A Glimmer Of Hope?: In a 1992 article Harriet Miers appears to oppose
restriction of the RKBA as a response to "the acts of maniacs."
http://www.tnr.com/etc.mhtml?pid=2836
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Supremes Allow DC Gun Suit: The US Supreme Court has refused to block a
lawsuit by the District of Columbia alleging that negligence by firearm
manufacturers led to firearm-related violence in that city.
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2005/10/3/112350.shtml
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Brady Bunch vs. Florida: The New York Times looks at the Brady Bunch's
campaign against Florida's new stand-your-ground law. Will these people
also leaflet tourists entering almost every state west of the
Mississippi, where the law has been similar for decades?
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/04/national/nationalspecial/04shoot.html
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Home-Defense Shooting Follow-Up: A while back I shared a report of a
law-school student in Georgia who fatally shot an intruder in his home.
It now looks like it was a really good thing that he did so.
http://home.hamptonroads.com/stories/story.cfm?story=93005&ran=108264
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Lessons Learned From Hurricane Rita: Gunsmith Teddy Jacobson weighs in
on preparation from disasters; some of his comments relate to owning and
protecting firearms.
http://actionsbyt.blogspot.com/2005/10/lessons-learned-terror.html
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S&W Receives Additional Contract: Smith & Wesson has received a contract
for an additional 5,530 Sigma pistols, to be supplied to the Afghanistan
National Army.
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/10-03-2005/0004158442&EDATE=
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Polls Look Bad For Brazil Firearm Referendum: A Chinese source reports
that 76% of Brazilians polled oppose continued sales of firearms in that
country. A nationwide referendum on the issue will be held October 23.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-10/04/content_3581014.htm
Related Article:
http://www.concordmonitor.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051002/REPOSITORY/510020385/1037/NEWS04
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Dunblane Killer Problem For Years: The man who triggered a major wave of
firearm restrictions in Britain is now revealed to have been a cause of
concern for a few years prior to his rampage.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1584275,00.html
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From The NRA-ILA:
Some companies have been firing employees for having legal firearms
locked in their gloveboxes in parking lots or for having hunting
firearms in locked in their vehicles. Should you give up your right of
self-defense or you right to have a firearm in your vehicle for lawful
purposes because anti-gun company administrators have been encouraged by
the Brady Campaign to ban firearms in their parking lots? Below is the
POLL LINK from the very anti-gun South Florida Sun-Sentinel:
Republican lawmakers are proposing a bill that would give Floridians the
right to keep guns locked in their vehicles while they're at work -- a
practice now banned by many companies. Your opinion?
Click here:
http://www.nranews.org/UM/T.asp?A2.24.1899.1.4325426
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http://www.nranews.org/UM/T.asp?A2.24.1899.1.4325426%22>
Or copy and paste this url
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sfl-100305poll,0,7350068,post.poll
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http://www.nranews.org/UM/T.asp?A2.24.1899.1.4325426>
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Stephen P. Wenger
Firearm safety - It's a matter
for education, not legislation.
http://www.spw-duf.info
