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The LA County Gun Task Force has served another search warrant on the home of another member of the fifty caliber community. On Monday September 18th, eighteen police cars swarmed the neighborhood where the FCSA member lives and served a search warrant signed by Judge Steven Kleifield of the LA County Superior Court. The officers were at the residence for several hours and confiscated all semi-automatic firearms belonging to the victim. The probable cause for issuing the search warrant was not available in the body of the affidavit so the reason for the search is unknown at this time. It...

Murphy backs off gun bill Commissioner says she did not fully understand ordinance when she signed Friday, August 26, 2005 By Jonathan Lipman Staff writer Cook County Commissioner Joan Murphy is backing away from a gun-control bill she had pledged to support after getting phone calls from residents opposing it. The bill, authored by Commissioner Larry Suffredin (D-Evanston), seeks to update the county's 15-year-old assault weapons ban. Suffredin said the bill is similar to the federal assault weapons ban that expired last year, and it would set a minimum standard for all villages and cities countywide. Murphy was a co-sponsor...

U.S. Newswire 29 Apr 9:33 To: State Desk Contact: Richard Pearson of the Illinois State Rifle Association, 815-635-3198; Web Site: http://www.isra.org CHICAGO, April 29 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The following was released today by the Illinois State Rifle Association (ISRA): The ISRA is warning employees of the Chicago Police Department (CPD) that the department's Chicago Anti-Gun Enforcement (CAGE) unit may soon swoop down on their homes. The warning comes after the release of CPD Notice 02-18, which directs CPD employees to dispose of many of their personally owned firearms by May 1, 2002 or face the consequences. Firearms subject to the...

U.S. Newswire 26 Apr 13:20 Coalition to Stop Gun Violence Says Germany Massacre Evokes Memories of Columbine, Highlights Impact of Illegal Gun Trafficking To: National Desk Contact: Blaine Rummel of the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence, 202-408-0061, ext. 118; Web site: www.csgv.org WASHINGTON, April 26 /U.S. Newswire/ -- A shooting today that left at least 18 dead at a school in Erfurt, Germany evoked memories of the Columbine massacre three years ago, and was a chilling demonstration of the carnage caused by the flood of illegal weapons. Joshua Horwitz, executive director of the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence, had this...

U.S. Newswire 26 Apr 15:11 Brady Campaign: Instead of Courting the NRA, Lawmakers Should Listen to America and Take Action to Make Communities Safer To: National Desk Contact: Amy Stilwell of the Brady Campaign, 202-898-0792 WASHINGTON, April 26 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Michael D. Barnes, president of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence united with the Million Mom March, today issued the following statement regarding the National Rifle Association's (NRA) announcement that Senator Zell Miller (D-Ga.) will be the keynote speaker at the NRA's annual convention to be held in Reno, Nev. April 26-28: "As America struggles to increase national...