Daily update August 8
Top Gun - NRA's new Jewish President
Pacific News Service
by Joe Eskenazi
"Just as there are no atheists in the foxholes, there are no gun control advocates locked in their apartments with a large, menacing burglar attempting to batter his way in. That was Sandra Froman’s experience nearly two decades ago. Her shouting, banging on the wall and even cranking the stereo to 11 didn’t scare off the would-be intruder, but he eventually proved inept enough at his chosen profession that he abandoned his effort to enter her domicile. Still, the minutes of sheer terror left an impression on the San Mateo-born and raised Froman, and it would prove to be a life-altering moment. “The next day, I went to the gun store. I didn’t even know where the gun store was — I had to look in the Yellow Pages. I was determined to protect myself,” said Froman, who became the National Rifle Association’s first Jewish (and second female) president earlier this year." (08/08/05)
http://news.ncmonline.com/news/view_article.html?article_id=ae809d24f7c271ca33e58df57ea06a0c
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Kelo's implications are horrendous
News Max
by Paul Craig Roberts
"Readers' questions have prompted me to examine further the Supreme Court's recent Kelo decision. Kelo is even worse than the calamity I declared it to be. Kelo does not mean the end of private property per se, but it does mean the end of anyone's secure possession, be the owner an individual or a corporation. To the extent that Americans still possess constitutional rights, Kelo could mean their end, as well. .... Indeed, as one astute reader noted, Kelo's public benefit concept of eminent domain could be used to condemn privately owned firearms. The Second Amendment would still be there. We would have a right to firearms in the abstract just as we have a right to property in the abstract, but every specific right can be condemned." (08/08/05)
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2005/8/7/233241.shtml
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Israel: Settlers hand over weapons
YNet News
"Dozens of residents in the Gaza settlement of Ganei Tal handed over their weapons Monday to local security officials, who in turn returned them to the IDF. Shlomo Vasertil, one of those who handed over their weapons, told Ynet this was a sad day for him. “It’s a day where a law abiding citizen who used the weapon to protect himself is asked by the State of Israel to return it,” he said. .... At 9:30 this morning, dozens of residents of Ganei Tal handed in their weapons to the settlement’s head of security. Many of the weapons were handed in wrapped in ribbons, while others were returned with stickers and letters from the residents, including one which was addressed to the IDF chief of staff. “This gun went with me for 26 years, during the winter and summer, in the heart and cold. It was there to protect my life and my family’s life. It makes me sad to hand it back today because the defense minister is threatening us over the media. It’s a sad day for me,” Vasertil told Ynet moments before handing in his weapon." (08/08/05)
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3124318,00.html
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Florida: Two killed in separate robbery atempts
Orlando Sentinel
"Two suspects were killed in separate armed robberies Saturday night in Orange and Lake counties. Lorenzo Baker, 29, was shot in Orlo Vista and pronounced dead later at a hospital, officials said. The incident began just before midnight. David Mathis, 20, said he was heading to a club with friends when four men forced them back into his mother's Orlo Vista home, demanding the keys to her shimmering green show car. .... after the thieves ran out, they heard shots. The older brother of someone from the house was called and arrived in a red Ford Explorer to confront the suspects, Orange County sheriff's spokeswoman Barbara Miller said. The man, whose name was not released and who is not expected to face charges, exchanged fire with the suspects." (08/08/05)
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/orl-locmshooting08080805aug08,0,6996101.story?coll=orl-home-headlines
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Illinois: Four shot, killed in Southland
Daily Southtown
"Four men were fatally shot in the Southland over the weekend, including an alleged burglar who was killed by an Evergreen Park homeowner, officials said. Evergreen Park police declined to comment Sunday on the death of Lawrence Edgeworth, a 41-year-old resident of Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Edgeworth was possibly burglarizing a home in the 9000 block of South Utica Avenue Sunday about 2 a.m. when he was discovered by the homeowner, officials said. The homeowner fired a .44-caliber Magnum revolver at Edgeworth, striking him once in the chest, officials said." (08/08/05)
http://www.dailysouthtown.com/southtown/dsnews/083nd3.htm
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Oklahoma: Self defense or murder?
