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"To put it in terms appropriate to the issue, Americans have been shooting blindly in the gun control/gun rights debate."
"And their own government, which blocks collection or access to crucial data on firearms at the behest of gun-rights advocates, tied the blindfold in place. The National Research Council, an arm of the National Academy of Sciences, revealed the nation's uncertain marksmanship in a study last week. Washington declines to collect gun ownership statistics and bars researchers' access to Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms data on guns traced to crimes. ..." |
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"Sen. Dianne Feinstein announced Wednesday that she will propose a constitutional amendment to replace the Electoral College and replace it with a one-person one-vote system to decide presidential elections."
"Feinstein, a Democrat, joined Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose) in proposing a replacement of the current system, which she says makes bystanders of most voters. This year's presidential contest highlighted the flaws in the system, she said. President Bush and Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry spent the vast majority of their time campaigning in a handful of states." ... |
NV: Ex-boyfriend killed in Sparks during confrontation
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"The incident began around 2:40 a.m. when police received a call regarding an unwanted ex-boyfriend at an apartment on Beacon Hill Court, officers said." ...
"When officers arrived they found the ex-boyfriend in an upstairs bedroom with multiple gunshot wounds. He died later at Washoe Medical Center, police said." ...
"On Thursday, the woman asked a co-worker to help her get a restraining order against her former boyfriend, police said. A restraining order was issued but investigators don't think it had been served yet."
"The co-worker, Charles Ketcham, fell asleep at the woman's residence and was there when the ex-boyfriend kicked down the door, police said." |
PA: Man suffers back wound after altercation in Wilkes-Barre [Translation: Armed homeowner is wounded driving off armed intruders]
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... "Charles Baldrica Sr. said that shortly after 5 a.m. he was awakened by Michael Kane, a house guest, who said he heard something outside. His son, Charles Baldrica Jr., and Kane went outside where they saw two men tampering with a motorcycle chained in their driveway."
"Kane confronted the two men."
"Baldrica Jr. and Kane went back into the house to tell Baldrica Sr."
"Moments later the two men tried to break through the back door. Baldrica Sr. grabbed a semi-automatic pistol from his bedroom. He saw one of the suspects pointing a small handgun at him."
"He shot one round and the suspects began to leave the house. He fired two more rounds and later told an officer he heard one of the men say he was hit." ... |
CA: New Laws
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"Most of the hundreds of laws that will take effect New Year's Day were signed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in the last year, including a ban on the sale of .50-caliber rifles." ...
"Gun control advocates say the ban on .50-caliber BMG rifles makes California a national leader in improving public safety. Opponents to the new law countered that there was no proof, as the bill's supporters claimed, that the guns represented a 'terrorist threat' or had ever been used in a crime in California."
"The bill, by Assemblyman Paul Koretz, D-West Hollywood, requires current owners to register with the Department of Justice and would allow the attorney general to issue permits in some limited circumstances." |
HI: Man Charged With Concealing Blade In Shoe
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... "Randall Rustick, 33, of Fairfax, Va., was arrested Tuesday morning at Honolulu International Airport's Interisland Terminal after authorities said they uncovered a blade inside the sole of one of his dress shoes."
"He was charged with attempting to board an aircraft with a concealed weapon. ..." ...
"Rustick was released after the court appearance on Wednesday. U.S. Magistrate Judge Leslie Kobayashi set bond at $10,000 with the conditions that he not travel outside the United States and that he surrender all dangerous weapons." ...
"Rustick had no idea that there was a blade inside the shoe, which may have contained the blade since it left the factory where it was made, [Attorney David] Hayakawa said." ... |
VA: Senator favors keeping gun ban
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"A new restriction in Virginia that bars anyone without a concealed-weapons permit from openly carrying weapons into the state Capitol in Richmond will not be reversed, said a senior Republican state lawmaker who helped pass the ban earlier this year."
"Sen. Kenneth W. Stolle said even though he supports Second Amendment rights, he views it as a safety issue and doesn't want the ban lifted. The Virginia Beach Republican is on the 14-member Joint Rules Committee, which passed the ban without fanfare in March. The ban took effect in April." ... |
Getting a gun for Christmas? Know how to handle it safely
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"According to Americans for Gun Safety, more guns are sold in December than any other month."
