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	Gun politics
		In summary, those who support gun control claim that there is no fundamental right to own weapons, that gun control legislation helps to cut down on violent crime by reducing the availability of weapons, and that citizens have no need to own guns to protect themselves against governments or crime.
		Some who argue for "gun rights" do so from a type of private-property libertarian perspective, saying that the government has no right to interfere with individuals rights to own guns or any other inanimate object of private property as long as the individuals are not harming or intimidating their fellow citizens.
		Gun Politics in the UK In the United Kingdom, handguns are completely banned for private ownership (exceptions to the ban include pistols of antique and historical interest, starting pistols and shot pistols for pest control).
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/gu/Gun_rights.html (1595 words)

	Gun politics in the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Gun rights supporters argue that the phrase "the people" applies to all individuals rather than an organized collective, and point out that the word 'people' means the same individuals in the 1st, 2nd, 4th, 9th, and 10th Amendments.
		Gun control advocates say that reasonable gun control will reduce the violence of suicide and murder in America; lesson plans for high school teachers to use when teaching this line of thought have even been published on-line.
		Opponent of gun control claim that since many criminals are able to obtain both legal and illegal weapons without a license, laws that entirely ban any type of gun may halt the use of guns only as a means of self-defense while criminals continue to ignore the laws and abuse the guns.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gun_politics_in_the_US (5787 words)

	Globalisation and 20th Century UK politics
		The politics of the 21st century will be quite different, not only in substance, but also even in terms of the labels we apply to different parties and movements.
		Despite political window dressing, and the damn lies of statistics, no one can hide the fact that for many the UK standard of living - and also the quality of life - is declining and significantly behind other EC counterparts.
		So whilst the active political consciousness of the newly proletarianised white collar working class lags a generation behind, hardly surprising in light of the level of political debate in the media, the economic being of this citizenship is changing rapidly and irrevocably.
	members.tripod.com /~leftforum/global.html (3729 words)

	Reason: Gun Control’s Twisted Outcome (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		None of this was supposed to happen in the country whose stringent gun laws and 1997 ban on handguns have been hailed as the "gold standard" of gun control.
		A hundred years and many gun laws later, the BBC reported that England’s firearms restrictions "seem to have had little impact in the criminal underworld." Guns are virtually outlawed, and, as the old slogan predicted, only outlaws have guns.
		The Firearms Act required a would-be gun owner to obtain a certificate from the local chief of police, who was charged with determining whether the applicant had a good reason for possessing a weapon and was fit to do so.
	www.reason.com /0211/fe.jm.gun.shtml (2799 words)

	Kate Hoey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		She has campaigned against London's candidacy for the 2012 Olympics but has actively promoted sport in schools and is involved in gun politics in the UK, as it affects training and participation in international shooting competitions.
		On 22nd July 2005, Ms Hoey was named the new chairman of the Countryside Alliance (the main pro-hunting group in the UK); she said the appointment was a "great honour and a great challenge".
		Some residents of Ms Hoey's constituency felt that the MP should instead be spending more time on local issues, and in representing Vauxhall, pointing out that she has only attended 55% of Parliamentary votes.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kate_Hoey (553 words)

	Ordo Ab Chao: politics Archives
		It's easy to criticise the nature of the political and military analysis that led to the war in Iraq while forgetting that the establishment of a democratic government in place of a despotic dictatorship is a worthy aim.
		My last post contained an article by the political scientist Stephen Zunes opining that Arafat was often the excuse rather than the reason for the failures in achieving a peaceful resolution to the palestinian/israeli peace process.
		UK politicians generally believe that elections shouldn't be decided based entirely on religious or moral issues.
	www.gaisan.com /blogs/archives/politics/index.html (6268 words)

