The Brady Bunch's New Math: Howard Nemerov challenges the recent claim
of Brady Bunch president Paul Helmke that licensed CCW results in higher
rates of violent crime.
http://www.chronwatch.com/content/contentDisplay.asp?aid=26101&catcode=13
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A Leopard Changes His Spots?: The National Shooting Sports Foundation is
touting a visit to the SHOT Show by prospective Republican presidential
candidate Mitt Romney. (What did Romney ever do, as governor of
Massachusetts, to stop that state's onslaught of infringements on the RKBA?)
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=ind_focus.story&STORY=/www/story/01-12-2007/0004505032&EDATE=FRI+Jan+12+2007,+07:06+AM
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Connecticut Democrats Prepare Anti-RKBA Bills: The measures would
require private gun owners and licensed dealers to report lost or stolen
firearms; limit purchases to one handgun per month; require presentation
of a handgun permit to purchase or possess ammunition; prohibit private
sales of ammunition by requiring a license to sell; and punish legal
buyers of ammunition who then sell it illegally.
http://www.greenwichtime.com/news/local/scn-gt-a1guns.1.12chjan12,0,6699717.story?coll=green-news-local-headlines
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Virginia Bill Would Require Background Checks: A Virginia state senator
has introduced a bill to require background checks for all gun-show
transfers. Given poor chance for passage, she has attempted to make it
more attractive by adding a provision to provide immunity from
prosecution to all sellers who conduct the checks. (Allegedly, the
latter provision was inspired by the NYC lawsuits against three licensed
Virginia dealers. However, they have been sued, not prosecuted, and that
action is in federal court.)
http://www.connectionnewspapers.com/article.asp?article=75867&paper=73&cat=104
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Colorado Bill Would Impose Residency Requirement For CCW Reciprocity:
"Clarifies that a person cannot use a permit to carry a concealed
handgun that is issued by another state if the person does not reside in
the issuing state."
http://www.leg.state.co.us/Clics/Clics2007A/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/2FF2281D159DF18087257251007C51CE?Open&file=034_01.pdf
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Does Wisconsin Have An Exceptional Rate Of Mental Illness?: The
Wisconsin State Journal editorializes, " Wisconsin remains a holdout in
the nationwide trend to allow people to carry concealed guns. The
Legislature should keep it that way." (What makes Wisconsin residents
less competent than those in most other states to responsibly carry the
means to defend themselves?)
http://www.madison.com/wsj/home/opinion/index.php?ntid=114621&ntpid=1
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Gottlieb CCW Op-Ed Published In Wisconsin Paper: The Sheboygan Press
gives Alan Gottlieb, of SAF and CCRKBA, the opportunity to counter the
prohibitionist campaign against licensed CCW.
http://www.sheboygan-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070112/SHE06/701120527/1109/SHEopinion
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Utah Campus Carry Debated: The Daily Herald offers opposing views on
whether firearms should be banned on Utah's university and college
campuses. The pro-freedom side is argued by instructor and RKBA activist
Clark Aposhian.
http://www.heraldextra.com/content/view/206374/3/
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Utah Company Boasts Largest Gun Shows: Article discusses the Crossroads
of the West gun shows, held in five western states, including
California, whose ten-day waiting period makes it particularly
unfriendly to gun-show transactions. (I thought Tulsa OK held the
largest gun show in the country.)
http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,650221580,00.html
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Conviction In Arkansas Militia Case: It took a jury just under five
hours to find Hollis Wayne Fincher guilty of owning illegal machine guns
and a sawed-off shotgun.
http://www.nwaonline.net/articles/2007/01/12/news/011207fincherguilty.txt
Judge Refused To Allow Defendant To Testify:
http://www.nwaonline.net/articles/2007/01/12/news/011207fzfincher.txt
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Oops, Wrong House: Two brothers were shot when they broke into a
Louisiana home. The older brother died of a single shot to the head; the
younger one is hospitalized with two bullet wounds in each leg and two
in the side.
http://www.shreveporttimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070112/NEWS03/701120337/1002/NEWS
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Close Call: A home-invader in Tennessee is in critical condition after
being shot twice in the head by an 84-year-old homeowner whose sons had
recently tried to take his pistol from him.
http://www.wmcstations.com/Global/story.asp?S=5933859
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Meanwhile, In Texas...: A 22-year-old man with a significant criminal
record broke into the home of his former girlfriend. He eventually died,
after fleeing the scene, of a gunshot to the chest, fired by the woman's
current boyfriend, as he forced his way into their bedroom.
http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/16444594.htm
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British Police Target Replica Firearms: Sinister images of hooded men
posing with lethal Mach 10 pistols prompted armed police to carry out an
early morning raid. (By my calculation, Mach 10 is about 11,280 fps or
7,700 mph.)
http://www.thisischeshire.co.uk/display.var.1117493.0.if_you_carry_fake_guns_we_will_treat_them_as_real.php
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Safety Tips For Overseas Travel: Bruce Mandelblit offers some guidelines
for reducing the risks of overseas travel.
