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More Pilots with Guns Submitted by: Doug Charette	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"With the focus of attention these days on Iraq and how the upcoming elections in November will go, it is wise for us to remember that there is still a fight ahead to give airline pilots the right to defend the aircraft from terrorist take-over."

AZ: East Valley shooters target bin Laden
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"Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein are targets of the worldwide war on terrorism, but using their pictures for target practice has put East Valley shooting ranges in the crossfire of a national debate."

"The U.S. Supreme Court is being asked to consider if shooting at pictures of human targets such as Saddam or bin Laden is an expression of free speech or a dangerous drill that leads to killing real people."

INS inspector: Database of terrorists often crashes
Submitted by: Nicki Fellenzer
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Foreign passengers at airports get a pass when computers go down

"The computer database immigration inspectors use to check for suspected terrorists and criminals at international airports often crashes, yet inspectors continue to process passengers arriving from abroad, a veteran U.S. inspector at Los Angeles International Airport told WorldNetDaily."

Don't you feel safe knowing terrorists are being waved on through, while security agents are confiscating your tweezers and knitting needles?

White House Appeals Wiretap Ruling
Submitted by: Nicki Fellenzer
Website: http://www.keepandbeararms.com/Nicki

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"The Bush administration has appealed a court ruling that forced Attorney General John Ashcroft to change new guidelines for FBI terrorism searches and wiretaps."

"Documents released Thursday showed that the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, which has not publicly disclosed any of its rulings in nearly two decades, rejected some of Ashcroft's guidelines as 'not reasonably designed' to safeguard the privacy of Americans."

"The court also disclosed the FBI acknowledged making more than 75 mistakes in applications for espionage and terrorism warrants under the surveillance law, including one instance in which former Director Louis Freeh gave inaccurate information to judges."

GA: Gun show booth owner charged
Submitted by: Nicki Fellenzer
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"A man who ran a booth at a suburban Atlanta gun show was charged with a misdemeanor Thursday in the death of a 13-year-old boy who was accidentally shot at the show last month."

"Cleveland Chaney had holstered his own gun in a demonstration for Steven Bray King and his father when the weapon fired."

And even though investigators have not yet determined who pulled the trigger, "Chaney was charged anyway with misdemeanor involuntary manslaughter because it was his gun and his booth."

NY: Gubernatorial Hopeful Wein Take High Road -- Offers Pataki Televised Solutions Forum
Submitted by: God Bless America
Website: http://devoted.to/Godblessamerica

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"In anticipation that his name will be restored to the Republican primary ballot by the federal courts next week, Louis de la Guardia Wein, in a letter to Governor George E. Pataki today, offered a new and innovative proposal for the candidates to demonstrate their solutions to the nagging problems that seem perennially to burden the state and the taxpayers."

" Let's do our part, together, to help make your vision of building 'confidence in our elections' a reality", Wein wrote.

Agency may cease airport bag queries
Submitted by: serinde
Website: http://www.progunwomen.com

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"Airport passengers may not be asked much longer whether they packed their own bags and, starting right away, they will be allowed to take drinks through security checkpoints."

" 'All passengers do not pose equal security threats,' [Michael] Wascom said. '...We should be focusing on people who are higher security risks.' "

"Today's announcement reflects a more common-sense approach that TSA is undertaking," -- James Loy

GA: Family asks for compassion as grand jury weighs 'mercy killings'
Submitted by: Nicki Fellenzer
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"As a grand jury heard evidence Thursday against Carol Carr, accused of fatally shooting her two terminally ill sons, Carr's surviving son and other supporters gathered on courthouse steps to appeal for compassion."

"James Scott said he wanted authorities to drop all charges against his mother."

"Randy Scott, 42, and brother Andy Scott, 41, suffered from Huntington's disease, a genetic, degenerative nerve disorder that causes involuntary body movement, dementia and death. Their father, Carr's first husband, died of the disease."