"With many Americans buying and receiving firearms this Christmas, safety precautions are vital."
"At the Bullet Stop, 2625 W. Pawnee, manager John Daily said three basic safety rules are given to every customer:"
� Always point your gun in a safe direction.
� Always keep your finger off the trigger until ready to shoot.
� Always keep your gun unloaded until ready to use. |
MT: Shelby's Tiger Scouts learn about gun safety
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On Sunday, Dec. 12, Shelby's Tiger Scouts learned about gun safety and shooting techniques at Shelby's Rifle and Pistol Club.
Tiger Scout parent Lloyd Omdahl, for the purpose of giving the Tiger Scouts another opportunity to accomplish one of the required achievements in order to advance to the next scouting level, organized the visit.
Rifle and Pistol Club member Brad Tomsheck was the host. Tomsheck talked about gun safety, and demonstrated both air rifle and pistol shooting techniques.
The scouts were allowed to tour the range and watch local club members shoot air rifles.
The scouts were chaperoned by Mike Lamey, Lloyd Omdahl and Colleen and Dave Matoon. |
IL: Amazed by logic of gun control advocates [letter]
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It always amazes me that people believe more laws will stop criminal activity. It is illegal to steal or murder. It doesn't make any sense to add other laws on top of that, which will ultimately be broken when the robbery or murder law is broken. Unfortunately, some lawmakers are too thick-skulled for this obvious logic to penetrate.
A gun is a tool. Like a knife, a chainsaw, a hammer, or a car. Each has great utility and performs a multitude of beneficial tasks. And each can be abused to criminal ends by a very small group. So should we take away anything that could possibly be used in a criminal way? The list would never end.
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Give the gift of firearms safety training along with the firearm
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"Of all the gifts I always looked for under the Christmas tree, it was the slender, long, heavy packages I adored the most. It didn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that those easily- identified boxes most likely held a hunting firearm."
"But unlike any other gift that can be given, a firearm requires work after the gift opening. With this new gift there are several important issues that the gift giver has to address. Regardless if the new gun is an air gun or a firearm, teaching the proper safety handling of the weapon is of utmost importance." ... |
UK: Stabbing Rampage In London
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One person was killed and five others wounded by a man with a knife who jumped out of his car and stabbed people at various locations in North London over a one-hour period. The police arrested a 30-year-old man, whom they described as mentally ill, in connection with the attacks. Knife crimes in Britain are far more common than crimes with firearms, which are strictly controlled here, and have risen significantly in recent years. |
UK: Armed robbery in Newry
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An armed robbery has taken place at a car park in Newry.
One youth carrying a handgun approached a car park attendant who was working in the kiosk in Abbey Way, Newry at 2.25 pm today.
The youth reached in and snatched a bag containing money but did not enter the kiosk.
The car park attendant sustained no injuries. The youth made off along Abbey Way in the direction of Warrenpoint. |
VA: Shooter aims for world title
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"For Matthew Peterson, happiness literally is a warm gun."
" 'I love to shoot. If I could spend my days shooting from 9 in the morning until 5 at night, that's what I would do,' the 20-year-old college student said." ...
" 'We don't stop for weather conditions when we're shooting in a tournament unless it's heavy lightning,' he said."
"Over the last two years, Peterson has been somewhat of a thunderbolt himself, blasting his way into the spotlight of a sport that is far from being a household term." ... |
South Africa: Media doesn't recognise rights of gun owners
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"That Gun Free South Africa would not have existed had it not been for the editorial bias of The Star is no exaggeration."
"In the months leading up to the elections, Peter Storey, then a bishop of the Methodist Church of Southern Africa, began to articulate his concern that easy access to and excess of guns in our society was one of the biggest threats to our emerging democracy."
"The response to this was the Gun Free South Africa campaign ... ".
"And The Star threw its weight behind this nefarious campaign." |
UK: Gun threat charity boss on the run
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"A KIDS' charity boss facing jail for pointing a replica gun at a boy is on the run from police."
"Former Lambeth Children's Fund manager Dele Ajibola, 30, pulled the imitation weapon when a crowd - including a lad of seven - approached his Porsche."
