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Gun advocates attend national conference
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"Gun rights advocates say they must recruit a younger following and exercise their right to bear arms as much as possible to keep their cause alive."

"That's the word today from a national conference hosted by the Gun Rights Policy Conference and the Second Amendment Foundation."

"Joe Waldron is the executive director of the Citizens' Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms."

"He says it's important for aging gun rights advocates to pass along the history of the Second Amendment to younger generations."

Security Aide Prods Airlines to Yield Data on Travelers
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"Needing information on airline passengers for a test of the government's new computerized screening system, the Transportation Security Administration, rebuffed by JetBlue Airways, is looking for a substitute that can provide it, the agency's administrator said today."

"But the official, Adm. James M. Loy, said that because no one airline wanted to single itself out as the provider, he hoped to get the data from the industry as a whole. And if he cannot get the airlines' cooperation, he said, he will simply order them to turn over the information."

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Land of the Free? Where?

Pilot: TSA dragging its feet when it comes to arming pilots
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"A commercial airline pilot says the Transportation Security Administration is dragging its feet when it comes to arming pilots in the cockpit."

"That's what Robert Davie, a board member of the Airline Pilots Security Alliance, told a national gun rights conference today in Houston."

"Davie says only a few hundred of the thousands of pilots who have volunteered have received the TSA training necessary to carry a handgun in the cockpit."

"He says about 200 to 250 pilots are now armed. That's since President approved the training last November."

UN Global Anti-Crime Treaty Takes Effect Monday
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"The U.N. Drugs and Crime Office says 147 nations, including China, Russia, the United States and most of Latin America, have signed the first legal convention against international criminal activity."

"The treaty obligates signatory states to cooperate in the fight against money-laundering, corruption, obstruction of justice, and criminal organizations that operate across national borders."

"Eduardo Vetere, director of the Drugs and Crime Office Center for International Crime Prevention, says the document also contains provisions against human trafficking, migrant smuggling, and illegal firearm trafficking."

UK: Man shot in heart
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"A teenager was battling for life last night after becoming the latest victim of gun-toting gangsters in inner-city Birmingham."

"The 19 year-old man, from Handsworth, was found by passers-by unconscious with a single gunshot wound to his chest on Friday afternoon."

"Police last night said he had been shot at a block of maisonettes before staggering a short distance to the junction of Livingstone Road and Bridgelands Way, Perry Barr, where he collapsed on the street."

"He was rushed to Birmingham's City hospital where he remains in a critical condition with a wound to his heart."

MN: Life With Concealed Carry
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"If Missourians want to find out what life with concealed weapons will be like, Minnesota's experience might be telling."

"The two state laws are similar. Both allow private property owners to post signs banning guns, a sore spot with permit holders who want to visit places such as Azia."

"Outwardly, though, not much looks different in Minnesota since the gun law passed � save for the 'No Guns' signs."

" 'I thought it was going to be like Dodge City, with people walking around with guns,' said Mike Pangerl, dining over pizza at a packed suburban Minneapolis bar. 'It hasn't been like that.' "

Malaysia: Applications for firearm permits under review
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"The Home Ministry is studying applications by the Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry, Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) and several municipal councils to provide their enforcement officers with permits to carry firearms during raids."

"Deputy Home Minister Datuk Chor Chee Heung said the ministry was currently assessing the occupational hazards and security of enforcement officers from a few government agencies before making a decision to allow them to be armed during operational duties."

"He said several agencies including the enforcement division of the Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry and DBKL had applied for firearm permits from the ministry."

Australia: Pistol club has Government in its sights over crackdown
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"THE CRACKDOWN on handguns will achieve nothing but encourage the black market trade in the weapons and the victimisation of sport shooters, Tamworth Pistol Club secretary Bill Caley says."

"The Minister for Police, John Watkins, recently announced a new plan to tackle illegal handguns, including tougher controls, penalties and increased cash rewards for weapons handed in to police.
But Mr. Caley criticised the plan as merely a political stunt by the State Government."