A security system that doesn't cry wolf
Submitted by: serinde
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"Every year, law enforcement agencies receive more false alarms from home security systems. That can slow response time and divert police from other tasks."

"ADT Security Services['] ADT Safewatch EZ...eliminates the use of codes and reduces false alarms by linking the system to the deadbolt on your door."

"Newer systems such as these are expected to alleviate the burden on law enforcement while giving homeowners reassurance."

MD: Police say driving is their top job risk Submitted by: Nicki Fellenzer Website: http://www.keepandbeararms.com/Nicki	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
" 'Driving is the most dangerous thing we do,' said Lt. Col. Stanford Franklin, who heads the Baltimore Police Department's training division." So why is Sarah Brady not advocating the outlaw of cars?

MN: Police Shooting of innocent 10-year-old Black Boy Sparks Violence
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Dozens of people shouted at police, smashed windows and assaulted members of the media after a 10-year-old boy was injured by a bullet that ricocheted from a police officer's gun.

"Crowds surrounded a city bus and several media vehicles, smashing their windows. A KMSP-TV car was set on fire."

The officer was shooting at a pit bull dog that had been turned loose on police who were trying to serve a search warrant on a house suspected of narcotics activity. But the bullet hit concrete and ricocheted into the arm of the boy who wasn't in the line of fire, a police spokeswoman said.

Officials are investigating allegations that in the aftermath of the shooting a white police officer said: "You all got one of ours. Now we got one of yours."

ANOTHER REPORT:

Click here to read UPI's version of this story.

OK: Guardsmen from Texas going home
Submitted by: serinde
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"After nearly a year in Oklahoma guarding the McAlester Army Ammunition Plant, members of the Texas Army National Guard are going home."

"Guard members of the 1st Battalion, 141st Infantry from Camp Bullis in San Antonio came to McAlester on Oct. 16 to strengthen security at the ammunition plant shortly after the terrorist attacks on the East Coast. The plant is the nation's main manufacturer and storage site for bombs."

1,600 sign up to design Pentagon attack memorial
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"About 1,600 people already have met today's deadline to register for a design competition. Proposals must be submitted by Sept. 11, with a winner announced Dec. 23."

" 'We challenge you to create a memorial that translates this terrible tragedy into a place of solace, peace and healing,' families of the victims said in a statement to entrants."

"[T]he winning design will occupy nearly two acres about 165 feet west of the point where American Airlines Flight 77 slammed into the facade."

TX: "Police round up suspects"
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TEXAS CITY � "Police arrested three men and recovered a large stockpile of illegal drugs and weapons Thursday."

"Officers confiscated crack cocaine, powder cocaine, codeine, marijuana, a gun and numerous pieces of narcotic paraphernalia."

[The bold text is added. Typical misleading story. No charges regarding the gun were brought -- but the demonization of the gun as "bad" is obvious.]

TX: Tighter courthouse security plan presented
Submitted by: serinde
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"Visitors walking in the main entrance...would have to pass through a metal detector as would employees and lawyers entering from a rear parking lot next to the tax office."

"Currently, only those going beyond the first floor of the courthouse pass through the metal detector."

"[DA Michael Guarino] spoke of one prosecutor...concerned about security."

�There�s nothing standing before her and a bullet if that person chooses to bring a weapon into her workplace.�

Can the Second Amendment and Social Security Coexist?
Submitted by: Roger MacDonald

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"A bomb is ticking. The bomb wasn't built by terrorists. The bomb was built by government. The bomb is made up of one part social welfare programs and one part demographics -- but that combination is more dangerous than TNT."

"We're talking about the coming collapse of social security. "

"Simply put, people in power don't want the peasants to have pitchforks on the day everyone learns the lords have looted the storehouse."

TX: GPD officer who shot at teens investigated (update)
Submitted by: serinde
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"A Galveston police officer remains on duty while police here investigate a vandalism case that ended with the officer shooting at a group of teens."

"[Nicholas] Rac�s attorney, Greg Cagle, said the officer only fired when the students came back after vandalizing his home and tried to run him over."

