Texas Castle-Doctrine Bill Heads To Governor: The state House today
approved legislation to give Texans a stronger legal right to defend
themselves with force against intruders. The House voted 133-to-13 to
sent the bill to Governor Rick Perry for his signature.
http://www.team4news.com/Global/story.asp?S=6253733&nav=0w0v
http://www.nbc5i.com/news/11309700/detail.html
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Texas Senate Panel Approves Guns In Parking Lots: A Senate panel on
Tuesday approved a bill, fiercely opposed by businesses, that gives
workers the right to lock concealed handguns in their cars, even if the
parking lot is owned by their employer.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/4648410.html
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Virginia To Consider CHP Confidentiality: In the aftermath of the
controversy over a Virginia newspaper posting a statewide list of
CHP-holders on its website, a state legislator says he plans to
introduce legislation in the General Assembly next year to restrict the
information to law-enforcement officers.
http://www.washtimes.com/metro/20070320-102041-9413r.htm
Related Commentary:
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichelleMalkin/2007/03/21/the_witch_hunt_against_gun_owners
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An Interesting Take On Parker Decision: ...What the Cato plaintiffs
asked for was a system somewhat comparable to California law. The relief
sought was narrow because - as pointed out in a Washington Post story -
Cato did not want to get into bed with the National Rifle Association.
Also, an unrestricted individual right would raise any number of
concerns... (emphasis added)
http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/03/dc_gun_case_lik.html
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Bloomberg Sued By Sting Victim: The Second Amendment Foundation today
confirmed that it is providing financial support to Adventure Outdoors
of Smyrna, Georgia, in a lawsuit against New York Mayor Michael
Bloomberg and other New York defendants for attempting to ensnare and
defame the store in Bloomberg's infamous 2006 gun shop "sting."
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/news_press_release,77717.shtml
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On The Other Hand...: Three more out-of-state gun shops have settled a
lawsuit accusing them of selling too many weapons that later fell into
the hands of New York criminals. The shops, in Marietta, Ga.,
Youngstown, Ohio, and North Myrtle Beach, S.C., were among 27 sued by
the city last year as part of its battle against the firearms industry.
http://www.nypost.com/seven/03212007/news/regionalnews/gun_shops_bite_bullet_regionalnews_.htm
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NYPD Auxiliary Officers Died For Nothing, Part 2: John Longencker picks
up his commentary on the folly of sending poorly trained, unarmed
volunteers out in police uniforms and segues into relying on trained,
armed citizens for public safety.
http://mensnewsdaily.com/2007/03/20/marshalik-and-pekearo-died-for-nothing-part-ii-officials-have-no-say-so-about-guns-in-this-country/
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US Attorney Picked As BATFE Director: President Bush has decided to
nominate US Attorney Michael J. Sullivan of Massachusetts to be director
of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms , and Explosives, a White
House official said, creating an opening for the job Sullivan has held
since 2001, just as the controversy over the appointment of US attorneys
is reaching a crescendo on Capitol Hill.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2007/03/21/bush_to_nominate_sullivan_for_atf_post_1174460566/
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A Libertarian View Of Self-Defense: From a website that bills itself as
"anti-state, anti-war, pro-market," we get one Libertarian's view of the
propriety of self-defense.
http://www.lewrockwell.com/rothbard/rothbard144.html
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Oops, Wrong House: A Kentucky man was fatally shot when he broke into
the home of another man, in what may have been "some type of jealous
lover situation." The shooter is not expected to be charged with a
crime. The Kentucky General Assembly passed a bill last year that
permits Kentuckians to use deadly force if they believe themselves to be
threatened with death or serious bodily harm inside their homes. Gov.
Ernie Fletcher signed the measure into law on April 21, 2006.
http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/AB/20070320/NEWS0103/303200019/
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Oops, Wrong Apartment: It has taken a few days for this incident to
become more clear. An Iowa woman fatally shot another woman on the fire
escape outside her apartment window when she saw someone apparently
trying to break in through her window. Of particular interest in the
first article is the link to the audio clip from the 911 call.
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2007703200389
http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070320/NEWS/70320006/1001&lead=1
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Advice From Oprah: O, The Oprah Magazine, advises squirting pepper
spray, air freshener or hairspray into the eyes of a burglar, as a last
resort. The introductory quotation about the relatively low rate of
burglaries of occupied dwellings ("hot burglaries") in the US fails to
mention that this is a result of a high rate of firearm ownership in the
US, as compared to Britain, which has a very high rate of hot burglaries.
http://www.oprah.com/omagazine/200704/omag_200704_survive_101.jhtml
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Unintended Consequences - Not The Novel: This really should have been
offered as "tangentially related" but I couldn't resist the chance to
allude to the John Ross novel. In either case, John Stossel points out
the unintended consequences and statistical misinterpretations that may
occur when the government mandates safety regulations.
http://unionleader.com/article.aspx?headline=John+Stossel%3a+Government+safety+regulations+can+kill+you&articleId=6e11d6a8-027e-452e-b507-66e345b18a3d
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Stephen P. Wenger
Firearm safety - It's a matter
for education, not legislation.
http://www.spw-duf.info
