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Letters: Why protests over beating, but not shooting? Four police officers are out of their jobs - and rightly so ("Four Officers Fired In Police Beating," May 20). I wonder, though, if the three accused shooting suspects will ever face any penalty for their actions. Lots of people turned out to protest the beating of these three "gentlemen," but somehow the shooting that prompted the whole thing didn't merit even the attendance in court of the witnesses to the shooting of the suspects' three alleged victims. Perhaps the police should be kept out of some of these neighborhoods, so that...

Omaha (KPTM) - Omaha Police Chief Thomas Warren says that today's shooting was "done by one shooter, and one shooter only". In a Wednesday night press conference, Chief Warren said that the first shooting victim was found shot to death on the second floor of Von Maur. Several victims were found shot to death in the customer service area of Von Maur on the third floor. The shooter, 19 year-old Robert Hawkins, was found in the store with a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Warren says Hawkins was found with a SKS Assault rifle. Among the dead are 5 unidentified females, 3...

A ban on assault rifles, pushed by the mayor of Chicago and our governor, is moldering in the state House Rules Committee. Lawmakers can take no action until they reconvene in October. And even then, there's little chance supporters can pick up the three additional votes they need to send the bill to the Senate. But like the villain at the end of a movie, the assault rifle ban never dies. It's just wounded, waiting to come back when you're not looking. So I thought I would look into the validity of its major argument. That is, this notion that...

Killers turn to assault rifles 7.62 mm weapons used in recent slayings FLINT THE FLINT JOURNAL FIRST EDITION Tuesday, June 28, 2005 By Ken Palmer, Bryn Mickle and James L. Smith FLINT - Assault rifles favored by Iraqi insurgents are finding their way onto Flint streets in alarming numbers. A spate of shootings using such 7.62 mm assault rifles as AK-47s has police worried about high-powered weapons better suited for war zones. Why so much worry? A 7.62mm round can cut straight through a bullet-resistant vest. "That powerful of a weapon is a concern for the safety of officers and...

Marshalltown police recovered a Chinese assault rifle from an undocumented immigrant Thursday.According to Marshalltown Police Chief Lon Walker, a Hispanic male went to the police department to speak with officers regarding an unrelated matter. During his conversation with officers, when he was asked for his name and identification, he told police he was using a false name, and was in the country illegally.After showing officers his fake identification, Jorge Garcia-Ortega, 26, was arrested and charged with forgery.Before being taken to Marshall County Jail, Garcia-Ortega told officers he owned an assault rifle and offered to give it to them. Officers searched...

MARTIN - Brad Johnson told his awful story late Tuesday afternoon, remembering in a soft, unsteady voice the rifle shot that took a stranger's life and changed his own forever. "I have a lot of questions to God about why this thing had to happen," the 51-year-old Martin-area farmer said during a telephone interview from his home. "It's a terrible thing. It's a freak thing. To me, it's impossible that it could even happen." But it did happen last Friday afternoon, in a blurred convergence of poor judgment and fickle chance that left 39-year-old Jay Torgerson of Custer lying in...

"This is not a gun you go deer hunting with."Lawrence Keane, senior vice president and general counsel National Shooting Sports Foundation New York Times, 11-23-04 "They can be used for hunting. They are not any morepowerful, and they're not... you can hunt anything. Peoplehunt everything from deer to any type of game."Wayne LaPierre, PresidentNational Rifle AssociationHardball with Chris Matthews, 9-8-04 Washington, DC - The SKS rifle apparently used by the hunter to kill six other hunters in Wisconsin wasn't banned under the Federal assault weapons ban that expired September 13, but it should be banned for civilian use. Designed for...

Here is an article from the NYSlimes

Wisconsin Hunter Murders Show Need For Effective Assault Weapons Ban—Armed Hunters No Match For SKS Assault RiflePresident Has Power to Fully Ban Import of All Foreign-Made Assault Rifles Such as SKSs And AK-47s Washington, DC—SKS assault rifles like the one reported to have been used to murder five hunters and wound three others in Wisconsin over the weekend are a primary threat to police, the Violence Policy Center (VPC) reported today. So far in 2004, at least six law enforcement officers have been slain by SKSs. In the wake of the shooting, the VPC called on President George W. Bush...

  The Houston Chapter is excited to announce our 1st Annual Gunpalooza and BBQ - aka GlocktoberFest. The range activities will be at The American Shooting Centers in far west Houston at George Bush Park. Okay folks - it's time to Rock and Load!!GlocktoberFest is scheduled for Saturday, October 26. This will be a ton-o-fun-with-a-gun and a great opportunity to meet and greet your fellow Houston area FReepers. Details, details, details. . . Shooting starts at 10:00Gun owners will pay the range fee of $6.00 for the first gun, $3.00 for each additional gunGun owners will provide the ammo...