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Instructors Comment On Nebraska CCW Training: Testifying at a hearing by
the Nebraska State Patrol, several instructors have suggested that the
mandated training for concealed carry in that state should be oriented
toward the likely scenarios for private citizens, not the traditional
law-enforcement "qualification."
http://www.journalstar.com/articles/2006/08/10/local/doc44da6fdda610c086049551.txt
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Oops, Wrong House: One man in North Carolina was shot fatally and his
partner was wounded after they kicked in the door to an occupied home.
One of the intruders was armed with a firearm. (This would appear to be
an example of the value of keeping a firearm close at hand, despite the
presence of a toddler in the home.)
http://rdu.news14.com/content/your_news/durhamchapel_hill/default.asp?ArID=88992
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John Lott On Guns And Children: John Lott briefly responds to an article
in The New York Times.
http://johnrlott.tripod.com/op-eds/NYTimesGunlocks080806.html
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Rule Five Reminder: A four-year-old Detroit boy fatally shot himself in
the head with the service pistol of a police officer, which the child
found under a bed. (Rule Five: Maintain control of your firearm.)
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060810/NEWS99/60810027
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Ban Shopping Carts?: A new study by the American Academy of Pediatrics
estimates that 24,000 children are injured in shopping-cart accidents
every year. A staggering 85% of those children are under five years of
age. That dwarfs the number of children who were injured with guns last
year.
http://www.buckeyefirearms.org/article3231.html
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Another Lead Oscar: A robber in Rochester NY was fatally shot after he
threatened his victim with what turned out to be a "BB gun." In typical
New York fashion, the robbery victim is now charged with second- and
third-degree criminal possession of a weapon.
http://www.rochesterdandc.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060810/NEWS01/608100370/1002/NEWS
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Turning Money Into Noise?: The Southern Poverty Law Center presents and
"intelligence report" on the semi-annual Knob Creek Machine Gun Shoot,
emphasizing the involvement of a few kooks. (Clint Smith has said that
"Full-auto is a good way to turn money into noise.")
http://www.splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?aid=641
From GOA: Gun Owners of America reports electoral victories for the
RKBA in Michigan and Colorado.
http://www.gunowners.org/a081006.htm
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Filipinos Seek To Regain RKBA: PROGUN, perhaps the only organization in
Asia fighting for the right of private citizens to own guns, is headed
by an attorney who vividly recalls the day his gun saved his life.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060810/lf_afp/philippinesgunsrights_060810051145
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More Details On Acquittal Of Aussie Security Officer: Brown was not
cleared of the shooting on the grounds of self-defence or justifiable
homicide. Brown, her lawyer argued, was not in control of her actions
but was in a state of "automatism" when she shot her attacker, William
Aquilina, 26.
http://winnipegsun.com/News/Columnists/Gleeson_John/2006/08/10/1731230.html
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Stephen P. Wenger
Firearm safety - It's a matter
for education, not legislation.
http://www.spw-duf.info
