SPECIAL NOTICE: I will be off line for approximately ten days, after
tomorrow morning's mailing, to attend the Annual Training Conference of
the International Association of Law Enforcement Firearms Instructors.
Please hold all non-essential e-mail - this includes virtually all of
the material that has no direct bearing on firearms that some of you
forward to me. If this means having to revise your mailing list, please
do so.
I will have quite a bit of accumulated e-mail to clear out when I get
back online and the sooner that I can do it, the sooner I will be able
to resume the daily mailings.
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Who Would Have Thought...: From The New York Times, 06-15-05
Few senators reported gifts in 2004, but some were unusual. Senator
Patrick J. Leahy, Democrat of Vermont, received a 10-inch .50-caliber
handgun made by Smith & Wesson worth about $950, enough to require a
special waiver from the Senate Ethics Committee, records show.
The gun was a gift from a college friend. Mr. Leahy was an award-winning
marksman in college, and, though he is mostly blind in one eye,
continues to count target shooting as one of two primary hobbies, said
his spokesman, David Carle.
"The other is photography," Mr. Carle said.
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Now Where Did I Leave It?: A Broome County (NY) deputy sheriff has been
reassigned from courthouse duty after she left her Glock pistol in a
courthouse restroom. (I know that I am not the only instructor who
covers this aspect of carrying firearms in my CWP course because it was
covered in my Law Enforcement Firearms Instructor Development School.)
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/B/BATHROOM_GUN?SITE=PAPHQ&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2005-06-14-15-57-45
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Intriguing Poll Results: Prohibitionists in Wisconsin are touting a
Gallup poll that purports to show that only one in four Americans
believe that private citizens should be allowed to carry concealed
weapons and that nearly two out three would feel less safe if they knew
that they were in a public place where concealed weapons were allowed.
No details are cited as to the wording of the questions nor the
demography of the respondents. (I wonder how many people of this alleged
majority inquire about CCW laws prior to moving to a new state.)
http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=48820
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The New McCarthyism: David Kopel takes on the proposal by Congresswoman
Carolyn McCarthy to ban firearm purchase by individuals whose names
appear on no-fly lists.
http://www.davekopel.com/2A/IB/New-McCarthyism.pdf
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California DOJ Demands Recall Of Walther P22: After two years on the
department's approved handgun list, the California Department of Justice
has discovered that the barrel of the Walther P22 is actually threaded,
making it an "assault weapon" under California law. (Years ago the
California attorney general issued an opinion that SKS rifles modified
to accept detachable magazines were not "assault weapons." When that
opinion was reversed, people who had purchase those rifles suddenly
found themselves in possession of unregistered "assault weapons.")
http://www.crpa.org/showpages.asp?pid=1139
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"Not My Son": A 14-year-old Richmond VA boy was fatally shot when he
attempted to rob a man he threatened with a gun. The young robber's
family can't understand why someone would shoot him.
http://www.timesdispatch.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=RTD/MGArticle/RTD_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031783270727
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Retired Detective Gets One To Three Years For Killing: A retired NYPD
detective, who unintentionally killed a young store employee while
pretending to threaten him with his pistol, has been sentenced to one to
three years incarceration on his guilty plea to manslaughter.
http://www.ny1.com/ny1/content/index.jsp?stid=6&aid=51514
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Black Gun Owners To March In South Africa: A protest march is slated in
Johannesburg by the Black Gun Owners Association, protesting the current
license, law which would disarm them.
http://iafrica.com/news/sa/450140.htm
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British Legislator Reverses Stance On Replica Guns: A British Member of
Parliament who had previously opposed bans on toy guns seems to have
reversed his position. "There is a strong argument that replica weapons
are extremely dangerous. They cannot be distinguished from the real
thing and give the police a very hard time."
http://icsouthlondon.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0300southwark/tm_objectid=15629777&method=full&siteid=50100&headline=mp-hughes-in-u-turn-on-guns-name_page.html
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Stephen P. Wenger
Firearm safety - It's a matter
for education, not legislation.
http://www.spw-duf.info