"He also said it would unfairly see law-abiding sports shooters come under tougher scrutiny, and make illegal weapons a more valuable on the black market."

Threshold for Dangerous Schools Under New Law Is Too High, Critics Say
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"Dangers lurk on all sides at Locke High School in Los Angeles, where scores of students are battered, robbed or sexually victimized by classmates and intruders every year." ...

"Yet Locke is not 'persistently dangerous,' according to the definition adopted by California officials to comply with a federal law requiring educators to notify parents about dangerous schools. For that matter, none of California's 8,000 schools are persistently dangerous."

"Under the federal No Child Left Behind Act, parents across the nation can transfer their students from dangerous to safer schools, but 44 states have set the legal threshold for persistently dangerous so high that no schools in those states fit the definition." ...

Australia: PM's minders to pack pistols
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"AUSTRALIAN police escorting John Howard to the APEC summit next month have been given approval to take weapons into Thailand because of heightened fears of world leaders being in the sights of terrorists." ...

"The APEC summit is the biggest gathering of world leaders this year and is to be attended by US President George Bush, British Prime Minister Tony Blair and the bulk of the leaders of the Group of Seven leading industrialised nations."

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This is the same man disarming his own populace and leaving them without adequate means of protection against armed thugs. Meanwhile he travels around with armed guards. How Schumerish!

Patriot Act's infringement on rights concerns citizens, immigrants
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"The FBI is counting mosques, and law enforcement is asking about reading habits at hundreds of libraries."

"There are secret lists governing who can board airplanes, secret surveillance of e-mail and the Internet and new warrants allowing the government to secretly search homes, bank records and medical files."

"Immigrants nationwide have been jailed indefinitely over visa violations that in the past would have been ignored, and about 13,000 face deportation. Others have languished in cells while officials lied to their families about where they were."

Conceal & Carry Gun Laws: Preserving or Eroding Freedom?
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"First, conceal and carry laws recognize the government's ability to regulate Constitutionally-guaranteed freedoms. The Second Amendment specifically states that "the people" have an absolute right to "keep (own) and bear (carry) arms". ..." ...

"Another good friend of mine, Michael Badnarik, has spent over 20 years studying the Constitution and it's history. He teaches a class called 'Introduction to the Constitution' around the country professionally. Mr. Badnarik regularly points out what should be obvious: that a right is something you do not have to ask permission for, as opposed to a privilege which is granted by an authority and can be revoked by that same authority."

Media Catching On To Dangers Of Background Checks
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"There is a growing trend in American government centers to treat journalists like criminals - and like gun owners."

"The Illinois Leader, an Internet daily news site, reports that at the Pennsylvania capitol in Harrisburg, reporters will not be issued an annual access card unless they submit to an annual criminal background check. The 'compromise' that was worked out was to have their employers carry out the checks."

The Canaries are Dying
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"Why did the brilliant Founders ever bother to include, as an individual right of the People, a Second Amendment -not that today, anyone can even recite it, let alone comprehend it? Simple: it's the one that power-hungry politicians hate."

"It's society's canary in the mineshaft: you can be readily assured that when the Second Amendment starts to be infringed -as it already has in evil social fascist oligarchies such as Massachusetts, New York, Illinois and California -that every other Amendment will be dishonored and trampled upon as well."

Tests reveal gaping holes in Greece's Olympic security
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"Less than a year before the Athens Olympics, failures in Greek security have left the Games vulnerable to terrorist attack, both from conventional bombs and chemical or biological weapons."

"According to a leaked United States government report, an extensive security dry-run carried out in August exposed a disturbing series of problems."

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So while the Greeks can't seem to get their act together vis-a-vis security, they, along with the UN, are preventing Olympic participants from using firearms in self-defense.

FL: FHP tells couple by mistake that granddaughter was dead
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"A state trooper had terrible news for a couple _ their 2-year-old granddaughter had been killed in a traffic accident."

"It took a few tortuous hours before Tom and Diane Cardina found out it was all a mistake."

