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  Bull - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In English, the word "bull" alone is usually spoken to refer specifically to male cattle, with terms such as "bull elephant" disambiguating the term for other species.
In the British Army, and sometimes elsewhere, "bull" is slang for drill and equipment-cleaning that the men consider to be excessive.
A papal bull is a written communication from the Vatican, bearing the papal seal.
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 Bull's Eye Shooter Supply: Just the facts...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
At the time of the attacks, the Bull's Eye complex was owned and managed by Brian Borgelt, a former Staff Sgt. with the U.S. Army (additional info and facts about U.S. Army) Rangers.
It was also claimed that Bull's Eye continued to sell guns in the same irresponsible manner as before the sniper shootings even after Muhammad and Malvo were caught, and the source of their Assault rifle traced to the dealer.
Bushmaster was included in the suit because it allegedly continued to utilize Bull's Eye as its dealer despite an awareness of Bull's Eye negligent practices.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/b/bu/bulls_eye_shooter_supply1.htm   (438 words)

  
 Shooter supply   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Paducah Shooters Supply is a family owned and operated business that opened in 1985 with less than 1000 square feet of show room and three employees.
He said the settlement with Bull’s Eye Shooter Supply is the largest against a gun dealer.
Shooter's Supply 207 Travis St. Sherman, TX 75090-5922 903-868-8543...
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 Encyclopedia: Sarah Kemp Brady
Bulls Eye Shooter Supply store in Tacoma, Washington gained notoriety following the three_week long rampage in the fall of 2002 which came to be known as the Beltway Sniper Attacks because they occurred near the circumferential Capital Beltway (Interstate 495) outside Washington, DC.
It was also claimed that Bull's Eye continued to sell guns in the same irresponsible manner even after Muhammad and Malvo were caught and found to have acquired the weapon there.
Bushmaster was included in the suit because it allegedly continued to utilize Bull's Eye as its dealer despite an awareness of its negligent practices.
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 THR - Straw purchaser arrested in connection to DC snipers...
Bull's Eye Shooter Supply, where Dancy bought the Remington, is the same store where authorities believe Muhammad and Malvo stole the Bushmaster rifle they used in the shooting spree.
Bull's Eye agreed to pay $2 million to settle a lawsuit filed by victims and victims' families in the sniper shootings.
According to statements from Bull's Eye employees, the Bushmaster was first noticed missing sometime in August or September 2002 probably after the Remington was abandoned in the field.
www.thehighroad.org /printthread.php?t=130551   (2332 words)

  
 SHOOTING - Online Information article about SHOOTING   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
simple rules for the guidance of the shooter may be mentioned in connexion with grouse-driving.
Otherwise no particular rules can be laid down for their pursuit, beyond the fact that they are very conservative, in their choice of a haunt, and that year after year cock may be found in the same spot.
Woodcock are usually esteemed difficult birds to shoot, but more are missed from over-eagerness on the part of the shooter than from the difficulty of the shot they present.
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 Shooter supply   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Tabor's Shooters Supply Inc. is a full service gun shop that has been in...
The business model at the American Shooters Supply and Gun Club in Las Vegas is encapsulated in its logo: a mustachioed man with aviator sunglasses bursting...
Bull's Eye Shooter Supply's security and business practices were so reckless...
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 Bulls Eye's misfires gun-show law flaws   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
One of the assault weapons found in Furrow's van after the attack was purchased at the Bulls Eye.
At least 238 guns have ``disappeared'' from the Bulls Eye shelves in the last three years, according to the lawsuit.
The Bulls Eyes of the world ought to be held as responsible as any other business for their performance, perhaps more so, given the deadly nature of their product.
www.csgv.org /news/headlines/03_06_16_bulls.cfm   (466 words)

  
 Winds of Change.NET: Gun Post #2 - The Lawsuit   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Wednesday, the owner of Bulls Eye Shooter Supply of Tacoma agreed to pay $2.5 million to settle the suit and the manufacturer of the rifle, Bushmaster Firearms of Windham, Maine, agreed to pay $500,000 to the victim's families as well as those who were wounded in the attacks.
Bulls Eye was apparently a horrible gun dealer.
Records show that Bull's Eye could not account for the sales of 238 weapons, when Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agents conducted an audit.
www.windsofchange.net /archives/gun_post_2_the_lawsuit-print.php   (557 words)