"[T]he grand jury that would ultimately hear the case would have a 'self-defense element' to consider." -- Sgt. Brian Goetchius

�This was not some innocent school prank,� -- Stephen Hadley

TX: American citizens arrested for being at the wrong restaurant
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These folks now can not answer the question "Have you ever been arrested?" with a "no" in a job interview -- all because they were at the wrong restaurant at the wrong time.
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"Houston police Capt. Mark Aguirre, the man who ordered the arrests of 278 people at a westside Kmart last weekend, prodded a local restaurant to allow his officers to conduct a similar raid of its parking lot Saturday in a sting that netted 25 arrests."

"Officials with the James Coney Island at 5745 Westheimer said they felt used after police swept in and arrested 25 people, some of whom were customers, for criminal trespass."

Emory (University) continues probe of 'Arming America' author Submitted by: Doug Charette	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"Emory University is continuing its investigation of historian Michael Bellesiles, author of a book that attacks the 'myth' of early American gun ownership." " 'Professor Michael Bellesiles will be on paid leave from his teaching duties at Emory University during the fall semester,' the university said in a statement released yesterday."

Flight crews' defense training worth the cost
Submitted by: Doug Charette

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"Flying back to Washington from California not long ago, a pilot's reassuring baritone informed me and my fellow passengers that the flight attendants aboard were along 'primarily for [our] safety.' Standard procedures soon commenced: Exits were marked, use of oxygen masks was demonstrated, the doors were secured and off we went, safe and sound."

"But we could have been safer. Not from the dangers of cabin pressure gone awry or from an emergency landing, but from the threat of terrorists. And here, flight attendants are -- or could be -- in a unique position to help."

PA: Police take heat over gun thefts
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"ROSETO -- 'Why weren't these guns locked up?' "

"That was the question of the night from a crowd of nearly three dozen residents both bashing and supporting police at an emergency meeting Thursday called by Mayor Daniel Confalone in response to last week's burglary at the police station."

"As a result of the burglary, borough council will discuss options for the future of the police department on Sept. 9, said Nick Martino, council vice president."

CA: Assembly votes to drop gun companies' lawsuit shield
Submitted by: Doug Charette

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"Saying gun manufacturers shouldn't get special treatment, the Assembly on Thursday narrowly approved a bill that would allow firearm companies to be sued for negligence."

"The measure by Sen. Don Perata, D-Oakland, would remove a lawsuit shield enacted in 1983 to protect manufacturers of cheaply made handguns known as Saturday Night Specials."

"A 41-35 roll call � the bare majority needed to clear the 80-seat house � returned the bill to the Senate for a vote on Assembly amendments."

Belgium: Battle over secret buyer who purchased 5,500 machineguns Submitted by: Doug Charette	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"Green party Agalev has called for arms manufacturer FN Herstal in Li�ge to reveal the identity of the customer who ordered 5,500 machine guns worth millions of euros." "The Minimi automatic gun can fire 800 bullets per minute." "The company and its only shareholder, the Walloon region, have said the order was made by a new client but have refused to make the client's identity public."

MN: "Gun locks hit mark" Submitted by: Doug Charette	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"Vinny Cherico didn�t sign on to Project HomeSafe to tour the country, though he could hardly be blamed for doing so." "He tours the countryside in a 16-foot truck loaded with cable gun locks. The road brought him to Alexandria on Tuesday, where he gave away gun locks at Wal-Mart for much of the afternoon."

Administration Appeals Privacy Ruling on Wiretaps
Submitted by: Doug Charette

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"Setting up the next showdown over anti-terrorism powers, the Bush administration appealed a court ruling that forced Attorney General John Ashcroft to change new guidelines for FBI terrorism searches and wiretaps."

"Documents released Thursday showed that the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, which has not publicly disclosed any of its rulings in nearly two decades, rejected some of Ashcroft's guidelines as 'not reasonably designed' to safeguard the privacy of Americans."

