selling semi-automatic assault rifles. ICHV highlighted the need for a strengthened law by identifying gun stores and dealers in suburban Chicago areas, and in and around Dennis Hastert's congressional district that sell assault weapons, such as the Bushmaster assault rifle used by the D.C. snipers."

South Africa: 'A miracle saved me'
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"Mostert was on her way home alone from bible study when three men pointed a pistol at her on the corner of CR Swart and Soutpansberg Drive and told her to open the car."

"She tried to drive off, but the car stalled and she was forced to unlock it."

"The hijackers ordered her to lie flat on the back seat while they raced through the streets, keeping a pistol trained on her."

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So while citizens are being victimized, they're also being rendered defenseless by the government.

MD: Reader takes aim at assault rifle editor
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"A recent 'assault rifle' editorial must have upset some people like Dale Benson because it contained the usual anti-gun rhetoric, continue the ban on ... etc."

"I figure those who are anti-gun will stay that way, and anything positive I'd add would be preaching to the choir, anyway. The 'assault rifles' that were banned in a fit of liberal passion a few years back are, mechanically, just like my hunting rifles and shotguns, plus the very semi-automatic pistols your local law enforcement officials carry every day."

UK: Brutal gang man was in Marsha link
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"A robber from Hampton, one of two members of a brutal armed gang, who is in custody and awaiting sentence was, at the time of his arrest, also a suspect in the murder of Marsha McDonnell police revealed this week."

"The gang which targeted lone shopkeepers in Feltham and Hanworth often 'pistol whipping' them and disguised in Halloween masks, has been put out of action."

"Boyd Keppel, 22, from Hampton, pleaded guilty at Kingston Crown Court last week to raids on shops in Summer Road, Thames Ditton, the Fernside Post Office & Newsagent on Clifton Parade, Feltham, and the One Stop Shop on Ashburnham Road in Ham."

Ruled by Global Opinions Submitted by: Newslinks Admin	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"Our laws are ours. They, like our borders, shape the character and nature of our country. They define who we are � our national character � our moral base. Any Supreme Court 'justice' who has the brass balls to sully that character does not belong on the bench."

Australia: Day one of the gun buy-back tough for some Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft Website: http://home.comcast.net/~bruce.krafft/	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"In the box beneath his feet there were 15 other such guns. 'I'm going to get out of the sport (pistol shooting) entirely and concentrate on rifle target shooting and hunting.' " ------- You think rifles aren't next moron?

CA: Man and Pregnant Woman Shot by Gunmen
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A man is recovering from injuries, while a woman and their prematurely born baby are in critical condition after they were shot by gunmen in Los Angeles."

"The three were shot in the 4600 block of South Vermont late Wednesday night as they were driving home from a grocery store."

"Men standing near the intersection opened fire on their gray Oldsmobile Cutlass with an assault rifle."

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That "assault" weapons ban is doing wonders in California!

UT: Gang Shooting Leaves One Dead, One in Critical Condition
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"One man is dead and his younger brother is in critical condition after a shoot-out in Magna. Police say it was gang related." ...

"Police do have all four suspects in custody. They say the rival gangs had a chance meeting last night after weeks of on-going trouble."

"Then the suspects pulled out a rifle and started shooting killing a 21-year old and leaving his brother in critical condition."

"The four suspects in custody are all juveniles. They are being held in Juvenile Detention Centers."

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Who's placing bets on the Brady Bunch classifying this as "children dying by gunfire"?

It Was All Over in 15 Minutes
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"Last year was my first opportunity to go deer hunting. I was invited to go with some friends from church one of whom had built the cabin where we stayed. I had anticipated the hunt all summer long, getting myself psyched up for opening day."

"The season opened and we set out from the cabin before daylight. I had just gotten into my treestand, reached up to adjust my hat when an 11-point buck walked right out in front of me. I hadn't even had a chance to settle in to my seat."

UK: Eight men charged after swoop in Comeraghs
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"Eight men who were arrested when gardai swooped on a forest in the Comeragh Mountains at the weekend appeared before a special sitting of the Special Criminal Court in Dublin last night (Tuesday) charged with paramilitary offences." ...

