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NO! Never Again
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"What happened in New Orleans must not ever happen again!"
"It must be made clear that local, state, and federal officials do not have the right or authority to prohibit firearms possession or to confiscate legally owned firearms."
"Immediately after receiving reports of gun confiscations in New Orleans, the Firearms Coalition began working on an initiative to amend the emergency powers laws of all 50 states and at the federal level. These amendments would clearly and explicitly state that citizens may not be disarmed and guns may not be confiscated during times of crisis. We are also working to ensure that the language adopted includes reassertion of the inalienable right of self-defense ..." ... |
Governments ready, willing to go too far
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"Sometimes, I become so wrapped up in my own little world, consisting in large part of fighting government efforts to undermine the civil liberties of law-abiding American citizens, that I fail to recognize steps governments are taking that are achieving great results in protecting us from the ravages of terrorism and Mother Nature."
"I therefore pause and give credit where credit is due. Herewith, some recently announced steps that federal, state and local governments are taking and for which they should receive kudos for boldly going where no government has before and, against all odds, struck mortal blows against the forces of evil." ... |
Clinton Gun Ban Sunset, One Year Later - What the News Won't Tell You (BFA)
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"Last year, the warnings were dire."
"The Clinton Gun Ban expired on September 13, 2004, after months and months of shrill screams from gun ban extremists that the sunset would result in the reign of terror on American streets."
"California Sen. Dianne Feinstein warned if the ban sunsetted 'you can expect more incidents' such as the July 1, 1993, shootings at 101 California in which a gunman used two TEC-9 semiautomatic weapons on a rampage through the office tower." ...
"But contrary to this and other such warnings, the Washington Times is now reporting news that should forever sink what was left of the credibility of gun ban extremists in our nation." ... |
CO: Windsor store owner cleared in shooting
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"A Windsor liquor store owner who fatally shot a robber won�t face charges, Weld District Attorney Ken Buck announced Monday."
"Ron Trauernicht, 59, acted in self-defense when his store ... was robbed last summer, Buck said in a written statement."
"Douglas Wies, 32, of Fort Collins wore a mask and walked into the store ... He told Ron and Norma Trauernicht he had a gun, brandished something in his hand covered by a cloth and demanded money from the cash register." ...
"It was reasonable for Ron Trauernicht to believe that a lesser degree of force would have been inadequate to protect his wife and himself, Bernard said. It was also reasonable, by law, for him to conclude his business was being robbed by a man with a gun." ... |
PA: Police: Clerk, Robbers Shoot It Out In York Store
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"York police are investigating a Monday afternoon shooting at a neighborhood grocery store."
"Police said two men were shot and wounded inside Kendall's Jamaican Grocery Store ..."
"Police said suspects Luis Anthony Hernandez, Miguel Castillo and Richard Rivera entered the store and confronted owner Patrick Winter and clerk Steven Gray. At that point, a shootout started between the three suspects and Gray, according to investigators."
"One bullet struck Winter and several struck Hernandez. Both were treated at York Hospital. Their conditions are not known."
"Officers arrested Castillo and Rivera. They are both charged with criminal attempted homicide, robbery and aggravated assault. Charges are pending against Hernandez." ... |
IN: No charges filed in dog shooting
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"A dog shot in the face on Thursday is on his way to recovery at home � with the bullet still lodged in his throat. The man who shot him isn�t facing any charges, as he told police he acted in self-defense." ...
"'He (the passer-by) claims that the large brown dog was approaching him in a very threatening manner,' [Detective Terry] Sollars said. 'He said he was barking very loudly. He, the man, was backing away from it. The dog was not going away and kept coming toward him.'"
"'He pulled out his handgun that he carries � and has a permit to carry � and fired one shot at the dog,' Sollars said. 'He said how frightened he was, with the dog growling and snarling, and thought he had no option.'" ... |
South Africa: Man free after killing robbers
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"A 46-year-old man who shot dead two robbers was released after appearing in the Boksburg Magistrate's Court on Monday, police said." ...
"The man said that he was walking home at about 21:45 on Sunday when three men approached him, threatened him with a firearm and stole his cellphone and cash."
