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CCW Bill Passes Wisconsin Senate: The bill to create licensed CCW in
Wisconsin passed the state senate by a vote of 23-10. This would appear
to be enough support to override the anticipated veto by Governor Doyle.
http://www.dailycardinal.com/article.php?storyid=1028000
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Florida Battle Heats Up Over Guns In Parking Lots: The usual suspects
are lining up in opposition to a bill that would block employers from
banning the storage of firearms in vehicles parked on company lots.
http://www.weartv.com/news/Stories/december/1206/flguncontrol.shtml
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"Gun Control" Fades From Forefront: Prohibitionists don't seem to be
getting much mileage these days but it's too early to count them out.
(True gun control is the ability to hit your selected target.)
http://www.buckeyefirearms.org/article2853.html
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Get The Big Picture: My CWP students are taught the Five Keys of
Defensive Driving, as an aid to awareness. One of them is "get the big
picture." Another is "look out for the other guy." A California man,
pursuing his stolen pickup, missed being shot when another vehicle
behind the stolen pickup stopped on the freeway and the driver fired
three shots at the theft victim, who had been unaware of an accomplice.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-chase7dec07,1,1153140.story?coll=la-headlines-california
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Oops, Wrong Customer: A 16-year-old Arizona girl is hospitalized after
trying to rob a video store. One of the three customers at whom she
pointed her pistol was legally carrying a concealed handgun and hit her
twice when he drew and fired.
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/1207PHXvideo.html
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Hmm...: The owner of a Tucson gun shop followed a man who stole a
shotgun from his store. At some point the thief tried to run down the
armed businessman, who jumped onto the hood of the car for a very brief
ride. (I think I'd have let him drive off with the shotgun, which is
what happened anyway.)
http://www.azstarnet.com/metro/105824
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Details Emerge On Casino Shooting: Article uses the term "antique" to
explain how a convicted felon purchased two handguns, without submitting
to a background check, shortly before dying in a shootout in a Lake
Tahoe casino. Note the description of how he fired at one deputy behind him.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/state/20051205-1822-nv-casinoshooting2ndld-writethru.html
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S&W Begins Shipments Of M&P Pistols: Smith & Wesson has begun shipping
the full-size, .40-caliber version of its new Military & Police pistol.
Of note, shipments to military and law-enforcement agencies are
described as being for testing and evaluation but no such condition is
mentioned for shipments to "the company's sporting goods distribution
channel." (This may prove to be a fine pistol but it might be wiser to
allow time for any bugs to be worked out before purchasing one.)
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/051206/latu050.html?.v=33
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"Condi's Star Is Rising": Dick Morris looks at the increasing support
for a Republican presidential candidacy by Condoleeza Rice in 2008. Of
note, while she has no specific record of action in this field, unlike
Giuliani and McCain, she has made statements that indicate that she has
a real appreciation of the RKBA.
http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=20454
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http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=20454
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NRA Becoming Issue In Canadian Elections: Canada's deputy prime minister
has called for the NRA to "butt out of Canadian elections." There
appears to be a dispute about the extent of advice being offered by the
NRA to Canadian Conservatives.
http://ottsun.canoe.ca/News/Election/2005/12/06/1340311-sun.htm
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Ah, Those Brits: BBC is doing a series this week on the "iconic" AK-47
rifle. Appropriately, the lead photograph in the story shows a child
with a wooden, toy submachine gun, which is definitely not a copy of an
AK-47.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4380348.stm
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Stephen P. Wenger
Firearm safety - It's a matter
for education, not legislation.
http://www.spw-duf.info
