Second Amendment Protects An Individual RKBA: Commentary offers brief
summaries from several linked sources, to show that the Second Amendment
was specifically intended to protect a right of the people, not the
states or of a National Guard, which did not even exist at the time.
http://www.ohioccw.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3798&Itemid=83
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Senate Passes "Ethics" And "Lobbying Reform" Bill: The U.S. Senate
passed an ethics and lobby reform bill 96-2 on Thursday, and to the
relief of conservative advocacy groups, the bill does not include
restrictions on grassroots lobbying. (This is the bill that GOA and NRA
asked you to oppose and it appears to have been amended accordingly.)
http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewPolitics.asp?Page=/Politics/archive/200701/POL20070119b.html
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"Gun Control" A Dead Issue?: The Brady Bunch has a project called
stopthe NRA.com, which is urging its members to phone their congressmen
and senators, urging them to cosponsor and support "sensible gun laws"
during this year's session.
http://www.bradynetwork.org/site/MessageViewer/&printer_friendly=1?em_id=21781.0&dlv_id=19201&JServSessionIdr012=cgaaxg66b4.app25a
And From Their Film Department...: Leaders of the Brady Campaign to
Prevent Gun Violence say a film to be debuted this weekend at the
Sundance Film Festival here realistically and violently depicts a trend
playing out more and more often in America's cities: Incidents of gun
violence brought on by scenarios that used to lead to lesser confrontations.
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=ind_focus.story&STORY=/www/story/01-18-2007/0004508645&EDATE=THU+Jan+18+2007,+01:45+PM
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Nebraska Bill Would Ban College Carry: Following a ruling last year by
the state's attorney general colleges and universities are not
considered schools under the new CCW law, the University of Nebraska and
other institutions have posted signs banning handguns. A new bill would
add private and public colleges an universities to the list of places
where CCW is banned.
http://khastv.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=8156
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Burglary-Related Shooting Appears To Have Been Self-Defense: More
details emerge in the case of the 70-year-old Florida homeowner who shot
a 28-year-old burglar who threatened to kill him.
http://www.news-journalonline.com/NewsJournalOnline/News/Local/newEAST03011807.htm
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Under The Gun, Part Three: Series on the first ten years of licensed CCW
in Kentucky turns to debate over its merit and quotes a Brady Bunch
"statistic" there were only 163 justifiable homicides by private
citizens using handguns in 2003. (Is the Brady Bunch arguing that the
only way to use a handgun legitimately in self-defense is to ensure that
you kill the assailant?)
http://www.wbko.com/home/headlines/5255246.html
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Suicide May Prompt Change In Range Permit Conditions: A recent suicide
with a rental gun at a Worcester MA shooting range has prompted the
city's police department, which has some of the strictest rules in the
state for licensing firearm ownership, to ask the city to tighten
regulations on shooting ranges rental of guns to the general public.
http://www.telegram.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070118/NEWS/701180706/1008/NEWS02
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Stephen P. Wenger
Firearm safety - It's a matter
for education, not legislation.
http://www.spw-duf.info
