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Anti-Gun Mayoral Coalition
Submitted by: Liberty Belles
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"New York City Mayor Bloomberg recently formed an anti-gun coalition similar to the Brady Campaign, entitled 'Mayors Against Illegal Guns.' This group is comprised of 109 mayors from all over the country including notoriously anti-gun cities like Los Angeles, Washington D.C., Chicago, and Boston." ...

"Your job is to form an informal coalition of your own entitled, 'Citizens Against Anti-Gun Mayors.' If your mayor is a member of the anti-gun coalition you need to expose him or her by calling into your local talk radio station, writing letters to the editor, and telling all of your friends. Then you should try to get 20 or more people together and schedule a group appointment with the mayor. ..." ...

When in doubt, call a conference
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft

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"Statistically, our schools are safe. Students are safer there than anywhere else, including their homes."

"Nonetheless, the sporadic spasms of violence -- shootings in four states in the past two weeks -- are such a shock to the social fabric and the national sense of safety that the authorities feel compelled to do something, if only to convene a conference."

"Thus, this past week the president and first lady appeared at a hastily put together White House Conference on School Safety held in a well-to-do suburb known for some of the capital area's best and safest schools before a screened, invitation-only audience, no Democrats or administration critics, and certainly no gun-control advocates." ...

Bang, bang, bang
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"President Bush held a one-day summit Tuesday on school violence, his response to recent and deadly school shootings in Colorado, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. Had he been interested in more than the photo-op, he might have billed it as a one-day summit on 'how to keep guns out of the hands of men, boys, criminals and kooks,' so they don't shoot up our schools and our post offices and our workplaces and our neighborhoods. The nexus - in Amish Country and Yonkers and New York City - isn't really between schools and violence, but between disturbed people with guns and wherever they wish to wreak havoc." ...

MO: Governor Blunt on Armed Teachers
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft

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"Three school incidents in the past week." ...

"Governor Blunt thinks some people took something he said in Joplin earlier this week and ran with it---wrongly. He does not favor arming teachers. But he says the general topic is worth talking about ... and maybe some weapons should be available in schools to some teachers properly trained to use them. Governor Blunt says he does NOT favor arming all teachers. ..."

"He says those who think guns lead to a violent society will not agree with him but those who think access to weapons can be part of a solution to a violent situation created by society would more readily be willing to discuss the matter. ..." ...

WI: Will Wisconsin Follow Utah's Lead?
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft

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"State Representative Frank Lasee is tweaking his original proposal a bit, but it still allows teachers to have guns on the job. NBC 15 has learned similar plans are already on the books in other states."

"Three years ago, Utah lawmakers amended the state's conceal�carry law. The change made it legal for teachers, who pass a state�mandated test, to carry guns."

"'The word is out that maybe one or more teachers in a school is carrying firearms,' says Clark Aposhian."

"He's a Utah gun lobbyist and founder of a firearms training organization in Salt Lake City. Representative Lasee is turning to Aposhian for help."

"'They have guns in their schools and it hasn't cause problems or difficulties for them,' says Lasee." ...

FL: Teacher Suspended For Toy Gun Used In Play
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"School officials in Florida are deciding what to do with a teacher who allegedly carried a toy gun around school property."

"The Golden Gate Middle School teacher was suspended last week and is on administrative leave with pay. The teacher's name has not been released."

"The sheriff's office said deputies were called to the school in Collier County, Fla., and found the teacher carrying the small plastic gun with a red tip in the back of his pants, but at no time was anyone in danger. He told deputies he found the toy in a prop box at the school and that it was used for a school play."

"Collier County sheriff�s spokeswoman Kristin Adams said the teacher did not make any threats to anyone, and no criminal violations were found." ...

ME: Two students charged after BB gun scare
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft

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Two Dirigo High School students face charges after they were found in possession of a BB pistol in an incident that prompted officials to lock down the school.

The incident, which took place 30 minutes after classes ended Tuesday afternoon, caused a scare in the wake of recent shootings at other schools in Pennsylvania, Colorado and Wisconsin.

The incident at Dirigo High involved two teenagers who were showing off the gun to friends, police said. Nobody was hurt or threatened, but a 16-year-old Rumford boy and a 15-year-old Dixfield boy were charged with terrorizing with a firearm, a Class C felony, said Dixfield police Sgt. Mark Dow.

The teens were released to their parents and are scheduled to be arraigned Nov. 13.

TN: Cherokee student arrested after allegedly bringing BB gun to school
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"One tool Hawkins County Schools use to prevent the violence that has occurred in other school districts nationwide is vigilant students and adults who report potential threatening situations to authorities."

"That effort was put to the test Wednesday at Cherokee High School as police and school officials responded to a report of a student possibly bringing a gun to school. Hawkins County Sheriff's Deputies and school officials were waiting for the student as soon as he got off the bus in the morning. The 15-year-old sophomore had allegedly brought a gun to school Tuesday."

