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Mayor Bloomberg, Supporter of the RKBA?: Perhaps taking a cue from John
Kerry, NYC's gun-banning Mayor Bloomberg claims to have owned a .22
rifle as a youth and being a supporter of the Second Amendment (it's all
about hunting, you know).
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/story/410969p-347706c.html
http://www.pennlive.com/newsflash/pa/index.ssf?/base/news-37/1145652864244490.xml&storylist=penn
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"Ugly Guns" Play Role In Illinois Race: Governor Blagojevich's
re-election campaign launched a series of attack ads against his
Republican opponent Judy Baar Topinka. The governor attacked Judy Baar
Topinka's opposition to a ban on more assault weapons with new TV ads
and a news conference in downtown Chicago.
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=local&id=4101200
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Misleading Article About New Orleans Gun Confiscations: After ignoring
the issues for months, New Orleans' The Times-Picayune claims that the
city and the NRA have reached a truce over gun seizures following
Hurricane Katrina.
http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/frontpage/index.ssf?/base/news-14/1145687056275360.xml
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It's All Pennsylvania's Fault: According to CeaseFire NJ, it's the fault
of Pennsylvania's lax firearm laws that New Jersey's draconian
infringements of the RKBA fail to keep the peace in Camden. (They don't
appear to offer an explanation for violent crime in cities such as
Newark, which don't border Pennsylvania.)
http://www.courierpostonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060421/NEWS01/604210367/1006
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California - Here We Go Again: The bill to mandate that the firing pin
of autoloading handguns microstamp a serial number on fired cases (not
bullets) has bee reintroduced in the California legislature.
http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/14394934.htm
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Opening Arguments In Arizona Shooting Trial: Both sides have presented
their opening arguments in the trial of a retired teacher who fatally
shot a man who charged him on a hiking trail.
http://www.azstarnet.com/news/125852
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Oops, Wrong Victim: A North Carolina man who fatally shot a teenage
robber who was pistol-whipping him has learned that the shooting has
been ruled self-defense. (The incident serves as a reminder that violent
attacks can come at any time and handguns should be kept readily
accessible, on one's person.)
http://www.nbc17.com/news/8886700/detail.html
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Rule Three Reminder: A police officer in Georgia shot himself in the
thigh as he stumbled while reholstering his pistol after a foot chase.
(Rule Three: Keep your finger out of the trigger guard, up on the frame,
until your sights are on target and you're prepared to fire.)
http://www.news-daily.com/local/local_story_106215026.html
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Bushmaster Has New Owner: Bushmaster founder Dick Dyke has sold his
company to Cerberus Capital Management. The only anticipated change for
the company is increased growth.
http://www.courierpostonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060421/NEWS01/604210367/1006
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Stephen P. Wenger
Firearm safety - It's a matter
for education, not legislation.
http://www.spw-duf.info
