Protection Of Lawful Commerce In Firearms Act Clears Key Committee: The
federal bill to eliminate reckless lawsuits against the firearm industry
was cleared by the House Judiciary Committee and is expected to be
passed by the full House.
http://www.washtimes.com/national/20050525-112257-6560r.htm
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Veto Expected In Illinois: Governor Blagojevich is expected to veto an
unusual bill supported by the NRA. The bill would require background
checks for all gun-show purchases (i.e., private-party transfers) but
would require the state police to destroy entries in the purchase
database after 90 days.
http://www.suntimes.com/output/elect/cst-nws-leg26.html
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Easton PD Hires Consultants: The Pennsylvania police department that
lost a SWAT officer in an accident related to gun-cleaning, has hired at
least one major consultant, Emanuel Kapelsohn, in an effort to ensure
that no similar accident occur again. (In addition to practicing law,
Kapelsohn is an instructor of long standing who is very active in the
International Association of Law Enforcement Firearms Instructors.)
http://www.mcall.com/news/local/all-a1_3mitmanmay25,0,6200674.story?coll=all-news-hed
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Battered-Wife Freed From Prison: A New York woman, convicted in 1984 as
an accomplice to the murder of her battering husband, has been freed
from prison. Prosecutors finally agreed that she would have been
eligible for a "battered wife defense," had it been available at the
time. (A battered-wife defense is an exception to the usual requirement
that deadly force must be justified by an immediate, otherwise
unavoidable threat of death or serious bodily injury.)
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/0526mercy26.html
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Tucson Youths Take Trap Honors: A group of Tucson-area youngsters have
taken top prize in the Rookie Division in trap shooting. Of note, the
program is sponsored by the Arizona Department of Game and Fish, the
agency that will furnish instructors for the newly authorized
marksmanship/safety elective courses in Arizona high schools. This is
unusually friendly coverage from the Arizona Daily Star.
http://www.dailystar.com/dailystar/northwest/76820.php
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Arizona Trail Shooting Continues To Be Tried In Press: The defense
attorney for the man charged with second-degree murder in the shooting
of a man who threatened him on a hiking trail continues to point out
improprieties by the County Attorney's office. The prosecution attempts
to counter.
http://www.azdailysun.com/non_sec/nav_includes/story.cfm?storyID=109041
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Some Wisconsin Agencies Balk at HR 218: Not all of Wisconsin's police
agencies are offering their retirees the chance to qualify for
nationwide CCW under the provisions of the federal Law Enforcement
Officers' Safety Act, HR 218.
http://www.jsonline.com/news/metro/may05/328063.asp
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Indiana VFW Post Museum Loses WWI Machine Gun: The VFW post in Marcellus
IN has lost a 1918 German machine gun that had been donated to its
museum after it became the object of an investigation that it had been
brought into the state illegally.
http://www.mlive.com/news/kzgazette/index.ssf?/base/news-13/1116948079122140.xml
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British Sub Base Guards Update Weaponry: Police who guard Britain's
Clyde submarine base are being issued HK MP7 submachine guns, chambered
in a 4.6x30mm cartridge, whose bullet will penetrate soft body armor.
Presumably, they had previously been armed with 9mm MP5's, probably in a
semiautomatic variant. Of note is that they are not equipped with
Britain's much maligned bullpup military rifle, chambered in 5.56x45mm
(.223).
http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/40004.html
The MP7:
http://www.hkpro.com/pdw.htm
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Stephen P. Wenger
Firearm safety - It's a matter
for education, not legislation.
http://www.spw-duf.info