"One fellow student who'd seen the gun told a parent after school Tuesday, and that parent reported it to school administrators. ..." ...

MN: Boy charged after bringing gun to school
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft

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"A 10-year-old boy was charged with possessing a firearm and making terroristic threats after allegedly bringing an unloaded handgun in his backpack to Richardson Elementary in North St. Paul this week."

"Authorities say the fifth-grader found the .25-caliber semiautomatic pistol at a relative's house over the weekend and showed it to a classmate on the school bus Monday morning. Police Chief Tom Lauth said a teacher was notified around noon about the gun, which was then confiscated."

"'We're happy nothing worse happened,' said Gene Janicke, the school district's director of teaching and learning. 'That student was smart enough to tell an adult, and that's what we teach our kids.'" ...

IL: Arming Teachers Flunks The Sensibility Test
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft

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"Some of us might not be alive today if Wisconsin state Rep. Frank Lasee's idea to let teachers carry guns had been in effect in the good old days when we were learning the three R's."

"What if, instead of a ruler to rap knuckles, your worst nightmare of a teacher had a pistol in her pocket? The occasional incorrigible smart aleck might have ended up in the big principal's office in the sky." ...

"Putting even more guns in schools is his response to the recent rash of deadly school shootings. He says that school personnel should be prepared to defend themselves and their students should someone attempt to do them harm." ...

NRA Backs Both Sides of Aisle
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"The National Rifle Association has a simple agenda in Washington: protecting gun ownership. But it faces a complex challenge this campaign season: supporting Republican control of Congress while staying loyal to Democratic candidates who supported the gun lobby."

"'We will endorse regardless of party,' says Chris Cox, executive director of the NRA's Institute for Legislative Action. 'However, gun owners are very concerned and do not want as speaker Nancy Pelosi, who has been consistently vocal against their rights. They understand the significance of these elections.'" ...

PA: Brady Campaign Endorses Brendan Boyle for State House
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"Brendan Boyle today received the endorsement of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, the nation's leading gun violence prevention organization. Boyle is running for the Pennsylvania State House's 170th District." ...

"'Brendan Boyle recognizes that Pennsylvania is facing a gun violence epidemic,. said Paul Helmke, president of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence. .He is a committed advocate who will work hard to get illegal handguns off the streets and out of the hands of criminals.'" ...

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"You can't pick up a newspaper and not have your stomach turn from gun-related horror. You still think it can't happen to you? Not here? Think again!"

"High-visibility, gun-related homicides are everywhere. The House quietly passed a bill to gut the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms' already-weakened ability to shut down rogue gun dealers who supply the majority of guns used by criminals." ...

"In the past 17 years, California passed a series of sensible gun laws that haven't harassed responsible owners or retailers but have saved lives. The most recent Centers for Disease Control data show that, between 1994 and 2003, California cut its gun homicide rate 46 percent and gun suicide rate 33 percent. ..." ...

AL: Folsom advocates boosting the economy, right to bear arms
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"Democratic candidate for the position of lieutenant governor, Jim Folsom Jr., is taking to his campaign with a strong background in Alabama politics and experience not only as a former lieutenant governor but as a governor as well." ...

"Folsom also is an advocate for second amendment rights and protecting the right to bear arms. As an outdoorsman, Folsom said he will not support any plan that would endanger that right."

OH: Ken Blackwell: 'He sticks to his guns, so to speak' (BFA)
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft

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"A recent headline in the (Dover-New Philadelphia) Times Reporter pronounced:"

"'He sticks to his guns, so to speak': Blackwell brings campaign trail through rifle club'"

"Blackwell taking his message to gun owners and organizations is not new. The first time I heard and met Ken Blackwell was at the Ohio Gun Collectors Banquet, probably in 2004. He was already a member of the organization and was the keynote speaker for the annual banquet. It was my first banquet attendance but not Mr. Blackwell�s. Since that time I�ve had the pleasure of hearing Mr. Blackwell speak on several occasions." ...

Ex-ATF Chief Used Staff for Homework Aid
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"The man who recently departed as director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives ordered his staff to help with his nephew's high school homework, wasting the agency's time and violating ethics rules, an inquiry found Wednesday."

"The nephew's project � a documentary about the ATF that took 10 months to complete � was one of a half-dozen examples of lapses in judgment Carl J. Truscott committed before he resigned in August, says the report by Justice Department Inspector General Glenn A. Fine."

"The report found that only the high school project demonstrated mismanagement by Truscott, whose employees accused him of wasting federal funds, taking costly trips and creating a hostile work environment." ...
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Submitter's Note: A Rotten Apple and despicable to all decent LEO's and taxpayers

CA: Ex-officer begins trial on charges he beat suspect
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft

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e officer went on trial Wednesday on charges that he beat a handcuffed prisoner who spat in his face while being driven to a hospital."