"A hospital staffer told a Florida Highway Patrol dispatcher that little Chloe was 'stable.' The dispatcher thought she heard "fatal" and passed it along to the trooper at the accident scene. The dispatcher has quit."

KS: Kansas lobbyists hope to push concealed weapons bill to lawmakers
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"Supporters of concealed weapons have set their sites on Kansas and plan to ask lawmakers to consider a gun bill next year, said Phil Journey, president of the Kansas State Rifle Association."

"Supporters have drawn strength from the Missouri General Assembly's recent passage of a concealed-gun law over the veto of Gov. Bob Holden, Journey said." ...

"In 1997 lawmakers in Topeka passed a concealed-gun bill. Then-Gov. Bill Graves killed the measure with a veto. Nothing much happened afterward."

CA: GOP trying to budge McClintock supporters Submitted by: Newslinks Admin	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
The Republican party is betraying freedom and urging support for a RINO, who is weak on gun control issues. ------- "Monday, the state's Republican leadership plans to gather in a special meeting to consider endorsing Schwarzenegger, just in case the daily pleas to McClintock supporters to abandon their candidate to improve the chances of taking over the governor's office haven't sunk in yet."

OH: Conceal carry: Impact on Ohio?
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Study backs hidden guns against crime

"For Lynn Wachtmann, Ohio�s failure to adopt a law allowing law-abiding citizens to carry concealed handguns can be measured in flesh and blood, and the pain of crime victims."

" 'It�s heart-wrenching to see the number of Ohioans who are being victimized while some continue to play politics,' said Mr. Wachtmann, a Republican state senator from Napoleon."

"Mr. Wachtmann partially based his statement on research by David Mustard, an associate professor of economics at the University of Georgia. A gun rights group, Ohioans for Concealed Carry, hired Mr. Mustard to estimate what would happen if Ohio becomes the 46th state with a 'conceal carry' law."

Turkey: Father leads calls for gun control Submitted by: Newslinks Admin	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"The father of a Scottish toddler shot dead in Turkey has issued a call for the country to ban handguns." "Two-year-old Alistair Grimason was killed after being shot in the heart when a gunfight broke out at a cafe in the resort of Foca on 7 July." ------- If it doesn't work in the UK, implement gun control in Turkey and expect different results. The true definition of insanity.

CA: National Gun Rights Group Weighs In On Gov Race
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"Gun Owners of America announced today its support of State Senator Tom McClintock for Governor of California."

"Senator McClintock is THE conservative, pro-gun candidate in this race. McClintock campaign has leapt from barely registering to double digits in the polls, due in large part to the support he has garnered among state conservatives and pro-gun activists."

"Senator McClintock has a perfect voting record on Second Amendment issues and has been a champion of gun owners' rights during his public service career, which reaches back two decades."

CO: Columbine ruling creates moral dilemma
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"U.S. Magistrate Judge Patricia Coan didn't just issue a legal opinion last week when she ordered the destruction of depositions in a settled Columbine lawsuit. She also created a monstrous moral dilemma."

"Coan ruled that sworn statements about events leading up to the murder of a dozen Columbine High students and one teacher in April 1999 have no reason to exist. Those statements were made during pretrial interviews by the parents of Columbine killers Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold."

"If the court gets rid of the depositions, the only record of their contents will be the memories of people who heard the Klebolds and Harrises speak. That turns any information into uncorroborated hearsay."

MO: Motorists with guns in cars don't need permit
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"A motorist transporting a concealed weapon in a car should advise police officers of that fact in the event the driver is pulled over on the highway."

"That's the advice from the Missouri Highway Patrol as law enforcement officers and motorists prepare to deal with the concealed weapons law that goes into effect Oct. 11. While the law sets up a permit system for people to carry hidden guns on their person, it also allows anyone over 21 years of age who lawfully owns a weapon to carry it concealed in the driver's compartment of their vehicle without a permit."

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FULL TEXT BELOW: Guns handed in during a London firearms amnesty are to be smelted down and turned into art which will be presented to community groups across the capital. Metal from the weapons will be used to create sculptures of a symbolic knotted gun, police have said. The UK-wide firearms amnesty resulted in more than 3,000 guns being handed in to the Metropolitan Police in April.

