http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/gunfreezone/ en-us Thu, 20 Nov 2008 01:36:22 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2135015/posts Minneapolis Police arrested four adults and one 16 year-old boy Tuesday night who they believe are responsible for the rash of armed robberies near the University of Minnesota campus. The crimes led police to issue a crime alert on Monday, warning students about the incidents. Police said the suspects would rob female victims at gunpoint of their purses. The latest robbery occurred Tuesday shortly before 11 p.m. at 15th Avenue Southeast and Brook Avenue Southeast. Police said the victim, 21-year-old Kelsey Jaeger, was able to read the license plate number. Within two hours, authorities arrested Mohamud Mohamud, 19; Abshir Asse,... KSTP.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2135015/posts#comment Thu, 20 Nov 2008 01:36:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2131944/posts Follow link to story acknowkedging the danger of gun-free signs and zones,and the "new" police tactics. WCPO channel 9 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2131944/posts#comment Fri, 14 Nov 2008 10:23:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2088324/posts Many people may be dead following a shooting at a high school in Finland, police have said. The individual with the gun is still inside the vocational college in Kauhajoki, 120 miles from Helsinki, and students are being evacuated. Sky News (excerpt) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2088324/posts#comment Tue, 23 Sep 2008 08:58:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2074858/posts Total Is About Double The Death Toll In Iraq CHICAGO (CBS) ― An estimated 123 people were shot and killed over the summer. That's nearly double the number of soldiers killed in Iraq over the same time period. In May, cbs2chicago.com began tracking city shootings and posting them on Google maps. Information compiled from our reporters, wire service reports and the Chicago Police Major Incidents log indicated that 123 people were shot and killed throughout the city between the start of Memorial Day weekend on May 26, and the end of Labor Day on Sept. 1. According to the Defense... CBS 2 - Chicago http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2074858/posts#comment Thu, 4 Sep 2008 21:38:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2073106/posts OMAHA, Neb. - A La Vista man claims he was beaten by Omaha Police has filed a complaint against the department and plans to hire an attorney. Darnell Birdine, 19, said it happened at Septemberfest Sunday night. Omaha police said they saw someone fire shots near 10th and Webster, which is near the Septemberfest midway. As they responded to that shots fired call, they decided to close the event for the night. msnbc http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2073106/posts#comment Tue, 2 Sep 2008 17:23:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2060674/posts Fox News has a report on the efficacy of "Gun Free Zones" A must see. Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2060674/posts#comment Tue, 12 Aug 2008 19:03:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2056097/posts The first convention of Students for Concealed Carry on Campus (SCCC) featured at least one speaker who said college students bearing arms on campus would not make anyone safer. Paul Helmke, president of the Brady Campaign, a gun control advocacy group, said studies show that college students are more likely to engage in risky behavior than the general population. “When I look back on my college days, maybe it was a different era in the late ‘60s, but most of my fraternity brothers didn’t have criminal records – not yet, most of them, even those who were in ROTC and... CNSNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2056097/posts#comment Mon, 4 Aug 2008 09:57:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2050027/posts A Mississippi congressman (Rep Thompson, D) wants to create even more defensless victim zones. Thompson is displeased with a recent Georgia State law that removes infringements on the right of Georia citizens to bear arms on public transportation. While there is no history of problems in this area, Thompson wishes to ban guns from unspecified zones around airports, far beyond the traditional security zones established to prevent terrorists from smuggling arms onto airliners. Most airports around the country respect the second amendment rights of citizens to bear arms outside the designated security zones. vanity http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2050027/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:12:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050007/posts This past Tuesday a University student, Cassie LeBlanc, was robbed while getting into her car after leaving the library around 9:30 p.m. The robber forced her against her car and asked for her wallet, then he discovered there was no cash. He decided he didn't want it, but after seeing text books on the front seat, the thief decided to take those instead. I was very glad to hear LeBlanc was alright, but a very important question came to mind: What if she had a firearm to defend herself? Would this incident have happened? My answer is probably not. The... Daily Reveille http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050007/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:45:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049056/posts Dallas murder suspect arrested in Zanesville Law enforcement, firefighters and postal investigators respond to the scene of a shooting at the Dallas Post Office Friday afternoon. The road around the post office was closed for hours. POST OFFICE IS CLOSED Following the fatal shooting Friday, the Dallas Post Office will be closed today and until further notice, postal