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Guns and Health Jeffrey M. Drazen, M.D., Stephen Morrissey, Ph.D., and Gregory D. Curfman, M.D. The Supreme Court has launched the country on a risky epidemiologic experiment. The announcement by the Court last month of its decision in District of Columbia v. Heller,1 which struck down a ban on handgun ownership in the nation's capital, has set the stage for legal challenges to gun regulation in other major American cities. Such challenges have already been introduced in Chicago and San Francisco. If there is a widespread loosening of gun regulations, we will learn over the next few years — in...

<p>Before I held a revolver, I thought only police officers and psychopaths shot guns. Guns seemed uncontrollable objects that could inflict death at any moment; I preferred to avoid them.</p> <p>Then I learned how to shoot. My friends arranged a trip to a shooting range outside Chicago. Our instructor, a former police officer, taught us how to stand and point, hunching our shoulders for accuracy. We shot at the target silhouettes' heart and lungs before aiming for its head. In real life, our instructor explained, our attackers might wear bulletproof vests.</p>

Toy Gun Exchange Encourages Children To Think, Not Shoot 9/20/2002 Press Release CeaseFire Foundation P.O. Box 20216 Seattle, WA 98102 www.ceasefirefoundation.org Contact: DeAnna Martin Phone: 206-322-1236 deanna@washingtonceasefire.org CeaseFire Foundation and Seattle Sonics to Swap Toy Guns for Tickets and Prizes Seattle, WA - The CeaseFire Foundation of Washington will join with the Seattle Sonics to sponsor a toy gun exchange this Saturday, September 21st at the Seattle Center. The event is being coordinated by CeaseFire's Agents of Change, a group of five high school students that have been involved in several projects throughout the year involving gun safety education and...

Copyright 2002 Nationwide News Pty Limited The Australian September 3, 2002, Tuesday SECTION: FEATURES-TYPE- FEATURE-COLUMN- OP ED; Pg. 11 LENGTH: 423 words HEADLINE: Self-defenders have no right to impose penalty SOURCE: MATP BYLINE: Stephen Romei BODY: ABOUT five years ago, I watched a man climb into my backyard and take a crowbar to the back door. Opting for the element of surprise, I went downstairs, opened the door and inquired: "What the f--- do you think you're doing?" He dropped the crowbar and ran, vaulting the fence like Tatiana Grigorieva. I recall this incident not to come over all Hemingway,...

VPC Launches New Web Site, www.banhandgunsnow.org, in Conjunction With Release of Paperback Edition of Latest Book, Every Handgun Is Aimed at You: The Case for Banning Handguns WASHINGTON, DC—In conjunction with release of the paperback edition of its most recent book, Every Handgun is Aimed at You: The Case for Banning Handguns (The New Press, 2001), the Violence Policy Center (VPC) today launched a new citizen-action web site, www.banhandgunsnow.org. Each year handguns claim more than 20,000 American lives in suicides, homicides, and unintentional shootings. The unique qualities that make handguns ideally suited for violent death and injury—concealability coupled with lethality—are...

Vicar jailed for keeping loaded gun The gun was brought into England from the US A vicar has been jailed for four months after keeping a loaded gun hidden in a grandfather clock at his vicarage in Greater Manchester. On Tuesday Salford Magistrates' court heard how the Reverend Michael Daggett, 54, kept the gun for protection. Daggett, a US citizen, came to the UK in 1984, before becoming vicar at The Church of the Holy Rood, Swinton, in 1990. He pleaded guilty to possessing a prohibited firearm and possession of ammunition. The court heard how police visited the vicarage in...

Doctor who carried gun returns to work Jefferson Hospital stripped him of a director's title. He had brought a Civil War replica to a meeting. By Stacey Burling Inquirer Staff Writer A Thomas Jefferson University Hospital doctor who brought a replica of a Civil War revolver to a meeting with residents has been allowed to return to work, hospital spokeswoman Phyllis Fisher said. Following the recommendation of the Faculty Affairs Committee, Dr. Thomas J. Nasca, dean of Jefferson Medical College, allowed the doctor, who has been on leave since May 31, to return to his office yesterday. He will begin...

Destroying gun used to kill Selena blames an inanimate object By J.R. LABBE Fort Worth Star-Telegram The .38-caliber Taurus revolver that was used to kill Tejano music sensation Selena lies in pieces at the bottom of Corpus Christi Bay. Thought to be lost after the 1995 trial of Yolanda Saldivar, the singer's former fan club president who is serving a life sentence for shooting the Grammy-winning artist, the gun was found last month in the Harris County home of the court reporter who worked the trial. State District Judge Jose Longoria ordered the destruction of the handgun on June 10;...

Program emphasizes gun danger message By Don Grigas, Staff writer Testimonials from two area residents whose lives were abruptly and permanently shattered by gun violence converted a gymnasium packed with 1,700 noisy teens into a hall of silence on May 9. Organizers of the 75-minute ``SAFE Survival Day'' program, which extolled firearm safety to students in the Bolingbrook High School gymnasium, said they had some trepidations at the outset of the program because of the amount of attendees. ``There was some concern because when we deliver this program at middle and elementary schools, it usually involves 50 to 100 kids,...

Neighbors sound off on paintball operation By NANCY GISH Southtowns Correspondent 5/15/2002 Dozens of residents opposed to a paintball game operation jammed Wales Town Hall on Tuesday to oppose issuing another permit to Matt Kowalski of Vermont Hill Road. The Town Board on Nov. 13 issued a special permit to Kowalski to operate a paintball operation three days a week seasonally, on property owned by his parents, Paul and Barbara Kowalski. Neighbors objected and took the Town Board and the Kowalskis to court, claiming, among other things, that the board didn't follow proper state environmental review procedures or the town's...

<p>Regarding "Memorial to Columbine held to highlight dangers of guns" (The Star, April 21), I am perplexed by the popular usage of the term "gun violence." Violence is violence regardless of the tool or method employed by the perpetrator. Why do we never hear "knife violence" or "baseball bat violence?"</p>

The Daily Telegraph(Sydney) April 23, 2002, Tuesday SECTION: LOCAL; Pg. 1 LENGTH: 563 words HEADLINE: RANDOM KNIFE SEARCHES - Police seek new powers to seize weapons SOURCE: MATP BYLINE: BRUCE MCDOUGALL BODY: EXCLUSIVE POLICE are seeking random breath test-style powers to stop and search people on a mass scale for possession of knives in crime hot spots. The increased powers would give police the right to check vehicles for knives or offensive weapons as well as to search individuals. A submission compiled by senior police -- requiring amendments to search legislation -- would be considered by the Carr Government, The...