That Infamous Middle Finger: A Utah man lost the tip of his middle
finger to gunfire when he flipped off an aggressive female driver in
what turned out to be a stolen car.
http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0%2C1249%2C615152628%2C00.html
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American Women Becoming More Violent: Article cites rise in female gangs
and increases in other violent behavior among American girls and women.
http://www.washtimes.com/metro/20050926-095608-1067r.htm
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The Sky Is Falling!: A commentator in Michigan offers all the usual
platitudes about pending legislation that would recognize the rights of
citizens to use deadly force by clarifying and expanding the castle
doctrine.
http://www.lenconnect.com/articles/2005/09/26/news/news05.txt
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Facts And Emotion About Michigan "Castle" Legislation: Article includes
FBI figures showing that Detroit lead the nation in justifiable
homicides from 1999 to 2003. It also includes a profile of a bar owner
who anguishes over killing two robbers because King James wrongly
translated he Sixth Commandment - in the original Hebrew it says, "Thou
shalt not murder."
http://www.enterstageright.com/archive/articles/0905/0905defense.htm
Florida's Castle Doctrine Makes Sense: Editorial responds to the Brady
Bunch ads that seek to warn tourists to stay out of Florida and alludes
to similar legislation pending in Michigan. It fails to mention how
widespread the "stand your ground" principle is once you get away from
the East Coast.
http://www.montereyherald.com/mld/montereyherald/news/nation/12738806.htm
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New Orleans - A Personal Survival Story: Drew Mouton reports on how his
family ended up remaining in New Orleans in an account that included a
description of the role of firearms in surviving the crisis.
http://sltrib.com/utah/ci_3064017
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New Orleans Survival - Another Account: Article includes mention of the
role of privately owned firearms when citizens banded together to
maintain order in their neighborhood.
http://www.montereyherald.com/mld/montereyherald/news/nation/12738806.htm
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Would You Believe...? Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Bureau Director Carl
Truscott said his department is a major reason behind the all-time lows
in the nation's crime rate, a factor he attributes in part to successful
relationship-building.
http://www.dailypennsylvanian.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2005/09/26/433799ed49ec1
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One More Lead Oscar: A Colorado liquor store owner will not face charges
in the fatal shooting of a robber. The robber simulated a handgun with a
hose nozzle with a trigger handle, with a cloth draped over it. He
nevertheless refused to drop his weapon when the store owner confronted
him at gunpoint. Note that the incident occurred in early July and it
has taken the district attorney this long to decide not to prosecute the
shooter.
http://www.greeleytrib.com/article/20050927/NEWS/109270069
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Firearms, Good And Terrible: Commentary examines the use and misuse
firearms, citing several recent events.
http://www.enterstageright.com/archive/articles/0905/0905defense.htm
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Don Kates vs. Center To Stop Gun Violence: The Federalist Society is
sponsoring a debate tonight at the Albany Law School in Albany NY. Kates
is a liberal pro-RKBA attorney.
http://www.fed-soc.org/pdf/albany_gun_control.pdf
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Mistakes We Make In The Gun Culture: John Ross, author of Unintended
Consequences, offers some insights into how we respond versus how we
should respond when dealing with prohibitionists.
http://www.john-ross.net/mistakes.htm
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From The Firearms Coalition:
What happened in New Orleans must not ever happen again!
It must be made clear that local, state, and federal officials do not
have the right or authority to prohibit firearms possession or to
confiscate legally owned firearms.
Immediately after receiving reports of gun confiscations in New Orleans,
the Firearms Coalition began working on an initiative to amend the
emergency powers laws of all 50 states and at the federal level. These
amendments would clearly and explicitly state that citizens may not be
disarmed and guns may not be confiscated during times of crisis. We are
also working to ensure that the language adopted includes reassertion of
the inalienable right of self-defense and the unbreakable connection
between the right to self defense and the right to arms which provide
the means to effectively exercise that self-defense right.
This weekend at the Gun Rights Policy Conference in Los Angeles, Wayne
LaPierre announced a similar initiative being launched by NRA.
We at the Firearms Coalition strongly support NRA's involvement in this
effort and are happy to allow the nation's largest and wealthiest
gun-rights organization to take the lead in this important work.
We encourage GrassRoots groups to get closely involved in the process to
make sure that language supporting self-defense and firearms ownership
as basic rights is included and that no quid pro quo to the detriment of
gun owners is attached.
We believe that the events in New Orleans have reminded the general
public of the importance and value of personal firearms ownership and
that it is critical that the gun-rights movement move quickly to
maintain this public awareness and use it to our advantage.
Elitist politicians, celebrities, and the mainstream media have been
very effective in creating a perception that the Second Amendment
doesn't mean what it says and that the right to arms is outmoded. New
Orleans shook that perception and we must use the opportunity to enact
language which clearly spells out the limitations of government
regarding civilian arms and the reasons why those limits are important,
thus underpinning the Second Amendment and the constitutional
protections of the states.
Jeff Knox
Director of Operations
The Firearms Coalition
www.FirearmsCoalition.org
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Stephen P. Wenger
Firearm safety - It's a matter
for education, not legislation.
http://www.spw-duf.info
