Nevada Bill Would Train, Arm Teachers: ...The bill would require 40
hours of firearm training, which is five times the normal amount.
Opponents, like Metro Police, say even that amount of training isn't
enough. Police who enter a school to stop a gunman may be forced to make
a life or death decision. (Better for the police to encounter more dead
bodies to assist in making that tough decision?)
http://www.klas-tv.com/Global/story.asp?S=6301600&pass=1#poll59942
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Reciprocity Bills Moving Through Nevada Legislature: SB 237, introduced
by Senators Warren Hardy (R-12) and John Lee (D-1) and AB 268,
introduced by Assemblymembers James Settlemeyer (R-39) and Francis Allen
(R-4) the companion CCW reciprocity bills, are still awaiting a vote in
their respective Judiciary Committees. With an April 13 policy
committee vote deadline, it is imperative that NRA members contact their
legislators and ask that they support these important bills.
http://www.nraila.org/Legislation/Read.aspx?id=2821
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Some Missouri CCW Endorsements Up For Renewal: CCW licensure came
piecemeal to Missouri, as various jurisdictions accepted or resisted the
new law. One sheriff's department advises that his office will not be
sending out reminders that it is now time to renew some of those
three-year-old permits.
http://www.komu.com/satellite/SatelliteRender/KOMU.com/dd7b5a56-c0a8-2f11-0160-892d5f947562/a4a1805e-c0a8-2f11-017c-5a9c04ebfda4
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Prohibitionists Wrong About Minnesota CCW: Data released by the
Minneapolis, Minn. Star Tribune Friday showing that anti-gunners were
wrong in their predictions about Wild West shootouts and blood in the
streets is a vindication of every armed citizen in the state, the
Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said...
http://www.pr-inside.com/anti-gunners-wrong-again-about-minnesota-r81804.htm
The Star Tribune Article:
http://www.startribune.com/462/story/1089112.html
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Sarah Brady Calls For More Infringements: Sarah Brady, whose husband
James and President Ronald Reagan were shot on March 30, 1981, used the
26th anniversary of that date to ask Americans to support "legislation
to combat illegal gun trafficking." However, a gun rights group
dismissed her statement as "just Sarah Brady being Sarah Brady."
http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewNation.asp?Page=/Nation/archive/200703/NAT20070330b.html
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Pennsylvania Sheriff Opposes Handgun-Purchase Limits: Berks County
Sheriff Barry J. Jozwiak asked a panel of state lawmakers in Reading on
Thursday to shoot down any legislation that would limit handgun
purchases, claiming it would not curb crime or gun violence.
http://www.readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=26350
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Police Hit By Higher Ammo Prices: Police in Idaho are noticing that
rifle ammunition, in particular, is getting more costly and harder to
obtain. "Ammo supplier just told me that these are the prices that are
coming down from the factory. I know from what I've been told that a lot
of the manufacturers do have the military contracts and do spend a lot
of their resources for the ammo contracts for the military."
http://www.kpvi.com/Global/story.asp?S=6300531
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Officer's Widow Sues City Of Easton: Long-term list members may remember
this two-year-old saga involving a SWAT-team member on a small
Pennsylvania police department being fatally shot by a colleague in the
department's gun-cleaning room.
http://www.mcall.com/news/local/all-a1_5pucmar27,0,3479144.story
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Arm The Ones You Love: A member of Ohio's Buckeye Firearms Association
explains why he gave his fiancee a handgun on the first anniversary of
their dating. "If you love a woman, get her a gun and teach her how to
use it. It may save her life. he decision not to arm the woman you love
may have dire consequences."
http://www.buckeyefirearms.org/article3632.html
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Another Look At Pink Pistols: ...Stallard, who has been living as a
woman for the past year and a half, is the coordinator of the San Jose
chapter of the Pink Pistols - a national organization that encourages
gay, lesbian and transgender people to arm themselves to prevent hate
crimes. Part social gun club, part political platform, the group's
slogans are "Armed gays don't get bashed" and "Pick on someone your own
caliber."
http://www.alternate101.com/cover/contentview.asp?c=210033
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From NRA-ILA: Since the current format of the NRA-ILA makes them
impractical to forward, I am referring list members to the NRA-ILA
website. Note the various tabs at the top of the page, including
"Legislation," which will lead you to items for your home state.
http://www.nra-ila.org/default.aspx
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This Sunday on Liberty Watch/America Armed & Free: At noon MST, Dr. Avis
Jones-Deweever on poverty in the United States - is it a cause of
violence, and is it a problem here? At one PM MST, Gordon Groves, a
retired Army Ranger, and Anthony Kohler, a former Army armorer, join
Charles Heller about a test of the Springfield Armory Lightweight
Operator, and whether or not shooting an alloy frame pistol effects
accuracy or your ability to carry it all day instead of a steel frame
gun. The programs are heard in Tucson on AM 690, Douglas on AM 930, and
Globe on AM 1240, and live streamed on the internet at:
http://kvoi.com/listenlive.php. (Note that this is Mountain Standard
Time -we don't do Daylight Savings Time in Arizona.)
--
Stephen P. Wenger
Firearm safety - It's a matter
for education, not legislation.
http://www.spw-duf.info
