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Results of Australia's Year-Old Gun Control Laws AUSTRALIA: The Results Are In The following is a synopsis of an interview conducted by Ginny Simone with Keith Tidswell of Australia's Sporting Shooters Association. The entire interview is available as "Surprise, Surprise" in the "Archive News" section of: http://www.nralive.com/ One year after gun-owners were forced to surrender 640,381 personal firearms to be destroyed, including semi-automatic .22 rifles and shotguns, a program costing the government over 500 million dollars, the results are in... A dramatic increase in criminal activity has been experienced. Gun control advocates respond "Just wait... we'll be safer... you'll ...

XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX TUEDAY, AUGUST 31, 1999 20:22:05 ET XXXXX RENO AND FREEH AGREE ON NEW INDEPENDENT PROBE OF WACO **Exclusive** Attorney General Janet Reno and FBI Director Louis Freeh have jointly agreed on calling for of an "outside investigation" into their agencies' failure to disclose the use of incendiary devices during Waco, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned. Reno is set to make the announcement by the end of the week. The move comes after the situation turned critical when a Waco federal prosecutor warned Reno that lawyers within her department had long withheld evidence that the FBI fired ...

I was just sitting here thinking to myself what could I do to celebrate the big bad Y2K. Then it dawned on me... I wonder if there will be a FREEPER blowout somewhere. And if there isn't, WHY NOT? I'm just throwing an idea out there for anybody that might be interested in putting together a Y2K FREEPER bash. I know there has to be a lot of Freepers thinking the same thing. Lets see if we can get something together.. All ideas welcome.

Separatist's Conviction Overturned By MICHELLE KOIDIN= Associated Press Writer= EL PASO, Texas (AP) _ Organized crime convictions against Republic of Texas leader Richard McLaren and an associate were overturned by an appeals court that said there was insufficient evidence against them. ``What it boils down to is if you allege it you've got to prove it,'' said Mike Barclay, an attorney for McLaren associate Robert ``White Eagle'' Otto. In separate but nearly identical opinions issued Friday, the Texas 8th Court of Appeals entered judgments of acquittal for McLaren and Otto in connection with the kidnapping of a couple. ``There was ...

GESTAPO STYLE TACTICS USED IN TAX RAID.   It's another hot August Friday night in the capitol city of Austin, Texas, and patrons of Antone's Night Club located in the heart of downtown and the entertainment district, have lined up outside the club to hear electric blues man Monte Montgomery. What the patrons didn't know was, state officials had planned a raid on the club to collect on back liquor taxes. The club owes about $22,000 in taxes from May to June. At approximately 11:30 that evening, officials stormed the establishment and took the money from the cash registers. ...

This is a SMALL list of licenses that must be obtained just for ordinary citizens to do day to day activities. I'm sure this list could be added onto infinitely and I welcome all Freepers to participate. Once this list has been compiled I intend to send it to our senators and congress jerks to show them just how FREE we really are here in Amerika. This list just goes to show everyone that you cannot do a damn thing in this country without having a license or permit. It has gotten so out of control that our privacy has ...

08:21 PM ET 08/12/99 Clinton Appeals for Gun Control By SONYA ROSS= Associated Press Writer= WASHINGTON (AP) _ President Clinton urged the nation on Thursday to embrace ``our common humanity'' in the aftermath of the latest shootings linked to ethnic hatred. He appealed to Congress to pass ``common-sense'' laws tightening gun control and banning hate crimes. The president said hatred apparently was a motive in the shootings at a Jewish community center in Los Angeles. ``Acts of hate against individuals are acts of hate against our values and our entire nation. So let us all speak clearly and with ...

08:21 PM ET 08/12/99 Clinton Appeals for Gun Control By SONYA ROSS= Associated Press Writer= WASHINGTON (AP) _ President Clinton urged the nation on Thursday to embrace ``our common humanity'' in the aftermath of the latest shootings linked to ethnic hatred. He appealed to Congress to pass ``common-sense'' laws tightening gun control and banning hate crimes. The president said hatred apparently was a motive in the shootings at a Jewish community center in Los Angeles. ``Acts of hate against individuals are acts of hate against our values and our entire nation. So let us all speak clearly and with ...

California Governor May Offer Reward in Shootings 7.38 a.m. ET (1138 GMT) August 11, 1999 SACRAMENTO — California Gov. Gray Davis, a strong gun control advocate, offered to put up a $50,000 reward if it would help to capture the gunman responsible for Tuesday's shooting at a suburban Los Angeles Jewish community center. "This is yet another example of a senseless barbaric act of violence against innocent children and defenseless adults," Davis told reporters at an impromptu press conference after the attack which wounded five people, including three small children. Davis said he told Los Angeles Police Chief Bernard Parks ...

Jim: will you PLEASE put a link on the web site just for bumps? You could change the bump wording occassionally to fit the mantra of the day. Waddya think ?

