Nearly 3,000 Seek Kansas Concealed Weapon Licenses: Kansas enters the
new year with nearly 3,000 people cleared for carrying concealed
handguns. And more applications are coming into the Kansas Attorney
General's Office.

http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2007/jan/02/nearly_3000_seek_concealed_gun_permits/?city_local
http://www.wibw.com/news/headlines/5060446.html
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Self-Defense Stops Crime: Alan Gottlieb, of SAF and CCRKBA, takes on
prohibitionists who have sought to blame the expansion of licensed CCW
and other restorations of the RKBA for the recent surge in violent crime.

http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2007/012007/01032007/245933
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NRA Sounds Alarm On "Gun Control": Newsmax presents a favorable summary
of the key points in the much-maligned draft NRA publication about the
potential assault on the RKBA, engendered by the Democratic takeover in
Congress.

http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2007/1/2/121144.shtml?s=us

Related Commentary:

http://newsbusters.org/node/9907
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131 FFL's Revoked In 2006: The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and
Explosives pulled federal firearms licenses from 22 gun dealers across
the country in 2001. That number increased almost six-fold last year
when ATF revoked 131 licenses, statistics show.

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/bal-te.md.license02jan02,0,5160217.story?coll=bal-local-headlines
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New Year Resolutions: A gun owner in Ohio provides some food for thought
in his five resolutions for the new year. (Finally, someone who is not
willing to settle for the training that comes in the box with the gun.)

http://www.ohioccw.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3786&Itemid=83
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What About CCW?: Editorial in The Baltimore Sun stops short of calling
for reform of Maryland's restrictive handgun-licensing system as a means
to "beef up protective orders."

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/bal-ed.orders02jan02,0,7243565.story?coll=bal-opinion-headlines
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One Picture Is Worth 10,000 Words: In this case, the cartoon also
contains a few words of its own.

http://www.newsleader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Site=AA&Date=20061130&Category=OPINION09&ArtNo=1130001&Ref=PH&Params=Itemnr=6
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Kentucky Man Recalls Fatal Shooting: Article is of interest because it
shows how quickly a confrontation can move from words to lethal force.
(This is why some of us counsel keeping at least one firearm on your
person at all times and not carrying in a manner that requires two hands
to draw.)

http://www.wlwt.com/news/10647053/detail.html
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Oh, Canada...: Canadian border guards who want to train their colleagues
in the use of weapons will have to pass a test of their own later this
month - to see if they're psychologically fit to handle a gun.

http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=a7c25079-23f5-406a-902e-b9b930d06261&k=5778
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From JPFO: ...In one 111-minute film, attorney David T. Hardy has
compiled literally _hundreds_ of years of information regarding the
Second Amendment. The film, entitled _In Search of the Second
Amendment_, covers all aspects of the Second Amendment: the political
implications, the deterrence of tyranny, the prevention of genocide, and
much much more. David Hardy is considered the "expert's expert" when it
comes to the Second Amendment.

http://www.jpfo.org/alert20070102.htm

--
Stephen P. Wenger

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

http://www.spw-duf.info