"The �39,000-a-year official was convicted at Croydon Crown Court of possessing a firearm with intent to cause fear but failed to show up for sentencing. Detectives hunting Ajibola believe he may have fled the country to escape a likely jail term." |
Gun control really about people control (Letter)
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It is certainly a sad state of affairs when the insanity of the masses cannot and do not attempt to see through the veil of the "blue smoke and mirrors" to realize that the purpose of the gun control 'advocates' is to obtain control of those masses.
History has shown, Hitler and Stalin, among others, that the only way to gain full control of the masses is to remove all individual means to resist that control.
The unpublished statistics of gun ownership, or even possession, whereby crimes were prevented or resisted was/is when the individual has the means to defend himself in lieu of the 2nd Amendment's inalienable right to bear arms.
What is it that is so difficult to understand regarding "...shall not infringe..."? |
WI: Gun used in killing has link to officer
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"A handgun suspected of being used in an August homicide allegedly was purchased by an Outagamie County Sheriff�s Department officer and later given to his son, a convicted felon."
"That officer, now retired, faces possible criminal charges because firearms cannot be provided to anyone with a felony conviction. But the incident also has spurred a change in sheriff�s department policies."
"Sheriff Brad Gehring said his department has assisted the Appleton Police Department and the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in the investigation into the source of the gun that allegedly was used to kill Kenton Wilson." ... |
UK: Police hunt men after casino raid
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"Police are searching for four men after a bungled armed raid on a casino in Bristol on Thursday evening."
"Eyewitnesses say one of the men who carried out the attempted robbery at Gala Casino was armed with a shotgun, and the other two had pistols."
"They ran off along Redcliffe Way when an alarm was activated in the building at 9.30pm. A driver also escaped."
"One worker told the BBC that the men 'scared the life' out of staff and gamblers at the casino." ... |
India: Another rape case against jawan; this time the victim is 60-yr-old
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"Even as an Army Major faces court martial proceedings for the rape of a woman and her 10-year-old daughter at Handwara, another incident of alleged rape by Army personnel was reported from the Chief Minister's constituency of Pahalgam on Tuesday night. The residents of Gujjar village took to the streets on Wednesday morning, protesting the alleged rape of 60-year-old Hakeem Jan by a trooper of 3 Rashtriya Rifles. Police have registered an FIR against the trooper and begun investigations, said IG, Kashmir, Javaid Mukhdoomi. ..." ... |
MS: Shelby Finds 3 Guns; Soldier Held
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"One soldier was being held today after an anonymous tip led military officials to three of five weapons missing this week at Camp Shelby."
"Colonel Augustus Collins, commander of the 155th Combat Brigade Team, says the weapons�two handguns and a semiautomatic rifle�were found off-base last night."
"Collins declined to say where the weapons were found."
"Collins also declined to identify the soldier." |
NH: Timberlane threat called a hoax
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"Timberlane Regional School District administrators still don�t know who wrote a threatening note found outside the high school library last Friday, but at this point they believe it was a hoax."
"School officials and Plaistow Police are investigating the incident, which occurred just 24 hours after a student allegedly brought a loaded semi-automatic gun into the school on Thursday, Dec. 16."
"At 10 a.m. Friday, a note written on a sheet of notebook paper was found on a hallway monitor�s chair by a student. The student immediately brought the note to administrators, who in turn pulled together the school�s crisis team and released students from school at 11:45 a.m." ...
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CO: Big game seasons set through 2009
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"The Colorado Wildlife Commission has approved a new big game season structure for the next five years that includes four deer and elk rifle seasons, and archery and muzzleloading seasons similar or identical to those in effect this year."
"The new season structure will go into effect next year and continue through 2009."
"The first rifle season will be for elk only, will begin the first Saturday after Oct. 9, and will last five days. Like this year, only limited licenses available through an application process or as leftovers will be sold. The second season for both deer and elk - with unlimited bull elk licenses available in many units - will begin on the following Saturday and last for nine days." ... |
India: Criminal gang busted
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"Police has busted a criminal gang involved in manufacturing weapons, including countrymade pistols, after raiding Dallubigha village under the Hilsa police station of Nalanda district on Thursday. The police recovered 12 countrymade pistols and other items used for manufacturing arms."
"Earlier, the special task force had raided Chiksohara village and seized a number of countrymade pistols." ...
"Meanwhile, officer in-charge of the Hilsa police station G M Kumar said the arrested persons have disclosed the names of a few persons of Hilsa who are involved in making countrymade pistols." ...
