Correction: In response to a link in yesterday's mailing, that a clerk
would be charged in connection with the fatal shooting of an armed
robber of a Dallas-area grocery store, a list member furnishes the
following: "The Balch Springs (TX) PD tells me that the web story is a
typo. It should read, that they have NO plans to file charges, as this
was a righteous shooting."
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/061407dnmetsuspect.79d37a.html
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Don't Do It!: The Pizza Hut manager in Florida, who was fired for
shooting at armed robbers who threatened him and his employees after
they had been given the contents of the cash register, has apparently
posted additional details of the shooting on the website of the TV
station that reported his firing. While I am sure that he feels the need
to tell his side of the story and, as of my last reading, did not appear
to have compromised himself, at this point he should be confining most
of those statements to his attorney. (His posts appear to be under the
name "bigapplevet," starting on page 2.)
http://community.myfoxorlando.com/blogs/Steve_Gehlbach/2007/06/12/Pizza_Manager_Fired_For_Shooting_Robbers?page_no=1
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West Virginia Expands CCW Reciprocity: In West Virginia Right-to-Carry
reciprocity agreements have been reached by Attorney General Darrel
McGraw (D) with North Carolina, Ohio, Florida, and South Dakota. These
agreements were made possible by the successful passage of House Bill
3074, which would amend reciprocity requirements as well as authorize
the Attorney General to execute reciprocity agreements with other states
pertaining to the recognition of permits to carry concealed handguns.
(If it's "right-to-carry," why does it require a permit?)
http://www.nraila.org/Legislation/Read.aspx?ID=3109
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New Jersey One-Gun-A-Month Bill Faulted: Attorney Evan Nappen examines
the newly passed firearm-purchase bill and finds several unintended
consequences, including making 12 handguns the maximum number of
handguns any retail dealer can acquire in a year, from any combination
of private owners, manufacturers or wholesalers.
http://www.evannappen.com/gunnews/
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NRA Defends NICS Improvement Act: ...While the media continues to
characterize this bill as a "gun-control" measure, nothing could be
further from the truth. The national media either have not bothered to
read and accurately assess the text of the bill, or are deliberately
manipulating and "spinning" the facts in order to stir up controversy
and forward their agendas...
http://www.nraila.org/Legislation/Federal/Read.aspx?id=3112
http://www.nranews.com/blogarticle.aspx?blogPostId=251
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Tangentially Related: U.S. troops would no longer be asked to reveal
previous mental health treatment when applying for security clearances
under a proposal being considered by the Pentagon. The idea stems from
the finding that service members avoid needed counseling because they
believe that getting it -- and acknowledging it -- could cost them their
clearance as well as do other harm to their careers.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070616/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/pentagon_security_clearance
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Oops!, Again: An off-duty sheriff's deputy in Florida was awakened by a
noise and shot himself in the leg when he reached for a personally owned
9mm pistol. (Many knowledgeable people keep their "bedside" firearms in
a manner that requires at least two steps to acquire them, such as in a
holster. Others avoid single-action triggers on such firearms.)
http://www.sptimes.com/2007/06/10/Northpinellas/Awakened_by_noise__de.shtml
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Rule Five Reminder: Two shootings in west Orange County last week and
the shootings of two deputy sheriffs a week earlier have the same thing
in common: stolen guns. The pistols linked to both sets of shootings
were taken from motorists, who are permitted by Florida law to store
loaded firearms in unattended vehicles - something many police agencies
prohibit their own officers from doing. (Yet many laws and rules
creating no-carry zones force people to leave firearms in vehicles.)
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/orl-hotguns1507jun15,0,5746153.story?coll=orl-home-headlines
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Lead Ammo Ban Delayed In California: Hunters will not have to use
non-lead ammunition for big game and varmint hunting this fall. While
the Fish & Game Commission announced its intention to take final action
on a proposed lead ammunition ban to protect California condors at its
July 13 meeting in Bridgeport, any regulation adopted would not take
affect until Jan. 1, 2008.
http://www.dailybulletin.com/sports/ci_6145513
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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/
--
Stephen P. Wenger
Firearm safety - It's a matter
for education, not legislation.
http://www.spw-duf.info
