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Pilots Blast Airport Security
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"If you've had concerns about security as you buckled yourself into an airline seat, here's an uncomfortable fact: the pilots sitting in the cockpit are perhaps more concerned than you are."
"The Coalition of Airline Pilots Associations points to the recent arrest of a Russian man in possession of more than 1,300 counterfeit law enforcement badges, saying the government's failure to modernize airport identification technology poses a serious threat to the flying public."
"The coalition cites published reports that the high-quality fakes were discovered along with New York Police Department uniforms, semiautomatic rifles and the used casing from a shoulder-fired missile. The badges, imported from Taiwan, skillfully mimic those of the FBI, Drug Enforcement Agency and NYPD, among others." ... |
Senate To Pursue Gun Ownership Law for D.C.
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"Some Senate Republicans are preparing to launch an assault on the District's gun laws."
"Senators Kay Bailey Hutchison and John Cronyn of Texas and George Allen of Virginia are signing on as sponsors of the District of Columbia Personal Protection Act of 2005."
"The measure would repeal the District's prohibition against most private handgun ownership. It's similar to a measure with 123 co-sponsors in the House."
"Supporters of the measure say the legislation will restore the Second Amendment rights of District residents guaranteed by the Constitution." ...
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House Committee Votes Down Legal Rights of Police Officers, Says Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence
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gun victims, the House Judiciary Committee in a near party line vote defeated an amendment that would have protected the right of police officers to bring lawsuits against negligent gun sellers." ...
"In June 2004, two former New Jersey police officers ... shot in the line of duty with a trafficked gun negligently sold by a West Virginia dealer, obtained a $1 million settlement. The dealer had sold the gun, along with 11 other handguns, in a cash sale to a straw buyer for a gun trafficker. After the lawsuit, the dealer, as well as two other area pawnshops, implemented safer practices to prevent sales to traffickers, including a new policy of ending large- volume sales of handguns." ... |
Does Gun Control Lead to Further Erosion of Civil Rights?
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"Gun rights supporters claim that gun control contains a 'slippery slope' that gradually but inexorably results in erosion of civil rights. They point to examples like USSR, China, and Nazi Germany as examples where disarmament proceeded government-sponsored genocide against the people living in those countries."
"In early 2005, the British government enacted The Criminal Justice Act of 2003, which allows a previously acquitted person to be retried if 'new and compelling' evidence is produced. Citing the unresolved sexual assault/murder of a young woman in 1989, the government claimed the new law will enable them to retry the accused 'if evidence such as DNA material, new witnesses or a confession came to light.' ..." ... |
OK: Alleged Intruder Shot By Homeowner
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"An intruder got more than he bargained for Tuesday night when he allegedly tried to break into a home in northwest Oklahoma City."
"Oklahoma City police said a woman shot the man twice in the chest while he tried to break into her home near Northwest 12th Street and Grand Avenue. Officers said the alleged intruder knocked on the back door of the house just after 10:30 p.m Tuesday and tried to enter the home."
"A man who also lives in the house apparently confronted the alleged intruder and started fighting him. Police said that's when the woman pulled out the gun and opened fire." ... |
TX: Police Determining Whether Wounded Man Is Victim Or Suspect
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Police are trying to figure out if a man in his late 30s who showed up a convenience store bleeding from at least three gunshot wounds is a victim or a suspect.
The man drove himself to a Diamond Shamrock at the intersection of Timber View and Culebra Road at 4 a.m. suffering from gunshot wounds to his face and upper chest.
He told police that he was shot at a home nearby.
But the occupants of the home told a different story.
They told police the man showed up at their home armed with a handgun and tried to kick in a door, and in self-defense they shot him with a .22-caliber rifle.
The man was transported to University Hospital for non-life-threatening injuries.
No charges have been filed against the homeowners. |
Philippines: Columnist survives slay try: I shot first
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"ARMED with an Ingram machine pistol, a tabloid columnist traded shots with two unidentified men before dawn yesterday in Valenzuela City in the latest of a rash of attacks against journalists."
