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.50-caliber rifle has fans, foes
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"The .50-caliber rifle created by Ronnie Barrett and sold by his company, Barrett Firearms Manufacturing Inc., is the most powerful firearm civilians can buy. It weighs about 30 pounds and can hit targets up to 2,000 yards away with armor-piercing bullets."

"That kind of power has drawn a customer base of gun enthusiasts, Hollywood actors and Barrett's most loyal buyer, the U.S. military, which has been buying Barrett's rifles since the 1980s and using them in combat since the Gulf War."

"The guns are used by most civilians for hunting big game and in marksmanship competitions. Civilian sales are crucial because military and police orders can fluctuate year to year, Barrett said."

MA: City looking to stem flow of guns from northern N.E.
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"Guns are being brought into Boston from Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine at a stepped-up pace, according to city officials, who are grappling with a significant rise in shootings and firearms arrests this year."

"The guns from northern New England tend to be old and hard to trace. And as long as buyers have enough cash, they can purchase as many handguns and shotguns as they like, authorities say."

WI: Steven's Point People's Poll Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"Do you support the right of law-abiding citizens to carry concealed weapons?" "Yes" "No" ------- Submitter's Note: Just scroll down a bit, it's on the right hand side. At 2152 hrs EST, 91.8 percent of respondents support the right of law-abiding citizens to carry concealed weapons.

Brazil: Brazil's police 'execute thousands'
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"Hundreds, possibly thousands of people are shot by police every year in Brazil, a BBC investigation has found."

"The authorities say it is mainly criminals caught in military-style raids on drug gangs but according to a former senior official, new evidence suggests that many of the shootings are cold-blooded executions conducted by the police."

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These are the types of people the gun banners insist must have a monopoly on force.

WV: West Virginia University offers course on hunting
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"You won't learn how to hunt in this class, but it may get you thinking about hunting in a different way."

"West Virginia University offers one of the few classes in the country on hunting. Topics include the evolution of hunting in society, its role in wildlife management, traditions, ethics, animal rights, gun control and economic impact."

"Nearly everyone in the class is an experienced hunter, but one of the professors who designed the course says he hopes that will change. James Anderson says he likes to present both sides of controversial issues, which is why he occasionally brings in guest speakers from organizations opposed to hunting."

South Africa: Female officer in gun drama
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"Superintendent Eugene Opperman said the policewoman and another officer, both based at Norkem Park police station, were on patrol in Piet-my-Vrou Avenue, Birch Acres, when they confronted three men walking in the road yesterday."

"Two ran away but the third man pulled out a knife and tried to stab the woman constable."

"She drew her pistol and the man continued to advance on her. She fired a shot in self-defence and critically wounded her attacker. He died on the scene shortly afterwards."

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It's a shame everyday citizens don't have the right to defend themselves in such a manner. Any disarmed subject attacked in this manner would have perished.

Canada: Liberals to table tough gun bill
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"The Liberal government will table a bill to toughen laws on gun crimes and gun dealing, responding to a summer of violence in Toronto that has sent political waves through the party's ranks as an election campaign approaches."

"Although the bill is doomed to die with the fall of the government next week, the Liberal government is intent on getting it into the House of Commons to demonstrate it has adopted a tougher approach to gun crime."

UK: Gardener fired gun at school Submitted by: News Director	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"A LANDSCAPE gardener fired airgun pellets at a primary school window because he was bored." "Ian Ferguson, 20, fired at Gorebridge Primary School in Midlothian on Monday, April 11." "Fiscal depute John Napier told Edinburgh Sheriff Court that Ferguson had noticed a hole in the glass and aimed the pellets at it in a bid to make it bigger."

UK: Man who fired gun to evade PC is jailed
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"A SUSPECT who terrorised a policewoman by firing a gun to try to stop her chasing him was jailed for eight years yesterday."

"A judge told Stephen Devine, 39, that the police were entitled to as much protection as the courts could provide, and said the sentence would have been significantly longer if he had actually shot at the officer."

"Devine looked stunned as the prison term was imposed at the High Court in Edinburgh, and friends in the public benches also expressed shock."

"Earlier, PC Sarrah Watt, 28, had told a jury how the incident had caused her to be more fearful in her work."

Canada: Gun-related crime more common all over: cops Submitted by: News Director	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"Gun-related crimes are now common around the Lower Mainland - not just in the Tri-Cities, Mounties say." "'The number of gun incidents are going up everywhere,' said Coquitlam RCMP Const. Dave Babineau, who noted, 'One shooting in the community is alarming.'"

WA: RAL students expelled for gun on campus
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"Two teenagers have been expelled from R.A. Long High School after allegedly bringing a gun to school."

"Longview police received a call from a school employee Saturday morning stating that two 17-year-old male students were seen in a tan pickup in the R.A. Long High School parking lot passing a rifle back and forth. They then drove off."

"With the help of school officials, police tracked down the students at their home." ...

"Both students acknowledged bringing the gun to campus, according to reports, but the police officer investigating the case never saw the weapon or any ammunition."

Australia: Police appeal after man assaulted Submitted by: News Director	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"Police are appealing for information after a man was seriously assaulted at Cooma." "About 3.20am yesterday (25 November), a 41-year-old man was confronted at the door of his Waggun Street, Cooma home." "The 41-year-old man was threatened with a firearm and assaulted. The man left the house and the 41-year-old occupant raised the alarm."

UK: Gun death in the street
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"A MURDER inquiry was launched today after a man was found dying in a Leeds street."

