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NY: Man killed at target practice
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A New York City man died Saturday after being struck in the chest in a target shooting accident, according to state police. Troopers at the Livingston barracks said Jose Cruz, 58, of Wilson Avenue, Brooklyn, was in an outhouse at a hunting camp in the southern Columbia County town of Gallatin when he was struck by a single round fired from 121 feet away by a friend in his party. |
NY: Sick over shot
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The pistol-packing Harlem grandma who grabbed a registered .357 magnum and blasted a mugger is a steady shot who has won awards for her marksmanship. "I never thought I would have to use my gun on a person," said Margaret Johnson, who has at least a dozen shooting trophies in her apartment and once shot a hole in a quarter from 30 feet away. "I feel bad, but it was his choice," Johnson, 57, said of the mugger she wounded. "I think he's stupid. I think it's really wrong to take advantage of the disabled." |
FL: Seizure law riles Cooper City residents
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Under the city law, once the city declares a state of emergency, officials would be able to regulate fuel and alcohol sales, close any place of public assemblage and prohibit public possession or display of firearms. In addition, they would be able "to confiscate merchandise, equipment, vehicles or property needed to alleviate any emergency condition." |
PA: In antigun fight, ATF is the pawn
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Before Nate Finkley got off drugs, served time in prison, went straight, and became a minister, he had an interesting line of work.
He was a gun trafficker.
Finkley would go into a gun store, buy a number of handguns, then resell them to members of a Philadelphia-based Jamaican drug gang. |
UT: Supreme Court strikes down University of Utah gun ban
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The Utah Supreme Court on Friday struck down a ban on guns at the University of Utah, saying campus officials cannot adopt a policy that runs counter to state law.
The university will not immediately lift its ban while the matter is considered in federal court, President Michael Young said. |
CA: Steven Greenhut: Police rush to shoot, but ask us to withhold judgment
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Late last month, Huntington Beach police officers unloaded 18 bullets into 19-year-old Ashley MacDonald in a city park after, they say, she moved toward them with a pocket knife. The shooting has understandably sparked protests and countywide debate over when police officers should be allowed to use deadly force.
I'm infuriated not just by the senseless nature of the killing, but by the arrogance of the police agencies, which refuse to talk frankly about the appropriate use of deadly force. The police department and sheriff's department, which investigates these shootings for HBPD, say we shouldn't second-guess the officers or rush to judgment before the investigation is complete. |
PA: Harmless way to jump on gun control soapbox
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The first time that you will really see lawmakers engage in action this fall is when the House holds a day-long informal debate Tuesday, Sept. 26, on crime issues.
This event will be an attention-grabber. The House will convene a "committee of the whole" to debate and take informal straw votes on proposals to stem crime and violence in Pennsylvania. Guns will be a big topic of conversation. |
DC: Loaded gun found in D.C. court cellblock
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Investigators were trying to determine how a loaded handgun got into a cellblock inside a busy downtown courthouse, the first serious security breach in at least 10 years, authorities said. A cleaning contractor found the .25-caliber semiautomatic pistol under a wad of paper in a cell toilet at the District of Columbia Superior Court on Friday, said Steve Conboy, the U.S. marshal for the court. Conboy, who oversees courthouse security, said he does not know how the small pistol was smuggled into the building. "We're not ruling anything out," he said. "At this point everybody's a suspect." |
NY: New York self-defense shooting underscores need for private United States firearm ownership, says gun law expert
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"Somebody tried to mug me, and I shot him," said New Yorker Margaret Johnson after a perpetrator ripped off her necklace, choked her and tried to grab her purse, reported Saturday's New York Times. This incident offers a graphic illustration of the need for gun ownership on the part of law-abiding American citizens. It shows up the stupidity of New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and others like him who oppose a loosening of firearm laws and seek a strengthening of such regulations. Regardless of their intentions, the gun grabbers' campaign against gun ownership on the part of law-abiding citizens and against the firearm industry in effect is an attack on both personal and public safety. Guns save lives. Guns protect the innocent. |
SC: Writer disputes 'indisputable' arms claims
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Daniel claims that South Carolina's Law Abiding Citizens Self-Defense Act caused the recent declines in violent crime and that this conclusion is "indisputable." Sadly, Daniel is mistaken on both counts.
Daniel's claims are misleading, dishonest and, in the end, empirically unsound. I am neither a gun control advocate nor personally opposed to gun ownership in America, but I am opposed to the kind of unobjective, unresearched partisan propaganda that Daniel has offered as "indisputable."