KTEN News
"A man is shot and killed in Texoma. Now, investigators must determine if it was self-defense or murder. KTEN's Noelle Newton reports. OSBI officials say around 9:00 Saturday night, 28-year-old Jeremy Edward Hines of Swink drove up to a residence near Rufe and started an argument with the homeowner. Hines shot at the home and the homeowner fired back... killing him. Hines was apparently a stranger to the homeowner. The homeowner's wife and two small children inside the home at the time of the shooting. No charges have been filed." (08/07/05)
http://www.kten.com/article.asp?id=9477
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Michigan: Homeowner captures break-in suspect
Morning Sun
"Isabella County sheriff's deputies didn't have to look very far for the man they believe broke into a Fremont Township garage and tried to get into a nearby home; the suspect was facing the business end of the homeowner's shotgun. The homeowner, Rust Brown, said his grandparents were murdered in a home invasion in Kingman, Ariz., on Feb. 26, 1999, and he wasn't about to let something like that happen again. Brown was awakened by his wife, Shannon Brown, 30, early Wednesday morning when she heard a noise, according to a sheriff's department report. The Browns discovered a screen had been removed and the window opened. Rust Brown grabbed his 12-gauge Winchester shotgun and went outside, following tracks in the wet grass to a nearby 1975 Ford pickup truck. There, he said he found the suspect hiding underneath. "He was just hiding up in there,“ Brown said. Brown is a former security guard, and he had a pair of handcuffs that he put to use." (08/07/05)
http://www.themorningsun.com/stories/080705/loc_home001.shtml
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Ohio: Motel clerk shoots would be robber
NBC 4 News
" Police said a desk clerk shot a man who was attempting to rob an east side motel on Saturday night. Officers said that shortly before 9:30 p.m., a man walked into the Super 8 Motel, located at 2055 Brice Rd., showed a gun and demanded money. Police said the desk clerk on duty then shot the alleged robber, Antoine Stephens. Stephens, 20, was transported to Grant Medical Center and was in serious condition on Sunday morning, NBC 4 reported.
Police said he would be charged with aggravated robbery. The motel clerk's name was not released. It was unclear as to whether he would be charged." (08/07/05)
http://www.nbc4i.com/news/4819485/detail.html
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Pacific News Service
by Joe Eskenazi
"Just as there are no atheists in the foxholes, there are no gun control advocates locked in their apartments with a large, menacing burglar attempting to batter his way in. That was Sandra Froman’s experience nearly two decades ago. Her shouting, banging on the wall and even cranking the stereo to 11 didn’t scare off the would-be intruder, but he eventually proved inept enough at his chosen profession that he abandoned his effort to enter her domicile. Still, the minutes of sheer terror left an impression on the San Mateo-born and raised Froman, and it would prove to be a life-altering moment. “The next day, I went to the gun store. I didn’t even know where the gun store was — I had to look in the Yellow Pages. I was determined to protect myself,” said Froman, who became the National Rifle Association’s first Jewish (and second female) president earlier this year." (08/08/05)
http://news.ncmonline.com/news/view_article.html?article_id=ae809d24f7c271ca33e58df57ea06a0c
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Kelo's implications are horrendous
News Max
by Paul Craig Roberts
"Readers' questions have prompted me to examine further the Supreme Court's recent Kelo decision. Kelo is even worse than the calamity I declared it to be. Kelo does not mean the end of private property per se, but it does mean the end of anyone's secure possession, be the owner an individual or a corporation. To the extent that Americans still possess constitutional rights, Kelo could mean their end, as well. .... Indeed, as one astute reader noted, Kelo's public benefit concept of eminent domain could be used to condemn privately owned firearms. The Second Amendment would still be there. We would have a right to firearms in the abstract just as we have a right to property in the abstract, but every specific right can be condemned." (08/08/05)
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2005/8/7/233241.shtml
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Israel: Settlers hand over weapons
YNet News
