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Debunking a hoax aimed at gun owners
Urban legend involves gang members stealing guns from vehicles
CORPUS CHRISTI - Several variations of an email alert urging gun owners to be aware of a clever burglary ploy by street gangs has sent folks crawling around their vehicles searching for discreet tags put there by gang members.
One gentleman told me he tried in vain to scrape off the red or yellow dot on one of his tires and now plans to paint over it.
Chances are the absent dot will confuse the next tire technician he encounters. Turns out the colored dots are put there by tire manufacturers mainly to help installers with balancing.
The Internet warning is an apparent hoax. Just what could have motivated this is a mystery to me.
The email I received carries this headline: "TAGGING GUN OWNERS VEHICLES PSA WARNING."
And it starts with a story of a Texas gun shopper who claimed his wheels were tagged in the parking of a gun shop by gang members. The warning reports the same thing occurred in San Antonio during a competition at the National Shooting Complex.
The counterfeit public service announcement suggests when these tagged vehicles were later spotted by conspiring gang members they become targets for burglaries and would-be gun thieves.
In keeping with the tradition of such cyber-foolishness, the email provides details to simulate authenticity. In this case, the hoax claims Bexar County Sheriff Amadeo Ortiz (though they do not name him) addressed the issue this past summer in front of 400 shooters during a competition sponsored by the National Skeet Shooting Association or the National Sporting Clays Association.
The hoaxster writes that guns were stolen from cars and trucks in the parking lot, despite the sheriff's warning.
In a second part of the email, supposedly written by a shooting instructor at the complex, the warning includes a local connection, suggesting a young competitive shooter and his father after shooting in San Antonio lost all their guns to thieves while having lunch at an unnamed Corpus Christi barbecue joint.
The bogus warning reports these colorful marks or stickers have been found on rear bumpers and license plates, along with wheels and tires.
I contacted the Bexar County Sheriff's Office, the San Antonio Police Department, the Corpus Christi Police Department and Royce Graff, director of the National Shooting Complex in San Antonio.
By all accounts, nothing in the email is accurate. No truth whatsoever, according to Matthew Porter at the San Antonio P.D. and Martin Meachum at the sheriff's office. Corpus Christi police pointed me to a report by the myth-buster website Snopes.com, which confirms this is a hoax that has been circulating since December.
Graff denounced and debunked the hoax and said the reference indicating the San Antonio sheriff spoke to a group of competitors at the shooting complex simply did not happen.
Graff has posted a response to the hoax on Facebook, the National Skeet Shooting Association website and the National Sporting Clays Association website. In the wake of rumors, Graff reports that his staff, along with a law enforcement officer inspected vehicles in the complex's parking lot after hearing rumors of the plan by gangs. They found no validity to reports of vehicle tagging.
There was no pattern or consistency among the marks, which mostly were left there by manufacturers, tire services workers or rental car companies. The full response is online at www.nssa-nsca.org/index.php/2012/01/nsc-response-to-rumors-about-gun-thefts.
Tips to avoid being a victim
General rules to avoid being a victim of a vehicle burglary mostly involve common sense, whether you are protecting gifts in your car or expensive shotguns in your truck.
Obviously, lock your doors and keep all valuables out of sight.
Whenever possible, don't leave firearms or other valuables in a parked vehicle. The National Shooting Complex in San Antonio offers $5 lockers for gun storage.
Park in a lighted space, and avoid remote parking lots.
Don't leave signs on your vehicle that might indicate its contents. These might include bumper stickers or window decals that represent shooting sports associations, gun club memberships or firearm company logos. And consider that thieves might target tourists, knowing that rental cars or vehicles with out-of-state plates could be loaded with loot. Don't prove them right.
If you shoot at the National Shooting Complex, remove the brightly colored hangtag from your rearview mirror when you exit the lot. And don't leave it where a thief could see it. A shooting vest on the seat and a case of shells on the floorboard also are obvious signs there might be a gun inside.
If shooters can pick fellow shooters out of a crowd or sitting in a restaurant, then so can thieves. Don't advertise that you just left the gun range.
Insure your firearms. While insurance won't keep them from getting stolen, it'll lessen the pain of losing a valuable firearm. The NSSA and NSCA offer its members discounted gun insurance.
Source: The National Shooting Complex; police departments and David Sikes.
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Rooney and Cleverley both missed United's last-gasp 2-1 win at Norwich City on Sunday, after which boss Sir Alex Ferguson said: "They'll be out. Wayne has still not recovered from his throat infection, so hopefully we'll get him ready for next Sunday, when we have a big game at White Hart Lane."
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Ghana and Africa need millions of Kwame Nkrumah today to take us through the next stage of our economic independence. But the only way to produce millions of Nkrumah is when the youth study and understand what he has written.
"We must start from the simple premise that Africa's future is up to Africans. ..We've learnt that it will not be giants like Nkrumah and Kenyatta who will determine Africa's future. Instead, it will be you — the men and women in Ghana's parliament and the people you represent. It will be the young people brimming with talent and energy and hope who can claim the future that so many in previous generations never realised."
"…in the abundance of water, the fool is thirsty".
"Produce what we use; use what we produce."
"I want to see Ghanaians not only self-sufficient in food, I want to see you exporting food to other countries and earning money. You can do that." (Barack Obama, July 2009)
"Aid is not an end in itself. The purpose of foreign assistance must be creating the conditions where it's no longer needed. I want to see Ghanaians not only self-sufficient in food, I want to see you exporting food to other countries and earning money. You can do that". Barack Obama (Accra July, 2009).
