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CCW For Kansas This Year? Article speculates that Governor Sebelius
might not want to risk the fallout from vetoing CCW again in a year that
she must stand for re-election.
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/local/13779281.htm
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South Dakota CCW Privacy Bill Passes House: Measure would block access
to the names of applicants for concealed-weapon permits.
http://www.argusleader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060202/SPECIALSECTION09/602020343/1001/NEWS
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Deadly-Force Bill Advances In Arizona: The bill to explicitly authorize
the use of deadly force in defense of a home or occupied vehicle gained
preliminary approval in the Arizona House. Curiously, the article fails
to discuss current Arizona law, which imposes no duty to retreat and
grants the presumption of reasonableness in the use of deadly force if
certain felonies are attempted or committed in one's home.
http://www.azstarnet.com/news/114263
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California Bill Would Disarm Subjects Of Protection Orders: Senate Bill
585, passed by a vote of 37 to 0, adds additional provisions to the
Family Code to allow law enforcement to consider seeking the immediate
surrender of a firearm from a person served with a protective order.
http://www.californiachronicle.com/articles/viewArticle.asp?articleID=5409
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Change Of Heart: The women who used everything at hand to beat a man who
was in the process of robbing their beauty school are asking a Louisiana
judge not to impose the maximum sentence on him.
http://www.katc.com/Global/story.asp?S=4448422
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New Jersey Burglars Foiled: A New Jersey man used his own gun when three
three men, one armed with a handgun, invaded his home. Sounds like he
could use some more training, however.
http://wcbstv.com/topstories/local_story_033115928.html
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Oops, Wrong Store: Three teenage robbers were arrested shortly after
fleeing a North Carolina grocery store when a female clerk drew her own
gun from beneath a counter.
http://www.news-record.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060202/NEWSREC0101/60202017
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Hear John Lott: A sound recording of a speech by John Lott, on the bias
against the Second Amendment, is available online.
http://www.hillsdale.edu/FreedomLibrary/playclip.asp?ID=25
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From NRA-ILA:
Every gunowner who comes to Florida as a tourist or visitor or on
business needs to wade into this fight to protect our firearms rights.
This right belongs to ALL gun owners everywhere -- not just those who
live in Florida.
Florida Bill To Protect Possession of Firearms in Vehicles in Parking Lots!
ALERT !! TAKE ACTION NOW *** HB-129/Possession/Guns/Cars/Parking Lots
DATE: February 1, 2006
TO: USF & NRA Members and Friends
FROM: Marion P. Hammer
NRA Past President
Executive Director Unified Sportsmen of Florida
SUBJECT: HB-129 Protect Possession of Firearms in Vehicles in Parking Lots
HELP protect the rights of all Floridians, out of state visitors and
tourists who visit our state by motor vehicle and who carry firearms in
their vehicles for protection and other lawful purposes.
Some Florida businesses are trying to ban guns in cars. They are
violating the constitutional rights of gun owners and Florida law.
HB-129 protects your right to have a gun in your car for lawful
purposes. HB-129 establishes penalties for these ARROGANT CORPORATIONS
who think they can control what private property you have in your
private vehile.
The House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on HB-129 by Rep.
Dennis Baxley on Wednesday, February 8, 2006.
Please immediately send email to members of the House Judiciary
Committee and URGE THEM TO SUPPORT HB-129 by Rep. Baxley
(Below is a list of the email addresses of those you need to contact)
IN THE SUBJECT LINE OF YOUR EMAIL PUT:
SUPPORT HB-129 - Protect Possession of Firearms in Vehicles/Parking Lots
(To send one email to all committee members at the same time, block or
highlight the entire list and then copy and paste the block into the
address section of the email.)
HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE MEMBERS WHO NEED TO HEAR FROM YOU:
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
(Andy Gardiner is the House Majority Leader and he needs to hear from
you as well)
You can also call the District Offices of Committee Members -- Phone
numbers at the end of this message.
BACKGROUND:
HB-129 Protects your a ve a firearm in your vehicle for lawful purposes
and to park your vehicle in parking lots.
Carrying firearms in a vehicle for hunting, target shooting or
protection of yourself and your family obviously means you can leave
that firearm locked in the vehicle in a parking lot when you go grocery
shopping, to the doctor's office, to the movie, to visit a sick friend
in the hospital, to rent a movie, to the shoe store or anywhere else
normal people travel to conduct business.
Florida law, the U.S. Constitution, and the Florida Constitution clearly
and unequivocally give law abiding citizens to have firearms in their
vehicles for lawful purposes.
Since there are CURRENTLY NO PENALTIES for violating to law, numerous
businesses are violating the law and are banning firearms in their
parking lots. Their gun ban policies apply to customers and employees.
How can anyone justify telling a woman who is being stalked that she
can't have a firearm for protection? In many cases police tell thes
women to get a gun for protection because police can't be there to
protect her -- and calling 911 is nothing more than government sponsored
dial-a-prayer.
A business owner or manager has no more right to say you can't have a
firearm in your private vehicle than they have a right to say you can't
have a pair of sun glasses, an umbrella, a Bible or a baby seat.
Such an anti-gun political exercise is not good business sense. They
want your money but don't respect your rights.
Businesses are not allowed to discriminate against employees and
customers because of race, religion, political party, color of eyes,
hair or weight. And they certainly can't discriminate because of the
exercise of lawful self-defense. And, make no mistake, these gun ban
policies are blatant discrimination against people who chose to exercise
a constitutional right and take responsibility for their own safety.
PLEASE EMAIL and Call these Committee Members AND URGE THEM TO SUPPORT
HB-129 BY BAXLEY
Chaira n Simmons, David (R) (407) 262-7520
Planas, Juan-Carlos (R) (305) 442-6800
Ambler, Kevin (R) (813) 558-1333
Baxley, Dennis (R) (352) 732-1360
Brummer, Fred (R) (407) 880-4414
Flores, Anitere (R) (305) 227-7626
Grant, Michael (R) (941) 613-0914
Kottkamp, Jeff (R) (239) 344-4900
McInvale, Sheri (R) (407) 317-7797
Pickens, Joe (R) (386) 312-2272
Richardson, Curtis (D) (850) 488-1798
Ross, Dennis (R) (863) 701-1400
Majority Leader Andy Gardiner (R) (850) 488-1993 Majority Office
--
Stephen P. Wenger
Firearm safety - It's a matter
for education, not legislation.
http://www.spw-duf.info
