New York state jail to hire Muslim chaplain
Decision follows furor over pastor who distributed anti-Islamic cartoons
NEW CITY, N.Y. - The county jail where a Christian minister handed out anti-Islamic cartoons announced it will hire an imam for its Muslim inmates.
The Rockland County Jail also said it will provide religiously appropriate food.
Rockland Undersheriff Thomas Guthrie said Tuesday that the imam will work one day a week, joining the jail’s priest and rabbi.
The Christian chaplain, the Rev. Teresa Darden Clapp, was suspended with pay last month after inmates complained she was passing out anti-Islam booklets.
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Thursday, May 10, 2007
Gaza clan (army of islam) admits holding BBC reporter
Gaza clan admits holding BBC reporter
'Army of Islam' demands Britain free Muslim prisoners
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Posted: May 9, 2007
12:24 p.m. Eastern
By Aaron Klein
© 2007 WorldNetDaily.com
JERUSALEM – A group controlled by a family clan in the Gaza Strip today announced it is holding kidnapped BBC reporter Alan Johnston, posting a photo of his identity card and demanding the release of an Islamic cleric who is being held in a British jail after being accused of supporting terrorism.
The Army of Islam, headed by the powerful Gaza-based Dugmash clan, released a recording demanding the British government immediately free "our prisoners and particularly Sheik Abu Qatada the Palestinian in exchange for Johnston."
Abu Qatada, a Jordanian of Palestinian origin, is accused of having links to terror groups and is currently awaiting deportation to Jordan from Britain.
WND first reported last month senior Palestinian security officials believed Johnston was being held by the Dugmash clan.
The Dugmash statement released today included an al-Qaida-style diatribe against the West, posting a slideshow of images from the war in Iraq, Muslim prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and Western soldiers praying before a cross. Islamic music plays in the background, and pictures glorifying Abu Qatada are shown repeatedly.
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'Army of Islam' demands Britain free Muslim prisoners
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Posted: May 9, 2007
12:24 p.m. Eastern
By Aaron Klein
© 2007 WorldNetDaily.com
JERUSALEM – A group controlled by a family clan in the Gaza Strip today announced it is holding kidnapped BBC reporter Alan Johnston, posting a photo of his identity card and demanding the release of an Islamic cleric who is being held in a British jail after being accused of supporting terrorism.
The Army of Islam, headed by the powerful Gaza-based Dugmash clan, released a recording demanding the British government immediately free "our prisoners and particularly Sheik Abu Qatada the Palestinian in exchange for Johnston."
Abu Qatada, a Jordanian of Palestinian origin, is accused of having links to terror groups and is currently awaiting deportation to Jordan from Britain.
WND first reported last month senior Palestinian security officials believed Johnston was being held by the Dugmash clan.
The Dugmash statement released today included an al-Qaida-style diatribe against the West, posting a slideshow of images from the war in Iraq, Muslim prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and Western soldiers praying before a cross. Islamic music plays in the background, and pictures glorifying Abu Qatada are shown repeatedly.
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Fort Dix 'terrorists' smuggled into U.S.?
Fort Dix 'terrorists' smuggled into U.S.?
Reports suggest 3 brothers accused in plot have no record of 'regular border crossing'
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Posted: May 9, 2007
5:30 p.m. Eastern
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Three brothers held in connection with an alleged terror plot at Fort Dix, N.J., may have been smuggled across the southern U.S. border, according to broadcast reports.
Dritan "Anthony" or "Tony" Duka, 28; Shain Duka, 26; and Eljvir "Elvis" Duka, 23, were in the United States illegally.
According to Fox News, "Because the three men entered the United States without inspection, there is no legal record of their entry. A federal law enforcement source said the three entered the United States near Brownsville, Texas, in 1984. They would have been children at the time, ranging in ages from 1 to 6. The source said there is no record of them entering though a regular border crossing, so they are investigating whether they were smuggled into the country."
