Philadelphia Council Members Sue State For More Infringements: Two
Philadelphia City Council members sued the Pennsylvania legislature on
Wednesday for not allowing the city to enforce stricter gun-control laws
amid a surge in violence in the city. Democrats Darrell Clarke and Donna
Reed Miller, in the lawsuit filed in the Philadelphia Court of Common
Pleas, say state lawmakers have failed to protect Philadelphia residents
from firearms that have caused most of the 212 homicides - the highest
rate in a decade - in the city so far this year.

http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2007/7/11/230115.shtml?s=us
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Passage Not Likely For Illinois Infringements Bill: The Illinois House
is poised to hand Gov. Rod Blagojevich another setback, this time over
the issue of gun control. In the midst of a lengthy impasse over the
state budget, Blagojevich has called on lawmakers to ban the sale,
purchase and possession of gun clips that hold more than 10 rounds of
ammunition. But observers on both sides of the divisive issue say there
are simply not enough votes to get the measure passed.

http://www.pantagraph.com/articles/2007/07/11/news/doc469466c9063eb578382577.txt
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Gottlieb vs. Helmke: The founder of the Second Amendment Foundation
today said he will supply Brady Campaign President Paul Helmke with
documentation on the "text book case" from Missouri that helped convince
that state's legislature to pass a "Stand-Your-Ground" law to protect
citizens from criminal or civil prosecution when they shoot in self-
defense. In a series of debates with SAF founder Alan Gottlieb last
week, Helmke told MSNBC viewers that he has been unable to identify
anybody who has ever been sued and suffered financially for shooting in
self-defense.

http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/07-11-2007/0004623901&EDATE=
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History Of Gun Control, Part 3: Sandra Froman continues her series, this
time discussing the role of the attempted assassination of Ronal Reagan
and the birth of the Brady Bunch as a lobbying organization to counter
the NRA-ILA.

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=56619
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Oops, Wrong House: At about 6:45, two men kicked in the door at
Altieri's townhouse on Piedmont Road, near Guadalupe and 48th Street, in
a suburb of Phoenix AZ. Instead of an empty home, however, the intruders
came face to face with Altieri - holding a cellphone and a
rifle...Altieri, 27, said he was on the phone with the 911 operator when
two intruders burst through the door. The intruders walked in on Altieri
kneeling with his rifle trained on them and the cellphone at his ear.

http://www.azcentral.com/community/ahwatukee/articles/0710ar-invasion0711.html
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Oops, Wrong Car: In South Africa, Captain Steady Nawa said a 20-year-old
man had just parked his Opel Corsa outside his girlfriend's home in
Germiston when a car with four occupants pulled up behind him. Two of
the men got out of the car and pointed a firearm at the boyfriend before
taking his car keys. His girlfriend's father, who had come to open the
door for him, went back inside the house to fetch his pistol...

http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=15&art_id=nw20070711122932534C288819
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From AzCDL:

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