"Six of the accused were charged with membership of an unlawful organisation styling itself the IRA, otherwise the Irish Republican Army otherwise Oglaigh na hEireann within the State on 3rd August last, contrary to section 21 of the Offences Against the State Act 1939."

MI: Appeals court throws out Detroit, Wayne County lawsuits
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"A lawsuit filed by Detroit and Wayne County government against what they claimed were irresponsible gun dealers and manufacturers has been thrown out by the Michigan Court of Appeals."

"In a decision released today, a unanimous, three-judge panel of the court found that legislation enacted in 2000 to bar such suits applied to the action filed amidst great fanfare by former Mayor Dennis Archer and County Prosecutor John O'Hair in 1999."

Canada: Move U.N. to Toronto: Canadian MP Submitted by: Newslinks Admin	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"A Canadian member of parliament says the United Nations should move from New York to Toronto, a report said Friday." "Dennis Mills, a veteran Liberal M.P. whose district, or riding, covers part of Toronto, is no stranger to orchestrating large events, the National Post reported."

CA: Busted For Pot In Government Car
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"...solders found 19 pounds of pot hidden in the truck. They bought the truck at a federal lot near San Diego where vehicles seized from drug smugglers and other criminals are sold at government auctions."

"A Mexican judge couldn't believe Americans with dogs and technology didn't spot the drugs and sentenced the two printers to five years in prison. The U.S., not only ignored their pleas for help, but fought to keep exonerating evidence from their attorneys."

MN: Never convicted of sex crime, but man still must register as offender
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"A federal appeals court on Wednesday upheld a Minnesota law that required a man to register as a sex offender even though he has not been convicted of a sex crime."

"Minnesota's sex offender registration law and the Minnesota Supreme Court's interpretation of it "turn reason and fairness on its head," wrote Judge C. Arlen Beam, who nonetheless concurred in the unanimous decision of a three-judge panel of the Eighth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis."

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Pretty soon a simple accusation will be enough to relieve Minnesotans of their rights.

Australia: Dead driver gets parking ticket
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"A man lay dead in his car while a parking inspector slapped a fine on his windscreen."

"A Stonnington Council officer fined a dead man $50 for parking in a clearway on Toorak Rd."

"A man in his 20s, identified only as 'Robbie', was slumped in the front seat of his green Holden Gemini after dying of a suspected drug overdose on Wednesday morning."

"Witnesses yesterday branded the incident callous and low."

HUD Announces Homeless Tracking System Submitted by: Newslinks Admin	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"Entities that provide services would collect their names, Social Security Numbers, dates of birth, race, gender, health status (including HIV, pregnancy, and domestic violence), veteran status, and income information. Although the plan does not call for a national, centralized database, the information collected could easily facilitate the creation of such a database in the future." ...

Sshhhh, someone may hear you exercising free speech
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"A few days ago, a public official called me over to his car to discuss his displeasure with the war in Iraq and the way the Bush administration is handling the nation's economy. This well-respected man would talk only from his vehicle, saying he was fearful of criticizing the president or his policies in public."

"Before our conversation ended, the man told me of other public officials who also are fearful of speaking out..."

KS: Vet Accused of Killing Deer in Yard
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"A Leavenworth man was in trouble Friday night, accused of hunting deer in his own backyard." ...

"The man's a veterinarian, a man who heals injured animals, but police said he allegedly shot and killed three deer because they were eating his flowers."

"Police were called to the veterinarian's house Wednesday afternoon after a neighbor heard gun shots." ...

"They arrested the 58-year-old vet for discharging a firearm within city limits."

FL: Defense Objects in Miami Police Case
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Defense attorneys for four Miami police officers convicted of corruption objected Friday to the prison terms proposed for their clients, saying authorities were trying to treat the convictions as if they were more serious charges." ...

"The officers were convicted in April of obstruction and conspiracy, and defense attorney Janice Sharpstein said their sentences should range from probation to three years in prison."

UK: Carjack terror Submitted by: Newslinks Admin	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"A 37-year-old woman was left in a hysterical state after a gun was pressed to her face while a 15-strong gang stole her car." "The victim was surrounded by a gang as she parked her silver Mercedes outside St Catherine's Tower on the Beaumont Road Estate, Leyton. As she got out one of the gang pushed a handgun into her cheek and demanded the keys."