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2AM News:The week in review September 3-9

2006-09-10T21:19:00.000-04:00

Source: Second Amendment News Digest

Self defense stories from South Africa, Texas, Florida, South Carolina, New York, Texas, Missoiri, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Georgia, New Mexico and Utah ... my favorites this week, the armed disabled lady in a motorized wheelchair who shot the mugger who was snatching her necklace and the 81 year old in Pennsylvania who fought off an armed robber. In other news this week, idiot pols and courts in Ohio seek to turn parks into victim disarmament zone, while smarter courts in Arizona rules that the self-defense law is retroactive. Commentaries this week on the McCarthy gun grab, Murder in a victim disarmament zone in Georgia, open carry, a woman's right to 'choose' to be armed and EJ Totty's 'Control-Freak News for the week of 006-08-28'.

Til next week

Mary lou

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2AM News: The week in review Aug.6-Aug.12

2006-08-13T00:12:00.000-04:00

Second Amendment News Digest

Self defense stories from Mississippi, North Carolina, Massachusetts, Oregon, Deleware, Pennsylvania, Texas, Washington state and Kentucky ... while in New York, a Man jailed for self-defense (shooting his attacker) and a Crime wave in the Philippines spurs push for gun ownership. In Australia, the 'killer guard' walks free and, to no one's surprise, the UK sees a rise in knife crime despite penalties ... 15 states expand self-defense protections this year and Kansas sees gun sales soar after concealed carry becomes law ... while in Texas, the Dallas city council may drop hammer on toy guns. Commentaries this week from R. Lee Wrights, L. Neil Smith, John R. Lott, Jr., and more!

Til next week

Mary Lou

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2AM News: The week in review July 30-Aug.5

2006-08-05T22:38:00.000-04:00

Second Amendment News Digest

Self defense stories from Florida, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Colorado, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Ohio ... 10-year term in deadly confrontation on hiking trail, but Fish will seek a new trial .... Rockford student pushes for right to carry and commentaries from Fred Reed, Walter Sippel and GOA.

Til next week

Mary lou

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2AM News: The week in review July 22- July 29

2006-07-30T22:35:00.000-04:00

Source: Second Amendment News Digest

Self defense stories from Wisconsin, Michigan, Texas, Arizona, Florida, California, Ohio, South Carolina, Virginia, Texas, North Carolina, Utah, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Indiana ... and from South Africa, New Zealand and even the UK!
Biggest legislative news, the US House votes to block "emergency" gun thefts (The Senate had previously passed this) .... and from abroad, Belgium gun owners fight victim disarmament law. Plus, commentaries this week from John R. Lott Jr., Devvy Kidd and Jay Homnick.

Til next week

Mary Lou

Sorry folks, have missed a few weeks blogging here ... but 2AM has continued each week by email and daily on Rational Review

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2AM News: The week in review June 25- July 1

2006-07-02T21:33:00.000-04:00

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Self defense stories this week from Massachusetts, Illinois, Arizona, West Virginia, Georgia. Alabama, Ohio, Mississippi, Georgia, Florida, California, Michigan, South Carolina, New York .... protest letters against worldwide gun control meeting swamp UN .... police in Phillipines pawn their guns .... NH legislators fail to overide governor's veto of deadly force legislation .... idiot scientists in Germany want to password protect bullets ...commentaries from Rep. Ron Paul, Paul Bonneau and more!

Til next week

Mary Lou

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2AM News: The week in review June 18-24

2006-06-25T21:57:00.000-04:00

Source: Second Amendment News Digest

Self defense stories from Texas, Florida, Alabama, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, New York, Montana, South Carolina, Georgia and Illinois ... while in Canada,the homeowner is charged in home invasion ... charged with attempted Murder, along with eight other weapons and firearm-related charges. Several commentaries this week about the upcoming U.N. conference on the illegal trade of small arms (the June 26-July 7 conference will ironically take place on the July 4 Independence Day holiday) ... a movie characterized as 'Reefer madness for guns' ... and for all you gents out there, be sure to read Kathy Jackson's 'How to make your wife hate guns'.

Til next week

Mary Lou

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2AM News: The week in review June 11-17

2006-06-18T13:17:00.000-04:00

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Self defense stories from Mississippi, Oklahoma, North Carolina, Illinois, Tennessee, Georgia, Florida, California, Kentucky, Arkansas ... SAF and NRA win suit to overturn San Francisco gun ban (the city will appeal, of course, they have nothing to lose as the taxpayer pays the legal costs) ... Stand your Ground laws pass both chambers of the Legislature in Michigan .... rapper Eminem to star in a remake of one of my all time favorites TV shows, "Have Gun -- Will Travel" (somehow I can't see Eminem as Paladin, but, well, we'll see ...) .... in the 'unintended consequences' category, police note that homemade weapons are becoming more prevalent ....overseas, Belgium tightens victim disarmament laws.

Commentaries this week on the idiotic attempts by the UN to 'control guns' worldwide, the need for a Second Amendment, and a piece on 'Guns and numbers' in which the writer actually listens to comments and retracts a statement he made last week parroting the gun grabbers propeganda 'that there are 500 accidental deaths of children per year from firearms'. So, its not always a waste of time responding to anti-gun editorials, sometimes the writers actually listen!

Til next week

Mary Lou

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Second Anniversary of 2AM News; The week in review June 4-June 10

2006-06-11T15:36:00.000-04:00

Second Amendment News Digest

On June 11,2004, we published the first edition of 2AM News. This edition (Vol.3 No.1) marks out second anniversary. It's been a pleasure finding the "best" (IMO) 2AM related news stories and commentaries every day, and compiling them into the weekly email. I'd like to thank all my readers who have donated to keep 2AM online this past year, and, thank those who send in stories they've "spotted" on the web.Don't forget, 2 AM is supported entirely by reader contributions ... so please drop on by the website and click on the "donate" button to keep 2AM News online. 2AM updates daily on the web.

Self defense stories this week from Maryland, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Kentucky, North Carolina, Arkansas, Michigan .... jury verdicts in favor of self defense from Washington state and Maryland .... NY Court says insuror must pay for wrongful death defense, Oregon court rules in favor of Denver's victim disarmament laws and AZ court refuses to apply new law in hiker case .... more mayors join gun grab conspiracy ... TBE police chief threatens to steal guns again 'in an emergency' but backs down after being confronted by the SAF while the start of the hurricane season 'triggers gun debate' (on whether victims should be disarmed in an emergency) while Senate approves self-defense bills in Michigan and the BATFE raids KT Ordnance! Commentaries this week from L.Neil Smith, Nathan Baryon, Howard Nemerov, and an excellent piece on 'Training with a shotgun for home defense'.

Til next week

Mary Lou

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2AM News: The week in review May 28-June 3

2006-06-04T15:16:00.000-04:00

Second Amendment News Digest

Self defense stories from Alaska, Arkansas, Idaho, South Carolina, North Carolina, Oregon, Michigan, New Hampshire, Indiana, Tennessee, Texas, Georgia, California, Idaho, South Africa, ... In California, a woman convicted of killing her abusive husband in 1985 is freed under a new law passed in 2001 which allows victims of domestic violence who kill their partners to present evidence of the abuse in court, while in Bolivia, landowners armed themselves in expectation of a gov't 'land distribution' plan, in India a Catholic priest stirs conroversy by applying for a pistol license, journalists in the Phillipines arm themselves despite 'advice' from their union and in occupied Iraq, Guns are becoming as important as food. Here in the US, Fedgoons announce they will help NYC in frivolous gun suit while ten states have passed 'stand your ground' laws this year. Commentaries this week from John Longenecker on the 'top ten agenda' for the Stand your Ground movement, and Richard Brookhiser on the reasons for the Second Amendment [Founders faced many issues still here today].

Til next week

Mary Lou

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2AM News: The week in review May 20-27

2006-05-29T11:35:00.000-04:00

Second Amendment News Digest

The week in review May 20-27

Self defense stories from South Carolina, Florida, Mississippi, Tennessee, Illinois, Texas ... hero of the week, the Florida teen who followed his dad's instructions and his gun training and shot a violent intruder who was terrorizing the family. Judges in DC and California throw out frivolous gun suits, admonishing gun manufacturers that 'the suit was precisely the sort of claim that a new federal law was intended to block' and neighbors in Mississippi and Alabama arm themselves against burglars.KABA founder Angel Shamaya is selling his gun collection to help defray expenses from defending himself against ridiculous charges (four misdemeanor counts of failing to present his firearms for safety inspection (the code words for gun registration in Michigan) ... as any of you who have ever had encounteres with 'the law' know, even if you're in the right, defending yourself can drain your bank account ... so buy a great gun and help Angel out at the same time!

Til next week

Mary Lou

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2AM News: The week in review April 30-May 6

2006-05-07T13:14:00.000-04:00

Second Amendment News Digest

Self defense stories from Arkansas, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Texas, Florida, South Carolina, Georgia, Oklahoa, Indiana, Tennessee, Indiana, California and Wisconsin ... in legislative news, Florida's Senate unanimously passes a bill to allow you to keep your gun in an emergency. Commentaries this week on the 'Silly' Anti-gun Summit, Stand Your Ground legislation, and Guns at Work from Dave Workman, Lady Liberty, John Longenecker and more!

Til next week

Mary Lou

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2AM News: The week in review April 23-29

2006-04-30T16:52:00.000-04:00

Second Amendment News Digest

Self defense stories this week from Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Minnesota, Virginia, Illinois, Florida, North Carolina, Maine, Tennessee, Oregon, Montana, South Carolina, Connecticut, Wisconsin and even South Africa ... gun grabbing mayors, not wanting facts to intrude, hold their 'victim disarmament summit' and deny a seat to the National Shooting Sports Foundation ... the fascist governor of Arizona signs a 'self defense bill' but the Senate fails to overide her veto of an 'emergency' gun seizure bill ... pol in Oklahoma is also in favor of "emergency" victim disarmament. On the bright side, pols in New Hampshire come to their senses after intense lobbying from gun rights groups and support self defense. Also on the bright side, (no matter what you think of his ideology) President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela is promoting citizen militas and arming his countrymen.

Commentaries this week on Patriots Day, concealed carry, pro-gun victories and political correctness. Have a great week, and don't forget to check how you made out in the 2nd annual TCF Combat Rifle Postal Match (targets were due yesterday.)

Til next week

Mary Lou

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2AM News: The week in review April 16-22

2006-04-23T21:51:00.000-04:00

Second Amendment News Digest

Self defense stories from Michigan, North Carolina, Florida, Missouri,California, Oklahoma, Maryland,Mississippi, Indiana, Ohio, South Carolina, West Virginia ....in legislative news, Arizona's governor vetoes a bill that would have restricted her powers to limit gun and ammunition sales during a time of emergency... while in New Orleans, though police started returning citizens' weapons seized during Katrina, residents find lots of red tape and not many actually retrieve their guns ... WalMart drops gun sales in some stores and Gun shows in the crossfire in Ohio. Commentaries this week from John Longenecker, Lady Liberty, Claire Wolfe and L. Neil Smith.

Til next week

Mary lou

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2AM News: The week in review April 9-15

2006-04-16T21:14:00.000-04:00

Second Amendment News Digest

Lots of stories this week! Self defense stories from Alabama, Florida, Texas, Mississippi, Ohio, New York, Indiana, Louisiana, Illinois, North Carolina, Arkansas, Tennessee, Indiana, Maryland, and Nebraska ... Stand your Ground passes in Kentucky ... Wal-Mart drops gun sales in 'urban stores' due to 'market demand' ... women join gun clubs and prepare to defend themselves in several states ... gun thus in Boston 'retooling' their gun buyback plan while gun thugs in New Orleans still refusing to release guns stolen from citizens during Katrina. An update on Angel's [Angel Shamaya, [founder of KeepAndBearArms.com] Day in Court;

Most amusing stories of the week 'Drug thug who shot self in foot sues US' 'claiming that his career has been crippled and he's become a laughingstock due to the embarrassing clip's distribution.' and in California, a 'Glitch' in victim disarmament law triggers rush to buy guns .... Commentaries from Stephen Gordon (Reflections on deaths caused by gun control laws) and Ron Smith (Let Marylanders protect themselves ).

If you haven't sent in your 'targets' already for the 2nd annual TCF Combat Rifle Postal Match, the deadline is April 29...

Til next week

Mary Lou

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2AM News: The week in review April 1-8

2006-04-09T19:59:00.000-04:00

Second Amendment News Digest

Sorry about the sketchy coverage this week, I was out of town trying to help a very ill relative escape the medical bureaucracy; returned late Thursday night.

Self defense stories this week from Texas, New York, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Colorado, Ohio, Tennessee and Maryland. In legislative news, Alabama's governor signs 'Stand your Ground' bill into law and the Virginia legislature looks at expanding 'Stand your Ground' to cover outbuildings and vehicles, as well as relatives or guests in your home.
In court action, the Ninth Circuit clarifies elements of self defense. In Iraq, citizen militias form to protect neighborhoods from the ongoing violence. Commentaries this week from Lady Liberty, John Longenecker, and David Quammen, and an excellent commentary from
college student Bruce Gilkerson on how the annual 'Take back the night' rally illustrates the need for conceal carry.

Til next week

Mary Lou
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2AM News: The week in review March 26-April 1

2006-04-01T15:30:00.000-05:00

Second Amendment News Digest

This week's digest is a day early, as I have a relative in hospital out of state and wanted to get this out before I left town. As of the end of the week, 48 states now have concealed carry laws! Only Illinois and Wisconsin continue to ban concealed carry. In other legislative news, Stand your Ground passes the Alaska Senate, and still under debate in the Alabama House. Self defense stories from New Hampshire, Michigan, Missouri, Texas, Florida, Ohio and Colorado. News from abroad, in Venezuala, a mayor wants to arm the citizens of his town against crime (kudos!) while in South Africa gun owners get the runaround on renewing their licenses by the Friday deadline, while police destroy thousands of guns.

Til next week

Mary Lou

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2AM News: The week in review March 19-25

2006-03-26T17:58:00.000-05:00

Second Amendment News Digest

Self defense stories from Ohio, Louisiana, Maryland, Texas, New York, Michigan, and Oklahoma. In legislative news, 'Stand your ground' legislation passes in Georgia and Tennessee, but is shot down in New Hampshire (which I reckon has changed the state motto to the 'retreat or die' state). In Hawaii, Stand Your Ground never even got a hearing ( Like sheep to slaughter) Stand your Ground becomes law in Indiana, as their governor signs the bill, and in Kansas the governor's veto is overidden by the Senate.

Commentaries this week on the New Orleans gov't thugs admission that they did indeed seize citizens' guns during Katrina, and, a poignant commentary from a father whose daughter was murdered ('Torn on concealed carry). In actions this week, join in the fun with the 2nd annual TCF Combat Rifle Postal Match (your targets are due April 29) and download the updated version of the Patriot Act game (which now includes updates on GITMO, NSA wiretaps, and the renewal of the Patriot Act.) And don't forget the St. Gabriel Possenti Society's action 'Stop Church Gun Grabbers' this is an excellent and easy action for all church going gunnies.

Til next week

Mary Lou

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2AM News: The week in review March 12-18

2006-03-19T16:06:00.000-05:00

Second Amendment News Digest

Plenty of self defense news this week, from Alabama, Florida, Maryland, South Carolina, Montana, Texas, Utah, New Mexico, New Jersey, Wyoming, Ohio, Kentucky and the Virgin Islands ... my favorites this week, the 75 year old SC granny who fended off an intruder with kitchen utensils while she tried to get to her gun in the bedroom, and the pregnant 23 year old NC mom who protected herself, her 2 small children and unborn child by shooting and killing an intruder. In legislative news, Virginia OKs guns in glove compartments, proposals for making conceal carry permits 'easier' advance in Delaware and Kentucky, 'stand your ground' laws advance in Pennsylvania, Alabama, New Hampshire and South Carolina; while in California, San Francisco sets penalties for those who decline to be victims. In South Africa, the firearm renewal period is extended, and in New Orleans gov't thugs admit to gun thefts. In commentaries, 2 excellent articles on the Angel Shamaya situation, and in actions, a new cool action for church going gunnies, Stop Church Gun Grabbers.

Til next week

Mary Lou
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2AM News: The week in review March 5-March 11

2006-03-12T12:03:00.000-05:00

Second Amendment News Digest

A good week for self defense stories as armed homeowners (including a 75 year old grandmom) fend off intruders in Tennessee, Utah, Missouri, Florida, Illinois, Texas, Arizona and Ohio, and store owners and clerks protect their stores from robbers in California and Arizona. Dummies of the week award to clueless raffle winners in South Carolina who turn down the AK-47 prize (hey, I'm in SC, they could give it to me!), and a court in Missouri hears a gun permit case for a guy denied a permit because he was once evaluated at a mental health facility (evaluated and with no finding of mental illness) ... and while not so dumb Iraqis keep their Kalashnikovs handy and buy more weapons for protection.

Keep up with the latest on the arrest of Angel Shamaya, founder of KeepAndBearArms.com, jailed last week in Michigan on for possession of firearms not properly registered under Michigan law ... Angel's court date is March 14, and you can send messages of support or contributions to his defense fund at the Montana Shooting Sports Association "Angel" page at www.marbut.com/Angel/.

Til next week

Mary Lou

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2AM News: The week in review Feb.26-Mar 4

2006-03-05T20:09:00.000-05:00

Self defense stories from Tennessee, Texas, Minnesota, Indiana, California, Pennsylvania, Florida, and Maryland. Good legislative news from Kentucky, Indiana and Georgia, where 'stand your ground' bills advance in the legislature; bad news from the Old Dominion state, as Virginia legislators decide their constituents have a 'duty to retreat'. The 'most idiotic' award this week is divided between the Glendale City council which may follow Los Angeles County's lead by outlawing gun sales on municipal property, and The International News Safety Institute, which is urging journalists IN IRAQ to 'resist the call to carry arms'.

In actions this week, please take a moment to help out a fellow 2AM activist ... Angel Shamaya, founder of KeepAndBearArms.com is in jail in Michigan, having been arrested for possession of firearms not properly registered under Michigan law ... he needs letters of support immediately!

Til next week

Mary Lou

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2AM News: The week in review Feb.20-25

2006-02-26T14:31:00.000-05:00

Second Amendment News Digest

Self defense stories from Oklahoma, Indiana, California, Iowa, Florida, Louisiana, North Carolina, New York; bad legislative news from Virginia (State nixes doctor/gun bill), Florida (Guns at work bill fails after heated debate), Wyoming (Retreat bill amended ), good news from Michigan (Bill allows use of force in cases of self-defense), Kentucky (Senate moves toward carry permit privacy), and Arizona (Bill forbids taking of weapons during emergencies). A new poll shows that adults feel there are ENOUGH victim disarmament laws and we don't need any more ... and in Australia, Gun ownership explodes despite draconian registration policies.
Commentaries this week include Vin Suprynowicz taking on some victim disarmers and Charles Pierce laughing at Cheney and the 'T-ball champs'.

Til next week

Mary Lou
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2AM News: The week in review Feb.13-19

2006-02-19T21:03:00.000-05:00

Self defense stories from California, Virginia, Alabama, Vermont, NC, Oregon, Washington, Louisiana, legislative news from South Carolina, Kansas, South Dakota, Arizonas and Hawaii ... several commentaries and satires on 'Quailgate', and an excellent article on a little known hero of the civil rights era, Robert F. Williams ("Negroes with Guns")

Til next week

Mary Lou

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2AM News: The week in review Feb.06-12

2006-02-12T18:26:00.000-05:00

Self defense stories from Wisconsin, Indiana, Alaska, Illinois, Georgia, Oklahoma, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Georgia ... legislative wrangling and 'debate' on conceal carry in Utah, Law enforcement resists 'Stand Your Ground' Motion in NH (the 'live free or die' state), in Missouri bills seek to expand 'deadly force', and JPFO alerts us to upcoming Congressional hearings on the BATFE, while in the UK, the gov't offers an amnesty ... for turning in your KNIVES.

Excellent commentaries this week from Nicki Fellenzer ('The latest "study" on gun owners') also don't miss the interview with Nicki 'Take mystery out of guns for safety'... Michael Cook's warning 'Anti-gunners still at it -- keep watch! ', Dimitri Vassilaros on the 'First duty is to yourself'.

Two new actions this week ... a Petition to Free Cory Maye and David Codrea's 'The Million Moon March'.

Til next week

Mary Lou

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2AM News: The week in review Jan.30-Feb.05

2006-02-05T20:50:00.000-05:00

Self defense stories this week from Texas, South Carolina, New York, California, North Carolina and Utah ... bad legislative news from Wisconsin and Virginia, but a ray of hope in Kansas (one of only 4 states with no concealed carry permits ... and a big cheer for Italy, whose parliament just passed a 'make my day' law!

'Don't miss' commentaries this week from John R. Lott Jr. 'Research on guns and road rage', Liberty Belles' Jennifer Freeman 'Gun owners take a stand', Kathryn Graham 'The time is approaching' and much more!

Til next week

Mary Lou

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2AM News: The week in review Jan.23-29

2006-01-29T19:23:00.000-05:00

Source: Second Amendment News Digest

Self defense stories from Tennessee, Alaska, Florida, South Carolina, Michigan, Alabama, California, Ohio, New York, Missouri, Texas, Wisconsin and Malaysia .... in South Africa, a New gun lobby forms to fight weapons restrictions and in the UK educators say it'd be 'impossible'for the teacher'jailed for firing an air pistol during a stand-off with 'yobs' to get her job back [oh no, we can't have someone teaching that dared to stand up in her own defense, now can we ...] Also from the UK, victim disarmers are furious at an MP who wants to 'encourage inner city children to 'take up shooting in the countryside' [oh no, we can't let the peasants learn to SHOOT ...]

Commentaries this week from Howard Nemerov ['Taken for a ride in New York'], nancy Levall ['Police state in America -- a very bad plan '] Sean Haugh ['Why I am a pro-gun pacifist'] and more!

Til next week

Mary Lou

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2AM News: The week in review Jan.17-22

2006-01-22T12:07:00.000-05:00

Self defense stories from Indiana, North Carolina, Florida, Ohio, Oklahoma,Kansas, Texas, Arkansas, and Pennsylvania ... as police in the UK confiscate the shotgun of a 70 year old farmer who remarked he 'might "do a Martin" on robbers at his farm, and 'Red tape has gun owners up in arms' in South Africa, as the 'extended' deadline for gun 'licence renewal' approaches. Excellent commentaries this week from Alan Korwin on "Decommissioned" guns nearly as good as confiscations', Alan Gottlieb on the 'disastrous failure' of gun control in Canada, and Ross Bielema on ' Concealed carry will keep us safer'.

Til next week

Mary Lou

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2AM News: The week in review Jan.9-16

2006-01-16T12:50:00.000-05:00

Self defense stories this week from Oklahoma, Ohio, Louisiana, North Carolina, Washington, Colorado, Pennsylvania, Georgua, Texas, Florida and South Africa; pols in Nebraska, Mississippi and Alaska consider expanded RKBA recognition, while in Massachusetts the states first 'gun court' gets underway and an idiot pol proposes a bill to embed tracking devices in guns, in Tennessee a gun manufacturer is named in a frivolous lawsuit, and in Bosnia citizens hold on to their guns 'despite efforts by foreign and local authorities to seize them'. In commentary this week, don't miss Vin Suprynowicz on 'The courts, parents, kids and guns' [followup to 'Have a kid, lose your guns?], John R. Lott Jr. on 'Gun control lessons for Bloomberg ', Doug casey on 'The plight of Cory Maye ', Howard Nemerov on 'Gun control: The promotion of denial' and Jennifer Freeman on 'Guns to defend against rape'.

Til next week

Mary Lou

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2AM News: The week in review Jan.2-8

2006-01-08T20:37:00.000-05:00

Elderly gun owners (and pretend gun owners) and the disabled trump attackers this week ... as a 93 year old in Pennsylvania scares off a mugger and an 80 year old in California shoots and kills an intruder and a wheelchair young man in Alabama shoots an intruder. Other self defense stories from California, Florida, Texas, Michigan, Wisconsin, Colorado, Indiana, and Maryland. In New York, the idiot Mayor vows to disarm everyone nationwide, while in Canada
Martin escalates victim disarmament threats. Commentaries this week include the clueless 'Honest people have nothing to fear' (it's been suggested that perhaps this is tongue in cheek?) as well as excellent commentaries on the DC and NY gun ban as well as the proposed Canadian ban.

Til next week

Mary Lou

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2AM News: The week in review Dec.26-Jan.1

2006-01-02T18:47:00.000-05:00

What a great final week for 2005 ... self defense stories from Georgia, Ohio, Missouri, Tennessee, Colorado, Idaho, Wisconsin, Florida, Alabama, New Hampshire, Texas, Washington, Oklahoma, and Oregon .... thousands in the UK turn out to protest the hunting ban, and the NRA lawsuit in California delays implementation of the handgun ban! Good commentaries from Scott Sexton (Winston-Salem Journal) and Glenn McAdoo (Lahontan Valley News) and a first hand account from South Africa on how a 'Firearm saved us from hijackers'.

Keep the story leads and comments coming, it's very helpful to know that 2AM News is reaching a wide audience! Thanks SJ, for the recent donation, donations help to keep 2AM News online and are greatly appreciated.

Til next week

Mary Lou

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The week in review Dec.19-25

2005-12-26T21:16:00.000-05:00

A day late this week, just got back from visiting relatives in North Carolina ... hope you all had a very merry Christmas!

Self defense stories last week from New York, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Oregon, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Arizona, California, Arkansas, North Carolina, and Virginia! In Canada, the latest victim disarmament proposal has the unintended consequence of a 'gun buying binge', in the UK public support rallies behind a farmer who protected his property, and a householder who fires a gun at a burglar, while in South Africa, gun owners 'welcome a respite' ... a three month extension to 'relicense' their 'legal' firearms.The Scrooge of the year story goes to ... Romania, fir fining two TV stations for airing a 'gun toting Santa' publicity stunt. In commentary this week, don't miss Vin Suprynowicz on "The unlimited power of the sword", and Don Nash on 'Your federal file'.

Til next week (and next year!)

Mary Lou

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2AM News: The week in review Dec.11-18

2005-12-18T16:00:00.000-05:00

Self defense stories from Virginia, Florida, California, South Carolina, Georgia, Colorado, and North Carolina, while in Texas, 'What one woman wants for Christmas: a returned gun' (the gun used by the Texas granny who shot the intruder hiding in her closet has YET to be returned to her has YET to be returned ...). In Canada, gun owners lobby against the proposed draconian victim disarmament laws, and, in South Africa, a long time gunowner explains why he is 'Ready to bite the bullet to get a firearm licence' as the Cory Maye story (the black man on death row in Mississippi whose 'crime' was shooting a police officer who burst into his home in a 'mistaken ID drug raid') spreads across left and right ends of the Net and our glorious President calls the Constitution a 'goddam piece of paper'. In commentary this week, don't miss Vin Suprinowicz on 'Fans of a disarmed peasantry' and Jack Gantt's 'Chipping away at our liberties ' ... and let's all pitch in to help publicize the auction of Vin's 'The Black Arrow' to help buy cancer meds for Walter Bark.