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Submitter's Note: Elsewhere, poor farmers are having to hire gunmen to protect them during the harvest as officials do nothing. |
Philippines: 97th victim of summary killing a drug suspect
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"POLICE are conducting thorough investigation on the killing of a City Government employee detailed as member of the security group of Barangay 7-A in Davao City."
"Chief Inspector Matthew Baccay, chief of the San Pedro police precinct, said Thursday they have have yet to determine the motive behind the killing of Efren Torralba, 32, of Barangay 7-A, who was shot and killed by a motorcycle-riding gunman along General Luna street Wednesday noon."
"But Baccay said Torralba was a drug suspect, though the victim had never been monitored being involved in illegal drug activities." ...
"Torralba was the 97th victim killed by motorcycle-riding gunmen believed to be members of the shadowy vigilante group, Davao Detah Squad." ...
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Australia: Australian Defence Force denies guns on black market
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"THE Australian Defence Force insists it maintains strict controls over firearms, and has rejected claims that weapons including a rocket launcher and sniper rifle are missing."
"The ADF's assertion follows a report in The Sydney Morning Herald that said a cache of stolen military weapons might be for sale on the black market."
"The ADF admitted three privately owned sporting rifles had gone missing from an armoury at the Holsworthy army base, outside Sydney, in September 2002."
"But a police search warrant obtained by the Herald indicated police were looking for other weapons as well as the sporting rifles."
"They included a pair of Browning handguns, a .50 calibre sniper rifle and an 84mm Carl Gustav rocket launcher." ... |
PA: Court classifies paintball guns as weapons, citing use in vandalism
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"A student who kept six paintball guns in the trunk of his car violated a state law against possession of a weapon on school property, in part because he used one of the guns to commit vandalism, the state Superior Court has ruled."
"The defendant, then 17, and another youth drove away from Central York High School during lunch hour in September 2003 to fire a carbon dioxide-powered paintball gun at three parked vehicles and a garage door, according to court records. Police recovered the guns after the boy's father consented to a search of his car that night." ...
"In a decision released Thursday, Superior Court Judge Richard B. Klein wrote that the mere possession of the guns would not have been criminal if one had not been used illegally." ... |
South Africa: Cash-in-transit heist at Jo'burg market
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"Six men with automatic rifles escaped with an undisclosed amount of cash robbed from four Coin Security guards at the City Deep fresh fruit market south of Johannesburg, police said."
"Police spokesman Captain Schalk Bornman said a seventh suspect, 21, was apprehended by police and would appear in the Johannesburg Magistrate's Court soon."
"There had been a shootout but apparently no one was injured."
"The seven gunmen took four money bags as well as two firearms from the security guards."
"'As the suspects turned around to flee the scene, a security guard fired shots at the suspects,' Bornman said."
"The robbers returned fire and in the process dropped two money bags." ... |
India: Farmers in Jehanabad employ guards for protection during harvest [as authorities do nothing]
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"Farmers in Bihar's Jehanabad district have employed trained gunmen to protect them from Naxal rebels, who have threatened to blow up their homes and kill their families if they dared to harvest their crops. ..."
"However, despite the constant threat of a marauding gang of armed rebels always lurking at the back of their mind, the state police and local administration are most often mute spectators as the gangs rule the roost."
"Tired of such inaction by the government authorities, farmers say they have been left with little choice but to take up arms to protect their crops." ...
"The rules of survival in Jehanabad are clear. A family may not be able to afford two square meals a day and clothes enough to keep winter chill away but a gun or pistol, mostly illegal and made from the steering axle or cheaper pipe, and cartridges are a must." |
Honduras: Assailants gun down 28 people on bus in Honduras; gang member in custody
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"Assailants claiming to be members of a revolutionary group opposed to the death penalty opened fire on a public bus in northern Honduras, killing at least 28 people, including six children, and escalating an ongoing battle between gangs and a government dedicated to fighting them."
"The shooting took place Thursday evening in the northern Atlantic city of Chamelecon, about 200 kilometres north of the capital Tegucigalpa."
"Police arrested a suspect who was driving a car similar to that identified by witnesses as having been present at the attack. The suspect is an alleged member of violent gangs that have terrorized residents, mostly in the poor neighbourhoods of Honduras' major cities." ...
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