"... Before the attackers could position themselves, I shot first,' Pablo Hernandez, who writes a regular column 'Prangkahan' for Bulgar, told the Inquirer."
"It was the second attempt on the life of Hernandez, who described himself as a 'hard-hitting journalist.' ..."
"It was not clear if the latest attack was related to the earlier incident or to his job as a tabloid columnist, but Hernandez said he strongly suspected that police officers were behind both attempts." ... |
Philippines: Sison: Self defense measure for women approved
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"A BILL seeking to mandate the compulsory teaching of self-defense to all female members of society has been approved by the House committee on women under Representative Josefina Joson (1st District, Nueva Ecija)."
"... House Bill 386 establishes the self-defense training mechanisms under a program dubbed as the Movement to Help Eradicate Rape and Other Female Abuses (Mother)."
"In the explanatory note to HB 386, Representative Barinaga stated that basic self-defense techniques must be taught to enable females to protect themselves in the event of imminent danger, particularly the commission of heinous crimes such as rape, which have become more rampant." ...
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Iraq: Iraqi doctors armed as attacks mount
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"Doctors in Iraq are to be equipped with not only stethoscopes and thermometers but also an automatic rifle under a government directive aimed at halting violent attacks from criminals masquerading as patients."
"Instructions from the health ministry encourage GPs and hospital doctors to carry a weapon for their protection alongside more traditional medical tools in what is the latest illustration of the breakdown of law and order in the country. The ministry has also authorised the setting up of its own militia to protect 40 hospitals and medical centres in Baghdad." ... |
TX: Boy, 5, takes loaded gun to school
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"Austin Independent School District police investigating how a 5-year-old boy got hold of a loaded handgun."
"They say the preschooler brought it to school at Blanton Elementary in East Austin Tuesday at 7 a.m."
"Authorities say he was showing the weapon off when a fifth grade student intervened and took the gun took it to school administration." ...
"School leaders praise the action of the fifth grader, but said not enough children know how to act around guns."
"'I would strongly express to parents who own guns to kill the curiosity and teach them safety, handgun safety, rifle safety. That will kind of eliminate the possibility they'll be curious and want to get at something they shouldn't,' [Sgt. Eric] Mendez [of AISD Police] said." ... |
TX: Airsoft guns at center of Florence school incident
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"Central Texas school officials suspended some students and teachers after an altercation on campus. It happened last week and involved something called 'airsoft' guns at Florence High School ..."
"Florence High Principal Marilyn Hill says, 'The potential for danger with these air guns seems to me like it's definitely there.'"
"The so-called air-soft guns come in all shapes and forms. The guns fire plastic bb's at about half the speed of a typical bb gun."
"School officials say eight high school boys were driving around the school parking lot and shooting the air-soft guns at middle school students."
"'I'm so grateful no child was hurt beyond the one child and apparently there was no real damage to that person's eye,' Hill says." ... |
VA: Loaded or unloaded, guns do not belong on school grounds
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... "A new exemption, House Bill 2535, to commence July 1, was recently passed by the General Assembly and allows individuals with concealed handgun permits to possess a concealed handgun ... in a school parking lot, traffic circle or other means of egress and ingress as long as the individual remains in the car." ...
"... There is nothing in the present law regarding bullets, whether they are allowed in the vehicle and where and what transpires if individuals find an unloaded weapon and bullets together."
"The new law does not really address the situation whereby someone is sitting in a parking lot for a lengthy period of time with a loaded gun. Permit or no permit, the idea of loaded guns on school property is a scary one." ... |
MS: KPD officers getting certified with rifles
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"A now-infamous shootout in North Hollywood put police departments across the country on notice -- shotguns and pistols may not be enough firepower anymore."
"The Kosciusko Police Department will be ready if there's a similar shootout here. The department acquired a dozen rifles -- eight M-14s and four M-16s -- in a military surplus property sale. Every patrol car will be equipped with one of the high-powered rifles, Police Chief R.J. Adams said."
"'This is an important addition to the KPD arsenal,' Adams said, because officers will now have the ability to handle situations in which a shotgun or handgun wouldn't be sufficient." ...