Ed. Note: The writers figures are statistically unsound, but I though you might appreciate the nonsense math he tries to use to make his point. |
CA: In Salinas, guns used in crimes get around
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No one knows how the Czech ended up in Salinas.
Worn and battle-weary, the Cold War veteran had slipped quietly into the U.S., and in only a year, detectives in Monterey County were working overtime to track the foreigner's deadly trail.
Early in 2001, detectives found tell-tale bullet casings after a shooting. In June, more spent casings at another shooting scene showed the outlaw's crimes had escalated to attempted murder. |
OR: ER Nurse Strangles Intruder With Bare Hands
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A nurse returning from work discovered an intruder armed with a hammer in her home and strangled him with her bare hands, police said.
Officer Katherine Kent said homicide detectives have determined that Kuhnhausen killed Haffey in self-defense.
(Perpetrator) Haffey, about 5-foot-9 and 180 pounds, had convictions including conspiracy to commit aggravated murder, robbery, drug charges and possession of burglary tools. Neighbors said (Nurse) Kuhnhausen's size � 5-foot-7 and 260 pounds � may have given her an advantage.
Submitter comment: Who needs a gun? I sure wouldn't want to tangle with this woman.
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IN: Weapons seized from gun dealer
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Weapons were seized Saturday from the Northside home of a gun dealer who was arrested three days earlier.
Barry S. Craig, 43, was taken into custody Wednesday on a $1 million bond, charged by the Marion County prosecutor's office with criminal recklessness, resisting law enforcement and disorderly conduct.
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IPD started investigating Craig when officers were patrolling in that block Wednesday. An officer had finished checking a man on a bicycle when Craig, carrying a gun in his right hand, walked up behind the officer, police said. Craig cursed at the officer, who called for help and had Craig arrested, police said.
[Note: Where's the criminal conduct? Swearing at cops is a crime in Indianapolis? Carl Brizzi must go] |
NY: Sanitation Worker Shot To Death Is Laid To Rest
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The sanitation worker once hailed as a hero was laid to rest Saturday.
Friends, family and fellow Department of Sanitation workers gathered for the funeral of Damon Allen.
He was shot on Labor Day in Crown Heights while leaving a party. Witnesses say he was attempting to break up a fight and told other people to take cover. It was not the first time he tried to come to the rescue of strangers. |
MI: Gun buy back program runs out of cash
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A program designed to get guns off of the streets in Kent County has run out of cash again.
The county yesterday ran out of the 50 dollar vouchers it was handing out to residents who turned in firearms, but residents can still turn in guns today and tomorrow. |
KY: Gun ban at parks challenged
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People may soon be able to carry guns, including concealed weapons, onto the grounds of Scott County's parks and other county-owned property.
During Friday's Scott County Fiscal Court meeting, Judge-Executive George Lusby told the court he had received two letters from The Kentucky Coalition to Carry Concealed Inc. claiming signage at the Scott County park prohibiting the carrying of concealed weapons is unlawful. |
OR: Portland: Nurse Strangles Intruder At Portland Home
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"Susan Kuhnhausen, 51, then ran to a neighbor's house Wednesday night to report the intruder, identified as Edward Dalton Haffey, 59, whose body was found by police."
"An autopsy by the Multnomah County medical examiner determined the cause of death to be strangulation, said Officer Catherine Kent, a spokeswoman for the Portland Police Bureau."
"Homicide detectives said they have determined it was self defense. They said a prosecutor is investigating but that they do not expect the case to go to a grand jury."
"Haffey, a convicted felon with a long police record, was dead when police arrived."
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IL: Family: Firefighter a gun collector
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Relatives of a Chicago firefighter accused of hoarding a cache of weapons and Nazi paraphernalia defended him Saturday, saying he was a collector and not a "white supremacist."
A woman who identified herself as the daughter of Ted Kozak said after his bond hearing that her father collects guns in addition to items from World War II. |
Robbery, Gun Violence Rose in 2005 While Crime Overall at 32-Year Low
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Americans were robbed and victimized by gun violence at greater rates last year than the year before, even though overall violent and property crime reached a 32-year low, the Justice Department said Sunday.
Experts said these increases buttress reports from the FBI and many mayors and police chiefs that violent crime is beginning to rise after a long decline. Bush administration officials expressed concern but stressed that it was too soon to tell if a new upward trend in violence had begun. |
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