Til next week

Mary lou

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2005-12-11T19:05:00.000-05:00

2AM News: The week in review Dec.4-Dec.10
Source: Second Amendment News Digest

Self defense stories from South Carolina, California, Texas, Michigan,Indiana, Alabama, Virginia, Arizona, Tennessee and Nevada, while in New Jersey, a convicted home invader blames the victioms for his 'problems'. In South Africa,as the 'licence' (read confiscation) deadline looms, some gun owners take their case to court while others intelligently hide their guns 'under their beds' (to the gov'ts dismay.) In San Francisco, some intelligent residents begin to worry about their safety if the recently passed victim disarmament bill stands, while in Canade, liberal pols promise complete disarmament if elected.

My favorite Christmas card of all time ... 'Armed Santa Claus protects children',and, just in time for Christmas giving, a cool new T-shirt from JPFO 'Boot the BATF'.

In commentary this week, Vin Suprinowicz asks 'If a black man is armed, is he a criminal?', Gerard Valentino hopes 'for a return to the wild west', Barry Hess gives us', the 'NRA's newest convert' Clara Cobb tells us why 'even a hippie needs a gun', Jennifer Freeman points out that 'The best way to deter not only terrorists, but also rogue governments and ordinary criminals is by activating the citizen militia', and the story of Cory Maye, on death row in Mississippi for shooting a police officer ... who broke into his home in a 'mistaken
identity' drug raid;

In actions this week, David Codrea asks for help in combatting the 'New York Post's all-out attack on the 2nd'; the GOA alerts us that 'Battle for gun records privacy resumes' and, don't forget to celebrate December 15, Bill of Rights Day!

Til next week

Mary Lou

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2AM News: The week in review Nov.28-Dec.4

2005-12-04T21:07:00.000-05:00

Self defense stories from Alaska, Florida, Nebraska, Ohio, New York, Washington, Missouri, Texas, Mississippi, and Indiana, while in South Africa the police steal, destroy thousands of firearms guaranteeing those gun owners will not be able to defend themselves, and police in America 'rethink' the 'always armed policy' while a gun battle IN a Mexican prison kills 8 (while authorities investigate HOW they got the guns in prison.) Excellent commentaries from Howard Nemerov 'From gun ban to Taliban', Malcolm A. Kline 'We the proleteriat' and R. Lee Wrights 'The hideous consequences of good intentions'.

Til next week

Mary Lou

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2AM News: The week in review Nov. 21-27

2005-11-27T20:27:00.000-05:00

Self defense stories from West Virginia, Wyoming, Ohio, Texas. Indiana, Arkansas, Alabama, New Mexico, and Missouri, with my favorite of the week from Georgia ... as an 84 year old man on oxygen defends his wife and home ... as noted in one of this week's commentaries 'Thank goodness he doesn't live in San Francisco'. Meanwhile, in South Africa, 'Gun owners in for shock' ... those who don't register their guns by years end 'those who fail to comply with the act on the control of firearms will be arrested, their weapons confiscated and they'll have to appear in court'... in Spain, a haplesss Belgian is arrested for the heinous crime of ... shooting burglars. Don'y miss this week's commentaries on 'Proposition H: Mythology Instead of Criminology' and the SAF lawsuit to stop victim disarmament in San Francisco, and, it's time to start preparing to celebrate Bill of Rights Day December 15!

Til next week

Mary Lou

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2AM News: The week in review Nov. 14-20,2005

2005-11-20T21:05:00.000-05:00

Self defense stories from Utah, Connecticut, Ohio, Illinois, Texas, Indiana, Tennessee, Mississippi, Kentucky and California ... gun control ordinance finally shot down 'forever' in Georgia, while in Illinois the gun grabbers continue to harass a local gun shop. Thought provoking commentaries this week from liberal civil rights attorney Ben Rosenfield in California on the San Francisco gun ban ['In order to feel secure, are we throwing away our freedom?'] , from Cam Edwards on how being armed saved the lives of three seniors ['Granny deserves self defense'] from Wendy McElroy on the rise of 'armed sisters' ['Girls, get your guns'] from Steve Chapman on 'San Francisco's pointless handgun ban', and an idiotic editorial from the Salt Lake Tribune on 'Loaded Guns in Cars: There's no convincing reason to change the current ban' .

Til next week

Mary Lou

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2AM News: The week in review Nov.7-13,2005

2005-11-13T21:10:00.000-05:00

Self defense stories this week from South Carolina, Delaware, Colorado, Texas, Indiana, New York, Alabama ... and even from California ... where dunderheaded voters in San Francisco passed a sweeping prohibition on hanguns ... which was immediately challenged in court by the Second Amendment Foundation and NRA. On the bright side, in Utah , gun classes are being offerred to abuse victims, a mayor in Alabama praises a citizen for using a gun to protect himself, and citizens in France stand up against the rioters threatening their communities.

In commentaries this week, don't miss Dave Codrea's 'Are you connected?' and John R. Lott Jr. & Fern E. Richardson's 'Power to the People' ... and let's all help out wirth the Revolutionary War Veterans Association's Project Appleseed:Planting the Spirit of the American Rifleman!

Til next week

Mary Lou

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2AM News: The week in review Oct.31-Nov.6

2005-11-06T15:28:00.000-05:00

In the news, the US Court of Appeals rejects the gov't motion to dismiss the case against the DC gun ban, in Australia, the gov't admits that the gun ban has had NO effect on the rate of violent crime, while in San Francisco, voters get ready to vote on a city-wide gun ban. These voters should read some of the self defense stories this week from 16 states ....Florida, Texas, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana, Indiana, Oklahoma, Wisconisin, Michigan, Ohio, Florida, New York .... and California.

Commentaries this week on 'The assault on self defense' ( Doug Hagin) , 'Gun-toting toad killers' (Jacob Sullum) and 'Keep the canary [the 2nd] alive' (Charley Reese) and two on the recent prohibition of lawsuits against gun manufacturers ... 'Congress puts gun, food liability where it belongs' (Pentagraph) and Jacob Sullum on why Rep. Ron Paul, voted AGAINST the prohibition ('Torts deformed').

And yes, I still take donations. It takes about an hour an evening, plus an hour on weekends to put together the email version, to bring you 2AM News. If you value the service, how about dropping a few bucks in the virtual hat ... Each and every donation is greatly appreciated!

Til next week

Mary Lou

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2AM News: The week in review Oct.23-30

2005-10-30T20:08:00.000-05:00

Self defense stories this week from Arkansas, Texas, Nevada. Michigan, Ohio, California and Indiana ... and FEMA gives the OK to residents in 'FEMA City' to possess guns! Meanwhile, in Thailand, the Queen urges locals to practice self defense, in Zaire, gun owners who have been refused licenses plan to sue, in Canada the Feds target gun firms for frivolous suits and in Australia 'licensed' gun owners get ready to have their 'storage facilities' inspected. In Brazil, in the week's biggest victory for the right to keep and bear arms, citizens soundly defeat the proposed nationwide gun ban at the polls.

Excellent commentaries this week ... on the recent legislation to protect gun manufacturers from frivolous suits ... at the expense of gun rights? ('S.397 - Victory or Failure?'', 'Legislation weakens gun rights', 'Did the gun industry sell out its best customers?'), the gun confiscation in New Orleans and by FEMA {FEMA's anti-gun posture puts rescue team, public at risk', Remember New Orleans') the failure of the Brazilian gun ban at the polls ('Brazilians say no to gun ban ', 'Brazil (gun) nuts? ') on
the Canadian effort to blame their homicide rate on America ('Don't blame American guns') and more!

Til next week

Mary Lou

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The week in review: Oct.17-22

2005-10-23T16:35:00.000-04:00

Good news from the dismal swamp of DC, as 'Congress OKs gun industry lawsuit shield ' and 'Bush finally does something right ' (that protects the gun industry from frivolous lawsuits intended to drive them out of business), from Georgia, where 'Houston County commissioners held off on approving an ordinance Tuesday that would ban residents from firing a gun within 300 feet of an occupied building' (due to determined organizing by a local resident, who packed the commission chambers with gun rights supporters) from Brazil, where the national victim disarmament bill is 'likely to be shot down' (due to the publicity efforts of the 'pro-gun lobby'), from Wyoming, where the ATF backs off threat of background checks, and Alaska where gun freedom takes effect Wednesday! In Baton Rouge, the Sheriff ' fesses up on FEMA gun ban ' (hopefully the voters will take heed and vote this fascist out next go round).

Self defense across the nation, in Maine, Ohio and Texas home invaders 'get what's coming to them' from armed homeowners, in Georgia a Marine is 'in the right place at the right time' to capture a crazed assailant in a WalMart store ... in South Carolina, an elderly store owner fends off an armed robber and in North Carolina a customer shoots a robber at a night club.

Horrible news in the publik schools ... students are being asked to sign a 'victim disarmament pledge ... another reason to get your kids OUT of the publik school system before their minds are permanently warped.

A great new action idea this week, 'My Bill of Rights Project' which plans to create 'Bill of Rights displays to be placed on public lands throughout America, beginning with those sites where displays of the Ten Commandments are currently found' ...(so folks can see the REAL basis of the 'law of the land')

Til next week

Mary Lou

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2AM News: The week in review Oct.9-16

2005-10-16T13:44:00.000-04:00

Self defense stories from Georgia, Illinois, Florida, Kentucky, Arizona and Indiana! In Florida, a pol 'goes after workplace gun bans ' ... but what about property rights? ... FEMA backs down on its gun ban in 'FEMA City' after 'pressure' from gun rights groups .... in California, the victim disarmers go after Eddie Eagle ... and Brazilians get ready to vote on a nationwide gun ban. Commentaries this week on 'being thankful for cerooked cops' (eh? You gotta read it!) . a 'lesson from the Third World about the value of gun control', and several commentaries on the idiotic Brady Campaign ad campaign in Florida. Plus, the opening salvo of L. Neil Smith's 'The family gunsmith' for do-it-yourselfers.

Til next week

Mary Lou

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2AM News: The week in review Oct.2-9

2005-10-09T19:13:00.000-04:00

Good self defense stories this week from Georgia, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Nevada, Washington, Maryland, Virginia ... and three from California! In the continuing saga of the disarmament of disaster victims, apparently FEMA is now banning guns at the "FEMA City' compound outside Baton Rouge ... and the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) is going after them! FEMA again makes news by suspending the Phoenix Searxch and Rescue team ... for being armed. New draconian victim disarmament laws in the Cayman Islands, violence breaks out in Somalia as gov't thugs try to levy a new tax ... and the US Supreme Court refuses to block a frivolous lawsuit against gun manufacturers accused of negligence for firearms violence in DC. On the bright side, kudos to Anchorage Alaska for expanding RKBA to include concealed carry in city buildings!

Don't miss excellent commentaries this week on the possibility of RFIDs on your next gun, self defense, protecting gun makers, and my personal favorite ...the satiric 'Sunshine Gun Laws' by Alan Korwin and Mark Moritz.

Til next week

Mary Lou

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2AM News: the week in review Sept.25-Oct.1

2005-10-02T21:25:00.000-04:00

The big story of the week continues to be the successful lawsuit by SAF and the NRA to stop the gun seizures in New Orleans, with the Federal judge ordering the seized weapons to be returned. Lots of good self defense stories, from Colorado, Illinois, New Mexico, Texas, Indiana, Washington, California, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Florida, New Hampshire, Alabama, North Carolina ... and, from South Africa, the Phillipines and Kashmir!

In other news this week ... Gov. 'Terminator' would disarm the militia ... but in Canada, critics agree the gun registry is useless and compliance is 'virtually nil'.

Several excellent commentaries on the 'Reality of gun laws', 'What to do about terrorism' and 'In defense of freedom'.

Til Next week

Mary Lou

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2AM News: The week in review Sept.18-24

2005-09-25T11:01:00.000-04:00

2AM News: The week in review Sept.16-24
Source: Second Amendment News Digest

The story of the week continues to be the lessons learned from Katrina ... the now obvious to even the dullest of the sheeple lesson that being armed in a disaster is a 'good thing', as you can protect yourself and your neighbors when the gov't police are nowhere to be found ... and the ominous lesson that the gov't thugs WILL indeed seize your guns. A lawsuit filed by the SAF and NRA causes a federal judge to issue a temporary restraining order on Thursday, bringing an end to the gun seizures ... no word yet on if, when, or how the seized weapons will be returned to their rightful owners ... and, no word on any punishment to be meted out to the gun grabbers (and to those who gave the order). If the gun grabbers get off "scot free", as seems likely, it'll happen again, next 'disaster' ... and if the courts can issue no punishment, well, it's getting near Claire time.

Across America, armed citizens continue to exercise their 2nd Amendment rights to defend themselves, their friends and their property ... self defense stories this week from 18 states: Ohio, Virginia, Colorado, Tennessee, Louisiana, Washington, Florida, Illinois, Nevada, Minnesota, Georgia, Texas, California, Arizona, Maine, South Dakota, Texas. New Hampshire ...

Til next week

keep your powder dry

Mary Lou

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The week in review: Sept.11-17

2005-09-17T11:03:00.000-04:00

What a week this has been for 2nd Amendment supporters! The 'blatantly illegal' gun confiscation in New Orleans, though glossed over in the major media (which has apparently returned to its role as government lapdog), has raced over the Net like wildfire as gun owner support groups pooiint out that 'Disaster can't destroy gun rights' (NRA) , call for investigation of the gun seizures (CCRKBA) and call for grass roots action to 'Help rattle the cages on gun confiscation ' (GOA); cartoonist extraordinaire Scott Bieser produces perhaps his most important political cartoon ever ('Boston in 1774, New Orleans in 2005 ') and columnists point out 'Gun seizures are unacceptable, Mr. President! ' (no answer from the Prez, of course:-) , 'Bad decision, dangerous precedent ' (the understatement of the week) and 'Katrina educates world on need for owning guns ' . Will this indeed be a ';moment of ephinany' as L. Neil Smith believes? Or, as the establishment apparently hopes ...does 'Everybody love martial law' (Joe Plummer)?

Meanwhile, ... in the disaster area, the 'Algiers Point militia guards neighborhood ', while 'Fears of post-Katrina disorder spark gun-buying spree ' and 'WalMart halts gun sales, infuriates customers ' ... while across America, citizens continue to defend themselves, their neighbors and their property , in Alabama, Louisiana, Idaho, Georgia, New Mexico, Minnesota, Florida, Colorado, and Conecticut; in Virginia 'Gun show owner, patron, may file law suit' against the BATF and police who 'conducted 'Task Force' undercover surveillance and enforcement operations in connection with six gun shows in Richmond, Va., between July of 2004 and June of 2005'.

These are, indeed, interesting times ... keep your powder dry!

Til next week

Mary Lou

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The week in Review Sept 3-10

2005-09-11T12:58:00.000-04:00

For those who thought it would never happen in America ... gun confiscation began in New Orleans on Friday. Yes, really ... look at the video yourself. (New Orleans gun confiscation video) Yes, it is 'blatantly illegal' ('New Orleans gun confiscation blatantly illegal ' by Dave Kopel, 'A quick civics 101 lesson ' GeekWithA.45). No, the NRA has not done anything, not even made a statement.

In other news, folks across America continue to use the Second Amendment right to self defense .... in the disaster areas of Louisiana and Mississippi, in extraordinary times, as well as in the 'unscathed' areas of America (Florida, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Kansas, Indiana, California, Texas, and Arkansas). If these folks had been disarmed, like the folks still in New Orleans, who have now lost everything, including their right to self defense, they'd also be victims with no name.

Yes, the line in the sand for many has been crossed. Now what?

Til next week

Mary lou

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Daily update Sept.8

2005-09-08T22:44:00.000-04:00

Today's daily update at 2AM News site self defense stories from across the country, both in the Katrina disaster area and elsewhere ... Colorado, Washington, Florida ... and a truly chilling news flash ... New Orleans begins confiscating firearms.

Daily update Sept.7

2005-09-07T23:11:00.000-04:00

Daily update at 2AM News Sity, some goodies, John Longnecker on Confiscation of weapons in LA, Maine man arms self with pistol, bicycles to safety in New Orleans, Not guilty berdict in Kansas, and more!

Daily update Sept.6

2005-09-06T22:20:00.000-04:00

Todays Update is on 2AM News Site

Daily update Sept.5

2005-09-05T15:40:00.000-04:00

We're working on the 2AM News site again, so, the daily update is here again today.

Gun control efforts weaken in South
Boston Globe

" Even as Boston struggles against a tide of smuggled handguns, some state governments in the South are loosening their gun control laws in ways that critics say will make it easier for traffickers to bring illegal firearms into the Northeast. Under pressure from the National Rifle Association, South Carolina abolished a state law last year that limited to one the number of handguns individuals can buy in a month, a measure that was designed in 1975 to prevent trafficking. Virginia, which was the epicenter of gun smuggling into New York and Boston before it passed a one-gun-per-month law in 1993, weakened that rule in 2004 and gun control advocates fear that it could soon be abolished. Academic studies have shown that limits on monthly gun purchases help limit smuggling, but lobbyists for gun manufacturers call such laws ''gun rationing" and say they infringe on Second Amendment gun ownership rights." (09/04/05)

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/09/04/gun_control_efforts_weaken_in_south/

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Woman escapes New Orleans, returns home
News Press

"Rhonda Mandel hates guns. But then Hurricane Katrina sideswiped New Orleans on Monday and the Fort Myers woman was suddenly stuck in a French Quarter hotel.
Two days later, Mandel found herself and about 75 other guests preparing to drive an armed caravan of abandoned cars out of the city. Mandel's driver — a hotel employee armed to the teeth — stopped to show her how to use a handgun. "I told him no," Mandel said. "I didn't want to." The engineer looked her in the eye, deadly serious. Just blocks away, the people of New Orleans had already started to loot and rob and kill each other.
"He said, 'What are you going to do when they shoot me?'" Mandel recalled.She didn't have a good response. "OK," she finally answered. "Show me.'" (09/04/05)

http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050903/WEATHER01/509030504/1002/NEWS01

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Ohio: Gun rights advocate found guilty
Toledo Blade

"A Wood County man who carried a loaded handgun in Ottawa Park to challenge Toledo’s ban on concealed weapons in city parks was convicted yesterday of a misdemeanor gun charge. Toledo Municipal Court Judge Gene Zmuda found Bruce Beatty had violated a city ordinance that prohibits people from possessing concealed weapons in parks. He was fined $50 and ordered to pay court costs, which was stayed pending an appeal.
The trial was held after Judge Zmuda ruled the city ordinance doesn’t conflict with a state law that allows adults with permits to carry concealed weapons. He said the city has the authority under its home-rule power to prohibit guns in parks. .... Mr. Beatty said after the trial that he would continue to fight the ordinance through an appeal to the Ohio 6th District Court of Appeal." (09/03/05)

http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050903/NEWS02/50903046/-1/NEWS

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Mississippi: Neighbors team up to provide security
Washington Post

"Jeffrey Powell yanked the cushions off his living room sofa and arranged them on the bed of his truck. Then he got his shotgun, made himself comfortable, and spent the night in his driveway, protecting his hurricane-ravaged home and enjoying whatever breeze he could catch on a steamy night. Powell is part of the Popps Ferry Landing neighborhood watch, a group of citizens trying to restore order and peace in their middle-class community a week after Hurricane Katrina brought her chaos. "We're not going to have any looters out here," said Dan Shearin, 56, Powell's next-door neighbor. "We have some burly men who are sleeping outside with guns. If the looters come, we'll take care of them." .... As stories of violent and desperate looters have made their way across Mississippi, people in communities where law enforcement has been overwhelmed are reaching for their guns to police their streets. In Popps Ferry Landing, many neighbors had lived near each other for years but had never spoken. The realization that their safety and homes were vulnerable and police presence was scarce brought them together quickly." (09/05/05)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/04/AR2005090401277.html?sub=AR

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Texas: Woman may not be arrested in fatal shooting
Star Telegram

"Police have not arrested a woman involved in a fatal shooting Saturday because it may have been self-defense, a detective said Sunday. Thaddeus Prater, 22, was shot once in the neck in an apartment at the Oakwood Apartments, 6351 Vega Drive, homicide detective Mike Carroll said. Police did not arrest the woman because witnesses said she shot Prater after he forced his way into an apartment she shares with her boyfriend, Carroll said." (09/05/05)

http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/news/local/12565511.htm

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Texas: Pizza deliveryman robbed at gunpoint
San Antonio Express News

"Police say a Pizza deliveryman arrived at the apartment complex, and the suspects actually paid for it. But as the victim was making change, a hooded man came up from behind him with a gun and demanded money. The Pizza deliveryman gave him his wallet, but then pulled out a gun and opened fire on him. The suspect took off running with a gunshot wound to his arm Police eventually caught up with the suspect in another apartment; he was hiding in the closet." (09/05/05)

http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/metro/stories/MYSA090505.pizzarpbbery.KENS.2a7c8b01.html

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California:Early morning shooting leaves one man injured
Woodland Daily Democrat

"A Woodland man was shot several times early Sunday after he apparently tried to enter the wrong apartment. No arrests have been made in the incident, which occurred when Woodland police responded to a 9-1-1 call from an apartment complex on Elston Circle at about 1:30 a.m. A resident of the apartment had reported that someone was attempting to gain access to the apartment she shared with her husband. At the same time, the husband attempted to determine who was outside the door and why. The man outside then began pounding on the door and threatening the occupants. The husband retrieved a handgun and fired six shots through the front door, five of which struck the man in his chest and arms." (09/05/05)

http://www.dailydemocrat.com/news/ci_3003072

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Louisiana: With guns and generators, a few homeowners stand guard over neighbourhoods
Canada.com

"When night falls, Charlie Hackett climbs the steps to his boarded-up window, takes down the plywood, grabs his 12-gauge shotgun and waits. He is waiting for looters and troublemakers, for anyone thinking his neighbourhood has been abandoned like so many others across the city. Two doors down, John Carolan is doing the same on his screened-in porch, pistol by his side. They are not about to give up their homes to the lawlessness that has engulfed New Orleans in the wake of hurricane Katrina. "We kind of together decided we would defend what we have here and we would stay up and defend the neighbourhood," says Hackett, a U.S. Army veteran with a snow-white beard and a business installing custom kitchens." (09/05/05)

http://www.canada.com/news/world/story.html?id=e9a14d01-c3c8-43a7-98cc-b1567e9c790d

Daily update September 4

2005-09-04T20:47:00.000-04:00

The 2AM News Site is operational again! I will start posting the daily updates there starting tomorrow! Meanwhile, here's today's updates ...

Arizona: Homeowner shoots intruder
East Valley Tribune

" A homeowner shot and killed a man who police believe was breaking into a home at 6:30 a.m. Saturday in the 100 block of South 96th Street in Mesa, Chagolla said. The intruder was armed with a knife. No names were released." (09/04/05)

http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/index.php?sty=47387

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Arkansas:Home invasion shooting
Texarkana Gazette

"Police are investigating a home invasion shooting that left a Texarkana resident dead.
James Douglas Harrison, 48, a former resident of the Randy Sams Shelter for the Homeless in Texarkana, was killed about 11:30 p.m. Wednesday when he was shot while allegedly breaking into a home in De Queen .... . There were several points where he had tried to make entry into the house. The homeowner had fought him back once and when he (Harrison) tried to get back in, the homeowner shot him," Cravens said." (09/02/05)

http://www.texarkanagazette.com/articles/2005/09/02/local_news/news/news03.txt

The week in review August 28-September 3

2005-09-03T18:40:00.000-04:00

This week's big story is, of course, the devastation in New Orleans and the Gulf Coast caused by Katrina ... and the government. On the bright side, several reports of residents fending off looters and restoring order, but the entire fiasco can be summed up by Longnecker's excellent commentary "Looting: Where are the gunnies?". [" the murder, mayhem, bedlam and rampant crime is an example of citizen disarmament. Only this time, the guns of defense have been submerged, floated away or otherwise irretrievable. The power of the people to participate in their own defense has been drowned"] An object lesson for us all.

Meanwhile, stories of armed citizens defending themselves and their property continue to pour in from the rest of the country ... California, North Carolina, New Mexico, West Virginia, Washington, New Jersey, Arizona, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Utah and Texas ...while the "gov't thugs of the week" award goes to ... the Canadian cops who are 'ticked off' by kids wearing "Be Armed' T-shirts ... and are seizing the shirts. For an excellent commentary on armed self-defense, read 'How often do Americans use guns for defensive purposes?'

Til next week

Mary Lou

Note: The main RRND news feed IS up and running again .... unfortunately,
the 2AM page template is not ready yet (it will be soon, I'm told) ... meanwhile, keep checking the here for daily updates.When we can move back over to the 2AM News site, I'll post an announcement .

