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http://www.huliq.com/51954/ualr-shooting-leaves-one-hurt-arkansas-university
An African American male was shot around 2:10 p.m. today near the tennis court on University Drive. The victim is a current UALR student. Two suspects in a gold car fled the scene. UALR Students, faculty and staff were quickly alerted via an all campus telephone and email alert system.

The victim in this case [...]

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This year, Airsoft Australia representative John C. Hanlon announced on the association’s website that their proposal for legislative and regulatory changes withing Queensland had been passed by the Ministers Weapons Review Committee. The changes along with recommendations from the Australian Police Ministers Council have bee forwarded to the Minister for approval.
Hanlon states that from the [...]

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http://www.smh.com.au/news/technology/rrated-games-may-be-on-shelves-soon/2008/02/22/1203467345267.html
It seems Australia under the Rudd government has finally decided to bite the bullet and bring Australia into line with the rest of the developed world. For those not familiar, video games in Australia that do not fit into the MA15+ rating are classified RC, banning them from sale in Australia.
Just for example, last year [...]

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http://dustinsgunblog.blogspot.com/2008/02/unbelievable-attempt-at-ammunition-ban.html
This is the best idea I have heard of in a very long time. I mean, seriously, how smart is this…
Let’s encode a registration number on a metal projectile that is traveling 1200 - 5000fps aimed, generally, so it will impact directly with a solid surface. Lets print a registration number on an item for [...]

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Here is just another example of regulation designed to keep the poor and disadvantaged in their place. As I have mentioned I am a student who lives *far* away from my family and friends. I do not own a car, nor do I know anyone who does with an unrestricted license. In my situation, a [...]

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The Australian Hunting and Guiding expo held in Wodonga over the weekend of the 9th February, the largest expo of its kind in Australia, catered to an estimated 10 000 guests this year. Compare this to the 2007 NRA annual convention which boasted an attendance of 60 000. Per capita, assuming an Australian population of [...]

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http://news.smh.com.au/greens-brown-urges-tougher-gun-control/20080215-1shm.html
Greens’ Brown urges tougher gun control
February 15, 2008 - 12:46PM
Australian Greens leader Bob Brown has called for tougher handgun laws after a university shooting in the US.
Australia needs tougher controls to prevent a massacre-in-waiting, he warned.
He was commenting after five people, including the gunman, were reportedly killed and a total of 17 people were shot [...]

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http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/killer-burglar-gets-24-years/2008/02/14/1202760453917.html
“Justice Mathews acknowledged Mr Avimeleki’s chronic but undiagnosed heart condition and that Davis had never intended to kill him.
But she said his litany of previous convictions, including a similar case where Davis attacked a man whose house he was robbing with a pair of scissors, made the length of sentence necessary.
She said if he continued [...]

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http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/02/13/peta-vs-the-dog-show/
PETA likening dog breeders to the Ku Klux Klan, I’m shocked! Not…
PETA is the most insane group active in international politics today. ASIO monitors mosques in Sydney’s west but lets these lunatics with impunity.

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Growing interest in firearms ‘healthy’
By JENNY LING - The Dominion Post | Wednesday, 16 January 2008
More New Zealanders are arming themselves with firearms licences for sport, recreation and pest control, showing what police believe is a healthy attitude toward gun use.
Police figures issued to The Dominion Post under the Official Information Act show that about [...]

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