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Mayor Mike Goes To Harrisburg: NYC's crusading prohibitionist was
lobbying for more restriction of the RKBA in Pennsylvania as the federal
House of Representatives was passing a bill intended to restrict the BATFE.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/27/nyregion/27mayor.html
Brady Bunch Upset:
http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=73237
Gun Owners Fight Back: About 300 gun owners from around Pennsylvania
roamed the Capitol encouraging legislators to oppose any new laws
limiting the right to own and bear arms.
http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/local/states/pennsylvania/15616334.htm
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BATFE Abuse At Richmond Guns Shows Helped Spur HR 5092: The House of
Representatives yesterday passed a bill to revamp federal enforcement
rules for gun dealers, born in part from complaints about agents'
tactics at Richmond-area gun shows.
http://www.timesdispatch.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=RTD%2FMGArticle%2FRTD_BasicArticle&%09s=1045855935264&c=MGArticle&cid=1149190839273&path=%21news%21politics
Brady Bunch Upset:
http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=73206
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Library Gun Ban Draws More Attention: Commentary discusses the pending
decision over VCDL's challenge to the Newport News library's illegal ban
on firearms.
http://home.hamptonroads.com/stories/story.cfm?story=111623&ran=34363
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Arizona Supremes Reject Fish's Appeal: The Arizona Supreme Court turned
away two appeals of lower court rulings that a new state law on self
defense did not apply retroactively to cases pending when the law took
effect earlier this year. (Actually, Fish was sentenced four days before
the new law took effect.)
http://kvoa.com/Global/story.asp?S=5462636
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Shoot/Don't Shoot: When I started taking professional training in the
use of firearms about 20 years ago, it was fairly common to hear that
private citizens and civilian police officers were held to a higher
standard of accountability than military personnel, who could shoot at
people simply on the basis of them looking like the enemy. Soldiers are
now using interactive video simulators to train making shoot/no-shoot
decisions.
http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/daily/local/27342.php
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Maybe, Maybe Not: An article from Clark County AR is entitled "Almost
300 county residents are carrying concealed weapons." The assumption is
that everyone who obtains a license actually carries a firearm. Many
find that they are not willing to make the lifestyle changes necessary
for routine carry, such as the young lady who recently queried how she's
supposed to conceal a handgun under a short skirt
(
http://www.packing.org/community/general/listview/17339).
http://www.siftingsherald.com/articles/2006/09/25/news/news1.txt
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Rule Five Reminder: An Indiana woman shot herself in the abdomen with a
deputy sheriff's backup revolver, which she found under the driver's
seat as she sat in his patrol car. (Rule Five: Maintain control of your
firearm.)
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060926/LOCAL/609260449
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What Goes Around Comes Around: An Idaho man recently got back a
"short-barrel" .22 rifle that he pawned nearly 50 years ago in order to
get his grandmother a washing machine. (A true short-barreled rifle,
with a barrel shorter than 16 inches, would require registration under
the National Firearms Act [
http://www.atf.gov/firearms/faq/faq2.htm#m1].)
http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-rifle-returns,0,2538069.story
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Rifle Maker Dies: Cecil Brooks, a gun maker whose flintlock and
percussion rifles have been presented to keynote speakers at the
National Rifle Association's annual meeting since 1955 has died, the NRA
and a longtime friend said. Actor Charlton Heston once told an NRA
convention that the only way he would give up his Cecil Brooks
Presentation Rifle was "from my cold, dead hands."
http://www.ohio.com/mld/beaconjournal/news/state/15620245.htm
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Swiss Continue To Debate RKBA: Among the factors prompting the erosion
of Switzerland's centuries-old RKBA tradition, the EU's Schengen accord
on cross-border crime lays down minimum requirements for acquiring and
possessing firearms. Swiss voters agreed to sign onto the agreement last
year and it is due to come into force in the country in the near future.
http://www.nzz.ch/2006/09/27/eng/article7105573.html
--
Stephen P. Wenger
Firearm safety - It's a matter
for education, not legislation.
http://www.spw-duf.info