  
 The NRA's "Bulls Eye Protection Act"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Earlier this year, Bulls Eye filed a motion to dismiss the civil case against it, and the presiding judge denied the motion.
The judge in Washington state presiding over the case brought by the D.C.-area snipers has twice ruled that the dealer, Bull's Eye Shooters Supply, and manufacturer, Bushmaster Firearms, may be liable in negligence for enabling the snipers to obtain their gun.
Even Bull's Eye, the snipers' gun dealer, was not required to make any entries regarding the snipers' "lost" gun because there is no evidence it was aware the gun was missing.
www.jointogether.org /gv/news/alerts/reader/0,2061,567007,00.html   (1027 words)

  
 A Man Walked in to a Bar... (Incidents Giving Rise to Liability for Negligent Entrustment of a Firearm)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Nonetheless, Bulls Eye owed a common law duty to third parties to use reasonable care in the sale and distribution of firearms.
It is crucial to consider the supplier’s knowledge of the likelihood that the person to whom he or she entrusts the firearm will use it dangerously.3 Thus, the answer, of course, is that it depends upon the circumstances.
Bulls Eye Shooter Supply, 2003 WL 21639244 (2003).
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 Re: Help the Brady Campaign   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The ad focuses on the notorious Bull's Eye Shooter Supply, the source of the Bushmaster XM15 rifle that John Muhammad and Lee Malvo used in their murderous crime spree.
The Bull's Eye Shooter Supply in Tacoma, Washington, the source of the Bushmaster rifle allegedly used in the D.C. sniper attacks last year, would be one of the stores protected from any civil legal action by any of the snipers' victims.
Under current law, the sniper victims' families can and are currently exercising their legal right to sue Bull's Eye for losing track of the weapon and Bushmaster for knowing and ignoring Bull's Eye's welldocumented record of selling firearms in a reckless manner.
www.usenet.com /newsgroups/rec.scuba/msg10823.html   (1006 words)

  
 Bulls Eye -- Recommendations and Resources   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Bull's eye ball is a game developed by Hasbro.
His accomplice, Lee Boyd Malvo told investigators that he stole a Bushmaster XM-15 semiautomatic.223 caliber rifle, from the Bull's Eye store, where it had arrived on July 2, 2002 and been put on display for customers to handle.
At the time of the attacks, the Bull's Eye complex was owned and managed by Brian Borgelt, a former Staff Sgt. with the U.S. Army Rangers.
www.becomingapediatrician.com /health/24/bulls-eye.html   (667 words)

  
 CenterDigit   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Washington, DC's Bulls Eye Shooting Supply - the dealer that supplied the weapon to the DC sniper - is one of the repeat offenders, having been connected to the sale of weapons traced to over 50 area crimes.
There are two with the name "Bulls Eye", but one is a marketing firm and the other is apparently a building contractor.
As for the store "supplying" the snipers with their gun, the store maintains that the gun was stolen, a point which has never been disproven.
www.centerdigit.com /blog/2004/03/facts.html   (290 words)

  
 Fool.com: Wal-Mart Paints Bull's-Eye on Itself [Motley Fool Take] January 6, 2005
Think back to September, when Bushmaster Firearms settled a lawsuit brought by families of the victims of the Washington snipers.
In that case, the plaintiffs based their case on Bushmaster's failure to ensure that retailer Bulls Eye Shooter Supply, which sold the gun used in the attacks, maintained adequate control over its inventory.
This was the first case in which a gun manufacturer implicitly acknowledged liability for the criminal acts of one of the end users of its products.
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 law.com - How Senators Shot Down Protection for Gun Makers
Among the suits given new life by the defeat of S. 1805 is a suit brought by the city of Gary, Ind., against more than 20 gun makers, distributors and dealers.
Gary's suit charges that they have created a public nuisance by turning a blind eye to "an active illegitimate secondary market in handguns" for criminal use.
One of those cases involves Bulls' Eye Shooter Supply and Bushmaster Firearms Inc., the seller and manufacturer, respectively, of the rifle used by convicted Washington-area snipers John Allen Muhammad and his teenage accomplice, Lee Boyd Malvo.
www.law.com /jsp/article.jsp?id=1079640439735   (751 words)