	Finland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The name Suomi has uncertain origins but a strong candidate for a cognate is the Baltic word zeme meaning "ground, earth, country." In another approach, Finnish suo means "fen", which is one of the characteristic biotypes of Finland; it is thought that Finland might have been called Suomaa by the early Finns.
		Responsibility for forming the cabinet out of several political parties and negotiating its platform is granted to the leader of the party gaining largest support in the elections for the parliament.
		In the past, Finnish trade relationships and politics were by large determined by avoidance of provoking first the feudally ruled Imperial Russia and then the totalitarian Soviet Union.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Finland (5800 words)

	Lutheran Church Not Informed of Gun Control March Politics -- 05/16/2000
		But a spokeswoman for the church's government affairs office in Washington said now that the MMM organization is becoming a political entity supporting and opposing candidates for office based on their gun control positions, the ELCA will likely stop encouraging Lutherans to participate in MMM activities.
		But the MMM's announcement to become politically active caught at least one local church pastor off guard to the extent that he said he would not have promoted the event had he known of the group's plans.
		Donahoe said he was uncomfortable with the political aspects of the MMM and wanted no part of the group's plan to work on behalf of candidates who embrace the gun control agenda.
	www.cnsnews.com /ViewReligion.asp?Try=No&Page=\Politics\archive\200005\POL20000516b.html (1044 words)

	CNN.com - Bush pitches $550 million fight against gun crime - May 14, 2001
		Gun violence and gun control were troublesome issues for Bush when as governor of Texas he campaigned for the presidency.
		Democrats hounded Bush during the campaign, using outrage over school shootings to bolster their arguments that new gun laws were needed.
		Bush expressed support for closure of the so-called "gun show loophole" and other initiatives but argued that violent crime rates would drop if gun laws were enforced with more vigor.
	archives.cnn.com /2001/ALLPOLITICS/05/14/bush.guns (712 words)

	Politics
		But crimes committed with guns is way up so the only thing left to do is ban imitation guns which is what these morons have proposed now.
		Instead of modifying their platform to conform with majority of the voters they turned to the left and chose extreme liberal Nancy Pelosi as their House Democratic Whip.
		The anti-gun organizations such as The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence (http://www.handguncontrol.org, formerly known as Handgun Control, Inc.) and the Violence Policy Center (http://www.vpc.org) used to mention reduction of crime as a benefit of restrictions on guns.
	www.whenprophecyfails.org /Politics.htm (1153 words)

	BBC News \| UK POLITICS \| Gun register by 2002
		Key gun control laws, promised after the 1996 Dunblane massacre, have still to be introduced, according to the government.
		Tough laws on guns were introduced after the Dunblane massacre and further restrictions were announced by the Home Office last month.
		Sales of air guns may be restricted to registered firearm dealers under the government's proposals.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk_politics/1048250.stm (314 words)

	Firearms & politics in the UK
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		ACPO now calling for a ban on replica guns AND for reloading machines to be licensed - Police call for stricter gun laws to curb the criminals.
		Clearly no-one in ACPO even has a modicum of common sense to realise that all the past gun laws have failed to prevent criminals from using guns.
	www.btinternet.com /~jmcnair/firearmpolitics.htm (427 words)

	BBC NEWS \| UK \| UK Politics \| Gun legislation 'faces overhaul'
		The UK's gun laws are to be radically overhauled under proposals announced by the Home Office.
		A total of £2m worth of criminals' recovered assets will be spent on helping communities tackle gun crime and gun culture.
		She added that the UK's complex firearms legislation needed to be re-examined.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/uk_news/politics/3707071.stm (501 words)

	Politics1 - Guide to American Political Parties
		Marxist political organizer James Harris was the SWP Presidential nominee in 1996 (ballot status in 11 states - 8,500 votes - 0.01%) and 2000 (ballot status in 14 states - 7,378 votes - 9th place - 0.01%).
		Marxist political organizer and journalist Róger Calero was the SWP Presidential nominee in 2004 -- ballot status in 14 states - 10,791 votes - 9th place - 0.01% -- even though he was constitutionally ineligible as a foreign citizen living in the US as a Permanent Resident Alien.
		Frustrated by traditional partisan politics and the quality of national media coverage of elections, this party proposes to seek "direct input" from the public to mold this new politically centrist party into a vehicle that unifies America in the 21st Century.
	www.politics1.com /parties.htm (9359 words)