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2007/1/12/91909.shtml?s=os
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From Alan Korwin:
Gun Law Update 1/11/07
>From Alan Korwin, Author
The Gun Owner's Guide Series
Gun Laws of America
Supreme Court Gun Cases
FOR STARTERS:
1. To my Texas Friends: I'll be signing books in Mesquite, Texas, at the
Texas State Rifle Association annual meeting and sportsman's show! Stop
by on February 2 thru 4, 2007, Mesquite Convention Center, call
972-889-8772 for info on this tremendous event!
http://www.tsra.com
2. In Arizona, the National Shooting Sports Foundation (nssf.org) has a
new program that introduces novices to target practice and wholesome
American shooting sports, with classroom and range time. Arizona will
feature the "First Shots" program at the world-class Ben Avery Range on
Friday, February 9th, at 5:00 pm, Saturday, February 10th sessions at
8:00 am 1:00 pm, and Sunday, February 11th sessions at 8:00 am and 1:00
pm. Click here for locations elsewhere --
http://www.nssf.org/share/BP2/2006/041006.htm?AoI=generic
3. Total NICS FBI background checks (a rough estimate of gun sales):
2002: 8,454,322
2003: 8,481,588
2004: 8,687,671
2005: 8,952,945
Increase in four years: 5.9%
Jan. to Aug. 2006 increase is 12.1% ahead of same period in 2005
Total background checks since startup in 1998: 67,900,000.
4. Brand new 2007 "Traveler's Guide to the Gun Laws of the 50 States"
now available! Just came out -- 18 states have changes plus updates to
the front and back sections, reciprocity lists, more, still only $12.95
plus S&H.
http://www.gunlaws.com/travel.htm
5. "Knife Laws of the 50 States!" Perfect for everyone who carries a
self defense blade, just released, we've got it in stock.
http://www.gunlaws.com/KnifeLawsof50States.htm
AND THE NEWS:
The Senate:
The two most anti-gun Republicans in the Senate were replaced by two
anti-gun Democrats; good riddance, no net loss. Two solid pro-gun
Republicans were replaced by proven pro-gun Democrats, no net gain. And
one pro-gun Republican lost to an anti-gun Democrat. Bottom line; we had
54 to 55 fairly reliable votes out of 100 before the election and should
still have 53 to 54 reliable votes in the new Senate.
The House:
Several of the gun-rights movement's most reliable allies fell victim to
the vote on November 7th, but many of their replacements have decent gun
rights records. The final numbers in the House sort out something like this:
Reliable votes: Before - 230; Now - 224
Fence sitters: Before - 45; Now - 38
Anti-gunners: Before - 160; Now - 175
Where we have enjoyed a pretty solid 25 to 30 vote majority, we must now
get by with a somewhat less reliable 11 to 16 vote advantage -- keeping
in mind that we're talking about politicians so they're unpredictable
and require constant supervision.
The Committees:
The chairs of all the key gun-bill committees are now ruled by the worst
anti-gun-rights members of Congress, e.g. F-rated John Conyers, who
advocates a total handgun ban, House judiciary committee, and F-rated
Pat Leahy, Senate judiciary committee. In the Senate, F-rated Harry Reid
runs the show, and who doesn't already know that FFF-rated Nancy Pelosi
rules the roost in the House.
These details are courtesy of the excellent Firearms Coalition Hard
Corps Report, founded by the late great Neal Knox, sign up for direct
eblasts:
http://www.nealknox.com
The anti-gun-rights Brady Campaign has announced its four main
objectives for the new Democrat Congress: restore the so-called assault
weapon ban, strengthen the Brady law (no details provided), restrict gun
shows, and curb illegal gun sales. Bill drafts are in the works, and
will be analyzed and posted at gunlaws.com.
http://www.gunlaws.com
Protect the Right to Keep and Bear Arms:
Join a rights group or two RIGHT NOW to help over the next two years:
NATIONAL:
http://www.gunlaws.com/links/us_gunlaw_groups.html
LOCAL:
http://www.gunlaws.com/links/index.htm
SCOREBOARD:
In six years of Republican control we saw few significant federal gun
laws passed, and virtually nothing for private citizens on a day-to-day
basis. The three statutes were the gun-industry protection bill (larded
with anti-gun measures), the natural disaster no-gun-confiscation bill
(thanks to Hurricane Katrina and rogue Louisiana cops), and a
bookkeeping improvement for gunsmiths who work on less than 50 guns a
year (plus, ex-police got the power to carry nationwide that the rest of
us do not have). That's it. These will be posted as updates to my
unabridged federal guide very soon, maybe even by the end of the tomorrow.
Some politicians will claim credit for the non-assault weapon non-ban
that expired as scheduled in 2004, but Bill Clinton passed that bill, so
Republicans taking credit is slightly unfair.
Gun Laws of America
http://www.gunlaws.com/gloa.htm
Gun Laws of America updates section
http://www.gunlaws.com/gloaup.htm
A new Page Nine report from the Uninvited Ombudsman is coming soon.
Alan.
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WE'VE MOVED -- JAN. 1, 2007!!
Alan Korwin
Bloomfield Press
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