Nevada Reciprocity Bill Heads To Governor: SB 237, a bill that would
enable Nevada to enter into CCW reciprocity agreements with states that
have similar licensing standards, has cleared both house of the
legislature and is heading to the governor's desk. Also on the way is SB
92, a bill that relaxes Clark County's handgun registration requirements.
http://www.nraila.org/Legislation/Read.aspx?ID=3051
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Support Sought For Arizona Self-Defense Bill: Nearly a month after
lawmakers completed action on a bill to make a 2006 self-defense law
retroactive, the measure favorable to defendants has yet to reach Gov.
Janet Napolitano's desk. The Senate approved the bill (SB1166) on May 2
but the sponsor, Republican Sen. Linda Gray of Glendale, said she
requested that its transmission to Napolitano be delayed in hopes of
building public support for the measure.
http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/daily/local/53062.php
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Rule One, Rule Two Reminder: A British police marksman is under
investigation after accidentally shooting a colleague in an
extraordinary blunder. The victim, a civilian employee, was seriously
injured in the accident at a lecture room at the HQ of Thames Valley
Police near Oxford. (Rule One: All firearms are always loaded. Rule Two:
Never let the muzzle cross anything you're not prepared to shoot.)
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23398843-details/Police+marksman+suspended+after+shooting+civilian+during+pistol+demonstration/article.do
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NYPD Hit Ratio 8%?: An article that focuses on the difficulty for
politicians to obtain internal NYPD documents, seems to state that for
the year 2005, NYPD officers only hit their intended targets in
gunfights eight percent of the time in 2005. "Critics of the
department's firearms training said the NYPD has allowed firearm
proficiency to slide even as the high-capacity 9mm handgun has become
the department standard."
http://wcbstv.com/topstories/local_story_151193456.html
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Interesting Study: In making snap decisions about whether to shoot a
potentially armed suspect, police officers are far less influenced by
racial bias than students or community members forced to make the same
decision, a large study has found. The study, which was based on video
simulations of armed and unarmed confrontations, found that racial
stereotypes influenced the reaction times of both officers and
civilians, but swayed the ultimate decision to fire only in civilian
participants.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/02/us/02police.html?_r=1&ref=us&oref=slogin
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Do As I Say, Not As I Do: The founder of an anti-gun group will be
arraigned June 21 on weapons charges, following his arrest Thursday for
allegedly selling firearms to federal undercover officers, a
spokesperson for the Los Angeles District Attorney's Office said today.
http://cbs2.com/topstories/local_story_152194329.html
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Another View: Many of us are familiar with maps that show which states
permit CCW. This version includes open carry, making the point that
citizens appear to have some right to carry loaded handguns in 49 states.
http://www.gunmap.org/
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Brits Quibble Over Competitive Shooting: The British government says it
wants more young people to take up competitive shooting, but gun-control
activists here fear that could lead to an easing of Britain's strict gun
laws. Sports Minister Richard Caborn announced this week that more young
adults should take up competitive shooting, saying that it teaches
discipline and responsibility.
http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewForeignBureaus.asp?Page=/ForeignBureaus/archive/200705/FOR20070531c.html
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NRA-ILA State Alerts: Alerts for the various states are posted on the
NRA-ILA website.
http://www.nraila.org/Legislation/State/
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Stephen P. Wenger
Firearm safety - It's a matter
for education, not legislation.
http://www.spw-duf.info
