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SA: Police risk
heavy penalties'
by using
Facebook page to
win cases
"South
Australian
Police are
exposing
themselves to
possible heavy
financial
penalties by
allowing the
public to
comment on
SAPOL’s Facebook
site about
ongoing cases.
The Facebook
page allows
people to
comment about
its media
releases,
raising concerns
about the
potential danger
from defamation
and breaches of
identity
suppression
orders,"
Police have a
thankless task
and we wish them
well, but there
appears to be
one law
party for one
party and
another law for
the other.
NSW: Suspect State: Right to
silence to be removed by
NSW Liberals
"The proposed
changes to the right
to silence in New
South Wales should
have everyone
wondering, and
asking, about the
ealtie by
usinmpirical
evidence the
O’Farrell Government
is relying on to
justify the proposed
changes. The changes
to the right to
silence laws in
Britain were
announced in 1988
after judges failed
to convict suspects,
allegedly
incriminated by
other evidence,
because they chose
to remain silent, .
."
NORWAY: ' A fate worse then
death', says
a tool
"A Norwegian court
delivers its verdict
in the ten-week
trial of gunman
Anders Behring
Breivik on Friday,
deciding whether to
send the anti-Muslim
militant to jail or
a mental hospital
for the massacre of
77 people last
summer Prosecutors
have demanded a
verdict of insanity,
a fate Breivik
called "worse than
death", while many
of his victims say
only a sane person
could have carried
out such a complex
attack. Either way
he is likely to
spend the rest of
his life behind
bars."
US: Student expelled
for having toy gun
in backpack
"Parents want their
child back in
school. School board
says no way, Jose!
8-year-old [Samuel
Burgos] hasn't been
in school for a year
and will likely miss
another year if the
Broward County
School Board has its
way," NBCMiami.com
tells us .Why
?Burgos was
suspended from
school in November
after a teacher
found a toy gun in
his backpack."
AUS: Greens in
trouble
"Jon Faine’s
interview with
Acting Greens party
leader
sixty-something
Senator Christine
Milne, filling in
for retirement-age
leader Senator Bob
Brown is a delight
to behold. It’s fair
to say the Greens
party get a good run
on ABC Radio in
Melbourne, not a
completely
unquestioning good
run but a good run
all the same. But as
the masters of the
absurd, when
subjected to Faine’s
devil advocacy,
hilarity ensued.''
TAIWAN: All that
glitters is not gold
"A Taiwanese
teenager has
collapsed and died
at an internet cafe
after playing the
computer game Diablo
3 for 40 hours
straight. Officials
say the 18-year-old
booked a private
room at the cafe in
Tainan and did not
emerge for nearly
two days. . ."
NSW: Allleged Nomads
bikies' arrested for
'consorting'
"Another
bikie has been
charged under New
South Wales
legislation to crack
down on criminal
gangs. Two alleged
senior Nomads bikies
last week became the
first to be charged
under the new
consorting laws,
which aim to stop
people from
repeatedly meeting
with convicted
criminals. . ."
NSW: Nomads bikie
gang 'suspected in
man's kneecapping'
(Two weeks ago) "The Middle Eastern
Organised Crime
Squad has taken over
an investigation
into a home invasion
overnight where a
man was kneecapped
by a gunman. Victim
Peter Younan appears
to have [...] expected
trouble. There are
security cameras
installed on either
side of the public
housing home where
he lives with his
mother at Revesby,
in Sydney's
south-west. . ."
SA: Focarelli in
court on drug charge
(Two weeks ago)
"Self-proclaimed
gang leader Vincenzo
Focarelli has faced
the Adelaide
District Court and
denied a charge of
trafficking drugs.
It is alleged police
found a parcel of
drugs in a car
Focarelli was
driving when he
flagged officers
down at Prospect
after a shooting.
His 22-year-old son
Giovanni Focarelli
was shot dead in an
ambush at Dry Creek
earlier this year. .
."
VIC: Shot fired
during 170 km/h car
chase
(Two weeks ago)
"A gunman fired a
shot at a group of
men in a car before
chasing them at up
to 170km/h along a
busy Melbourne
freeway, police say.