IL: Judge slams school over zero tolerance
Submitted by: Doug Charette

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"A Cook County Circuit Court judge slammed a south suburban school district Thursday for its 'zero tolerance' discipline policy and for expelling a 9-year-old boy who accidentally brought his aunt's box cutters to school with him."

"Judge Aaron Jaffe ordered the Community Consolidated School District 168 in Sauk Village to let the boy rejoin his classmates in fifth grade starting Wednesday and to give him any tutoring he needs to make up what he missed."

"Jaffe slammed the whole notion of zero tolerance--adopted by districts around the country after the Littleton, Colo., Columbine High School massacre of 1999--calling it 'a policy which permits school officials to prescribe the harshest of mandatory punishments with virtual complete disregard for a student's due process rights and case-specific circumstances of alleged misconduct.' " [emphasis added]

CA: 44-year gun-toting Record reporter dies at 79
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"Ben Remington talked fast, packed heat and met deadline."

"He may have been Stockton's most famous newspaperman. He was definitely the most beloved by Stockton's police and firefighters. He spent much of his 44-year newspaper career on fire engines or in patrol cars with Stockton's finest and once captured a robber at gunpoint when the officers he was with were knocked out in an accident." [emphasis added]

Boaters, fishermen asked to help in anti-terror plan Submitted by: Doug Charette	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"Federal and state agencies are trying to enlist boaters, fishermen and others who spend time on or around the water in anti-terrorism efforts, but some civil libertarians are concerned their efforts could create a network of spies." "Led by the U.S. Coast Guard, the multi-agency effort known as Operation On Guard will have its formal kickoff in Miami today."

Colombia: Government to Arm Peasants
Submitted by: Doug Charette

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"President Alvaro Uribe's government plans to arm 20,000 peasants to support the armed forces in the fight against outlawed rebel and paramilitary groups, Colombia's defense minister said Thursday."

"The recruits will receive military training, and a small salary paid for by a new 1.2 percent war tax being imposed on higher-income businesses and individuals in Colombia, Defense Minister Martha Lucia Ramirez said in a radio interview."

U.S. A Police State In The Making
Submitted by: Doug Charette

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"We are fighting a war against terrorism to defend American values of truth, liberty, and justice. That's how President George W. Bush sold this war to us after the horror of Sept. 11."

"In those first days after The Reckoning, as a shocked nation grieved, the president held back tears and his lips quivered as he hung up the phone after checking on recovery efforts in New York."

"I'm a good guy," he said, and we believed him.

Reflections on the Second Amendment Submitted by: Roger MacDonald	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"The disarming of the citizenry has always been the mark of the totalitarian government. From the asagai-wielding warriors of Shaka Zulu to the yeomen of England to the Minutemen of the fledgling United States to the citizen-soldiers of Switzerland, the armed citizen has always been a constant, indispensable ingredient to a free country." --Massad Ayoob

The world�s least-free country
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"Which is the freest country on earth? It�s the United States."

"So if we can identify the freest country, can we also identify that which is the least free?"

"First, the country with the most laws would be a candidate for that which is least free. Laws regulate people, so the country which is the least free would surely regulate its people the most. Second, the country with the greatest % of its population in jail would also be a candidate for the least free, for obvious reasons." ...

FBI lied (in at least 75 cases) for spy powers, court says Submitted by: Doug Charette	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"The nation's secret intelligence court has identified more than 75 cases in which it says it was misled by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in documents in which the bureau attempted to justify its need for wiretaps and other electronic surveillance, according to the first ruling released publicly by the court."

Criminals Use Semis to Smuggle in Illegal Aliens Submitted by: Doug Charette	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"Border Patrol agents are finding an increasing number of semi-trailer trucks loaded with illegal aliens, officials said Thursday." "In the latest case, a truck driver was arrested Wednesday after 21 illegal aliens were found hidden in an unventilated trailer without water. Last month, two Mexicans were found dead in the back of an overheated trailer near Dallas."

