Hurricanes Prompt Reconsideration Of Firearms: It's interesting to note
that even The Washington Post finds it appropriate to mention, twice,
that the recent hurricanes on the Gulf Coast are causing folks in
California to reconsider firearm ownership.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/15/AR2005101501105.html
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Wisconsin CCW Could End Up Before State Supreme Court: As debate heats
up over this year's attempt to create licensed CCW for Wisconsin and the
governor once again threatens a veto, article examines the prospect of
the state's supreme court actually tossing out the ban on concealed carry.
http://www.jsonline.com/news/state/oct05/363456.asp
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Six False Assumptions About Proposition H: Commentary disputes six major
claims by proponents of an initiative to ban private ownership of
handguns in San Francisco.
http://www.chronwatch.com/content/contentDisplay.asp?aid=17333&catcode=13
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New Mexico DPS To Hold CCW Hearing: New Mexico DPS has scheduled a
hearing on November 1 to discuss proposed rules to implement the 2005
legislative changes involving CCW. This would appear to include reciprocity.
http://www.nraila.org/CurrentLegislation/Read.aspx?ID=1765.
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Beat A Woman, Lose Your Guns: Wyoming authorities, citing a rate of
firearm ownership almost twice the national average, are publicizing the
federal law that makes perpetrators of domestic violence prohibited
possessors of firearms.
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/10/16/build/wyoming/45-guns-risk.inc
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Shooter May Face State Game Charges: A Pennsylvania man, who appears to
have defended himself against a man who attacked him with a three-foot
pipe, currently faces aggravated assault charges in the shooting. He may
also face game charges for carrying his licensed carry of a handgun
during a bow hunt. The other man is also likely to be charged with
aggravated assault.
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/tribune-review/news/s_384358.html
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Plans Persist For Northern Arizona Range: Frustrated in its first
attempt to establish a major shooting range in northern Arizona, the
state's Game and Fish Commission is still looking for a site. The
problem is that the commission is thought to be anxious to shut down the
world-class Ben Avery Shooting Facility, north of Phoenix, in order to
profit from its skyrocketing land value, and a new, large range might be
the pretext to do so.
http://www.azdailysun.com/non_sec/nav_includes/story.cfm?storyID=117337
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Payson Range Seeks Members: The Tonto Rim Sports Club, with a range near
Payson AZ, gets a favorable review from the local newspaper.
http://www.paysonroundup.com/section/sports/story/20789
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Douglas Shooting Range May Have Clear Future: It appears that there may
finally be light at the end of the tunnel for Douglas AZ's shooting
range, whose future has been uncertain for several years. The range does
not meet Army safety standards, a discovery that prompted the Arizona
National Guard to initiate moves to divest itself of the property.
http://www.douglasdispatch.com/articles/2005/10/14/news/01_range.txt
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Radical Submachine Gun Design: A firm, located in Washington DC, of all
places, has designed a submachine gun that places the bore axis below
the center of the shooter's hand, in order to eliminate muzzle climb.
http://www.military.com/soldiertech/0,14632,Soldiertech_KRISS,,00.html
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Stephen P. Wenger
Firearm safety - It's a matter
for education, not legislation.
http://www.spw-duf.info