Two groups of men
had been chatting in
two parked cars in a
car park at the
corner of York and
Ferrars streets in
South Melbourne when
an argument took
place at about
4.30am (AEST) on
Sunday. A short time
later, a man in a
third car allegedly
produced a handgun
and shot at one of
the cars, a Holden
Astra, police said.
The Astra driver
fled the carpark,
driving east on York
Street, but the
gunman gave chase,
with the pursuit
leading onto the
Monash Freeway and
reaching at speeds
up to 170km/h before
the chasing car
eventually turned
around. . ."
US: Cops' shoot
dead, man legally
carrying firearm
"Erik Scott was a
West Point graduate
who went on to serve
honourably in the
Army, get his MBA
from Duke and
establish a
lucrative career in
real estate and as a
sales rep for a
medical device
company. He was 38
years old when he
was gunned down in
2010 in the portico
of a Las Vegas area
Costco store by
officers from the
Las Vegas Metro
Police Department.
While it was 7
bullets from the
only people we’re
supposed to trust
with guns that
snuffed out Erik
Scott’s life, what
really killed him
was an irrational
fear of firearms –
Hoplophobia. . ."
US: A-G faces
contempt charge for
botched
gun running op.
"In an unprecedented
move, US lawmakers
have voted to hold
Attorney General
Eric Holder in
contempt, paving the
way for legal action
over a probe into a
botched gun-running
scheme. Several
furious Democrats
led by Nancy Pelosi,
the party's top
member in the House
of Representatives,
stormed out of the
chamber at the start
of the vote. . ."
PHILIPPINES': Witness
killed following
election violence
"A man has been shot
in the chest after
answering a knock at
the door in
Victoria's northeast
yesterdays morning.
A Victoria Police
spokeswoman said the
24-year-old opened
the door of a
Wangaratta home to
two men about
5.40am,accprdingf to
Melbourne's "Herald
Sun" newspaper. . ."
VIC: Man shot at his
home in Wangaratta
"A man answered a
knock atthe front door in
Victoria's northeast
yesterday morning. A
Victoria Police
spokes-woman said the
24-year-old opened
the door of a
Wangaratta home to
two men about 5.40am,accordingf to Melbourne's 'Herald
Sun' newspaper.
. ."
GREECE: Olympics
date from 10th.
century BC
"Olympia, the site
of the ancient
Olympic Games, is in
the western part of
the Peloponnese
which, according to
Greek mythology, is
the island of "Pelops",
the founder of the
Olympic Games.
Imposing temples,
votive buildings,
elaborate shrines
and ancient sporting
facilities were
combined in a site
of unique natural
and mystical beauty.
Olympia functioned
as a meeting place
for worship and
other religious and
political practices
as early as the 10th
century BC..."
UK: London shooting venue
looking good
"London’s Olympic
shooting venue has
successfully staged
the ISSF World Cup,
as preparations
continue for this
year’s Olympic
Games. The Royal
Artillery Barracks
hosted more than 800
competitors from 100
countries during the
tournament, which
ran from 17-28
April, and ISSF
Secretary General
Franz Schreiber was
impressed by the
temporary venue,
which will host the
shooting events
during the London
2012 Game. . ."
AUS: Olympic
shooting -- in all
Olympics except 1904
and 1928
"Shooting has
appeared on every
Olympic program
except St Louis 1904
and Amsterdam 1928.
The number and
variety of events
have changed many
times over the
Olympiads - shooting
began with three
events in 1986 and
now boasts fifteen.
. . "
US: Micro-stamping
law--trust
a
politician?,,,,NEVER!
"Firearms
micro-stamping,
signed into by Gov.
Arnold
Schwarzenegger (R-Calif.)
in October 2007 and
slated to take
effect New Year's
Day ,2010, is not in
effect since the
technology remains
encumbered by
patents.
Micro-stamping --
the process by which
firearms
manufacturers would
have to micro
laser-engrave a
gun's make, model
and serial number on
two distinct parts
of each gun,
including the firing
pin, so that in
theory the
information would be
imprinted on the
cartridge casing
when the pistol is
fired -- must be
certified as
patent-free by the
California
Department of
Justice before the
law can go into
effect. . ."
......Then all
they have to do is
find the gun and
link it to the
criminal who
committed the
offence. A pretty
tall order, don't ya
think?