  
 THR - Feds revoke Bulls Eye Shooters Supply's License
A Bushmaster carbine -- apparently stolen from Bull's Eye -- was found in a car when police arrested accused snipers Lee Boyd Malvo and John Muhammad in October.
Although the exact number of guns that have gone missing at Bull's Eye has been at the center of the dispute between the store and the bureau, no one disputes that at least dozens of firearms are unaccounted for.
A deal between Bull's Eye owner Borgelt and longtime friend Chris Kindschuh to buy the shop has been delayed pending a ruling by the bureau on Kindschuh's application for a license to run the store.
www.thehighroad.org /printthread.php?t=29408   (1163 words)

  
 Brady: Take a Look At Who Congress Wants To Shield From Legal Action   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
"In a remarkable investigative story, the Seattle Times today shows that Bull's Eye is an irresponsible and reckless business that is nevertheless protected and defended by the extreme pro-gun lobby," said Michael Barnes, President of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence United with the Million Mom March.
Bull's Eye, manufacturer Bushmaster and others are the defendants in a suit filed in January by relatives of the victims of the Washington sniper attacks last fall.
Because the proposed legislation would be retroactive, it would threaten the sniper victims' families' lawsuit against Bull's Eye and Bushmaster.
www.jointogether.org /gv/news/alerts/reader/0,2061,563077,00.html   (554 words)

  
 Substance Abuse & Gun Violence Resource Center
Washington, DC - The "Bulls Eye bill" is becoming more and more of a target.
Lloyd Cutler wrote that the case of the families of the victims of the DC area snipers against the reckless gun dealer Bulls Eye Shooter Supply "would have to be dismissed" by the judge in the case if the NRA's bill passes.
Television advertising on the NRA's bill to immunize reckless gun dealers like Bulls Eye Shooter Supply of Tacoma, Washington -- which "lost" the three-foot-long, $1,600 assault rifle used by the DC area snipers to murder 12 people in October 2002 -- begins this weekend in selected markets.
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 Congress Wants to Pass an NRA Bill That Would Protect America's Worst Gun Dealers
Bull's Eye Shooter Supply 'lost' 238 guns, including the DC sniper rifle.
More than 50 of the guns it sold were used by criminals in murders, robberies, kidnappings.
"Now Congress is close to passing S. 659, a bill that would send bad apples like Bull's Eye Shooter Supply a loud message that their reckless behavior is not only acceptable, but a protected privilege.
www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/07-16-2003/0001983033&EDATE=   (937 words)

  
 Brady Campaign - LAW ENFORCEMENT LEADERS ACROSS AMERICA URGE SENATORS TO OPPOSE IMMUNITY FOR RECKLESS GUN DEALERS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The legislation, officially called the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Firearms Act, has already passed the House and is scheduled for floor action by the Senate as early as March 3.
It would shield from civil actions such gun dealers as Bulls Eye Shooter Supply of Tacoma, Washington, which "lost" the three-foot-long, $1,600 assault rifle used by the DC area snipers in October 2002.
Bulls Eye is being sued for negligence by family members of sniper victims.
www.bradycampaign.org /press/release.php?release=541   (514 words)

  
 Gun Maker Misfires, Hurts Industry By Rich Smith Sep 14, 2004 - Kmart Corp., Taser International Inc., Sturm, Ruger and ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The allegations in the victims' relatives' lawsuit make it clear that they avoided the usual -- and usually unsuccessful -- argument in such lawsuits: that guns are inherently dangerous and their makers should be liable for any injuries they cause.
Rather, the plaintiffs hung their legal hat on a much sturdier peg: the fact that Bulls Eye Shooter Supply, the retailer from which the sniper acquired the Bushmaster rifle in question, had a history of having guns "go missing" (238 weapons over three years).
Bushmaster thought so too but agreed to settle anyway to limit its legal expenses (a practice known as "paying greenmail").
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 1911Forum - Good gunsmith in Washington   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
I think the business card I have is a little old, so the area code may have changed to 253.
Also, for another recommendation contact Bulls Eye Shooter Supply, at (253) 572-6417.
Bulls Eye does not have an in house smith, but they try to keep track of the good ones in the area.
www.1911forum.com /forums/printthread.php?t=19103   (246 words)

