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February 5, 2003

The Democrats Give Up The House

Have the House Democrats lost their minds? Why did they elect Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), a certified liberal, as their leader? Why were they obvious in sitting down during Bush`s...
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February 4, 2003

Armed And Dangerous

It`s more than a little ironic that many politicians who push for stringent gun-control laws now want the federal government to sit on its hands while a madman like Saddam Hussein sits...
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February 4, 2003

Don`t Blame Gun Makers For Misuse

Using jury awards to damage the gun industry, the way they were used to bleed Big Tobacco, is the wrong way to fix what?s wrong with firearms in America. Juries and judges should resist...
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February 4, 2003

Two Reports On Gun Registry Don`t Answer Key Questions

Two reports that were supposed to get to the bottom of the troubles with the Canadian government`s billion-dollar gun registry don`t answer key questions raised by the auditor general,...
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February 4, 2003

Gun Registry Will Take Up To $500 Million More To Fix

Canada`s firearms registry could cost more than $500 million over the next 10 years unless the government streamlines the program and begins collecting license and registration fees...
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February 3, 2003

Science Casts Doubts On FBI`s Bullet Evidence

Testimony by FBI experts about chemical "matches" between bullets has helped put hundreds of defendants behind bars across the country. In one Texas case, such testimony contributed...
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February 3, 2003

Academic Facilitators Of Eco-Terrorism

At Fresno State in February known advocates and practitioners of arson, vandalism, and worse will congregate for a confab called "Revolutionary Environmentalism: A Dialogue Between...
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February 3, 2003

Product Liability Tilt To Rationality?

At a time when juries hand down multibillion-dollar awards as if they were "Employee of the Month" plaques, the real news may be the seemingly rare occasions when courts take the side...
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February 3, 2003

Report On Gun Control On Way

An outside report on Ottawa`s beleaguered gun control program is expected to be delivered to the justice minister tomorrow, a government spokesman said yesterday. The program, now estimated...
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January 31, 2003

Ashcroft Touts Rise In Federal Gun-Crime Prosecutions

Attorney General John Ashcroft says federal gun prosecutions increased by 32% last year under the Justice Department`s 2-year-old Project Safe Neighborhoods program, and vowed a significant...
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January 31, 2003

Blacks Allegedly Victimized By "Racist" Gun Control

Second Amendment experts say current gun control laws are preventing law-abiding African Americans from acting in self-defense against the illegally armed criminals that infest their...
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January 31, 2003

Feel Like Dancing?

John Ashcroft`s political enemies mocked him for belonging to a denomination that does not allow its members to engage in dancing. As Attorney General Ashcroft has done absolutely nothing...
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January 31, 2003

Guns For Tots

The Manhattan Libertarian party launched its "Guns for Tots" campaign to protest a New York City Council bill that would make toy guns illegal in New York City. Worried about the loss...
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January 30, 2003

Lockyer: `Fingerprinting` Firearms Not Feasible

The technology doesn`t yet exist to enable California to track the ballistic "fingerprints" of every firearm made and sold in the state, Attorney General Bill Lockyer said Wednesday...
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January 30, 2003

The Gun -- A Homeowner`s Best Friend

Ron Dixon acted the way any of us would have -- if, that is, we had the same courage. He pointed his 9 mm and fired. Dixon shot the intruder he had found rummaging through his 2-year-old...
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January 29, 2003

NRA Using Tort Reform To Fight Gun Control

The National Rifle Association is promoting tort reform in the form of a bill that would protect the firearms industry from civil liability suits when the defect less products they...
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January 29, 2003

Bang Bang, Your Suits Dead

This week, two unlikely judges shared a small moment of justice on behalf of the Second Amendment. In Florida, Judge Jorge Labarga, of butterfly ballot fame, threw out a $1.2 million...
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January 29, 2003

NFL Alums Take Shots For Charity: Partnership With NRA Touted In Annual Event

Dave Butz tried golf, fishing and other leisurely pursuits to try to duplicate the thrill of an NFL game. Only one came close, and it wasn`t golf or fishing. It was sporting clays,...
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January 28, 2003