UN: Canada modifies
stance on Arms Trade
Treaty
"Canada has modified
its controversial
position on a United
Nations arms control
treaty. In a new
position paper
submitted to the UN,
the federal
government has
dropped its proposal
to exclude all
sporting and hunting
firearms from the
international Arms
Trade Treaty, an
agreement that seeks
to regulate the
import, export and
transfer of all
conventional
weapons. Last summer
Canada surprised
many and attracted
heaps of scorn from
countries such as
Nigeria, Brazil,
Mexico and
Australia,
when it changed its
stance on the treaty
and advocated for
the exclusion of
so-called "civilian"
firearms. Some
non-governmental
observers predicted
Canada's new
position could have
helped derail the
entire process.. ."
We could but
hope!
Little Johnny Howard
bobs up again.
"Oxfam says 12
billion bullets
are produced
each year -
almost two for
every person in
the world.
Humanitarian
charity Oxfam
has launched a
new campaign to
call for the
regulation of
the sale of
ammunition
around the
world. It comes
ahead of a
United Nations
summit in July
on bringing in a
new arms trade
treaty to
regulate the
sale of arms.
Oxfam is arguing
that any treaty
must also
regulate
ammunition trade
or the treaty
"doesn't make
sense". . ."
Submitted by DG.
Police
Commissioner
Andrew Scipione
and Police
Minister Mike
Gallacher on
Wednesday made a
public show of
overseeing the
destruction of
142 weapons
seized in recent
months. But it
has taken little
over two weeks
for criminals to
steal more than
a third of that
number and put
them back on the
black market. In
a number of
cases since May
14, when the
robberies began,
entire gun safes
have been
removed from
properties with
weapons inside.
. ."
Submitted by DG.
(Two weeks
ago.}
Comment:
Who would have
thought! Another
good reason for
not having gun
registration.
Trouble is
government and
police are
addicted to the
various state
registries and
see them as the
answer to the
problem of
illegal guns in
the hands of
criminals.
(Independent) "Researchers
conclude that
the importance
of hunting and
shooting to
wildlife
conservation is
highly relevant
to the debate
over whether fox
hunting with
hounds should be
banned in
Britain. While
76 percent of
Britain is
covered by
farmland,
national nature
reserves make up
only half of one
percent. So
farmers, not
conservationists,
manage the vast
bulk of the
country's
available
wildlife
habitat. . ."
"A legal loophole
that resulted in
people facing lesser
charges after being
involved in a
drive-by shooting
will be closed by
the State
Government.
Attorney-General
John Rau will
introduce new gun
laws to Parliament
within weeks. "It
will be a new
offence and will not
require the proof
... that the person
shooting the weapon
knew there was so
nobody in the house
or was deliberately
trying to hit a
particular person,"
Mr Rau said.
. ."
(four days ago.)
Comment:
Welcome to the
Police State of
South Australia. We
have no time for
outlaw motor-cycle
gangs. Stricter laws
are needed to
stop drive-by
shootings, but the
"presumption of
innocence'" must
remain a part of
them. Of course, the
Government and
police will say it
does. The Police
would have us all
living in a
dictatorship, if we
let them. They are
an authoritarian
organisation, who
are there to work
within the law and
if the present law
doesn't suit
them...too bad.
There must be a
better way to fight
outlaw motor-cycle
gangs. We believe
the present Police
Commissioner is not
the greatest. S.A.
has ever had. The
comment, above,
should not be taken
as the official
position of
CLASS.
Submitted by WM.
"
NSW: NPA claims
shooting in Parks
will endanger
bushwalkers
"The state
government’s
decision to let
people hunt feral
pests in national
parks has come under
fire from northern
conservation groups,
but hunters say the
move will benefit
the environment.
Safety was among the
top of the list of
fears for some
recreational park
users. “We’re not
impressed, as you
might imagine,
because we want to
go bushwalking
without the fear of
being shot,”
National Parks
Association (NPA) of
NSW Tamworth-Namoi
branch president
Robin Gunning said.
. ."
Comment:
'But, we don't mind
our feral friends in
'our' parks.