Daily update September 2

2005-09-02T19:17:00.000-04:00

Looting: Where are the gunnies?
Mens News Daily
John Longnecker

"New Orleans is the perfect case study to appreciate what can happen – what does happen – when armed resistance and civilian authority in general are neutralized as they have been with the flood which separates the citizens from their armed protection. Violent predators then have nothing to fear from unarmed citizens. And that’s the key. Criminals do not fear police, but they do fear armed citizens. .... Gunnies are Gun Owners. Gunnies are the Liberty Nuts who like to exercise all of their civil rights in the Bill of Rights. Since the beginning of the Republic, citizen involvement has been the secret to everything from day to day functioning to resistance to attack to way of life. Things run smoothly in self-governance. Even when disaster strikes. ... New Orleans is not a matter of looting - it is in a condition of complete anarchy. But it is much more of an example than that: the murder, mayhem, bedlam and rampant crime is an example of citizen disarmament. Only this time, the guns of defense have been submerged, floated away or otherwise irretrievable. The power of the people to participate in their own defense has been drowned." (09/02/05).

http://johnlongenecker.mensnewsdaily.com/blog/longenecker/

How often do Americans use guns for defensive purposes?
World Net Daily
Laurence Elder

"Forty-six-year-old Joyce Cordoba stood behind the deli counter while working at a Wal-Mart in Albuquerque, N.M. Suddenly, her ex-husband – against whom Ms. Cordoba had a restraining order – showed up, jumped over the deli counter, and began stabbing Ms. Cordoba. Due Moore, a 72-year-old Wal-Mart customer, witnessed the violent attack. Moore, legally permitted to carry a concealed weapon, pulled out his gun, and shot and killed the ex-husband. Ms. Cordoba survived the brutal attack and is recovering from her wounds. This raises a question. How often do Americans use guns for defensive purposes?" (09/01/05)

http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=46085

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California:homeowner released after fatal shooting of alleged intruder
Mercury News

"A West San Jose homeowner shot and killed a man who broke into his house late Thursday and assaulted him, according to San Jose police.Sgt. Nick Muyo said the homeowner was released pending a review of the case .... Homicide detectives were satisfied with that account after interviewing the unidentified 60-year-old homeowner for several hours.Muyo said the 38-year-old dead suspect, whose name was not immediately available, had been in an argument outside with another adult who lives in the house. That man came inside and closed the door behind him, apparently seeking to avoid a physical fight. It didn't work. 'The suspect breaks the door down and confronts the resident. The homeowner hears the commotion and comes downstairs with a weapon and gets assaulted,'' Muyo said. When the man hit him again, Muyo said, the homeowner shot the intruder." [login info@news-digests.com,news-digests](09/01/05)

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/12545016.htm

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A nation of wimps
Sierra Times
Michael Cook

"You must ask yourself if we will stand by and surrender our weapons when the time comes, or will we fight. I’m not talking about a shooting war; I’m talking about demanding that our government do what is right and Constitutional. You and I have seen them bend to public will before when the pressure is put on. Now many times they bend to pressure by minority groups and those with the most money. We don’t even see the Republicans who are in a majority standing up to the Democrats who are not. When will they tell them to take a hike and do the right thing? They all seem to be afraid of the media and what will happen if they fight this minority of people who are attempting to sway public opinion." (09/01/05)

http://www.sierratimes.com/05/08/31/64_28_50_36_43107.htm

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Canada: Ontario to do blitz inspections of gun shops, ask for guns to be turned in
940 News

"The Ontario government and Toronto Police Service are working together to get more guns off the streets of the province's biggest city. Toronto has seen a deadly spate of gun violence this summer. Attorney General Michael Bryant says there will be 'blitz' inspections of gun businesses to ensure they're storing their guns safely. Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair says half the illegal guns on the city's streets come from robberies of gun shops or gun owners. Bryant says the province and various police forces will hold a gun amnesty where people can turn in any illegal guns or guns they feel they can't store safely. But he doesn't know yet when that will start or which police forces will take part." (09/02/05)

http://www.940news.com/nouvelles.php?cat=23&id=90135

Daily update September 1

2005-09-01T23:26:00.000-04:00

North Carolina: Men, one armed, attempt to rob Clinton-area residence
Sampson Independent

"Two men, one of them armed with a handgun, entered the back door of a Clinton-area residence and pointed a gun at an 18-year-old resident of the home last night, according to reports at the Sampson County Sheriff's Office. The men fled after the teenager ran further into the home to get a weapon of his own, authorities say."(09/01/05)

http://www.zwire.com/site/index.cfm?BRD=1117&dept_id=88473&newsid=15136713&PAG=461&rfi=9

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Mississippi:Residents fend off looters
Charlotte Observer

"Many people stayed in their homes during the storm, including Nanette Clark, who lives several blocks behind the boulevard. She and her friend, Jayne Davis, spent the night and day of the storm moving furniture to a higher floor as water lapped, then pounded, at the front door. Some water did seep in, but the door held. On Tuesday night, Davis said, she and Clark shot at looters from the second-floor balcony of her pink house with gingerbread trim. Nobody was injured and the looters scattered, she said. Many hand-painted signs in that neighborhood warned looters that they were likely to be shot by armed homeowners." [use info@news-dihests.com/news-digests to login](08/31/05)

http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/news/nation/12527205.htm

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City of misery, guns & despair
New York Daily News

" I went looking for the Big Easy yesterday. I found Dodge City instead. Looters ran wild, some desperate for food and water, others just taking advantage of a chance at free cigarettes and beer. In the Carrollton neighborhood, two armed men - self-appointed sheriffs in a white pickup - confronted them. Spotting thieves who had commandeered a forklift and smashed into a Rite Aid store, the two men fired above the looters' heads and ran them off. .... Not far away, at Cooter Brown's Bar & Grill, the weary owner stood sentry with a pal to keep the looters at bay. He had a .357 magnum, a 9-mm. handgun, a 12-gauge shotgun and no hesitation about using any of them. "The cops are busy as it is. If more citizens took security and matters into their own hands, we won't be in this situation," said owner Art DePodesta, 30, as he warily scanned the street." (09/01/05)

http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/342473p-292368c.html

Daily update August 31

2005-08-31T21:44:00.000-04:00

Washington: Watchman fires at car
Longview Daily News

"What was initially reported as a "drive-by shooting" early Monday morning turned out to be a shot fired in a quite different circumstance. Longview police were dispatched a few minutes after midnight after a young man called from his home in Longview, reporting that someone in a brown van shot at his vehicle when he and two passengers were driving around in the area of the Mint Farm. "There wasn't any warning," the 22-year-old driver said Monday evening. "There aren't any 'no trespassing' signs out there." .... Police checked out the Mint Farm area and spoke with the night watchman of a truck-driving school, Duscha said. The watchman told police that he saw a vehicle driving recklessly in the parking lot and cutting cookies on the property. He said he thought the vehicle was going to run him over, so he fired his handgun, Duscha said. No one was injured." (08/30/05)

http://www.tdn.com/articles/2005/08/30/area_news/news04.txt

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New Jersey: Store owner shoots thief in legs
Trentonian

"A township liquor store owner hid inside in the darkness early yesterday and confronted a brazen burglar, hitting him with pepper spray, then shooting him in the legs. Though the suspect, Patrick Falcey, managed to escape from Sherwood Liquor Fair at Spruce Street and Arctic Avenue, police later surrounded his house in Trenton and he surrendered." (08/31/05)

http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=15127119&BRD=1697&PAG=461&dept_id=44551&rfi=6

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New Mexico: Shooting first under concealed carry
Los Alamos Monitor

" A fatal shooting at an Albuquerque Wal-Mart last week was the state's first by someone with a concealed-carry gun permit, authorities said. Police said Felix Vigil was attacking his ex-wife with a knife near the store's deli counter where she worked when an armed customer intervened and shot him. The woman, Joyce Cordova, was treated for multiple stab wounds and later released from an Albuquerque hospital. The armed customer, 72-year-old Due Moore, was interviewed after the shooting last Thursday and released. Police spokeswoman Officer Trish Hoffman said it appeared the shooting was justified. However, it will be up to the district attorney to decide whether Moore, a volunteer with the police department's cold case unit, will be prosecuted. .... Moore's fatal shot was the first fired by someone with a permit, according to state Department of Public Safety spokesman Peter Olson. The state has issued more than 3,100 permits since the gun law went into effect Jan. 1, 2004." (08/31/05)

http://www.lamonitor.com/articles/2005/08/31/headline_news/news12.txt

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West Virginia: W.Va. man not guilty in slaying
Herald Mail

"Three years, four months, 18 days and about an hour later, John W. Jenkins Jr. lifted his eyes skyward, then closed them after a court clerk read aloud these two words: "Not guilty." A Berkeley County jury of nine women and three men deliberated for less than two hours Tuesday before acquitting Jenkins in the shooting death of his second cousin, Steven Cole, 37, of Martinsburg, on April 12, 2002. .... Jenkins has maintained he shot Cole in self-defense after Cole pulled a gun on him and fired one bullet toward him. Jenkins was the first and only witness to testify Tuesday - the fifth day of the trial. He testified about his family, violent outbursts from Cole and the shooting. .... Jurors had five options - finding Jenkins innocent or finding him guilty of first-degree murder, second-degree murder, voluntary manslaughter or involuntary manslaughter. They deliberated for an hour and 38 minutes." (08/31/05)

http://www.herald-mail.com/?module=displaystory&story_id=119014&format=html

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Daily update August 30

2005-08-30T21:17:00.000-04:00

Arizona: Resident exchanges gunfire with 2 intruders in back yard
Tucson Citizen

"The shooting happened about 11 p.m. in the back yard of a home on South Avenida Don Arturo, near West Valencia Road and South Camino de Oeste, Barkman said. She said a woman and her two sons, both in their 20s, were watching television inside when they heard their dogs barking in the back yard. When one of the sons went to see why the dogs were barking, he was confronted by a man with a gun, Barkman said, adding that the other son got a gun, went into the back yard, and was confronted by the gunman and another who had joined the gunman. The gunmen and the armed son started shooting at each other and all three were wounded, Barkman said. .... She said it was too early in the investigation to say what the gunmen were doing in the yard." (08/30/05)

http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/breaking/083005_shootings.php

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Georgia: Victim shot burglar
WSAV News

"A Savannah woman says she was a burglary victim twice before she turned the tables and shot the man she says was trying to rob her for a third time. We first told you Friday night about a shooting at Westlake Apartments on Greengate Court. Police say the woman's apartment was broken into several times last week. Friday night she says the same man tried breaking into her apartment again and she shot him. " (08/29/05)

http://tinyurl.com/cuuzx

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NRA offering new booklet
El Dorado Times

"The National Rifle Association's Disabled Shooting Services Department is offering a free disability awareness booklet.The booklet is a collection of articles by Dave Baskin, manager of the NRA Disabled Shooting Services Department, on a variety of related subjects, including hints for instructors working with the disabled, organizing wheelchair-accessible sporting clays events, rifle shooting as a physical rehabilitation tool and safety tips for disabled hunters.For a free copy of the booklet, call (703) 267-1495." (08/30/05)

http://www.eldoradotimes.com/articles/2005/08/30/news/news6.txt

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South Africa: Gun act failing dismally - DA
News 24

"The Democratic Alliance has asked for a special parliamentary debate on the problems relating to the implementation of the Firearms Control Act. Giving notice of a motion in the national assembly on Tuesday, DA MP Roy Jankielsohn said his party believed the government would have to reconsider whether it was able to properly implement the act.
Firearm owners had experienced a number of problems when trying to renew their firearm licences. .... The costs involved with training, obtaining competency certificates, and the licensing process was, for many people, unaffordable. This was especially true for pensioners. Backlogs with licensing and appeals were causing a great deal of frustration among applicants for both renewals and new licenses. In many instances, licences were refused with the only reason given as "a lack of sufficient motivation"." (08/30/05)

http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/Politics/0,,2-7-12_1762269,00.html

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Texas: DA opposed to new handgun law
Houston Chronicle

"Motorists arrested for carrying pistols in their cars without a concealed handgun license will continue to be prosecuted in Houston, despite a new law that purports to give them a legal defense, Harris County District Attorney Chuck Rosenthal said Monday. .... "It is still going to be against the law for (unlicensed) persons to carry handguns in autos," the district attorney said, adding that the new legal defense can still be challenged by prosecutors.The new law, enacted during the regular legislative session last spring, seeks to clarify a longtime law that allowed Texans to carry handguns while traveling, a qualification that was subject to a number of inconsistent court interpretations over the years.The new statute says a person is "presumed to be traveling" if he or she is in a private vehicle, is not engaged in criminal activity (except for a minor traffic offense), is not prohibited by any other law from possessing a firearm and is not a member of a criminal street gang." (08/30/05)

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/metropolitan/3330553

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Arizona: Mesa is near to 2004 count of homicides
Arizona Republic

"Russell Wagner, 54, told police he shot Aaron Prescott, 19, after Prescott tried to enter his home about 2:30 a.m. He said he opened his door after hearing yelling outside and Prescott tried to enter through a screen door. Wagner claims he shot in self-defense and told investigators he didn't know Prescott, Detective Tim Gaffney said. Police questioned Wagner and released him." (08/30/05)

http://www.azcentral.com/news//articles/0830mesamurders.html

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Georgia: Pawn shop employee, burglary suspect exchange gunfire
Macon Telegraph

"A pawn shop employee escaped injury in an exchange of gunfire with a burglar late Friday night, Warner Robins police say. Warner Robins police Lt. Bobby Brantley said the suspect also was not hit and fled with a stolen handgun. The suspect was interrupted by the employee who arrived at the Northside Pawnshop at 1313 Green St. just before midnight. According to a Warner Robins police news release, the employee responded to the business alarm, which automatically calls his residence when the alarm is sounded. The employee was fired upon as he entered the store and he returned fire. The employee fled the pawn shop and called 911. The suspect also fled." (08/30/05)

http://www.macon.com/mld/macon/news/local/12510235.htm

Daily update August 29

2005-08-29T21:20:00.000-04:00

New York: Bar security guard returns gunfire
Buffalo News

"A security guard at the Copacabana Bar, 751 Fillmore Ave., returned fire early Sunday after shots were fired at him, according to Ferry-Fillmore District officers. Bobby D. Lee told police that several shots were fired at him at 3:45 a.m. and that "he saw a weapon pointed at him and flash from the muzzle." He fired three shots from his gun, for which he has a permit, and the man fled east on Broadway." (08/29/05)

http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20050829/7056609.asp
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Too tight a line on gun possession
Seattle Times
staff

"The case, Washington v. Gurske, involved a man stopped for an illegal left turn while driving. Police discovered his driver's license had been suspended, arrested him and searched his truck. Behind the driver's seat was a backpack that contained three grams of methamphetamine. He was convicted of felony possession of an illegal drug and sentenced to an extra 18 months because his backpack also contained a pistol and ammunition clip. To fire the gun, he would have had to stop the truck, get out of the driver's seat, flip it forward, unzip the pack, find the gun and clip, and insert the clip. The court ruled unanimously that he was not armed." (08/28/05)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/editorialsopinion/2002453659_guned28.html

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Organizing the militia
Sierra Times
William S. Lind

"The militia was the basis of America’s defense through most of our history as a republic. More, there are two contemporary models. One is volunteer fire departments, which small town and rural America depend on and which almost always perform well. The other is community policing, where cops walk the same beat in the same neighborhood for a long time, long enough to understand the neighborhood and prevent crimes instead of just responding to them. Neither volunteer fire departments nor community police serve as control mechanisms for the federal government. They respond to their local communities, not to Washington." (08/29/05)

http://www.sierratimes.com/05/08/29/194_105_124_70_45178.htm

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Israel: Quarter of a million Israelis own firearms
YNet News

"A quarter of a million Israeli citizens possess personal firearms, according to an Interior Ministry survey. The survey said that as of June 2005, 236,879 Israeli citizens had guns. At the same time, the survey pointed to a downwards trend in personal weapon possession. The study also found that a worrying number of guns were held without valid license, 34,000, due to a failure by owners to renew their licenses. .... In order to qualify for a license, an applicant must pass a number of conditions set, including an assessment of their medical and mental health, and whether they live or work in dangerous areas. A decade ago, there were almost no limitations on the ownership of guns." (08/28/05)

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3134459,00.html

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So much for gun control
Edmonton Sun [Canada]
staff

"When we first read the headline in last Thursday's Sun - "Feds taking aim at gun violence" - we thought that there must have been some mistake. Gun violence? What gun violence? We have a very expensive national gun registry that was put into place to ensure that every firearm in Canada can be tracked. We have cumbersome regulations in place that make it more difficult for Canadians to buy guns. We have armies of bureaucrats shuffling paper to and fro to make sure that everything related to guns in this country is all very above-board and law-abiding. So there can't possibly be any gun violence in Canada!
OK, we made our point. There is still lots of gun violence in Canada, and the gun registry hasn't done a single thing to stop it." (08/29/05)

http://www.edmontonsun.com/Comment/Commentary/2005/08/28/1192061.html

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Daily update August 28

2005-08-28T19:04:00.000-04:00

Source: Liberty For All
Alan M. Gottlieb

"Banning the lawful possession of anything has never stopped people from getting it, and it should be a no-brainer in the City of San Francisco, where citizens are well-educated and intelligent, that the proposed ban on the sale or manufacture of firearms and possession of handguns will not prevent criminals from arming themselves. The idea is evidently so bad that at least one of the original sponsors of the measure, City Supervisor Michela Alioto-Pier, has withdrawn her name from the ballot measure." (08/29/05)

http://www.libertyforall.net/2005/sept11/GunBan.html

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Pennsylvania:Two robbers killed in apparent home invasion
Centre Daily

"Two men who apparently broke into a house were shot to death, and two residents of the home were wounded by gunfire Thursday morning, police said. Police were called to the home around 3:30 a.m. and arrived to find the bodies of the alleged robbers near an entrance, said Reading Police Sgt. Joseph Cafoncelli. A man and a woman who lived in the house were hospitalized with gunshot wounds, Cafoncelli said. He would not release the identities of the injured or the dead. The men apparently broke into the rear of the house, duct-taped one resident and forced him to open the front door, police said."At this point, one of the people inside the house either wrestled with one of the persons, took a gun from them or had a gun of their own," Capt. Francis Drexler told WGAL-TV." (08/26/05)

http://www.centredaily.com/mld/centredaily/news/politics/12487299.htm

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Canada: Cops ticked off by 'Be Armed' T-shirts
640 Toronto News

"Some T-shirts being worn by young people in Toronto are irritating Toronto cops.
The shirts have a picture of a gun, with the captioon, "Rule 1: Be Armed.''The shirts aren't illegal, just in bad taste.Sgt. Rob Hargan says kids wearing them will be "hassled.''But 640 Toronto crime expert and host of The Beat Craig Bromell says that's about all police can do because there's nothing illegal about them.. There are suggestions that two of the shirts have been seized." (08/26/05)

http://tinyurl.com/bfmtd

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Uganda: President Museveni orders gun crackdown
New Vision

"President Yoweri Museveni has ordered a crackdown on guns in Kampala city following a number of grisly murders of prominent people. Museveni said the resurgence of murders was due to the “loose” storage of ammunition that allows armed forces to keep them in their “huts and houses” rather than in the armoury. “For many years, the army and the Police were not keeping the guns in the armouries. I have already directed that the whole thing be reviewed. We should go back to the practice that all guns are kept in the armoury,” he added. .... Museveni said, “We have been at war almost all times. We were keeping our guns in our huts and houses so that as soon as there’s anything, we go to the trenches. This is a practice that has outlived its usefulness because the country is peaceful.'" [Editor's note: Oh yes, clearly the 'country is peaceful' -MLS] (08/28/05)

http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/12/452432

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Georgia: Woman foils attempted robbery
WSAV News

"An attempted robbery was foiled after a woman shot the suspect.Police said a man was trying to break into an apartment on Greengate Court in west Savannah late Friday night. That's when the woman living in the apartment shot at the man.Police did not know how many times the man was shot." (08/26/05)

http://tinyurl.com/94l9f

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Utah: Man shoots sword wielding brother
Salt Lake Tribune

"A 24-year-old Taylorsville man, who shot his sword-wielding younger brother during a fight Thursday morning, was questioned by authorities and released after it was determined the man acted in self-defense. Eric Johnston shot 19-year-old Prentiss Johnston in the chest when Prentiss lunged at Eric with a 3-foot sword, Taylorsville police Sgt. Rosie Rivera said. The fight occurred just after 5 a.m. in the 2200 West block of Whitaker Drive. Prentiss Johnston was flown to LDS Hospital in critical condition where he was later upgraded to serious. .... No charges have been filed, but the case remains under investigation." (08/27/05)

http://www.sltrib.com/utah/ci_2978238

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Texas:'My first reaction was, Boom! with the pistol'
The Bryan-College Station Eagle

" Somewhat short of breath, Bryan resident Andy Fitts recalled Friday how he had only one choice the evening before when he watched a man repeatedly stab his good friend, then rush toward him, plunging a knife into his chest. Fitts said he could not do what he had planned in a matter of seconds: knock the culprit on the head with a gun - the only weapon he had quick access to. "My first reaction was, Boom! with the pistol," Fitts said, motioning as if he was shooting while saying he was unsure how many shots he fired. Police later would say 48-year-old Amos Ybarra was shot twice in the torso." (08/27/05)

http://www.theeagle.com/stories/082705/local_20050827017.php

The week in review August 20-27

2005-08-27T18:58:00.000-04:00

Self defense stories this week from 16 states .... Arizona, North Dakota, New Mexico,South Carolina, Alabama, Louisiana. Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, Pennsylvania, Indiana,California, North Carolina, Ohio, Florida, and Illinois. (My personal favorite, the armed 72year old bystander in the New Mexico Wal Mart who took out the guy who was attacking his ex-wife with a knife.) In gun grabber stories, South Africa wins the 'unintended consequences award' this week for the chaos caused by its draconian new gun laws ...'experts say at the rate that renewals are now being handled, it will take literally thousands of years to complete the process'. (Or, maybe that was the intended consequence?).

Kudos to Alabama for filing legislation to broaden self-defense rights by 'preventing people from being taken to court by the family of a deceased intruder'. And kudos to CSN News for publishing the story that's been making the rounds of the gun blogs, on the persecution of gun shows by the ATF and Virginia police.

In other good news, the RRND news feed IS up and running again this week (check out the new version of RRND, you'll like it!) ....Unfortunately, the 2AM page template is not ready yet (it will be soon, I'm told) ... meanwhile, keep checking the 2AM News blog for daily updates.When we can move back over to the 2AM News site, I'll post an announcement here.

Til next week

For freedom!

Mary Lou

Daily update August 26

2005-08-26T20:42:00.000-04:00

Wal-Mart gun policy saves New Mexico woman's life
Ohioans for Concealed Carry
by Jeff

"The Associated Press is reporting that the defensive shooter in the New Mexico Wal-Mart was a seventy-two year-old concealed handgun license holder. According to the AP police are indicating that "it appears that the shooting will be ruled a justified homicide' .... Wal-Mart's policy is made clear by this consistent behavior: Holstered firearms in possession of the law-abiding citizen are not prohibited in their stores. A New Mexico woman is alive today thanks to the fact this policy is enforced nationwide with Wal-Mart. .... This woman is alive today because Wal-Mart has taken the high road and made the right decision that has resulted in one innocent woman's life being saved. We all owe a debt of gratitude both to Wal-Mart for bucking the politically correct “easy” decision, and the unknown individual whose life will never be the same after being forced to defend someone he didn’t know." (08/26/05)

http://www.ohioccw.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3338

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Arizona: Attempted break-in ends in shooting death
Silver Belt

"Gonzales reported Perez had tried to break into his home, first banging on his grandmother's window, then ripping a screen on the window to his bedroom. According to the police report, Gonzales said he pointed the gun at Perez and stated he was going to shoot him. Perez left the window and went to the door and began banging on the door. Gonzales said he thought the door was going to come off the hinges so he opened the door and pointed the gun at Perez. Perez did not gain entrance to the home. "He tried to break into my home. He was banging on my grandmother's window and she doesn't need this. It was self defense," said Gonzales in his report to police officers. Gonzales was originally charged with misconduct involving a weapon, possession of dangerous drugs, and possession of drug paraphernalia. The second degree murder charge was added Monday when it was determined that Gonzales called 911 after the shooting." (08/24/05)

http://www.silverbelt.com/articles/2005/08/24/news/news01.txt

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North Dakota: No charges filed against mobile home park shooter
In Forum

"A man police say shot two people at a mobile home park here will not face charges.
South Central District Judge Donald Jorgensen on Wednesday did not find probable cause to charge Larry McCorkell.Authorities say McCorkell, 58, shot two Bismarck men early Tuesday morning with a pistol after intervening in a dispute that started at a neighboring mobile home.Charges have been filed against the shooting victims, whose injuries are not considered life-threatening." (08/25/05)

http://www.in-forum.com/ap/index.cfm?page=view&id=D8C6JH0G1

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New Mexico:Man shot dead at Wal-Mart
Albuquerque Tribune

"A Wal-Mart employee is recovering from stab wounds while her ex-husband is dead from gunshot wounds after the couple fought inside the Southeast Heights store. While working in the deli, Joyce Cordoba, 46, was approached by Felix Vigil around 5 p.m. Thursday, Albuquerque police spokeswoman Trish Hoffman said this morning. The divorced couple have a history of domestic violence, Hoffman said. Vigil, 54, jumped over the deli counter and began to stab Cordoba, Hoffman said. Due Moore, a customer who witnessed the stabbing, pulled out a gun a shot Vigil dead, Hoffman said." (08/26/05)

http://www.abqtrib.com/albq/nw_local/article/0,2564,ALBQ_19858_4032728,00.html

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South Carolina: Store owner takes law into his own hands
Post & Courier

"Cecil and Jerry Reynolds were fed up with people breaking into their tire store. About 4 a.m. Thursday, Jerry "did what the law allows him to do," Charleston County Sheriff Al Cannon Jr. said. Reynolds, 49, shot a man in the face with a 12-gauge shotgun. It happened outside Reynolds Tires when an alleged burglar drove into him with a stolen car. .... Ninth Circuit Solicitor Ralph Hoisington told sheriff's authorities that Reynolds will not be charged, Clark said.Historically, South Carolina case law has upheld the use of deadly force as a defense when a person's life, home or business is threatened.In 2001, then-Attorney General Charlie Condon instituted a home-invasion policy that protected citizens from prosecution if they were defending themselves against intruders." (08/26/05)

http://preview.charleston.net/stories/Default.aspx?newsID=37674§ion=localnews

Daily update August 25

2005-08-25T21:38:00.000-04:00

Alabama: Gun trumps knife and baseball bat
Dateline Alabama

"A man armed with a fork found out the hard way it's not a good instrument for a robbery.
The man approached a clerk at a convenience store after spending 40 minutes in their bathroom."He stuck his hand under his shirt and said, `This is a robbery. I got a gun,'" Shreveport police Detective Russell Ross said.The clerk told the man she knew it wasn't a gun, sparking a brief argument before the man went around the counter, Ross said.
"They scuffled. And during the scuffle, she felt something sharp poke her," he said. "She reached over and grabbed a baseball bat she had behind the counter and started waling on him when she realized what he had under his shirt was a fork ... which was no match for a baseball bat." The clerk chased him out of the store and continued to hit him with the bat. "A customer saw what was going on, took a pistol from his vehicle, came over and fired his pistol into the ground," Ross said. Then, both the fork and the bat were dropped, Ross said." (08/25/05)

http://tinyurl.com/acswo

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Louisiana: St. Mary man killed after break-in
Daily Advertiser

"Deputies are investigating the death of a 31-year-old Jeanerette man, who was shot when he attempted to break into his ex-wife's home late Tuesday night, officials said Wednesday. St. Mary Parish Sheriff David Naquin said Anthony Sparrow died from multiple gunshot wounds he sustained during the confrontation. Naquin said the incident occurred shortly before midnight in the 1100 block of La. 318 in Jeanerette. Sparrow, who was armed with a gun, allegedly broke into the home and was confronted by another man, who also was armed. "It was apparent that there was an exchange of gunfire. The guy in the house wasn't hurt," Naquin said, and neither was the ex-wife." (08/25/05)

http://www.theadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050825/NEWS01/508250333/1002

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Oklahoma:Shooting said to be self defense
Channel 5 News