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MD: Official Pushes For Criminal Charges In Beating Case
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"The man who oversees a state-run jail where a detainee was fatally beaten after arguing with correctional officers said Wednesday he hopes an internal investigation will result in criminal charges."
"William Smith, commissioner of the Maryland Division of Pretrial Detention and Services, said the beating of Raymond Smoot resulted from a failure of morality -- not a lack of training for correctional officers or officer stress created by inmate crowding."
"'I'm hoping that some criminal charges will come out of this, and I'll say this also: in my 38-plus years as a correctional professional -- and I've seen an awful lot -- there's never been anything that rises to this level of abuse,' Smith said." ... |
FL: Defense: Eglin officer made 'honest mistake' in war booty case
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"An Air Force officer made an 'honest mistake' in shipping home from Iraq enough foreign-made automatic weapons for an Army platoon, along with hundreds of other illegal war souvenirs, his lawyers argued at his court-martial Wednesday."
"They said Maj. Gregory McMillion and many other troops, including his commanding officer, misunderstood a standing order against personal use of captured or abandoned property in 2003. Troops in Iraq commonly displayed war booty in the early days of the conflict, they argued." ...
"A prosecutor, however, contended McMillion, 44, who once also served in the Army, is a gun and military paraphernalia enthusiast who tried to use his deployment to stock his personal collection." ... |
South Africa: Off-duty cop allegedly murders five
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"An off-duty policeman allegedly killed five relatives, including four-year-old twin girls, in a bloody killing spree in the Cape Town area on Tuesday night, police said."
"The 48-year old inspector, who had taken leave, shot each of his victims in the head, execution style, said Superintendent Riaan Pool."
"The man stormed into a house in Hercules Street in Phoenix Village, Milnerton, and allegedly shot a 35-year-old woman around 8.30pm."
"Three girls � four-year-old twins and a six-year-old � were also in the house and, after hearing the gunshot from the bedroom, tried to escape by running into the street."
"'Unfortunately he caught up with them and shot the twins in the middle of the road,' said Pool ..." ... |
Haiti: UN fails to hold Haiti's cops accountable for abuses
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"The images of the killings by the U.S.-armed and U.N.-trained Police Nationale de Haiti (PNH) are stark and undeniable. Peaceful demonstrators slaughtered in cold-blood as the U.N. pontificates and postures to justify its role in legitimizing the coup in February 2004 against the democratically elected government of Jean-Bertrand Aristide."
"On February 28, 2005, the first anniversary of the coup against the constitutional government, the PNH fired at unarmed demonstrators as the U.N. stood by. Video footage and photographs from that day show the U.N. was close enough to see the police open fire on peaceful demonstrators, yet unexplainably, not close enough to do anything about it." ... |
Venezuela: Arms robbery confirmed in Venezuela
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Venezuelan Defense Minister Garcia Carneiro confirmed Tuesday that arms were stolen from an arsenal of the country's National Guard.
So far, an officer and two soldiers, who were suspected of being involved in the robbery, have been arrested, Carneiro said.
Meanwhile, Interior and Justice Minister Jesse Chacon said 16 Uzi submachine guns, eight Fal assault rifles and two nine- millimeter handguns were stolen.
Chacon said that according to experts of the Center for Forensic Research, part of the arms will be possibly used by criminals and the Fals by a ring specialized in attacking armored cargo trucks.
"We expect that in the coming days we recover the assault rifles and the other arms," said the minister. |
IL: Legislature passes local bans on smoking in public places [and lifts waiting period]
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"Restaurants and bars could face local smoking bans if Gov. Blagojevich backs a measure the General Assembly approved Tuesday despite fierce opposition from the hospitality industry."
"Lawmakers also approved a measure backed by the National Rifle Association ..." ...
"The Blagojevich administration promised to veto a measure the Senate sent him Tuesday that would lift the five-day waiting period for gun buyers if they're trading in old guns as part of the deal."