UK: Councillor fires off over gun club application Submitted by: Doug Charette	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"A LEADING Perth and Kinross councillor has taken a pot shot at a grant application from a gun club." "Councillor Margo Lennie objected, on a point of principle, to the request from Blairgowrie and District Small Bore Rifle and Air Pistol Club." "The organisation sought a �1645 grant towards the cost of building a wheelchair ramp and parking at their premises."

IA: National Guard Battalion Called To Service as part of 'Homeland Security'
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"The Iowa Army National Guard's 1st Battalion, 194th Field Artillery, will be ordered to federal active duty, the Department of Defense and the National Guard Bureau in Washington, D.C., have announced."

"The battalion, headquartered in Fort Dodge, will deploy to locations within the United States for homeland security missions as part of Operation Noble Eagle II, Col. Robert King, public affairs officer for the Iowa National Guard, said Wednesday in a news release."

"The soldiers will provide indirect fire support, using artillery weapons accurate from a distance of 11,000 to 12,000 meters, King said."

"The battalion's mobilization is critical to the accomplishment of the Department of Defense Homeland Defense Security Plan, said King. The Iowa soldiers will provide security at several locations. They will take their individual equipment, individual and crew-served weapons and all other organizational equipment. They will also use vehicles and other equipment already in place at their duty locations."

"The 1st battalion, 194th field artillery, was last ordered to federal active duty in 1950 during the Korean War. The battalion served duty in Germany as occupation forces."

CA: Elite National Guard unit told to get ready "for a secret mission overseas"
Submitted by: Doug Charette

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"Amid talk of war with Iraq and continued military action in Afghanistan, about 80 members of an elite California National Guard special forces unit have been told to get ready to ship out for a secret mission overseas."

"The deployment of the 19th Special Forces Group, which has headquarters in Redwood City and Los Alamitos and includes members from Sacramento, was ordered last week. The soldiers may ship out within a week."

The Coming American Dictatorship revisited
Submitted by: Roger MacDonald

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"The biggest enemy of mankind has not been foreign invaders, or terrorists, or serial killers, or muggers on the street. The most dangerous threat to humanity is almost always our own governments. Hitler killed million of Germans including German Jews. Stalin oversaw the deaths of 20 to 80 million Soviet citizens, Mao another 60 million in China..."

"These aren�t isolated cases. All throughout history the primary killer of people has always been their own kind. "

UK: Conspiracy against shooting
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"Those who shoot for sport � several million nationwide � are a significant, but increasingly persecuted, minority in Britain. We fall victim to ludicrous laws. Pigeon shooters have been assaulted by airborne police squads. Children are arrested for playing with toy guns in public. Eco-fascists would rob us of the lead shot in our guns as well as our quarry."

"Now the BBC, mirroring the prejudices of the bossy PC government it helped to create, refuses to give due coverage to the extraordinary successes of English shooting athletes. Did you know we won 18 medals in the recent Commonwealth Games? Of course you didn�t � at least if you followed the games on BBC. Blind bowls was given more coverage than shooting by our national broadcaster."

Data That Fed Agencies Use to Write Regulations Can be Challenged Submitted by: Anonymous	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
This law provides an excellent opportunity for major gun rights groups to strike a blow against the BATF. One of them needs to get on this RIGHT NOW -- that's why we give them our money!

Michael Bellesiles - Given Paid Leave for Fall Semester...while under investigation Submitted by: Art Schreiber	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"Emory University is continuing its investigation of historian Michael Bellesiles, author of a book that attacks the 'myth' of early American gun ownership." "Scholars say they have found evidence of research fraud in Mr. Bellesiles' book, 'Arming America: The Origins of a National Gun Culture,' which one critic says is full of 'massive misrepresentation'." ------- Well DUHHHH!!!

NY: Effort to Reopen Yaphank Shooting Range
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"After the release of two reports saying the site has no serious environmental or noise problems, Suffolk County Legis. Ginny Fields is moving to reopen Suffolk Trap & Skeet, a popular public range in Yaphank that county officials shut down last year."

