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Kerry Talks Openly About Faith and Guns
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"John Kerry is talking more openly about his personal connection to God and guns as he kicks off the general election campaign asking for support from conservative-leaning independent voters." ...

"Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell, a Democrat, said the gun vote could make the difference for Kerry in Pennsylvania."

"The fact that he is a hunter and handles guns so well, I think, is also very, very helpful..."

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Handles guns well? What about that photo of him with finger on the trigger, eyes closed, pointing his rifle wherever...? That's called "handling guns well?"

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"President Bush launched into an impassioned defense Saturday of gun-owner rights as he chastised what he said was Democratic nominee John Kerry's failure to understand heartland values." ------- Pot. Kettle. Black.

GOP conservationists struggling over who to support in '04
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"Marshall, 55, is a liberal-bashing, Bible-believing, gun-toting hunter - just like many of the white men at the core of the GOP's base - and he voted for George W. Bush four years ago. But he's disgusted by the administration's environmental record, including its proposal in July to open more public-owned wilderness areas to new roads."

" 'Conservation is conservative,' he said. 'Bush is a gross liberal.' "

How to Stop Crime Before It Starts
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"Establishment politicians want to "get tough" on crime with more gun control laws, longer prison sentences, and larger police forces. Yet robberies, rapes, and homicides go down when states permit civilians to carry concealed weapons. Studies show that longer prison sentences, although costly for the taxpayer, won't deter criminals. Still others show that prohibition, whether of alcohol or of drugs, doubles the homicide rate by empowering organized crime."

Moore lies
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"The (Bloomington) Pantagraph newspaper in central Illinois has sent a letter to Moore and his production company, Lions Gate Entertainment Corp., asking Moore to apologize for using what the newspaper says was a doctored front page in the film, the paper reported Friday. It also is seeking compensatory damages of $1."

"A scene early in the movie that shows newspaper headlines related to the legally contested presidential election of 2000 included a shot of The Pantagraph's Dec. 19, 2001, front page, with the prominent headline: 'Latest Florida recount shows Gore won election.' "

"The paper says that headline never appeared on that day. It appeared in a Dec. 5, 2001, edition, but the headline was not used on the front page. ..."

Smith & Wesson recaptures ranking as top U.S. handgun maker
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"Strong sales of revolvers and pistols during the past year have helped Smith & Wesson recapture its ranking as the top handgun maker in the United States from Sturm, Ruger & Co."

"Springfield-based Smith & Wesson had been the handgun sales leader in the early 1990s. Its rival in Southport, Conn., took the top spot after Smith & Wesson signed a safety deal with the federal government which many customers believed curtailed their constitutional right to buy guns."

"But Smith & Wesson sold nearly $82 million in handguns in the fiscal year ending April 30, a 25 percent increase over the previous year, the company reported."

Close gun-buy loophole
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"It would be common sense for Congress to extend the three-day waiting period to permit the completion of background checks. This would prevent the guns from being sold, and save the time, money and energy of trying to recover them after sales that should not have been allowed to begin with."

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The assumption here is that those intent on committing crimes couldn't get guns via another means. Considering that relatively few criminals get their guns legally, this would generally affect people who are no danger to society in the first place.

NY: Pipe-bomb 'hero' cop arrested Submitted by: Newslinks Admin	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"An ex-transit cop injured when a pipe bomb exploded in a crowded Manhattan subway station was arrested yesterday and charged with planting the crude device." ... "A warrant issued by the Manhattan district attorney's office yesterday charged him with arson, criminal possession of a weapon and reckless endangerment."

NY: A deadly wait for help that never arrived
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"It was 15 minutes before 3 on the afternoon of Friday, July 16 when Richard Brooks spotted a white sport utility vehicle weaving south on the Robert Moses Causeway and decided to follow."

"Brooks, a retired New York City police lieutenant and part-time Babylon bay constable, switched on the flashing roof lights, pulled his Jeep Liberty behind the SUV, and radioed the town dispatcher for backup."

"But as the low-speed four-mile chase wound over the causeway, west on Ocean Parkway, then back again east before entering a gated beach community, help never arrived."

