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Amended Parking-Lot Bill Clears Florida Committee: The revamped bill
would give employees the right to keep guns locked in their parked cars
while they work. But it also would give companies the right to prohibit
employees from doing so "when reasonably necessary" for safety reasons.
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/state/orl-nra0506apr05,0,1331470.story?coll=orl-news-headlines-state
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NRA Losing Clout In Florida Legislature?: Several NRA-backed bills have
encountered unexpected resistance this year, to the delight of the Brady
Bunch.
http://www.sptimes.com/2006/04/03/State/Big_business_to_NRA__.shtml
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Alabama Governor Signs Stand-Your-Ground Bill: Gov. Bob Riley signed
legislation Tuesday that puts Alabama among a growing number of states
giving new legal protection to people who kill intruders in their homes,
businesses and vehicles.
http://www.al.com/newsflash/regional/index.ssf?/base/news-20/1144175057306060.xml&storylist=alabamanews
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Who Opposed Nebraska CCW?: Five of Lincoln's six senators voted against
licensing Nebraskans to carry concealed handguns, as did five of Omaha's
12 senators. Article hints at an upcoming battle over whether cities
will be able to maintain local CCW bans.
http://www.journalstar.com/articles/2006/04/04/local/doc4431a873c7684540706521.txt
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CCW-Privacy Debate Continues In Kansas: When the state begins allowing
concealed carry of guns early next year, it's unclear whether Kansans
can learn who's packing and who's not.
http://www.hutchnews.com/news/regional/stories/Conceal040506.html
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Emergency-Confiscation-Ban Bill Close To Passage In Arizona: Legislation
given preliminary House approval Tuesday would end the governor's
authority to seize firearms, ammunition or any components of either when
an emergency is declared. One reporter suspects that Governor Napolitano
will veto the bill.
http://www.azstarnet.com/allheadlines/123262
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Stopping Illegal Guns?: John Longenecker tries to cast aside the
diversion of "illegal guns" and examine why citizens are being denied
the right to defend themselves against violent criminals.
http://mensnewsdaily.com/2006/04/04/stopping-illegal-guns-stopping-guns-or-stopping-crime/
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Virginia Tech Remains Defenseless-Victim Zone: Student comments on the
futility of "Take Back the Night" march on campus when students are
barred from being armed for self-defense.
http://www.collegiatetimes.com/news/2/ARTICLE/6809/2006-04-04.html
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Oops, Wrong Store: A store owner in Ohio shot a would-be robber. (Note
the typical hit to the leg, consistent with jerking the shot low and
probably to the shooter's non-dominant side.)
http://www.channelcincinnati.com/health/8457023/detail.html
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Colorado Teen Convicted Of Handgun Possession: A high-school student was
convicted of juvenile possession of a handgun after posting pictures of
himself with three handguns on MySpace.com. The conviction came despite
his parents' testimony that they gave him permission to handle guns in
their home without their supervision, which appears to comply with the
requirements of Colorado law.
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_4596866,00.html
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Demagoguery vs. Data: Included in Thomas Sowell's commentary is the
observation that the mainstream media cherry-picks its data when
comparing firearm restriction and homicide rates of other nations with ours.
http://pittsburghlive.com/x/tribune-review/s_440048.html
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Oops, Wrong Hammer: A teacher in California suffered a severe injury to
his hand when he banged a decades-old paperweight, thought to be a 40mm
shell, on his desk and apparently detonated the primer.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-explode5apr05,1,3082555.story?coll=la-headlines-california
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S&W Donates Handguns To West Point: S&W has donated ten Performance
Center 1911's and 35 9mm M&P pistols to the Military Academy's Combat
Weapon Team. (This is the first mention I have seen of the M&P actually
being available in 9mm.)
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/04-04-2006/0004333339&EDATE=
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From GOA:
House To Vote This Week On Further Limiting Free Speech
Gun Owners of America E-Mail Alert
8001 Forbes Place, Suite 102, Springfield, VA 22151
Phone: 703-321-8585 / FAX: 703-321-8408
http://www.gunowners.org
Tuesday, April 4, 2006
Remember the Swift Boat Veterans?
After a presidential election which was determined by fewer than 120,000
Ohio voters, it is clear that George Bush is president of the United
States -- rather than John Kerry -- because of the swift boat veterans
and because of pro-gun support.
For their part, the swift boat veterans formed a political organization
under section 527 of the Internal Revenue Code - and their organization
was therefore called a "527."
Shortly, the House of Representatives will consider legislation (HR 513)
which would regulate "527 organizations" -- like the Swift Boat Veterans
-- as severely as the most heavily regulated political groups in the
country. The result could be to effectively eliminate organizations like
the Swift Boat Veterans.
It is clear that the enemies of Free Speech are choosing their targets
strategically. First, Senators like John McCain regulated (in 2002) the
ability of groups such as GOA to use radio and TV to criticize any
candidate before an election.
Then, earlier this year, McCain & Co. wanted to further regulate GOA and
similar organizations by requiring them to register their "grassroots"
communications with their members and to file twice as many frivolous
reports.
Now, this new legislation (HR 513) would try to strengthen the Anti-Free
Speech beachhead to limit even more avenues to free speech.
The restrictions on our liberties need to end here.
Really, this battle is similar to the battle to preserve our gun rights.
Anti-gunners have fought a guerilla type of warfare, chipping away at
our gun rights with piecemeal legislation. Some gun owners -- who didn't
own ranch rifles or AR-15s or other so-called assault weapons -- were
lulled to sleep for a time and thought that the anti's weren't really
interested in their hunting shotguns or rifles.
They soon found out they were mistaken. And it just shows, once again,
that when the anti's get a beachhead, they don't stop there. They keep
coming and coming.
That's why we must now fight this battle to preserve another bastion of
Free Speech. It is our constitutional right -- it is not a "privilege"
to be expanded or contracted based on the impact on the party in power.
ACTION: Please use the pre-written letter below to help direct your
comments to your representative. Ask him to oppose H.R. 513 which would
limit the constitutional Free Speech of "527 organizations" like the
Swift Boat Veterans.
You can visit the Gun Owners Legislative Action Center at
http://www.gunowners.org/activism.htm to send your Representatives a
pre-written e-mail message such as the one below.
And, you can call your Representative toll-free at 1-877-762-8762.
----- Pre-written letter -----
Dear Representative:
The House will soon consider legislation (HR 513) which would regulate
"527 organizations" -- like the Swift Boat Veterans - as severely as the
most heavily regulated political groups in the country. The result could
be to effectively eliminate organizations like the Swift Boat Veterans.
I would urge you to oppose that legislation.
Free Speech is a constitutional right -- not a "privilege" to be
expanded or contracted based on the impact on the party in power. Thank you.
Sincerely,
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"Live Fire" radio with Larry Pratt is broadcast by the Information Radio
Network on Saturdays at 12:00 Noon Eastern. "Live Fire" is simulcast on
the web at
http://inforadionet.com and previous episodes
are archived at
http://www.soundwaves2000.com/livefire/ in RealAudio.
Recent guests and topics have included:
* Jim Jacobson: Christian Burmese refugees defined as terrorists for
resisting genocide -- by US government
* Dr. William Watkins: How much power for Washington - same disagreement
in the 1790's as the 21st century
* Joseph Klein: The UN's stealth assault on US freedoms and guns
* Anna Zetchus Raetz of Liberty Belles: Beating back the Million Mom March
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Stephen P. Wenger
Firearm safety - It's a matter
for education, not legislation.
http://www.spw-duf.info