Verdict Against Gun Firm In Teacher`s Death Is Rejected

Two months after a jury gave gun control advocates a major victory, a South Florida judge took it away Monday, tossing out a $1.2 million award to the widow of a slain schoolteacher. In...
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January 28, 2003

The Guns Are In Britain Despite Gun Control

The evidence concerning gun control is unequivocal and conclusive: It hasn`t worked, just as its critics always said it wouldn`t. The reason for this is obvious: law-abiding people...
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January 27, 2003

Studies Shoot Down Ballistics Database

Two related California studies to be released this week conclude that it is now impractical to catalog the ballistic "fingerprints" of every firearm in California, findings that gun-control...
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January 27, 2003

How Guns Save Lives

Thanks to Baltimore Circuit Court Judge John M. Glynn, justice finally prevailed Thursday, as two businessmen were acquitted of first-degree murder charges for killing a weapon-toting...
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January 23, 2003

Move To Justice Brings New BATF Focus

After more than two centuries of history with the Treasury Department, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms on Friday will report to a new boss: the Justice Department. Read...
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January 23, 2003

Anxiety Drives Increased Gun Purchases

One month after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, about 40,000 people asked the Florida Department of State for an application for a concealed weapons permit, roughly 20 times...
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January 23, 2003

Teacher Sacked Over Plastic Gun "Feels Ruined"

A British teacher sacked for allowing a student to take a 2-ft. fake gun to a photography class feels his life has been ruined, his union representative said yesterday. Read Original...
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January 23, 2003

Judge Doesn`t Swallow Suit About Fat Children

Don`t blame McDonald`s that your children are fat. So says U.S. District Judge Robert Sweet, who dismissed a lawsuit yesterday that blamed the McDonald`s Corp. fast-food chain for obesity...
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January 22, 2003

Joe Foss: "He Flew With The Eagles"

They buried World War II Marine fighter ace Joe Foss out at Arlington National Cemetery yesterday. Joseph Jacob Foss was one of the great American warriors of his generation, a man...
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January 22, 2003

Gun Control Advocates Engage In Wishful Thinking

Something happened in Buffalo recently that contradicts the propaganda of those who support gun control, which is the control of law-abiding people who wish to own a gun for protection...
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January 22, 2003

New State Rules Pose Test For Gun Buyers

A new California law this year requires handgun buyers to pass a written test and show they know how to handle a gun before they can purchase it, among other requirements. But just...
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January 22, 2003

Norfolk Won`t Pursue Bill To Ban Guns In Public Places

City officials in Norfolk, Va., are giving up for now on their quest to keep guns out of some public meetings. The City Council had hoped to regain some authority to regulate guns that...
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January 21, 2003

Maryland Firing Blanks

Gun-control advocates weren`t happy to see Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. win the Maryland governorship. But are gun-control laws really effective at reducing violent crime? Read Original at:...
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January 17, 2003

Martin Refused Parole As "Danger To Burglars"

Tony Martin, the British farmer jailed for shooting dead a burglar, had his application for parole rejected yesterday. The three members of the Parole Board, who met in London to review...
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January 17, 2003

Stressed Surgeons Leave Tools In Patients

Surgical teams accidentally leave clamps, sponges and other tools inside about 1,500 patients nationwide each year, according to the biggest study of the problem yet. Read Original...
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January 16, 2003

Bill To Expand Gun Checks Dies In Committee

A bill that would have required unlicensed dealers at gun shows to conduct background checks on people purchasing guns failed to get out of committee Wednesday. "The committee obviously...
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January 16, 2003

Campaign Reform Weighed In Court

The Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 is now before the federal courts on an expedited schedule. An initial decision is expected within weeks. The Supreme Court will take the case...
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January 16, 2003

ACLU Fears Door Open To Big Brother

The United States is at risk of turning into a full-fledged surveillance society where "Big Brother is watching you," says a report released yesterday by the American Civil Liberties...
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