"The incident ended at 3:08 p.m. when the man Brooks was pursuing ran inside his house, pointed a 12-gauge shotgun out a second-story window and shot Brooks in the chest as he stood in the driveway. Twenty-three minutes after he first called for help, Brooks died alone on James Wilson's driveway."

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How sad that police inefficiency killed not only a good cop, someone who is tasked with protecting the disarmed public.

PA: Former McKees Rocks Cop Goes To Federal Prison
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A former McKees Rocks policeman will spend 21 months in federal prison for selling a gun that had been confiscated while he was with the department, and then lying about the transaction to FBI agents."

"A Team 4 Investigation last year broke the story of former Sergeant Carl McBane taking the gun from the property room at McKees Rocks Police Department. McBane, 43, was convicted in April on one count of selling a seized rifle in 2001 and another count of lying to federal investigators. McKees Rocks police had taken the rifle in question from a man arrested for public drunkenness."

TX: Lawmen accused of abuse
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"A complaint has been sent by certified mail to Police Chief Karl Louis alleging abusive behavior by law enforcement officers who raided the wrong residence July 20 during an early morning roundup of suspected crack cocaine dealers." ...

"According to the complaint mailed to police officials Friday, about a dozen law enforcement officers from several agencies banged on the front door of Stone�s house between 6:45 a.m. and 7 a.m. July 20, so hard that it knocked pictures off the wall."

"The officers would not let him put his clothes on after he got out of bed, demanding that he come outside immediately just as he was... When he said no one was there by the name of the female defendant they sought, they demanded his wife come outside."

GA: New state hunting laws benefit seniors
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"I picked up a copy of the 2004-05 Georgia hunting regulations this past week and found only a few changes of any consequence. Dove season now is statewide rather than in zones; the state has boosted the number of alligator hunting permits and opened more areas; hunting and fishing licenses now are issued yearly from date of purchase rather than for a specific yearly period; and a new law passed by the general assembly allows for residents 60 and up to purchase a lifetime license for $95."

"As for the senior discount, at first glance I couldn't see much of a deal for seniors since a combination hunting and fishing license costs only $17 and at age 65 is free."

MA: Details of alleged sexual assault involving rehired officer revealed
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"A police officer rehired last month by Mayor James M. Ruberto and the City Council over the objections of the police union was accused two years ago of sexually assaulting a Pittsfield woman in her home while on duty."

"Officer Patrick Duffy was fired on Sept. 4, 2002, less than four weeks after the sexual assault charges were levied against him by a woman whose identity has not been released. The termination came one day before his year of probation was due to end, a period during which an officer can be removed from duty at the discretion of the mayor, with little right to an appeal."

OH: Woman fatally shot by man who takes own life on Sylvania Avenue
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"A 46-year-old man yesterday fatally shot his ex-girlfriend in the head and police said he then turned the gun on himself in West Toledo. He died as a result of an incident similar to a knife attack 20 years ago by the same man against another woman." ...

"Toledo Municipal Court records indicate he had several cases for offenses this month, including domestic violence, assault, and violating a temporary protection order - all involving Tina Hill. ..."

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Another victim of paper protection.

Australia: Feral shoot criticised by activists
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"THE Ballarat Organisation for Animal Rights says it is 'inappropriate' to recruit sporting shooters to kill animals in Victorian national parks."

"Parks Victoria has agreed to allow thousands of volunteer sporting shooters to hunt wild goats, pigs and other feral animals in the parks."

"However, shooters would have to be accredited with the Sporting Shooters Association and have passed tests for marksmanship and safe handling of firearms."

IN: Show aims at wealth of U.S. firearms craft
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"There are guns and then there are custom firearms. Both are potentially lethal, but only custom firearms can lay claim to being works of art as well."

"It's the artistry of gunsmithing that's the focus of 'Three Centuries of Tradition: The Renaissance of Custom Sporting Arms in America,' an exhibition at Conner Prairie. It features more than 60 firearms and accessories created by historic and contemporary European, British and American gunsmiths from 1640 to 1940."