AUS: Swimmers in hot
water over Facebook
gun photo
"Nick D'Arcy and
Kenrick Monk are in
hot water with
Swimming Australia
and the Australian
Olympic Committee
after posting
inappropriate photos
on Facebook. D'Arcy
and Monk are shown
posing with
high-powered weapons
at a gun shop in the
United States. The
photo was posted on
Monk's Facebook page
and also circulated
on Twitter before
Swimming Australia
ordered the
Olympic-bound pair
to take down the
photos. Swimming
Australia is
continuing to
investigate the
incident but ordered
the photo to be
removed in
accordance with the
take down clause in
its social media
guidelines. .
."
Comment:
On the channel 7
News, some-one from
Swimming Australia
whose name escapes
me, said:
'We don't want that
kind of gun culture
in Australia.'
They're out of touch
with reality. Read
the story above:
"(Gun
owners are not the
enemy (They're not
criminals either)"
which first appeared
in a Canadian
newspaper.
SA:
Adelaide Hills
farmer's death
linked to earlier
shooting
"The shooting death
of Adelaide Hills
dairy farmer Graham
Mieglich is linked
to another shooting
that happened in May
and has led to an
arrest, police say.
A 19-year-old man
appeared in court on
Thursday charged
with attempted
murder over the
earlier incident in
May, when a man was
shot in the face
while watching TV in
his Gumeracha home,
also in the Adelaide
Hills. . ."
QLD:Polce stood down
over violence claims
"Two south-east
Queensland police
officers have been
stood down while
they are
investigated over
the alleged use of
undue force. The
senior sergeant, 53,
and senior
constable, 35, are
each under scrutiny
over allegations of
inappropriate force.
. ."
QLD: Bikie-related
shooting
has businesses
worried
"An early morning
bikie-related
shooting at a tattoo
parlour in one of
Milton's trendiest
streets has local
business owners
fearing ricochet
effects on the
area's reputation.
Between 4am and
4.30am four shots
struck the front
windows at Inksanity
tattoo parlour on
Park Rd. Police
believe the incident
is linked to a
similar attack on
the Banditos'
Stanley St clubhouse
in Woolloongabba. .
."
SA: Four youths
charged with theft
of guns
"Four teenagers have
been charged after
police recovered 17
firearms, including
hunting rifles and
shotguns, from
properties in the
state's South-East.
Police searched
several residential
and business
premises here and in
Victoria. . .
."
RELATED
>>>
Police seize
cash, drugs, guns
and explosives
(Three months ago)
NSW: Violent death
leads to a makeshift
grave
"Police say two
people killed a
woman and buried her
body on her parents'
property in Sydney's
south-west. Police
say six people
gathered at the
Lakesland property
in early May and
only five left. It
is alleged two of
them - a man and a
woman - murdered
33-year-old Colleen
Deborah Ayers, whose
parents owned the
home. Police say Ms
Ayers died a violent
death. . ."
RELATED
>>>
Woman's body found
in makeshift grave
GERMANY: 'Canadian
psycho' arrested in
Berlin
"A Canadian man
accused of killing
and dismembering his
partner and mailing
body parts to
politicians has been
arrested in Berlin.
Luka Rocco Magnotta
was the subject of a
global manhunt after
the remains of his
boyfriend were found
near his Montreal
apartment last week.
German police say
Magnotta declared
"You got me" when
they arrested him in
an internet cafe
overnight. . ."
US: Irrational
Hoplophobia
leads to army vet's
death
"Erik Scott was a
West Point graduate
who went on to serve
honourably in the
Army, get his MBA
from Duke and
establish a
lucrative career in
real estate and as a
sales rep for a
medical device
company. He was 38
years old when he
was gunned down in
2010 in the portico
of a Las Vegas area
Costco store by
officers from the
Las Vegas Metro
Police Department.
While it was 7
bullets from the
only people we’re
supposed to trust
with guns that
snuffed out Erik
Scott’s life, what
really killed him
was an irrational
fear of firearms –
Hoplophobia. . ."
QLD: Police say
Finks MC club poses
a threat to the
community
"Queensland Police
have moved to
declare the Gold
Coast arm of the
Finks Motorcycle
Club a criminal
organisation. It is
the first time
police have lodged
such a Supreme Court
application, using
powers under the
Criminal
Organisation Act of
2009. A special task
force known as Hydra
carried out an
investigation into
the club, which
officers say is part
of a wider campaign
to disrupt and
dismantle
bikie-gangs involved
in crime across the
state. . ."