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Reports suggest 3 brothers accused in plot have no record of 'regular border crossing'
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Posted: May 9, 2007
5:30 p.m. Eastern
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Three brothers held in connection with an alleged terror plot at Fort Dix, N.J., may have been smuggled across the southern U.S. border, according to broadcast reports.
Dritan "Anthony" or "Tony" Duka, 28; Shain Duka, 26; and Eljvir "Elvis" Duka, 23, were in the United States illegally.
According to Fox News, "Because the three men entered the United States without inspection, there is no legal record of their entry. A federal law enforcement source said the three entered the United States near Brownsville, Texas, in 1984. They would have been children at the time, ranging in ages from 1 to 6. The source said there is no record of them entering though a regular border crossing, so they are investigating whether they were smuggled into the country."
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Brothers Charged in Terror Plot Lived Illegally in U.S. for 23 Years
FORT DIX, N.J. — Three brothers charged in the alleged Fort Dix terror plot have been living illegally in the U.S. for more than 23 years and were accepted as Americans by neighbors and friends who had no idea they would scheme to attack military bases and slaughter GIs.
A federal law enforcement source confirmed to FOX News that the three — Dritan "Anthony" or "Tony" Duka, 28; Shain Duka, 26; and Eljvir "Elvis" Duka, 23 — also accumulated 19 traffic citations, but because they operated in "sanctuary cites," where law enforcement does not routinely report illegal immigrants to homeland security, none of the tickets raised red flags.
The brothers entered the United States near Brownsville, Texas, in 1984, the source said, which would put their ages at 1 to 6 when they crossed the border.
The source said there is no record of them entering by way of a regular border crossing, so they are investigating whether they were smuggled into the country.
The brothers plus three other suspects in the alleged plot — Mohamad Ibrahim Shnewer, 22; Serdar Tatar, 23; and, Agron Abdullahu, 24 — were ordered held without bail for a hearing Friday.
Five were charged with conspiracy to kill U.S. military personnel; the sixth, Abdullahu, was charged with aiding and abetting illegal immigrants in obtaining weapons.
Four of the arrested men were born in the former Yugoslavia, one was born in Jordan and one came from Turkey, authorities said. Three were in the United States illegally; two had green cards allowing them to stay in this country permanently; and the sixth is a U.S. citizen.
Federal investigators are now checking whether the latter three lied on their immigration paperwork to remain in the United States.
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A federal law enforcement source confirmed to FOX News that the three — Dritan "Anthony" or "Tony" Duka, 28; Shain Duka, 26; and Eljvir "Elvis" Duka, 23 — also accumulated 19 traffic citations, but because they operated in "sanctuary cites," where law enforcement does not routinely report illegal immigrants to homeland security, none of the tickets raised red flags.
The brothers entered the United States near Brownsville, Texas, in 1984, the source said, which would put their ages at 1 to 6 when they crossed the border.
The source said there is no record of them entering by way of a regular border crossing, so they are investigating whether they were smuggled into the country.
The brothers plus three other suspects in the alleged plot — Mohamad Ibrahim Shnewer, 22; Serdar Tatar, 23; and, Agron Abdullahu, 24 — were ordered held without bail for a hearing Friday.
Five were charged with conspiracy to kill U.S. military personnel; the sixth, Abdullahu, was charged with aiding and abetting illegal immigrants in obtaining weapons.
Four of the arrested men were born in the former Yugoslavia, one was born in Jordan and one came from Turkey, authorities said. Three were in the United States illegally; two had green cards allowing them to stay in this country permanently; and the sixth is a U.S. citizen.
Federal investigators are now checking whether the latter three lied on their immigration paperwork to remain in the United States.
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How clerk played key role to expose Fort Dix terror plot
By Wayne Parry
The Associated Press
FORT DIX, N.J. — Ever since Sept. 11, U.S. authorities have asked the public to be vigilant, urging, "If you see something, say something."
In January 2006, a store clerk in New Jersey saw something.