"'The man allegedly went to his house and fetched his firearm,' [Superintendent Andy] Pieke said."
"The man returned to the area where he had been robbed and the same three men apparently tried to rob him again."
"He fired several shots at them, killing two of the men. The third man ran away."
"The money and cellphone stolen from the shooter were found on the two dead men." ... |
Philippines: Gun-Toting Journalists
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... "Earlier that morning, the reporters gathered in a pressroom at Camp Aguinaldo to explain the dire circumstances that drove them to start ARMED, a grassroots self-defense movement that has drawn worldwide attention, mostly because it so clearly breaks with the entrenched taboo against journalists carrying � and using � guns. Faced with seemingly intractable safety problems and the lack of government protection, the Filipino journalists have decided that they simply have to protect themselves. What is happening here could set a precedent in places like Colombia, Russia and Bangladesh, where attacks against the media also are common." ... |
FL: Campaign targets deadly-force law -- Our Opinion: Shoot-First Law Is Dangerous And Unnecessary
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"Florida's new shoot-first law was a bad idea from the start -- and state lawmakers should revoke the law at their first opportunity. So don't blame the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence for warning visitors to stay calm if they become involved in a public confrontation after the law takes effect on Saturday." ...
"Although critics say that the law would create a wild-West mentality in Florida, that isn't likely. What is likely, police and prosecutors say, is that people involved in violent clashes ... now have another justification for killing. The most probable impact is that the law will give defense lawyers an additional argument to justify shootings that heretofore would have automatically been deemed unlawful." ... |
MI: Welcome back, Wyatt Earp
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"Have our legislators been watching too many John Wayne westerns lately? Under a measure introduced in the state House recently, Michigan residents, without facing prosecution, would be allowed to shoot and kill someone who breaks into their home or vehicle." ...
"Michigan's concealed weapons law is menacing enough without giving would-be Dirty Harrys the green light to start blasting away when somebody breaks a window in their home. ..." ...
"How long before Michigan has a must-carry weapons law? Don't hand me the garbage about 'An armed society is a polite society,' either. An armed society is an angry society. It is also a paranoid one that doesn't trust anybody." ... |
Did the Second Amendment wash away, too?
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"After New Orleans, will American firearms owners ever again be able to trust government, and especially police officers -- even ones they know personally?"
"A simple look at the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina reveals a disturbing chain of events that had the issue to do with anything but guns, there would have been an uproar in the media."
"But this is about firearms and the law-abiding people who own them -- people who have had their guns, their private property, forcibly taken from them by what amounts to imperial edict without due process, without the benefit of warrant and, according to various legal experts, in direct conflict with Louisiana statute and the state and federal constitutions." ... |
Katrina Educates World On Need For Owning Guns
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"'All our operators are busy right now. Please remain on the line and an operator will be with you shortly. Your call is important to us.'"
"Can you imagine any words more horrifying after dialing 9-1-1? Your life�s in danger, but there�s no one available to help you."
"For several days, life was absolutely terrifying for many New Orleans residents who got stranded in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. There were no operators � there were no phone calls being handled."
"Heck, there was no 9-1-1. Even if the phone lines had been working, there were no police officers waiting to be dispatched."
"Hundreds of New Orleans police officers had fled the city. ..." ... |
LA: Hold Up in the Big Easy
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"Before Hurricane Katrina wiped out many sections of New Orleans, the average response time by police to 9-1-1 calls was 11 minutes. After Hurricane Katrina, there were violent crimes and property crimes committed over a period of several weeks against the law abiding residents stranded in New Orleans and surrounding parishes, and there were few police to respond. Worse there was no way to contact the police who were on duty because the 9-1-1 system was down as were the phone lines and cell phone systems."
"The police and mayor were telling residents to act passively, despite the widespread chaos in the city, and the worst in human nature that was exposed through this storm ..." ... |
LA: Leader of New Orleans Police Resigns
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"Police Superintendent Eddie Compass resigned Tuesday after four turbulent weeks in which the police force was wracked by desertions and disorganization in Hurricane Katrina's aftermath." ...
