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(WI) Storeowner uses gun to stop armed robbery
There are three stories here. The story of the storeowner who shot the robber is the last story. Robert ****************************** JS Online: Officers, citizen shoot at suspects Address:http://www.jsonline.com/news/metro/nov01/shoot17111601.asp Officers, citizen shoot at suspects One killed, 2 wounded in separate incidents By TOM HELD of the Journal Sentinel staff Last Updated: Nov. 16, 2001 Milwaukee–Police officers [...]
Anti-gun Demo platform selfdestructs…
Anti-gun Demo platform selfdestructs… “It’s very sobering to all of us,” said state Sen. Mary Margaret Whipple (D-Arlington), chairwoman of the Senate’s party caucus. The disparity has convinced party leaders that Warner’s decision to embrace gun rights and avoid divisive social issues was key, and other candidates must follow that model if the party is [...]
Gunmaker Records October Profit
Gunmaker Records October Profit By Trudy Tynan, AP Staff SPRINGFIELD, Mass. ? Handgun maker Smith & Wesson, which cut 15 percent of its work force a year ago, reported $7.6 million in sales during the month following the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. The boost in domestic sales helped the [...]
Bummer for Sarah Brady
Bummer for Sarah Brady It’s been a great year for gun rights. BY KIMBERLEY A. STRASSEL Thursday, November 15, 2001 12:01 a.m. EST Gun-control groups are now embarking on their latest offensive. Shamelessly seizing on the events of Sept. 11, the guns-kill-people crowd are demanding that a crackdown on terrorism include stricter gun laws. In [...]
.50 Caliber Rifle Maker Defends Against Anti-Gun Report
.50 Caliber Rifle Maker Defends Against Anti-Gun Report By Jason Pierce CNSNews.com Staff Writer November 12, 2001 (CNSNews.com) – The Sept. 11 terrorists used box cutters to accomplish their mission, but that hasn’t stopped anti-gun lobbyists from using the terrorist threat to call for tighter gun control. A prominent example is the recent report by [...]
HR 218 – Who Are These People?
by William B. Rogers, MD Doctors for Sensible Gun Laws November 13, 2001 The Congress of the United States is considering legislation that would allow virtually all law enforcement officers, whether on active duty, off duty, or retired status, to carry concealed handguns anywhere in the United States of America. Presumably allowing well-trained public servants [...]
Pilots May ‘Shut Down System’ If They Can’t Carry Guns
http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewPrint.asp?Page=\Culture\archive\200111\CUL20011116d.html Pilots May ‘Shut Down System’ If They Can’t Carry Guns By Jeff Johnson CNSNews.com Congressional Bureau Chief November 16, 2001 (CNSNews.com) – The aviation security bill agreed to by House and Senate negotiators Thursday would allow pilots to carry firearms, under certain conditions. Some pilots say if those conditions are used to deny them [...]
Woman in wheelchair wounds gunman
Woman in wheelchair wounds gunman http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1002,53%257E221672,00.html By Kirk Mitchell Denver Post Staff Writer Tuesday, November 13, 2001 – A woman who was paralyzed seven years ago while trying to help a rape victim shot and wounded a gunman in her yard early Sunday. Jaquie Creazzo, 38, was armed when she went outside in her wheelchair [...]
The medical profession’s anti-gun quackery
Sunday, November 11, 2001 FAIR USE: COLUMN: Vin Suprynowicz The medical profession’s anti-gun quackery Violence “due to gunfire should be treated like any other epidemic disease,” Dr. Bernard Feldman of the Department of Pediatrics of the University of Nevada School of Medicine wrote to me on April 9, 1997. “If society wishes to protect children [...]
Your Gun Show Loophole At Work
Your Gun Show Loophole At Work By Bob Ward http://www.allsouthwest.com/columnists/bward.html The gun show was described by former President Bill Clinton as a bazaar for criminals where they could buy guns of any description and in any quantity in total anonymity. According to the gun-control mythology, at a gun show there are no background checks, no [...]