"Paramedics struggled in vain to save the man, aged 36, found lying in Black Moor Road, Moortown, Leeds, shortly before 8pm yesterday.
Police received reports of one or more gunshots and tests are expected to confirm the man died of a gunshot."

"It is not yet clear whether he was shot in the street or at a nearby property. Police immediately sealed of the area and began house-to-house inquiries."

OK: Gun plan considers defense
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"The National Rifle Association is behind a nationwide push for legislation broadening the definition of self-defense -- but some Oklahomans say it would change little here."

"'I think the statutes are pretty clear already on what you can and can't do,' said Doug Friesen, an Oklahoma City attorney who has taught conceal-carry classes for nearly a decade."

"The proposed legislation is based on Florida's new "Stand Your Ground" law, which took effect Oct. 1. ..."

MA: Bullet points, Boston style
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"The city of Boston, Massachusetts is looking at yet another record year for murders and shootings. This is despite the city and state having some of the toughest gun control regulations this side of DC or parts of California. And Duh Mayor is on the warpath."

"It turns out that ever since it got difficult to buy guns legally in Boston, would-be gun owners have ventured out of the city limits to get their hands on firearms. Some have even discovered that it's a hell of a lot easier to buy guns here in New Hampshire, as well as in Maine and Vermont. So they come up here, buy a couple and bring them back."

PA: Know your weapon
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"Pennsylvania's big-game season is just around the corner. By now, every deer hunter should have his or her rifle ready for the woods. Yet, it's safe to say that dozens of local hunters will be using rifles that are strangers to them. From my years in the gun smithing business, I know for a fact this is true. I have even met hunters in the big game woods who were having some type of problem with the rifle that a cousin or hunting buddy had 'loaned' them. For the most part, the problem was quickly solved. No, there was nothing wrong with the rifle; the hunter using it was uncertain of how it functioned."

US Air Force unveils hand-held laser gun Submitted by: RPA-PAC Website: http://www.rpa-pac.org	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"The US Air Force has unveiled its first hand-held laser weapon that gives security forces a non-lethal option for controlling crowds and protecting areas like checkpoints, according to service officials." "While only in prototype form and years away from fielding, the weapon, known as the Personnel Halting and Stimulation Response (PHaSR) system, holds great promise, they said."

Canada: Woman claims cops used stun gun on her
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"One night in September 2004, two police officers arrested Suzanne Silver for allegedly uttering death threats. She claims that veteran constables John Hope and Mark Galloway pushed their way into her mother's house and manhandled her."

"By the time Silver was brought into the booking area at police headquarters, she was in a rage. As police surveillance cameras rolled, Silver launched into an uninterrupted tirade against the officers."

"Then one of the officers threatened to use a Taser on her."

MI: Web eases gun permit process
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"The Macomb County clerk's office has launched a service that allows residents to use the Internet to check the status of their applications for concealed weapons permits and frees up staff to help residents with other issues." ...

"Michigan State Police officials said they had not heard of such a program anywhere else in the state."

"The program, which was introduced through Sabaugh's office, is designed to eliminate confusion for applicants, Sabaugh said."

UK: Fire engine shot at as firefighters tackle blaze
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"Luckily, no-one was hurt as the air gun went off and no damage was sustained by the engine.
The fire crew were said to be shaken by the experience."

"Police officers were called to the scene on Lancaster Avenue shortly after 7.20pm, but the youngsters who had fired the shots had already scarpered."

"Now the fire service will push for tough penalties against youths found guilty of attacking firefighters."

PA: Penalizing all gun offenses may save lives (Letter)
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"Pick any recent shooting on the streets of Philadelphia ('Slayings this year surpass 2004 total,' Nov. 15). Now, take a closer look at the shooters. You will find they have one thing in common. Virtually every single one of them has a violent criminal history; virtually every one of them has been arrested for a crime involving the illegal possession of a gun - some of them numerous times - and virtually every one of them received mere wrist-slaps for those crimes."

"Those wrist-slaps have made Philadelphia's criminal court system into a mockery of justice, a dangerous mockery. A relatively small number of judges are causing irreparable harm by refusing to sentence violent gun-toting thugs to significant jail time. ..."

Guns increase danger
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"Janalee Tobias of Women Against Gun Control (Forum, Nov. 18) is sadly misled if she really believes guns increase women's personal safety. ..."

"According to the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, 30,242 people in the United States died from firearm-related causes in 2002. The Journal of Trauma reported in 1998 that there are 22 criminal, suicidal and unintentional shootings for every shooting made in self-defense in America. ..."

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Except for the fact that in the vast majority of self defense cases, the gun is merely brandished and never used, so comparing the criminal, suicidal and unintentional shootings to self-defense shootings is absurd. Many times the gun saves a life without being fired.

Trinidad & Tobago: Cop shoots himself
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"A policeman attached to the Special Branch accidentally shot himself while cleaning his personal firearm." ...

"The report stated that Nabbie was cleaning his firearm while sitting in the living room of the home of his friend � Aldwyn Neptune � at Monkey Town Third Branch Road, Moruga. The report stated that a single round of ammunition accidentally went off and Nabbie was struck in the left palm."

"The bullet exited through the back of his hand."

CT: Officer Was Ambushed By Killer In Her Home
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"Ciara McDermott had no idea her estranged boyfriend, Victor Diaz, had slipped into her house while she was at work Monday afternoon." ...

"She turned on her laptop computer to check her e-mail at 4:15 p.m. Within a minute, she was dead. Police said Diaz, a suspended state trooper, shot her three times before eventually turning his .40-caliber Glock handgun on himself." ...

"Diaz had been scheduled to surrender to West Hartford police on Monday and was going to be the subject of an administrative investigation by state police."