A group of men had brought him a video showing them firing assault weapons and chanting "God is great!" in Arabic. They wanted him to dub the footage to a DVD.
So the clerk called the Mount Laurel Police Department, which in turn contacted the FBI.
As a result, six men from Yugoslavia and the Middle East were charged Tuesday with plotting to slaughter scores of American soldiers at Fort Dix and perhaps other military installations in the Northeast.
FBI agent J.P. Weis saluted the unidentified Mount Laurel store clerk as the "unsung hero" of the case.
The suspects' images and words were captured on more than 50 audio and video recordings. Their comings and goings were recorded by law-enforcement agents who monitored the alleged plot for 15 months, hoping more terror ties would become apparent.
The defendants, all men in their 20s, include a pizza deliveryman suspected of using his job to scout out Fort Dix. They sought "to kill as many American soldiers as possible" in attacks with mortars, rocket-propelled grenades and guns, prosecutors said.
"Today we dodged a bullet. In fact, when you look at the type of weapons that this group was trying to purchase, we may have dodged a lot of bullets," Weis said.
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The Associated Press
FORT DIX, N.J. — Ever since Sept. 11, U.S. authorities have asked the public to be vigilant, urging, "If you see something, say something."
In January 2006, a store clerk in New Jersey saw something.
A group of men had brought him a video showing them firing assault weapons and chanting "God is great!" in Arabic. They wanted him to dub the footage to a DVD.
So the clerk called the Mount Laurel Police Department, which in turn contacted the FBI.
As a result, six men from Yugoslavia and the Middle East were charged Tuesday with plotting to slaughter scores of American soldiers at Fort Dix and perhaps other military installations in the Northeast.
FBI agent J.P. Weis saluted the unidentified Mount Laurel store clerk as the "unsung hero" of the case.
The suspects' images and words were captured on more than 50 audio and video recordings. Their comings and goings were recorded by law-enforcement agents who monitored the alleged plot for 15 months, hoping more terror ties would become apparent.
The defendants, all men in their 20s, include a pizza deliveryman suspected of using his job to scout out Fort Dix. They sought "to kill as many American soldiers as possible" in attacks with mortars, rocket-propelled grenades and guns, prosecutors said.
"Today we dodged a bullet. In fact, when you look at the type of weapons that this group was trying to purchase, we may have dodged a lot of bullets," Weis said.
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Terror Suspects Tried Dubbing Tape at Circuit City
By Cathy Gandolfo
FORT DIX, N.J. - May 9, 2007 - There are new details about the clerk whom the FBI is crediting for exposing the terror plot.
The suspects allegedly tried to have a video transferred onto a DVD at the Circuit City on Nixon Drive in Mount Laurel.
Circuit City officials confirm that an employee at the store alerted local police in January 2006.
He was concerned about the images being transferred from videotape to DVD.
According to the federal complaint, the video shows 10 men, including the six now under arrest. On the tape, they called for jihad and yelled 'God is great' in Arabic.
While praised by law enforcement, the tipster's name has not been made public.
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FORT DIX, N.J. - May 9, 2007 - There are new details about the clerk whom the FBI is crediting for exposing the terror plot.
The suspects allegedly tried to have a video transferred onto a DVD at the Circuit City on Nixon Drive in Mount Laurel.
Circuit City officials confirm that an employee at the store alerted local police in January 2006.
He was concerned about the images being transferred from videotape to DVD.
According to the federal complaint, the video shows 10 men, including the six now under arrest. On the tape, they called for jihad and yelled 'God is great' in Arabic.
While praised by law enforcement, the tipster's name has not been made public.
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Terror Suspect Called Bin Laden 'His Uncle Benny'
Terror Suspect Called Bin Laden 'His Uncle Benny'
Maddy Sauer Reports:
One of the men suspected of helping the plotters of a terror attack on Fort Dix would jokingly refer to Osama bin Laden as "his Uncle Benny," a co-worker told WPVI, the ABC News affiliate in Philadelphia.