OH: Fight For Concealed Weapons
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"With guns holstered at their sides, about 50 people are marching down neighborhood sidewalks in Cincinnati today."

"They want to draw attention to their effort to allow people to carry concealed weapons in Ohio."

"About eight counter-demonstrators also have come out, carrying signs with antigun messages."

"Police cruisers are occasionally passing by to observe both groups walking calmly and staying on the sidewalks in a neighborhood on the city's north side."

"The march had been organized in support of a lawsuit to overturn a state ban on concealed weapons."

The Right's Grip on the Capitol
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"The Senate seems close to a vote on final approval of the egregious House bill that would grant the gun-making industry unprecedented protection from liability suits by state and local governments and victims of gun violence. Custom-tailored for the donation-rich gun lobby, the bill was strategically delayed during the sniper murders last year around Washington. Now it is moving again, and some Democrats who in the past might have helped to derail it are wavering, frightened by polls that show gun control as a losing issue in some swing states. G.O.P. leaders also are angling to let the federal assault weapon ban expire next year, and to protect the lethal loophole that exempts weapon sales at gun shows from background checks."

UK: Former pupil jailed 15 years for gun crime (Alternate Report) Submitted by: Blacksnake	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"A FORMER pupil at the exclusive Gordonstoun school, who turned to a life of crime in a twisted search for kicks, was yesterday jailed for 15 years at the High Court in Aberdeen." "Paul Macklin, who is now 30, was convicted of repeatedly aiming a handgun at two Grampian Police officers as they chased him through a series of streets in the city."

Assault rifles do not create special danger (Letter)
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"The Sun's editorial 'Banning the killers' (Sept. 22) educated and indoctrinated us all once again on the necessity of banning certain 'assault-style' weapons that are about to become legal when a federal law expires."

"Thanks for the lesson -- there's nothing like being taught by those without a clue on the subject."

"But as is typical, The Sun's editorial does not discuss the fact that the 'assault-style' weapons it hates and denounces are either already effectively banned from consumer ownership by federal law -- i.e., fully automatic 'machine guns' -- or not functionally different from other, legal weapons that have at least as much 'power.' "

UK: Guns seized by Police in series of swoops
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"Guns have been seized following a series of raids across the city."

"Police arrested six men and a boy in the swoops by city centre detectives."

"The raids were in response to a spate of recent firearms incidents. Among the items seized were four firearms, ammunition, an airgun and cash."

"In the first raid on Monday, a 16-year-old boy was taken into custody and charged with possession of a prohibited firearm and ammunition. He appeared at Leicester magistrates' court yesterday."

"A 23-year-old Leicester man also appeared before Leicester magistrates. He was charged with possession of a prohibited firearm."

"Four men, aged 19, 21, 22 and 25, were arrested on Thursday on suspicion of conspiracy to commit grievous bodily harm."

Balkans: "Gun Culture" stymies UN in Kosovo
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"A recent United Nations study estimates there are about half a million small arms in Kosovo, primarily illegal weapons held by civilians. In a province of 2 million people, almost every family is armed - a legacy of ethnic strife here and a threat to efforts to stabilize the province."

"Kosovo was flooded with weapons in 1997 after rioters looted military armories in neighboring Albania. Many of the pilfered arms went to the Kosovo Liberation Army, which was waging a guerrilla war against Serb rule over this primarily ethnic- Albanian province. In return, Serbian security forces issued machine guns to Serb paramilitaries and ordinary farmers alike. The conflict culminated in a NATO bombing campaign in 1999 that forced Serb soldiers to leave and put the province under UN administration."

Hillary Clinton outraged over censorship by Chinese publisher
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"The Chinese call it a matter of mere 'technical changes.' Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton calls it censorship. Her American publisher calls it breach of contract and wants it fixed -- now."

"The former first lady said Wednesday she was 'amazed and outraged' that politically sensitive material had been rewritten or removed from the Chinese-language version of her memoir, without her knowledge." ...