"Christopher A. Chester, 34, is charged with two counts of assault with a deadly weapon and one count of assault under the color of authority in connection with the incident that occurred about 9 p.m. Aug. 9, 2005." ...

"Riverside County Deputy District Attorney Angel Bermudez narrated while jurors watched a videotape shot from a patrol car that had been trailing Chester."

"'(Chester) immediately walks around the back side of the car,' Bermudez said in his opening remarks. 'He grabs Dietrich by the back of the head and pulls his head down ... and hit him three times.'" ...

HI: KPD swaps out firearm inventory
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"New weapons are on the way for police officers after the Kaua'i Police Department traded in nearly $100,000 worth of inventory, officials said yesterday."

"The former, standard-issue weapon for KPD, a 10-year-old .40 caliber semi-automatic Smith & Wesson pistol, will be replaced by 9 mm Glocks."

"With credit from its inventory of pistols and revolvers, the difference owed by KPD totals just $406, Sgt. Mark Begley said in an e-mail."

"KPD brokered the deal directly with a Glock manufacturing representative who works solely with law enforcement, Begley said, noting the company will send the Glocks first, destined to arrive on island within five weeks." ...

NJ: Judge: Family Of Slain Woman Cannot Sue Police, Dispatcher
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"The city government, police department and a 911 operator will not be held liable for failing to prevent the murder of a commuter, a judge has ruled."

"Superior Court Judge Charles A. Little on Tuesday dismissed the lawsuit filed by the mother of Christine Eberle, a woman kidnapped and killed by two men after she got off a PATCO Hi-Speedline train in Camden in 2001." ...

"The 27-year-old victim's mother, Linda Reis, blamed the 911 operator and others for not responding to a call from someone who said he saw two men forcing a woman into a car."

"The judge said a public entity cannot be sued when employees fail to perform their jobs. ..." ...
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Submitters Note: Once again the courts rule that the police do not have any duty to protect you.

NY: GOP Senate is lax on gun-control laws
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"The Speaking Out essay 'Get tough on illegal gun owners' (Sept. 25) by Sen. Joseph Robach, R-Greece, and the Rev. Marlowe Washington amounts to hanging a dead man. For years, the Republican Senate has blocked legislation that would stop distribution of illegal guns. The Senate refused to act on crime bills passed by the Democratic-led Assembly during 2005-06. These would have expanded the state ballistic database (which catalogs the markings left on an expended round/casing), banned armor-piercing bullets, and required dealers to lock up their weapons after their stores close." ...

AL: Developer: Shooting range to be state-of-the-art
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"Marengo County will soon be the home of a new, state-of-the-art firing range."

"'This is going to be a first class facility,' said Jim Stanford, advocate for the range."

"The range is being built under a state program that will provide all the building materials. Marengo County is providing the land at the old landfill site on County Road 44."

"'We needed a site that had no residents or public roads within the fire zone, and that was far enough away from people to not be a violation of the noise ordinance,' said Ray Metzler, Hunter Education Coordinator for the Alabama Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries." ...

Mexico: Four die in armed brawl over a pothole
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"Four Mexicans were killed when a dispute between two Tzotzil Indian families over a pothole in the street escalated into a full-blown shootout."

"One of the families closed off the cracked concrete and mud road in the town of Banelos in the poor southern state of Chiapas to fill in a hole left by heavy rain."

"That angered a family with a transport business who needed to get their truck through, the Mexican daily Reforma said on Tuesday."

"Insults led to blows and finally the two families shot at each other using various caliber guns and a hefty AR-15 rifle, Reforma said. Shootings are not uncommon in Mexico's little-policed indigenous regions, where many take the law into their own hands." ...

Ireland: Nally manslaughter conviction quashed
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft

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"The Court of Criminal Appeal has quashed the conviction of Co Mayo farmer Padraig Nally, who was jailed for six years for shooting a Traveller dead on his land in 2004."

"The three-judge court ordered a retrial and granted Mr Nally bail pending the new trial."

"Mr Justice Nicholas Kearns, presiding, said that the court had little doubt that had the prosecution allowed the trial to proceed in the usual manner the trial judge would have given appropriate directions to the jury in the usual form." ...
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Submitter's Note: From another story: "At the trial Mr Justice Paul Carney told the jury they could only bring in a verdict of either guilty of murder or guilty of manslaughter."

UK: Gang partied before shooting
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"A gang partied on champagne and vodka just hours before shooting dead a police officer during a bungled raid, a court heard."

"The night before the fatal shooting of Pc Sharon Beshenivsky took place, the gang members congregated at an address which used to house asylum seekers in Leeds, the prosecution alleges."

"Newcastle Crown Court heard the group were 'elated' as they sipped champagne and planned the robbery ..."

"Armed with a mac-10 machine gun, 9mm pistol and knife, the seven men travelled to ... Bradford, in three cars where they carried out the raid, it is alleged."

Pc Sharon Beshenivsky, 38, was shot and killed as she and her colleague ... responded to a silent alarm call activated at the travel agents." ...