Getting Close: Article goes into further detail about the new Army
weapons training for recruits, part of which involves carrying their
rifles for most of their waking hours, as they would in a combat zone.
Of note, however, is insistence on unloading of the weapons upon return
to the barracks, "the same procedure the soldiers would follow when
returning to a base in Iraq."

http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/11776292.htm
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Good Aim?: A 64-year-old widow in Florida killed a man who broke a
window to enter her home with a single shot to the chest with her
38-caliber revolver. That's good shooting for what appears to have been
an unaimed shot. Why the paper feels the need to show the location of
her home is beyond me.

http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050531/NEWS01/505310328/1006

More Details:

http://www.wesh.com/news/4552505/detail.html
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West Virginia County Will Deny Permits To Sex Offenders: The sheriff of
Kanawha County has announced that he will no longer issue pistol permits
to applicants with misdemeanor convictions for sexual offenses.

http://www.dailymail.com/news/News/2005053114/
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South Dakota Reports Fewer Hunting Accidents For 2004: The Department of
Game, Fish and Parks recorded 21 hunting accidents in 2004, compared to
39 in 2003. While more than half occurred during pheasant season, the
only fatality involved a rifle, fired by a farmer who was trying to
scare geese from his fields.

http://www.dailymail.com/news/News/2005053114/
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Murder Rates By Nation: The US is ranked 24th out of 50 countries in
intentional homicides. While the US is ranked fourth in intentional
homicides committed with firearms, that figure, for 1999, was 8,259,
compared to 31,918 for South Africa (first place) , in 2000, and 3,589
for Mexico (fifth place), in 2000.

http://www.nationmaster.com/graph-T/cri_mur_cap
http://www.nationmaster.com/graph-T/cri_mur_wit_fir
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The Brits Got It From The French: It turns out that British physicians
have a precedent in their call for a ban on long, pointed knives -
France had a similar ban in the 17th century.

--
Stephen P. Wenger

Firearm safety - It's a matter
for education, not legislation.

http://www.spw-duf.info