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Gun-Free Schools Zones Kill Kids: Alan Gottlieb and Dave Workman compare
the recent school shootings with the one in Pearl MS in 1997. In that
rarely publicized case, the school's vice principal retrieved a handgun
from his vehicle and prevented the shooter from moving on to another
school up the road.
http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/news/opinion/15694126.htm
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Texans Comment On Proposed Wisconsin Law: "I'm sure you'll understand,
Mrs. Smith, that in order to preserve all of our freedoms I have to send
little Johnny to class as a sitting duck. I realize there was just a
massacre at a school in Pennsylvania, but that is a risk we have to
take. Armed teachers will destroy our freedom."
http://lonestartimes.com/2006/10/05/armed-teachers/
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"Where Do Dangerous Individuals Get Their Guns?": Whenever a school
shooting occurs, as in the Pennsylvania Amish country this week, or in
Colorado and Wisconsin last month, or in Vermont and North Carolina the
month before, we understandably seek answers - to the wrong question.
The press and the public focus on motive - what would possess a milk
truck driver or drifter or teenager to kill - when we should be asking,
"Where do dangerous individuals get their guns?"
http://www.ajc.com/opinion/content/opinion/stories/2006/10/06/1006edguns.html
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David Kopel On Arming Teachers: David Kopel posts a short version of his
argument why arming teachers and school administrators will be more
effective in dealing with attacks on schoolchildren than will any
further restrictions on the RKBA.
http://www.volokh.com/posts/1160116581.shtml
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Rosie's Softheaded Scenario: Investor's Business Daily challenges
political scientist Rosie O'Donnell's response to the shootings of the
Amish schoolgirls.
http://www.investors.com/editorial/editorialcontent.asp?secid=1501&status=article&id=244940990656460
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NSSF Challenges Bloomberg Coalition: Without bothering to challenge the
verbiage of "illegal guns," NSSF has called a recent Bloomberg-Merino
press conference political grandstanding and challenged the coalition
members to engage in a constructive dialogue with the firearms industry
"to advance the goal shared by all Americans of reducing the criminal
acquisition and misuse of firearms."
http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=169904
Expanded Version:
http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=17384
The Press Conference: "... We are Republicans, we are Democrats and we
are independent," Bloomberg said.
http://www.nydailynews.com/10-06-2006/news/story/458928p-386153c.html
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Brady Bunch President Lauds Lautenberg Amendment: "I want to offer our
congratulations, and thanks, to Sen. Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey, who
10 years ago overcame the usual opposition from the gun pushers and
passed legislation that prevents convicted domestic abusers from
purchasing firearms..." (The Lautenberg amendment imposed a ban, that
extends retroactively, on people convicted of misdemeanor offenses
classified as domestic violence.)
http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=73910
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Thousands Mistakenly Linked To Terror Watch Lists: ...More than 30,000
fliers have asked just one agency -- the Transportation Security
Administration - to have their names cleared from the lists, according
to the Government Accountability Office report. (Yet, prohibitionists
want to add such lists to the database used to screen purchasers of
firearms.)
http://www.azstarnet.com/news/150006
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DISARM Officers Seize Illegal Weapons: The arrest and seizure of Armen
Sarafian, 21, was made by Los Angeles County DISARM officers and the La
Verne and Claremont police departments. Among other items, the task
force confiscated an AK-47 assault rifle and a Colt AR-15 rifle.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-briefs7.1oct07,1,4676051.story?coll=la-headlines-california
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L.A. Councilman Seeks ID Of Ammo Purchasers: A Los Angeles councilman
asked the LAPD and city attorney's office on Friday to study ways to
identify those who purchase ammunition. The request by Councilman Jack
Weiss follows a Rand Corp. report, released Thursday, that found dozens
of ex-felons and others legally prohibited from buying ammunition
purchased more than 10,000 rounds of bullets and shotgun shells during a
two-month study period in 2004.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-briefs7.4oct07,1,5855702.story?coll=la-headlines-california
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Police Chief Calls Airsoft Guns Dangerous: In defense of the
confiscation and charges filed against a group of teens with Airsoft
guns, A Nashville-area police chief cites the difficulty officers have
in distinguishing realistic replicas from real firearms. Floyd is
calling for definitive markings to distinguish the toys from real guns
such as a brightly colored tip. (The Airsoft G19's I purchased for
training purposes came with such a marking and I am under the impression
that it is already required.)
http://www.newschannel5.com/Global/story.asp?S=5505781
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Oops, Wrong Store: A Los Angeles robber made the mistake of firing at a
store clerk as he was leaving the store with the cash he had obtained at
gunpoint. About 45 minutes later he stumbled into a gas station, from
where he was transported to the hospital, where he died from the clerk's
return gunshot.
http://cbs2.com/topstories/local_story_278195015.html
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Concealed Weapon - Different Version: A Maryland homeowner heeded rumors
and dug up a 1,500-pound howitzer, stolen from an American Legion Post
24 years ago, in his back yard.
http://www.washtimes.com/metro/20061006-101835-5338r.htm
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"Releasing Projectiles" - A Different Version: A 17-year-old Boulder
High senior faces a $250 fine -- stiffer than a ticket for speeding
through a school zone -- for playing Hacky Sac. His offense: "releasing
projectiles" on the Pearl Street Mall.
http://www.dailycamera.com/bdc/county_news/article/0%2C1713%2CBDC_2423_5044119%2C00.html
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Muddled Opinion On Campus: An op-ed piece, from Arizona State
University, on stand-your-ground laws, generally has the right idea but
contains some inaccuracies and misconceptions.
http://www.asuwebdevil.com/issues/2006/10/06/opinions/698103
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Stephen P. Wenger
Firearm safety - It's a matter
for education, not legislation.
http://www.spw-duf.info
