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Bush, Supreme Court And Strict Construction Day
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"Candidate Bush said during the campaign regarding justices, 'I would pick people that would be strict constructionists.'"
"For many, 'strict constructionist' is code for conservatives. They use it to describe jurists who interpret the constitution as written as a comparison to those judges who supposedly 'create law'."
"However, a strict interpretation of the words 'strict constructionist' would mean applying exactly what the framers of the constitution said, not what they could or would say in the present." |
Three Lessons for the Great Debate About to Begin (Blog)
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"I recall very well the debates over the nominations of Robert Bork and Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court. Both featured the most elevated public discourse over constitutional interpretation in my lifetime. Of course, both nominations were also marred by ugly personal attacks and false charges. For the upcoming nomination, we can expect both types of discourse. To that end, some may wish to review the debate I recently had with Cass Sunstein over at LegalAffairs.org. Cass and others such as Jeff Rosen have promoted the trope 'Constitution in Exile' to describe those who favor enforcing the whole Constitution according to its original meaning. The alternative is to enforce only portions of the text according to whatever meaning yields 'good' results." |
At home with guns
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"John Blaschke and his three stepdaughters live in one of the millions of American households with both children and guns. The girls were introduced to guns by their father, who is also a gun owner."
"All along they have gotten this message: Before you touch a gun, you should know what to do around it. Make sure it isn't loaded. Don't ever point it at anyone." |
SAF Appalled that Suspected CA Cop Killer was not in Jail
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"'It is sheer lunacy,' said SAF Founder Alan Gottlieb, 'that a career criminal like Orozco has been cycled repeatedly through the criminal justice system at the same time California Attorney General Bill Lockyer and anti-gun state legislators have pushed every kind of gun control demagoguery they could imagine, from outright bans on some firearms, to cockamamie schemes like bullet serialization. While they've been working overtime to disarm law- abiding Californians, Orozco and people like him seem to get an abundance of 'second chance' opportunities to victimize people.'" |
ASK isn't anti-gun, it is pro-children (Letter)
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"Bob Barr's dismissal of the ASK program ...is paranoid bluster."
"As a parent who asks, I can attest that I couldn't care less if someone owns guns, enjoys shooting or is a National Rifle Association member. I simply won't let my children become a statistic by playing unsupervised in a home where guns are present. Further, every parent of whom I've ever asked this awkward question has been candid and appreciative." |
Philippines: 900 gun owners apply for amnesty program
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"Over 900 unlicensed gun holders have applied to avail of the government�s amnesty program for firearm license without requiring documents, police said Friday."
"It is expected that many loose firearm holders will troop to the firearms and explosive section at the Police Regional Office-7 to have their guns licensed before the amnesty would end on September 30."
"It was learned that most of those who availed of the amnesty are holders of .45 cal. pistols, while a few others have .357 magnum revolvers." |
FL: Buy in to gun buyback
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"Gun buyback programs do little to deter the worst criminals from spreading violence because people willing to surrender weapons to police aren't the people who commit the worst crimes."
"Yet buyback programs do reduce the number of guns, and each one removed eliminates the chance that someone will use it. The programs also have symbolic value and show communities that government and law enforcement care about reducing violent crime. Buybacks themselves won't solve the larger problem, but they can be one piece of the larger solution." |
UK: City centre gun victim relives horror
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"A SHOPPER who was shot in a Manchester street in a bizarre gun attack has spoken of her horrifying ordeal."
"Janet Scott relived the moments when she was shot while shopping on King Street in the city centre."
"The 42-year-old medical secretary from Horwich, Bolton, has now been released from hospital but has been shaken by her experience." |
CA: America's Gun Fight (Letter)
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"John R. Lott Jr. states that the anti-gun crowd 'hysterically claimed that blood would flow in the streets after states passed right-to-carry laws letting citizens carry concealed handguns, but that never occurred.'"
