Brady Bunch Vows Court Fight Over Firearm Bill: In characteristic
fashion, the Brady Bunch, facing likely passage and signing of some
version of the Protection in Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, vows to
challenge the new law in court. Isn't the strategy of using litigation
to accomplish what they cannot accomplish through legislation what
brought about the bill in the first place?
http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewNation.asp?Page=\Nation\archive\200510\NAT20051019a.html
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Brady Bill, Similar Laws Don't Reduce Crime: John Stossel looks at the
realities of crime and restrictions on the RKBA.
http://realclearpolitics.com/Commentary/com-10_19_05_JS.html
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Wisconsin Legislature To Defend Pro-CCW Reps: It looks like the
legislature will be funding the legal defense of the authors of this
year's shall-issue CCW bill, who face charges from the state's attorney
general.
http://www.duluthsuperior.com/mld/duluthsuperior/12935502.htm
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Virginia School Administrators Lie: Liberty Belles take on the fallacies
in the request of a Virginia school board to obtain a state ban on
firearms at their meetings.
http://www.libertybelles.org/articles/sissified.htm
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Conflicting Stories In Shooting Of Dog: A Tucson security officer is
facing three felony charges after shooting a dog whom he claims was a
threat. The Arizona law that makes it a felony to negligently discharge
a firearm within city limits has a specific exemption for defense
against an animal attack.
http://www.dailystar.com/dailystar/metro/98573.php
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Novel Defense In Maryland: A trucker charged with trying to enter
Andrews Air Force Base with a machete and two handguns has been granted
his claim that he does not fall under the provisions of Maryland's
handgun law. He may still be convicted of the charge involving the machete.
http://www.mddailyrecord.com/pub/5_395_tuesday/legalnews/172753-1.html
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Rule Five In Vermont: Article examines theft prevention in what may be
the state with the highest rate of firearm ownership (and one of the
lowest crime rates).
http://www.benningtonbanner.com/Stories/0,1413,104%7E8678%7E3096503,00.html
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Maybe But This Is the 21st Century: Dick Metcalf proclaims the 1911 as
the autopistol of the 20th century. Among the fallacies in the article,
he fails to mention that trying to turn a 1911 into a target pistol
reduces its legendary reliability under battlefield conditions.
http://hunting.about.com/od/guns/l/aastpistolofCa.htm
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Pending Referendum Drives Up Brazil Firearm Sales: Firearms Sales are up
nearly 28% so far this year in Brazil in anticipation of a ban following
this Sunday's vote on a referendum that would virtually ban sales to
private citizens.
http://www.plenglish.com/Article.asp?ID=%7B8DF302B4-965E-4ACD-A8B3-112888C4EBF1%7D&language=EN
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Missing Pistol Found In Britain: The pistol left in a public restroom by
a military officer on a training exercise has been located in a mailbox.
It's still not clear why the Brits will send a highly vetted officer
onto the streets with a firearm loaded with blanks unless they actually
anticipate incident of this sort. (I am unfamiliar with a SIG P-22; as I
recall, it's actually a P-226.)
http://www.herts24.co.uk/content/comet/news/story.aspx?brand=CMTOnline&category=News&tBrand=herts24&tCategory=newscomnew&itemid=WEED18%20Oct%202005%2016%3A43%3A01%3A300
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From CCRKBA:
NEWS RELEASE
CCRKBA EXPRESSES 'CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM' OVER CHERTOFF VOW TO EXPEL
ILLEGAL ALIENS
BELLEVUE, WA - The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear
Arms (CCRKBA) expressed "cautious optimism" today following Homeland
Security Secretary Michael Chertoff's vow that his agency will increase
efforts to expel illegal aliens from this country.
CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb last month started a nationwide "Border
Control, Not Gun Control" campaign on the heels of a Zogby poll that
showed that 70 percent of likely voters believe that tightening security
along the nation's borders is far more important to national security
than tightening the country's gun laws.
"We're going to want to see just how serious an effort this is,"
Gottlieb said, "but it is certainly a step in the right direction. Our
members have responded overwhelmingly to our campaign to flood the White
House with mail and telephone calls. Demand for our 'Border Control, Not
Gun Control' bumper stickers has been phenomenal.
"Frankly," Gottlieb added, "American gun owners are tired of taking the
political rap for gun crimes that are being committed by people who
shouldn't even be in the country."
Chertoff's promise to the Senate Judiciary Committee is that his agency
will put an end to what he called "catch and release" enforcement, and
send back "every single illegal entrant, no exceptions." The effort
should be fully realized within a year, he said.
However, Chertoff also said the Department of Homeland Security will
spend $90 million more in the next budget to increase bed space at
detention centers for illegal aliens.
"The idea is not to house these people," Gottlieb said, "but to kick
them out of the country, and keep them out. This is a crime control
issue, as well as a national security issue. Nearly 30 percent of our
state and federal prison population consists of illegal aliens for
committing violent crimes, frequently with firearms, and the solution to
this problem is to secure our borders, not to pass more gun laws.
Law-abiding gun owners know we're in a crisis, and the only answer is
border control, not gun control."
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Stephen P. Wenger
Firearm safety - It's a matter
for education, not legislation.
http://www.spw-duf.info
