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Wisconsin Assembly Passes Amended CCW Bill: Tacking on a few amendments
that may be oriented toward lessening opposition from the state's
sheriffs, the Wisconsin Assembly passed its own version of a bill to
create licensed CCW.
http://www.wkbt.com/Global/story.asp?S=4242792
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As I Was Saying...: I have repeatedly tried to make the point that a
firearm alone may not suffice if you lack the
"empty hand" skills to survive long enough to deploy it. Here's an
account of a California deputy sheriff who grabbed the cylinder of an
assailant's revolver, to keep it from firing.
http://www1.pressdemocrat.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051213/NEWS/512130303/1033/NEWS01
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Assailant's Past Debated In Pre-Trial Motions: The battle continues over
the upcoming trial of a retired teacher who fatally shot a man who
threatened him on an Arizona hiking trail.
http://www.azdailysun.com/non_sec/nav_includes/story.cfm?storyID=121072
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Michigan Club To Appeal Ruling: A Michigan shooting club is turning to
the state's supreme court in an effort to keep its range.
http://www.record-eagle.com/2005/dec/13club.htm
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Teddy On Gun Cleaning: Some strong opinions from Teddy Jacobson on
cleaning and lubricating handguns.
http://actionsbyt.blogspot.com/2005/12/cleaning-your-handgun.html
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From SAF:
NEWS RELEASE
SAN FRANCISCO 'FIGHTS CRIME' BY DISARMING VICTIMS, SAYS SAF
BELLEVUE, WA - While the City of San Francisco is battling a lawsuit to
prevent its Draconian gun ban from taking effect Jan. 1, 2006, it has
just been revealed that the majority of the city's homicides remain
unsolved, and one reason according to police is because witnesses are
afraid to testify out of fear of retaliation.
The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) said today this scenario will be
made worse by the gun ban because it will disarm victims and witnesses,
leaving them at the mercy of armed criminals. According to the San
Francisco Chronicle, 74 of the city's 94 homicides this year remain
unsolved.
"If someone wanted a visual definition of social insanity, San Francisco
under Proposition H will fill that bill," said SAF founder Alan M.
Gottlieb. "Supervisor Chris Daly, the gun ban's sponsor and biggest
advocate, says he will introduce a city charter amendment to create a
homicide prevention council. They're going to draft a plan to reduce
homicides. Yeah, like that's going to stop San Francisco thugs from
murdering people."
SAF and the National Rifle Association, the Law Enforcement Alliance of
America, California Association of Firearms Retailers, and several
individuals are plaintiffs in the lawsuit challenging the anti-gun
measure because it violates California's preemption law. SAF
successfully fought an earlier San Francisco gun ban.
"San Francisco, where law-abiding citizens will be disarmed, has had
nearly a hundred murders this year," Gottlieb said. "Seattle, where
thousands of citizens are legally licensed to carry concealed handguns,
has had fewer than 30 homicides. Now the mastermind of unilateral
disarmament of the law-abiding public thinks that creating a committee
is going to stop the mayhem. That is simply nuts.
"We're fighting this gun ban because we don't share Daly's philosophy of
wishful thinking," Gottlieb said. "We live in the real world, where
people have a right to defend themselves. We cannot sit by while
flower-power politicians pander pie-in-the-sky substitutes for public
safety, while at the same time stripping citizens of the tools to
guarantee their genuine security, and their right to be safe in their
businesses and homes."
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From JPFO:
ALERT FROM JEWS FOR THE PRESERVATION OF FIREARMS OWNERSHIP
America's Aggressive Civil Rights Organization
December 12, 2005
JPFO ALERT: War Against Gun Owners
It all began with a video -- who knew where it would lead?
In January of 2005, JPFO made available the shocking film _BATFE FAILS
THE TEST_ (
http://www.jpfo.org/batfevideo.htm). In this video - which
the government _never_ wanted you to see -- "experts" from the BATFE are
shown attempting to prove that a perfectly legal semi-automatic rifle is
a "machine gun," thus ensuring enormous fines and/or prison time for its
owner, John Glover. They would have succeeded, too, but for the efforts
of _real_ firearms expert Len Savage, who easily demonstrated that the
firearm was merely malfunctioning.
DYNAMITE
When we saw the raw film, we _knew_ were looking at dynamite. Even so,
we couldn't have predicted the juggernaut we set loose.
That videotape not only exonerated Glover, but sparked a series of
events that culminated in a memo issued by the Congressional Research
Service
(
http://www.jpfo.org/ATFguntests.pdf) publically acknowledging what
gun-rights activists have suspected for some time: the BATFE has had
_NO_ standardized procedures for determining what, exactly, qualifies a
firearm as a machine-gun.
(Think about that for a moment. NO standardized tests and NO documented
procedures means that any conclusions reached about a particular firearm
are by definition subjective to the tester. We've documented, for
example, instances in which a firearm is considered "readily convertible
to full-auto" after _eight hours_ of complicated machine-shop work! A
reasonable person would not consider that to be "readily
convertible", yet the BATFE tester did.)
The video also spurred the introduction of HR 1603, the "Fairness in
Firearms Testing Act", which would require the BATFE to videotape ALL
firearms tests.
THINGS GET HOT FOR BATFE
The Department of Justice tried in vain to suppress the publication of
the CRS memo. Why? _Because subjective "evidence" can be challenged in
court!_ Imagine the
political backlash that would result if thousands of firearms
convictions were challenged in court ... and possibly overturned! Now
imagine this chaos taking place
under an allegedly pro-gun _Republican_ administration.
It certainly wouldn't help matters if it became widely known that HR
1603 is stalled in the House Judiciary Committee, a committee chaired by
none other than _Republican_ Representative James Sensenbrenner. The
Republican Party might never recover from such a
scandal.
Through the Department of Justice and the BATFE, the current
administration is desperately trying to stuff the firearms genie back
into the bottle. WE CANNOT PERMIT THIS TO HAPPEN!
A CALL TO ARMS
We're gearing up for a battle of _epic_ proportions, and we need more
warriors on our side. The BATFE is on the run and YOU can take a simple
step to make sure they keep
retreating!
Without continued pressure by constituents, both HR 1603 and the
revelations in the CRS memo will be easily, quietly buried. So we're
asking that you continue to widely
circulate the CRS memo among friends, family, firearms enthusiasts, and
civil rights advocates. When you do, ask them the following questions:
* If the Constitution confers no power on Congress to regulate private
use and possession of alcohol, tobacco, firearms or explosives, then
which Right(s) does the BATFE seem to violate just by existing?
* Considering the Second Amendment, what power should the BATFE have
to regulate or prohibit ownership or possession of firearms?
* If the BATFE can arrest (without a warrant) a person for failing to
have paperwork for firearms, which Right would that seem to violate?
We're also asking criminal law attorneys to contact us. As awareness of
this scandal grows, more and more victims of the BATFE's arbitrary and
capricious policies will step forth, and we'll need a referral list for
them to contact. John Glover was exonerated, but there are still
hundreds (if not thousands) of others who could be.
For once, the "little guys" have a real shot at making an
earth-shattering impact on federal firearms policies. Join JPFO in
battling this rogue agency, and give the BATFE the boot!
- The Liberty Crew
PS For more information on how you can help our "Boot the BATFE"
campaign, please visit
http://www.jpfo.org/bootbatfe.htm
JUST 3 DAYS UNTIL BILL OF RIGHTS DAY, DECEMBER 15.
ALL THE BILL OF RIGHTS FOR ALL CITIZENS!
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