"This includes examples of the very ornate style favored by 17th-century French arms makers alongside the plainer scrollwork of their English counterparts, as well as the early artistry of gunsmiths in Colonial America."

UK: Police offer to transform British schools in to medium security prisons
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"Hi-tech scanners will be offered to schools to help them guard against pupils bringing in knives."

"Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir John Stevens said the �100,000 devices would be offered to schools where there were particular concerns about weapons."

"They could be put in any potential trouble spot, he said."

"The offer came after a 16-year-old boy was convicted this week of murdering fellow pupil Luke Walmsley at a school in North Somercotes, Lincolnshire."

OH: Concealed guns allowed in parks
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"Officials in this western Ohio village have changed an ordinance that had banned the carrying of concealed handguns in parks after supporters of the state's new concealed-weapons law challenged it."

"The village council passed the ordinance in May despite the new state law, which does not prohibit the carrying of properly licensed guns in publicly funded parks and lands. The council voted Tuesday to change the ordinance, removing language that included parks and lands."

VA: Arms Collectors and Hunters Gather
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"In a rare occurrence, the women's bathroom line was shorter than the men's at the Dulles Expo and Conference Center yesterday. That's because an even rarer sight, one that attracted a particularly male crowd, filled the center in Chantilly: a thousand tables covered with enough guns to arm a good-sized militia."

"Nearly 300 vendors offering pocketbook-size handguns, semiautomatic weapons and Civil War-era swords, among other things, took over a space almost the size of two football fields at what organizers said was one of Virginia's biggest gun shows -- and Fairfax County's first major show in decades."

"Hunters, collectors and the curious -- some in button-down shirts, some in full camouflage -- waited in lines several hundred people deep to get first pickings yesterday morning. Inside, they squeezed through the packed hall, stopping here and there to take a gander at the offerings of what was boldly billed 'The Nation's Gun Show.' "

Sudan: Sudan Backs Off Rejecting U.N. Resolution
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"Sudan stepped back Saturday from rejecting a U.N. Security Council resolution demanding it disarm Arab militias responsible for atrocities in Darfur, as France deployed troops and aid along Chad's border with Sudan to help hundreds of thousands of Darfur refugees."

"Foreign Minister Mustafa Osman Ismail said the resolution passed a day earlier did not go beyond commitments Sudan already made in early July to U.N. chief Kofi Annan to rein in the militias."

UK: Soham policeman accused of making up child porn alibi
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"A police officer assigned to chaperone the family of one of the murdered Soham schoolgirls concocted an alibi 'as a desperate ploy' to get him off charges of downloading questionable images on his computer, a court was told yesterday."

"DC Brian Stevens, 43, who was so close to the parents of Jessica Chapman that he read out a poem at the dead girl's memorial, had later been charged with downloading indecent pictures of children."

"Brian Stevens reading a poem at Jessica Chapman's memorial service
These accusations were dropped just before the case went to court in August last year but Stevens, a married father of two, was re-arrested a month later and accused of perverting the course of justice."

UK: Gym shooting was second gun attack
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"A man shot dead in an execution-style killing in a busy Birmingham fitness gym had previously survived a murderous attack which killed his friend, the Sunday Mercury can reveal."

"Azmat Yaqub, 34, was gunned down at the Chic Physique Health and Fitness Gymnasium in the Sparkhill district on Thursday night."

"It is thought that one or two gunmen burst into the building and fired about 10 shots before escaping in a car."

Australia: 4-day course to use a gun
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"SOUTH AUSTRALIAN security guards can fire a gun after completing a four-day course and police clearance check, the Sunday Mail has learned."

"The revelation comes in the wake of the bungled armed robbery in Sydney last Monday, where security guard Karen Brown shot and killed a man as he fled the scene."

" 'It (the course) really does not prepare them for what we will say are real-life, split-second critical incident situations,' Adelaide Tactical Security Training instructor Marc Kalme said about the course."

"They're taught all the safety aspects and the laws, they have time to breathe and take the proper stances to shoot at stationary targets."

