Missouri Supremes Pass On CCW Case: The Missouri Supreme Court let stand
an appellate ruling that a sheriff may require full disclosure of
criminal and military-discharge history as a condition to issue a
concealed-carry endorsement. The appellate court, whose ruling was
allowed to stand, had ruled that there is no absolute right to bear arms
in Missouri.
http://www.ky3.com/news/1732426.html
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Oops, Wrong Store: A masked gunman picked the wrong store to rob in a
suburb of Atlanta. Police caught up with the robber at a local hospital
and the store owner does not appear to be facing charges, despite firing
two more shots after the robber went down and lost control of his gun.
http://www.11alive.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=69455
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North Carolina Man Fights Revocation Of Rights: From 1981 to 2004,
convicted felons in North Carolina automatically had their right to own
long guns restored five years after completion of their sentence. That
law was changed recently and one man is fighting the change.
http://www.11alive.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=69455
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Ohio CCW Fix-It Bill: HB 347 addresses many issues, primarily state
pre-emption and the requirement that loaded firearms must be carried
visibly in vehicles.
http://www.buckeyefirearms.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2708
http://www.ohioccw.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3377
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Perhaps Not The Brightest Move: A New Hampshire man found himself
looking down the barrel of a police officer's pistol when he started
assembling a toy rifle for his son in the parking lot of the store where
he had bought it.
http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/4993838/detail.html
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From GOA:
The Jury is Still Out on Protecting Gun Makers
-- Please ask the House leadership to ditch the Senate's gun control
Gun Owners of America E-Mail Alert
8001 Forbes Place, Suite 102, Springfield, VA 22151
Phone: 703-321-8585 / FAX: 703-321-8408
http://www.gunowners.org
Tuesday, September 20, 2005
"The anti-gun provisions in S. 397 would probably be stripped out in
the House if all the gun groups were working together with GOA." --
Rep. Ron Paul, Sept. 15, 2005
Thank you, Ron Paul, for your kind words. Sometimes it's a lonely
battle fighting gun control. GOA was the only gun group fighting
trigger locks in the Senate, and once again, is the only group
fighting these gun restrictions in the House.
The drums in the House are beating for gun control. There are two
bills that would take baby steps toward protecting gun makers from
the frivolous lawsuits that are plaguing the industry. The House
bill (H.R. 800) would help protect gun makers WITHOUT imposing any
new gun restrictions. The Senate bill (S. 397) attempts to help gun
makers, but does so by "sticking it" to all gun owners as well.
So doesn't it make sense for pro-gun leaders to push the House bill
over the weaker, gun control-ridden Senate version? [You can read
about the two gun control provisions that were stuck into S. 397 by
going to
http://www.gunowners.org/a081105.htm on the GOA website.]
It makes sense to choose the House version, which is free of all gun
control. Unfortunately, more than 100 Representatives have signed a
letter asking the leadership to bring up the Senate-passed bill.
A number of strategists on Capitol Hill promised that any gun control
that was added to S. 397 would be removed in a future conference
committee. But now, those same forces are asking the House to bring
up the Senate bill (which means there would be no opportunity for a
House-Senate conference committee, and no opportunity to strike the
offending gun control provisions from the bill).
It's getting late in the game. You can help by asking Rep. Marilyn
Musgrave (R-CO) to take action. Musgrave is a leader of the Second
Amendment Caucus. As such, she is the best person in the House to
approach the leadership on behalf of gun owners.
ACTION -- Please take the following steps:
1. Contact Rep. Musgrave and urge her to represent the views of gun
owners to the House leadership.
IF YOU LIVE IN COLORADO'S 4th DISTRICT, you can use the pre-written
message below to contact Rep. Musgrave. Simply visit the Gun Owners
Legislative Action Center at
http://www.gunowners.org/activism.htm
and then plug-in your zip code under Elected Officials to send her a
message. (Copy-n-paste the following suggestion or type your own.)
FOR ALL OTHER ACTIVISTS, please contact Rep. Musgrave's office via
the following (faxes are especially encouraged):
Capitol Hill:
Toll-Free Phone: 877-762-8762
Direct dial: 202-225-4676
Fax: 202-225-5870
2. Please forward this alert to your pro-gun friends and family. As
stated above, GOA is the only national pro-gun group that is fighting
against the gun control provisions of S. 397. We need your help to
get other gun owners involved!
--- Pre-written letter ---
Dear Rep. Musgrave:
I am alarmed at the fact that very little is being done to strip the
gun control provisions out of the Senate version of the gun liability
bill (S. 397). I also understand that there is a move underway in
the House to take up the Senate bill, thus solidifying Congress'
support for things such as trigger locks.
I hope that you, as a co-founder of the Second Amendment Caucus, will
approach the House leadership on behalf of gun owners and ask them to
take up H.R. 800, a companion bill which is free of all gun control.
Thank you so much for your hard work on this issue. I would like to
hear back from you regarding what the leadership tells you. Thanks.
Sincerely,
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WATCH LIVE FEED FROM GUN RIGHTS POLICY CONFERENCE
BELLEVUE, WA - Gun rights activists unable to attend this
weekend's 20th annual Gun Rights Policy Conference in Los Angeles
can still get in on the action via a live internet video feed from
the event, according to Alan M. Gottlieb, founder of the Second
Amendment Foundation (SAF) and chairman of the Citizens Committee
for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA).
Gottlieb announced today that by visiting the SAF website at
www.saf.org <about:blank>, the CCRKBA website at www.ccrkba.org
<about:blank>, or KeepAndBearArms.com <about:blank>, and clicking
on the link, activists may watch the action unfold on their
computer screen.
The live feed is being accomplished through the courtesy of the
Freedom Broadcast Network, both Saturday and Sunday.
In addition to Gottlieb, scheduled to appear during the conference
are U.S. Senator Larry Craig (R-ID), National Rifle Association
President Sandra Froman, NRA Executive Vice President Wayne
LaPierre, SAF President Joseph Tartaro, UCLA Law Prof. Eugene
Volokh, national syndicated talk radio hosts Larry Elder, Michael
Reagan, author and Professor John Lott of the American Enterprise
Institute, Larry Pratt with Gun Owners of America; John Burtt,
chairman of the Fifty Caliber Shooters' Institute; Dr. Timothy
Wheeler, director of Doctors for Responsible Gun Ownership, and
many others.
--
Stephen P. Wenger
Firearm safety - It's a matter
for education, not legislation.
http://www.spw-duf.info