"In a section eliminated from the Chinese translation, Clinton says she is 'haunted by the events at Tiananmen.' Hundreds, perhaps thousands, of unarmed civilians were killed near the square when troops and tanks smashed their way into the center of Beijing to crush the protests on the night of June 3-4, 1989."

" 'Bill and I debated whether we should attend a ceremony in Tiananmen Square, where Chinese authorities had used tanks to forcibly suppress pro-democracy demonstrations in June of 1989,' Clinton wrote."

Ashcroft Takes Aim At Cargo Security
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"...According to aviation sources, Attorney General John Ashcroft next week will hold his first ever press conference on an aviation security issue. The topic: The high vulnerability of materials placed on the nation's passenger and cargo planes."

"Ashcroft will announce the details of a frightening breach of airline safety, a case in which hazardous material was illegally put on a plane run by Emery Airlines, a cargo airline that went out of business in 2001 (A plea agreement in the matter has been reached with the Justice Department). Though Ashcroft may not explicitly link hazmat and terrorists, aviation specialists say the frightening prospect is that terrorists will get their hands on hazmat and try and to get it on cargo planes."

Brain-Mapping Research Shows Impact of Violent TV on Kids
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"According to Murray, when the children viewed the violent clips, the amygdala on the right side of the brain, which senses danger and prepares to react to it, lit up.

In addition, the right posterior cingulate of the brain, which is reserved for long-term memory of important or traumatic events, also showed activity.

Murray said the findings suggest that children who watch violent television shows are more likely to treat others in an aggressive manner, become less sensitive to suffering, and tend to be more fearful of the world around them."

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This is a fight I want to see!! In the left corner, the "Million" Misguided Morons, waging battle against the immoral machine destined to corrupt their kids with violent video games and TV programs. And in the other left corner, the Hollywood Halfwits, incensed that fellow delusional liberals would dare challenge their right to extort riches from the mindless lemmings of our society.

U.S. Uses Terror Law to Pursue Crimes From Drugs to Swindling
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"The government is using its expanded authority under the far-reaching law to investigate suspected drug traffickers, white-collar criminals, blackmailers, child pornographers, money launderers, spies and even corrupt foreign leaders, federal officials said."

"Justice Department officials say they are simply using all the tools now available to them to pursue criminals � terrorists or otherwise. But critics of the administration's antiterrorism tactics assert that such use of the law is evidence the administration is using terrorism as a guise to pursue a broader law enforcement agenda."

PA: Police identify man killed in robbery attempt
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A robber is killed when his would-be victim shoots back.

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"The dead man was identified as Keon Brown, 24, who lived on the 2100 block of South Cecil Street. Police said the gunfire that killed Brown occurred about 9:45 p.m., when he attempted to rob another man on the 2500 block of Hobson Street. Brown, who had been wearing a mask, fired at the other man, and the other man fired back, police said."

Tell IRS To "Drop Dead": Lemons' Response Last Straw
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"For many months, Americans caught up in resisting the IRS�s income tax fraud have contacted WTP for direct legal assistance and advice. As you know, WTP�s primary mission is education and facilitating citizen vigilance and activism. It does not include providing specific, individual assistance on tax or legal matters."

"However, after last Tuesday�s 'Enforcement, rather than Answers' insulting retort from IRS� Terry Lemons to David Cay Johnston of the New York Times, WTP is now offering advice worthy to be followed by all People contacted by the IRS or their state tax collector, looking for money directly or indirectly related to Subtitle A or C of the Internal Revenue Code."

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"Bowhunters can teach the rest of us something about deer hunting, but their most important lesson is the need to practice marksmanship."

Japan: Gangster arrested for firing gun at car in front of rival's office
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"A gangster who was arrested after turning himself in and surrendering his gun to police has confessed to firing a shot at a car parked in front of a rival gang office in Tokyo, investigators said."

"Yasushi Takahashi, 45, a member of an affiliate of the Sumiyoshi-kai crime syndicate, was taken into custody after turning himself in to Shinjuku Police Station on Saturday night with a revolver."

