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Kansas CCW May Succeed This Year: If the governor does not sign the
bill, under the pressure of an election year in which she seeks
re-election, supporters are preparing for a veto override.
http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/13800816.htm
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Going Postal In Gun-Free Zones: Goleta CA is not the first postal
facility that has been the site of a mass murder. Gun-free zones attract
this sort of activity, as do nationwide bans on private ownership of
firearms.
http://www.townhall.com/opinion/columns/donaldr.may/2006/02/06/185303.html
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Self-Defense And The Asian Religions: David Kopel follows up his
excellent treatise on self-defense in the Judaeo-Christian tradition
(
http://www.davidkopel.org/2A/LawRev/The-Torah-and-Self-defense.pdf)
with a similar look at the six major religions of Asia.
http://www.davekopel.com/Religion/Self-defense-in-Asian-religions.pdf
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Firearms And The British Dependencies: An intriguing account of the
shooting team from the Isle of Man, in transit through London's airport
with their pistols. (Since the Isle of Man and Jersey are merely British
dependencies, they have their own laws.)
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Canadian Province Wants Own Handgun Ban: Ontario's attorney general is
now blaming firearm collectors, as sources of stolen guns. (I thought
all the murder weapons were being smuggled in from the US.)
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1139094368545&call_pageid=968350130169&col=969483202845
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Jamaica Revises Firearms Licensing: The newly appointed firearm
licensing authority will hold is first meeting next week.
http://www.rjr94fm.com/news/story.php?category=2&story=22888
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Firearms Stolen From Israeli Base: Military police suspect an inside job
in the theft of 32 rifles and eight grenade launchers from an Israeli
military base. (This incident occurs at a time when the director of Shin
Bet states that conservative religious activists pose a greater threat
to Israel than Arab terrorists.)
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3211967,00.html
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Japan May Ban High-Power Airguns: Japan, where Airsoft guns are
immensely popular, is weighing a ban on modified versions that can fire
a metal projectile at higher velocities, with the use of a stronger spring.
http://www.theage.com.au/news/World/Japan-may-ban-powerful-toy-air-guns/2006/02/07/1139074198664.html
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Stephen P. Wenger
Firearm safety - It's a matter
for education, not legislation.
http://www.spw-duf.info
