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EU COMMISSIONER CHRIS F. PATTEN vs. US GENERAL GEORGE S. PATTON PATTEN: "I don't know but I think it's very dangerous when you start taking up absolutist positions and simplistic positions." PATTON: "Americans despise cowards. Americans play to win all of the time. I wouldn't give a hoot in...

Dad-gum-it! It's moron hunting season by Howie Carr Sunday, December 1, 2002 Hot diggity damn! Shotgun deer-hunting season starts tomorrow at dawn in Massachusetts. Thousands of deer will die. So will hundreds of thousands of cans of beer. Other likely casualties include a few cows and...

The fashion police are ready for action 12/01/02 Julie Carr Smyth Plain Dealer Bureau Columbus - Looking for that perfect holiday gift item? Consider the new fashion possibilities if state lawmakers pull the trigger on a proposed concealed-handgun bill before Christmas. A world of...

James Bond's gun maker set to buy Heckler & Koch By David Brierley 01 December 2002 BAE Systems is poised to sell Heckler & Koch, its German handgun and rifle maker. The sale is awaiting formal approval from the US and UK defence ministries, both of which are Heckler & Koch customers. The...

ABCC and Swift battle over guns Square off over investigators' practice of carrying weapons By Diane E. Lewis, Globe Staff, 11/29/2002 s a veteran investigator for the Massachusetts Alcohol Beverages Control Commission, Keith Keady faced threats and taunts, but after 18 years checking package...

Experts say hunting isn't a risky pastime By George McLaren george.mclaren@indystar.com November 26, 2002 The deaths of three Indiana hunters in the past week may have resulted from careless weapon handling, authorities said Monday. The three deaths, plus one earlier this year, equal...

Wounded hiker thanks shooter for aid Victim not angry with deer hunter, who visits her in hospital By DIANE R. STEPP Atlanta Journal-Constitution Staff Writer Rachel Ferguson was on a hiking and camping trip when she was shot by hunter Matthew Bryant. The Appalachian Trail camper...

Burglary victim turns the tables on two men By Andrea Hannon, ahannon@mariettatimes.com Two men who were robbing a Belpre residence late Saturday night got the surprise of their lives when the home's owner returned in the middle of their crime spree. Daniel R. Hubbard, 41, of 242...

Killers win right to fight for freedom By BILL ANDREWS SOME of Britain’s most notorious murderers could be freed years early after lawyers successfully challenged the Home Secretary’s right to keep them behind bars for the rest of their natural lives. The decision today by the Law Lords...

Police: Teller Thwarts Woman's BB Gun Bank Heist Suspect Trapped In Security Doors SPRINGDALE, Ohio -- A local woman is in custody after she allegedly tried to shoot her way out of a bank with a BB gun. Donna Garrison, 46, of Hamilton, is facing aggravated robbery charges, WLWT Eyewitness...

JACKSON, Mich. -- As the war on terrorism continues and as war with Iraq appears to loom ominously in the not so distant future, Americans must be equally vigilant to remain thankful that we live in the greatest country the world has ever known. Thanksgiving is a very important holiday and...

Police say intruder fired gun first The report says that the Big Island man's body was found with a pistol in his hand -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Rod Thompson rthompson@starbulletin.com HILO >> The man killed by Big Island papaya...

Student shooting lessons By Tony Rindfleisch November 24, 2002 PISTOL shooting will be taught at schools under controversial plans being funded by a State Government grant. Children as young as 12 would be trained to hit targets 50 metres away, using high-tech computerised guns. Outraged...

The Associated Press State & Local Wire November 24, 2002, Sunday, BC cycle SECTION: State and Regional LENGTH: 196 words HEADLINE: Police: Man shoots to death someone breaking into his home DATELINE: NAPLES, N.Y. BODY: A man shot and killed an intruder in his home in self-defense...

Cannon Shell Turned Table Leg Hurts Eight BELGRADE (Reuters) - A Montenegrin family thought a World War II artillery shell was the ideal replacement for a broken table leg -- until it exploded, injuring eight people as they were about to eat a meal. The Miskovic family in the town of...

Apply `junk gun' argument to cars Jerry L. Farquhar Lighthouse Point Posted November 22 2002 Re "Widow wins gun suit," by Jon Burstein: Here we go again, another stupid jury fooled by money-grubbing lawyers. The argument that a manufacturer or distributor of a legal product, sold to a...

The Right of the People to Keep and Bear Arms Who does the Second Amendment protect? By Neal Shaffer On this much we can all agree: America has a very powerful relationship with firearms. We owe our existence as a nation to the practical application of guns, and just as surely we owe the...

Posted on Thu, Nov. 21, 2002 Deadly shooting `a freak accident' Boy thought gun wasn't loaded; it fired in girl's hands By Phil Trexler Beacon Journal staff writer Somehow, a stolen .22-caliber gun found its way into the hands of 16-year-old Johnny Gardner. Somehow, it didn't fire when...

Copyright 2002 Fort Collins Coloradoan All Rights Reserved Fort Collins Coloradoan November 20, 2002 Wednesday SECTION: LOCAL; Pg. 1B LENGTH: 497 words HEADLINE: County to craft uniform weapons policy BYLINE: David Persons, Coloradoan staff, DavidPersons@coloradoan.com BODY: It...

The Dallas Morning News November 21, 2002, Thursday SECOND EDITION SECTION: PLANO MORNING NEWS; Pg. 1P; FRISCO LENGTH: 433 words HEADLINE: Woman indicted in death; Daughter says gun went off unexpectedly in father's fatal shooting SOURCE: Staff Writer BYLINE: MANOLO BARCO BODY...