"The Second Amendment is as important as the First Amendment": While
conceding that she favors background checks and controls at gun shows,
Conodoleeza Rice told Larry King that the Constitutional right of
Americans to own guns is as important as the rights to free speech and
religion.
http://www.newsday.com/news/politics/wire/sns-ap-rice-guns,0,3002326.story?coll=sns-ap-politics-headlines
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2005/5/12/231621.shtml
http://mensnewsdaily.com/blog/longenecker/2005/05/thank-you-secretary-rice.html
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Students Favor Firearm Safety Classes: A small survey of high-school
journalism students in Tucson found that most support the new law that
authorizes Arizona high schools to conduct courses in marksmanship and
firearm safety.
http://www.dailystar.com/dailystar/metro/74337.php
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McCarthy Blocks Liberalization Of Juvenile Possession: Prohibitionist
Carolyn McCarthy prevented an anti-gang bill from loosening the
restrictions on juvenile possession of handguns, so long as the juvenile
would have been accompanied by a parent. While the article mocks the
deleted language, it does not review how tight the current restrictions are.
http://www.newsday.com/mynews/ny-usgang124255229may12,0,3857201.story
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Oops!: A deputy sheriff visiting an Alabama school assured students that
it would be very difficult for someone else to remove his handgun from
his holster. Perhaps, but a student who attempted it ended up firing a
round into the floor.
http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050512/APN/505120879&cachetime=3&template=dateline
Pistol Involved Was A Glock:
http://www.thecarolinachannel.com/news/4480261/detail.html
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Minnesota Shall-Issue Ruling Appealed: Minnesota's attorney general has
asked the state's supreme court to overturn a ruling that struck down
the state's shall-issue law on a technicality.
http://www.grandforks.com/mld/grandforks/news/state/11631304.htm
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Stephen P. Wenger
Firearm safety - It's a matter
for education, not legislation.
http://www.spw-duf.info
