CS: Crime-School claims to have foiled 'Columbine-style attack'

2001-02-11 Thread info
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ananova, 07/02/01 Authorities in Kansas say three teenagers were planning a Columbine-style attack on their school. The boys allegedly had guns, ammunition and explosive recipes at their home along with plans of the school. They have been charged with

CS: Crime-White House gunman wrote suicide note

2001-02-11 Thread info
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ananova, 09/02/01 A suicide note has been found in the car of a man who fired a gun outside the White House. Robert Pickett was shot in the knee by secret service officers outside a White House fence on Wednesday. He is recovering in a Washington hospital

CS: Crime-More stupidity in England

2001-02-06 Thread info
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The police quite rightly responded, searched the man's home and he went to court and got a small fine. That's what the police are supposed to do. That the kids were committing a criminal act doesn't justify a different criminal act. Isn't that the rub? If a

CS: Crime-Ex-employee kills four and commits suicide

2001-02-06 Thread info
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ananova, 06/02/01 A disgruntled ex-employee has killed four people and then turned the gun on himself at an engine factory near Chicago. The man who was fired from the factory after he got caught stealing from his employer forced his way into the building and

CS: Crime-Animal rights activist jailed for six months

2001-02-01 Thread info
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ananova, 31/01/01 An animal rights activist who sent "chilling" letters to employees of a drug testing firm is beginning a six-month prison sentence. Charlotte Lewis, 28, of Thornton Heath, Surrey, was sentenced at Peterborough Crown Court. She admitted

CS: Crime-Bomb goes off at charity shop

2001-01-31 Thread info
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ananova, 31/01/01 A bomb has exploded at a charity shop in Cumbria in what is believed to be the latest attack carried out by animal rights extremists. The device went off at the British Heart Foundation shop in Market Square, King Street, Penrith. A female

CS: Misc-Nail gun suicide attempt fails

2001-01-25 Thread info
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ananova, 25/01/01 A man who accidentally cut off his hand tried to end his agony by blasting himself in the head with a nail gun. But William Bartron survived despite his injuries and is being treated at a Pennsylvania hospital. The 25-year-old is believed

CS: Pol-Placards and Banners at Countryside March

2001-01-24 Thread info
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] What's the likelihood of a riot anyway? WE're all peaceable, lawfully demonstrating people concerned in no small way not to jeopardize our shotgun and firearms licenses. Indeed. I find this all very sad. The whole idea of a march or protest is essentially to

CS: Misc-Police Corruption

2000-11-30 Thread info
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] IG, Look what I dug up... The mysterious missing page! This is ancient history, though no-one else got it all. I can't send it you on my revoked FAC because as you know, they aren't returned to the previous owner, and besides, I don't have your address.

CS: Misc-Emperor's New Clothes

2000-11-30 Thread info
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] So the answer to your question is yes, I'd be "happy" for this guy to own guns, if I was secure in the knowledge that he was hugely outnumbered by ordinary - but armed - citizens, a situation that used to obtain in this country pre-WW1 but which is now reversed,