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Ohio Fair Insists On CCW Ban: An attorney-general ruling to the
contrary, the Clermont County Sheriff's Department said, despite Ohio's
concealed-carry law, that the "No Firearms" signs posted at the
fairgrounds are legal and said it has an obligation to enforce the rule.
http://www.channelcincinnati.com/news/9566836/detail.html
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Bringing A Hammer To A Gunfight: A hammer-armed burglar in Michigan died
when he encountered a homeowner with a loaded .50-caliber muzzleloading
rifle. (It doesn't sound as though this rifle was intended solely for
hunting; Perhaps the homeowner is barred from legally owning modern
firearms.)
http://www.wwmt.com/engine.pl?station=wwmt&id=28601&template=breakout_local.html
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Oklahoma College Selects .40-Caliber Glock: Oklahoma City Community
College has opted to furnish its own handguns to its security officers.
Citing a figure that 65% of law-enforcement agencies use Glocks, it has
chosen that brand.
http://www.okc.cc.ok.us/pioneer/Archives/July_24_2006/News9.html
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Kids Often Know Where Guns Are Hidden: Biased article points out that
hiding firearms does not keep children from handling them. Article
treats Eddie Eagle approach as the only alternative to firearm
divestiture or locks and safes. No mention is made of teaching kids to
handle firearms responsibly ("gun-proofing children") as the most
productive approach.
http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/living/health/15099456.htm
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Speaking Of Which...: A look back at an Ohio junior rifle club in the
40's and 50's provides an example of kids learning to use firearms
responsibly.
http://www.ohio.com/mld/ohio/living/community/15108940.htm
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Meanwhile, At Bisley...: Shooting has long had a difficult image in
Britain. But that doesn't deter the hundreds of men, women and children
who, every year, plan to spend their summer holidays on a huge rifle
range, complete with chalets and caravans.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/5209632.stm
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Belgian Gun Owners Fight New Law: The union of gun owners, UNACT, is
taking legal action in the Arbitration Tribunal against the federal
government's recently imposed tighter "gun control" law. (Gun control is
the ability to hit your selected target.)
http://www.expatica.com/source/site_article.asp?subchannel_id=48&story_id=31762&name=Gun+owners+in+legal+battle+against+tighter+firearms+law
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Tanzania Split On Firearm Ownership: Residents of Zanzibar complain that
they are denied legal ownership of firearms for self-defense, unlike
their countrymen in Tanganyika, the mainland portion of their country.
http://www.ippmedia.com/ipp/guardian/2006/07/24/70976.html
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From GOA: Gun Owners of America seeks help in fighting McCarthy's HR
1415, scheduled for a vote tomorrow. The bill allow the federal
government to troll through state misdemeanor, diversion, psychiatric,
tax, and even library records - all for the purpose of finding new
reasons to seize guns from law-abiding Americans.
http://www.gunowners.org/a072406.htm
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Stephen P. Wenger
Firearm safety - It's a matter
for education, not legislation.
http://www.spw-duf.info