"He used to make jokes about how the U.S. government could not find his Uncle Benny," Bob Watts, who worked at a Shop Rite bakery with Agron Abdullahu, told WPVI's Dann Cuellar.
Watts also told WPVI that Abdullahu would bring in recipes for making bombs that he had downloaded from the Internet, and that he would experiment with homemade explosives that he used to remove tree trunks.
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Maddy Sauer Reports:
One of the men suspected of helping the plotters of a terror attack on Fort Dix would jokingly refer to Osama bin Laden as "his Uncle Benny," a co-worker told WPVI, the ABC News affiliate in Philadelphia.
"He used to make jokes about how the U.S. government could not find his Uncle Benny," Bob Watts, who worked at a Shop Rite bakery with Agron Abdullahu, told WPVI's Dann Cuellar.
Watts also told WPVI that Abdullahu would bring in recipes for making bombs that he had downloaded from the Internet, and that he would experiment with homemade explosives that he used to remove tree trunks.
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United Nations attacked for spreading Christianity
United Nations attacked for spreading Christianity
Terrorists claim international group is 'converting Muslims under cover'
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By Aaron Klein
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JERUSALEM – A deadly attack yesterday against a United Nations school in the Gaza Strip was carried out by an Islamist extremist group, according to a statement faxed to WND claiming the U.N. was targeted because the international body was "spreading Christian missionary activity."
"The UN is spreading Christian missionary activity. We will keep hitting them and trying to kill them. They are trying to convert our Muslims under the cover of an international organization," said the statement, signed by the group Jihadia Salafiya.
Until now, Jihadia Salafiya has operated in Gaza as an Islamic outreach movement seeking to make secular Muslims more religious, but the overall leader of the organization, Abu Saqer, confirmed to WND today his organization recently opened what it called a "military wing" to target individuals, establishments and groups it claims are "corrupting Islam."
One person was killed yesterday when unidentified attackers hurled grenades at a U.N.-run school in the Gaza Strip after announcing on loudspeakers they were angry over the participation of boys and girls in a sports event.
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Terrorists claim international group is 'converting Muslims under cover'
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By Aaron Klein
© 2007 WorldNetDaily.com
JERUSALEM – A deadly attack yesterday against a United Nations school in the Gaza Strip was carried out by an Islamist extremist group, according to a statement faxed to WND claiming the U.N. was targeted because the international body was "spreading Christian missionary activity."
"The UN is spreading Christian missionary activity. We will keep hitting them and trying to kill them. They are trying to convert our Muslims under the cover of an international organization," said the statement, signed by the group Jihadia Salafiya.
Until now, Jihadia Salafiya has operated in Gaza as an Islamic outreach movement seeking to make secular Muslims more religious, but the overall leader of the organization, Abu Saqer, confirmed to WND today his organization recently opened what it called a "military wing" to target individuals, establishments and groups it claims are "corrupting Islam."
One person was killed yesterday when unidentified attackers hurled grenades at a U.N.-run school in the Gaza Strip after announcing on loudspeakers they were angry over the participation of boys and girls in a sports event.
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Starbucks markets more 'anti-God' coffee cups Company welcomes national dialogue despite boycott threat by some patrons
Starbucks markets more 'anti-God' coffee cups Company welcomes national dialogue despite boycott threat by some patrons
Posted: May 9, 20078:38 p.m. Eastern
By Joe Kovacs© 2007 WorldNetDaily.com
Coffeehouse giant Starbucks is standing by its campaign to put thought-provoking messages on its coffee cups despite a national uproar and threat of boycott over a message some felt was "anti-God."
Controversy erupted this week after a customer became steamed reading a quote that stated:
"Why in moments of crisis do we ask God for strength and help? As cognitive beings, why would we ask something that may well be a figment of our imaginations for guidance? Why not search inside ourselves for the power to overcome? After all, we are strong enough to cause most of the catastrophes we need to endure."
