Life In DC: The pending lawsuit against the DC ban on privately owned
firearms prompts a commentary that includes a fair amount of history.
http://www.buckeyefirearms.org/article3451.html
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Blame The Gun, Part ?: The mayor of New Bedford MA is seeking a ban on
the AR-15 because one was recently misused in his city. (Would the
victims would be less dead if they had been shot with a bolt-action
30-06 deer rifle?)
http://news.bostonherald.com/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=172952
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Airsoft Incidents Proliferate: Ironically, Airsoft guns were developed
in Japan because citizens there cannot own real firearms. Yet, they
appear to be headed toward increasing regulation in the US because of
injudicious use in public.
http://www.modbee.com/local/story/13130147p-13777045c.html
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Chicago Suburb Bans Replica Guns: Aldermen unanimously approved two
ordinances Tuesday, one that bans the sale, purchase and possession of
imitation firearms that look real, and one that prohibits the sale of
projectile guns (the possession of which is already illegal in the city)
to anyone under 18.
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/beaconnews/news/179268,2_1_AU20_GUNS_S1.article
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Oops, Wrong House: A Tulsa homeowner prevailed against two armed, masked
burglars. The burglars were arrested when they sought care for their
gunshot wounds at a hospital.
http://www.ktul.com/news/stories/1206/381616.html
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GOA Rallies Against Pelosi Speakership: Gun Owners of America is telling
every Representative in Congress that GOA will be rating the vote for
Speaker on January 4. A vote in favor of Nancy Pelosi will be counted as
an ANTI-GUN vote. A vote for Pelosi will be considered as a vote for gun
control. (Your letter to your Congressman is requested.)
http://www.gunowners.org/a122006.htm
http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewCulture.asp?Page=/Culture/archive/200612/CUL20061221b.html
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90% Back British Home-Defense Bill: Nine out of 10 voters in a News
online poll backed MP Shailesh Vara's bid to give stronger rights to
people who confront intruders in their own homes. The bill would amend
the existing law so that only those deemed to have used "grossly
disproportionate force" in defence of their property or loved ones would
face prosecution.
http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/region_wide/2006/12/20/d7626a2c-bf61-42bf-a4cf-7b19b1b2dc2f.lpf
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Stephen P. Wenger
Firearm safety - It's a matter
for education, not legislation.
http://www.spw-duf.info
