Ohio Castle-Doctrine Bill Receives Committee Assignment: Buckeye
Firearms Association is pleased to announce that Senator Steve Buehrer's
Castle Doctrine legislation, which concerns protecting crime victims and
restoring the presumption of innocence to those forced to act in
self-defense, has received a committee assignment.
http://www.buckeyefirearms.org/article-3807--0-0.html
Related Article:
http://www.cantonrep.com/index.php?ID=359901&Category=13&subCategoryID=
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Ohio Woman Charged In Self-Defense Shooting: A Cincinnati woman is
charged with felonious assault after police said she shot a man who came
to her home. In court Wednesday, officials said that Janice Young had a
protection order against Eugene Vassar. On Tuesday, officials said,
Vassar came to Young's home on Beech Street. At some point, police said,
Young pulled out a .38-caliber revolver and fired twice, hitting Vassar
both times.
http://www.wlwt.com/news/13536614/detail.html
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Some Texans Could Lose CHL's: People who received concealed handgun
permits through a Harris County deputy constable charged with falsely
claiming his students had completed the proper training could have their
licenses suspended or revoked, a Texas Department of Public Safety
spokesman said Tuesday.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/4904409.html
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Japanese Geeks Arming Selves: Police in Tokyo's electronics district,
Akihabara, have become alarmed at the number of what they call 'geeky
types' found to be carrying knives. It seems that the much-put-upon fans
of comics and computer games have decided they are sick of being bullied
and are not going to take it any more.
http://abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/06/20/1957108.htm?section=world
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Swiss Await Showdown Over RKBA: Opposition to its guns-at-home culture
seems to have gained momentum and critics are launching a people's
initiative on the issue. Attitudes towards firearms may be changing in
Switzerland, which is well known for its militia army, strong traditions
and liberal gun laws. A recent survey found that two out of three Swiss
want to ban army weapons from private households...
http://www.swissinfo.org/eng/front/detail/Swiss_await_showdown_over_guns_and_bullets.html?siteSect=105&sid=7941744&cKey=1182262486000
Related Article:
http://www.swissinfo.org/eng/front/detail/Parliament_gets_tough_in_weapons_debate.html?siteSect=105&sid=7946189&cKey=1182354007000
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Tangentially Related: The editor of The Wall Street Journal analyzes
Michael Bloomberg's shedding of his nominal Republican status. "The Dems
have of late been playing down gun control, figuring that they have more
to lose than to gain from a strong antigun stand. They would do the same
with abortion if they thought it would profit them politically...
Bloomberg, by contrast, is a conviction politician, and his convictions
match those of the liberal media."
http://www.opinionjournal.com/best/?id=110010234
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From AzCDL:
PLEASE CIRCULATE WIDELY!
SB 1251, which strengthens the "public establishment or event" storage
requirements that were signed by the Governor last year, passed the
Senate Final Read on June 18th by a vote of 16-11-3
(
http://tinyurl.com/37txcn) . It is now headed to the Governor's desk.
SB 1251 passed the House on June 4th by a vote of 32-23-5
(
http://tinyurl.com/3drakp).
SB 1251 prohibits permanently recording information about the weapon or
individual. It defines "readily accessible." If an "operator" doesn't
comply, they can't prohibit weapons. An amendment adopted in the House
caps concealed weapons permit fees at $65.
It is very important to contact the Governor and urge her to sign SB
1251 into law. You can use your own message, or you can use the
cut-and-paste message below. Her email address is
[email protected]. Please
send a courtesy copy of your message to
[email protected]. You can
also fax a letter to her at 602-542-1381.
Or you can mail it to her at the following address:
The Honorable Janet Napolitano
Governor of Arizona
1700 West Washington
Phoenix, Arizona 85007
Subject: Please sign SB 1251
Governor Napolitano:
The Arizona Citizens Defense League (AzCDL) has informed me that SB 1251
is awaiting your signature. I urge you to sign SB 1251 into law.
SB 1251 clarifies the "public establishment or event" storage
requirements that you signed into law last year. Compliance with this
legislation, by both State agencies and municipalities, has been
uneven. Law-abiding citizens never know what to expect when they
approach a "public establishment." Will they be turned away? Will they
be treated as if they were a criminal being jailed? How will their
weapon be safeguarded? Are proper safety procedures being followed? Is
information about them and their weapon being unnecessarily recorded in
a database?
Some agencies and municipalities have already solved the problem by
simply taking down their "No Weapons" signs. Others have provided
bus-depot style lockers, minimizing unsafe weapons handling by third
parties.
With the rest, it's a hodge-podge of malicious compliance, ranging from
bullying taxpayers to go away, to unsafely tossing our weapons into
drawers or bags. There are no statutory provisions in place that compel
an agency or municipality to comply with the statutory storage
requirements. SB 1251 remedies this by preventing non-complying
agencies and municipalities from prohibiting weapons unless they follow
the law.
This is not an unfunded mandate! Storage requirements only apply if an
agency or municipality chooses to ban weapons. Removing "No Weapons"
signs is the most cost effective, efficient and safest way to deal with
the issue. SB 1251 does NOT change that in any way.
SB 1251 was amended in the House to cap concealed carry (CCW) permit
fees at $65. Currently, the Department of Public Safety (DPS) has the
ability to raise fees administratively, without approval from you or the
legislature. Thanks to improvements you signed into law, DPS processed
over 22,000 new CCW permit applications in 2006. At $65 each, that's a
windfall of over $1.4 Million to the State treasury. This year, DPS
attempted to corral this cash-cow for their own use via SB 1245. If SB
1245 had become law, it would have been an incentive to constantly raise
fees. DPS would have had their very own money tree independent of the
budget process.
Right now, without increasing fees, DPS can significantly improve the
number of CCW applicants, and boost the revenue stream to the State
treasury, by eliminating the administrative restrictions they have
imposed on the CCW permit process. They should be encouraged to do
that. After exhausting administrative remedies, if DPS feels it
necessary to increase fees, let them make their case to the legislature,
just like every other state agency must do when they feel the need for a
greater revenue stream.
Again, I urge you to sign SB 1251 into law.
Sincerely,
Your Name
Street Address
City, AZ zip-code
telephone number
You can also go to the Governor's website,
http://azgovernor.gov/Contact.asp, where you will find a
fill-in-the-blanks form to register your opinion. For "subject", scroll
down and select "Legislation." For "topic", fill in "SB 1251."
You can add your own polite message urging her to sign SB 1251 in the
"message/comment" area, or you can use the cut-and-paste message above.
You can call her office toll free using this number: 1-800-253-0883
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!
AzCDL - Protecting Your Freedom
http://www.azcdl.org/html/join_us_.html
Copyright � 2007 Arizona Citizens Defense League, Inc., all rights
reserved.
--
Stephen P. Wenger
Firearm safety - It's a matter
for education, not legislation.
http://www.spw-duf.info