" Osage County authorities said a shooting northwest of Sand Springs that left one man dead appears to be self-defense and no charges are expected. Investigators said Larry Cunningham was shot and killed after pulling a gun and firing a shot during an argument with men who had gone to the home of Cunningham's girlfriend to pick up a motor home." (08/25/05)

http://www.channeloklahoma.com/news/4895699/detail.html

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Oregon: Man charged in road rage case
News Register

"A 23-year-old McMinnville man faces a trio of criminal charges after allegedly pulling a 9 mm handgun on a truck driver during a Tuesday traffic dispute. According to Newberg-Dundee police, Kevin Forsman was northbound in a white 1999 Honda Accord. They said he set off the chain of events when he used a left-turn lane to pass a log truck as he approached a red light coming into Dundee. At the light, the truck driver got out and approached Forsman to confront him about the traffic maneuver. Police said Forsman responded by pointing a Polish-made Makarov P-64 semi-automatic at the man, who returned to his rig and called authorities. Police tracked Forsman down at First and Edwards streets in Newberg. They seized his highly concealable pistol and his concealed-carry permit, then cited him on charges of menacing, reckless endangering and pointing a firearm at another." (08/25/05)

http://www.newsregister.com/news/story.cfm?story_no=197518

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Texas: Mom aquitted of shooting boyfriend
Houston Chronicle

"A woman who shot her boyfriend and then allowed her 9-year-old son to initially take responsibility was acquitted of murder today in a Harris County courtroom. Jurors apparently accepted Erika Lynn Ruiz's contention that she was protecting herself and her son from abuse when she shot Jose Flores Martinez once in the head in her southwest Houston apartment last year. .... Ruiz, a former Sharpstown High School security guard, told jurors that Martinez was physically abusing her when she grabbed a pistol from the bedroom and shot him as he continued approaching her. She said she thought he might assault her son, who witnessed the shooting.After police arrived, however, the boy told them he had fired the gun at the man he knew as "Pepe." After spending the night in police custody, however, the boy recanted and told police his mother had shot Martinez.Ruiz's son, now 10 and living in Kansas, testified this week that he saw Martinez assault his mother and slam her to the floor before she ran into the bedroom and grabbed her gun. She then backed into a corner, but Martinez continued advancing toward her, the boy said." (08/25/05)

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/metropolitan/3325090

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Stop endangering employees
American Enterprise Institute
John R. Lott Jr., April L. Dabney

"Gun-free zones may appear like the solution to violence, but consider an analogy: Suppose a criminal is stalking you or your family. Would you feel safer putting a sign in front of your home saying, 'This Home Is a Gun-Free Zone'? The answer seems pretty clear. Since law-abiding citizens will obey the signs, such 'safe zones' simply mean that criminals have a lot less to worry about. Indeed, international data as well as data from across the United States indicate that criminals are much less likely to attack residents in their homes when they suspect that the residents own guns." (08/23/05)

http://www.aei.org/publications/pubID.23059/pub_detail.asp

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South Africa: New gun law chaos
News 24

" No new firearm licences have been issued in the Western Cape since the new Firearms Control Act came into effect. And experts believe that at the rate that renewals are now being handled, it will take literally thousands of years to complete the process.
The latest statistics on this act paint a gloomy picture for firearm owners in the Western Cape. The police's Phuti Setati said that up to 15 August only 16 firearm licences had been renewed in the Western Cape and that no new licences had been issued in the province. " (08/23/05)

http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_1758060,00.html

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Daily update August 24

2005-08-24T20:37:00.000-04:00

Pennsylvania: Men attempt to rob Brinks truck
NBC 10 News

"All of a sudden, there was a shot, she tells everybody to hit the floor, which they did, and I ran over to the counter to see what was going on," said Larry McGhee, a witness to the robbery. "Two black males approached the guard -- one on foot, one on a bike. They both were armed with guns," said Lt. Kevin O'Brien, of the Cheltenham police. Police said that the Brinks armored truck driver fired his gun twice at the two men who he said tried to rob him. Police said that the men didn't use the guns. Instead, the robbers used Mace on the driver of the armored car and grabbed two bags of money. "I saw the Brinks guy pointing his gun down the street, firing. (He) turned and grabbed a bag and threw it up in the truck and then turned again and fired," McGhee said. Police said the robbers dropped the money and jumped into a waiting Jeep. They left behind the bike and the money." (08/24/05)

http://www.nbc10.com/news/4892235/detail.html?rss=phi&psp=news

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Pennsylvania: Store shooting on Bristol Pike
ABC Local News

"It happened Tuesday afternoon around 2pm at Station Check Cashing and Pawn Shop on Bristol Pike in Croyden, Bristol Township. Melissa Sauer, an employee at the store, spoke exclusively to Action News about what happened. She says her boss was showing a customer how to work a DVD player when two men walked in. Melissa Sauer/Pawn Shop Employee: "They walked around the display cases and started... lifted up his shirt and started trying to pull out a gun and it kind of got stuck in his pants." Melissa says that gave her enough time to run behind and lock an iron security door to the back of the shop where she called police. "They were banging on the door for a couple of seconds and then gunshots, like 15 to 20 gunshots I heard." And investigators say the suspects were not doing all the shooting. Lt. Chick McGuigan/Bristol Twp. Police: "They exchanged gunfire with the owner. They both fled the store. One of them was wounded and one was not.'" (08/24/05)

http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=local&id=3378396

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Indiana: Home invasion
WTHI TV News

"Violence paid a wake-up call to the sleepy town of Claremont, Illinois. Investigators worked the scene that claimed the life of 20-year-old Joshua Bennett, a soldier on leave from out of town, who was visiting his family. "I believe he was in the military and he was visiting his mother at the residence," said Richland County Coroner Randy Kistler. .... "there were 2 men that broke into the house," said Kistler, "and I'm not sure what happened after that." .... Not only was Bennett killed, but his mother was also stabbed.A third person in the house got a gun and shot one of the attackers. The other fled the scene, but was later captured and taken to the Richland County Jail." (08/23/05)

http://www.wthitv.com/newsdet.asp?id=9486

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Daily update August 23

2005-08-23T20:50:00.000-04:00

Get your hands up, you varmint!
The Libertarian Enterprise
by Charles Stone, Jr.

"All through the 2000 presidential campaign, the 2002 mid-term elections on into the 2004 elections the millions of gun owners of this country have supported the GOP and George Bush almost exclusively. Some are starting to wonder if they made a mistake. Since the Bush administration took office, the only reference to gun rights or the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, has been a rather tepid Cabinet support of the rights of individuals to keep and bear arms as defined in the Bill of Rights. I say tepid, because at the same time they made their statements of support, the Attorney General and Solicitor General trumpeted their undying support of all the other myriad gun control laws currently on the books.. Apparently there will be no help for the gun owner from the new Attorney General either as he has stated that he would support a renewal of the totally misnamed "assault weapons" ban." (08/21/05)

http://www.ncc-1776.com/tle2005/tle333-20050821-04.html

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California: Man shot after breaking in ex-wife's home
The Highlander

" A California man was shot to death early Thursday morning after attempting to enter the home of his son and ex-wife. At approximately 5:30 a.m. Thursday, officers from the Horseshoe Bay Police Department were called to Granite Shoals Street in regards to a man breaking into a residence there. Upon arrival, officers found a 33-year-old white male, Brandon Joseph Steele of Palm Desert, Calif., dead from an apparent gunshot wound. .... The resident, Erica Renee Verette, 30, of Granite Shoals Street in Horseshoe Bay, confirmed she was the former wife of the victim .... Verette said her ex-husband had been drinking and became belligerent and uncontrollable earlier in the evening and she had called her father to take him back to Austin to stay the night. Officers pieced together information leading them to believe that the victim jumped out of the vehicle and called a cab to bring him back to HSB. After returning to the residence, the victim allegedly broke a window in the bedroom of the home and entered while the ex-wife and her boyfriend were there. According to the information officers received, the victim began screaming he was going to harm them. .... After Steele entered, the boyfriend, Raymond Rex Bumpus, 28, of Lampasas ,reportedly fired several times at the victim during the ensuing altercation." (08/23/05)

http://www.highlandernews.com/articles/2005/08/18/news/02fatalshot.txt

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The 20 most important tools -- No.7: The rifle
Forbes
by David M. Ewalt

"Forbes.com readers, editors and a panel of experts rank the rifle as the 7th most important tool of all time, in terms of its impact on human civilization. For as long as humans have created tools, they've made projectile weapons. Our ancestors made spears, slings and bows and mastered their use in hunting and warfare. But the rifle put all those tools to shame, boasting unprecedented accuracy, power, reliability, and range. Rifles have won wars, tamed continents and overturned empires." (08/23/05)

http://www.forbes.com/personaltech/2005/08/23/technology-firearms-rifle_cx_de_0823rifle.html

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AK: Bill would broaden protection rights in home
Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman

"If a 15-year-old intruder had been armed when Robert Locke found him in the bushes outside his Wasilla home Aug. 7, the boy would probably be dead today. And Locke, the owner of Sharpshooters Gun and Pawn in Palmer, might have been facing jail or a wrongful-death suit filed by the boy's family if that had happened. That's why Locke supports new legislation drafted by Rep. Carl Gatto, R-Palmer, known as the "Defense of Self" bill. If passed, the bill would protect homeowners or legal occupants from being sued if they kill someone they felt was threatening their life, property, or family. "If that kid would have been armed I wouldn't have hesitated for a minute to eliminate him," said Locke, who found the boy leaving his property with a pocketful of his wife's jewelry, cash and pain medicine when he drove into his driveway late that Sunday night. .... Although state law allows homeowners to use deadly force to protect themselves and family from intruders, it doesn't give them immunity from civil liability. Gatto's bill, modeled after similar legislation in Florida and Colorado, would prevent people from being taken to court by the family of a deceased intruder." (08/23/05)

http://www.frontiersman.com/articles/2005/08/23/news/news8.txt

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Virginia: ATF, Virginia Police accused of 'persecuting' gun shows
CNS News

" The federal agency that regulates U.S. gun dealers stands accused, along with at least three Virginia law enforcement agencies, of trying to shut down legal gun shows through alleged intimidation of gun buyers and sellers. The law enforcement organizations also allegedly broke the law by sharing gun buyers' information with members of the public.
Annette Gelles, owner of gun show sponsor Showmasters.us, told Cybercast News Service that at least 30 agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) along with nearly 500 Virginia State Police, Henrico County Police and Richmond City Police officers were assigned to the ATF operation targeting her gun show on Aug. 13 and 14 at the Richmond International Raceway and Fairground Complex, outside Richmond, Va." (08/23/05)

http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewSpecialReports.asp?Page=\SpecialReports\archive\200508\SPE20050823a.html

Daily update August 22

2005-08-22T23:53:00.000-04:00

Michigan: Waterford library's gun ban conflicts with Michigan law
Detroit News

"As Waterford Township officials prepare to revise the township's library rules, they've decided the issue of carrying guns into libraries isn't one they'll take further. The library board has worked with a city attorney for a couple of months to adopt new regulations --one of which would ban guns from the public facility. But board members soon learned that prohibiting guns from the library is in direct conflict with state law. While Michigan's law does not allow anyone with a concealed weapon into schools, bars, sports stadiums and other facilities, it does not include such municipal facilities as libraries. So it's legal for anyone with a valid permit to carry a firearm in those facilities. Now trustees must vote on changing the policy so it doesn't ban weapons, a move that Supervisor Carl Solden said he supports." (08/22/05)

http://www.detnews.com/2005/oakland/0508/22/B03-287833.htm

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North Carolina: Gas station clerk shoots suspect
Channel 14 News

"A convenience store clerk shot a man who was trying to rob the store early Sunday morning. Witnesses called police after a man entered the Express Mart on the 3400 block of Wilkinson Boulevard around 6:40 a.m. They said a confrontation was going on between the clerk and the man on the property. “We do know that the clerk fired shots in self-defense and one of the rounds did strike the suspect,” said Sgt. Steve Huber, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department Freedom Division. The man fled from the store on foot, but police tracked him down just a few blocks away. With the help of a canine unit, they had the man in custody in under a half hour." (08/22/05)

http://www.news14charlotte.com/content/local_news/?AC=&ArID=100605&SecID=2

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Ohio: Bloodied intruder flees, shot by business owner
Toledo Blade

"A South Toledo business owner apparently shot a man attempting to break into his sheet metal fabricating shop through a roof vent last night. The man fled, leaving a blood trail, a work glove, and tools on the roof, police said. Thomas Lloyd, 58, the business owner, told police he heard noises coming from the roof of the building that houses his residence and Great Lakes Standard Manufacturing Inc., 2970 Airport Hwy., at about 7 p.m. He got a shotgun, went to the shop area of the two-story building, and spotted a man entering feet first from the vent, police said. Mr. Lloyd repeatedly told the man, “Stop and get out or I’ll shoot,” but the man continued coming through the vent. Mr. Lloyd fired one shot, and the man reversed course, climbed back onto the roof, and fled, police said." (08/20/05)

http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050820/NEWS03/50820005/-1/NEWS

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Florida: Minister wounds 2 in shootout
Jacksonvilleimes-Union

"Sixty-three-year-old grandfather Joe Dixon clutched a Bible as he sat in his Jacksonville home Friday and, after a sleepless night, asked himself yet again: "Why did I do this? Why did this happen? I'm a preacher. I'm a Christian. I try to do things right. I don't like to see people get hurt.".... The shooting on the football field at Grand Park on Henrietta Street came as more than two dozen children practiced -- Dixon's 9-year-old grandson and the brothers' 11-year-old sibling among them. After a pushing match that witnesses said involved the brothers and at least one football coach, police said the brothers took out guns and fired at an unidentified person with whom it's believed they wanted to settle a score. The gunfire sent cheerleaders, football players, parents and coaches scrambling. Dixon himself left, helping his grandson into his vehicle while noticing the gunmen walking back to their black Crown Victoria just a few yards away. Dixon, a Bethel Baptist Institutional Church preacher who has a concealed weapons permit, told his grandson to hit the floor of their Toyota Sequoia. Then he made the choice he lived over and over Friday."I went toward their car and told them, 'You're not going anywhere,'" Dixon said Friday, recalling how he showed the teens his gun.Then they started shooting, Dixon said, with one bullet hitting his vehicle.So he returned fire, with a bullet finding its mark in Dimitri's leg, who fell out of the now-fleeing Crown Victoria." (08/20/05)

http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/082005/met_19551328.shtml

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Califonia: pot club robbery ends in shooting
San Francisco chronicle

"A San Leandro neighborhood was on edge Saturday after a brazen daytime robbery and shootout at a medical marijuana club that led to the death of an 18-year-old Oakland man.
Alameda County sheriff's investigators were still searching for three suspects after five men -- several armed with semiautomatic rifles and pistols -- stormed the medical marijuana club at 16360 Foothill Blvd. on Friday and exchanged gunfire with the store owner. The shooting happened just before the pot club was due to open at noon, said sheriff's Sgt. Linda Thuman. The owner was inside with one other employee, she said, when they heard loud footsteps on the roof. Five men then forced the store owner at gunpoint to open the safe before they made off with an untold amount of money and pot, she said. As the men left, the owner got a gun from a hiding place, followed the men outside and demanded that they "freeze." That's when the intruders opened fire, according to Thuman. The club owner fired back, mortally wounding one." (08/21/05)

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/08/21/BAGM9EB1AJ1.DTL&feed=rss.bayarea

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Illinois: Alleged vandal was shot twice while on a senior citizen’s property
Morning Sentinel

"A man who allegedly beat on a house, garage and two vehicles and broke a satellite dish at 2:57 a.m. Tuesday in the 300 block of Kent Street was shot twice by the elderly occupant of the house, according to Wamac police. Jaime Matthew Evilsizer, 19, of Brookside Trailer Court was taken to St. Mary’s Good Samaritan Hospital for treatment of wounds to his abdomen and thigh, police said. .... Wamac police said Evilsizer was shot by Roy J. Miller, 76, who lives on the property where Evilsizer allegedly was causing a disturbance. Marion County State’s Attorney Matt Wilzbach said Tuesday afternoon that he had just received preliminary verbal reports on the incident and was not sure what charges might be filed against Evilsizer. .... Wamac police said Evilsizer allegedly beat on Miller’s garage door and did some damage to Miller’s van, which was parked in front of the garage, under a carport. They said Evilsizer allegedly damaged Miller’s satellite dish beyond repair and then went to Miller’s front porch and started beating on the door.
They said Miller told the suspect to leave, but Evilsizer started beating on Miller’s truck, at which point Miller allegedly opened his front door and fired seven shots out the door, two of which struck Evilsizer on the abdomen and thigh." (08/17/05)

http://www.morningsentinel.com/news/2005/0817/Front_Page/001.html

Daily update August 21

2005-08-21T10:27:00.000-04:00

The Second and sometimes the most important amendment to the US Constitution
Red State.org
By: feelfreetogetoverit

"The most important amendment to the Constitution is again showing that in the news today. In Gaza, there is an agreement for the land to go to the Palestinian state. Israelis are being literally carried out of their homes. The Framers of the Constitution knew that there could be a politician some day that would give in to the nature of power and start infringing on the rights of the citizens. Because of the second amendment there will never be a mass infringement like in Gaza." (08/19/05)

http://feelfreetogetoverit.redstate.org/story/2005/8/19/152148/164

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Congo: "Bikes for guns" deal lures weapons from Congo bush
Reuters

"Bicycles, rather than Western-backed demobilisation programmes, have succeeded in disarming thousands of gunmen in the lawless north of Congo's Katanga province, the head of a local organisation said.Frustrated by the slow pace of an official disarmament programme, Reverend Daniel Mulunda and his peace-building organisation, known as PAREC, have disarmed more than 4,000 militiamen, giving them bicycles in return for their heavy weapons, assault rifles and grenades." (08/19/05)

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LEW855572.htm

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UK: Shooters seek handgun law change
BBC News

"The government has been urged to relax gun laws which make it illegal for Britain's top pistol shooters to train in England, Scotland and Wales. Home Secretary Charles Clarke has given special permission for pistol events to be staged at the London 2012 Olympics.
But British team members face having to do all their 2012 preparations abroad. .... Laws banning most types of handguns were introduced after gun enthusiast Thomas Hamilton killed 16 schoolchildren and their teacher at Dunblane Primary School in March 1996.
As a result, British shooters who compete in the rapid fire, 50m pistol men and 25m pistol women Olympic events can only train in Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands or Isle of Man." (08/19/05)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/olympics_2012/4162498.stm

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Gun-free zones only increase black market demand
Hamilton Mountain News
by staff

"Here we go again! Toronto's socialist mayor is calling to make his city into a "gun free zone" by requiring all the law abiding gun owners to turn over their guns so they can be locked up in a central depot. I'm just surprised that it took him this long to get around to floating this stupid idea. All that such "central gun lockups," and the resulting "gun free zones" they create, do is to increase the demand on the black market for smuggled guns, create attractive targets to attack, and create a "target rich environment" of helpless victims for criminals. A study done by Wright and Rossi found that criminals fear armed homeowners more than they do being caught by police. All you need to do to see the results of such "gun free zones" is to take a look at Washington, DC, where gun ownership is all but banned. It routinely vies with other cities with highly restrictive gun ownership laws such as New York City, Los Angeles and Chicago for the title of Murder City, USA." (08/19/05)

http://tinyurl.com/d9op3

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New Mexico: Police officers sue stun-gun maker
KOBT TV

"Police officers in New Mexico and four other states have filed lawsuits against Arizona-based Taser International. The officers allege serious injuries after being shocked with the electronic stun gun during training classes. All of the lawsuits have been filed in the past two weeks in Phoenix on behalf of officers in Florida, Kansas,New Mexico and Ohio.The officers allege they suffered 'severe and permanent' injuries.Those include multiple spinal fractures, burns, a shoulder dislocation and soft-tissue injuries. Scottsdale, Arizona-based Taser has marketed the weapons to 7,000 law enforcement agencies and promoted the gun's safety.The devices temporarily paralyze people with a 50,000-volt jolt." (08/20/05)

http://www.kobtv.com/index.cfm?viewer=storyviewer&id=21240&cat=NMTOPSTORIES

The week in review (August 14-19)

2005-08-20T14:59:00.000-04:00

The weekly e-mail version of 2AM News Weekly Digest just went out, if you'd like to subscribe go to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/secondamendmentnewsdigest

Self defense stories this week from California, Florida, Texas, Tennessee, and South Africa, while victims disarmers in Michigan start a "tip line to fight illegal guns", gun grabbing LEOs in Kansas "join forces to fight gun crime" (by disarming victims, of course) and gun thug cops in California plan a "crackdown" on illegal gun transfers ... targeting the 2 "high crime areas" that are ... you guessed it, right next to police stations.

In New Mexico, university mascot Pistol Pete has been disarmed ... he'll now get to carry a lariot. In South Africa, gun owners are charged with negligence if their firearms are stolen ... even if the firearm was in a locked safe ... and, in Canada, as the psychotic gun grabber Mayor of Toronto unveils plans to set up a "central depot" for homeowners to store their guns ( "There's no reason to own a gun in Toronto ", he says) and Canadian politicians "express alarm about a rising tide of guns smuggled from the United States, statistics suggest federal border guards are seizing fewer firearms than in previous years". And the most appalling story of all this week , in Ohio, a Vietnam veteran is forced to register gun he keeps as reminder of service.

On the bright side, in North Carolina a bill encourages domestic abuse victims to buy guns, and, in Virginia, "The Nelson Board of Supervisors re-adopted the noise ordinance, adding an exemption that places no restrictions on 'sounds generated from the discharge of firearms,' except at commercial sport-shooting ranges."

Also on the bright side, the RRND news feed SHOULD be up and running again this week ... meanwhile, keep checking here for daily updates. When the RRND feed is fixed and we can move back over to the 2AM News site, I'll post an announcement here.

Til next week

Mary lou

Daily update August 19

2005-08-19T22:14:00.000-04:00

California: Man shot in self defense in court
KGET 17 TV News

"A man who was shot in the thigh Wednesday by a homeowner made his first court appearance Friday in a wheelchair. Jonathan Heade pleaded not guilty to charges of cruelty to animals, assault with a deadly weapons other than a firearm, and possession of PCP. Investigators said a Bakersfield couple found Heade standing in their yard, beating their dogs with a belt. The wife confronted the man and told him to leave, but the man refused and then attacked her husband. That’s when police said the woman fired two warning shots in the air before hitting the suspect in the thigh. She will not face any charges." (08/19/05)

http://www.kget.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=63CF1CD1-05F3-4CE2-A8EA-9D903721DE11

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Florida: Alleged burglar caught in act
Gadsden Courier

" Burglaries in the area have homeowners wary about leaving home, and law enforcement frustrated by being a few steps behind the criminals. Monday morning, everybody got a break. A homeowner, acting on a hunch, asked her supervisor if she could leave work to check on her home. She arrived home minutes after the burglar. He was still standing almost in her yard. .... "I saw him on the property. When I walked into my house I knew immedately we had been robbed. Things were all over the floor and the bedroom door that is usually locked was open," said the homeowner, whom we will not identify. "I immediately called 911," she said. Then she grabbed her .357 magnum and went outside. She fired one round in the air and yelled for the man to stop. She tried to call 911 again and the man ran away. This time she fired five or six more shots in the air and yelled for him to stop. "He ran into the woods," she said." (08/19/05)

http://news.mywebpal.com/news_tool_v2.cfm?show=localnews&pnpID=582&NewsID=654777&CategoryID=3291&on=1

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Texase: Home invasion attempt foiled by homeowner with shotgun
ABC 13 News

" A southeast Houston furniture store owner says some suspects wanted his cash. But police say those suspects didn't get very far because the owner grabbed his gun and fired. The owner of the store asked us not to identify him for his own safety. On Thursday night, a woman who has been following him around a lot on deliveries came to his apartment on 75th near Harrisburg. Through a translator, the store owner told us, "She's been in five times, asking questions about how much it was to wire money from my in-store service."
But instead of answering the door, he ran for his gun in the bedroom. By that time, two armed men barged into his apartment. The store owner said the men shot once. He fell to the floor and returned fire. The victim unloaded his revolver, striking and killing one of the suspects. The second man took off along with the woman, leaving their dead accomplice behind." (08/19/05)

http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/news/081905_local_invasion.html

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Texas: Jury finds woman not guilty of murdering husband
KTRE News

"A San Augustine county woman on trial for killing her husband has been found not guilty. Nina Conner was accused of shooting Williard Connor to death two years ago. She claimed it was self defense, calling her relationship with her husband an abusive one. She said she had to do it or she would have been dead. The jury agreed. "We were very pleased that the jury agreed with us that this extreme case of domestic violence justified the use of deadly force. It's a tragedy that a life was taken, but it came down to who's life it would be," says Defense Attorney Tim James." (08/17/05)

http://www.ktre.com/Global/story.asp?S=3736130&nav=2FH5dSqR

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South Africa: Fried for negligence
Paarl Post

"GUN owners are prosecuted for negligence if their firearms are stolen from under bed pillows and car dashboards. And so will the owner of a safe that was not bolted to the wall when thieves walked off with it at the weekend. The pistol and ammunition in the safe are now also missing. “Several cases of negligence have been brought before the court,” Inspector Julia Claasen says. “Not only should the safe be secured to the wall or floor, but the key to the safe or the firearm should be carried with the owner at all times.' .... Police are also investigating possible negligence after a man lost his firearm to a thief while locking the door to Paarl Exhaust’s offices.The plaintiff said he had his firearm in a holster at his back when it was grabbed from behind, Insp Claasen said. The thief disappeared." (08/18/05)

http://www.paarlpost.com/cgib/article?newsid=1539

Daily update August 18

2005-08-18T20:57:00.000-04:00

North Carolina: Bill encourages victims to buy guns
News 14

"Courts in North Carolina might soon be required to give something extra to battered spouses seeking a restraining order -- information on how to apply for a concealed weapon. But many people believe the measure could end up causing more problems by bringing guns into already volatile relationships. "It ups the violence level,” said June Kimmel, who is with the North Carolina Council for Women. “And I don't think we ought to be in the position of suggesting to people that they arm themselves, because that also gives them a false sense of protection that they don't really have with that gun." A gun-rights group called Grass Roots North Carolina pushed for the measure, which was overwhelmingly approved by legislators. The group's president, Paul Valone, said it's about helping victims help themselves." (08/18/05)

http://www.news14charlotte.com/content/local_news/?AC=&ArID=100441&SecID=2

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Virginia: Nelson supervisors ease curbs on firearm noise
Times Dispatch

