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Home invasion triggers shoot-out
http://www.robesonian.com/articles/2005/06/17/news/news/story02.txt Home invasion triggers shoot-out By Matt Elofson – Staff writer LUMBERTON – Raymond Rogers says he is lucky to be alive after a man broke into his home and shot at him repeatedly early Wednesday morning. Tyrell Taylor, one of two men accused in the break-in, also survived, although he was struck twice when [...]
TN: Shooting at party ruled self-defense
http://www.mlive.com/news/jacitpat/index.ssf?/base/news-13/1119024341112980.xml Shooting at party ruled self-defense http://www.mlive.com/news/jacitpat/index.ssf?/base/news-13/1119024341112980.xml [email protected] — 768-4923 A Tennessee man who shot two men at a graduation party early Sunday morning was justified, prosecutors determined Thursday. “It appears to be bona fide self-defense,” Jackson County Chief Assistant Prosecutor Mark Blumer said. Although John Bartel, 51, will not be charged in the shooting, [...]
Legalized abortion responsible for decline in crime rate? Date: Jun 17, 2005 8:27 AM EXCERPT: But now, another economist, John R. Lott, says his number-crunching shows that Mr. Levitt and Dr. Morgentaler are wrong. Mr. Lott, the author of More Guns, Less Crime, specializes in crime economics. (Coincidentally, Mr. Levitt raises questions about Mr. Lott’s [...]
EDITOR (Why would he listen now?)
EDITOR (Why would he listen now?) Date: Jun 17, 2005 8:01 AM PUBLICATION: The Toronto Sun DATE: 2005.06.17 EDITION: Final SECTION: Editorial/Opinion PAGE: 14 COLUMN: Letters to the Editor I HEAR on the news, on a daily basis, of shootings involving guns. I am so glad the multi-billion-dollar Liberal gun registry is working so well. [...]
House Rejects Effort on Rifle Restriction
House Rejects Effort on Rifle Restriction Date: Jun 17, 2005 7:31 AM House Rejects Effort on Rifle Restriction By ANDREW TAYLOR .c The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) – The National Rifle Association and its allies in the House beat back an effort Thursday to restrict gun manufacturers’ exports of high-powered, .50-caliber rifles that can bring [...]
(LA) Assistant principal hospitalized after attempted carjacking in Shreveport http://www.katc.com/Global/story.asp?S=3471512 SHREVEPORT, La. The assistant principal of Youree Drive Middle School in Shreveport is hospitalized with a gunshot wound after a shootout with a man who allegedly tried to carjack him. Shreveport Police say Charles Washington arrived at police headquarters Sunday with a gunshot wound to [...]
U.S. – A child is 100 times more likely to drown in a pool than be killed by a gun. Date: Jun 13, 2005 7:50 AM PUBLICATION: The Toronto Star DATE: 2005.06.12 EDITION: ONT SECTION: Editorial PAGE: A16 ———————————————————————— ——– When school is out, let the safe fun begin ———————————————————————— ——– A 9-year-old girl, wading [...]
HOME ON THE RANGE . . . The public is invited to shoot at the first Founders Range Invita
HOME ON THE RANGE . . . The public is invited to shoot at the first Founders Range Invitational Shoot and Cowboy Silhouette Championship on Single Action Shooting Society’s (SASS) 480-acre Cowboy Action Shooting ranch June 24-26 in Edgewood, New Mexico. Attendees are encouraged to wear cowboy apparrel. Admission is free, though parking your motor [...]
IHEA FUNDRAISER . . . The group responsible for overseeing the education of 750,000 hunt
IHEA FUNDRAISER . . . The group responsible for overseeing the education of 750,000 hunters each year–the International Hunter Education Association–held its annual fundraising shoot over two days at the National Shooting Complex in San Antonio last week. Support was provided by 75 teams from all walks of industry. IHEA Foundation board members really want [...]
CRIME RATE FALLS AGAIN – With firearms ownership increasing, the violent crime rate has co
Those claiming firearms ownership is equated to crime cannot explain the latest figures from the U.S. government. With firearms ownership increasing, the violent crime rate has continued falling. CRIME RATE FALLS AGAIN . . . Preliminary data from the FBI’s Uniform Crime Statistics for 2004 shows violent crime dropping 1.7 percent and murders declining 3.6 [...]
