Montana House Reverses Itself On Stand-Your-Ground Bill: The House,
under pressure from law enforcement groups, reversed itself on a
proposed law that would let residents brandish a firearm if they felt
threatened. The proposal also would have clarified law to specify that
gun owners don't have to retreat from a would-be assailant before
shooting in self defense.
http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/02/23/news/state/24-guns.txt
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Utah Debates Vehicle-Storage Bill: <>Senators debating a gun bill on
Thursday agreed on at least one thing: It's a big deal. The legislation
would allow someone to have a gun in a vehicle while on someone else's
property, even if the property owner otherwise bans firearms. It passed
its first Senate vote 22-7. It must pass one more vote before going to
the state House of Representatives.
http://www.heraldextra.com/content/view/211390/4/
http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,660198027,00.html
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Compromise May Give Arizona Anti-Confiscation Bill: Arizonans are on the
verge of finally getting some legal protection against having their guns
seized by the government...The measure is similar to a bill Napolitano
vetoed last year. But it includes a new provision that would permit
government officials to order the movement of stores of ammunition "out
of the way of dangerous conditions."
http://www.azstarnet.com/metro/170395
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Meanwhile, In Missouri...: Some gun advocates are concerned a flood,
earthquake or other emergency could wash away gun-owner's rights. Bills
that already have cleared House and Senate committees would bar state
and local officials from restricting the lawful possession of a
gun...Bills in the House and Senate have each been approved by separate
committees. The House measure must still clear the House Rules Committee
while the Senate measure has already been added to the consent calendar
of noncontroversial bills that are not expected to prompt significant
debate.
http://www.news-leader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2007702240385
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Kansas Mayor Seeks Stiffer Gun Law: ...Currently, Lawrence has an
ordinance that makes it illegal to possess a firearm within 200 feet of
a drinking establishment unless the person has a state-issued concealed
carry permit. But the city law doesn't include a mandatory jail
sentence. Instead, it gives the municipal court judge the latitude of
sentencing a person from zero to 365 days in jail.
http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2007/feb/22/mayor_seeks_stricter_gun_law/?city_local
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Pennsylvania Couple Sues To Continue Using Backyard Range: Richard
Seruga makes his own bullets for the guns he used to enjoy firing at his
backyard range. Now, he wants a federal jury to let him use them again
outside his home, in an enclave of Lower Saucon losing its rural
characteristics to suburbia.
http://www.mcall.com/news/local/bethlehem/all-b1_4serugafeb23,0,7151793.story?coll=all-newslocalbethlehem-hed
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Zumbo Fiasco Draws National Attention: The Washington Post, one of the
nation's most liberal propaganda machines, seems to have been set back
on its heels by the rapidity of the end of Jim Zumbo's career as a
result of his attack on the sporting use of military-style rifles.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/23/AR2007022301709.html
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Rule Two Reminder: A firearms instructor with a Pennsylvania sheriff's
department shot himself in the hand while preparing to clean a 9mm
pistol he had been testing. (Rule Two: Don't let the muzzle cross
anything you're not prepared to shoot.)
http://www.timesherald.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=17882046&BRD=1672&PAG=461&dept_id=33380&rfi=6
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Rule Five Reminder: Blood droplets around the body of a 14-year-old boy
who was shot to death with a lawmaker's gun show the boy could have shot
himself, an investigator said at a coroner's inquest Thursday. No
charges have been filed in the shooting death of Louis Farrell, who
lived next door to state Sen. Robert Regola and was friends with the
Republican lawmaker's 16-year-old son, Bobby. (Rule Five: Maintain
control of your firearm.)
http://www.azstarnet.com/news/170511
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California Hunting Ranch Bans Lead Bullets, Shot: The president of
California's largest private game preserve announced Friday that he
would ban the use of lead bullets on the 270,000-acre Tejon Ranch
because he's convinced that the ammunition is poisoning the endangered
California condor. Some leading environmentalists hailed the voluntary
ban, saying that they hoped it would provide momentum for a statewide
prohibition on the bullets.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-condor24feb24,1,6972104.story?coll=la-headlines-california
http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20070223005601&newsLang=en
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Guns Don't Kill People, "Gun Control" Kills People: Joanne Eisen, David
Kopel and Paul Gallant describe the "ethnocide" being waged on a Ugandan
tribe in the name of UN-sanctioned disarmament.
http://reason.com/news/show/118708.html
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DHS At Work: A Christian missionary in the Democratic Republic of the
Congo, who wrote a book, Shooting Back : The Right and Duty of
Self-Defense, about his armed response to a Muslim terrorist attack on
his church there, may lose his visa to visit the US after having told
authorities that he intended to sell copies of the book on a speaking
tour here.
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=54375
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Stephen P. Wenger
Firearm safety - It's a matter
for education, not legislation.
http://www.spw-duf.info
