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NYC Sues Again: The City of New York sent teams of private investigators
to gun shops in five states and has singled out 15 dealers whom it is
suing, allegedly for allowing straw purchase of firearms.
http://www.washtimes.com/national/20060516-123723-3183r.htm
http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/05/15/D8HKEUN80.html
http://www.nyc.gov/portal/index.jsp?epi_menuItemID=c0935b9a57bb4ef3daf2f1c701c789a0&epi_menuID=13ecbf46556241d3daf2f1c701c789a0&epi_baseMenuID=27579af732d48f86a62fa24601c789a0&pageID=mayor_press_release&catID=1194&doc_name=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nyc.gov%2Fhtml%2Fom%2Fhtml%2F2006a%2Fpr156-06.html&cc=unused1978&rc=1194&ndi=1
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Why Not Ban Mental Illness (Particularly Among Legislators)? : The
deadly shooting outside of a Fairfax County police station a week ago
has prompted many to call for tighter gun control laws. Virginia
Congressman Jim Moran and Virginians Against Handgun Violence are
stepping up efforts to ban 50-caliber sniper rifles. (The mentally ill
youth who murdered the officer did not use a .50-caliber rifle, which
also happens to be a far cry from a handgun.)
http://www.wtopnews.com/index.php?nid=25&sid=791885
Local Politicians Chime In:
http://www.wtopnews.com/index.php?nid=25&sid=792760
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Ambiguous Ruling In California: The California Supreme Court ruled
Monday that a person can't be convicted of the crime of possessing a
sawed-off rifle unless prosecutors can prove that the defendant knew the
weapon was unusually short. However...
http://www.nbc11.com/news/9218912/detail.html
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California AG Joins Forces With Misguided Moms: Attorney General Bill
Lockyer will join with gun violence prevention advocates to call for new
ways to reduce gun trafficking in California and kick off a National
Grassroots Campaign against illegal gun trafficking. "New ways" refers
to the latest wave of crackpot California legislation.
http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=65814
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Pennsylvania Man Fights To Regain Carry Permit: What lessons can be
learned from this comedy of errors?
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/dailycourier/news/s_453910.html
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Cause And Effect?: An Oklahoma TV station credits passage of the
stand-your-ground law with a surge in applicants for Concealed handgun
Licenses.
http://www.ktul.com/news/stories/0506/327957.html
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Michigan Shooting Clarified: Seemingly conflicting reports about the
role of the man who shot one of two teenage burglars in Michigan appear
to be resolved in this report - the man was a neighbor who was
house-sitting.
http://www.wzzm13.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=54333
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Rule Five Reminder: A police detective in Connecticut has been
reprimanded after her lost handgun was used in an illegal shooting.
(Rule Five: Maintain control of your firearm.)
http://www.wfsb.com/Global/story.asp?S=4903848
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S&W Nails CHP Contract: S&W has landed a contract to sell 9,700 pistols
to the California Highway Patrol. Of note, these are not the new M&P but
4006TSW's, to replace the CHP's older 4006 pistols.
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D8HKE6IO0.htm?campaign_id=apn_home_down&chan=db
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NRA's LaPierre May Gross Over $1 Million A Year: According to Gun
Guys.com (
http://www.gunguys.com ) it is possible that LaPierre's total
compensation package from the NRA for 2005 exceeded $1 million though
the 2005 tax reports are not yet available. In fact, it takes more than
35,000 NRA membership renewals (at $25 a piece) just to cover LaPierre's
2004 compensation package.
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/05-15-2006/0004361950&EDATE=
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A Personal Invitation From Wayne LaPierre:
Log on to NRANews.com
<
http://www.nranews.org/UM/T.asp?A2.16.2096.1.4167237> or tune in Sirius
Patriot 144 Thursday May 18th through Saturday, May 20th and join us for
a historic broadcast of the NRA's huge guns-and-gear expo, and our
annual members meeting live from Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
You'll see acres of guns, gear and exhibits from hundreds of top
manufacturers and outfitters. You'll have a front-row seat at our
opening celebration, where we'll honor the brave men and women who
protect us at home and abroad. You'll hear all the news on your guns and
your rights from me and other NRA leaders. You'll hear keynote speaker
General Tommy Franks, former Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Central
Command, overseeing U.S. Armed Forces operations in a 25-country region,
including military action in Afghanistan and Iraq.
So log on and see how NRANews.com
<
http://www.nranews.org/UM/T.asp?A2.16.2096.1.4167237> brings the truth
about your firearms, your freedom, your values and YOU to the rest of
the world. I want you to join me in the broadcast booth for this
important event in the fight to defend Second Amendment freedom.
Please join me as a live call-in guest at any time during our three-day
broadcast. I want to hear from you. I want to hear your comments and
concerns. I want you to help me chart the NRA's course for the future.
For a full schedule of broadcasts and events, visit www.NRANews.com
<
http://www.nranews.org/UM/T.asp?A2.16.2096.1.4167237>, click on browse
archives. Thank you for your support.
I look forward to hearing from you.
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Canada Set To De-Register Most Long Guns: On the eve of the release of
the Auditor General's report on Canada's firearm registry boondoggle,
the Conservative government prepares to trim the registry to handguns
and semi-automatics.
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20060515/gun_registry_060515/20060516?hub=TopStories
Related, Conflicting Articles:
http://www.theinfozone.net/SALW/Canada.html
http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=8970d8ef-fd15-4e90-9253-cd7170536b57&k=35147
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A Victim Of Canada's Handgun Ban?: A bicyclist nearly lost his arm after
being chased and bitten by a black bear.
http://www.casperstartribune.net/articles/2006/05/15/news/regional/8d3cb30cd7113d528725716f005db7be.txt
--
Stephen P. Wenger
Firearm safety - It's a matter
for education, not legislation.
http://www.spw-duf.info