NSW: Deal struck to
allow hunting in
National Parks
"The New South Wales
Government is to
allow hunting in
some national parks,
as part of a deal it
has cut to get
legislation to sell
electricity assets
through State
Parliament. The
legislation to
privatise NSW's
power generators and
sell or lease the
Cobbora coal mine
passed the state's
Lower House in
March. But it had
gone nowhere since
in the Upper House,
where the Government
needs support from
other parties. The
Government is now
preparing to resume
debate, after
reaching an
agreement with the
Shooters and Fishers
Party over
protections for
workers The
Shooters' amendment
were put to a joint
Coalition party-room
meeting this
morning. (4th. June
2012). . ."
WA: Fake officer
works for a month at
the Perth Watch
House
"A major
investigation is
underway into a
security breach in
which a man posed as
a police officer at
the Perth Watch
House for more than
a month. The man has
been arrested and
charged but police
are still
investigating
whether he managed
to access any
sensitive
information. It is
understood an
18-year-old man was
somehow able to get
hold of a WA police
uniform and
impersonate an
officer, turning up
to regular shifts at
the watch house in
East Perth. . ."
UK: 'Firearms
incident' in Midland
town
"Top-level meetings
were taking place
yesterday after
reports of a firearm
being discharged on
a Bradford street.
Officers found a
silver Honda Civic
with its windows
shattered and
windscreen damaged.
It is thought nobody
was with the car
when they arrived
and there were no
reports of anyone
being injured. .."
WA: Bikie acquitted
on attempted murder
charge
"Perth Rock Machine
bikie Benjamin
Sipkes has been
jailed for more than
six years for
shooting the boss of
a rival gang. A jury
in April found
Sipkes guilty of
unlawfully wounding
Rebels president
Nick Martin with
intent to cause
bodily harm, but
acquitted him of the
more serious charge
of attempted murder.
. ."
Submitted by WM.
UK: Scottish
Government must
think all shooters
are criminals
"The Scottish
Government wants the
power to limit the
number of guns that
any one person can
have after ownership
figures hit a record
high. The number of
legally held
firearms has risen
by almost a fifth in
the last 10 years,
yet there are fewer
licensed owners.
This suggests that
there are more guns
concentrated in
fewer hands, with
the average owner
having three. .
."
Submitted by DG.
NSW: Customs admits
Glock illegal import
bungle
"Customs officials
have revealed that
their X-ray machines
did not pick up more
than 100 pistols
that were illegally
imported through a
Sydney post office.
Police arrested four
people in March over
the Glock pistols
that were allegedly
posted from Germany
to the Sylvania
Waters Post Office.
. ."
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VIC: Two dead after
bungled bottle shop
robbery
"A security guard
was almost mown down
as a carload of
would-be thieves
fled a Bendigo pub
before crashing into
a parked car then a
tree, leaving two of
them dead and
another two injured.
The men crashed
their Holden
Commodore on Lucan
St after attempting
to break into the
nearby Rising Sun
Hotel on the corner
of Barnard St and
Arnold St at 1.30am.
Two men died and the
other two were taken
to Bendigo Hospital,
one in a critical
condition. All are
aged between 19 and
21, police said. .
."
VIC: Police release
two after shooting
at Melbourne car
wash
"Police have
released two men
after questioning
them over a daylight
shooting at a car
wash in Melbourne's
north. Organised
crime taskforce
officers swooped on
a house in Hope
Street, Brunswick,
and arrested the
pair, aged 21 and
22, this morning.
They were released
in the afternoon
after being
interviewed about a
clash at a car wash
in Coburg. . ."
US: City with
toughest gun laws
tops crime
list....again
"A (police)
department spokesman
would not confirm
the tally, saying
several incidents
were still under
investigation and
could not be
classified at this
time. According to
the summaries, there
have been at least
200 homicides so far
this year compared
with 134 during the
same period in 2011.
That's a 49.25
percent increase
over last year. . ."