"A noise ordinance that originally appeared to have restricted the shooting of firearms in Nelson County was amended last night to satisfy hunters, target shooters and even the NRA. The Nelson Board of Supervisors re-adopted the noise ordinance, adding an exemption that places no restrictions on 'sounds generated from the discharge of firearms,' except at commercial sport-shooting ranges. 'That should alleviate all these worries people have about target shooting or sighting in rifles,' said Supervisor Thomas H. Bruguiere Jr. Hunting live game and nuisance or predatory animals is also exempted from the ordinance. The supervisors said the ordinance, first passed at an emergency meeting June 30, was just meant to control any disturbing noise that would affect neighbors." (08/17/05)

http://tinyurl.com/9mccj

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Daily update August 17

2005-08-17T21:38:00.000-04:00

Texas: Man fatally shoots girlfriend's ex
KXAN News

"In the Hill Country, a man is dead after an alleged domestic dispute and apparent break in. Thirty-three-year-old Brandon Joseph Steele died Monday after being shot at a duplex on Granite Shoals Street. Authorities believe that he broke into his ex-wife's house through a bedroom window.The woman, her boyfriend and a 5-year-old child were in that room. Steele allegedly threatened them.The boyfriend told police that's when he shot Steele. The ex-wife claims he had come to the house earlier, intoxicated and belligerent. "This is a situation which has all indications of being a self defense issue. Unfortunately, there was a life taken in this event, so we have to proceed with it as if it is a homicide," Chief Bill Lane of Horseshoe Bay said." (08/17/05)

http://www.kxan.com/Global/story.asp?S=3732591&nav=0s3ddQfa

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New Zealand: Act upholds the right to self-defence
New Zealand Herald

"All New Zealanders should have a right to defend themselves, their families and their property from criminals without being prosecuted, says the Act party. Justice spokesman Stephen Franks yesterday announced the party's self-defence policy, which emphasises that the law should ensure criminals are afraid, not their victims. Mr Franks presented a medal to Auckland man Michael Vaimauga, who was arrested for assault after he stopped a burglar breaking into a shop. Mr Vaimauga went through five court hearings before being discharged without conviction and ordered to pay $150 to the Salvation Army. The would-be burglar has never been charged. "The state has no right to punish citizens for defending themselves and their property when the state cannot defend them," said Mr Franks." (08/17/05)

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10341312

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New Zealand: ACT accused of promoting vigilante action
STUFF

"Police Minister George Hawkins yesterday condemned the ACT Party for encouraging vigilante behaviour. Launching the party's self-defence policy in Auckland yesterday ACT justice spokesman Stephen Franks said New Zealanders should be encouraged not punished for helping to stop crime. .... Mr Hawkins said Labour supported police in their work rather than encourage people to put themselves at risk. "The Labour-led Government has given police the resources needed to slash crime in this country, by 8.2 per cent last year alone," Mr Hawkins said. "Political parties should be getting behind them rather than encouraging vigilantes to take the law into their own hands. .... Mr Franks called on judges and police to act independently to protect New Zealanders' interests and accused the Government of fostering dependence." (08/18/05)

http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3380819a11,00.html

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Tennessee: Memphis seniors fight back in home invasion
WMCTV News

"Two Memphis seniors took matters into their own hands and fought back against burglars, and an old Smith & Wesson will forever remind retired Naval Officer Bryant Green of his Tuesday morning ordeal. He said it all began when his doorbell rang at 10 a.m., "I got up quickly and did not see anyone." However, his 76 year old wife Gwyneth saw four men breaking into a backyard window of their West Crestwood house. Bryant Green came out the front door, crept around his house and into the back courtyard where he saw one of the suspects with a shotgun. Green said he and the young man exchanged a few rounds, but no one was hurt. Gwyneth Green said she watched from inside in mortal terror, "I could see the smoke from the shotgun the fellow had...I was trembling so I couldn't stand." The four med fled on foot and by car. ....At the moment, police do not have a detailed description of the burglars or the get-away car, but they might have fingerprints.
The Greens said they hold no bad feelings. They are just grateful to be alive and will not let this crime run them out of their home of 46 years." (08/16/05)

http://www.wmcstations.com/Global/story.asp?S=3730137&nav=4XzRdP9H

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Daily update August 16

2005-08-16T21:48:00.000-04:00

Canada: Store guns in central depot
National Post

"Gun owners in Toronto may soon be prohibited from keeping their firearms at home even if they are properly licensed and registered, Mayor David Miller said yesterday. "There's no reason to own a gun in Toronto -- collector or not. If you are a collector and you have a permit, the guns need to be stored in a way that they can't be stolen. And perhaps a centralized facility of some kind could accomplish that goal," Mr. Miller told the National Post. "The law requires gun owners to have proper storage, but obviously not everyone adheres to that." Following a spate of shootings in Toronto, the Mayor has asked city lawyers and the police to determine whether the municipality has the "legal ability" to require individuals to store their weapons at a secure facility such as a gun club." (08/16/05)

http://www.canada.com/national/nationalpost/news/toronto/story.html?id=6bd4b477-9334-4132-8181-e5bafead1b47

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Virginia: Victims not
Fredericksburg Free Lance Star
by staff

"Since March, the Richmond Times-Dispatch reports, three residents of that city have killed criminal attackers. Authorities will press no charges against at least two of the shooters. One dispatched former NFL football player Mike Brim with a single shot after an armed Brim had followed the man, apparently a romantic rival, to a house and opened fire on him. The other self-defender was a pizza deliveryman who killed a robber. .... [T]he bearing of arms by the law-abiding cited above brings an obvious thought: Had the intended victims in Richmond dwelt in Washington or New York City ... they likely would have joined many of those cities' other crime victims on a slab. Does anyone not prefer the other outcome?" (08/16/05)

http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2005/082005/08162005/121457

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Texas: Strict Mexican gun laws creating black market for U.S. weapons
Brownsville Herald

"Mexico’s strict gun control laws are contributing to an illegal gun market and easier access to weapons, according to U.S. law enforcement officials that are close observers of a recent upswing in border violence. Since January, more than 600 people have been killed in an ongoing war between rival drug cartels using high-powered handguns and assault rifles fighting for control of drug smuggling routes on the Texas-Mexico border.
Federal gun seizures show that a majority of weapons used in violent crimes in Mexico were smuggled into the country from the United States or bought through other sources in a lucrative black market. Mexican law requires its citizens to apply for a permit from the Secretary of National Defense (SEDENA) before they can buy a handgun or rifle for hunting or self-defense." (08/16/05)

http://www.brownsvilleherald.com/ts_more.php?id=66588_0_10_0_M

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Daily update August 15

2005-08-15T21:27:00.000-04:00

New Mexico: Pistol Pete mascot to lose pistol
Yahoo News

" New Mexico State University's mascot, Pistol Pete, is being disarmed. University officials have also stripped the word "Pistol" from Pete's name. The new logo shows Pete twirling a lasso. The old Pete toted a pistol. .... The decision to remove the pistol had more to do with a consensus when picking from several designs of the new logo, rather than any push for the mascot to stop brandishing a weapon, Boston said.He acknowledged there are mixed feelings among alumni, but said he has heard more positive feedback than negative." (08/15/05)

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050815/ap_on_sp_co_ne/aggie_mascot

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South Africa: Police inspector held over shooting of son
The Mercury

"A 48-year-old Pietermaritzburg police inspector, with about 20 years' service, has been placed under arrest in connection with the death of his 23-year-old son in a shooting incident at the weekend. .... Preliminary investigations established that father and son had been involved in an argument earlier in the day, and it was alleged that the son returned to his father's home that evening and resumed the altercation. During the argument he allegedly produced a knife and tried to stab his father, who retaliated by firing a shot, killing him." (08/15/05)

http://www.themercury.co.za/index.php?fSectionId=283&fArticleId=2837072

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Canada: Fewer gund seized at US border
Grand Forks Herald

" As Canadian politicians express alarm about a rising tide of guns smuggled from the United States, statistics suggest federal border guards are seizing fewer firearms than in previous years, the Globe and Mail reported this morning. The Canada Border Services Agency said it has intercepted 318 guns so far in 2005, below the more than 1,000 seized guns that border guards have averaged annually during the past five years, and far fewer than the 1,500 seized annually in the 1990s. .... And while Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair was widely quoted last week as saying his officers have seized more than 2,000 guns so far in 2005, civilians in his statistics department say the chief inadvertently "misspoke."
Their official tally is only 1,151, consistent with the pace of seizures in recent years." (08/15/05)

http://www.grandforks.com/mld/grandforks/12388173.htm

Daily update August 14

2005-08-14T14:29:00.000-04:00

California: Officials plan crackdown on illegal gun transfers
San Diego Union-Tribune

"Gun owners beware: law enforcement officials want Los Angeles gun users to know that they can be arrested for giving or selling a gun to someone without a legal background check, especially if the gun turns up at a crime scene. Officials announced Thursday that state and local law enforcement agencies are teaming up to launch a crackdown on illegal gun exchanges. The effort will begin as a pilot program in two high-crime areas of Los Angeles, around the Los Angeles Police Department's 77th Street station in South Los Angeles, and around the Devonshire station in Northridge. Anyone who purchases a gun in those areas will now receive a warning letter from City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo's office reminding them that giving the gun to anyone else without submitting a "dealer record of sale" form is illegal." [Editor's note: Eh? The high crime areas are around the police stations? ROFL-MLS] (08/11/05)

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/state/20050811-1803-cnsguns.html

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Kansas: Law enforcement agencies join forces to fight gun crime
Wichita Eagle

"Four law enforcement agencies are joining forces to target Kansans who illegally possess or use firearms, U.S. Attorney Eric Melgren announced Friday.The group of investigators will be based in Wichita, Melgren said, but will prosecute offenders in 67 counties in south-central and western Kansas. .... While the group contains a mix of federal, state and local officers, persons caught by the task force will be prosecuted in federal court, Melgren said. Federal penalties for firearm violations generally are stiffer than those set by state and local laws." (08/12/05)

http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/12369431.htm

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Michigan: Tip line enlisted to fight illegal guns
Grand Rapids Press

"Silent Observer is promoting its tip line -- 774-2345 -- as an anonymous way of reporting illegal firearms and felons in possession of guns. "Those who live in neighborhoods don't want to be out on the front street as the informer," said Charles Gross, first assistant U.S. attorney. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Michigan, Grand Rapids Police and Silent Observer were to hold a joint press conference today to announce the anti-gun violence initiative that includes the Silent Observer program." (08/12/05)

http://www.mlive.com/news/grpress/index.ssf?/base/news-24/1123858052126770.xml&coll=6

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Ohio: Vietnam veteran forced to register gun he keeps as reminder of service
Buckeye Firearms News
By staff

"The Columbus Dispatch is reporting that just four people registered their guns on the first day of registration under the city's new Mentel Ban. One of the four is a man who fought for the very freedom the City of Columbus is now trying to steal away. .... There aren't words enough to describe the sad irony that occurred when Mr. Rakes registered his rifle. Men like him have fought for our country time and again to prevent the theft of freedom that is now pressing down on the citizens of Columbus." (08/12/05)

http://www.buckeyefirearms.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2654

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Canada: Gun charges bring support for N.W.T. man
Canada Broadcast Company

"A gun lobby group is coming to the support of an Inuvik man charged with improper storage of a firearm. The charge stems from an incident during a search for a missing man. Last January, RCMP showed up at Willard Hagen's cabin looking for Gordon Moore. Instead, they seized 14 of Hagen's guns. Although RCMP have been instructed to use their discretion in cases like this, the officer charged Hagen with improper shortage of his guns. The charge was laid even though the cabin is remote, about 100 kilometres northeast of Inuvik. .... The federal Firearms Act says guns may be stored out in the open and unlocked in remote areas where hunting might reasonably occur. Hagen's cabin is only accessible by float plane and is used mostly by hunters." (08/12/05)

http://north.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=gun-seizure-court12082005

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The week in review (August 7-12)

2005-08-13T21:31:00.000-04:00

The weekly e-mail version of 2AM News just went out, if you'd like to subscribe go to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/secondamendmentnewsdigest

A story from Virginia 'More Richmonders acting in self-defense', is clearly also true nationwide ... every week, stories pour in from across America of homeowners, store owners, clerks, abused wives protecting their lives and property ... this week alone, stories from Minnesota, Oklahoma, Washington, Ohio, New York, Missouri, Tennessee, Texas, Wisconsin, Florida, Illinois, and Michigan. Yet other stories, though, show that politicos and LEOs in many areas still don't 'get it' , as rappers in New York are arrested for 'gun possession' on their way back to the hotel after a concert, Wisconsin LEOs say that 'concealed carry is a very dangerous proposition' , the draconian gun ban goes into effect in Ohio, and Israeli settlers are forced to turn in their guns.

Several excellent commentaries this week ... don't miss Lady Liberty's 'Down with democracy!' and Paul Craig Roberts' 'Kelo's implications are horrendous', as well as an intro to the new NRA President .

And the RRND news feed is STILL not fixed, but we have high hopes it will be back online next week! Meanwhile, ddaily updates continue to be posted right here!

Til next week

Mary Lou

Daily update August 12

2005-08-12T20:31:00.000-04:00

Minnesota: Victim turns tables on would-be robbers, killing one
Star Tribune

"Two men armed with a pistol attempted to rob a St. Paul man late Wednesday, apparently not expecting their victim to resist, police said. The would-be victim's response proved fatal to one man, and helped put the other behind bars. .... Strong allegedly called Sallah to set up a meeting near the 1500 block of Magnolia Av. E. When Sallah arrived at the spot, he called Strong, who said she would meet him shortly. Instead, Coleman and Guise arrived with a handgun. Sallah and Guise apparently fought to get control of the pistol, which fired a single shot that hit Guise. Sallah then used the pistol to to hold Coleman at gunpoint until police arrived." (08/11/05)

http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/5554911.html

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Down with democracy!
Sierra Times
by Lady Liberty

"The Second Amendment is, without question, an individual right. Though the courts all too frequently issue rulings in disparate ways, and even constitutional scholars fight over it, the reality is that if it were not, the words "the people" wouldn't have been used. Such pre-eminent experts on the Constitution as the men who helped craft it later made clear that the Second was intended to apply to all citizens. Even so, a majority of Americans favor more gun control rather than less. In Washington DC, where draconian gun laws have seen the city become one of the most crime-ridden in the country, Congress is finally seeing the light and working to repeal some of the laws there. But even in the face of such clear evidence, there are those in the capital who are vehemently protesting any repeal of any gun control laws there; some polls have shown that the majority of DC residents agree with the protesters. The same is also apparently true in Chicago and in New York City." (08/11/05)

http://www.sierratimes.com/05/08/11/lady.htm

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Sign of things to come?
News Press
by staff

"A Fort Myers shooting that has received little attention is headed for what promises to be an interesting court case. It involves a Dunbar grocer who shot to death another man in the grocery store's parking lot. On its face, the case appears to be a perfect first test of Florida's controversial new self-defense law. .... During the confrontation, Nazario punched Hasan in the face. Hasan then shot him through the chest. ..... The first thing business owners are expected to do is to call police if they suspect a crime is taking place. Hasan apparently was on the phone at the time of the shooting trying to do just that."Police did not arrest Hasan at the scene, but waited to see whether the state attorney's office would press charges. Last week it did." (08/11/05)

http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050811/OPINION/508110395/1015

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Thoughts on the Canadian gun registry
World Forum
by Drog

"Government computers are notorious for having poor security. So what happens if some hacker manages to steal the national gun registry files and sell them to a criminal organization, like the outlaw motorcycle gang Hells Angels? Instead of randomly breaking into houses looking for weapons, they would now know exactly which houses to go to to obtain their desired weapons. They would know the address of the house, the names of the occupants, and even (I think) the ages of the occupants. And once this registry has been stolen, there would be no putting the genie back in the bottle -- everyone in the registry would either have to move or live in fear. That's a scary thought." (08/11/05)

http://www.theworldforum.org/story/2005/8/11/142648/798

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Ohio: Gun ban goes into effect
People's Rights Organization

"The City of Columbus's draconian gun ban goes into effect today. There is a 90-day grace period, during which time gun owners can register their guns they feel may be affected by this ban with the city. PRO is recommending that people NOT register their guns, but move them out of the city until this matter is settled in the courts. There is a great deal of confusion about what guns this ban covers. Because a provision in the new law stipulates that guns that are registered cannot be later sold or willed to a gun owners' heirs upon her death, this is essentially a gun "surrender/confiscation" law, as well. It makes no sense to register lawfully owned guns for later surrender to the city with no compensation, so we urge you to move and store your firearms outside the city limits." (08/11/05)

http://www.peoplesrights.org/articletemplate.asp?id=69

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How I bought a rifle for self-defense in Russia
RIA Novosti[Russia]
by Vladimir Simonov

"When burglars killed a guard at my neighbor's summer-house, I started thinking about self-defense. The Federal Law On Weapons adopted under Boris Yeltsin in 1996 has enabled five million Russians to buy guns for this purpose. In Moscow alone, some 400,000 people legally keep 470,000 weapons to protect themselves, their families, and property against potential assault in these troubled times. The law in Russia is extremely conservative compared with that in the United States. Russians can only buy smoothbore hunting rifles of minimum 80cm, gas pistols, or revolvers shooting rubber bullets. Safe use of this arsenal for five years allows purchase of a twin rifle or carbine. Stub-barreled firearms are a taboo for Russian citizens." (08/11/05)

http://en.rian.ru/analysis/20050811/41139012.html

Daily update August 11

2005-08-11T19:36:00.000-04:00

Feinstein gun ban could come up in the Senate soon
Liberty For All
by GOA staff

"While the big news of the day is President Bush's pick for the Supreme Court (more on this below), Gun Owners of America is hearing rumblings that the Senate will soon be considering legislation to slow down the number of frivolous lawsuits against gun makers. Although GOA is supportive of this legislation, S. 397, we must remember that anti-gun Senators used this legislation last year to load it up with all kinds of anti-gun riders -- things like gun show restrictions, semi-auto bans and more. In the end, pro-gun supporters were forced to vote against (and kill) the lawsuit protection bill in order to defeat the anti-gun amendments." (08/11/05)

http://www.libertyforall.net/2005/aug7/Feinstein.html

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Alabama: Bill to justify deadly force
Daily Sentinel

"Rep. Albert Hall and Sen. Jeff Enfinger are sponsoring a bill that would expand citizens’ rights to use self defense in the state of Alabama. The bill has been pre-filed for the upcoming 2006 regular session of the legislature. Hall said that 60 co-sponsors have joined him in support of this bill. “Your home is the family castle and refuge; this bill will give the citizens a right to protect and defend their home from intruders and themselves from possible subsequent litigation,” Hall stated." (08/10/05)

http://www.thedailysentinel.com/story.lasso?ewcd=b2d1b10cf959f085

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Oklahoma: Pawn shop burglary under investigation
KOTV News

"Tulsa police are searching for a group of men suspected of breaking into the Green Country Pawn shop near 31st and Mingo early Thursday morning.Authorities say the business owner was notified by his alarm company and went to check on things. He says he shot at four hispanic men as they escaped through a hole in the roof.The suspects all got away." (08/11/05)

http://www.kotv.com/main/home/stories.asp?whichpage=1&id=88260

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Daily update August 10

2005-08-10T21:58:00.000-04:00

Washington: Victim holds car prowl suspect at gunpoint
KIRO TV News

" A man pulled a pistol on a car prowler here Tuesday morning and held him at gunpoint until police arrived, KIRO TV News reported. Police credit the man with solving a string of car prowls and helping to recover more than $4,000 in stolen property. Chuck Estes awoke Tuesday to find the roof of his wife's convertible slashed and her stereo system stolen. Estes told KIRO TV News South Sound Bureau Chief Richard Thompson that, "One thing I can't stand in life is a thief." Estes said he was driving through his neighborhood when he spotted a vehicle suspected in the theft from his wife's car. Estes had a .44-caliber Magnum Smith and Wesson pistol with him. He approached the suspect's car, drew his gun and ordered the teenaged occupant to put his hands on the dashboard. Estes called police who arrested the 16-year-old boy. They also arrested a 21-year-old man they say was an accomplice nearby. Police found Estes' stolen stereo equipment in the back of the suspects' car -- along with items police say were stolen from a dozen other residents of the neighborhood." (08/10/05)

http://www.kirotv.com/news/4831564/detail.html

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Virginia: More Richmonders acting in self-defense
Richmond Times Dispatch

"Richmond is armed and dangerous. And we're not just talking about the bad guys. Since March, there have been at least three fatal shootings of armed suspects by armed victims. In at least two of those cases, Richmond prosecutors say it was in self-defense. The Richmond commonwealth's attorney's office has concluded that the martial-arts instructor who fatally shot former NFL cornerback Mike Brim during a confrontation last April in South Richmond acted in self-defense. Prosecutors have also decided that a pizza deliveryman acted in self-defense in March when he fatally shot a teen who attempted to rob him in the Hillside Court neighborhood, also in South Richmond." (08/10/05)

http://tinyurl.com/bzkzf

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Tennessee: Victim strikes back
Commercial Appeal

"Forced at gunpoint to bank, man kills back-seat suspect He said they'd gotten him two weeks ago in his front yard, forcing him to the ground with a gun and stealing $400. But this time, 59-year-old Jacob Evans was ready. Tuesday, the same two robbers returned, telling him to withdraw $10,000 from his bank, or die, he said. Instead, Evans deposited six bullets in one of them." [Free registration, or use info@news-digests.com/news-digests] (08/10/05)

http://www.commercialappeal.com/mca/local_news/article/0,1426,MCA_437_3990677,00.html

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Ohio: Homeowner stops burglar with bullet
WDTN News

"A man was shot in the leg after he terrorized residents in one Dayton neighborhood, according to police. It all happened around 2 a.m. Tuesday morning on Tampa Avenue and Paul Lawrence Dunbar Street. Officials told 2News that the suspect was banging on doors, trying to break into homes. One homeowner got fed up and fired a warning shot. When the crook wouldn't go away, this same homeowner fired another shot, hitting the suspect in the leg. He was taken to the hospital for treatment. Police say he will be charged with attempted aggravated burglary. The homeowner isn't facing any charges at this time." (08/09/05)

http://www.wdtn.com/index.cfm?action=dsp_story&storyid=76162

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New York: Rappers arrested for gun possession post-concert
NewsDay

"Hip hop stars Lloyd Banks and Young Buck were among a dozen members of 50 Cent's "G Unit" record label arraigned Tuesday on gun possession charges. The 12 were arrested at 11:15 p.m. Monday at 42nd Street and Eighth Avenue after a concert at Madison Square Garden, where
Lloyd Banks and Young Buck performed, along with two of the rap world's top artists, Eminem and 50 Cent. Police pulled over the van the entourage was riding in after it allegedly ran a red light. Officers found a loaded gun on StephenRoker, 29, and another one under the front passenger seat, authorities said. Everyone in the van was arrested and charged with
criminal possession of the weapons. .... A source said Roker and McFarlane were the group's security guards and that the guns were not licensed in New York. "G Unit" president Sha Money, who was in the courtroom Tuesday, said the van was pulled over after undercover officers followed the performers and their entourage from the garden. They were on the way to their hotel." (08/10/05)

http://www.nynewsday.com/news/local/crime/nyc-rap0810,0,4680648.story?coll=nyc-manheadlines-crime

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Daily update August 9

2005-08-09T21:41:00.000-04:00

Is the NRA a second branch of Gun Control Inc?
The Libertarian Enterprise
by Don Wilson

"To the NRA (an open letter to THE NRA) .... Your organization may have stood for the RIGHTS of the INDIVIDUAL at its inception. The lack of a currant concern for the individual rights of all is astounding in its complacent acceptance in your membership. I joined and paid 5 years of dues money I now regret wasting. My membership is currently expired and will remain so as I am joining a gun organization intent on the RIGHTS of the INDIVIDUAL not PRIVILAGES. Find below a short list of what would change my mind bringing me back to the NRA." (08/08/05)

http://www.ncc-1776.com/tle2005/tle331-20050807-05.html

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Banning Gun Lawsuits: Prohibition of nuisance suits on target
The Monitor
by staff

"A few years ago, the strategy of gun-control advocates was obvious: File frivolous liability lawsuits against gun-makers and distributors, knowing that, whatever the ultimate merits of the cases, the manufacturers would be hard-pressed to keep fighting. Many would go out of business, profits would decline for others, and the high costs imposed by endless litigation would drive up the costs of guns and make it more difficult for many people to afford to buy them.It was a cynical strategy, but one that is about to end." (08/09/05)

http://www.themonitor.com/SiteProcessor.cfm?Template=/GlobalTemplates/Details.cfm&StoryID=8561&Section=Opinion

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Missouri: Owner of salvage yard says he shot intruder
Kansas City Channel News

"Early Monday morning, a prowler was shot at A/3 Auto Tire and Wheel at 14th Street and Jackson Avenue -- and it wasn't police doing the firing. Paul, who asked that his last name not be used, said he couldn't sleep, so he came into work before dawn. "I couldn't sleep because they keep stealing from me down there," Paul said. "If you're going to catch a thief, you have to act like one." Instead of using the front gate, Paul climbed through a hole in his chain link fence. "I went in like an old rat, just the same way those scumbags do," Paul said. He soon found himself face to face with a man who was stealing from Paul's truck. He told KMBC he fired two warning shots into the air. "(The man) raised his hand up like he was going to hit me with one of the wrenches he stole out of my truck," Paul said. The owner said that's when he fired two shots at the prowler -- once in the buttocks, the other in the arm." (08/08/05)

http://www.thekansascitychannel.com/news/4821813/detail.html

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Missouri: Man, 71, says he shot burglar
Kansas City Star

"A 71-year-old Leavenworth man told police Monday that he shot a man who had broken into his home. The homeowner, who lives in the 1100 block of Pawnee Street, told police that he heard someone breaking into his home about 8 a.m. Monday, said Leavenworth Police Maj. Patrick Kitchens. The homeowner said he saw a man standing at the top of a stairway near the garage. The homeowner told police he fired shots at the man, who fled out the door. .... Kitchens said the Leavenworth County attorney would determine whether charges would be filed against the suspect. Prosecutors could also consider charges against the homeowner, Kitchens said, although the decision to use deadly force could be justified if the suspect was committing an aggravated burglary." [To login, use info@news-digests.com/news-digests] (08/09/05)

http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/local/12335535.htm

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Texas: Ex husband shot as he tries to break through door
News Journal

"A 41-year-old man was shot to death early Sunday morning when he tried to break into the house where his ex-wife was staying with another man. Chief Deputy Miguel Larsen of the Titus County Sheriff's Office said officers found William Joe Baker lying on the front porch of Marty Crocker's residence on County Road 3435. According to a news release, Baker went to Crocker's home seeking his ex-wife, Anita Baker, 41. Crocker called the police, saying that William Baker was hitting the door and threatening to kill them. Larsen did not know the relationship between Crocker and Anita Baker. She and William Baker had been divorced almost a year, he said. While deputies were en route to the scene, Larsen said the emergency call was disconnected. Crocker called back moments later and told the dispatcher he had fired his semi-automatic rifle multiple times through the door, hitting Baker in the head." (08/08/05)

http://www.news-journal.com/news/content/news/stories/2005/08/08/20050808LNJShooting.html