"During questioning, Takahashi admitted to having fired a shot at a car parked in front of an affiliate of the Yamaguchi-gumi."

South Africa: One man, one gun, states new law
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"More than two million gun owners in South Africa will have to take stringent competency tests when reapplying for their licences in terms of the country's new firearm law that comes into effect this year."

"In terms of the Firearms Control Act, all existing and new gun owners will have to apply for licences, with private individuals allowed to own one firearm for protection. Owners of additional weapons would have to sell them through a registered gunshop or hand them over to the police for disposal."

"The South African Police Service has started training designated firearms officers at stations throughout the country."

KS: Gun Advocates Come to Kansas
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Supporters of concealed weapons have set their sites on the Kansas Legislature.

Phil Journey is president of the Kansas State Rifle Association. He says that supporters of concealed guns will ask the Kansas Legislature to consider a gun bill next year. He says supporters have drawn strength from the recent approval of a concealed weapons law in Missouri.

In 1997 lawmakers in Topeka passed a concealed-gun bill. Then-Governor Bill Graves killed the measure with a veto. Nothing much happened afterward.

Last year gun restrictions eased in state with concern about terrorist attacks. And the issue emerged from slumber.

This year the Missouri General Assembly enacted a concealed-gun law.

SC: Some helpful guidance on gun training
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"The starting point for any person-to-person gun dealing should be knowledge of the law. The Gun Control Act of 1968 should be your starting point. I believe this law and its successors provide classic examples of what were possibly good intentions run amok. I'm consistently 'denied' for three days, without explanation, almost every time I get a 'loaner' gun for a story. The fact that I have a perfectly clean lifetime legal slate seemingly makes no difference whatsoever. But the point is you need to know the gun laws and follow them."

"If you are not a dealer or gunsmith you are allowed to sell personal firearms to another person in your state without a Federal Firearms Licenses (FFL)." ...

Homeland Security 101
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"Safe gun use by women is maintained a closely guarded secret. Some want to discourage or withhold gun rights from women, because they prefer women to remain vulnerable to would-be attackers. As perpetual victims, women need somebody or some organization to protect them. In other words, they�re dependent. But if women are empowered by the knowledge of self-protection, they are no longer viewed as easy targets, and represent an independent force that gun control advocates just cannot and will not tolerate."

CO: Police Looking For Stolen Guns
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Frederick police in Weld County are looking for information concerning a break-in at a gun store where several firearms were taken.

Burglars broke into the High Country Gunsmithing store and removed a safe with the weapons.

Officers say they found a stolen car near the area and evidence linking the vehicle to the burglary.

They also are investigating a second stolen vehicle report that may be linked to the crime.

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Note that over 80 percent of criminals get their guns illegally. How are these improved, more expensive, more intrusive NICS checks that the NRA is supporting going to help?

IN: Stricter gun sales laws should be supported
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"But under the new rules, dealers will have to call the FBI directly for every customer. And for those who lack a permit, dealers also will have to call police for the state check."

"According to state police, 16,608 checks initiated in Indiana last year resulted in 294 rejections. About 320,000 Hoosiers have permits to carry handguns."

"The new rules will ensure that Indiana gun buyers meet all federal guidelines. Federal rules are also stricter on sales of handguns to those against whom protective orders have been issued and those convicted of domestic violence."

"The majority of gun owners are responsible, but any law that keeps a firearm out of even one misguided individual�s hands deserves support."

MT: 'Extended family' at gun show watches as two exchange vows
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"The guests joked about throwing gunpowder rather than rice, and the cake was frosted with the words 'This marriage was made at a gun show.' "

"When Herb Dawson and JoAnna Webber marched down the aisle Saturday evening it was amid friends and family at the Great Falls Gun and Antique Show in the Four Seasons Arena."

"Wedding festivities took place in the arena's entryway. Inside, more than 200 vendors have filled 505 tables with guns, knives, bullets, antiques and various other items for the three-day show."

