Another Mayor Leaves Bloomberg Coalition: A third mayor has bowed out of
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's anti-gun mayors' coalition, saying he
is in favor of disarming criminals, but "not at the risk of losing our
Constitutional freedom." SAF learned from the staff at Gun Week that Rio
Rancho, NM Mayor Kevin Jackson has withdrawn from Mayors Against Illegal
Guns, without having attended a single meeting of the group, which now
reportedly involves more than 150 mayors.
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/02-12-2007/0004526051&EDATE=
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Virginians Continue To Fight Bloomberg Lawsuit Campaign: Next to the
cash register of the Bob Moates Sport Shop in Chesterfield County, near
the tanks of live bait, is a sign telling customers about the Bloomberg
Gun GiveAway. For every $100 that customers spend at the sporting goods
and Civil War-relics dealership, they get one ticket for a chance to win
a gun in a drawing held by the Virginia Citizens Defense League.
http://timesdispatch.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=RTD%2FMGArticle%2FRTD_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1149193127603&path=%21news&s=1045855934842
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OFCC Warns GOP On Giuliani: A recent article from Townhall.com recounts
former Mayor of New York City and Presidential hopeful Rudolph
Giuliani's anti-gun views. History has repeatedly told the Republican
National Committee that a candidate that does not support the individual
right to keep and bear arms will not be supported by the large majority
of their members. Unfortunately, it appears as if the GOP has not yet
learned that important lesson.
http://www.ohioccw.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3821&Itemid=83
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"We Liked His Choice Of Weapon": In the aftermath of an incident in
which a DC homeowner had access only to a frying pan to use against an
armed-robbery suspect who entered his home, a DC Metro PD commander made
it a point, after calling the man a hero, to state "We liked his choice
of weapon." (The smart money, however, is not betting that frying pans
will soon be carried on the duty belts of Metro PD officers.)
http://www.nranews.com/blogarticle.aspx?blogPostId=153
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What Would This Woman Have Done Without A Gun?: A North Carolina woman
claims she shot her ex-husband in self defense while he tried to
strangle her with an electrical cord. The district attorney determined
Monday that Linda Friday will not be charged.
http://www.wsoctv.com/news/10985917/detail.html
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Cleveland Court - Control Guns, Not Criminals: The Cleveland Municipal
Court has launched a program that they think will help clear up some
25,000 outstanding warrants and get guns out of criminal hands. The
scheme calls for known, wanted criminals to walk into a police station,
turn in a gun, and walk out without posting bail for their outstanding
warrants. The Buckey Firearms Association shows the problems with this
scheme.
http://www.buckeyefirearms.org/article3540.html
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Colorado "Make My Day Better" Bill Advances: The House approved a bill
Monday that would expand Colorado's "Make My Day" law to say people who
use deadly force to protect themselves in their businesses cannot be
prosecuted. The "Make My Day" law currently protects the use of deadly
force in self-defense only in homes.
http://www.gazette.com/display.php?id=1329919
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Catle-Doctrine Bill Passes North Dakota House: The North Dakota House
narrowly approved a measure Monday to allow homeowners greater latitude
in using deadly force on intruders. Known as the "Castle Doctrine," the
measure removes the homeowner's legal duty to either retreat or try to
force an intruder to retreat before using deadly force.
http://www.bismarcktribune.com/articles/2007/02/12/news/update/doc45d0f7a278eab217387901.txt
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Texas Castle-Doctrine Bills Discussed: Article appears to contain some
journalistic license (an assailant armed with a knife would generally be
considered to present a deadly threat) but its overall thrust appears to
support increased rights for Texans to defend their homes.
http://www.kxan.com/Global/story.asp?S=6077747&nav=0s3d
Related Article:
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/metro/4547130.html
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Georgia House Passes Vehicle-Carry Bill: The House approved a measure
Monday that would let gun owners carry their firearms anywhere in their
vehicles, despite objections from critics who said it could put police
officers and children at risk....The bill, which passed 130-38, now
moves to the Senate, which has already passed another measure dealing
with gun owners and vehicles. The Senate plan would allow employees to
store the firearms in their cars or trucks in parking lots at their
workplaces, as long as those areas are open to the public.
http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/georgia/news-article.aspx?storyid=75803
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California Rifle Match Canceled Over Legal Quirk: The first Project
Appleseed rifle match in California appears to have been canceled over
threats to apply a California law that bans paramilitary training. The
nonprofit project was started by the Revolutionary War Veterans
Association, a gun club in North Carolina. "Appleseed is about American
as apple pie," said Fred Dailey, one of the founders. "All we want to do
is teach marksmanship, teach about the Revolutionary War and leave
behind better shooters."
http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/sports/ocoutdoors/abox/article_1577625.php
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Rule Five Reminder: The FBI lost 160 weapons from February 2002 to
September 2005. Those weapons included shotguns and submachine guns,
according to the report by Justice Department Inspector General Glenn A.
Fine...A 2002 report found nearly 1,000 firearms were missing at the FBI
and other Justice agencies, including at least 18 weapons later
recovered by local police departments in connection with criminal
investigations. Several were used in armed robberies and one was found
in the pocket of a murder victim. (Rule Five: Maintain control of your
firearm.)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/12/AR2007021200629.html
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Mass Shooting In Salt Lake City Mall: More important than anything
specific in this article are the words of the list member who furnished
the link: "I do not pack as often as I should, but that article, along
with many others over the years, says that I should. I will do better
("Keep your firearm on your person"). Thanks for all of your reminders
via the mail list."
http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_5215006
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Colorado Citizen "Catches" Robbery Suspect: A Colorado CWP-holder
spotted a man leaving a bank holding a bag with red dye spilling from
it. He did all the right things, phoning 911 and trailing the suspect
until he was able to flag down a police officer, who coordinated the
arrest. "Why don't you give us gun rights guys a plug?" Adams commented
about his use of extreme caution and patience with a gun.
http://www.thedenverdailynews.com/?page=details&id=6573&t=Archive
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Lies, Damned Lies And Statistics: In the first item on the linked page,
the editor of The Wall Street Journal dissects the faulty statistical
interpretation put forth by USA Today in an article about suicide among
police officers. While the other point in the article, about a culture
that suppresses expression of emotion may bear noting, the critique of
the statistical interpretation is valuable because the same claim is
made about firearm owners.
http://www.opinionjournal.com/best/?id=110009658
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Armed America Reviewed: According to The Washington Times, one good
thing that came from the initially favorable response to Michael
Bellesiles' now-discredited book Arming America is Clayton Cramer's
response in the form of Armed America. "Mr. Cramer writes in a clear if
dry style, patiently cataloguing example after example of guns'
historical prevalence. The book weighs in at a tidy 243 pages (excluding
the bibliography and footnotes, but including the helpful gun-terms
glossary) yet demands some effort and concentration. "
http://www.washtimes.com/op-ed/20070212-091023-8798r.htm
Cramer To Speak This Evening In Maryland:
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=ind_focus.story&STORY=/www/story/02-12-2007/0004525712&EDATE=MON+Feb+12+2007,+12:39+PM
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Tangentially Related: Brendan Miniter of The Wall Street Journal argues
that Rudy Giuliani may just be able to alter his liberal image enough to
win in the Republican primaries. (The closing paragraph is probably the
most important one.)
http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/bminiter/?id=110009659
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Stephen P. Wenger
Firearm safety - It's a matter
for education, not legislation.
http://www.spw-duf.info
