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Burned Phoenix Officer Takes Retirement: Jason Schechterle returned to
light duty after being severely burned when a taxi crashed into his
patrol car. He has announced his medical retirement because his hands
are too scarred to qualify with his handgun. However, he will continue
to serve as a reserve officer.

http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/0906jason0906.html
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Homeowners vs. Shotgunners On Long Island: In an all too familiar story,
homeowners who moved into an area where a shooing range is located are
complaining about the noise (and lead).

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/06/nyregion/06shooting.html?ref=nyregion&pagewanted=all
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South Africa Firearms Bill Clears Assembly: A bill which relaxes some
aspects of South Africa's tough gun control laws was approved by the
National Assembly on Tuesday, despite a Democratic Alliance claim that
it was another piece of "draconian" legislation. (My impression is that
the amendment was passed only to rescue the earlier, unworkable law.)

http://www.citizen.co.za/index/article.aspx?pDesc=23539,1,22
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From The Firearms Coalition:

The House Judiciary Committee is scheduled to consider four firearms
related bills on Thursday.

The Firearms Coalition sent out an alert recently urging supporters to
take advantage of the August District Work Period to push their
Representatives to take action on H.R.505, H.R.5092, and H.R.1384.

Someone got the message!

The House Judiciary Committee will take up these three bills on
Thursday.  Now is the time to contact members of the House Judiciary
Committee and encourage them to support these important bills.

� H.R.5005 the Firearms Corrections and Improvements Act Makes several
improvements to current federal firearms laws.

� H.R.5092 the BATFE Modernization and Reform Act of 2006 Provides for
incremental and equitable sanctions against dealers for technical
violations of the statutes as opposed to the current system which offers
only license revocation as a remedy.

� H.R.1384 the Firearms Commerce Modernization Act. Removes the federal
ban on interstate sales of firearms by dealers. Since all dealer sales
are subject to National Instant Check authorization, there is no longer
any excuse for prohibiting interstate
sales.

Also up for consideration in the Judiciary Committee on Thursday is
H.R.1415, Carolyn McCarthy's (D-NY) bill to "enhance" the accuracy and
effectiveness of NICS checks by paying states to computerize criminal
and medical records for millions of citizens and provide those records
to the federal government.

The Firearms Coalition and Gun Owners of America are strongly opposing
this bill as an intrusive waste of money, while the National Shooting
Sports Foundation (representing firearms dealers and manufacturers) is
supporting this the bill and the NRA is maintaining a deafening silence
on the subject.

We encourage you to contact members of the Judiciary Committee and ask
them to support H.R.5005, H.R.5092, and H.R.1384 but to reject H.R.1415.

Also contact your Representative and ask him or her to support passage
of H.R. 5005, H.R.5092, and H.R.1384 out of the Judiciary Committee and
to push for hearing and passage in the full House.

Here are the members of the Judiciary Committee:

Coble <http://judiciary.house.gov/CommitteeMember.aspx?id=5>
(R) North Carolina, 6th

Lungren <http://judiciary.house.gov/CommitteeMember.aspx?id=50>
(R) California, 3rd

Green <http://judiciary.house.gov/CommitteeMember.aspx?id=16>
(R) Wisconsin, 8th

Feeney <http://judiciary.house.gov/CommitteeMember.aspx?id=24>
(R) Florida, 24th

Chabot <http://judiciary.house.gov/CommitteeMember.aspx?id=6>
(R) Ohio, 1st

Keller <http://judiciary.house.gov/CommitteeMember.aspx?id=17>
(R) Florida, 8th

Flake <http://judiciary.house.gov/CommitteeMember.aspx?id=19>
(R) Arizona, 6th

Pence <http://judiciary.house.gov/CommitteeMember.aspx?id=20>
(R) Indiana, 6th

Forbes <http://judiciary.house.gov/CommitteeMember.aspx?id=21>
(R) Virginia, 4th

Gohmert <http://judiciary.house.gov/CommitteeMember.aspx?id=55>
(R) Texas, 1st

Scott <http://judiciary.house.gov/CommitteeMember.aspx?id=28>
(D) Virginia, 3rd Ranking Member

Jackson Lee <http://judiciary.house.gov/CommitteeMember.aspx?id=31>
(D) Texas, 18th

Waters <http://judiciary.house.gov/CommitteeMember.aspx?id=32>
(D) California, 35th

Meehan <http://judiciary.house.gov/CommitteeMember.aspx?id=33>
(D) Massachusetts, 5th

Delahunt <http://judiciary.house.gov/CommitteeMember.aspx?id=34>
(D) Massachusetts, 10th

Weiner <http://judiciary.house.gov/CommitteeMember.aspx?id=37>
(D) New York, 9th

The fact that these bills are strongly opposed by Sarah Brady and her
bunch makes them even more important for flagging votes.  It is
imperative that these three bills are voted on in the full House prior
to the General Election in November.

Your action NOW can make a difference.

Yours for the Second Amendment

Jeff Knox
Director of Operations
The Firearms Coalition

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Please support the Firearms Coalition in one of the following ways:

� Subscribe to our newsletter the Hard Corps Report with a contribution
of $25.00 or more

� Order our "I Went Away Mad" cards for gun-unfriendly merchants: $10.00
per hundred cards
(Volume discounts and large quantity customization are available)

� Make a direct special contribution

To donate, go to www.FirearmsCoalition.org

--
Stephen P. Wenger

Firearm safety - It's a matter
for education, not legislation.

http://www.spw-duf.info

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