(Bastrop, Texas) Nestled behind a hillside, just out of sight from busy Highway 95 in Bastrop County, Texas, lies a growing fleet of nearly one thousand showroom-new SUVs, 4WD pickups, suburbans and vans. These vehicles are not overflow storage for an overstocked dealer. This fleet is owned by the federal government. All the vehicles are painted white. Rumors have been floating in the area for months about a fleet of suspicious vehicles being outfitted with prisoner cages, shackles and insignia such as “U.S. Police Force” and the U.N. roundel. None of the vehicles in the storage area bear have markings ...

IBM Wants $11 Million Tax Refund SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) _ City schools would be hit hard if IBM wins a lawsuit that could mean a property tax refund of as much as $11 million. The New York-based electronics giant claims Santa Clara County over-assessed three of the company's properties in San Jose by more than $1 billion between 1990 and 1994. ``The CEO of IBM ... has given a lot of speeches about the poor state of public education, but through a technicality, IBM is now attempting to get a tax refund that would directly impact in a ...

Couple Sues Over Prayer Meetings By LAUREN GELFAND= Associated Press Writer= DENVER (AP) _ A Denver couple filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday to challenge a city order barring them from holding more than one prayer meeting at their home each month. The lawsuit, filed by attorneys for the American Center for Law and Justice on behalf of David and Diane Reiter, claims the cease-and-desist order issued by the city zoning office is unconstitutional. It also contended the Reiters are the victims of religious hostility. ``The city has trampled on the First Amendment rights of our clients and has enacted an ...

Emergency Rule, Abuse of Power?By Catherine EdwardsIt was never intended that the president should rule by executive decree, usurping the legislative role of Congress. But a top Clinton aide has called this option 'kinda cool.'Many older Washingtonians will tell you they used to have a view of the river from their house. Now they no longer have a river view; they no longer have their house. Instead, federal offices filled with bureaucrats populate the city. During the course of the last 150 years, the role of president of the United States has grown exponentially, as has his team of workers. ...

WHITE HOUSE PROPOSES MASSIVE COMPUTER MONITORING SYSTEM; WILL TRACK BANKING, TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND OTHER NETWORKS The Clinton administration has developed a plan for an extensive computer monitoring system, overseen by the FBI, that will track banking, telecommunications and other industries, it will be reported on Wednesday. The National Security Council is conducting a legal and technical review of the new Clinton plan, a final report is scheduled to be made public in September. NEW YORK TIMES reporter John Markoff has been shown a draft, according to publishing sources, and was busy on Tuesday afternoon preparing a story. In some government circles, ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. George E. Brown Jr., the oldest member of the House of Representatives, died overnight after a lengthy hospitalization for treatment of an infection, congressional officials said today. The California Democrat was 79. Brown, serving his 18th term in the House, was the senior Democrat on the House Science Committee.

"National Gun Control Poll" Investigated May 26, 1999 – The Better Business Bureaus system is warning businesses that a "gun control poll," which has probably crossed millions of business fax machines nationwide in the weeks since the Columbine High School shootings in Littleton, CO, costs $2.95 a minute to respond. The Better Business Bureau in Dallas, TX received one of the "polls," and BBBs in Richmond, VA, Evansville, IN, Grand Rapids, MI, and other cities are fielding inquiries about the "poll" from businesses in their areas that have received the fax.The BBB serving Dallas and Northeast Texas investigated the ...

Michael Dell to head Bush technology panel Reuters Story - July 07, 1999 21:28 AUSTIN, July 7 (Reuters) - Texas Gov. George W. Bush, front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination, said on Wednesday he had set up a panel of high-tech heavyweights to advise him on technology issues during his campaign. Michael Dell, founder and chief executive officer of Texas-based Dell Computer Corp. , will chair the committee, the Bush campaign organization said in a statement. Other members include John Chambers, CEO of Cisco Systems Inc., Tom Engibous, CEO of Texas Instruments Inc. and Robert Herbold, chief operating officer of ...

Sunday, June 27, 1999; Page A1 As part of a new and aggressive effort to track down parents who owe child support, the federal government has created a vast computerized data-monitoring system that includes all individuals with new jobs and the names, addresses, Social Security numbers and wages of nearly every working adult in the United States. Government agencies have long gathered personal information for specific reasons, such as collecting taxes. But never before have federal officials had the legal authority and technological ability to locate so many Americans found to be delinquent parents – or such potential to ...

Sunday, June 27, 1999; Page A1 As part of a new and aggressive effort to track down parents who owe child support, the federal government has created a vast computerized data-monitoring system that includes all individuals with new jobs and the names, addresses, Social Security numbers and wages of nearly every working adult in the United States. Government agencies have long gathered personal information for specific reasons, such as collecting taxes. But never before have federal officials had the legal authority and technological ability to locate so many Americans found to be delinquent parents – or such potential to ...