UT: Kmart Settles Lawsuit Over Sale of Gun to Mentally Ill Man
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"Retail giant Kmart has settled out of court a lawsuit over the sale of a gun to a schizophrenic Park City man who used it to commit suicide." ...

"In their 1997 lawsuit, the Eslingers had claimed the Troy, Mich.-based Kmart was negligent in selling a 12-gauge shotgun in 1996 to their son, Ryan, who used the firearm the same day to kill his pet dog and then himself."

"The couple said store employees failed to require proper identification and should not have sold a firearm to a mentally ill person. Kmart attorneys responded that the employees did nothing wrong, including accepting a passport for identification."

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Are these people really trying to claim that somehow K-Mart employees should have known that the guy was mentally ill? Are they really going to claim that if a driver's license or some other form of identification was presented the staff could have somehow deduced that the man was schizophrenic? Are they really attempting to hold a store liable for the voluntary actions of an adult human being?

Just follow the money, and you'll understand the reason for this absurdity.

IL: Mandatory mental health screening in Illinois?
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"This past spring, the Illinois General Assembly passed a new bill requiring compulsory mental health screening for children and pregnant women; it was signed into law by Governor Blagojevich. This program will require all pregnant women and children through the age of 18 be tested for mental health needs."

"Public forums are now being held in different locations throughout the state and many alarmed parents are attempting to get the word out: get to those forums and voice your opinion."

MI: 'Halt the Assault Tour' arrives
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"Catherine Stallman walked over to a table at the Ann Arbor Farmer's Market Saturday morning and signed a pink card."

"Stallman's husband, Charles Stallman, had already gone over to the table with the pink-and-white banner over it to sign his name urging Congress to renew the ban on assault weapons."

" 'I think hunters should have guns for duck hunting or deer hunting, but there's no need for assault weapons,' said Charles Stallman, a vendor at the market for 30 years."

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1 - The Second Amendment is not about hunting
2 - It's a Bill of Rights, not a Bill of Needs

UK: Gunpoint sex attack on girl
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"A TEENAGE girl from Richmond was sexually assaulted at gun point after accepting a lift from two men."

"The 19-year-old was offered a lift while she waited for a bus home in Clarence Street, Kingston, on July 15 at around 2.30am, having spent the night out with friends at Oceana night club. The driver pulled up in a two door red sports coupe with black leather seats and another male was sitting in the front passenger seat."

"The victim sat in the back of the car and the driver dropped the passenger off near Currie's roundabout, at the junction of Whitton Road and Chertsey Road, Twickenham. She was then taken to a car park in Bell Road, Hounslow, where the man produced a handgun and seriously sexually assaulted her. ..."

Australia: Gun banning tyranny takes a collective leap off the Cliffs of Insanity
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"A female security guard who shot dead a robber after he attacked her with a knuckle duster is to be charged with murder."

"Karen Brown suffered a fractured skull and eye socket, a broken nose and possible brain damage during the attack in Sydney, Australia."

"Robber William Aquilina, 25, was attempting to make off with around �10,000 in hotel takings that Brown was carrying in a security pouch."

"Brown, who has refused to be formally interviewed by police, has been ordered to give herself up to police or face a court attendance notice."

"She told an Australian newspaper she feared for her life during the incident, but now had no recollection of the details."

Brazil: Gun control gets a shot
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"To live in this city and other urban areas of Brazil is to hear the frequent rat-a-tat-tat of gunfire. As many as 20 million firearms are in circulation in this nation of 180 million people, which has one of the highest rates of gun deaths in the world."

"Now, officials hope to stem that tide with an ambitious plan to disarm the populace by buying back weapons and making it harder to own them. Under a new law hailed by supporters as the most sweeping gun-control measure in South America, only Brazilians with valid reasons - police and security guards, for example - are allowed to carry firearms in public. Ordinary citizens who own guns must register them, turn them in or face jail time."

KS: Future of conceal-carry law still remains in jeopardy
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"The early signs show that an expected avalanche of people would apply for permits to carry concealed weapons has not materialized. The first day Clay County began taking applications, just more than 50 people showed up, not a large number considering the population of the county. ..."

