News from The Sight M1911, Volume 139

A battalion commander in Iraq who fired his pistol near the head of an Iraqi detainee after his soldiers had punched the prisoner was fined $5,000 yesterday as part of a non-judicial disciplinary proceeding that effectively ends his Army career.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61162-2003Dec12.html

TERROR COLOR CODES JUST CONFUSE

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,106442,00.html

LAPD: 'PRE-EMPTIVE' ARRESTS MADE TO GET TERROR INFO

Federal source says investigation 'trying to beat a ticking clock'

http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/12/23/threat.level/index.html

MEXICAN TROOPS FIRE ON U.S. BORDER WATCHERS

An official with a civilian border group says a squad of Mexican soldiers opened fire on a position only moments after it was vacated by group volunteers patrolling private property near Douglas, AZ.

http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2003/12/23/133254.shtml

HOWARD DEAN POSITION ON GUN CONTROL

http://tinyurl.com/lztb

DELAWARE NO. 1 IN GUN-BUY REJECTION RATE

Background checks halt 4.3 percent of sales in state

http://www.delawareonline.com/newsjournal/local/2003/12/29delawareno1ingu.html

FLORIDA: NUMBER OF ARRESTS INCREASE FOR VIOLENT CRIMES WITH FIREARMS

http://tinyurl.com/23ydd

FLORIDA: GUN PERMITS NOT HARD TO GET

http://tinyurl.com/2cnwr

MARYLAND: DELEGATE SEES SELF AS TARGET

Democrat: Neil F. Quinter of Howard County claims Republicans are out to defeat him in 2006 because of his gun-control views.

http://tinyurl.com/32ruz

MISSOURI: CONCEALED GUNS - A BIG ISSUE IN '03 WILL BE ONE IN '04, TOO

http://www.darnews.com/articles/2003/12/29/news/news14.txt

NEW JERSEY: GUNS AND AMMO LAND SENIOR IN JAIL

N. Caldwell police say Pennsylvania man, 76, had weapons and hollow-point bullets in car

http://tinyurl.com/3fa6u

GUN-FREE NYC: MOBSTER SHOOTS MAN FOR HECKLING SINGER

http://tinyurl.com/23w2p

NEW YORK: GUN CLUB MUST SEEK PERMITS FOR CHANGES

http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/today/localnews/stories/lo122403s7.shtml

UTAH: COALITION OF CHURCH LEADERS DEFY STATE GUN LAW

http://tv.ksl.com/index.php?nid=39&sid=65398

UTAH: LDS STAYS SILENT IN GUN SPAT

http://www.sltrib.com/2003/Dec/12242003/utah/utah.asp

AUSTRALIA: NEW TASKFORCE TO TRACK DOWN GUN GANGSTERS

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/12/22/1071941672152.html

AUSTRAILIA: MINISTER BLAMES THEFT FOR GUN CRIME RISE

(It wouldn’t be something as irrational as the fact that the government is disarming law abiding citizens, would it?)

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s1016961.htm

BRAZIL: DA SILVA SIGNS TOUGH NEW GUN LAW

As Brazil grapples with one of the world's highest gun-death rates, the president enacts a law that severely restricts the sale and possession of firearms.

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/7553380.htm

CANADA: SHOOTING WITH THE STARS

Local pistol shooter picked for national team

http://www.dailyheraldtribune.com/Z01_00ashoot1223.lasso

PHILIPPINES: CORDI COPS WARNED OF FIRING GUNS DURING HOLIDAYS

ALL members of the Police Regional Office-Cordillera (PRO-CAR) were warned Tuesday of indiscriminate firing using their issued firearms during the Yuletide season. Those found violating the directive will be dismissed from service.

http://tinyurl.com/33p8p

PHILIPPINES: PNP ARRESTS 29 GUN BAN VIOLATORS

The Philippine National Police (PNP) reported yesterday that a total of 29 firearms were confiscated since the Commission on Elections (Comelec) started implementing the nationwide gun ban last Dec. 15.

http://www.mb.com.ph/news.php?art=44364&sect=1&fname=MN03122544364f.txt

PHILIPPINES: GUN BAN NETS SOLDIER, NBI AGENT

BACOLOD CITY - A member of the Army and an agent of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) were among the five persons arrested in Negros Occidental for violation of Commission on Elections (Comelec) gun ban, since its enforcement on December 15, the National Police reported Tuesday.

http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/NewsStory.aspx?section=Provincial&OID=41413

THAILAND PLANS BEING GUN-FREE IN FIVE YEARS: REPORT

http://www.islam-online.net/English/News/2003-12/20/article08.shtml

GUN-FREE UK: GUN CRIME – A PROBLEM READY TO EXPLODE

http://tinyurl.com/ysucp

GUN-FREE UK: FIREARMS OFFENCES MORE THAN DOUBLE SINCE DUNBLANE

http://tinyurl.com/2373h

KNOW THY ENEMY: THOUSANDS SIGNING UP TO STOP THE NRA

http://tinyurl.com/3f392

THE WHAT NOT TO DO FILE: STATE LAWMAKER ARRESTED AFTER HANDGUN FOUND IN BAGGAGE AT AIRPORT

http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/4282965.html

THE WHAT NOT TO DO FILE: BOY WOUNDED WHEN FRIEND ACCIDENTALLY FIRES HANDGUN