	The Gun Toting Liberal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Any responsible gun owner will tell you that alcohol and guns don’t mix, but apparently, boozing gun owners DO mix according to The Raw Story.
		They’re in a fight for their political lives in the name of the almighty, “Two Party System”; a “system” which was installed without any Constitutional mandate; a “system” that was probably hatched decades ago by a couple of warring college fraternities who paused their fighting long enough to have a little chat with each other:
		Some of President Bush’s political opponents will naturally attempt to mislead you by erroneously pointing out that this move simply points out the President and his Administration’s total incompetence which has been demonstrated day in, day out during their reign in office.
	www.guntotingliberal.com /index.php?tag=politics (4008 words)

	Songun Politics Study Group (USA): Offical Statements
		Dear comrades, on behalf of the UK Korean Friendship Association, the Society For Friendship with Korea UK and also the Association For the Study of Songun Politics of the UK and the Juche Idea Study Group of England I would like to send greetings to you on the occasion of the New Year.
		As the direct and hired guns of the imperialists, you are the bullets of the enemy and the presence necessary to maintain this unjust occupation.
		The Hauz Giang Branch of the Vietnam-Korea Friendship Association was formed and the British-DPRK group of parliamentarians of political parties formed in the Parliament to further develop the dialogue and actively cooperate with the DPRK.
	www.geocities.com /songunpoliticsstudygroup/statement.html (2873 words)

	The Uncooperative Blogger » Gun Politics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		This week, in a landmark victory for NRA and law-abiding gun owners, Judge Carl J. Barbier of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana denied the City of New Orleans’ motion to dismiss NRA’s lawsuit against the city.
		After the City of New Orleans failed to comply with the court’s ruling and falsely claimed that the gun confiscations never occurred, NRA filed a motion for contempt that included an order directing all seized firearms be returned to their rightful owners.
		While gun homicide numbers are indeed down, the proportion of domestic homicides involving guns has not declined, nor has the homicide rate declined.
	uncooperativeblogger.com /category/news-and-politics/gun-politics (5133 words)

	Is The Gun Ban In The UK Working??? - Politics at ATS Discussion Community
		I've lived in the UK for about 15 years and I can say the difference between there and here (the US) is astonishing in terms of gun crime.
		if guns are not ban, well then i have to question if killing that person might get me kill as well as they got a might or might not have a gun.
		I was born and raised in the UK and moved to the U.S. 16 yrs ago.
	politics.abovetopsecret.com /thread141540/pg1 (2658 words)

	UK soldier killed, two hurt in Afghan gun battle - Boston.com
		A British soldier was killed and two more seriously wounded in a gunbattle with Taliban forces in southern Afghanistan on Sunday, the Ministry of Defense said.
		A spokeswoman told Reuters that a British military mobile patrol was engaged in a firefight with suspected Taliban insurgents in Helmand province in the southwest of the country.
		"Sadly as a result of this engagement one UK soldier was killed and two seriously injured," she said.
	www.boston.com /news/world/europe/articles/2006/06/11/uk_soldier_killed_two_hurt_in_afghan_gun_battle (422 words)

	The Katherine Gun Case-Institute for Public Accuracy
		She is charged with leaking an embarrassing U.S. intelligence memo indicating that the U.S. was spying on U.N. delegations in early 2003 in an effort to win approval of the Iraq war resolution.
		It does have a repressive Official Secrets Act, under which she is being prosecuted by the Blair government.
		Background on the Gun case from Liberty, the British civil liberties group defending Katharine.
	foi.missouri.edu /OSA/katherinegun.html (230 words)