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Ohio: Homeowner fires shot during attempted burhlary
WHIO News

"A Dayton homeowner defended his home and fired a warning shot when someone tried to break in, according to police. Now, officers said the shot struck the would-be burglar, who is telling them an unusual story about why he was trying to get into the home. The crime happened at a home on Tampa Avenue near Paul Lawrence Dunbar Street. Authorities said the homeowner fired a warning shot and struck the man after he refused to stop trying to get into the house. Officers said the first warning calls they got described an apparent burglary in progress. When officers arrived at the scene, they found a man shot in the lower leg. Officers talked with the homeowner, who said he woke up to hear a man trying to kick in the front door of the home. Police said when the suspected burglar refused to stop trying to enter the home, the homeowner fired a shot through the lower portion of the door, trying to get the man to go away. .... Officers do not plan to charge the homeowner, saying he was defending himself and his wife." (08/09/05)

http://www.whiotv.com/news/4826507/detail.html

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Wisconsin: Area police stand against concealed carry
Green Bay Press Gazette

"Some local law enforcement agencies are joining the Wisconsin Anti Violence Effort against a new concealed-carry act even before it’s introduced.
“We are not anti-gun, anti-hunter or anti-NRA,” Green Bay Police Chief Craig Van Schyndle said at a press event held by WAVE at the Brown County Courthouse in Green Bay. “This is an officer-safety issue and a community-safety issue. Green Bay, Appleton and Brown County are very safe communities, and concealed carry is a very dangerous proposition.'" (08/09/05)

http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/news/archive/local_22121330.shtml

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Washington: Officials back shooting range
Herald

" The owners of the Kenmore Gun Range property shouldn't be pressured into building hundreds of homes or condos, despite occupying 80 tempting acres of mostly vacant urban land, county officials said. Instead, it should remain an oasis for shooters surrounded by hundreds of homes on culs-de-sac in the county's urban core between Bothell and Brier. "We promised we would be an outdoor recreation area forever," said Vic Alvarez, a board member of Wildlife Committee of Washington, which owns the gun club. "We provide a very necessary service not only to law enforcement and the military but to the community.' " (08/09/05)

http://www.heraldnet.com/stories/05/08/09/100loc_gunrange001.cfm

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Daily update August 8

2005-08-08T21:19:00.000-04:00

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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Daily Update August 7

2005-08-07T12:25:00.000-04:00

Man Executed in Ala. for 1993 Slaying
Wasington Post

"An anti-government extremist was executed Thursday for the 1993 shooting death of a police officer who was gunned down as he approached the man's car. George Sibley Jr. nodded to relatives, stared at his victim's family and gave a final statement of defiance before he was put to death. Sibley, 62, was convicted of capital murder for the slaying of police officer Roger Motley. Sibley's common-law wife, Lynda Lyon Block, 54, was executed in 2002 for her role in Motley's death. The officer was gunned down in a Wal-Mart parking lot in Opelika when he approached the couple's car. A passer-by had said a child in the vehicle had been asking for help." [Editor's note: See http://www.ccadp.org/georgesibley-lyndalyon.htm and
http://www.prisonpotpourri.com/LYON/GeorgeFiles.html for background on this sad case. -MLS] (08/04/05)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-co/hotcontent/index.html?section=/nation/
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Illinois: Grand jury clears wife in shooting
WEIU News

"After two days of deliberation a Clark County grand jury decides no charges will be filed after a Father's Day shooting in Casey.37-year-old Patricia Keeney was accused of killing her husband David Keeney in June.Clark County State's Attorney Dennis Simonton says Patricia shot David after a domestic altercation.A grand jury was called to deliberate and bring charges against Patricia.The grand jury was dismissed this afternoon after returning "no charges" against her." (08/05/05)

http://www.weiu.net/news/archive/newsbuilder/2005/august/0805/shooting.htm

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Wisconsin: Man interrupts break-in
Wisconsin Journal

" Stratford teen faces several counts of burglary and theft after authorities say he was caught early Tuesday breaking into a garage by the owner, who then managed to handcuff him with plastic strips until a deputy arrived.The boy, 17-year-old Brice C. Weigel, was booked into the Marathon County Jail at about 5 a.m. by the Sheriff's Department after dispatchers received a call about the interrupted burglary in Stratford. The caller told dispatchers her husband was holding the burglar at gunpoint, and that he then managed to handcuff the burglar with plastic strips." (08/03/05)

http://www.wisinfo.com/journal/spjlocal/293339475840983.shtml

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Florida: Man fatally shoots Largo neighbor
St. Petersburg Times

"Donna L. Christian, 45, knocked on the door of neighbor John F. Shockley about 6:30 p.m. Sunday in Green Meadows mobile home park. She wanted to use Shockley's phone to call a cab; she was trying to get away from her live-in boyfriend, who was drinking, said Sgt. Jim Bordner. Then Christian's boyfriend arrived. John Hedrick, 36, who recently pleaded no contest to a domestic battery charge and spent more than 3 months in county jail, entered Shockley's home and began arguing with him and Christian, Bordner said.
A fistfight broke out and Hedrick picked up a ceramic lamp and smashed it on Shockley's head, investigators said. Shockley grabbed a handgun and fired one shot, hitting Hedrick in the chest. Hedrick was pronounced dead at the scene about 15 minutes later." (08/01/05)

http://www.sptimes.com/2005/08/01/Northpinellas/Man_fatally_shoots_La.shtml

The week in review (July 30-August 6)

2005-08-06T18:16:00.000-04:00

The weekly e-mail version of 2AM News just went out, if you'd like to subscribe go to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/secondamendmentnewsdigest

The news feed for RRND/2AM News is still not fixed , but I've been posting
daily updates here .....And yes, in response to a question from one reader, I am still accepting donations (happily! gratefully!) ... you can use this PayPal link . In response to another question, sure, you can make comments on the stories I post at the blog.

Great self defense stories this week from Oregon, Louisiana, Ohio, Indiana, Mississippi, California, Vermont, Missouri, South Carolina, Illinois and Alabama! Also thought provoking commentaries on the gun bill (protecting gun manufacturers from frivolous lawsuits). and the Ohio gun ban, and a continuation of the machine gun shoot in Claire Wolfe's Hardyville ....

Til next week!
Mary Lou

Daily update August 6

2005-08-06T16:51:00.000-04:00

Oregon: Jury acquits man in 2 deaths
The Oregonian

"A Clark County jury on Thursday decided Benito Gamino-Valdovinos was defending himself -- a justifiable homicide -- when he fatally shot two men in February. Gamino-Valdovinos' face relaxed as a Spanish interpreter relayed the jury's not-guilty verdicts for first-degree murder, second-degree murder and manslaughter. .... As Chavez stood by, Camacho began slapping Gamino-Valdovinos. Then, he opened the door and punched him before Gamino-Valdovinos is believed to have fired the pistol, hitting Camacho three times and Chavez once. The two men died at the scene. Chavez is thought to have been hit by an errant bullet. ..... The panel decided after four hours of deliberations that Gamino-Valdovinos, 41, had acted in self-defense. His freedom was tempered, however. Custody officers handcuffed Gamino-Valdovinos and returned him to the Clark County Jail on a federal immigration hold. He is an illegal immigrant and probably will be transported back to Mexico." (08/05/05)

http://tinyurl.com/72mor

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The NRA vs. the Constitution
Reason
by Jacob Sullum

"The most commonly heard complaint about the National Rifle Association is that it's run by extremists who are militantly opposed to all forms of gun control and do not represent the views of the average gun owner. The second most common complaint is that the NRA is a namby-pamby, inside-the-Beltway lobby that readily compromises principle for political advantage. There is some truth to both of these seemingly contradictory portraits. The NRA's single-minded determination to defend its own understanding of the right to keep and bear arms can lead it to chip away at other pillars of a free society." (08/05/05)

http://www.reason.com/sullum/080505.shtml

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Gun Control: Rebuttal to Michael Barnes, Brady Campaign
ChronWatch
by Howard Nemerov

“This is a day in America when the little guy lost out to powerful special interests.” – Michael Barnes, President, Brady Campaign to Prevent Handgun Violence[1] This doleful lament is in response to the Senate’s passing of the tort reform bill outlawing frivolous lawsuits filed to hold firearms manufacturers accountable for the illegal actions of violent criminals.[2]" (08/05/05)

http://www.chronwatch.com/content/contentDisplay.asp?aid=16066&catcode=13

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Second Amendment is the People's life insurance
Berkeley Daily
by Alec Dawson

"Let me be clear. The price of freedom is eternal vigilance. We must keep a close eye and tight reign on our legislatures (both state and federal). For it is they who wield considerable clout to either preserve or harm our constitutional republic. Those who would usurp our freedom and liberty will walk amongst us as wolves disguised as sheep. Necessarily, they will attempt to persuade us to relinquish our arms in the name of greater security and safety. Our Founding Fathers’ message is clear. The Second Amendment is a doomsday provision. It is the People’s ultimate life insurance policy. To do away with it, is to invite oppression and genocide." (08/05/05)

http://www.berkeleydaily.org/text/article.cfm?issue=08-05-05&storyID=22024

Daily update August 5

2005-08-05T21:33:00.000-04:00

Louisiana: Man critical after being shot by ex-girlfriend
2the Advocate

"A domestic dispute in Addis over a couple's recent break-up landed one man in the hospital early this morning. The dispute came to a violent end when a woman shot her ex-boyfriend after he broke into her home. Dedrick Broussard, 35, was shot on the shoulder and is in critical condition. Chief Ricky Anderson of the Addis Police Department said it was a case of a bitter break-up that led to frequent threats. Anderson said the woman had bought the gun recently because she feared for her safety. According to police, Broussard sat on his ex-girlfriend's front doorstep, talking to her on a cell phone. She wouldn't let him inside, so he broke the door down. That's when shots were fired, and neighbor Angel Dix called 911." (08/04/05)

http://www.2theadvocate.com/stories/080405/new_addis001.shtml

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Going to work? Leave your civil rights at home
Blogcritics
by Dave Nalle

"It was quite a suprise for Steve Bastible to find a pink slip waiting for him one morning when he arrived at work at the Weyerhaeuser paper mill in the Ouachita Mountains of Oklahoma. He'd been a good worker, hadn't been reprimanded or told he was in any trouble, but suddenly he was walking out the door. He wasn't alone, there were 11 other employees with him, including an even more surprised Jimmy Wyatt, a supervisor at the mill who had been working there 22 years with an exemplary record. There's nothing more valuable to a company than a loyal, long-term employee who they can count on to show up at work and do a good job. Steve Bastible and Jimmy Wyatt were that kind of worker for Weyerhaueser. But as it turned out they had done something more unacceptable than missing a few days of work or having an extra beer and a two-hour lunch. They'd come to work with a gun in their truck. In an unannounced enhancement of their gun-free workplace policy, one Monday morning Weyerhaueser had security officers go through their parking lot with a gun sniffing dog to identify and search employee vehicles for firearms." (08/04/05)

http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/08/04/152612.php
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Daily update August 4

2005-08-04T20:09:00.000-04:00

Ohio: School security guard fires at gunman
Cincinnati Channel 5 News

A security guard told police he shot at a man who pulled a gun on him in front of a school Wednesday morning .... Police said they are looking for 52-year-old Thomas Edward Wright Corn, a convicted kidnapper who is out on parole. Police have charged him with felonious assault and carrying a concealed weapon. .... The guard said he walked up to a man and a woman arguing in front of Life Skill School at 7710 Reading Road in Roselawn.The guard said students were about to go on break, and he was doing a routine walk around the school building to secure it. The guard said he thought the argument was escalating, so he approached the couple to try to calm them down.The man pulled a gun and pointed it at him, the guard said.The guard said he fired and the man ran." (08/03/05)

http://www.channelcincinnati.com/news/4803231/detail.html

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Indiana: Police rule shooting self defense
WTBO News

"Police in Clay County, Indiana responded to a shooting around 4:00pm Tuesday.Police say the victim attempted to break into the house of his girlfriend at 8062 North County Road 400 East when he was shot.The Clay County Sheriff`s Department says they found Doug Fulk shot in the leg. He was air-evaced to St. Vincent Clay Hospital and then to Methodist hospital in Indianapolis with non-life threatening injuries.Police say Jaimee Gillen, a male acquaintance of Fulk`s girlfriend who was in the house at the time, shot Fulk with a rifle.Gillen was detained briefly but released after police determined he acted in self-defense.The investigation continues as they attempt to track down all people involved." (08/02/05)

http://www.wtwo.com/news/default.asp?mode=shownews&id=5727
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Mississippi: No indictment for teen in fatal shoting
WLBT 3 News

"Police say a Jackson teenager who killed his mother's live-in boyfriend last year acted in self defense. A grand jury has decided not to indict 17-year-old Michael Smith, who was accused of killing 47-year-old Robert Day August 3rd, 2004. Police say day allegedly shot the boy's mother, 35-year-old Margaret Smith, in the head before the 17-year-old pulled a gun on day. The shootings occurred in a field, blocks from the couple's home. Margaret smith died the next day at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. Day was pronounced dead at the scene. " (08/04/05)

http://www.wlbt.com/Global/story.asp?S=3679235&nav=2CSfcvG8
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California: Lawmakers return to idiotic ammo legislation
Fox News

"Lawmakers in California now have two bills on the table that could aid in the search for gun-firing assailants. Forensics investigators currently have the ability to match the unique signature on every bullet to the gun it was fired from. The problem then becomes, for detectives and law enforcement, finding the gun itself and the person who fired it. California Senate Bill 357 and its sister bill Assembly Bill 352 would have all new guns stamp an I.D. number on shell casings as they fire, and require every semi-automatic handgun sold after Jan. 1, 2009, to be equipped with the new microstamping technology that assigns traceable serial numbers to individual bullets." (08/03/05)

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,164550,00.html

Daily update August 3

2005-08-03T20:21:00.000-04:00

The real protectors of freedom
Sierra Times
by Lee R. Shelton IV

"Our framers decided that the natural right of each individual to own weapons, and to form a militia with his neighbors, was the best guarantor of freedom. Further, there is no provision in the Constitution for a permanent, standing army--to the contrary, the framers considered a standing army a constant threat to liberty. That was the essence of the Second Amendment which recognizes the importance of the militia--a reference to all able-bodied males who owned guns--and the right of Americans to keep and bear arms. In short, a well-armed citizenry is more important than any army when it comes to the defense of liberty. For proof of this, look no further than the terrorist attacks of 9/11. The most powerful military in the history of civilization was unable to prevent the hijacking of four commercial airliners. One or two guns on each of those planes, however, could have saved 3,000 lives. And yet we continue to think that a Second Generation military is key to winning a Fourth Generation war. Are you serious about protecting freedom? Do you want to do what you can for the preservation of liberty? Mr. Edmonds has some advice: "Own a high-powered rifle, and know how to use it safely and responsibly. Educate yourself and your friends about the dangers of forcible government." It is that "forcible government" that has been systematically disarming Americans over the years while at the same time taking more power for itself. " (07/30/05)

http://www.sierratimes.com/05/07/30/shelton.htm

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Vermont: SWAT team raids home after man shoots invader
Champlain Channel 5 News

" A police SWAT team raided an apartment house after shots were fired Tuesday afternoon. .... Eyewitnesses said it all started when a man armed with a knife broke into the building and threatened one of the tenants. One woman -- who was inside the apartment at the time -- said the man refused to leave, so her ex-boyfriend shot him in self defense. The standoff that followed shut down several streets in the neighborhood while more than a dozen officers surrounded the building to search for weapons or shooters inside." (08/02/05)

http://www.thechamplainchannel.com/news/4801744/detail.html

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Missouri: Carrier scares off assailants with gun
Kansas City Star

"A veteran contract carrier for The Kansas City Star parked close to the store at 5th Street and Troost Avenue like always early today. It meant a quick trip back to the safety of his van.But one of his four attackers, the biggest guy, was too quick for the carrier to drive away. The assailant and perhaps others in his group rained punches on the 66-year-old carrier through his driver-side window. He used a gun to fend them off, firing three times." [Free registration or use info@news-digests.com/news-digests to login](08/02/05)

http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/12284763.htm

Daily update August 2

2005-08-03T00:36:00.000-04:00

Rock in roll ala mode: the party continues
Backwoods Home
by Claire Wolfe

"But why have a machine-gun shoot? What's the purpose of this little exercise, given that full-auto firearms don't have a lot of use in the everyday world? I mean, you wouldn't want to shoot a deer with a fully automatic weapon. Potting a burglar with one would be the very definition of "overkill." Not to mention the very definition of "lawsuit." Even in combat, for which machine guns were developed, in most cases Our Very Own Government considers short bursts more PC and less wasteful than stereotypical "spray and pray" (as the gun-haters like to put it). Why do it? Because it's a howling hoot. Because learning to master virtually any shooting skill makes people more self-confident and capable. Because it's a first-class fireworks display (as you see when night falls on the happy machine gunners). And because these are, after all, real-live military weapons in the hands of American civilians -- where they belong." (08/01/05)

http://www.backwoodshome.com/columns/wolfe050801.html

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California: Man shot by security guard
KESQ News

" A security guard shot and killed a man outside a North Hills bar yesterday in
what police say appeared to be self-defense.Police say the man argued with
the guard after he wouldn't let him back into the bar on Roscoe Boulevard
early Saturday morning.The man walked away and returned swinging a big
stick, threatening the guard.During the confrontation, the guard fired once at
the man, hitting him in the upper body. The man was pronounced dead at the
scene. His identity has not been released.The 30-year-old guard was
questioned by police and released." (08/02/05)

http://www.kesq.com/Global/story.asp?S=3662809

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South Carolina: Man shoots burglary suspects
WSAV News

"A 22-year-old victim of a burglary fought back in Beaufort early Monday
afternoon. Police said the victim shot at two suspects who broke into his
home on Goethe Hill Road while he was sleeping. One suspect fled to the
Department of Motor Vehicles in Burton and the other caught a ride to a
McDonald's in Beaufort." (08/01/05)

http://tinyurl.com/d9do7

Daily update August 1

2005-08-01T23:37:00.000-04:00

Columbus, OH gun ban vote a "disgraceful public safety fraud"
Liberty For All
by CCRKBA staff

"The decision by the Columbus, Ohio City Council to ban a wide range of semiautomatic firearms is a 'public safety fraud' that will not prevent a single violent crime, and a disgraceful attempt to fool the public otherwise, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA) said today. Despite considerable opposition from firearms owners, the council approved the gun ban ordinance unanimously Monday night with one member absent." (08/01/05)

http://www.libertyforall.net/2005/aug7/Columbus.html

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Ohio: Pharmacist opens fire in attempted robbert\y
WHIO TV News

" Authorities said a man tried to hold up a Dayton pharmacy, but the pharmacist decided to fight back. The attempted robbery happened Monday afternoon at Ray's Pharmacy on Catalpa Drive. Police said a man in a mask entered the business and tried to hold it up. Officers said that is when the pharmacist opened fire. Authorities said the robber was not injured and ran away. Police continue to search for him." (08/01/05)

http://www.whiotv.com/news/4795658/detail.html

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Louisiana: Robber, clerk in shootout
KTBS News

"A would-be robber and a convenience store clerk got into a shootout early today in Shreveport. It happened at a Citgo on South Lakeshore Drive.
Police said a man walked into the store and demanded money. Rather than give up any cash, the clerk pulled a handgun. Both men started shooting at each other. Neither was wounded." (08/01/05)

http://www.ktbs.com/news-detail.html?cityid=1&hid=26663

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Gun bill only sold out lawyers
Lenawee Connection
by Mark Lenz

"'I'm not a member of the National Rifle Association. It's never furnished me with a dime, and I don't expect any campaign contributions anytime soon. That should make me unique because, to hear media accounts, I must be the only person in America who isn't on the NRA payroll yet agrees with the bill the Senate passed Friday banning frivolous liability lawsuits against gun companies." (07/30/05)

http://www.lenconnect.com/articles/2005/07/31/news/news06.txt

Daily update July 31

2005-07-31T17:28:00.000-04:00

California: Man killed by security guard
LA Times

"A security guard fatally shot a man outside a bar early Saturday in what
police say appeared to be self-defense. The man argued with the guard
after being denied reentry into the bar in the 15000 block of Roscoe
Boulevard, Los Angeles police said.The man walked away and returned
with a big stick, swinging it at the guard while threatening him with
physical harm.During the confrontation, the guard fired once at the man,
hitting him in the upper body, police said. The man was pronounced
dead at the scene. His identity has not been released.The 30-year-old
guard was questioned by police and released." [free registration, or use
info@news-digests.com/news-digests to login] (07/31/05)

http://www.latimes.com/services/site/premium/access-registered.intercept

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Illinois:Masked robbers shot
Southern Illinoisian

"At about 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Marion police responded to a 911 call at 1301 W. Central in Marion. Police say that, according to resident Ian Copeland, two men with ski masks entered Copeland's garage with each brandishing a handgun. An altercation ensued which resulted in one of the alleged assailants, Irvin Lemons, being shot three times." (07/28/05)

http://www.southernillinoisan.com/articles/2005/07/28/top/105562.txt
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Alabama: Shooting reported in Cedar Bluff
Cherokee County Herald

"An early morning shooting in Cedar Bluff Thursday, July 28, appears to be a case of domestic violence between an ex-boyfriend and girlfriend, according to a Cherokee County Investigator. The shooting occurred around 1 a.m. at the residence of Darlene Horn on Cherokee county Road 41 near the Unity and Watson’s Crossroads communities. The victim, according to reports, was identified as Mickey Hall, 34, who was transported to Floyd Medical Center in Rome where he remains in critical condition. A restraining order was apparently in place against Hall to keep him away from the residence." (07/28/05)

http://tinyurl.com/76mla

The week in review (July 24-29)

2005-07-30T17:14:00.000-04:00

The weekly e-mail version of 2AM News just went out, if you'd like to subscribe go to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/secondamendmentnewsdigest

Our news feed for daily updates is still not working. I've begun posting
the daily updates here where they'll continue until the news feed at RRND gets fixed.

Self defense in Missouri, Georgia, Utah, Texas, NC, Florida, Arizona, Washington, Pennsylvania, Michigan, California, Alaska, Indiana, Louisiana ... and South Africa! (Have you all noticed there seem to be more armed self defense stories reported nowadays?)

In the category of "good and bad news" ... the Senate passed the bill that would protect gun industry from frivolous lawsuits... but caved in at the last minute to add an amendment requiring mandatory gun locks. In Illinois, the governor plans to sign a law requiring background checks for all buyers at gun shows, and a NY countyt passes an ordinance banning weapons at all county buildings. In really bad news, the new Iraq consitution effectively bans gun ownership by civilians, and in Jamaica a Senator proposes firearms registry.

In commentary this week, don't miss JPFO's ' The Second Amendment is alive and well' (a response to David Brownlow's "The Second Amendment is Already Dead", see last week's 2AM News), Lady Liberty's 'Is an armed citizenry really irrelevant in today's world?' and
Eric Ross' 'Of guns and men'.