The quote was written by Bill Schell, a Starbucks customer from London, Ontario, Canada, and was included as part of Starbucks' "The Way I See It" campaign to collect different viewpoints and spur discussion.
A WND story posted Sunday afternoon publicizing the cup became a hot topic on national radio shows this week including Rush Limbaugh and Laura Ingraham.
One reader, Ken Peck of Lakeland, Fla., has since purchased a coffee with another message he felt was a slam against his Christian faith, and snapped a photograph of it.
The message reads:
Heaven is totally overrated. It seems boring. Clouds, listening to people play the harp. It should be somewhere you can’t wait to go, like a luxury hotel. Maybe blue skies and soft music were enough to keep people in line in the 17th century, but Heaven has to step it up a bit. They're basically getting by because they only have to be better than Hell. -- Joel Stein, columnist for the Los Angeles Times.
"There's absolutely no reason to put that out on a cup," Peck told WND. "From a marketing standpoint, it blows me away. I don't put a picture of Christ of my business card."
Peck says the issue has energized him to push for a boycott of Starbucks in favor of other local coffeehouses in Polk Co., Fla.
"Everyone I've shown the cup to has been flabbergasted, whether they have a faith in Christ or not," he said.
Seattle-based Starbucks, meanwhile, is making no apologies about the God-related messages, nor its campaign.
"We are committed to this program," Starbucks communications manager Tricia Moriarty told WND, noting that quotes about matters of faith make up only a small fraction of the printed quips.
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Posted: May 9, 20078:38 p.m. Eastern
By Joe Kovacs© 2007 WorldNetDaily.com
Coffeehouse giant Starbucks is standing by its campaign to put thought-provoking messages on its coffee cups despite a national uproar and threat of boycott over a message some felt was "anti-God."
Controversy erupted this week after a customer became steamed reading a quote that stated:
"Why in moments of crisis do we ask God for strength and help? As cognitive beings, why would we ask something that may well be a figment of our imaginations for guidance? Why not search inside ourselves for the power to overcome? After all, we are strong enough to cause most of the catastrophes we need to endure."
The quote was written by Bill Schell, a Starbucks customer from London, Ontario, Canada, and was included as part of Starbucks' "The Way I See It" campaign to collect different viewpoints and spur discussion.
A WND story posted Sunday afternoon publicizing the cup became a hot topic on national radio shows this week including Rush Limbaugh and Laura Ingraham.
One reader, Ken Peck of Lakeland, Fla., has since purchased a coffee with another message he felt was a slam against his Christian faith, and snapped a photograph of it.
The message reads:
Heaven is totally overrated. It seems boring. Clouds, listening to people play the harp. It should be somewhere you can’t wait to go, like a luxury hotel. Maybe blue skies and soft music were enough to keep people in line in the 17th century, but Heaven has to step it up a bit. They're basically getting by because they only have to be better than Hell. -- Joel Stein, columnist for the Los Angeles Times.
"There's absolutely no reason to put that out on a cup," Peck told WND. "From a marketing standpoint, it blows me away. I don't put a picture of Christ of my business card."
Peck says the issue has energized him to push for a boycott of Starbucks in favor of other local coffeehouses in Polk Co., Fla.
"Everyone I've shown the cup to has been flabbergasted, whether they have a faith in Christ or not," he said.
Seattle-based Starbucks, meanwhile, is making no apologies about the God-related messages, nor its campaign.
"We are committed to this program," Starbucks communications manager Tricia Moriarty told WND, noting that quotes about matters of faith make up only a small fraction of the printed quips.
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Why Americans need to carry guns
FIREARMS AND FREEDOM
Why the Second Amendment is more important than ever
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Although the constitutional "right to keep and bear arms" is often ridiculed as an archaic relic from America's past, the May issue of WND's acclaimed Whistleblower magazine shows why private gun ownership is actually more crucial to Americans' freedom and security today than at any time in history.
