Stand-Your-Ground Bill Introduced In Arkansas: The bill would permit the
use of deadly force against a person forcibly entering a dwelling or
occupiable structure, unless the person is a lawful resident of the
structure and is not violating a protective order or no-contact order...

http://www.arkansasnews.com/archive/2006/12/08/News/338807.html

CCRKBA Challenges Congressman Conyers: "Conyers is an avowed anti-gunner
who believes only cops should have guns," observed CCRKBA Chairman Alan
Gottlieb. "Well, in the past six months, in and around his hometown of
Detroit, police have lost at least five guns, including a submachine gun
and an M4 semiautomatic rifle that are still missing. Instead of looking
for ways to restrict our gun rights, maybe Mr. Conyers ought to be
looking for those missing guns."

http://ccrkba.org/pub/rkba/press-releases/cop_loophole.htm
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Vermont Mayor Joins Bloomberg Coalition: Burlington Mayor Bob Kiss, a
Progressive, attended a recent regional conference hosted by Boston
Mayor Thomas Menino, a Democrat, to talk about ways to stem the flow of
illegal guns onto the urban streets of New England...According to top
law enforcement officials, Vermont's lax gun laws do not contribute to
crimes in other cities by encouraging illegal gun trafficking.

http://www.vermontguardian.com/local/122006/Guns.shtml
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Is Bloomberg Shooting Himself In The Foot?: "...But the mayor would have
more credibility if he showed even a whit of concern for law abiding New
Yorkers who want to carry for lawful purposes. It is extremely difficult
to obtain in New York City even a permit to keep a gun in one's home or
business. It's essentially impossible for a New Yorker, no matter how
law abiding he or she is, to get a permit to carry a gun outside one's
home or office..."

http://www.nysun.com/article/44844
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Are Ohio Democrats Abandoning Pro-RKBA Stance?: The vote totals from
November are not even official in all races yet and a few Ohio Democrats
are already giving gun owners reason to question their commitment to
firearm rights...Gun groups and gun owners will be watching very closely
the Senate override votes of Senator (Attorney General-elect) Marc Dann,
Senator Robert Hagan, Senator Teresa Fedor and Senator Charlie Wilson.

http://www.buckeyefirearms.org/article3420.html
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Media-Access Limitation Weakened In Ohio Compromise: In coverage of the
modifications (to HB 347), the Columbus Dispatch reported that while the
bill would no longer eliminate a journalist's ability to view county
lists of concealed-carry gun-permit holders, the latest version will not
allow reporters to get physical copies of the list.

http://www.buckeyefirearms.org/article3419.html
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Shoot, Don't Shoot: Article from a San Francisco Chronicle series on
police shootings describes the reporter's experience with SFPD's
interactive video simulator. (There may be a useful lesson or two in the
report.)

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2006/12/05/EDGHULJ53B1.DTL
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Tough Call: A St. Louis police sergeant was forced to shoot his own
sister after he was dispatched to a domestic-disturbance call at his
father's home.

http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/stlouiscitycounty/story/387E92C1715BE7698625723D00154567?OpenDocument
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Havasupai Man Charged In Murder Of Japanese Tourist. An 18-year-old
Havasupai Tribal member has been charged with the murder of a female
Japanese hiker on the reservation seven months ago. (Havasupai, and
neighboring Haulapai, are two of ten of Arizona's 21 reservations that
do not recognize the state's Concealed Weapon Permit.)

http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/1209supai1209.html
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From Britain, Of All Places: Silencers are more properly called sound
moderators or suppressors and are widely used by hunters to reduce noise
levels from the discharge of firearms, particularly sporting rifles and
air weapons.

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg16221908.400-the-last-word.html

--
Stephen P. Wenger

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

http://www.spw-duf.info