Til next week

Mary Lou

Daily update July 29

2005-07-29T23:54:00.000-04:00

Of guns and men
Mens News Daily
by Eric Ross

"Guns bad, gun laws good, confiscate guns, put gun manufacturers out of business, and let’s all live happily thereafter, crime-free. Right? – Wrong, my dear friend, dead wrong. That’s what the Bolsheviks did in 1917 when they usurped power. They confiscated guns, then turned Soviet Russia into the bloodiest tyranny in history. They had a nicely-worded Constitution, not unlike the U.S., they were a “Democracy” – tens of thousands of “people’s representatives” to the Soviets (People’s Councils) were at the helm of the legislative and executive power, and… they used mass terror, wiping out about 40 million of their own people to keep the rest in obedience. Let’s look at another country, Switzerland." (07/29/05)

http://www.mensnewsdaily.com/archive/r/ross-eric/2005/ross072905.htm

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Missouri: Shooting leaves 1 dead
Kansas City Channel

" Police are investigating a shooting at bike and tire shop Thursday. At about noon, the owner of Cyberyde, located at 760 Osage St., was confronted by two people with guns, police said. The owner told KMBC the men came in and demanded money. Witnesses told KMBC that they heard at least three shots fired. Two people were shot. One of the victims died. That person's name has not been released. The other victim was reported in serious condition, officials said. The owner was not injured in the shooting." (07/29/05)

http://www.thekansascitychannel.com/news/4781574/detail.html

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Senate passes bill that would protect gun industry
KLFY News

"he Senate has voted in favor of a measure that would protect the gun industry from certain kinds of lawsuits. The measure, which passed by a 65-to-31 vote, would shield the manufacturers, dealers and importers of firearms from lawsuits brought by the victims of gun crimes.Supporters say the bill protects the gun industry from financial disaster and bankruptcy." (07/29/05)

http://www.klfy.com/Global/story.asp?S=3659392

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Illinois: Governor to shore up gun control
Chicago Tribune

"After a decade of work by gun-control activists, Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Friday plans to sign a new state law requiring background checks for all buyers at gun shows, closing what police say is a wide-open avenue for gangs and other illegal purchasers to get firearms. In a second action also supported by many law-enforcement officials, Blagojevich plans this weekend to veto a measure that would have required the Illinois State Police to clear out most records of background checks within 90 days of their creation. That measure, if not rejected by the governor, would obliterate a database that police say helps them track the buying habits of gunrunners who supply gangs and other criminals with firearms." (07/29/05)

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/west/chi-0507290247jul29,1,4524181.story?coll=chi-newslocalwest-hed

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New York: Law banning weapons at all county buildings draws some fire
Buffalo News

"The Chautauqua County Legislature has passed a law to post signs on all county buildings banning anyone from bringing weapons into them.
The plan was praised by some and criticized by others. All the county's 40-plus buildings will post signs noting that weapons are not allowed.
Tina Hallquist of Jamestown said at the Legislature's meeting Wednesday that she has a permit to carry a pistol and believes her Second Amendment rights were being infringed upon. "It's not right to take a select group of people, a small group of people, and allow them to take away other people's constitutional rights. '" (07/29/05)

http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20050729/1061999.asp

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Georgia: 68 year old man shoots intruder
News 11

"A 68-year-old man in southwest Atlanta shot and critically wounded a 16-year-old boy who tried to rob him and his wife, Atlanta police said. Two women who were later found with the injured teen were arrested after fleeing the scene in a stolen car. .... Homeowner Robert Evans said the teen and three other people came to his home and knocked on the door. Evans said they tried to distract him by asking for a beer. When Evans opened the front door, two men forced their way into the home, police said. The 16-year-old then pulled out a shotgun, they said. Evans managed to reach his own firearm and shot the teen two times, once in the chest and once in the arm, police said." (07/27/05)

http://www.11alive.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=66810

Daily update July 28

2005-07-29T00:09:00.000-04:00

DC: Resident 'fires back' at anti-gun rally
Washington Post

"Amid the rapid clip of anti-gun speeches last night, Eric Wright fired back. The five-year city resident stepped before a microphone and said he had been attacked three times by homeless people and shot at as he drove through Rock Creek Park.'I deserve the right to defend myself. I deserve the right to carry a weapon by my side,' Wright said at an anti-gun town hall meeting at Shaw Junior High School in Northwest Washington. 'I'd like to know why people believe I don't have that right.'" .... Overwhelmingly, residents, some of whom had lost loved ones to gun violence, delivered passionate speeches .... Resident Margaret Hollister recalled the day an armed robber entered her home. He knocked her teeth out. He forced her to kneel before a toilet. He ran off with her valuables. "What good would it have done for me to have a gun in the house?" she asked." [Editor's note: This wins the prize as the dumbest statement of the week-MLS] (07/28/05)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/27/AR2005072700034.html

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Utah: Resident with concealed gun scares away robber
KSL News

"A resident told police he used his concealed gun to chase away a knife-wielding robber in downtown St. George. The resident suffered a minor cut on his neck, police Lt. Mark Brklacich said. He said the man had cashed a check at about 1:45 p.m. Tuesday at the EZ Cash drive-up window. As he pulled into traffic, he saw a man near a dark SUV waving him over. Thinking the man was having car problems and needed help, he pulled over. The resident said the assailant approached him, put a knife against his neck and demanded money. But the resident "reached down and pulled out his concealed weapon and pointed it toward the suspect," Brklacich said. The robber ran back to his own vehicle and drove away." (07/29/05)

http://tv.ksl.com/index.php?nid=5&sid=221868

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Texas: Former cop opens fire on robbers
KCBD News

"Just after noon today, a burglary in Central Lubbock turned deadly. Former Lubbock Police Lieutenant James Kimber returned to his residence to find things out of order. The garage was cracked, the back door wasn't closed and he heard noises inside. Moments later Kimber saw two Hispanic men in his home. After hearing the sound of a cocking gun, Kimber got his own weapon and when charged he fired multiple shots.One suspect died on the scene and the other was taken to University Medical Center with gunshot wounds. Kimber was not injured, and according to police responded in self defense." (07/28/05)

http://www.kcbd.com/Global/story.asp?S=3654184&nav=CcXHchJn

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Selling guns to the gun shy
Wall Street Journal

"Experiencing sluggish sales largely because hunters represent an aging demographic, the $2 billion-a-year gun industry has launched bolder marketing pitches to attract novices into the world of weaponry. Gun makers see potential growth in the self-defense, security and target-shooting markets, and the young, edgy, camouflage-clad Gen Y crowd is squarely in the cross hairs. "You don't have to be a hunter to go shoot," says Scott Blackwell, division manager for manufacturing, product development and law enforcement at Beretta USA. .... Taking advantage of a prevailing pro-gun political climate in Washington, a fear of terrorism, and the steady liberalization of gun ownership spreading through statehouses across the country, Smith & Wesson and other makers and sellers of guns are touting a host of new products and features." (07/28/05)

http://tinyurl.com/8z7kd

Daily update July 27

2005-07-27T23:38:00.000-04:00

Is an armed citizenry really irrelevant in today's world?
The Price of Liberty
by Heather James

"Can an armed citizenry still make a meaningful stand against an
oppressive government in our modern world, where the government is
able to arm itself far better than American citizens are allowed to?
In this modern era, has the Second Amendment become irrelevant for the purpose of defending against tyranny? This has long been a subject of much debate in liberty-oriented circles. ... In fact, an armed citizenry is, right now, resisting what they see as tyranny being
imposed by our government." (07/27/05)

http://www.thepriceofliberty.org/05/07/27/james.htm

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Iraq constitution may erode women's rights, ban gun ownership
AP News MyWay

"A chapter of Iraq's draft constitution obtained by The Associated Press gives Islam a major role in Iraqi civil law, raising concerns that women could lose rights in marriage, divorce and inheritance. The proposal also appears to rule out non-governmental militias, an area addressed Monday by the new U.S. ambassador, Zalmay Khalilzad. Urging Iraqis to build national institutions, he said there is no place for factional forces that "build the infrastructure for a future civil war." .... While not specifically addressing militias, the draft chapter would permit Iraqis to form only political parties and would ban individuals from possessing weapons." (07/26/05)

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20050726/D8BJ226O1.html

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Georgia: Elderly man turns table on intruders
WSTB News

" An elderly man foiled an attempted robbery when he shot a teen who allegedly broke into the man's home, demanding alcohol and money.
The resident, Robert Evans, 68, was not hurt during the home invasion, which occurred shortly after 11 p.m. Tuesday at a home in the 900 block of Ira Street. The 16-year-old suspect, whose identity was pending, was rushed for medical treatment to Grady Memorial Hospital, where his condition was upgraded Wednesday afternoon from critical to stable condition. The resident told police that two men and two women forced their way into the home. The unidentified resident pulled out a gun and shot one of the four. "He was able to retrieve a weapon he had," police Sgt. Brian Paden said. Said Evans: "He came in and said 'give me two beers,'" Evans said, who added that he pulled out his weapon before the assailant reacted. "I got him.'" (07/27/05)

http://www.wsbtv.com/news/4773966/detail.html

Daily update July 26

2005-07-27T00:07:00.000-04:00

Jamaica: Senator proposes firearms registry
Jamaica Observer

"Opposition Senator Arthur Williams is recommending that the bill amending the Firearms Act, to introduce an independent authority to grant firearm licences, should also provide the authority with the power to set up a national firearms registry. "The firearms registry which I propose is not one to merely keep a record of the type of firearm and the serial number, but also to keep the ballistics record of each firearm," Williams contended." (07/25/05)

http://tinyurl.com/9mux5

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North Carolina: No charges pending against homeowner who shot intruder
WSOC TV

" Police say no charges are pending against a homeowner who shot an intruder. Police say Woody Williams shot a man in the leg after he kicked down the back doors in Williams' home on Sunday in the Hidden Valley Neighborhood. .... We first told you about Williams last February. He turned his home into a fortress with security cameras and floodlights, after a surge of break-ins in his community. The suspect was taken to the hospital and had wounds which were serious, but no life-threatening.Jeff Hopkins lives across the street and is long time friend of Williams."If everybody was like woody was we wouldn't have this problem," said Hopkins. " (07/24/05)

http://www.wsoctv.com/news/4763860/detail.html

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Senate GOP moves to shield gun makers, dealers
CNN News

"The Senate on Tuesday put off until fall completing a $491 billion defense bill to act this week on the National Rifle Association's top priority: shielding gun manufacturers and dealers from liability suits stemming from gun crimes. On a 66-32 test vote, the Senate indicated there's plenty of support for Republican leaders' determination to pass the gun bill before lawmakers leave at the end of this week for a monthlong vacation." (07/26/05)

http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/07/26/congress.guns.ap/index.html?section=cnn_allpolitics

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Oklahoma: Chamber uncocks gun law stance
KTOK News

Only a few days after the National Rifle Association urged members to phone the Oklahoma State Chamber of Commerce in a gun law fight, the Chamber has withdrawn support of a constitutional challenge to a year old Oklahoma gun law. Nearly two years after the Oklahoma State Chamber of Commerce cocked its guns and took legal aim at a new Oklahoma gun law, it has decided there is a 'conflict of Freedoms' and it is no longer supporting a challenge filed by a handful of major corporations. And its state President Dick Rush denies the decision had anything to do with a telephone lobbying effort sparked by the National Rifle Association which encouraged its members nationwide to phone the State chamber." (07/26/05)

http://www.ktok.com/cc-common/feeds/view.php?feed_id=135&feed=/local.html&instance=1&article_id=26445

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Ohio: Lawsuit seeks to block Columbus’ ban on assault weapons
The Repository

"A City Council candidate sued to challenge the city's recently approved ban on assault weapons that led the National Rifle Association to move its 2007 convention out of Columbus. Republican Phil Harmon, a lawyer who represented bar owners in their failed quest to overturn the city's smoking ban, wants a court to prevent the assault-weapons ban from taking effect. He filed the lawsuit Wednesday in Franklin County Probate Court. The ban that Democrat-controlled City Council adopted July 11 prohibits the sale or possession of semiautomatic rifles with pistol grips and detachable magazines. It is scheduled to go into effect Aug. 11." (07/25/05)

http://www.cantonrep.com/index.php?Category=13&ID=233764&r=1

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Daily Update July 25

2005-07-25T22:46:00.000-04:00

Second Amendment Rights: An endangered species
American Daily
by Rob Hood

"I can't help but notice these days that there seems to be more and more anti-gun laws not just in the United States, but around the world. Here in the U.S. we have a guarantee to be able to own firearms as free citizens according to the Second Amendment of our constitution. Some are now trying to ban guns altogether and they can't do it through elections to the House and Senate, so they go through the courts and make outlandish lawsuits against gun manufacturers in hopes of bankruptcy or intimidation to stop manufacturing firearms." (07/25/05)

http://www.americandaily.com/article/8382

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Florida: Armed home invasion results in shootout
WTSP News

" Hillsborough County Sheriff's Deputies are investigating an armed home invasion where four men broke into a home and demanded money from a father and his two sons. .... Deputies say the suspects shot one son, 27 year old Robert Kirkendall. He's in critical condition at Tampa General Hospital. Deputies say Kirkendall's father, 50 year old Richard, and his brother, 23 year old Kenny, were stabbed. They're listed in serious condition at St. Joseph's hospital.Deputies say the suspects ran. One suspect was shot in the buttocks. Cecil Huggins was pronounced dead when dropped off at the hospital.A second suspect, Adel Schulter-Brandt, was captured in the woods nearby with the help of an HCSO canine. He had a broken hand, and suffered a bite wound from the dog." (07/25/05)

http://www.wtsp.com/news/news.aspx?storyid=16599

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Arizona: Warning shot turns deadly
Payson Roundup

"A Tonto Basin man was pronounced dead at his employer's home early Monday morning after what detectives are calling a justifiable shooting. Gila County Sheriff's deputies found Edward A. Palmer, 39, dead at the scene, after they received a 911 call at 1:24 a.m. from the home of John Valdez in Tonto Basin. Neighbors reported that Palmer was working for Valdez. Detectives are still investigating the details of the case. "Apparently Edward Palmer was under the influence of alcohol and other unknown substances," said Detective Brian Havey of the Gila County Sheriff's Office. "(Palmer) attacked John Valdez of Tonto Basin in his own residence." Detectives believe Valdez acted in self-defense against Palmer, who had a history of violent behavior, criminal convictions and had served time in jail. "Palmer attacked Valdez several times with his bare fists," Havey said. "He continued to attack three or four times." After being assaulted by Palmer, Valdez armed himself with a .22-caliber rifle. Detectives said Valdez was concerned because Palmer carries a knife."Valdez pointed his .22 rifle low in order to scare Palmer off from further attacks," Havey said. "One round was fired from the rifle, striking Palmer on the femoral artery.'" (07/22/05)

http://www.paysonroundup.com/section/frontpage_lead/storypr/19812

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Washington: 16-year-old, woman arrested in connection with auto break-in
Tacoma Tribune

"A teenager was arrested early Friday morning after he was interrupted breaking into a car. A resident in the 900 block of East 53rd Street looked out his kitchen window just after 6 a.m. Friday and saw a large white car parked on the street, with someone breaking into his neighbor’s nearby car. The resident got a gun and confronted the 16-year-old boy who was rummaging through the car. The white car, with three of the teen’s friends inside, left. .... Another neighbor followed the white car to a residence and reported its location to police." (07/24/05)

http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/crime/story/5045871p-4601468c.html

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Pennsylvania: 83 year old fires at 2 suspected of break-in
Patriot News

"An 83-year-old resident of Rod and Gun Road fired several shots at two men he thought were burglarizing his Millcreek Twp. house, but the men escaped in a truck. Millcreek Twp. police are trying to find the men. According to police reports, a newer-model white Chevrolet truck with two ladders attached pulled up to Herman Smith's home Friday. One of the men got out of the truck and talked to Smith about doing work on his roof. .... Smith refused the work, but the man asked Smith to use his bathroom. Smith told him to use the field behind his property. Smith, who had been sitting on his porch, then went inside and saw that his screen window had been smashed. He grabbed his rifle and went back outside, seeing the truck with the two men leaving. He fired several shots with his .22-caliber rifle, police said." (07/24/05)

http://www.pennlive.com/news/patriotnews/index.ssf?/base/news/1122198107159110.xml&coll=1

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Daily update July 24

2005-07-24T22:31:00.000-04:00

Michigan: Store clerk's gunshot fatal to teen boy
Flint Journal

" A 14-year-old Flint boy was shot and killed Thursday night by a store clerk he may have been trying to rob. .... Police were told the store clerk, whose name was not released, shot the boy in the chest with a large-caliber handgun during a robbery attempt. Hakeem was with another boy who may have been armed with a handgun, police said. The second suspect ran from the scene and was still at large this morning, they said." (07/22/05)

http://www.mlive.com/news/fljournal/index.ssf?/base/news-30/1122046149260170.xml&coll=5

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Michigan: Homeowner: Illegal entry was more than that
Flint Journal

"A Saginaw Township man says police let him down when they refused to arrest an 18-year-old man who broke into his house by smashing a sun room window after midnight Thursday. Jerry Persons, 65, who had open heart surgery in May, said a state police detective told him the intruder wasn't arrested because he needed 60 stitches and officers couldn't wait at the hospital. .... Police were chasing four teens who were apparently drinking underage in a nearby apartment complex. One thought he was ducking onto an open porch and never saw the quarter-inch plate glass, Persons said. Person jumped out of bed at the sound of crashing glass. He saw the invader crouched behind a chair in his 350-square-foot solarium and trained his .22-caliber revolver on him.
Then several officers from Saginaw County's Safe Streets squad with flashlights appeared in his back yard. "They says drop your gun. I says, 'No way,' because I had my gun trained on this individual," Persons said.
He said he eventually lowered his weapon as police aided the teen." (07/22/05)

http://www.mlive.com/news/sanews/index.ssf?/base/news-2/1122042037146210.xml&coll=9

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California:Drive through shooting leaves suspect dead
KCAL 9 News

" A gunman who allegedly tried to rob two men in the drive-thru area of a fast-food restaurant in Santa Monica Thursday was shot and killed during a confrontation with his intended victims, police said. .... "The victims ... said they were in the drive-thru area when a masked suspect approached their vehicle and displayed a knife and a handgun," Fabrega said.A struggle ensued between the suspect and the passenger in the car, he said."During the struggle, the suspect stabbed the passenger victim in the hand," Fabrega said. "The driver retrieved a handgun and shot the suspect in the upper body. The suspect fled on foot and collapsed a short distance away."Detectives determined the gun used to shoot the suspect had been stored in the car, Fabrega said. Investigators will try to determine if the driver had a permit to carry a concealed weapon. Generally, it is not legal to carry a loaded weapon in a car without a permit, he said." [Editor's note: Legal or not, he's still alive-MLS](07/21/05)

http://kcal9.com/localnews/localnewsla_story_202205717.html

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Alaska: Mobile home intruder met by gunfire
Anchorage Daily News

"An intruder was shot twice after he climbed through a window in a mobile home and was met by an angry resident early Wednesday morning, Anchorage police said. .... Shortly after 1 a.m. Wednesday, police said, an intruder entered a window of a trailer home at the Manoog's Isle Mobile Home Park on Lake Otis Parkway north of East Dowling Road. A neighbor heard glass shattering and saw the break-in occurring, police spokesman Ron McGee said. The neighbor called 911.
While on the phone with the police, the neighbor saw the resident get into a fight with the burglar. Then he heard shots, McGee said.The burglar got into a dark-colored Ford Explorer and drove away. A short time later, police say, Crousser showed up at an emergency room with gunshot wounds to his upper left thigh and lower right calf. They said they don't know what was behind the break-in and fight. During a search of the trailer home, police discovered numerous marijuana plants, McGee said. Wednesday evening, McGee said the resident of the trailer had not been charged with anything." (07/21/05)

http://www.adn.com/front/story/6730172p-6617745c.html

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South Africa: Robbery victim shoots attacker
Independent Online

"A Johannesburg tourist shot and killed a gangster when he and four others attacked her and three relatives on Palm Beach, near Ramsgate on the KwaZulu-Natal south coast, this week. The woman was with relatives on the beach on Monday when a five-member gang wielding knives confronted the group. Two of the men turned on the woman while the other three attacked the other three members of the family. The woman took out her gun from her handbag and fired two shots at the men attacking her. The gang then ran off." (07/21/05)

http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=13&art_id=vn20050721093200566C155640

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Texas: Gun shop owner apprehends suspect during armed robbery
NBC 6 News

"A juvenile is in jail charged with holding up a local gun store. Three other suspects remain on the run.Waco Police say four people stole several guns from the Guns R Us gun shop in the 2100 block of La Sallare just after 1:00 Thursday afternoon. Owner Gary Hammond says the suspects said they wanted to buy some equipment, but when he turned away to get it, the suspects stole eight guns and ran from the store.
Three of the suspects ran across the street and started shooting at Gammond before driving off in a car. Hammond caught the fourth suspect, identified only as a 16-year-old male. Hammond says, "Too many guns in the hands of people who shouldn't have them. Law-abiding citizens need the guns, not criminals.'" (07/21/05)

http://www.kcentv.com/news/c-article.php?cid=1&nid=7570

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Indiana: Prowler prompts man to fire gun
Daily Journal

"A White River Township man shot at a prowler who attacked him at his home early Wednesday, according to police reports. A resident along the 1100 block of Stones Crossing Road said someone hit him in the abdomen and back of the head while he was in his backyard searching for a possible prowler, police reports said. The resident told police he fell to the ground and fired a single shot from his .38 revolver to scare off the prowler, according to police reports. Sheriff’s deputies do not believe the prowler was shot, said Doug Cox, sheriff’s office chief deputy." (07/21/05)

http://www.thejournalnet.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=113&ArticleID=52415

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Roberts dissents from gun search ruling
Boston.com

"Supreme Court nominee John Roberts sided with police but was on the losing end of an appeals court decision on whether officers were within their authority to search the trunk of a suspect's car. Roberts dissented in a 2-1 ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, reversing a man's conviction for unlawful possession of a firearm.The decision was released by the court Friday, even as Roberts was touring Senate in a political candidate-like search for confirmation votes.Roberts said in his minority opinion that U.S. Park Police were justified in searching the trunk of a car and seizing a .25-caliber pistol found there after the officers performed a records check and discovered the vehicle's temporary license tags were stolen in Fairfax County, Va." (07/22/05)

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2005/07/22/roberts_dissents_from_gun_search_ruling/

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Texas: Guadalupe assailant shot when he follows victim to neighbors
My San Antonio.com

" A woman on the 100 block of Baker Creek Loop in northwestern Guadalupe County answered the door to a man she recognized as an acquaintance of her son at about 12:30 a.m., Jordan said. He said the man put a knife to the woman's neck and sexually assaulted her.
The woman fled to a neighboring house. The couple living there let her in, but her nude assailant followed her and started breaking out glass door panels with his knife, Jordan said. As the assailant reached through the broken glass to unlock the door, the male resident of the house shot him with a rifle. The 9 mm bullet went through the assailant's hand and into his abdomen. Sheriff's deputies found him lying in the front yard, a knife in his hand." (07/23/05)

http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/metro/stories/MYSA072305.5B.shootings.e3d0b8.html

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Louisiana: Man shot while trying to break into house
Shreveport Times

"A 19-year-old Benton man is expected to be booked into the Bossier City Jail after being released from LSU Hospital in Shreveport, where he was being treated for a gunshot wound Friday evening. .... The shooting occurred after Wallace showed up at the residence and confronted a former girlfriend who was sitting in a vehicle in the driveway, Natale said.
"He proceeded to bang on the driver's side window, and he was yelling and cursing," he said. "He then went to the front of the home and allegedly banged on windows and the front door in an effort to make entry to confront the man inside."When that didn't work, Wallace went to a side door under the carport and continued banging, Natale said.
"He then proceeded to break the window on the door at the carport and reach inside in an attempt to open the door from the inside. That's when the individual inside the house fired one shot, hitting him in the arm." Investigators determined that the man who lived at the house, 22-year-old Jonathan Herman, shot Wallace in self-defense." (07/23/05)

http://www.shreveporttimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050723/NEWS03/507230346/1002/NEWS

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COMMENTARY

The Second Amendment is alive and well
JPFO
staff

"A right remains a right, no matter what any government says
or does. Rights are G-d-given.* Rights are inborn. It is certainly true that governments ride rough-shod over rights. But to say that right is dead because a government abuses it is rather like saying that the sky is red with purple polka-dots just because some legislature says so.Many people mistake the Bill of Rights for a contract. Contracts can be altered at will by the parties involved.The Bill of Rights is NOT a contract. It is an acknowledgment of pre-existing conditions. .... So read Mr. Brownlow's article and consider its arguments.But never despair. The Second Amendment is alive and well and will remain so as long as armed Americans possess the will to defend their own homes, neighborhoods, and families against some future tyranny." (07/22/05)

http://www.jpfo.net/alert20050722a.htm

2AM News Vol.2 No.7

2005-07-24T18:14:00.000-04:00

SECOND AMENDMENT NEWS DIGEST
The latest in gun rights news and commentary.

Published weekly
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For daily news stories and commentaries, or to donate, visit:
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Note: As of today, our news feed for daily updates is still not working,
but continue to check the web page for updates. If the feed is not
re-established this week, I'll start posting the daily updates at
http://2amnewsdigest.blogspot.com/

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Vol. 2 No.7
Sunday, July 24,2005

FROM THE EDITOR

(0) The week in review

Note: As of today, our news feed for daily updates is still not working,
but continue to check the web page for updates. If the feed is not
re-established this week, I'll start posting the daily updates at
http://2amnewsdigest.blogspot.com/

Self defense stories this week from all over ... Louisiana, California, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Texas, Kentucky, North Carolina, Missouri, and Utah; gun grabbers in Pennsylvania target a pawnshop, gun grabbers in the Netherlands want to tighten gun laws, gun grabbers in Ohio whine about the NRA moving its convention (well, duh, what did they expect?).

Til next week

Mary Lou

ACTIONS

(1) Action Alert: Sen. Vitter Moves to Block Anti-gun UN

NEWS

(2) Louisiana: Jewler gets best of robbers in gun fight
(3) Florida: Fatal double shooting ruled justifiable homicide
(4) Bill rekindles debate over gun lawsuits
(5) Netherlands: Gun laws to be tightened
(6) Pennsylvania: Gun grabbers targeting pawn shop
(7) Brazil: Crime-hit Brazil split over possible gun sales ban
(8) Virginia: No charges for shooter
(9) Texas: Woman, 70, shoots and kills relative
(10) Texas: Officer shoots car-burglary suspect outside his home
(11)Kentucky: Corrections officer fired shotgun at neighbor in self defense
(12) North Carolina:Domestic assault ends in shooting
(13) California: Woman reflects on aquittal
(14) Louisiana: Suspects shot by jewelry store owner, employee during attempted robbery
(15) Califormnia: Sheriff will not seek charges on store clerks who shot robbery suspect
(16) New YorK: Local gunrunner hero?
(17) Williams show features women who defended themselves
(18) Canada: Still no charges laid in seizure of rifles
(19) UK: Toy gun pupil arrested at school
(20) Frustrated Iraqis ready to take law into own hands
(21) Soldier denied gun license
(22) Ohio: Gun laws
(23) Ohio:NRA won't hold convention in Columbus because of city ban on assault weapons
(24) Missouri: Woman shoots intruder
(25) Louisiana: Man kills burglar
(26) Resistance is not futile, it is highly effective
(27) Texas: Man fatally shoots home invasion suspe
(28) Louisiana: Man shot during home invasion
(29) Utah: Man claims he pulled gun in self defense
(30) Florida: Rare rifle back in WWII veteran's hands
(31) RI: Area residents question effectiveness of new gun law
(32) California: Experts called in weapons case

COMMENTARY

(33) The NRA fights back!
(34) Gun control is a pipe dream
(35) The Second Amendment is already dead
(36) Americans losing concept of freedom
(37) DC mayor wants citizens to be "subjects"
(38) Rock n roll ala mode
(39) Gun law doesn't help victims, hurts second amendment

FROM THE EDITOR

(0) The week in review

ACTIONS

(1) Action Alert: Sen. Vitter Moves to Block Anti-gun UN
Gun Owners of America

"Pro-gun Senator David Vitter (R-LA) is getting ready to introduce a bill that would block the United Nations from implementing gun control measures affecting U.S. citizens. Entitled the "UN Second Amendment Protection Act of 2005," the bill does still not have a number, as Sen. Vitter is trying to get original cosponsors to join him. Sen. Vitter's bill will prohibit any U.S. funding to the UN unless the President certifies that the world body "has not taken action to restrict, attempt to restrict or otherwise adversely infringe upon the rights of individuals in the United States to possess a firearm or ammunition." ACTION: Please contact your two senators and urge them to cosponsor the Vitter bill." (07/14/05)

http://www.gunowners.org/a071405.htm

NEWS

(2) Louisiana: Jewler gets best of robbers in gun fight
Nola.com

Two suspects in a botched jewelry store robbery were wounded so badly in a shootout with the store owner and an employee that police have not been able to interview them about a third suspect who was still at large on Wednesday. The shootout occurred at Breaux's Jewelers in Jefferson Parish Tuesday after one of the suspects, dressed as an old woman with a walker and straw purse, was buzzed into the store.Store owner Mike Breaux quickly saw through the disguise and had pulled his own handgun by the time the suspect — identified as Kevin Knight — had pulled a .40 caliber handgun from the purse and started to leap over the counter." (07/20/05)

http://www.nola.com/newsflash/louisiana/index.ssf?/base/news-17/112189200435180.xml&storylist=louisiana

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(3) Florida: Fatal double shooting ruled justifiable homicide
The Ledger

"The fatal shooting of two Jacksonville cousins by a tenant they were trying to evict was ruled self-defense because one of them was brandishing a gun and a chain, State Attorney Harry Shorstein said Wednesday. Shorstein ruled that the July 9 deaths of John McPherson, 21, and Calvin Threadcraft, 26, were justifiable homicides and "lawful self defense." They were shot along with landlord Pamela Batie, McPherson's sister. She survived. Shorstein said the victims were armed with a handgun and chain when they entered the home and the tenant, Melvin Wilcox, was threatened. The eviction was illegal because the victims were not accompanied by a police officer, Shorstein said.
"The law is relatively simple," Shorstein said. "If someone enters your home and you are in fear of imminent death or great bodily harm, you can use deadly force.'" (07/20/05)

http://www.theledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050720/APN/507200788