"At the legislature's park committee meeting yesterday, environmental and acoustical consultants hired by the county to investigate complaints said the concerns were unfounded."

St. Louis Post Dispatch: "DON'T BUY a handgun."
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Their information is based on a VPC study...and we all know how "OBJECTIVE AND TRUTHFUL" the VPC is.

Lets let the St. Louis Post Dispatch know the truth. Send your comments on their editorial here: [email protected]
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EXCERPTS:

"DON'T BUY a handgun. If you already own one, keep the weapon unloaded and locked in a secured area, with the bullets stored elsewhere. To ignore this advice is to endanger loved ones."

South Africa: "Keep guns from drunks"
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"A ruling ordering the government to pay R1.6m in damages to a man who was shot by his neighbour, an aggressive alcohol abuser who should not have been allowed to own firearms, was confirmed by the Supreme Court of Appeals on Thursday."

"The Cape High Court initially turned down the claim by Dirk van Duivenboden, but a full Bench of the same court later upheld it."

"Licences to possess firearms are not issued to enable the holders to shoot themselves, or to shoot innocent persons who happen to be in the way, and least of all to enable them to shoot the police, nor do firearms belong in the hands of drunks," he said.

CA: Bill would end gun mfr's liability exemption Submitted by: David Cheney	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
The link above takes you to the site of California Assembly bill 496, which would end the liability exemption for gun manufacturers and probably end gun sales in the People's Republic of Commiefornia. More bad news for freedom lovers on the left coast. Go to www.50BMGstore.com to get more news on Ca's gun fight.

Barr Exam - Why I'll miss the "worst drug warrior in Congress"
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"As a freshman, Barr led the fight to repeal the federal ban on so-called assault weapons, an arbitrary abridgment of the right to keep and bear arms that targets guns based on their militaristic appearance. He also introduced an amendment limiting the scope of the Gun-Free School Zones Act to conduct that was already illegal under state or local law."

"Such efforts did not have broad support from the general public or Barr's fellow Republicans. His battles with gun controllers reflected his readiness to criticize the government for overstepping its proper bounds, even when party leaders might have preferred that he keep his mouth shut." ...

OR: Police fire pepper spray, non-lethal ammunition at Portland protesters
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"Protesters dodged pepper spray and a few rounds of non-lethal ammunition fired by riot police during a running, seven-hour scuffle in downtown Portland around a hotel where President Bush was spending the night."

"Many of the protesters criticized a new forest initiative Bush had announced earlier Thursday on a visit to southern Oregon, before flying to Portland for a fund-raiser for U.S. Sen. Gordon Smith."

"Several hundred demonstrators marched toward the Hilton Hotel after Bush's arrival there, some chanting 'Drop Bush, Not Bombs!' "

"Riot police wearing helmets walked into the area, pushing activists with their batons. Some activists fell. Police then fired aerosol canisters of pepper spray at the protesters."

"One protester showed television cameramen a large, red welt on his leg from a non-lethal round fired from a riot police gun."

"Later in the day, about 150 demonstrators blocked vehicle access to Morrison Bridge. Cars honked their horns and police moved in, again firing pepper spray."

FL: Residents evacuated after weapons found in doctor's home; doctor arrested
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"Residents have been allowed back into a group of townhouses in Seminole, Florida."

"They were evacuated last night, when authorities found a supply of guns and explosives in a neighbor's home."

"Police were called by the man's wife -- who said he was acting unstable."

"Sheriff's deputies took Robert Goldstein into custody."

"Prosecutors say the podiatrist will probably face charges."

"A police detective says officers found as many as 40 weapons -- including 50-caliber machine guns and sniper rifles."

"He says Goldstein has a license for those weapons."

"But he also says there were more than 30 explosive devices -- including hand grenades and a five-gallon gasoline bomb."

"Police say they don't know why he was stockpiling the weapons."

