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Arsenal? Hardly, gun experts say
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(OH) Inmate who was stopped by armed citizen dies 01-15-03
(OH) Inmate who was stopped by armed citizen dies 01-15-03 None of the articles I read mentioned that Hessler’s murderous rampage was stopped by Doug Stanton, a citizen who kept a gun for self-protection. See Chapter 1 in my book “The Best Defense” for more info. Robert *********************** Newsday.com – Heart Attack Kills Ohio Death [...]
Gun sales to women on the rise
Gun sales to women on the rise FYI (copy below): http://rdu.news14.com/content/headlines/?ArID=21422&SecID=2> *********************************************************** Gun sales to women on the rise Updated: 1/14/2003 10:22 AM By: Stacy Neumann & Web Staff You don’t have to look too closely in Fayetteville to know Fort Bragg deployments are on the rise. Car sales are slowing. Military surplus stores are [...]
Why Britain needs more guns
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/2656875.stm Wednesday, 15 January, 2003, 10:54 GMT Why Britain needs more guns Would break-ins fall for fear of armed resistance? By Joyce L Malcolm Author and academic As gun crime leaps by 35% in a year, plans are afoot for a further crack down on firearms. Yet what we need is more guns, not fewer, [...]
Foul (anti gun) Languauge
http://www.pinkpistols.com/index2.html Foul Language by Jennifer Freeman, Liberty Belles Vocabulary provided by Randall Herrst, Center for the Study of Crime The current debate on personal firearms ownership has been skillfully orchestrated through the inappropriate use of customized jargon. By creating and perpetuating catch phrases including ballistic fingerprinting, assault weapons, safety license, and high-capacity magazines, anti-self defense [...]
Difficult Choices: I Am a Veteran and a Patriot
Difficult Choices I am a veteran and a patriot. Such a remark often makes a writer the target of ridicule or worse, but I refuse to withdraw it. It happens to be the plain, unvarnished truth. In September of 1972, on my own 18th birthday, I raised my right hand and swore solemnly to protect [...]
Taking unfair aim at the firearms industry
Taking unfair aim at the firearms industry By J.R. Labbe Star-Telegram Staff Writer “The recent outbreak of long-range sniper attacks in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia exposes two long-term trends in gun industry marketing: Mass marketing of military and military-style weapons, including assault rifles and sniper rifles and equipment, to the civilian market; [...]
State quietly lifts ban on handguns in parks
State quietly lifts ban on handguns in parks BY REX SPRINGSTON TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITER Jan 11, 2003 http://www.timesdispatch.com/news/more/MGBY6ICZSAD.html Signs at state parks say “firearms are prohibited,” but people can pack now if they have concealed-weapons permits. In addition, the state is considering allowing people to carry loaded shotguns and rifles in parks. The Department of [...]
Gun law ‘difficult, confusing’
Gun law ‘difficult, confusing’ http://www.canoe.ca/EdmontonNews/es.es-01-14-0007.html By KEITH BRADFORD, EDMONTON SUN Edmonton police backtracked on plans to charge former sergeant-at-arms Oscar Lacombe under new firearms legislation yesterday, calling the law “difficult and confusing.” The 74-year-old was interviewed by investigators at downtown police headquarters around 4 p.m., but was released minutes later without charge. Police spokesman Wes [...]
‘Gun culture’
‘Gun culture’ http://www.washtimes.com/op-ed/20030113-14958804.htm#4 I enjoyed reading the article “Discredited volume on U.S. gun culture going out of print” (Nation, Friday). However, I must take issue with the use of the phrase “gun culture” in the headline. “Gun culture” may make sense insofar as it describes the small number of people who actually organize their financial, [...]
