Evidence Says Gun Laws Don't Work: Michael Brown, of Doctors for
Sensible Gun Laws, debunks a recent editorial that attacked the NRA and
the RKBA. "Anyone who knows how to visit the FBI Web site can tell you
that the most dangerous places in the United States often are the places
with the strictest gun laws. Gun laws overseas have been no more
successful."
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/301881_gunrebut01.html
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Minnesota Debates Stand-Your-Ground Bill: Gun-rights advocates say the
measure grants law-abiding citizens the right to defend themselves
against attackers without being forced to retreat. Opponents say it
grants people the right to "shoot first, ask questions later" and could
turn Minnesota into the Wild West. (The Wild West was a live show
produced by Buffalo Bill Cody - gunfights were actually fairly rare on
the American frontier.)
http://www.centredaily.com/mld/centredaily/news/nation/16592087.htm
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Colorado DA Opposes Expansion Of Castle Doctrine: Citing one rare case,
in which a defendant planned a murder with Colorado's "Make My Day" law
in mind, the district attorney of Mesa County opposes expansion of the
castle doctrine to cover business premises.
http://www.gjsentinel.com/news/content/news/stories/2007/02/01/2_1_1A_Make_My_Day.html
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Montana May Tell Feds To Butt Out: Lawmakers in the Montana House of
Representatives collectively thumbed their noses at the federal
government Monday by approving two bills exempting guns from federal
regulations and driver's licenses from national standardization
requirements.
http://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/articles/2005/02/15/news/anti.txt
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Vermont AG Challenged On Lead-Ammo Report: A report released earlier
today by Vermont Attorney General William Sorrell (entitled "Get the
Lead Out of Vermont") attacking traditional firearms ammunition has been
met with objection and firm resistance by experts in environmental
management as well as the country's most significant and respected
ammunition, firearms, hunting and shooting organizations.
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=ind_focus.story&STORY=/www/story/02-01-2007/0004518418&EDATE=THU+Feb+01+2007,+01:22+PM
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Connecticut Dealer Pleads Guilty To Firearms Charge: One of the state's
largest gun dealers pleaded guilty Thursday to the unlawful possession
of an unregistered destructive device, authorities said. Frank D'Andrea,
62, of Shelton, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to one count of a
12-count indictment which charged him with possession of an unregistered
12-gauge Streetsweeper firearm.
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/ny-bc-ct--gundealer0201feb01,0,7455201.story
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Oops, Wrong Store: For the second time in a week in Ohio, a store clerk
fought back against would-be robbers. "I seen these guys storm in with
their guns. I dropped the phone, backed away, drew my gun and fired two
shots and just tried to get them out of the store," said Clive Weidle,
the store clerk...I've had this happen before," he said. "I shot two
guys in here in 2001. They came in with guns pointing at my chest.
(They) put the customers on the floor at gunpoint and I came out blazing."
http://www.nbc4i.com/midwest/cmh/news.apx.-content-articles-CMH-2007-02-01-0012.html
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Probably Not Good News: U.S. Rep. Ra�l Grijalva D-Ariz., was named
chairman of the National Parks, Forests and Public Lands Subcommittee of
the Natural Resources Committee on Wednesday. (Grijalva is an
ultra-liberal and may now be in a position to affect regulations about
carrying firearms in national parks and shooting on federal lands,
including national forests.)
http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/daily/local/40526.php
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From AzCDL:
Wow! We just got word that your hundreds of "thank you" messages to the
sponsors of SB 1629 have overloaded their email systems. They have
received your messages and appreciate your support! No more messages of
appreciation are needed - for now.
For all of you who sent a "thank you" note to SB 1629 co-sponsors -
GREAT JOB! This is the kind of activism that can make or break a bill.
If you have not sent a message to the co-sponsors of SB 1629, it's not
necessary to send any more messages of support at this time.
If any of you have forwarded the prior message about SB 1629, please do
the same with this message.
These alerts are a project of the Arizona Citizens Defense League
(AzCDL), an all volunteer, non-profit, non-partisan grassroots
organization. Join today!
AzCDL - Protecting Your Freedom
http://www.azcdl.org/html/join_us_.html
Copyright � 2007 Arizona Citizens Defense League, Inc., all rights reserved.
(SB 1629 is the bill to reduce CCW without a permit to a petty offense,
if the violator is not committing or attempting to commit a serious crime.)
--
Stephen P. Wenger
Firearm safety - It's a matter
for education, not legislation.
http://www.spw-duf.info