"With our world-leading per capita murder rate, it seems as if the blood is already flowing in our streets. Lott and those who live in such a state of fear that they feel compelled to be armed might become more enlightened if they were to stop spewing meaningless statistics and start paying attention to the only number with real meaning: the daily body count in our streets." |
TX: Gregg County giving away gun locks as part of Project Childsafe
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"Free gun locks are now available at the Gregg County Sheriff's Office as part of the national Project Childsafe."
"'The whole goal of the program is to prevent a loaded firearm from getting into the hands of a child,' said program spokeswoman Cari Crockett. The program is worth the effort if one life is saved, she said."
"Project Childsafe, founded in September 2003 by the National Shooting Sports Foundation, donated 400 cable-style gun locks to the Gregg County Sheriff's Office on Thursday. According to a press release, Project Childsafe donated 1.1 million locks throughout Texas in 2004." |
UK: Man arrested after shotgun fired
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Armed police have arrested a man after a shotgun was fired in Carlisle in the early hours of Sunday morning.
Officers were called to Almery Drive, in the Currock area of the city, following reports that a person was armed with a gun.
A shot was fired before the area was secured a man was subsequently taken into custody.
Cumbria Police said that no-one was injured and an inquiry into the incident was ongoing.
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FL: Gun buy-back doomed from start
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"Having come from New York, I have seen the results of many gun buyback programs and all had two things in common. First, they were a dismal failure, and second, they were introduced by an administration seeking feel-good measures, as they had no answers on how to deal with the crime problem."
"In every case, the majority of guns turned in were useless pieces of junk. Gangsters, drug dealers and criminals do not use old, rusted guns that have been in some attic for 20 years. They use modern, high-powered, usually stolen guns and are not seeking a Target gift certificate in return for one of them." |
South Africa: Gun amnesty results
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"A total of 94,631 guns and 1,764,246 rounds of ammunition were surrendered to the police in the national six months amnesty period that expired at midnight on Thursday, police said."
"Gauteng residents handed in more guns than any other province, parting with 32,014 guns, said Senior Superintendent Lazarus Tlomatsana."
"The province that handed over the least guns was Mpumalanga, with 2139 given over to the police." |
UK: Restriction on police stun guns
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"The controversial Taser stun gun is a 'dangerous weapon' which should not yet be issued to all frontline police officers, Home Office minister Hazel Blears has said."
"Her comments follow a recent survey by the Police Federation, which claims that 80 per cent of its members are in favour of rolling out the use of the stun guns."
"But Ms Blears said the Tasers, which deliver a 50,000-volt disabling electric shock, were unsuitable for use 'everyday circumstances.'"
"Currently authorised firearms officers are the only personnel permitted to use the weapons." |
UK: Gun-toting dad terrifies family, court is told
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"THE breakdown of a marriage led to a man threatening to shoot his wife and then turn the gun on himself, a court heard."
"Tracey Bidwell shook with fear and broke down as she recounted how 45-year-old Grant Bidwell threatened to shoot her after bringing a gun into the house."
"Mrs Bidwell told jurors at Cambridge Crown Court on Tuesday how he had first turned up last November at their home in Queensway, Soham, with a firearm - she thought it was a shotgun - and she told him she wanted it out of the house." |
CT: Police say gun violence triggered by sometimes petty feuds
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"Police say a dangerous new culture among young people to use guns to settle even minor disputes is pushing Connecticut's capital to the forefront of gun violence among similarly sized East Coast cities."
"State troopers, at the request of Gov. M. Jodi Rell, will begin patrolling city streets after the holiday weekend in conjunction with Hartford police officers. The troopers' patrols are expected to last for several weeks."
"Authorities hope that the increased police presence will help curb an increase in gun crimes. Through June 20, there have been 90 shootings in Hartford." |
UK: Why children are packing a gun with their school books
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"CHILDREN as young as 11 have been scared into arming themselves with knives and guns before they go to school, according to a government-funded report."
"The findings, shown exclusively to The Times, came after interviews with 11,400 London children about the scale of the gun problem on city streets."