"Supporters say the reasons for a waiting period -- preventing rash gun buys in the heat of an argument -- are moot if the person already owns a gun." ... |
MO: Off and Gunnin'
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"It's a lazy Sunday afternoon in Crooked Creek, and on the charming main drag of this dusty frontier village a brood of mustachioed men preen like peacocks outside Melita's Cantina. Dressed in their finest silk handkerchiefs, wide-brimmed hats and flamboyant leather vests, they greet each other by their noms de guerre: One-Eyed Pete, Frisco Red, Sassafras Kid."
"... The entire sun-drenched scene carries the wholesome air of a church outing to Silver Dollar City, save for the constant explosions of gunpowder and the ornery cursing of 41-year-old Bill Meyer."
"Before re-enacting a robbery of the town's ill-defended depository, First Crooked Bank, Meyer fails to yell out the warning: 'Open the door! This is a hold-up!'" ...
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MN: House passes gun bill; measure now goes to governor
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"The Minnesota House today passed a measure that would allow sane, law-abiding Minnesotans to get a permits to carry loaded weapons in public."
"The 86-47 vote sends the bill to Gov. Tim Pawlenty for his signature. He is expected to sign the bill, which is essentially a reenactment of a 2003 gun permit law that the state Appeals Court overturned last month. The Minnesota Senate passed the measure last week."
"The House debate on the bill was sedate and, at less than three hours, rather short given the controversy surrounding it. But that may be largely because representatives knew the bill would pass."
"Opponents offered nine changes to the measure but none passed." ... |
PA: Gun panel fails to back key measures
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"A special commission formed by Gov. Rendell to combat a surge in gun violence statewide failed to support two key gun-control initiatives backed by Mayor Street and other city officials."
"In a report issued yesterday, the divided commission recommended the legislature commit more funding for gun violence prevention programs, enact tougher penalties for those who violate state gun laws, and create better tools for prosecutors to pursue gun traffickers."
"But the commission failed to endorse the most controversial proposals: limiting an individual's gun purchases to one a month, and allowing Philadelphia and other municipalities the right to approve local gun laws." ... |
OR: Grabbing it and firing away
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"Nestled behind the McAlexander Fieldhouse on campus is one of OSU's little known clubs."
"But don't be fooled the inconspicuous location, because the OSU Pistol Club has a long history of success literally emerging onto the scene with a bang."
"After all, how many clubs can claim it won a national championship in its very first year of existence?"
"In 1948, that's exactly what OSU's club team did -- winning the NRA Intercollegiate Championships." ...
"'Our number one priority is safety and the proper use of firearms,' said chief range officer Will Hoskins. 'Second is marksmanship, but if we can teach people how to be safe, that's exactly what we want.'" ...
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WA: Walla-Walla teen shoots for national success
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"Several years ago Amber Criss was the one watching. Now she's being watched."
"Using a precision air rifle, the 15-year old is drawing attention to herself by drilling bullseyes, most recently at the National Junior ROTC air rifle championship at Fort Benning, Ga."
"At the match, held April 21-23, Criss placed second among the Army shooters and sixth overall among the approximately 100 competitors from Army, Navy and Marine Corps Junior ROTC programs from around the country."
"'It wasn't the best I've done, so I was a little unhappy,' Criss said about her finish. The previous year, she finished first among the Army shooters and third overall in the competition." ... |
OH: Straight shooters: Their guns are real and built by hand
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"John Stuard is a gun-totin' jurist, more even-tempered than Judge Roy Bean, the legendary hanging judge of the Western frontier."
"And Stuard, a Trumbull County Common Pleas judge, is better armed. His interest in the Civil War led him to build a working cannon -- for recreation, not jurisprudence."
"'It's the history more than the gun,' Stuard explained. "From my first recollection, I've always been interested in the Civil War.'" ...
"Either way, he has built his fair share of small arms, including working replicas of flintlock pistols, muskets and rifles, to say nothing of beautiful walnut furniture that he's built in partnership with Fred Hoskin." ... |
CA: Ninth annual "Friends of NRA" fund-raising event May 20 (3rd item on page)
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"The Napa 'Friends of NRA' Committee of the Napa Rifle & Pistol Club will host its ninth annual fund-raiser on Friday, May 20 at the Napa Elks Lodge. A no-host bar opens at 6 p.m., and a prime rib dinner will be served a 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $45 and may be ordered by calling Steve Capovilla at 258-8117 (evenings)."
