I Think This Guy's For Real: A retired diplomat and member of the
editorial boards of Toledo's The Blade and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
paints a scenario for the disarming of America, the Second Amendment
notwithstanding. (Of note, he leaves a provision for hunters to store
their firearms in arsenals, from which they could be checked out briefly
during hunting seasons. Perhaps he should read John Ross's Unintended
Consequences.)
http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2007704250310
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Anti-Gun Nonsense: ...The above list is a tiny sampling of the growing
number of multiple-victim shootings, including at least 39 school
shootings in the United States. What do all of the above have in common?
Each occurred in a "gun-free zone."...As an airline pilot, I knew pilots
who carried guns in their flight bags prior to 1987, when the Federal
Aviation Administration effectively disarmed all pilots. The September
11 attacks jarred my perspective, and I quickly came to realize that I
had been living in a fool's paradise.
http://www.washtimes.com/op-ed/20070429-100042-5512r.htm
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Feeling Safe Isn't Safe: ...When Florida passed its concealed-weapons
law, I thought it was a terrible idea. People would start shooting each
other over traffic altercations; parking lots would turn into shooting
galleries. Not so, it turned out...I'm not the only one to draw such a
conclusion. When she was Michigan's attorney general, Democrat Jennifer
Granholm opposed the state's concealed-weapons law, which took effect in
2001. But now, as governor, she's not seeking its repeal...
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2007/04/feeling_safe_isnt_safe.html
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Reminder, Utah Allows Campus Carry: Associated Press article contrasts
Utah's recent legislation that prohibits state universities from banning
licensed CCW with 38 other states that ban firearms at schools, 16 of
which specify colleges. (Of note, one student comments that he does not
carry in church. Utah law requires special notice for a church to ban CCW.)
http://www.knoxnews.com/kns/national/article/0,1406,KNS_350_5510814,00.html
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One in 40 Utahns Licensed To Carry: If you are ever in a room with 40 or
so other Utahns -- say at a theater, restaurant or back-to-school night
-- odds are that at least one person there has a concealed weapon permit
and could be legally packing a loaded handgun. Then again, the odds are
double that in rural Garfield County, where one of every 19 residents
has such a permit...
http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,660215878,00.html
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Cho Incident Boosts Gun Sales In Texas: n the first week after the
tragedy, Midland gun dealer Tommy "Hoss Fly" Atchison saw his gun sales
increase by a significant percentage. He said he usually sells about
three guns per week and as of Friday afternoon he had sold five. People
buying and considering buying had two basic reasons, according to
Atchison...
http://www.mywesttexas.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18277228&BRD=2288&PAG=461&dept_id=474107&rfi=6
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Meanwhile, In Alabama...: Article describes the process of legally
purchasing a handgun in Alabama, including a three-day waiting period,
and the need to purchase a pistol permit from the sheriff to carry it
anywhere outside the home.
http://www.al.com/news/huntsvilletimes/lroop.ssf?/base/news/117783819739150.xml&coll=1
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Alabama Weighs Registration Scheme: Alabama's former chief justice
opposes a bill that would require the registration of any firearm that
'fires a single bullet each time the trigger is pulled, without the need
to manually operate a bolt, lever, or other firing or loading
mechanism.' " Giving the government more information about our lives and
the guns we own does nothing to stop criminals with guns, who will
disregard gun registration requirements just as freely as they disregard
the life, liberty and property of their victims. Gun registration would
not have stopped the incident at Virginia Tech."
http://www.al.com/news/huntsvilletimes/lroop.ssf?/base/news/117783819739150.xml&coll=1
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Stephen P. Wenger
Firearm safety - It's a matter
for education, not legislation.
http://www.spw-duf.info