"As the city slipped into anarchy during the first few days after Katrina, the 1,700-member police department itself suffered a crisis. Many officers deserted their posts, and some were accused of joining in the looting that broke out. Two officers Compass described as friends committed suicide."
"Neither Compass nor Mayor Ray Nagin would say whether Compass was pressured to leave." ... |
NY: Court Finds State Liable In 17-Year-Old False Arrest, Assault
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"Seventeen years after Arnold G. Chapman was beaten by a New York State Trooper and then charged with resisting arrest and obstruction of governmental administration, the Court of Claims has ruled that the state is fully liable for the damages he incurred as a result of the assault and battery and his false arrest which resulted in him being in custody for over six hours."
"Judge Richard E. Sise has scheduled a conference Wednesday between Chapman's attorney, Robert H. Ballan of Norwood, and assistant attorney general Dennis Acton to plan for a damages trial."
"The case centers on an incident on Oct. 23, 1988, when Chapman was a passenger in a vehicle stopped by a State Police unit after a pursuit. ..." ... |
FL: Ex-city officer gets 8 years
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"A former Bradenton police officer was sentenced to eight years in prison Monday for being a convicted felon in possession of firearms and explosives, the U.S. Attorney's Office in Tampa announced."
"Paul Martin Haga pleaded guilty after being indicted in federal court in July 2004."
"Haga was fired from the Bradenton Police Department in the fall of 1992, after he injured his wife in a domestic dispute and slashed her car tires while intoxicated, according to The Herald archives. Haga started with the Bradenton Police Department in 1986." ... |
NH: Officers named in handgun incident
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"Police have identified the officer who misfired a Glock pistol in the Police Department�s firing range Sept. 8, shooting a round through a wooden countertop, into a wall, and grazing a metal air-conditioning unit."
"A second officer, who contributed to the unintentional shooting by thinking he had emptied the bullets from the handgun but had not, is also named." ...
"Police Chief Michael Magnant and Deputy Chief David Young initially refused to release the officers� names, describing the episode as a 'personnel matter.' But in response to the Herald�s written request, City Attorney Robert Sullivan said it would comply following a 10-day investigation." ... |
MS: Auction to replace equipment police lost
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"Local officials hope to purchase new equipment for law enforcement agencies affected by Hurricane Katrina through a banquet and auction fund-raiser being held this evening."
"The Central Mississippi Friends of the NRA is raising money for new pistols, shooting range equipment and police cars lost from the storm, said Don Withers, chairman of the organization."
"'We understand Waveland PD lost all their shotguns along with their cars,' he said. 'We are trying to get more equipment since the infrastructure is gone along with the city.'" ... |
IA: Shotgun Fires in State Patrol Office
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A shotgun slug pierced a window at the Iowa State Patrol District office in Cedar Rapids but the shot was fired from inside the building.
A senior officer was cleaning his gun in one of the offices. He put the gun back together and the shot went off. The officer thought the gun was empty.
No officers were hurt during the incident. |
FL: Troubling questions -- Our position: A UCF officer's tragic death appears to be a culmination of bad decisions
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"The fatal shooting of the University of Central Florida police officer outside the Florida Citrus Bowl on Saturday was the worst possible outcome for what should have been a routine assignment."
"Cracking down on underage drinking at tailgate parties before the football game, which was the goal of the campus police and state alcohol-control agents, certainly is a laudable goal."
"Yet the tragic death of UCF Officer Mario Jenkins, shot by an Orlando police officer in a case of mistaken identity, raises fundamental questions regarding planning, supervision and training by law-enforcement commanders." ... |
VA: Gun Show 'Sting' Officers Praised, Condemned (Letters)
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... "This action was nothing but harassment, as described by the show promoter and others, a 'show of force' to intimidate patrons of the show and anyone they came in contact with ... there needs to be an investigation by the state of Virginia as to who authorized this action, and under what conceived authority, and those who overstepped authority punished." |
FL: Fort Pierce policeman robbed of weapons while working out (last story)
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"A police officer's service weapons were stolen Sunday, apparently while he worked out at a gym."