	Politics essays. Unlimited access to Politics coursework. GCSE and other UK qualifications - Coursework.info
		Do stricter gun control laws correlate with less violence in society?...
		How did protestant politicians explain the social, economic and political differences between Catholics and Protestants?...
		Some political commentators have suggested that the British prime minister is one ofthe most powerful figures.
	www.coursework.info /GCSE/Politics_Essays_and_Coursework_C_4 (472 words)

	Scotsman.com News - Politics - Eight years on and still no gun register
		THE national firearms register ordered in the wake of the Dunblane tragedy will not be in operation until next year at the earliest, eight years after parliament agreed the move in a bid to get a grip on more than a million weapons in private hands across the country.
		North, who now campaigns against the spread of firearms across British society through the Gun Control Network, said the register was the bare minimum required to help fight the gun culture.
		We believe easy availability of guns makes gun crime more likely, and this can only be effectively tackled if the source of the weapons involved is better understood.
	news.scotsman.com /politics.cfm?id=1314672004 (1400 words)

	U.K. "Amnesty [International] attacks 'double standards' in UK gun law" - THR
		U.K. "Amnesty [International] attacks 'double standards' in UK gun law"
		Loopholes in the government's proposed export controls will allow British gunrunners to continue supplying weapons to the worst conflict zones, where they are used to repress and massacre, Amnesty International and Oxfam say today.
		Regulations being drawn up by the Department of Trade and Industry must apply to British citizens based outside the UK if they are to be effective.
	www.thehighroad.org /showthread.php?t=20617 (410 words)

	Gun Control Group Unloads on Rep. John Dingell -- 07/26/2002
		The Brady Campaign has launched a website to criticize what it calls Dingell's "dismal record" on "gun violence protection." Dingell, who has represented Michigan in Congress for nearly 47 years, is the first to be named to the Brady Campaign's "Dangerous Dozen" list of congressional candidates in this year's elections.
		Dingell, according to the Almanac of American Politics, did vote in favor of the 1994 Crime Bill and supported legislation requiring a 24-hour background check on gun purchases.
		While trying to satisfy gun control advocates with his legislation, Dingell says he has not lost sight of gun owners either.
	www.cnsnews.com /ViewPolitics.asp?Page=\Politics\archive\200207\POL20020726a.html (713 words)

	Palestine Monitor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The armed faction long committed to destroying Israel is virtually certain to send shock waves through the Middle East by securing a major influence in the very institutions it has opposed for nearly a decade.
		The prospect has triggered an urgent appraisal in Western capitals and Israel over handling the political power that the organisation they have long proscribed as "terrorist" is likely to wield in Palestinian politics from the end of this week.
		The dilemma is partly over whether Hamas's probable success is a menacing new threat in an already unstable region, or the first stage of a conversion to the ballot box by the Islamic faction which has been responsible for the largest proportion of Israeli deaths in suicide bombings in the past five years.
	www.palestinemonitor.org /nueva_web/articles/features/guns_politics_hamas.htm (1128 words)

	CHARTER OF UK.POLITICS.MISC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The group is expected to concentrate on the politics of or affecting the UK, and is open to posters from outside the UK as well as within it.
		Cross posting between any gun group and uk.politics.misc is specifically forbidden.
		Binaries (apart from PGP signatures) are not permitted, but directions as to where binaries may be found are welcomed.
	www.usenet.org.uk /uk.politics.misc.html (149 words)

	Newsvine - politics
		Ports security legislation that most senators agree would make the country safer was stuck Tuesday in election-year politics as Republicans threatened to scrap it if Democrats forced in a wide range of provisions.
		Moderate Republican Sen. Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island, his political career at risk from a more conservative challenger, led in early returns Tuesday in a contest that could be crucial in the larger fight for control of Congress.
		After months of political attacks, Democratic gubernatorial nominee Jim Davis is admitting he made a mistake when he voted in the state Legislature to deny compensation for two fl men convicted, and later pardoned, in the killings of two white men.
	www.newsvine.com /politics (1516 words)

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