"Dozens of residents in the Gaza settlement of Ganei Tal handed over their weapons Monday to local security officials, who in turn returned them to the IDF. Shlomo Vasertil, one of those who handed over their weapons, told Ynet this was a sad day for him. “It’s a day where a law abiding citizen who used the weapon to protect himself is asked by the State of Israel to return it,” he said. .... At 9:30 this morning, dozens of residents of Ganei Tal handed in their weapons to the settlement’s head of security. Many of the weapons were handed in wrapped in ribbons, while others were returned with stickers and letters from the residents, including one which was addressed to the IDF chief of staff. “This gun went with me for 26 years, during the winter and summer, in the heart and cold. It was there to protect my life and my family’s life. It makes me sad to hand it back today because the defense minister is threatening us over the media. It’s a sad day for me,” Vasertil told Ynet moments before handing in his weapon." (08/08/05)
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3124318,00.html
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Florida: Two killed in separate robbery atempts
Orlando Sentinel
"Two suspects were killed in separate armed robberies Saturday night in Orange and Lake counties. Lorenzo Baker, 29, was shot in Orlo Vista and pronounced dead later at a hospital, officials said. The incident began just before midnight. David Mathis, 20, said he was heading to a club with friends when four men forced them back into his mother's Orlo Vista home, demanding the keys to her shimmering green show car. .... after the thieves ran out, they heard shots. The older brother of someone from the house was called and arrived in a red Ford Explorer to confront the suspects, Orange County sheriff's spokeswoman Barbara Miller said. The man, whose name was not released and who is not expected to face charges, exchanged fire with the suspects." (08/08/05)
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/orl-locmshooting08080805aug08,0,6996101.story?coll=orl-home-headlines
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Illinois: Four shot, killed in Southland
Daily Southtown
"Four men were fatally shot in the Southland over the weekend, including an alleged burglar who was killed by an Evergreen Park homeowner, officials said. Evergreen Park police declined to comment Sunday on the death of Lawrence Edgeworth, a 41-year-old resident of Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Edgeworth was possibly burglarizing a home in the 9000 block of South Utica Avenue Sunday about 2 a.m. when he was discovered by the homeowner, officials said. The homeowner fired a .44-caliber Magnum revolver at Edgeworth, striking him once in the chest, officials said." (08/08/05)
http://www.dailysouthtown.com/southtown/dsnews/083nd3.htm
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Oklahoma: Self defense or murder?
KTEN News
"A man is shot and killed in Texoma. Now, investigators must determine if it was self-defense or murder. KTEN's Noelle Newton reports. OSBI officials say around 9:00 Saturday night, 28-year-old Jeremy Edward Hines of Swink drove up to a residence near Rufe and started an argument with the homeowner. Hines shot at the home and the homeowner fired back... killing him. Hines was apparently a stranger to the homeowner. The homeowner's wife and two small children inside the home at the time of the shooting. No charges have been filed." (08/07/05)
http://www.kten.com/article.asp?id=9477
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Michigan: Homeowner captures break-in suspect
Morning Sun
"Isabella County sheriff's deputies didn't have to look very far for the man they believe broke into a Fremont Township garage and tried to get into a nearby home; the suspect was facing the business end of the homeowner's shotgun. The homeowner, Rust Brown, said his grandparents were murdered in a home invasion in Kingman, Ariz., on Feb. 26, 1999, and he wasn't about to let something like that happen again. Brown was awakened by his wife, Shannon Brown, 30, early Wednesday morning when she heard a noise, according to a sheriff's department report. The Browns discovered a screen had been removed and the window opened. Rust Brown grabbed his 12-gauge Winchester shotgun and went outside, following tracks in the wet grass to a nearby 1975 Ford pickup truck. There, he said he found the suspect hiding underneath. "He was just hiding up in there,“ Brown said. Brown is a former security guard, and he had a pair of handcuffs that he put to use." (08/07/05)
http://www.themorningsun.com/stories/080705/loc_home001.shtml
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Ohio: Motel clerk shoots would be robber
NBC 4 News
" Police said a desk clerk shot a man who was attempting to rob an east side motel on Saturday night. Officers said that shortly before 9:30 p.m., a man walked into the Super 8 Motel, located at 2055 Brice Rd., showed a gun and demanded money. Police said the desk clerk on duty then shot the alleged robber, Antoine Stephens. Stephens, 20, was transported to Grant Medical Center and was in serious condition on Sunday morning, NBC 4 reported.
Police said he would be charged with aggravated robbery. The motel clerk's name was not released. It was unclear as to whether he would be charged." (08/07/05)
http://www.nbc4i.com/news/4819485/detail.html
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