"Dawson's weapon of choice seven years ago was simply salesmanship. He met Webber at a gun show in Butte when he sold his future bride a holster."

Canada: Gun used in robbery
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"A gas station employee had a gun held to her side as she was robbed by two bandits at the Pioneer Gas Bar on Queen Street E."

"The 50-year-old woman was working at the station when two men pushed open the employees' door and burst into the kiosk. One pointed the silver handgun at her and pushed her into a corner while the men opened the cash register and grabbed some money."

"The pair escaped in a dark coloured vehicle, possibly an SUV, according to Peel police."

"The woman was not injured."

SD: Officials remind hunters of airline gun rules
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"With South Dakota's pheasant season opener set for Oct. 18, state officials say hunters should remember they can transport their guns on airlines, even with heightened security requirements."

" 'The Transportation Safety Administration requires passengers carrying firearms in checked baggage to declare their firearms,' said Steve Vanderbeek of Sioux Falls, a state Game, Fish & Parks Department official."

NC: Protesters want gun crimes prosecuted
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"One by one they stepped up to the mike at the steps of the Durham County Courthouse with a message directed to the prosecutors up on the sixth floor: 'Stop plea bargaining gun crimes.' " ...

"The Bowser led-NAACP called for the rally, deemed High Noon Against Gun Violence. The crowd of 40 comprised clergy, community leaders, police and city officials, including Mayor Bill Bell. A total of 10 community groups were represented, including the InterNeighborhood Council, the Durham Voter Coalition and the People's Alliance."

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FULL TEXT BELOW: A FORMER public school pupil was jailed for 15 years yesterday for attacking two policemen with a handgun. Paul Macklin, 30, who used to go to Gordonstoun, was found guilty of possessing the gun and assaulting the officers in Aberdeen. At the High Court in the city, he'd denied the charges and had claimed he was somewhere else when the attack took place in May this year.

MO: Gun show sales draw scrutiny of ATF
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"When gun fanciers gather for shows like the one this weekend at the VFW Hall in Overland, undercover federal agents may be there too, patrolling the fuzzy line that decides which buyers must get background checks."

"Scrutiny of gun shows in the St. Louis area laid the foundation for raids, quietly conducted in April, in which the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives seized 572 guns from the homes of five show participants, according to court documents."

"At least one criminal prosecution has resulted, in federal court in East St. Louis."

"And more recently, the U.S. attorney's office filed civil suits in U.S. District Court in St. Louis seeking forfeiture of the guns, claiming their owners improperly sold weapons."

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"Three victims of a New Jersey Turnpike carjacking during a snowstorm testified yesterday in Superior Court that the assailant who took their cars had threatened them with a small silver gun." ------- It's a shame that New Jersey doesn't allow its citizens to arm themselves, for the public will continue to be at the mercy of armed thugs who have no respect for their absurd laws.

If You Don't Have the Guts to Vote Libertarian Next Time
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"I now hear lots of these people who voted for Bush to 'prevent Gore from getting elected' moaning and groaning after the Patriot Act, the Office of Homeland Security, the TSA Gestapo, the misbegotten war in Iraq, and the drunken spending orgy that comprises the post-Bush Federal Budget."

"To all you conservatives and constitutionalists out there who are scratching your heads in befuddlement over the militaristic, bureaucratic nightmare of the Bush presidency, I have a challenge for you: Try voting Libertarian next time."

OH: Ohio foes of gun law to pressure legislature
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"Activists who want the right to carry concealed weapons in Ohio said yesterday that they hope to increase pressure on the legislature now that the Ohio Supreme Court upheld the state's ban on carrying hidden weapons."

"Cincinnati private investigator Chuck Klein, who lost on Wednesday when the court rejected his lawsuit challenging Ohio's ban, said concealed-carry advocates will seek a bill allowing the hidden guns or will lobby for passage of a state constitutional amendment."

"Plaintiffs also are considering asking the Ohio Supreme Court to reconsider its ruling or starting a new court challenge to Ohio's ban, Klein said."