AUS: Media tart at
it....again
"Inadequate shooter
safety training and
firearms storage
have allowed
thousands of illegal
guns to fall into
the wrong hands, a
gun control lobby
group claims. Gun
Control Australia
president John Crook
told The Advertiser
gun control was
becoming a
widespread issue.
Attorney-General
John Rau has also
expressed concern,
saying he supported
a renewed national
approach to gun
control. . ."
AUS: Greens engage
top QC to defend
abuse of privilege
charges
Greens former and
current leaders,
Bob Brown and
Christine Milne,
have engaged one of
Australia's leading
lawyers to defend
them in a privilege
case related to the
biggest corporate
donation to a
political party in
Australia's history.
. ." CLASS
hopes they get
everything they
deserve. --
Subscription
required .
NSW: Tales of the
weird -- Kangaroo
attacks women
"A hostile kangaroo
launched a savage
assault on a mother
after spending two
days stalking her -
then attacked her
husband as she
recovered in
hospital. Kirrily
McWilliams was left
with a 12-inch scar
following the brutal
attack by the
powerful grey
kangaroo as she
walked down her
driveway. It was the
third time Mrs
McWilliams had been
confronted by the
intimidating animal
at her home near
Port Macquarie,
northern New South
Wales, Australia. .
."
TAS: 'Bob Brown
takes blame for
Greens illegal ad.'
"Former
Greens leader Bob
Brown is taking the
blame for a
Tasmanian state
election
advertisement that
could be illegal.
Senator Brown says a
state law that bans
political
advertising on
polling day may have
inadvertently been
broken when
Tasmanian upper
house candidate
Penelope Ann placed
an advertisement in
a local newspaper on
Saturday. .
."
Inadvertently....."Ignorance
of the law is no
excuse."
SA: Adelaide
shootings may be
linked
"Police think there
is a link between
another two
shootings in
Adelaide. They say a
26-year-old man
arrived at Flinders
Medical Centre in
the early hours with
a gunshot wound to
his leg. Adelaide
police also are
hunting for three
men over a shooting
at suburban
Prospect, outside
the home of a Finks
bikie. The victim
was walking with a
friend in Alpha Road
when the occupants
of a house emerged
and started an
argument. . ."
MALI: 'Fabled city
of Timbuktu falls to
Islamist group'
"An Islamist
militant group has
taken control of the
fabled city of
Timbuktu in northern
Mali. Although the
city was once a
centre of Islamic
learning, the group
has objected to some
local practises. So
what is their
agenda? And will
they respect the
city's unique
literary heritage?
Since seizing the
city in March, Ansar
Dine has targeted
Timbuktu's precious
Muslim heritage. The
shrine of a 15th
Century sufi saint
Sidi Mahmoud Ben
Amar has been
attacked, according
to Lazare Eloundou
Assomo of UNESCO.
"The entrance gate
of the mausoleum was
completely destroyed
and burnt," Mr
Assomo told the BBC
World Service. "The
curtain that
protected the shrine
was destroyed. . ."
AUS: Handguns issued
for self-defence to
police, public not
welcome
"Police
are issued with
sidearms primarily
for self-defence in
life-threatening
circumstances. The
protection of other
lives in the public
arena is another
justification.
Fleeing felons were
targets at one time.
The memories of
senior police may go
back to when, there
being no other means
at hand to prevent
flight, it was
permissible to
shoot. . ."
John "I hate guns"
Howard, and the
Liberals', have much
to answer for!
US: High Court
denies city
council's gun-ban
move
"The Second
Amendment Foundation
is delighted that
the Washington State
Supreme Court has
unanimously denied
the City of
Seattle's petition
for review in the
case of Chan v. City
of Seattle, a legal
action brought by
SAF, the National
Rifle Association
and five individual
plaintiffs. The
decision affirms the
state's
long-standing
preemption law and
two lower court
rulings, thus
preventing the city
from banning
firearms from city
parks property. .
." Be nice
if Australian Courts
were as obliging.
VIC: The
'substantially
invisible Greens'
"The Victorian
Greens have been
substantially
invisible since the
last state election.
