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Shadan7 found this article. Quotes are from the article, not Shadan. Link leads to a website that autoplays video. This article brings up some interesting points about firearms in Mexico. My (KV) comments are in italics.
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Using the diplomacy he had acquired over nearly eight decades of life, Don Alejo flatly announced that not only would he not be surrendering his property, but that he'd be waiting for them. I am curious as to why he didn't notify the police. Possibly they were corrupt or wouldn't do anything?
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In the end, it was deduced the man had created his own defense strategy to fight alone, placing weapons at every door and window. Nice to have more than one firearm, eh?
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The others, in rage and frustration, intensified the attack by swapping out their assault rifles for grenades. You can't buy grenades or assault weapons at most gun shows. Whoever sells them requires an ATF colonoscopy and $200 tax stamp. Were these possibly obtained from LEOs or Mexican Military?
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Fog guy:
Texas buffalo killings spark range law questions
GUTHRIE, Texas — The slaughter of dozens of buffalo amid an apparent spat between neighboring ranches in northwest Texas has reopened a long unresolved debate about what ranchers legally can do when somebody else's animals roam onto their property.
Wayne Kirk recalled the horrific scene in January when more than 50 of his buffalo were found shot to death on a nearby ranch. Some of them had been "caped," meaning their hides were removed.
"Babies, pregnant mamas, bulls, everything," said Kirk, owner of the 14,964-acre QB Ranch. "It was terrible, pitiful. It looked like a death zone."
The then-foreman at the adjacent Niblo Ranch was charged with criminal mischief for the killings, and both ranches filed lawsuits.
Also in question is King County's designation as an "open range" county, meaning property owners are required to build and maintain a fence sufficient to keep livestock out. In a "closed range" county, property owners are responsible for fencing livestock in.
Bison are considered wildlife, even though they haven't roamed freely in the wild for 140 years, Baggett said. They aren't considered livestock, even though their meat is regulated in the same way as beef.
lawsuits challenge limits on handguns for 18-to-20 year-olds
In two recently filed court cases that could expand gun rights if they are successful, two Lubbock men are challenging federal and state laws that limit 18-to-20-year-olds from buying handguns and carrying them as concealed weapons.
Attorneys and supporters on both sides of gun rights issues said the federal court cases pose a significant test of Texas' concealed-handgun law and a separate, 32-year-old federal law barring handgun sales to those under age 21.
In addition, the lawsuits could significantly figure in debate about expanding gun rights when a more conservative Republican Texas Legislature convenes in January — including proposals to allow Texans to openly carry pistols and allow concealed weapons on college campuses.
"At 18 years of age, law-abiding citizens in this country are considered adults for almost all purposes and certainly for purposes of the exercise of fundamental constitutional rights,"
"This is an unprecedented attempt to arm teenagers ... even though most states currently restrict them from carrying a concealed weapon," said Daniel Vice , senior attorney for the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence . "Teen gang members could buy guns if this law is changed."
"Under the federal law, (18-to-20-year-olds) can buy a handgun out of the back of a van in an alley but not from a federally licensed dealer," said David Thompson, a Washington attorney
Shadan again:
Next time someone tells you that you don't need to worry about protecting yourself because the cops will come when you need them, think of this incident where the summoned police refused to enter a home where neighbors could hear a woman being hacked to death by her deranged son:
Neighbors said the first screams came from the apartment shortly after 1 a.m., with one man saying he made a 911 call and told where he told a police dispatcher there was blood smeared on an apartment window.
The man said police initially came to the scene and then left - prompting a second 911 call.
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"They just kept saying protocol this and protocol that," he said. "Now a woman's dead who should be alive if only the police would have listened."
NYPD Commissioner Raymond Kelly questioned neighbor accounts of the delay, saying he believed officers handled the situation properly.
"It's a barricaded situation and that is handled by the Emergency Services Unit. What happens in a barricade situation is that responding patrol officers, if possible, wait for the Emergency Services forces to arrive," Kelly said.
Shadan for a third time:
Yeah, let's ban schoolkids from having pencils. Which might be used as weapons, after all!
Last week, Wendy Scott, one of two sixth-grade teachers, sent a letter home to the parents of all sixth-graders announcing that she and Susan LaFlamme were instituting a new rule barring students from carrying any writing implements on their person, in a backpack, or on the school bus.
The memo explained that students would be issued a pencil for use in class that would be collected at the end of the school day.
The memo cited behavior problems and said any student found in possession of a pen or mechanical pencil after Nov. 15 would be assumed to have the implement "to build weapons," or to have stolen it from the classroom art supply basket.
Thankfully, sanity prevailed and the district Superintendent stepped in, retracted the letter, and said that it was OK for students to have pencils and pens.
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In a press release issued Tuesday, the nation's intercity rail operator—which claims to "connect America in safer, greener, and healthier ways"—announced it was reversing a ban that had been in place since the September 11 terrorist attacks.
From Dec. 15, passengers can check unloaded firearms—including handguns, starter pistols and shotguns—and a maximum of 11 pounds of ammo at any Amtrak station that offers checked baggage service. That includes stations in Boston, Chicago, New York and Washington.