House Democrats Reveal True Colors Over RKBA: In the analysis of
CCRKBA's Alan Gottlieb, it appears that an amendment to overturn DC's
blanket ban on privately owned firearms served as the "poison pill" to
kill a measure that would have given predominantly Democratic DC
residents full representation in the House of Representatives. (Gottlieb
sidesteps the issue of the effect that passage of the bill with the
amendment would have had nullifying the recent Parker decision.)
http://www.bendweekly.com/Opinion/3911.html
The New York Times Version:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/23/opinion/23fri3.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin
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The New York Times On Giuliani's RKBA Shift: One of the nation's most
liberal newspapers reviews the anti-RKBA history of the former mayor of
its hometown in light of his current posturing for the 2008 presidential
campaign. (This article is at least as damning as anything I've seen
from the RKBA camp.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/23/us/politics/23rudy.html?pagewanted=all
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Parking-Lot Bill Resurrects Controversy In Florida: The business lobby
and gun-rights advocates are set to clash in the Legislature over
private property rights - a fight many Florida Republicans likely want
no part of because it splits their core supporters...
http://www.jacksonville.com/apnews/stories/032307/D8O24H9O0.shtml
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Expanded Castle-Doctrine Bill Killed In Colorado: Hysteria trumped
reason yet again at the State Capitol when a senate committee killed the
so-called "Make My Day Better" bill on a party-line vote...House Bill
1011 was sound and reasonable, extending to workers in a business the
right to protect themselves against an imminent criminal threat - the
same right that Coloradoans have enjoyed in their homes since 1985.
http://www.thepbj.com/story.cfm?ID=10422
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Tennessee Governor Opposes Anti-Confiscation Bill: A bill that would
prohibit the governor's ability to seize firearms and restrict
ammunition sales during an emergency has run into opposition from the
governor himself. Senate Republican Leader Mark Norris (R-Collierville)
is sponsoring a bill to prohibit the governor from seizing, suspending
or restricting the possession, sale or use of firearms or ammunition
during an emergency.
http://www.nashvillecitypaper.com/index.cfm?section_id=9&screen=news&news_id=55305
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New Orleans Residents Arm Selves: "I got a 6,000-watt generator and the
cutest little Smith & Wesson, snub-nose .38 you ever saw"...In New
Orleans, the number of concealed-carry permits issued jumped from 432 in
2003-04 to 832 in 2005-06. In Jefferson Parish, 522 permits were issued
in 2003-04, and 1,362 in 2005-06.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1110AP_New_Orleans_Guns.html?source=mypi
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Zumbo, Others, Should Accept Space-Age Guns: Recalling the revulsion
expressed by traditionalists when Remington introduced its .22-caliber
"Nylon 66," about 30 years ago, an "outdoors writer" in Nebraska
suggests, "But times have changed, and maybe the old guard, Zumbo
included, should accept these space-age guns and even the paramilitary
look of the AK-47s." (For those who may not have noted it, Zumob's
original derogatory remarks about modern rifles, but not his apology,
have been read into the Congressional Record -
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getpage.cgi?position=all&page=S3347&dbname=2007_record.)
http://www.fremontneb.com/articles/2007/03/23/sports/sports5.txt
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Oops, Wrong House: An Ohio man, recently released from jail, used a
sledgehammer to break into a home and strike the homeowner in the head,
demanding money or jewelry. His criminal career was ended by a fatal
gunshot to the head, three shots in the chest and a fifth shot in the
left side, Butler County Coroner Richard Burkhardt said.
http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070323/NEWS01/303230014
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Training Helped Officer In Shooting: Article emphasizes a crucial point
- when bad things happen, there is not time to deliberate and one relies
on training and pre-programmed response. Those who settle for the
training that comes in the box with the gun are not well prepared to
deal with emergencies.
http://www.kndo.com/Global/story.asp?S=6249759&nav=menu484_2_7
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Engineers Who Shoot Analyze Target Shooting: "To be at the world class
level, you have to do mental training to unlearn all the rah rah stuff
of getting up for the game that you learned through all the coaches you
had in high school and college," McConnell said. "If you're in the match
and your anxiety level goes up and your adrenaline level goes up, what
happens to your hold?" (Despite the common factors in the operation of a
handgun, this brief quotation should emphasize the difference between
marksmanship competition and using a firearm in a fight for your life.)