That absence of
profile has not
discouraged them
from chancing their
arm in by-elections
as they arise. They
reckon their best
prospect will be in
the state seat of
Melbourne. Their
fundraising efforts
previously have been
epic, soliciting the
largest recorded
donation in
Australian political
history from
developer and
tourism entrepreneur
Graeme Wood, who
recently boned
Monica Attard from
the Global Mail.
Wood gave them $1.6
million and
generously received
in return –
according to
corruption-busting
Senator Helen Kroger
– lavish assistance
from Greens Senators
and MPs on one of
his proposed
property
developments. Many
thought it
corruption of the
most old school and
blatant kind. . ."
We believe the
Greens have reached
the zenith of their
power in Australia
GERM:
Environmentalist
arrested in Germany
"The leader of
environment group
Sea Shepherd has
been arrested over
claims of an
attempted murder
charge, relating to
an incident at sea a
decade ago. Captain
Paul Watson was
arrested in Germany
over the weekend and
will be extradited
to Costa Rica on an
outstanding arrest
warrant from an
incident which
occurred in 2002. Mr
Watson sent a tweet
from jail late on
Sunday, confirming
his arrest. . ."
AUS: Katters'
daughter put on good
behaviour bond
"Federal independent
MP Bob Katter has
defended his
daughter after she
was found guilty of
assaulting her
child's kindergarten
teacher. Mr Katter
described his
daughter,
38-year-old Caroline
Annette Coupland, as
the 'Pollyanna' of
the family. North
Sydney Local Court
on Tuesday found
Coupland guilty of
assaulting a woman
but did not proceed
to conviction,
ordering her only to
enter into a
12-month good
behaviour bond. . ."
CDN: Canada
abolishes long-gun
registration
RCMP (Royal Canadian
Mounted Police)
commissioner Bob
Paulson has
instructed chief
firearms officers to
ensure that any
conditions they
impose on gun store
owners do not
facilitate the
creation of a
long-gun registry.
In a letter sent
Thursday, Paulson
doesn't explicitly
tell the CFOs that
gun store owners
should not keep
ledgers that record
the names and
licence numbers of
customers, but he
carefully reminds
them that Public
Safety Minister Vic
Toews doesn't want
any records kept.
We need a Police
Minister who is not
afraid to stand up
to police power in
Australia.
AUS: Almost 10,000
unregistered
handguns on black
market
On the eve of the
16th anniversary of
the Port Arthur
massacre, the
(Federal) Government
has announced plans
to amend
Australia's gun
laws. National
figures are
difficult to obtain,
but in New South
Wales, drive-by
shootings are up 41
per cent in the past
two years. Despite
all the checks, guns
are still stolen but
according to the
Institute of
Criminology, less
than 1 per cent of
registered firearms
are taken every
year. Mostly they
are long arms like
shotguns and rifles.
What authorities are
most focused on are
the handguns, the
smaller weapons that
criminals seem to
want more. [...] The
Australian Crime
Commission estimates
there are at least
10,000 handguns on
the black
market. Here's
a radical thought:
forget about
registration, it's
clearly a waste of
time and money and
stop treating
shooters like
criminals. Instead,
up the penalties for
armed crime, enforce
the law and target
the criminal misuse
of firearms. The
police might be
surprised by the
co-operation
extended by shooters
once they stopped
being treated as
criminals.
RELATED:>>>
Gun-owners are not
the enemy!
(they're not
criminals either)
NSW:
Youth no stranger to
police, aboriginal
joy-rider's long
criminal history
Protest turns ugly:
Dozens yelled "f...
the police: The
teenager (is) in a
coma after being
shot by Police
officers . Youth has
been in trouble with
police since he was
eight-years-old.
NSW:
'Police
slammed by father of
shot youth'
"Authorities have
called for calm
following the
shooting of two
teenagers in
Sydney's Kings
Cross, after police
opened fire on a
stolen car that had
mounted the gutter
and hit a pedestrian
early on Saturday
morning. Yesterday
graphic video
footage of the
incident emerged. It
showed a policeman
appearing to punch
17-year-old
Aborigine Troy
Taylor while he was
pinned to the
ground. He is then
dragged on to the
pavement, bleeding
heavily and
handcuffed. . ."CLASS
has some sympathy
for the youth but,
let's not forget the
pedestrian who was
run down down by the
stolen car.
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