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CA: Oakland's Crime Problem is Part of a Disturbing Urban Trend
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Crime in Oakland is hardly news these days. The New York Times recently ran a front page story outlining the tragic pathology. Last year's murder total already has been surpassed and the overall record is within reach. To put Oakland's current murder total into perspective, it is running reasonably ahead of New Orleans, and we don't have a Katrina to blame.
This is particularly troubling because the preponderance of violent crime is concentrated primarily in two areas within East and West Oakland. Moreover, the majority of the perpetrators, as well as the victims, are African American. |
Deadly, Intentional Ignorance on Guns
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TWO YEARS AGO THIS MONTH, the federal ban on assault weapons expired. Since then, sales of such weapons have almost certainly increased, and the number of crimes in which they have been used has undoubtedly risen. Unfortunately, there's no way to know for sure. That's because the public and law enforcement agencies no longer have access to information they could routinely get just a few years ago. |
OH: Court upholds ban of guns in park
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The city can ban firearms in city parks despite a state law that allows Ohioans to carry hidden guns, a state appeals court ruled on Friday. The 2-1 ruling from the 6th District Court of Appeals could affect other cities that ban concealed handguns in its parks. The court upheld the city's ban because it said the state law gives private property owners the right to ban handguns thus making the state law not a "general" law. |
IN: Man kills robbery suspect
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A would-be robber got more than he bargained for early Saturday when his intended victim pulled out a handgun and shot him five times outside a Lawrence bar, authorities said.
Police identified the suspected robber as Ronald Zenor, 29, Indianapolis, who was taken to Wishard Memorial Hospital, where he died.
The incident occurred about 3:30 a.m. as the Sports Page Lounge, 4603 N. Post Road, was closing.
Eric Conter, 22, Indianapolis, had left the bar and climbed into his pickup. Zenor reached through the window, tried to pull a necklace off Conter's neck and began choking him, Lawrence Police Chief Jack Bailey said.
Acting in self-defense, Conter pulled out his 9 mm pistol and shot Zenor, Bailey said. |
PA: Pair Killed After Seeing Rape In Their Driveway
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Reader Duane Hogue writes "Another example of where concealed carry would have saved lives:"
Police in Philadelphia said a couple who stumbled upon a man raping a teenager in their driveway late Wednesday were in turn killed by the rapist. |
NJ: An arms race on the streets has cops seizing more weapons
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Newark police are seizing guns at a record-setting pace this year, another sign that firearms are becoming more widespread in the city, officials say.
Shootings and homicides -- including the shooting early yesterday of five people, three fatally, in an apartment on Sanford Avenue -- are also up, even as overall crime continues to drop. It's a disturbing trend in which police are seeing more petty altercations ending with gunfire. |
PA: Man kills himself after police pursuit
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CLARKSTOWN - A Lycoming County man who committed suicide Friday after state police fired at his car was to appear in county court that afternoon on a domestic matter.
John Glenn Leech, 34, of Muncy, was scheduled in the courtroom of Judge Dudley N. Anderson at 1:30 p.m. on an alleged violation of a protection from abuse order. |
UK: Father records gun-control video
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The father of a Scottish toddler shot dead in Turkey three years ago has recorded a music video ahead of a gun-control rally in the country.
David Grimason's two-year-old son Alistair died after a gun fight at a cafe in the resort of Focca. |
Australia: Dejected police fight a losing battle
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Well-armed criminals and a corrupt justice system are making law and order unravel in Papua New Guinea, writes Hamish McDonald.
THE gang struck Mike Cheong's big trading store in the middle of Mount Hagen township late on a recent Friday afternoon. The one with a gun held up the security guards, while the rest helped themselves to the day's takings. |
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