http://www.silive.com/newsflash/metro/index.ssf?/base/news-21/1174659013185900.xml&storylist=simetro
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Fecal Matter Occurs: Of particular interest in this account of a SWAT
marksman taking out a barricaded man, who had been shooting at police in
Montana, with a head shot, is the fact that a second shot was required
because the first shot appears to have been deflected by a tree limb.
http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/03/19/news/local/45-shoot_g.txt
Related Article: Subsequent discoveries appear to confirm that the
incident was a suicide-by-cop.
http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/03/20/news/local/35-power.txt
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Attention, Mousegun Users: My uninhibited internet friend Teddy Jacobson
seems to have returned to firearm issues in his blog. He is currently
offering a critique of North American Arms pistols and a comparison with
Kel-Tecs. (I am not a fan of sub-caliber handguns but recognize that
there are those who feel that is all they can carry. The Kel-Tec
comments most likely apply to their full-caliber pistols as well.)
http://www.actionsbyt.blogspot.com/
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Nevadans Protest BLM Shooting Ban: A protest is scheduled this weekend
over a proposed shooting ban that would affect 11,000 acres of public
land on the south end of the Pahrump Valley...
http://www.pahrumpvalleytimes.com/2007/Mar-23-Fri-2007/news/13343930.html
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Meanwhile, In Arizona...: The 128,000-acre Ironwood Forest National
Monument is under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management and
is generally opened to dispersed recreational shooting. A management
plan just released for public review and comment is likely to change
that if BLM's preferred management alternative (Alternative C) is
adopted. Alternative C would close the Monument to recreational
shooting. Hunting would continue to be allowed for the time being.
http://www.nraila.org/Legislation/Read.aspx?id=2739
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NRA Youth Education Summit: Youth Education Summit is a seven-day,
expense-paid leadership week in Washington, D.C. Current high school
sophomores and juniors are eligible to apply. The 2007 program takes
place July 9-15.
http://www.nrafoundation.org/yes/
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From NRA-ILA: For those who appreciate the alerts from NRA-ILA, the
current e-mail format is not friendly to copying and pasting. Please
check for those states and issues that concern you on the web page; note
links and tabs for further reports.
http://www.nraila.org/
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From AzCDL:
Your calls and letters worked!
SB 1629, which reduces the penalty for carrying a concealed weapon
without a permit for otherwise law-abiding citizens, will be
reconsidered in the House Homeland Security and Property rights (HSPR)
committee on Monday, March 26, 2007.
SB 1629 was previously heard in the House Homeland Security and Property
Rights (HSPR) committee on Monday, March 19, 2007, but because of a tie
vote (5-5) cast by Representative Barto, it looked like the bill was
effectively killed for the session. When word got out, many of you
contacted Rep. Barto expressing your disappointment with her for voting
against SB 1629. At the same time, Dave Kopp and John Wentling, AzCDL's
president and vice-president, met with Rep. Barto and the House
leadership to address her concerns about SB 1629. The end result is
that Rep. Barto has asked the committee to reconsider SB 1629 and it has
been scheduled for the final committee hearing this coming Monday.
Please take the time to send a polite note to the committee members
thanking them for reconsidering SB 1629 and urging them to pass it out
of committee with a recommendation for passage by the full House.
Below are email lists of the committee members in semi-colon and comma
separated formats. Use the list compatible with your email software.
HSPR committee members in semi-colon format:
[email protected];
[email protected];
[email protected];
[email protected];
[email protected];
[email protected];
[email protected];
[email protected];
[email protected];
[email protected]
HSPR committee members in comma format:
[email protected],
[email protected],
[email protected],
[email protected],
[email protected],
[email protected],
[email protected],
[email protected],
[email protected],
[email protected]
We will keep you informed on the progress of SB 1629 and other important
legislation.
Information on this and other bills can be found at the AzCDL website:
http://www.azcdl.org/html/legislation.html
These alerts are a project of the Arizona Citizens Defense League
(AzCDL), an all volunteer, non-profit, non-partisan grassroots
organization. Join today!
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http://www.azcdl.org/html/join_us_.html
Copyright � 2007 Arizona Citizens Defense League, Inc., all rights
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Stephen P. Wenger
Firearm safety - It's a matter
for education, not legislation.
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