"According to a Fort Pierce police report, Officer Charles Davis, 39, told authorities that after he got home from Nature's Way Health Club on U.S. 1 in Fort Pierce, he began looking for his wallet in his 2005 Ford Explorer and couldn't find his two department-issued guns: a SIG-Sauer P226 9 mm pistol and a Glock model 23 .40-caliber pistol. Each is valued at $500."
"Both guns had been under the front seat of the vehicle, Davis reported."
"Also missing were a gun belt with handcuffs and pepper spray, about $300 in cash and Fort Pierce and St. Lucie County identification cards and badges." ... |
Nigeria: Ikoyi Prison Riot: Many Unanswered Questions
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"Human rights activists and the entire citizenry of this country have continued to demand immediate answers to some unanswered questions that have not ceased to generate controversies and ambiguities about the fracas that broke out between Ikoyi, Lagos Prison inmates and warders last week. These questions border on some legal and moral responsibilities the prison officers are expected to discharge ..."
"That two pistols were found in the prison; that 150 mobile phones were discovered; that two bags of Indian hemp were found with the inmates; that the inmates burnt six warders alive, and that over 10 inmates were gruesomely murdered during the crisis have not been answered. ..." ... |
Uganda: Police Burns 3,000 Guns
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"THREE thousand guns captured from illegal holders were yesterday burnt at a public ceremony presided over by internal affairs minister Ruhakana Rugunda."
"The destruction took place at Nsambya Primary School grounds ... in Kampala. The symbolic destruction marked the beginning of an exercise under the National Plan of Action to destroy illegal weapons stockpiled by the army and the Police countrywide." ...
"Rugunda said the Government was committed to reduce weapons in society. 'The destruction is intended to ensure that weapons seized, collected or deemed excess to national security requirements do not find their way back into illegal circulation or recycled into conflict areas,' he said." ... |
Japan: Police: Seaman sold pot on Net
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"A Maritime Self-Defense Force member arrested in a widening drug scandal sold marijuana to civilians over the Internet, police sources said over the weekend."
"Kanagawa prefectural police have already identified several individuals who bought the drugs from Leading Seaman Takahiro Sakaguchi, 22, who was arrested on suspicion of violating the Cannabis Control Law, the sources said."
"He is one of six MSDF members of submarine crews arrested on suspicion of possessing and trafficking illegal drugs, such as marijuana and MDMA, or Ecstasy, the sources said."
"Some of the other suspects told police that Sakaguchi had been peddling pot over the Internet, the sources said." ... |
NY: New Law Bans 'Click-And-Shoot' Hunting
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"It is now illegal to kill game through online hunting sites, or to create a click-and-shoot site in New York."
"The new law includes a fine of up $2,500 for 'hunting' online or for creating an online hunting Web site, said Peter Constantakes, a spokesman for Gov. George Pataki. It also outlaws remote target shooting, where a computer user aims and shoots a weapon."
"New York joins a growing number of states to outlaw the activity that critics call barbaric and hunting advocates say gives the sport a bad name."
"More than a dozen other states are considering similar bills." ... |
NY: Continental Arms Collectors Hold Annual Military Show
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Continental Arms Collectors Association will hold its annual Military Show on Sunday, October 2nd at the Fairway Manor, 2107 State Route 48, Fulton (across from Battle Island Golf Course). The event will be open to the public from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
A number of exhibits will include items from the Revolutionary War, Civil War and World War II. A selection of military items for sale or trade will be available at the show. No firearms requiring a background check, manufactured after 1898, will be offered for sale or trade on the show premises.
All proceeds will support the educational programs of Continental Arms Revolutionary War Interpretive Unit.
For further information contact George Clark, Show Director at (315)342-1582. |
A Rifle Shooter's Sights, 2005
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"The best optics are still expensive, yet affordable optics include some real bargains. Rosters of new optics continue to get longer. While refinements in lens coatings and further application of electronics account for much of what's new, Simmons and Swarovski show that mechanical and optical engineering still play a hand at market. What we've taken for granted as the final word in riflescope design can sometimes be just a stage."
"Here is a look at the newest of the new in the world of rifle optics." ... |
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"Everything else can be correct, but a bad trigger pull can ruin the shot."