ANOTHER REPORT:

The BATF says the doctor was "targeting Islamic mosques, education center." For that report, which includes alleged details of this alleged plot, click here.

It's too bad the BATF has such a longstanding history of lying and deception; it'd be nice to be able to trust what they say. However, anything BATF says is suspect, by anyone who's followed their activities closely -- so it's hard to trust that a single word of this story is true. It may all in fact be true... but BATF's involvement makes the whole thing smell fishy.

OH: Ex-Cop allegedly kills wife, Forces 4 hour standoff, No charges filed. Submitted by: Anonymous	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
COLUMBUS -- "The former police officer accused of killing his wife and forcing a stand off on Interstate 71 where he was shot, has been released from the hospital." No charges have yet been filed against Harton. (Since August 2nd) He is also filing suit against the Ohio State Highway Patrol for shooting him. See the related articles for more.....

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and 'Child Pornography'
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ORIGINAL TITLE: "Fired airport security trainee arrested on child pornography charges"
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"A former airport security trainee who was fired last month has been arrested after federal agents who searched his home said they found child pornography on his computer." [The "federal agents" were BATF -- the notorious lying, bumbling idiots among federal law enforcement agencies.]

"Avrahom Yeshurom Kaiser, 39, was fired from his job at Mobile Regional Airport after authorities said they taped him boasting he could sneak weapons onto airplanes." [It's illegal to state a fact now, is it? Uncomfortable for an airline to have someone stating the obvious -- that their "security" is a joke?]

"Agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms then searched the Tillman's Corner house where Kaiser lives with his mother and stepfather." [Forgot to seize their house?]

"The search came after fellow employees notified supervisors of Kaiser's claims that he knew how to get around security and how to make explosives, according to a Secret Service complaint filed Wednesday." [BATF can search your home because you state an obvious fact and make it known that you know how to put a match to some gasoline?]

"ATF agents found no weapons or explosives during their search of the home, but they did seize a computer and more than 250 computer disks."

"One ATF agent observed 'a large amount' of pornographic material in Kaiser's bedroom, some of which was sadomasochistic, the complaint states." [Is possession of S&M pictures now illegal? Or is this merely part of the demonization process, so BATF can justify its "raid" -- and its existence -- without getting in trouble for yet another in a long, long line of pure fishing expeditions?]

"Agents examined some of the disks and found at least two pornographic images involving children under 12, the document states."

QUESTIONS:

1) Out of 250 "computer disks," if it's even true there were two images of naked children among them -- after all, a rewritable disk can have images added with a few keystrokes -- one must wonder: how many agents pored over 250 disks worth of porn to find two mere pictures? Did they order pizza?

2) Since when is BATF in the "child porn enforcement" business? Or, since there weren't any firearms or explosives, did BATF have to justify trashing someone's home by making an arrest so they don't look like the overbearing jackbooted thugs many Americans believe them, with good reason, to be?

NOTE: None of the above is to suggest that the guy whose porn collection is being closely studied by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Child Pornography is an upstanding citizen. He may very well be a Class A Jerk, or much worse. But from the looks of this "report" -- a clear and obvious hit piece, if ever there was one -- the BATF is working feverishly, at taxpayers' expense, to manufacture problems.

Gunowners ought to concern themselves over the fact that the BATFCP has added that CP to its name, too. You can have an image downloaded to your hard drive without your knowledge -- any time, any day, in about two seconds. What's more, the federal anti-Second-Amendment Fishing Expedition In Your Closet creeps can claim they found "child pornography" in your home even if they brought their own child porn disk with them on the "raid".

New BATF agent licks own butt in public Submitted by: Anonymous	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
See the picture for yourself at this link -- it's the honest truth. :-)

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"A Justice Department official says 131 people have been charged as a result of the government's probe of the terror attacks, but only one is suspected of anything relating to Sept. 11." "Critics of the tactics used in the investigation say the Bush administration's broad approach has led to an erosion of civil rights and few terrorist arrests."