  
 Senator Carl Levin: News Release   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Last year, the victims of the D.C. area sniper shootings won a multimillion-dollar settlement from Bulls Eye Shooter Supply for their negligence relative to the assault rifle used in the shootings.
Had this gun industry immunity bill been enacted prior to the D.C. area sniper shootings, the victims would have been unable to even have their case against Bull’s Eye Shooter Supply heard in court.
Even as to sellers, the exception would apply only where the particular person to whom a seller supplies a firearm is one whom the seller knows or ought to know will use it to cause harm.
www.senate.gov /member/mi/levin/general/newsroom/release.cfm?id=243931   (1660 words)

  
 Cas City - Cowboy Action Shooting Worldwide - H&R's Wesson & Harrington 1871 Buffalo Classic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
For many shooters, however, even these replicas (ranging in cost from $800 to $3,000) are too expensive.
The smokeless load is 25 to 26 grains of Alliant 2400, a Winchester WLR primer, and a 405 grain, moly-lubed Bear Creek Supply (Waterford, California) bullet.
They are continuing to supply the demand with a very modest priced rifle.
www.cascity.com /article0899-2.htm   (1164 words)

  
 2nd Amendment News Archive   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Barnes said that one consequence would be to stop lawsuits filed by nine families of Washington sniper victims over allowing the accused snipers to obtain the weapon they allegedly used a year ago.
The defendants are Bushmaster Firearms Inc. of Windham, Maine, a manufacturer, and Bulls Eye Shooter Supply of Tacoma, Wash., a dealer.
The legislation has 54 sponsors, enough to pass but not enough to overcome a threatened filibuster.
www.2ndamendment.com /Content/News/20031020-07.htm   (551 words)

  
 Georgians For Gun Safety Adds Its Name to More Than 200 Organizations Expressing Opposition to Senate Bill 659 That ...
While law enforcement officials are prosecuting the snipers for their crimes, the families who lost loved ones in the attacks have also filed a civil lawsuit to ensure that those responsible for arming the snipers also are held accountable.
This includes Bulls Eye Shooter Supply, the gun store from which the assault rifle used in the shootings mysteriously disappeared, along with many other guns.
Two New Jersey police officers, Ken McGuire and David Lemongello, were shot and seriously wounded by a criminal who obtained his gun because of the negligence of a West Virginia pawnshop that supplied a gun trafficker.
www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/05-20-2003/0001950566&EDATE=   (853 words)

  
 StarTribune.com Talk   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Although Bull's Eye was far from being the most egregious of the bunch, during a 4 year period, guns legally sold by Bull's Eye were traced to 52 crimes; including homicides, kidnappings, and assaults.
In the old days, Bull's Eye would most likely have been charged with a felony, but under Reagan's gift to the gun industry, BATFE has to prove that gun dealers "willfully violated the law," before a FFL license can be revoked.
Since Bull's Eye claimed that they didn't willfully violate any law, but rather that the Beltway snipers were able to obtain their Bushmaster XM-15 because of the dealer's negligent business practices, Bull's Eye's insurance provider payed out $2 million in the case.
online.startribune.com /forum/index.php?t=msg&goto=485358&   (5280 words)

  
 komo news | New Twists In Connecting Sniper Suspect To Rifle
Federal agents know the gun was shipped to Bull's Eye last June -- a Bushmaster XM 15 assault rifle.
As for the 340 guns that may be missing from Bulls Eye, Peskin says the shop has a good reputation.
One employee at Bulls Eye told KOMO 4 News that "if we had 340 guns missing we'd all be in handcuffs and out the door."
www.komotv.com /stories/21138.htm   (764 words)

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