Mr President, I know you will like to see Ghana become industrialised in the next 45 years. This however cannot come by magic. For it is said that a journey of 45 years begins with a step. We need to take certain bold new steps from the year 2012. We cannot continue with the same old ways of doing things and expect to get a different result. Our current most cherished democracy much move beyond holding peaceful elections. We need to invest in our people on the field of science and technology. We also need to believe in ourselves. Yes, we can do it!
"Whether you think you can or you think you can't – you are right"
Here in Ghana, we do not even believe in ourselves. Almost every major project the government decides to undertake, it's either awarded to a Chinese firm, a Korean company, an American or a British consultant somewhere. Your Excellency, I am not at all suggesting that the nation should not consult other countries in areas where our technical expertise are limited. However, the extent to which the local Ghanaian expert has been neglected is my worry. The sad part of it is that, in most cases it is the ordinary Ghanaian whose energy does the real work, while these consultants give mere 'guidance & technical advice'. Fifty five years ago, Ghana and Malaysia, started from the same spot. But today, we all know where we are as a country. Instead of us to manage the assets which our founding fathers left for us, we have shamefully disposed them in the name of 'privatization'.
Kwame Nkrumah as he wept wrote in his book: "The Struggle Continues" (pg.19)
"You have seen with your own eyes the shameful disposal of Ghana's assets. Over hundred state corporations have been sold. Our state hotels are now foreign owned. The 20-mile rubber plantation developed by the State Farms Corporation has been handed over to the Firestone Rubber Company of America. The whole economic situation is the negation of in independent economic policy and a downward sell out to other American and foreign capitalist financial interests."
"It is the aim of colonial governments to treat their colonies as producers of raw materials, and at the same time as the dumping-ground of the manufactured goods of foreign industrialists."
"The essence of neo-colonialism is that the State which is subject to it is, in theory, independent and has all the trappings of international sovereignty. However, in reality its economic system and thus its political policy is directed from outside." (from the introduction, "Neo-Colonialism")
"Evidence also shows how the World Bank and International Monetary Fund provided the advice and Technical Aid that halted and reversed work by the Nkrumah Government that was to bring relief and benefit to ordinary Ghanaians. Many have died through the resulting poverty and Ghana has not progressed much since that time".
"To allow a foreign country, especially one which is loaded with economic interests in our continent, to tell us what political courses to follow, is indeed for us to hand back our independence to the oppressor on a silver platter." (Kwame Nkrumah, "Consciencism" pg.102).
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But as I read on, into the long straightaway that, comprising only two years of the novel's 70-year narrative, takes up the majority of its pages, I began to appreciate Eça's emotional point. Where a character such as Homais, Flaubert's pedantic pharmacist, stays face up, a fool, in reader's minds, Eça's aristocratic fools have a flip side: Their civic and national damnation. Ridiculous as they may be, they always have the excuse of whistling in the darkness. In Eça's hands, a Flaubertian fool becomes a tragic symbol.
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Founded in 1960 by such creative pioneers as George Perec, Raymond Queneau and Italo Calvino, the Oulipo, shorthand for Ouvroir de littérature potentielle, came about in when a group of writers and mathematicians sought constraints to find new structures and. . .
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Lady Broncos go 0-2 in Wilson
The Russell High School volleyball team dropped to 0-6 on the season after going 0-2 in a triangular in Wilson on Thursday, Sept. 12.
Natoma Kicker Meiers a Rarity at the 8-Man Level
This summer, Natoma senior Jackson Meiers attended a Kansas State camp. Meiers was happy with his performance and said he ranked among the top six or seven among kickers.
RHS Medals Two at Salina Central Invite
Russell's Alex Ptacek and Megan Boxberger both finished in the top 10 at the Salina Central Invitational at the Salina Municipal Course on Tuesday, Sept. 10.
Lady Broncos Swept at SES
The Russell High School volleyball team remains winless on the young season after being swept by state-ranked SE-Saline on Tuesday, Sept. 10 at the SES Gym.
Solid Start for RHS Runners
The Russell High School cross country team opened their season on Saturday, Sept. 7 in Hoisington.
Broncos Blanked by Minneapolis in Opener
The Russell High School football team committed four turnovers and was held to just 72 total yards in a 34-0 season-opening loss to Minneapolis on Friday, Sept. 6 at Shaffer Field in Russell.
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- Russell Drops K-18 Regional Opener
- Meet New RHS Football Coach Chuck Bisbee
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The Seattle Mariners have imported a number of players who could see time at first base this season: Kendrys Morales, Raul Ibanez and Mike Morse. Plus, holdover Mike Carp has spent the bulk of his career as a first baseman. Most of the playing time, however, will go to the man who was the opening day first baseman last year, Justin Smoak. Manager Eric Wedge said he sees Smoak as the starter at first base heading into spring training. "I have a clear idea of how I see it playing out, but (the players) will ultimately determine that," Wedge said. "Players decide how much they're going to play by their performance and how they act, how they handle both the good and the bad. "I've made it very clear I feel strong about Justin Smoak and what his abilities are. I have every anticipation that he's going to be our first baseman this year. He's coming in as our first baseman." The Mariners sent Smoak into the offseason with the idea that he would add a little weight and a lot of mu...
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