NRA, Congressional Democrats Battle Over Gun-Trace Data: For the first
time since taking control of Congress, gun-control Democrats are taking
on the National Rifle Association. The NRA seems to be nipping the
effort in the bud. At issue is whether Congress should loosen
restrictions on local law enforcement agencies' ability to gain access
to gun-purchasing data to trace the movement of illegal guns around the
nation.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/06/27/national/w132410D40.DTL&type=politics
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Pennsylvania Black Caucus Fights For Greater Infringements: Anger about
the lack of action on gun-control bills boiled over onto the House floor
yesterday, with several African American Democrats from Philadelphia
vowing to hold up passage of the state budget unless their bills are
considered.
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/front_page/8219987.html
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Ninth Illinois County Backs RKBA: Champaign County becomes the ninth
county in Illinois to pass a resolution supporting the RKBA. At least
nine more counties have similar resolutions proposed for board
consideration and close to two dozen more have similar efforts under way.
http://armedandsafe.blogspot.com/2007/06/latest-county-pro-2a-resolution-update.html
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Judge Dismisses Wisconsin Anti-CCW Lawsuit: ...He dismissed a lawsuit by
former Attorney General Peg Lautenschlager. The suit accused two
Republican lawmakers of violating the open records law by sharing the
drafts of a bill to allow citizens to carry concealed weapons with
lobbyists from the National Rifle Association while refusing to share
them with her office...
http://www.journaltimesonline.com/nucleus/index.php?itemid=13932
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Longenecker On Nevada Campus-Carry Proposal: According to Las Vegas News
3 and LasVegasNow.com, Nevada colleges are acknowledging not only how
serious school shootings are, but are looking at arming faculty. This is
entirely the wrong direction for several reasons...
http://mensnewsdaily.com/2007/06/27/guns-on-campus-advice-to-nevada-colleges/
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New York Student Cleared On Weapons Charges: A grand jury today cleared
a Rochester Institute of Technology student of charges that he possessed
illegal assault rifles in his room. The grand jury found that the rifles
Hackenburg admitted having in his room at the RIT Inn and Conference
Center weren't illegal assault weapons as defined as New York's Penal
Law. The grand jury also found that Hackenburg didn't violate a law
prohibiting the possession of weapons in a building used for educational
purposes because the RIT Inn is a mixed-used facility that caters to
members of the general public, as well as students who live there.
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070627/NEWS01/70627014
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Strange Commentary: An editorial from south Florida calls the acquittal
of the man who shot three assailants in a Jeep the correct decision but
also says the state was right to prosecute him. While in jail, his house
was torched to timbers. His four dogs had to be euthanized. The act of
killing two human beings has left him traumatized. And his lawyer, and
even the prosecutor, believes his life may be in danger from
retaliation. (The editors need to look up the word "vigilantism.")
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/opinion/editorial/sfl-editnbvigilantenbjun27,0,1867766.story?coll=sfla-news-editorial
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More On Connecticut Armed-Citizens' Patrol: ...Turn-of-the-century
carriage houses sport manicured lawns. Tall elm trees really do line Elm
Street. And every night since youths beat up a rabbi's son three weeks
ago, members of the newly formed Edgewood Park Defense Patrol (EPDP)
have been walking the streets at night. Roughly half of them have
permits to carry concealed weapons and take a handgun on patrol...
http://www.policeone.com/community-policing/articles/1284558/
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Boston Mayor Way Off Target: ...Blaming the NRA for the death of
Liquarry Jefferson is like blaming the American Cutlery Institute for
the O.J. Simpson murders. Even the most ardent gun control advocate must
admit that, for most of little Liquarry's life, the least of his worries
was the state of America's gun laws...
http://news.bostonherald.com/editorial/view.bg?articleid=1008595
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Oops, Wrong Jogger: A Florida man appears to have sicced his pit bull
terrier on a woman jogging with three dogs of her own. The jogger fired
one shot from her revolver, missing the dog but scaring it off. The
dog's owner was issued a warning by a city Animal Control officer to
keep his dog under control.
http://www.news-journalonline.com/NewsJournalOnline/News/Headlines/frtHEAD04062707.htm
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Oops, Wrong Gun: Los Angeles police are investigating how a veteran
department firearms instructor shot and wounded another officer in the
left hamstring at a training facility this week when he mistook a loaded
handgun for a mock version of the weapon. The incident occurred about 4
p.m. Monday at the Edward M. Davis Training Facility in Granada Hills as
the two instructors, who train new recruits, were transitioning from
teaching a class with live firearms to an exercise using mock handguns
that look and sound like real weapons but do not discharge bullets.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-lapd28jun28,1,5684314.story?coll=la-headlines-california
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Officer Will Not Be Charged For Shooting Daughter: A state prosecutor
has determined that a New Haven police officer will not face charges for
accidentally shooting his daughter in their Stratford home. State's
Attorney Jonathan Benedict issued a letter saying he had decided not to
prosecute Officials Eric Scott, who wounded his 18-year-old daughter in
the leg in their Soundview Avenue home last month, apparently mistaking
her for an intruder. (Note the wound to the leg, when a shot is pushed
low and typically to the shooter's non-dominant side.)
http://www.officer.com/online/article.jsp?siteSection=1&id=36655
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Another Gun-Under-Pillow Incident: A Florida woman held on a gun charge
claims she accidentally shot her husband in the head after becoming
startled when the couple's burglar alarm activated, authorities said
Wednesday...The couple finally told authorities that April Moylan sleeps
with a loaded .32-caliber revolver under her pillow. They said that when
the burglar alarm sounded at about 4 a.m. Tuesday, she grabbed the gun
and it accidentally discharged, shooting her husband in the head just
behind his ear.
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/24hour/weird/story/3649276p-12997558c.html
Slightly Different Account:
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/localnews/content/tcoast/epaper/2007/06/28/m1b_slmoylan_0628.html
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Stephen P. Wenger
Firearm safety - It's a matter
for education, not legislation.
http://www.spw-duf.info