"This event will include a variety of live and silent auctions, special drawings and games. A large quantity of quality merchandise will be offered, including firearms, custom knives, art prints, sculptures, and special hunting events, just to name a few." ... |
NC: Jackson passes shooting range moratorium
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"Smoke Rise Gun Club had set its sights outside Jackson County�s Tilley Creek community, outside the county and even outside the state � contingent upon county commissioners dropping any plans to pursue an ordinance that would regulate shooting range operations."
"But that offer was withdrawn after county commissioners passed a 90-day moratorium on all new shooting ranges and promised to continue to pursue an ordinance regulating their operation Monday night."
"'We�ll probably take action against them,' said Smoke Rise President Barry Moore. 'There�s lots of evidence that this is purely targeted toward us.'" ... |
CA: Shooting fair offers sampling of gun types
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"The Mike Raahauge Shooting Enterprises will offer its annual hands-on Sports Shooting Fair June 3-5 at its Norco facility."
"Nearly every manufacturer will be in attendance. For the cost of bullets, anyone at the fair can sample nearly every firearm at the show. Participants can also fire a Gatling Gun."
"In addition, there will be shotgun demonstrations ... speed pistol shows ... performances by Cowboy Single Action Shooting; and seminars on dog handling and retrieving, game calling, hog hunting by Durwood Hollis and deer hunting by Duane Adams."
"There will also be displays by conservation organizations, wildlife artisans, archery experts and hunting and personal protection organizations." ... |
Kenya: State Issues Amnesty for Firearms
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"The Government has given West Pokot residents two weeks to surrender all illegally acquired guns or face forceful disarmament."
"West Pokot District Commissioner Stephen Ikua said those who would not honour the ultimatum would be dealt with severely."
"Only two AK 47 rifles were handed over to the police at Sigor yesterday, the first day of the exercise."
"Ikua said the Government had set up collection centres in all locations to enable residents take the guns to their nearest points."
"The DC, however, said the Government would use all means to rid the district and the larger North Rift region of illegal guns. The exercise is also being carried out in Trans-Nzoia, Baringo, Turkana, Samburu and Marakwet." ... |
Australia: Rapist was set free by police
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"A MAN who raped a mother at gunpoint while her son, 5, cried nearby was a confessed rapist set free by police."
"Gregory Allen Brown, 33, is now serving an 11-year jail term for raping the Brunswick mother of two in 2003."
"But the County Court heard yesterday she was his third victim. The previous year, he raped two St Kilda sex workers."
"The court heard Brown was arrested the day after the second rape. But despite making a full confession, he was released on summons -- and so was free to rape again." ... |
Australia: 14-year-olds 'use replica gun in brazen carjack'
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"A group of teenagers - including two 14-year-olds - allegedly forced a man from his car at gunpoint in Lakemba yesterday afternoon."
"The man was driving a red Camry along Garema Circuit when five youths allegedly carjacked his vehicle by threatening him with a weapon that was later discovered to be a replica black pistol."
"An unmarked police vehicle picked up the man after he alerted authorities to the brazen daylight attack."
"By chance his vehicle was spotted as the officers drove him back to Campsie police station."
"It was followed to a car park in Claremont Street, Campsie."
"The officers called for back-up before swooping on the car and arresting five male youths." ... |
Australia: Police smash motorcycle gang
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"A MOTORCYCLE gang has been smashed in a series of raids by more than 200 police across Melbourne yesterday."
"Twelve men, aged 21 to 51, were arrested in the pre-dawn swoop on 27 properties around Hoopers Crossing and the Mornington Peninsula, all linked to the Outlaws motorcycle club." ...
"A cache of firearms, including seven long-arm shotguns, from sawn-offs to a double-barrelled version, were also discovered, along with a crossbow, a telescopic gunsight, a pump-action shotgun and a black pistol." ...
"Operation Jawed's Acting Sgt Sean Halley said the gunsight, which could be fitted to the crossbow, could give a sniper a range of up to 300m." ... |
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