Titled "FIREARMS AND FREEDOM: Why the Second Amendment is more important than ever," this eye-opening and spine-straightening Whistleblower edition documents how the contentious issue of gun rights – considered by many to be the linchpin of all Americans' rights – is dramatically coming to a head:
The string of horrendous mass murders in "gun-free zones" – most recently at Virginia Tech, and before that October's slaughter of Amish schoolgirls in rural Pennsylvania as well as similar massacres at other schools around the nation – has fueled a furious debate over gun control, "gun-free zones" and "lax gun laws."
Just like the Virginia Tech massacre, most violent crimes cannot be stopped by police, but only by citizens present during the commission of the crime. And research now shows conclusively that armed, law-abiding citizens have a huge impact on deterring and stopping violent criminal acts.
Meanwhile, with terror attacks up 25 percent worldwide in the last year and top U.S. leaders confirming that major, devastating attacks on innocent Americans are inevitable, the armed and observant citizen is now absolutely essential for protecting America's communities from terror attacks.
Alongside the increased focus on private gun ownership, a federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., has now ruled that the decades-old handgun ban in the nation's capital is unconstitutional and a direct violation of the Second Amendment. That case, in turn, has set the Second Amendment on a direct course to the United States Supreme Court, which has largely avoided the gun issue for decades.
"FIREARMS AND FREEDOM" digs up and reports all the amazing and little-known developments in this debate – and then cuts to the core issues in a powerful and compelling way.
"Only one thing could have stopped the Virginia Tech disaster," says WND Managing Editor David Kupelian. "Imagine Cho Seung-Hui walking into a classroom, threatening people with his guns, making them line up, preparing to shoot them. Now freeze-frame that scene and think for a moment: There isn't anyone or anything in this world that could have stopped Cho in his tracks at that point and averted the hellish slaughter that followed – except a single student or professor with a firearm, trained to use it effectively and responsibly."
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Why the Second Amendment is more important than ever
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© 2007 WorldNetDaily.com
Although the constitutional "right to keep and bear arms" is often ridiculed as an archaic relic from America's past, the May issue of WND's acclaimed Whistleblower magazine shows why private gun ownership is actually more crucial to Americans' freedom and security today than at any time in history.
Titled "FIREARMS AND FREEDOM: Why the Second Amendment is more important than ever," this eye-opening and spine-straightening Whistleblower edition documents how the contentious issue of gun rights – considered by many to be the linchpin of all Americans' rights – is dramatically coming to a head:
The string of horrendous mass murders in "gun-free zones" – most recently at Virginia Tech, and before that October's slaughter of Amish schoolgirls in rural Pennsylvania as well as similar massacres at other schools around the nation – has fueled a furious debate over gun control, "gun-free zones" and "lax gun laws."
Just like the Virginia Tech massacre, most violent crimes cannot be stopped by police, but only by citizens present during the commission of the crime. And research now shows conclusively that armed, law-abiding citizens have a huge impact on deterring and stopping violent criminal acts.
Meanwhile, with terror attacks up 25 percent worldwide in the last year and top U.S. leaders confirming that major, devastating attacks on innocent Americans are inevitable, the armed and observant citizen is now absolutely essential for protecting America's communities from terror attacks.
Alongside the increased focus on private gun ownership, a federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., has now ruled that the decades-old handgun ban in the nation's capital is unconstitutional and a direct violation of the Second Amendment. That case, in turn, has set the Second Amendment on a direct course to the United States Supreme Court, which has largely avoided the gun issue for decades.
"FIREARMS AND FREEDOM" digs up and reports all the amazing and little-known developments in this debate – and then cuts to the core issues in a powerful and compelling way.
"Only one thing could have stopped the Virginia Tech disaster," says WND Managing Editor David Kupelian. "Imagine Cho Seung-Hui walking into a classroom, threatening people with his guns, making them line up, preparing to shoot them. Now freeze-frame that scene and think for a moment: There isn't anyone or anything in this world that could have stopped Cho in his tracks at that point and averted the hellish slaughter that followed – except a single student or professor with a firearm, trained to use it effectively and responsibly."
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