officials said late Friday. Post office box customers at the Dallas Post Office can pick up their box mail at the Valley Grove Post Office, 3470 National Road. Mail delivery for Dallas customers will be conducted as normal, officials said. DALLAS, W.Va.... The News-Register http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049056/posts#comment Mon, 21 Jul 2008 23:18:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2039201/posts You could call it the Atlanta version of "High Noon." Top city officials will announce Tuesday that despite a new state gun law that went into effect at midnight, they will have anyone carrying a weapon at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport arrested. The state lawmaker who sponsored the new gun law says if they do, the city will immediately be sued. And state Rep. Tim Bearden (R-Villa Rica) said the plaintiff in the lawsuit could be himself. "I have a permit, and I have family I have to pick up at the airport tomorrow [Tuesday]," Bearden told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on... The Atlanta Journal-Constitution http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2039201/posts#comment Tue, 1 Jul 2008 15:40:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2034634/posts Gun Free Zones Endanger The Lives of Children Published on: June 21st, 2008 11:23pm by: unsolvedmysteries (OPENPRESS) June 22, 2008 -- A new blog covers different aspects of culture and society to help people understand aspects of the world around them that is overlooked or taken for granted. The author of this new blog, Abbas Abedi, says that he has been thinking of how to approach this large topic. He says that he could approach this topic like a book, laying groundwork to explain his views or he could rant about stuff that he notices in day to day... theopenpress.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2034634/posts#comment Sun, 22 Jun 2008 08:10:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2019018/posts CHICAGO (CBS) ― Gun violence on the streets of Chicago continues to take lives with nearly every day that passes. In a recent town hall meeting on violence, the issue of guns dominated the discussion. The question arose: How does Chicago, with one of the most restrictive laws on handgun ownership, have such a problem with the mayhem their users cause? CBS 2's Rob Johnson the gun debate continues, and some wonder if law-abiding citizens have become outgunned. In April of this year there were 47 murders in Chicago, the highest monthly total in 10 years, and 80 percent of... CBS 2 CHICAGO http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2019018/posts#comment Wed, 21 May 2008 04:00:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2012519/posts A year has passed since the tragic events at Virginia Tech, and there are some assumptions upon which gun control is based that require investigation. Chief among them is the misplaced feeling that banning firearms somehow eradicates them. When examining this notion, we can look for another example of a ban to give us a sense of the difference between banning and eradication. There are people in America known as illegal immigrants who are banned from being here. If the state cannot keep a person from coming into the country illegally, what possible hope does it have in banning a... roanoke.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2012519/posts#comment Wed, 7 May 2008 16:32:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2011771/posts A young woman jumped out a second story window after being sexually assaulted early Sunday morning at her home near the University of Minnesota campus, according to Minneapolis Police. Police said a 20-year-old woman was confronted by a stranger in her residence on the 1000 block of 15th Avenue S.E. The woman was sexually assaulted and then fled out of a second story window, breaking her ankle from the fall. Police said she then ran to a neighbor's house to report the assault. Minneapolis police are investigating this recent incident. On April 26, an 18-year-old female student was sexually assaulted... WCCO.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2011771/posts#comment Tue, 6 May 2008 03:16:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2006546/posts (CNSNews.com) - Posters reading, "Be Cool... Don't Let Guns Rule" are going up in all public schools in Hamilton County, Tenn., which includes the Chattanooga metropolitan area. "The initiative will aid in keeping guns out of schools, thus allowing students and teachers to focus on learning," the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said in a news release. The ATF says as students walk their school hallways, they will see the posters, which promise anonymity to those who call Crime Stoppers to report what they see or hear. "The time period between preventing an act of violence and... CNSNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2006546/posts#comment Thu, 24 Apr 2008 21:55:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2005058/posts Last Monday, three colleges and four K-to-12 schools were shut down by threats of violence. This week over 25,000 college students at 300 chapters in 44 states belong to a group, Students for Concealed Carry on College Campuses, that will carry empty handgun holsters to protest their concerns about not being able to defend themselves. With the first anniversary of the Virginia Tech attack last week and the discussions that it created, we clearly have not been able to put that and other attacks behind us. There are good reasons why the safety measures adopted over the last year to... Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2005058/posts#comment Tue, 22 Apr 2008 03:34:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2003999/posts CHICAGO -- The weekend has gotten off to an especially violent start, with no fewer than 20 people shot on the streets of Chicago, three of them fatally, from Friday afternoon through early Saturday. About 12:50 p.m. Friday, a girl was wounded in the arm when she and another person were shot at 2714 W. 66th St. A Chicago Lawn police sergeant said two people were shot and "one of the victims,'' a girl, was shot in the arm. The sergeant would not disclose the girl's age. The girl was taken to Holy Cross Hospital. About 3:30 p.m., a 15-year-old... NBC5.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2003999/posts#comment Sat, 19 Apr 2008 16:01:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1995516/posts Chavez Clarke, 18, had spent this past Saturday taking catch-up classes so he could graduate on time. As he left a South Side high school that afternoon, he was fatally shot, in broad daylight and in plain view of other students. His death marked a grim end to a week when police and school officials had stepped up their efforts to combat a spike in killings of public school students. The day before, an eighth-grader at a North Side school was shot and killed. In all, 20 Chicago public school students have been fatally shot so far this school year... Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1995516/posts#comment Wed, 2 Apr 2008 15:42:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1984845/posts A University of Minnesota student lost his wallet, but ended up with the robber's gun, said Deputy Chief Steve Johnson. The victim handed the spring-loaded BB gun to police when they responded to the call around 3:55 a.m. Sunday. Johnson said he isn't sure how the male student ended up with the gun, but "we don't recommend reaching for that." The student, 23, was walking eastbound on University Avenue near SE. 16th Street when the suspect approached and asked for a cigarette. The suspect then displayed a gun and demanded the student's wallet and Walkman. He resisted. The suspect got... StarTribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1984845/posts#comment Thu, 13 Mar 2008 02:49:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1984788/posts A teenager today admitted beating and stabbing a 17-year-old model to death in broad daylight. Marc King-Bromley attacked Danielle Johnson behind garages in Bounds Green, north London, on May 28 last year. The hair and beauty student, who studied at Waltham Forest College, died on June 8 in the Royal Free Hospital in Hampstead. The youngster had been mugged on numerous occasions before her death and had a BB gun held to her head by a fellow student. Her mother, Jan Johnson, claims she went to see police 20 times but was told there was no point in prosecuting the... DailyMail http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1984788/posts#comment Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:49:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1983311/posts We recently witnessed, yet again, another case of firearm violence with the shooting deaths of five people on the Northern Illinois University campus. One of the most surprising things in the aftermath was an almost complete lack of discussion on the topic of gun control. The conversation that did occur centered mostly on keeping guns out of the hands of the mentally unstable. Have we as a country given up on the notion of limiting access to firearms for the general population? Interestingly, in the Northern Illinois killings, even though the shooter had a shotgun, most of the shots were... WCF Courier (Iowa) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1983311/posts#comment Mon, 10 Mar 2008 16:41:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1980759/posts How do you feel about allowing loaded guns in our national parks? Do you feel the need to pack heat while wandering the wildflower meadows of Paradise on Mount Rainier? Are you determined to protect yourself against overly aggressive squirrels at Hurricane Ridge? As you may have heard, Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne has agreed to modify existing rules that prohibit people from carrying loaded weapons in the national parks. The new rules will be ready for public comment by the end of April [289K PDF]. The push comes from the U.S. Senate. Fifty senators added their signatures to... Crosscut http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1980759/posts#comment Wed, 5 Mar 2008 16:36:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1979901/posts I'm going to enjoy writing about a general election campaign against Barack Obama. As Corner contributor Dave Kopel and David Bernstein note, Barack Obama proposed a few years ago a federal law against licensed firearms dealers operating within five miles of a school or park. As Kopel notes, "Every town I've ever visited which has more than a few dozen inhabitants has either a school or a park. Hypothesizing that the ban would apply to city parks (e.g., Central Park in New York City) but not to National Parks, pick a geographical region, and describe where a licensed firearms dealer... CampaignSpot http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1979901/posts#comment Tue, 4 Mar 2008 00:55:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1979704/posts Dicks vows to block bid to lift ban on loaded weapons in national parks WASHINGTON – With a showdown looming, U.S. Rep. Norm Dicks says he’s prepared to block any effort by the administration to lift the current ban on carrying loaded weapons in national parks. It’s not an idle threat. As chairman of the House Appropriations interior subcommittee, Dicks oversees the National Parks Service’s annual budget and is in a position to prevent the administration from dropping the Reagan-era ban. While the Washington Democrat is usually reluctant to add legislative provisions to his spending bill, he is ready to... thenewstribune.com (WA) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1979704/posts#comment Mon, 3 Mar 2008 18:58:19 GMT