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New Jersey Legislators Seek BATFE Data:  Bills set to go before Congress
would make federal data on guns used in crimes available to the public,
Sen. Robert Menendez and Rep. Steve Rothman, D-Fair Lawn, announced
yesterday in Jersey City.

http://www.nj.com/news/jjournal/index.ssf?/base/news-1/1143551546164930.xml&coll=3
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Guns Or Government: An interesting essay on modern liberalism, rights
and force.

http://acuf.org/issues/issue56/060322pol.asp
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As Residents Return To New Orleans, So Does Crime: Crime rates are
influenced by many factors; sometimes it just seems to be the presence
or absence of committed criminals.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/30/national/nationalspecial/30crime.html?_r=1&oref=login&pagewanted=all
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Accident Ruled Out In Death Of L.A. Deputy: What had previously thought
might have been an accidental death of an L.A. deputy sheriff, who
appeared to have been placing her handgun in the trunk of her car, is
now being investigated as a murder.

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-deputydead30mar30,0,6157049.story?page=2&coll=la-home-headlines
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Orange County Deputies Support Challenger: The union for Orange County
CA deputy sheriffs has voted to support a challenger to their current
boss. Carona has been relatively free with the issuance of CWP's in that
county; no information is available about the CCW philosophy of Lt. Hunt.

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-carona30mar30,1,7697597.story?coll=la-headlines-california
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Interesting Defense: An English woman accused of murdering her husband
claims that the shotgun "just went off" when she placed it on the floor
after using it in an erotic dance. (Rule One: All firearms are always
loaded. Rule Two: Don't let the muzzle cross anything you're not
prepared to shoot.)

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/03/30/nwest30.xml&sSheet=/news/2006/03/30/ixhome.html
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From CCRKBA:

NEWS RELEASE

DESPITE BRADY EFFORTS TO CURB GUN RIGHTS, PRO-GUN VICTORIES CONTINUE

BELLEVUE, WA - After more than two decades of trying to destroy the
firearms rights of more than 80 million law-abiding American gun owners
- and statistically failing to show any impact on violent crime - the
Brady "Campaign Against Illegal Guns" being launched Thursday is yet
another crusade whose ultimate goal is to trample the Second Amendment
into dust.

That's the reaction from Alan Gottlieb, chairman of the Citizens
Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA).

"This isn't a new campaign against illegal guns," he stated, "it's the
same old campaign against all guns, and the American citizens who own them.

"Over the past several years," he continued, "anti-gunners have been
claiming credit for reduced crime when it has really been initiatives
mounted by gun owners across the country that have stopped criminals
cold and put them in prisons where they belong.

"Three Strikes and You're Out laws put violent repeat offenders out of
circulation," he said, "and Hard Time for Armed Crime statutes have kept
more thugs behind bars.

"Expansion of shall-issue concealed carry laws that are now on the books
in 38 states have allowed law-abiding citizens the means to fight back,"
Gottlieb continued. "While the gun control crowd has continued to push
one failed policy after another - all designed to prevent American
citizens from defending themselves, their families and their homes - it
has been the tough legislation, mandatory sentencing guidelines and
expansion of self-defense rights that has truly carried the day, and the
Brady Bunch knows it.

"Through it all," Gottlieb stated, "millions of law-abiding Americans
have steadfastly endured attacks on their rights, and battled against
social bigotry in the press, to fight for laws that make their
neighborhoods safe, and send criminals skulking back into the shadows.

"We will continue working with progressive members of both parties on
Capitol Hill and in state legislatures to promote sensible legislation
that focuses on felons, not firearms," he concluded. "The battle to
regain our firearms rights is hardly over, but we will cut through the
smokescreens thrown in our path by anti-gun extremists. Our goal is to
return common sense to the law, so that rights prevail over rhetoric."
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From JPFO:

ALERT FROM JEWS FOR THE PRESERVATION OF FIREARMS OWNERSHIP
America's Aggressive Civil Rights Organization

March 29, 2006

JPFO ALERT: BATFE Hearings Quietly Reinstated

On March 21, we mentioned that Part III of the BATFE Congressional
Hearings -- originally scheduled for March 28 -- had been removed from
the House Judiciary Committee calendar and "postponed indefinitely"
( http://www.jpfo.org/alert20060321.htm ).

Quietly, and without fanfare, the hearings were reinstated, and held as
scheduled on March 28.

While we were not able to attend due to the duplicitous manner in which
the hearings were conducted, a webcast and witness statements are
available at http://judiciary.house.gov/oversight.aspx?ID=228 .

- The Liberty Crew


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From NRA-ILA:

Arizona Amendment Working Against Gun Ranges!

State Representative Pamela Gorman (R-6) is sponsoring a "strike
everything" amendment to the unrelated Senate Bill 1291.   This
amendment would eliminate the ability of the Arizona Game and Fish
Commission to work with any county, city, or town in Arizona to build or
maintain a public shooting range.

With the current lack of shooting ranges in Arizona, and the everyday
battle to save the existing ones, this amendment is simply
unacceptable.  Representative Gorman's amendment is a threat to the
future of the shooting sports, hunting heritage, and ones ability to
train with his or her firearm in Arizona.

It is critical that you call your State Representative today at (602)
926-4221 or toll-free at 1-800-352-8404 and ask him or her to oppose
Representative Gorman's "strike everything" amendment.

Also, please contact Representative Gorman today and ask her to pull her
amendment from SB1291.  Representative Gorman's phone number is (602)
926-4002 or via email at [email protected].

If you know your State Representative's name, please use the following
link to locate his or her phone number and email address
www.azleg.state.az.us/MemberRoster.asp?Body=H.

If you need help identifying your State Representative please use the
"Write Your Representative" feature found at www.nraila.org/.

--
Stephen P. Wenger

Firearm safety - It's a matter
for education, not legislation.

http://www.spw-duf.info