"Exercising proper trigger control starts with correct trigger adjustment. The triggers on all my rifles have their overtravel stops removed entirely. I want free movement in the trigger after I break a shot because that allows me to be aggressive with my trigger pull. If the finger comes to a stop at or shortly after the point in trigger travel that the shot broke, that stop can move the rifle when the bullet is still inside the barrel." ... |
MI: National Search Underway For Daisy Air Rifle Artifacts
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"The Daisy Air Rifle Antique Roadshow will arrive in Plymouth Saturday, October 15, 2005 at Daisy Square."
"People with Daisy artifacts and memorabilia can get a free appraisal from antique experts and be able to sell items of value that can then be added to the already extensive collection at the Plymouth Historical Museum." ...
"Joseph Freed Homes has set aside funds to purchase hidden historical jewels brought to the event and then donate those treasures to the museum. People choosing to donate to the museum an item they bring to the event will receive a tax receipt based on the expert�s evaluation." ... |
MI: Shot from the heart
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"Bradley Johnson was told at a young age that he would never be able to make a big tackle in football, score the winning run in baseball, or compete in track and field."
"A rare condition requiring two open heart surgeries has indeed kept him on the sidelines."
"But Johnson, a senior at Henry Ford II High School in Sterling Heights, has set his sights on other dreams, like making the Junior Olympic Shotgun Development Team in two years, with an ultimate goal to be a member of the men's U.S. Olympic Shooting Team." ... |
OK: Alva Women Take Up Arms
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"Leah Robinson and her 12-year-old daughter Taylor, recently joined with other women in learning to fire weapons."
"The Alva pair participated in the Sixth Annual Women's Fun Shoot sponsored by 'Women on Target.' The event is primarily funded by the National Rifle Association."
"More than 200 women ranging in age from 12 to 60 years of age participated with more than 100 volunteer workers. The meet was held at the Oklahoma City Gun Club in Edmond." ... |
MI: Vegans, Keep Out: It's Hunting Season
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"Ted Nugent is not an evolution guy."
"This became apparent recently when Mr. Nugent, the 57-year-old rocker, huntsman and N.R.A. board member, brandished a blood-drenched liver he had just pulled from a freshly slain deer. He used the moment, during filming of his forthcoming reality show on the Outdoor Life Network, 'Wanted: Ted or Alive,' to explain the meaning of life to five contestants who were in various states of awe and nausea." ...
"He extols hunting as a way for people to get back in touch with what they're eating, and themselves." ... |
UK: Olympic hope that handgun ban may be relaxed
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"MINISTERS are in sensitive high level talks aimed at convincing the Home Secretary to lift part of the pistol ban that has kept Britain's Olympic shooting team in exile for the past eight years."
"Legislation passed by successive Tory and Labour governments in the wake of the Dunblane massacre in 1996 outlawed handguns in Britain � even for licensed sport."
"The British pistol shooting team was forced out of the country and had to relocate to Switzerland, a move that gun campaigners say has led to a dramatic deterioration in the quality of British competition shooting." ... |
New Zealand: Police firearms campaign 'going smoothly'
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"The police campaign to ensure firearms licences are renewed or surrendered is well underway."
"And police are warning that they see the following up of an expired licence as an enforcement issue."
"Inspector Joe Green, firearms licensing and vetting manager, said it was 12 years since the 10-year firearm licence started in 1993, and police were two years into the renewal period."
"'There are about 225,000 current licence-holders and that's remained quite consistent for a while now,' Mr Green told NZPA today."
"'What we did is just look at the computer and get the number of licences with a status of 'current'. Now we've only been able to do that this year with our new computer system, so it's a fairly new figure, where previously we've worked on a cumulative total.'" ... |
UK: SNP In eBay Gun Warning
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THE SNP yesterday called for tougher rules on firearms after a Glasgow gun owner tried to sell a pistol on eBay.
SNP justice spokesman Kenny MacAskill spotted the weapon on sale on the internet trader's militaria site.
The owner was offering a ".455 Webly, deactivated".
MacAskill said: "It is extremely worrying that such weapons can be found for sale from a Scottish address.
"If a pistol like this one can be deactivated, it can also be reactivated and this is what concerns me most |
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