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(4) Bill rekindles debate over gun lawsuits
Times Union

"Legislation that would insulate the gun industry from lawsuits based on the misuse of its products is again on the list of bills that have made it out of committee and are eligible for a vote on the floor of Congress.
The Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act would pre-empt state laws for most negligence and product liability actions in which the defendant is a gun manufacturer, gun seller or trade association. .... This is getting to be a joke," said Don Neudecker, of Neudecker's Guns and Ammo in North Troy. "The buck has to stop somewhere. People have to be responsible for themselves. It's just like if you sold your car to a neighbor and he drinks and drives and then kills someone, is it then OK to sue Ford?" Guns have warnings stamped right into the steel, Neudecker said: "The only way you'd be safer is if they didn't give you any bullets at all.'" (07/20/05)

http://timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=380854&category=REGIONOTHER&BCCode=LOCAL&newsdate=7/20/2005

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(5) Netherlands: Gun laws to be tightened
Expatica

" Rules for gun ownership will become stricter in August 2006, the Ministry of Justice announced on Wednesday. Beginning next autumn, anyone who wants a weapons permit will have to be a member of a shooting club affiliated with the Koninklijke Nederlandse Schutters Associatie (KNSA). To prevent criminals from learning to shoot in a club, aspiring members must also be licensed by the KNSA. Weapons permits will also become easier to revoke. From next year, committing a crime will be grounds for losing one’s licence, as will ‘moving in criminal circles’." (07/20/05)

http://www.expatica.com/source/site_article.asp?subchannel_id=19&story_id=22085&name=Gun+laws+to+be+tightened

(6) Pennsylvania: Gun grabbers targeting pawn shop
KYW News

"A national anti-gun lobby group is trying to make an example of a local pawn shop by linking sales of guns there to crimes. The Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence has filed a lawsuit against Lou's Jewelry and Pawn in Upper Darby. .... Members from the Center allege that it was a suspicious sale of a handgun at Lou’s that led to the death of 13-year-old Anthony Oliver Jr. of Philadelphia last July. The center claims guns sold at the pawn shop could be linked to over 600 crimes over the past eight years." (07/20/05)

http://kyw.com/Local%20News/local_story_201175351.html

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(7) Brazil: Crime-hit Brazil split over possible gun sales ban
Washington Post

"Rio de Janeiro taxi driver Luiz Marcelo is normally mild mannered, but he loses his temper when Brazil's upcoming referendum on whether gun sales should be banned comes up in a conversation. "All you see around us in the streets is crime, and the best they can think of is to disarm honest citizens like me and you," the 50-year-old almost shouts. "I have a gun at home and another one in this car and I'm not giving them up."
Many Brazilians share this view, saying the state does not give its people adequate protection from violent crime and they need guns for self defense. But others are afraid of having guns at home and don't like the idea of armed citizens walking the streets." (07/20/05)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/20/AR2005072000506.html

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(8) Virginia: No charges for shooter
Washington Post

"A man who fatally shot a 23-year-old Falls Church man last month during a scuffle did not commit a crime, a Fairfax County grand jury found yesterday in declining to file charges. Friends and relatives of victim Jack "Steve" Cornejo said the former high school soccer star was not a violent man and would never start a fight. But the grand jury decided otherwise .... Steve Cornejo and a young woman had attended an apartment party early June 25 in the 12000 block of Pender Creek Circle, just off West Ox Road in Fair Oaks. About 4:30 a.m., police said, Cornejo and the woman were arguing loudly in a hallway outside the party, awakening neighbors. The two moved down to the apartment building's entryway, where one of the neighbors then intervened "to prevent an assault that was going on on a young woman," Horan said.
The neighbor apparently was armed with a concealed handgun. After the neighbor determined the conflict between Cornejo and the woman was over, Horan said, "every bit of evidence we had was he [the neighbor] was trying to leave, he had broken it off and was going back to his apartment when the victim [Cornejo] attacked him.'" (07/19/05)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/18/AR2005071801384.html

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(9) Texas: Woman, 70, shoots and kills relative
Galveston News

"Police said a 70-year-old woman shot and killed her granddaughter’s husband following a family argument Saturday morning. Police are treating the shooting in the 2500 block of 37th Avenue North as a case of self-defense. Steven Porres, 28, was shot once in the chest after he allegedly broke down the front door of the home he shared with his wife and her grandmother. Police said it appeared Porres and his wife had been involved in a heated argument when he stormed out of the house.
A short time later, Porres smashed in the front door of the home, the wife and grandmother told police. It was then, the grandmother told police, that she shot Porres once in the chest." (07/20/05)

http://galvestondailynews.com/story.lasso?ewcd=096112e8906fdfc8

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(10) Texas: Officer shoots car-burglary suspect outside his home
Houston Chronicle

"A suspected car burglar is in very critical condition this morning after breaking into an SUV near an off-duty Houston police officer's home. .... HPD Sgt. David Crain said Hernandez was awakened about 4:30 a.m. by the barking of a dog that belongs to him and his brother but lives in their father's fenced yard. Crain said Hernandez looked outside to see a van parked in the street in front of his house and three suspects breaking into the Ford Expedition in the driveway of the home next to his father's house. Hernandez donned his raid vest, which is marked "police," retrieved his firearm and went outside to confront the three, who began trying to get into their van, Crain said. As Hernandez ordered the driver of the van to stop and show his hands, the driver pointed a pistol out the window at Hernandez, who opened fire, Crain said. Hernandez's father, also awakened by the commotion, fired on the van with a shotgun, and Crain said the van sped away, leaving one wounded suspect behind on the ground. " (07/19/05)

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/metropolitan/3272244

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(11)Kentucky: Corrections officer fired shotgun at neighbor in self defense
WAVE News

" An attorney for a metro corrections officer accused of wounding his neighbors with a shotgun told the court at a probable cause hearing that his client fired in self-defense. Hance wasn't in court Monday, but his attorney, Eric Farris, says Hance was trying to protect himself when he fired the gun. "They were on his property and he was in fear of his life.'" (07/20/05)

http://www.wave3.com/Global/story.asp?S=3612488&nav=0RZFcJ51

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(12) North Carolina:Domestic assault ends in shooting
Greenville Daily Reflector

"A 26-year-old Greenville woman told police she shot her ex-husband early Monday after he forced his way into her apartment. The woman told police she grabbed a handgun and told the man to leave her Cedar Creek residence, located on McGregor Downs Road, after he broke in and assaulted her around 2:30 a.m. When he came toward her, she shot him in the abdomen. The man was transported to Pitt County Memorial Hospital after police found him lying on the living room floor." (07/19/05)

http://www.reflector.com/local/content/news/stories/2005/07/19/20050719GDRshooting.html

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(13) California: Woman reflects on aquittal
Fresno Bee

"Anita Sharen savored the tastes and touches of freedom Tuesday.
It was her first full day back in her mountain home after a Madera County jury found she acted in self-defense in the shooting death of her allegedly abusive husband in January. She had been in Madera County Jail since the shooting. .... During the trial, Kinney said that Anita Sharen fired in self-defense and that she feared for her safety when George Sharen shattered the glass of their living-room window by throwing a rock through it. She was inside; he outside. Madera County District Attorney Ernie LiCalsi said after the trial that three factors helped Anita Sharen: her age (she'll be 65 Saturday), the way she presented herself in court and the lack of violence in her background." (07/20/05)

http://www.fresnobee.com/local/story/10924550p-11693882c.html

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(14) Louisiana: Suspects shot by jewelry store owner, employee during attempted robbery
WWLTV News

"A jewelry store owner and a fellow employee shot and wounded two suspects during an apparent attempted armed robbery in Marrero Tuesday morning. According to Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office spokesman Colonel Bob Garner, a man dressed as an elderly woman strolled into Breaux’s Jewelry in the 1900 block of Barataria and announced he was going to rob the place. Garner said the man took out a gun and fired and the store's owner, Michael Breaux, grabbed his own gun and a battle ensued during which the suspect was shot in the face. Garner said a second man then began firing into the store from outside and an employee grabbed the wounded suspect’s gun and also began shooting, hitting the man outside two to three times. Both suspects ended up at the hospita." (07/19/05)

http://www.wwltv.com/local/stories/WWL071905storeowner.10374bfc.html

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(15) Califormnia: Sheriff will not seek charges on store clerks who shot robbery suspect
Lodi News-Sentinel

"Although the district attorney's office may rule otherwise, San Joaquin County sheriff's investigators will not seek charges against two grocery clerks who shot a robbery suspect on Friday night, sheriff's spokesman Les Garcia said. Galt resident Daniel Godoy, 37, allegedly attempted to rob A.M. Market at the northwest corner of Acampo Road and the eastern frontage road off Highway 99, at about 9:30 p.m. Friday, Garcia said. A clerk allegedly shot Godoy in the arm and neck during the attempted robbery, Garcia said. A second clerk shot Godoy as well outside the store after Godoy attacked the first clerk." (07/19/05)

http://www.lodinews.com/articles/2005/07/18/update/1_shooting.txt

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(16) New YorK: Local gunrunner hero?
New York Daily News

"When he's not running his roofing company or enjoying family barbecues in his Bay Ridge backyard, he raises millions to buy - without much fuss - powerful weapons to smuggle to fighters in his native Kosovo. "His fascinating story is told in Dutch filmmaker Klaartje Quirijns' documentary, 'The Brooklyn Connection,' premiering on PBS at 10 p.m. tomorrow.Krasniqi's life mission began in 1997 when a cousin was killed by Serbs.The former schoolteacher raised $30 million from Albanian-Americans to outfit the Kosovo Liberation Army during the Kosovo War .Though Krasniqi clearly benefited from lax gun laws, one reason he agreed to the film was to expose them." (07/18/05)

http://www.nydailynews.com/boroughs/story/329059p-281257c.html
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(17) Williams show features women who defended themselves
Montel Williams Show

"Today's guests found themselves facing the ultimate choice - kill or be killed. They chose to live. Melissa woke up in her new home with a strange man on top of her, shining a flashlight in her face. The man was also holding a gun, and Melissa had to decide to submit or fight. Using a move she learned in a martial arts class, she pushed the man off the bed and managed to take his gun. Without hesitation, she pulled the trigger, shooting and killing her attacker. We'll also talk to a security officer named Charmaine who was threatened by a strange man holding a rifle, not once, but twice in one day. The gunman appeared the first time when she was taking her daily walk through the park. The second time, Charmaine tempted fate by going back through the park that same day. This time when the gunman appeared, Charmaine was ready for him. Today, we'll find out what happened. Plus, we'll meet a grandmother who was forced to defend herself and her family, when her daughter's boyfriend became violent." (07/18/05)

http://www.montelshow.com/show/upcoming_detail.htm?index=0

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(18) Canada: Still no charges laid in seizure of rifles
Vancouver CBC News [Canada]

"A First Nations activist arrested in a dramatic police take-down on the Burrard Bridge last month says he still hasn't been charged with anything. David Dennis, a member of the West Coast Warriors – and two other men – were stopped in their van and arrested at gunpoint on June 27 by the RCMP's Integrated National Security Enforcement Team (INSET). The police seized 14 hunting rifles and 10,000 rounds of ammunition The three men were released a short time later. Dennis says his lawyer has told him a charge of possession of a dangerous weapon with the intent to commit a crime is being considered. But Dennis doubts it would ever stand up in court. "I can't see where they would try to find a charge that would precede a crime. Because no way have we committed any crime in the past, and no way will be committing a crime in the future." Dennis also argues that his rifles were fully registered, and he wants them back. .... RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Tom Seaman will only say the investigation is ongoing, and the guns are not being returned for now." (07/18/05)

http://vancouver.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=bc_dennis-rcmp20050718

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(19) UK: Toy gun pupil arrested at school
BBC News

"An 11-year-old boy spent three hours in a police cell after he brandished a plastic toy gun at a schoolmate and told him to "hand over the money".
Earl Crump, from Sheerness, Kent was arrested and taken to Sittingbourne police station after the incident at Cheyne Middle School.
His mother, Tracey Crump, said she thought the punishment was too harsh. Kent Police said it acted in the public interest and any reports of firearms were taken extremely seriously. Officers were at the school dealing with another matter when Earl was caught with his toy gun.
"Two officers arrested a boy at school on suspicion of possessing an imitation firearm in a public place," said a police statement. "The boy's mother was present when he was taken into custody." At the police station Earl was searched and had a DNA sample and fingerprints taken.
After three hours in the cell he was released without charge. .... "It was too severe a punishment for an 11-year-old boy just playing in the playground," said Ms Crump." (07/18/05)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/kent/4695049.stm

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(20) Frustrated Iraqis ready to take law into own hands
Reuters

"Iraqis have begun barricading themselves in their homes and forming neighborhood militias in an effort to fend off relentless suicide attacks, residents in the capital said on Monday. The measures come amid waning confidence in the Iraqi police and other security forces as they struggle to get on top of the two-year-old insurgency. In the latest attack, 98 people were killed by a suicide truck bomb south of Baghdad on Saturday. A senior member of Iraq's parliament on Sunday called for popular militias to be created as an extra line of defense against the militants, and criticized the government for failing to stop the bombs." (07/18/05)

http://tinyurl.com/ax9jm

(21) Soldier denied gun license
Boston Herald

"Uncle Sam trusts David Bardfield to carry a firearm, but the town of Brookline doesn't seem to have the same faith in the Army specialist.
According to Bardfield, 28, Brookline police last month denied him a gun license because his name appeared in a police incident report when he was a teenager - even though he was not arrested at the time.
'It's very frustrating,'' said Bardfield, adding that he needed to take target practice as part of his Army Reserve duties. '`I just want my license.'"
(07/16/05)

http://news.bostonherald.com/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=94072

Hat Tip: War on Guns blog
http://waronguns.blogspot.com/

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(22) Ohio: Gun laws
WYTV News

"A bill to be introduced soon in the Ohio Legislature would prohibit cities from enacting their own gun laws like the one passed by the Columbus City Council banning assault weapon sales. The measure by the lead sponsor of the concealed-carry law, Representative James Aslanides, also would restrict media access to gun permit records. The Coshocton Republican says the provisions are among a number of loopholes in the state's gun laws that still need to be addressed. Aslanides' bill also would clarify that cities can't ban gun from parks or other places not designated as gun-free zones under state law. In Columbus, guns defined as assault weapons can no longer be sold after August eleventh and residents who already own one must register it with the city." (07/18/05)

http://www.wytv.com/news/regional/1705467.html

(23) Ohio:NRA won't hold convention in Columbus because of city ban on assault weapons
KAI 8 TV News

"The National Rifle Association has decided not to hold its 2007 national convention in Columbus, Ohio -- because the city has voted to ban assault weapons. The three-day event was expected to draw as many as 60-thousand people to the convention center in Columbus.But, N-R-A Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre has told city officials "the party is canceled." LaPierre says it's because the city council voted to -- as he put it -- "revoke the constitutional rights of law-abiding citizens" this month." (07/18/05)

http://www.kait8.com/Global/story.asp?S=3608731

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(24) Missouri: Woman shoots intruder
Kansas City Channel

" Police said a woman shot an intruder after he broke into her home near 34th Street and Norton early Monday morning. .... The homeowner told a friend that she felt she had no choice but to shoot after the man started to break in the door of her infant daughter's bedroom. "I don't know what happened after that, but she said she had to protect herself and the baby. I understand that," said a friend of the homeowner. "I think I would have done the same thing if someone broke in on me and my kids. To protect us, I would do the same thing," neighbor Sharon Bedford said.
Neither the woman nor her children were hurt." (07/18/05)

http://www.thekansascitychannel.com/news/4735072/detail.html

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(25) Louisiana: Man kills burglar
New Orleans Times Picayune

"A 20-year-old Destrehan man, who authorities say was attempting to burglarize a home, was killed Friday when the resident shot him in the side. Authorities said Nikita Dabney, of 315 River Oaks Drive, fell down the 20-foot ladder he had climbed to gain entry into the two-story duplex.
He collapsed in the back yard and was pronounced dead when authorities arrived at the home .... Dabney had climbed an extension ladder outside the home and broke into the second floor through a window. Two other men, Samuel Vinett Jr., 19, of Destrehan and an unidentified 16-year-old juvenile also from St. Charles Parish, are accused of trying to burglarize the home with Dabney." (07/16/05)

http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/frontpage/index.ssf?/base/news-3/112149183777760.xml

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(26) Resistance is not futile, it is highly effective
PR Web

" Recently the Florida State University department of Criminology released a study indicating that people who employed self protection strategies reduced their likelihood of injury when compared to nonresistance. Old research seemed to indicate that resistance to confrontational crime contributed to victim injury. New information reveals the old assumptions were found to be largely attributable to confusion concerning the sequence of self protective actions and injury. In crimes where both occurred, injury followed self protection in only 10 percent of the incidents. Combined with the fact that injuries following resistance are almost always relatively minor, victim resistance appears to be generally a wise course of action." (07/16/05)

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/7/prweb261890.htm

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(27) Texas: Man fatally shoots home invasion suspect
Click2Houston

" A homeowner fatally shot a man trying to break into his southwest Houston home Friday, Local 2 reported. Officers with the Houston Police Department said a man in his 30s was fatally shot five times by the owner of a home in the 7800 block of Bellewood near Wirt. The homeowner told police the man tried breaking into his home at about 3:45 a.m., and that when he approached the suspect, that man walked back to his car to retrieve a gun. Police said when the suspect approached the home a second time, the homeowner opened fire on the man at the front door, hitting him at least five times.Paramedics tried to revive the man at the scene but their efforts were not successful. He was pronounced dead at the scene." (07/15/05)

http://www.click2houston.com/news/4726947/detail.html?subid=10100242

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(28) Louisiana: Man shot during home invasion
New Orleans Channel

"One man is dead after police said he broke into an apartment with two other suspects and was shot by the resident. Nikita Dabney, 20, of Destrehan, was pronounced dead at about 12:30 p.m. at the scene at 355 Meadows St. According to investigators, Dabney, Samuel Binett Jr., 19, and a 16-year-old who is not being named because of his age used an extension ladder to break into the second floor window of an apartment building.Police said Dabney entered the apartment and was shot by person who lived there. He climbed down ladder and collapsed in the yard.No charges have been filed against the shooter." (07/15/05)

http://www.theneworleanschannel.com/news/4729495/detail.html

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(29) Utah: Man claims he pulled gun in self defense
Channel 4 News

"The flamboyant owner of a local computer business says he did not break the law when he pulled a gun last month, in the presence of several angry residents. Witnesses say it happened after Dell Schanze sped through a Draper neighborhood in his black sports car. Moments later, Schanze was reportedly approached by three men acting in a threatening manner. One witness told ABC 4 News that the angry neighbors had threatened Schanze with a rock. At that point, Schanze, who holds a concealed weapons permit, pulled a handgun from his holster. However, he claims he was acting in self-defense --and that he never meant for people to see his gun. .... Utah state code No. 76-10-506 states that if a person draws a weapon in the presence of two or more persons, and is not acting in self defense, then that person is in the wrong. Schanze says, therefore, because he was acting in self defense he broke no law." (07/16/05)

http://www.4utah.com/local_news/local_headlines/story.aspx?content_id=32BFF214-059F-4593-9904-535286A0F32C

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(30) Florida: Rare rifle back in WWII veteran's hands
Palm Beach Post

" Sixty years after he helped the United States defeat Japan in World War II, Navy veteran Bruno Filippelli won a small battle of his own Friday.
The 79-year-old Delray Beach man retrieved the rare Japanese rifle he had turned in to West Palm Beach police Saturday for a $75 Target gift card, as part of the department's gun buyback program. .... The weeklong saga began when a photo of Filippelli and the rifle appeared in Sunday's edition of The Palm Beach Post. The picture prompted local collectors and gun aficionados to contact police and request that the gun be spared from destruction. Fewer than 100 of the rifles were produced. Gun experts and dealers say as few as 50 remain, including about 20 in the United States. .... Filippelli said he kept the gun in his closet for 60 years, unaware of its rarity. When he heard that West Palm Beach was conducting a buyback program to curb violence, he said he wanted to get involved." [Editor's note: Well, frankly, I don't think he deserves to get it back.-MLS] (07/16/05)

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/localnews/content/local_news/epaper/2005/07/16/m1a_buyback_0716.html

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(31) RI: Area residents question effectiveness of new gun law
Chariho Times

"Rhode Islanders with a permanent restraining order against them will have to surrender their guns. As of last Wednesday--when Governor Carcieri singed the domestic violence legislation into law--guns belonging to people with permanent restraining orders against them must be surrendered within 48 hours of being served with the order. They also have the option of selling their firearms to a licensed firearm dealer, or give them to a another person who is not related by blood or marriage." (07/15/05)

http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?BRD=1717&dept_id=74264&newsid=14859895&PAG=461&rfi=9

(32) California: Experts called in weapons case
San Luis Obispo Tribune

"The Atascadero Police Department and the San Luis Obispo County Bomb Task Force took possession of a large number of weapons and ammunition found Thursday in the 6600 block of Alcantara Avenue in Atascadero. Around 11:40 a.m. Thursday, Atascadero officers responded to a report of suspicious circumstances in the Alcantara Avenue neighborhood. The suspicious circumstances were determined to be unfounded, but during a follow-up investigation, officers discovered a collection of weapons. The collection included about 35 firearms ranging from handguns to shotguns and rifles, about 25 swords, bayonets and daggers, between 2,000 and 3,000 rounds of ammunition and roughly 15 potentially explosive devices resembling hand grenades. .... According to a police report, the property taken into custody did not appear to be connected to any criminal activity." (07/15/05)

http://www.sanluisobispo.com/mld/sanluisobispo/news/local/12140276.htm

COMMENTARY

(33) The NRA fights back!
Mens News Daily
by John Longnecker

"The papers are filled with tears from the crying towel of liberals who just don’t get it: the NRA is not an extremist group as intentionally mislabeled, it is a liberty advocacy group, the things liberals used to be for, and it is one of the oldest in the nation, if not the very oldest civil rights group.
Still, the Columbus City Council cries foul, unable to see how they bite the hand that feeds them: commerce and liberty.Ohio is a right-to-carry state, which means that the People have elected to permit law-abiding to carry weapons. There are no bad weapons, only bad people who use them. And why shouldn’t people carry? The law-abiding don’t commit crimes. A rational city council would have nothing to fear from law-abiding citizens. Only irrational, unwell public servants fear the public when they should fear criminals." (07/20/05)

http://mensnewsdaily.com/blog/longenecker/

(34) Gun control is a pipe dream
Sierra Times
by Michael E. Cook

"I set here today kind of sore all over as I was on another trail ride
with our four wheelers yesterday. You see I ride with my son-in-law
and his brother and some of their young friends. They are very patient
and wait for the old guy when they get to far ahead. I must say it
sure is fun and very relaxing however with all the muscles you use
doing this extreme type riding the body gets sore. We are riding as
mush as possible right now before the forest is closed because of fire
danger. Anyway while riding on this day we were taking a break and the
subject of gun control came up. One of the young men asked why we had to fight so hard all the time to keep a right that was in the
Constitution. I thought about that and felt it was a good question. So
I feel I have the answer. You see there are people in this country who
would love to see our way of life and freedoms lost forever." (07/18/05)

http://www.sierratimes.com/05/07/19/64_28_53_250_99213.htm

(35) The Second Amendment is already dead
Etherzone
by David Browlow

"Was the 2nd Amendment included in the Constitution to protect our right to hunt, our right to target shoot, or our right to defend ourselves from the local neighborhood hoodlums? While those may be important benefits of the "right of the people to keep and bear arms," is that really why our founders declared it an unalienable right, and locked it in the Bill of Rights at the number two spot - right behind the freedoms of speech, assembly and religion? The short answer is of course, no. The 2nd Amendment was intended to protect the states and the people from being forced to suffer through another "long train of abuses" like the ones that led to the war against Britain - a purpose for which, unfortunately, the 2nd Amendment it is already dead." (07/18/05)

http://www.etherzone.com/2005/brow071805.shtml

(36) Americans losing concept of freedom
Herald Bulletin
Ron Wilkins

"We Americans are fond of talking about freedom, especially around the time of patriotic holidays, but I fear we’re losing the concept. Maybe that’s because the idea of freedom is so intoxicating that we’ve forgotten to talk about responsibilities. For example, we have the freedom in the Second Amendment that gives us the right to own firearms, but with that freedom comes a weighty responsibility. If you misuse that freedom, you go to prison. We have the freedom to work or not to work, but we also have a responsibility to provide food, shelter, clothing and other essentials for ourselves and our family." (07/18/05)

http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/story.asp?id=14236

(37) DC mayor wants citizens to be "subjects"
Liberty For All
by CCRKBA staff

"The proposed legislation is known as the District of Columbia
Personal Protection Act. Mayor Anthony A. Williams told a House
committee that ending the District's 30-year-old handgun ban would be
'a slap in the face to me and to the people who live in this city' and
'an indignity to the democratic process.' In response, CCRKBA Chairman
Alan M. Gottlieb noted, 'A far greater indignity is suffered by
victims of violent crime every day in the capital of the free world.
How dare Mayor Williams suggest that saving his political face is more
important than restoring the right of self-defense to the citizens of
the city?'" (07/18/05)

http://www.libertyforall.net/2005/july24/subjects.html

(38) Rock n roll ala mode
Backwoods Home
Claire Wolfe

"It's the Hardyville Whiskey Day Memorial Machine Gun Shoot and Ice Cream Social. And everything you see out there, sitting amid the sagebrush at the foot of the hill, is about to become history. .... To set off fireworks is a grand American tradition. So, of course, is shooting -- however nervous it makes Our Beloved Leaders (hot-house city folk, almost to the last). Machine gun shooting can be a combination of fireworks and firepower that, while it may not have that much real world application, is a whale of a lot of fun. And if semi-auto shooting unhinges the Schumers and Feinsteins of the world, full-auto fire really, really, really makes Our Beloved Leaders quake in their Guccis and Pradas. Which is (some would say) one perfectly good reason to do it. Yes, the combo of machine guns and Hardyville is long overdue." (07/15/05)

http://www.backwoodshome.com/columns/wolfe050715.html

(39) Gun law doesn't help victims, hurts second amendment
Chariho Times
staff

"Rhode Island's newest gun control measure creates a dan-gerous precedent. Surely, those who created and supported the law had, and have only the best of intentions. Any attempt to curb and pre-vent domestic violence is to be commended. It's a problem that needs to be addressed. The state's newest gun control leg-islation, which requires gun owners with permanent re-straining orders against them to relinquish their guns, brings the issue of domestic violence closer to the forefront. To truly end domestic vio-lence, we need to change hearts and minds, not gun laws. Re-gardless of how cliché it is, the old saying 'guns don't kill peo-ple, people kill people' rings true." (07/14/05)

http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?BRD=1717&dept_id=74261&newsid=14860040&PAG=461&rfi=9

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