"According to Sheriff Paul Vescovo, it was about what was expected, and he expects that the numbers will decline over time to a point when applications may be accepted only a couple of days a week."

"There is even more irony. More than half the applicants are older or are senior citizens. Vescovo said he thought senior citizens were looking for an additional measure of protection, and carrying concealed weapons was the only alternative."

Kuala Lumpur: Shooting: Ricky to get Firearms permit on Monday
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"National shooter Ricky Teh will be able to compete in the Athens Olympic Games in August as the Federal Police Headquarters in Bukit Aman has agreed to issue him a firearms permit by Monday."

"National shooting team manager, Mejar Jasni Shaari said the issuance of the permit enabled Ricky to compete in the skeet event in Athens on a wild card."

" 'Actually, the delay in issuing the firearms permit to national shooters is a normal thing. The validity of the permit is one month. If it is issued too early, the expiry date would also be early,' he said when contacted, here Saturday."

"Ricky, 41, was earlier reported to be worried over the delay in issuing the firearms permit as he (Ricky) and Jasni were scheduled to leave for Athens on Aug 5 via Singapore by Emirates Airlines."

NM: Some Democrats seeking Cheney tickets had to sign oath
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"Some Democrats who signed up to hear Vice President Dick Cheney speak here Saturday were refused tickets unless they signed a pledge to endorse President Bush."

"The measure was a security step designed to avoid a disruption, which Bush campaign spokesman Dan Foley alleged Democrats were planning. Democratic Party officials denied it."

"Several Democrats, at least, encountered the screening measures Thursday after calling from a line that self-identified as ACT, America Coming Together, an activist group that supports Kerry, Foley said. Others attempted to give false names and were denied tickets, he said."

"Two men who had sought tickets reported they were required to give name, address, phone number, e-mail address and driver's license number, then were presented the pledge of endorsement when they arrived to pick up the tickets Thursday."

Japan: Bulletproof clothing for Japanese schoolchildren
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"A Japanese company is producing bulletproof clothing for children after a number of high-profile violent crimes against them.
Madre, which also offers babysitting and school-collection services, said it was selling the clothing in response to requests from parents."

"Currently, only coats and sweatshirts are available, but there are plans to expand the range, a company spokesman, Minoru Furuta, said. The company said it sells between 10 and 15 coats a month in Japan, and has recently received orders from the US." ...

"Public concerns over school safety have grown after an 11-year-old girl last month allegedly stabbed a classmate to death during a lunch break."

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And we're always told to look at Japan as a bastion of peace and tranquility, where gun ownership is outlawed and people are compliant sheep.

CA: Taser guns used more despite risk
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"The number of law enforcement officers with Taser stun guns is going up in San Joaquin County, in spite of a nationwide debate over the health risks of shocking suspects."

"Just this month, the Tracy Police Department trained half of its force to use the stun guns, which give victims an electroshock that renders them unable to react for about five seconds. The guns can be used from a distance of up to 20 feet."

"By next month, all 82 Tracy patrol officers will be armed with Tasers, like sheriff's deputies and police officers in Stockton, Lodi and Manteca, said Sgt. Mark Duxbury with the Tracy Police Department."

OH: The assault weapons ban Series: EDITORIALS
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"It was the kind of violent outburst that explains why most Americans favor a ban on assault weapons. A man with an assault rifle in Columbus, Ohio, led police on a chase, shooting up homes and cars along the way and wounding three people, including a police officer."

"It is in the nation's best interests to keep such firepower out of the hands of criminals, yet the federal ban on assault weapons will expire in six weeks and there is no indication Congress will renew it."

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Of course the point is being completely missed that crimes committed with these weapons are rare, and that the ban didn't prevent the incident they described anyway.

CA: Victim, one alleged gunman sent to hospital for treatment Submitted by: Anonymous	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"Two men in a white Toyota Corolla got into a confrontation with a resident at the home and allegedly shot him, he said." "After the victim, 30-year-old Victor Medina, went down another resident inside the home returned fire, Quinata said."