"Give Us Back Our Gun Law": The acting chief of the DC Metropolitan
Police uses the pages of The Washington Post to protest the recent
appellate decision that overturned the city's gun ban, arguing that the
law really worked in reducing crime. (Retired police officers are
allowed to own handguns in DC.)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/14/AR2007031402186.html
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Another Mayor Quits Bloomberg Coalition: Williamsport, PA Mayor Mary B.
Wolf has quit New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's "Mayors Against Illegal
Guns" coalition, telling the Second Amendment Foundation in a letter
that she joined in hopes of finding "community based solutions to reduce
gun violence." However, in a letter to Bloomberg - a copy of which Mayor
Wolf forwarded to SAF founder Alan M. Gottlieb - she told Bloomberg, "I
have learned that the Coalition may be working on issues that conflict
with legal gun ownership and that some actions on your behalf are dubious."
http://www.pr-inside.com/pa-mayor-tells-saf-she-is-r65924.htm
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Stand-Your-Ground Bill Advances In Texas: Texans could protect
themselves against intruders or attackers without fear of a lawsuit
under a bill the Texas Senate unanimously approved Tuesday to clarify
self-defense rights. "This bill affirms the right of law-abiding Texans
and puts the law on their side when they respond with force to an
attack," said Sen. Jeff Wentworth, R-San Antonio, author of Senate Bill 378.
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/metro/stories/MYSA031407.8A.lege.briefs.367b09f.html
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Massachusetts Considers Handgun Surcharge: Paralyzed patient urged
Massachusetts legislators to impose a $25 surcharge on handguns to fund
research one spinal cord injuries even though not all of them had been
paralyzed by gunshots.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/03/15/handgun_surcharge_urged_for_research/
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Firearms Hot Topic In Montana Legislature: A Montana Democrat defends
her vote against a stand-your-ground bill and points to her vote in
favor of a bill that would have Montana ignore federal regulation for
firearms manufactured within that state.
http://www.sidneyherald.com/articles/2007/03/14/news/news04.txt
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Cleveland Files Suit Against Ohio Pre-Emption Law: Today, the City of
Cleveland filed a declaratory judgment against The State of Ohio's
attempts to modify Ohio Revised Code (RC) section 9.68 (as modified in
HB347) in an effort to have it overturned. (HB 347 reformed Ohio's
concelaed-carry law and asserted state pre-emption of regulation of
firearms.)
http://www.ohioccw.org/content/view/3839/83/
http://www.cleveland.com/newsflash/cleveland/index.ssf?/base/news-30/1173911054149100.xml&storylist=cleveland
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50-Caliber Ban Advances In Illinois: A proposed ban on .50-caliber
rifles advanced Tuesday in the Illinois Senate after supporters
cautioned that terrorists could use the weapon. An opponent said,
however, that the Senate committee's approval of the ban is the first
step toward outlawing all single-shot rifles.
http://www.sj-r.com/sections/news/stories/109932.asp
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Carjack Shooting Described: Article provides some insights into how
quickly a violent encounter can evolve and how events can snowball. In
this case the victim was able to put three rounds into his assailant
after being shot once.
http://www.krqe.com/expanded.asp?RECORD_KEY%5BNews%5D=ID&ID%5BNews%5D=20417
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Things Are Different In Alabama: A captain on the Montgomery Police
Department praises a local businessman as a hero after he chased a
robber from his store and fired three shots at him.
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/40332.html
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Oops, Wrong House: A young couple broke into a Florida home. The
74-year-old male homeowner was struck several times with a tire iron but
managed to shoot his assailant twice as well as keeping the assailant's
female partner from using her knife against the homeowner or his wife.
http://www.newszap.com/articles/2007/03/14/fl/labelle/clew01.txt
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Oops, Wrong Rival: An Indiana man is dead of a gunshot after he broke
into the home of his former girlfriend and began beating her current
boyfriend. The victim was able to reach his firearm and shoot his assailant.
http://www.wthr.com/Global/story.asp?S=6226943&nav=9Tai
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Stephen P. Wenger
Firearm safety - It's a matter
for education, not legislation.
http://www.spw-duf.info