"The results were disturbing: not only did one in ten teenage schoolboys say that he had carried a gun or a replica gun in the past year, but 6 per cent of the 11 to 15-year-olds said that they had fired a real gun. One in seven said that they knew someone who had 'brought a gun or a real-looking gun' to school. ..." |
UK: Pensioner quizzed over gun threat
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A 66-year-old man was arrested after a group of teenagers was allegedly threatened by a man armed with a gun.
The incident happened on Saturday afternoon in the Podsmead area of Gloucestershire.
Armed officers were called to the area, where a man was arrested and an airgun was seized.
A spokesman for Gloucestershire Police said the pensioner had been released on bail after being questioned, and that inquiries were continuing.
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MS: Friends of the NRA Banquet/Auction this Thursday
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"If you are an avid sportsman or just an American that enjoys the freedoms we have in this country, you have heard of the National Rifle Association or better known as the NRA."
"Usually the name NRA is synonymous with political action and legislation, but many folks do not know that the NRA has a foundation program that puts millions of dollars back into the communities that support them."
"Thanks to the efforts of several folks in Pearl River County, we will be having our first annual Friends of the NRA Auction and Banquet. The event will take place this Thursday night, July 7 at 6 p.m.. The location is the Centraplex in Picayune located on Hwy 43 South formerly the Mississippi Mall." |
Australia: Girl, 11, held in gun siege
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"A MAN will face court today accused of forcing his way into a Brisbane house and holding his 11-year-old stepdaughter hostage for over 21 hours."
"Police said the 44-year-old man broke into the home at Crestmead, south of Brisbane, armed with a rifle about 9.20 on Friday night."
"Three of the four occupants of the house managed to flee unharmed but the girl, who was changing into her pyjamas at the time, was trapped inside." |
The Most Realistic & Powerful Training Weapon in the World, The T16 LE will Change Everything
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"The most vigorous air powered training weapon in the world today, the T16 LE. The T16 is a new training weapon that was approved by the National Tactical Officers Association (NTOA). The unit received an extraordinary score of 4.55 out of 5.0. The enhanced version has been restructured with further improvements recommend by the NTOA. With these new enhancements the T16 LE will definitely collect a perfect 5.0 out of 5.0 score." |
FL: Florida�s New Gun Law boosts civilian body armor sales
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"The new gun law in Florida, which allows Florida residents to use deadly force outside their homes, has boosted sales of body armor to civilians."
"According to Mr. Luiten, spokesman of EnGarde USA, aggressors might have become more trigger-happy. Not only will they use lethal force more often but also quicker since they know their victim can legally open fire for defense purposes. 'We have more then doubled our civilian body armor sales in Florida recently'." |
MN: Council rules against gun-shop owner's appeal
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"The last gun-shop owner in Minneapolis lost his zoning appeal Friday and will soon be told to stop doing business."
"The City Council unanimously voted against Mark Koscielski's zoning appeal for his store at 2926 Chicago Av. S." ...
"Even though he will stop selling guns, he said, his store will remain open selling accessories, posters and Mace, and teaching gun safety classes. ..." |
PA: Easy gun? Easy go
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"WITH FACTS and figures a few weeks ago, the Daily News showed how many guns used in crimes could be traced to local gun shops."
"Turns out it was a lot. ..."
"We're sympathetic to the store owners who spoke to Daily News reporters Barbara Laker and Myung Oak Kim and argued that they shouldn't be held responsible for what people do with guns purchased from their stores."
"'You buy 500 cars from me and there are 10 accidents,' said Jim Colosimo. 'Is the car dealer responsible for the 10 accidents? No.'"
"Agreed. It's the guy pulling the trigger that's ultimately responsible."
"But we don't have to make it easy for him to get a gun. These businesses have a right to flourish, but not at the expense of our safety."
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FL: Off-duty deputy Tasered in Orlando
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An off-duty deputy sheriff in Florida was shot with a Taser stun gun and arrested by Orlando police investigating a domestic dispute.
Officials say Michelle Velez didn't identify herself as a deputy. She allegedly charged at an officer and reached for something in her waistband.
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