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Copyright 2002 The Houston Chronicle Publishing Company The Houston Chronicle October 16, 2002, Wednesday 3 STAR EDITION SECTION: A; Pg. 29 Metfront LENGTH: 854 words HEADLINE: Snipers learn craft at complex; Police among those who train at facility SOURCE: Staff BYLINE: ARMANDO...

Copyright 2002 Associated Press Associated Press Worldstream October 16, 2002 Wednesday SECTION: INTERNATIONAL NEWS DISTRIBUTION: Europe; Britian; Scandinavia; Middle East; Africa; India; Asia; England LENGTH: 311 words HEADLINE: Airline pilot caught with loaded pistol in his hand...

The Associated Press State & Local Wire October 18, 2002, Friday, BC cycle 2:54 AM Eastern Time SECTION: State and Regional LENGTH: 666 words HEADLINE: Court upholds gun sentence in pot case BYLINE: By PAUL QUEARY, Associated Press Writer DATELINE: OLYMPIA BODY: A Spokane...

Brothers foil robbery attempt Would-be thief hospitalized in critical condition By Andy Nelesen anelesen@greenbaypressgazette.com BELLEVUE — Everyone is thankful the gun didn’t go off … except the would-be armed robber. He’s the one who wound up in the hospital in critical condition. “Had...

'Gun-control drum' beats hard to faulty premise By Tom Knott THE WASHINGTON TIMES The sniper has become the latest instrument of persuasion among gun-control advocates. Their kind is popping up on cable news shows almost as frequently as ex-FBI profilers, most of whom refuse to...

Man who killed burglar jailed (Filed: 17/10/2002) A man who stabbed to death a burglar he found in his family's home has been jailed for five years. Barry-Lee Hastings, 25, stabbed Roger Williams, 35, a total of 12 times after mistaking a crowbar in his hand for a machete. But Old Bailey...

Goofus and Gallant - A friend asked me to share my experiences meeting the two men running for US Senate from Texas this year, Mayor Ron Kirk of Dallas and Attorney General John Cornyn. I met John Cornyn in the summer of 1999 at Red’s Gun Shop and Rifle Range in Austin, Texas, where a lawyer...

Houston Chapter 1st Annual Gun Meet - GLOCKTOBERFEST! Houston FreeRepublic Network Chapter Thursday, October 17, 2002 Flyer Posted on 10/17/2002 7:46 AM Central by Flyer The Houston Chapter is excited to announce our 1st Annual Gunpalooza and BBQ - aka GlocktoberFest. The range activities...

Copyright 2002 Southeastern Newspapers Corporation The Augusta Chronicle October 13, 2002 Sunday, ALL EDITIONS SECTION: SPORTS, Pg. C15 LENGTH: 720 words HEADLINE: DON'T FORGET YOUR EAR GEAR GUNSHOTS JEOPARDIZE HEARING BYLINE: Robert Pavey; Outdoors Editor BODY: The clamor of...

Serial Burglar Prompts Calls for Mandatory Fingerprinting By Dover Smeed CNSNews.com Satire October 17, 2002 Public safety advocates in Mississippi and Alabama are urging legislation that would require mandatory fingerprinting, saying it would aid police in their investigation of a string of...

Smith & Wesson Retools Image as Lawsuits Falter The Wall Street Journal Wednesday, October 16, 2002 VANESSA O'CONNELL and PAUL M. BARRETT Momentum Shifts in Gun-Control Battle, With White House Backing the Industry SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -- For a brief time, one of the most fabled names in...

Despite killings, Americans grin and bear arms TIMES NEWS NETWORK [ SUNDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2002 01:21:33 AM ] ONLY IN AMERICA / CHIDANAND RAJGHATTA When the Founding Fathers of the Indian Republic looked to the United States Constitution, among others, for inspiration and guidance, they could...

Vigo County teenager shoots, kills man Youth says he thought intruder was going to pull a weapon By Karin Grunden/Tribune-Star October 12, 2002 When his teenage son complained of suspicious vehicles in his northern Vigo County neighborhood, Carl Rader provided the 17-year-old with a couple...

Store owner shoots at robber From Staff Reports LOUISBURG -- A Louisburg store owner said he avoided a robbery attempt early Saturday by shooting at an armed man. Atlas Griffin, 69, owner of "Triple G" convenience store, 3822 U.S. 401 South, shot at the alleged robber shortly after...

http://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/Opinions/pub/01/01-40836-cr0.pdf This appeal presents the question whether the crime pf possession of a "prohibited weapon", specifically a sawed-off shotgun, under Texas law constitutes a crime of violence under Federal sentencing guidelines. Ruben Serna pleaded...

Let Israelis protect themselves BY GABRIEL DANZIG Most Israelis heaved a sigh of relief when it became known that the suicide bomber who blew himself up near Bar-Ilan University on Thursday had failed to enter the bus he intended to destroy, and wound up blowing himself up outside where only...

Unarmed, in a hostile world By LINDA WILLIAMSON -- Toronto Sun Quick - name a country with uncertain weapons and defensive capability, a fragile, demoralized military and an unpredictable strongman leader whose "emerging hostility" has invited the wrath of the U.S., putting his country's...

FBI Says Man Does Not Pose Threat Man Reportedly Bought Large Quantity Of Ammunition Posted: 10:57 a.m. EDT October 11, 2002 Updated: 1:35 p.m. EDT October 11, 2002 TAYLOR, Mich.-- A man who reportedly bought a large quantity of ammunition at a local Wal-Mart store Thursday night does not...

Car's owner fatally shoots alleged burglar A southwest Houston man trying to hold a car burglar at gunpoint until police arrived killed the suspect Thursday when the man lunged at him, police said. Donell Rashun Moten, 24, of the 8500 block of Hearth was killed by a shotgun blast in the neck...

Opening of gun museum delayed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Allows more time for development By The Associated Press LOUISVILLE — Weapons aficionados will have to wait another year to see a vast assortment of arms put together by a local...