Disappointing News From Virginia: George Mason University announced it
has approved a new regulation that strengthens the school's prohibition
against weapons on all of its Northern Virginia campuses. A university
press release dated Aug. 17 states that the regulation approved by GMU's
Board of Visitors prohibits students and employees, with the exception
of law enforcement officers, from carrying or bringing weapons on
campus. It also prevents members of the community at large from entering
campus buildings and facilities or attending any event on campus with a
weapon.
http://www.timescommunity.com/site/tab5.cfm?newsid=18736319&BRD=2553&PAG=461&dept_id=511688&rfi=6
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Illinois Counties Continue To Back RKBA: Some people in Champaign County
are afraid their guns will be taken away. That's why pro-gun advocates
are trying to get a resolution passed that would promise the 2nd
amendment would be protected. People say they feel Chicago and Cook
County is trying to run the rest of the state of Illinois...29 counties
in the state have already passed an anti-gun ban resolution, people at
the meeting hope Champaign County becomes the 30th to do so.
http://illinoishomepage.net/content/fulltext/?cid=7946
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Georgia Should Not Allow Park-Carry Bans: The hard truth of the matter
is that parks, like almost every other public venue nowadays, have
become more dangerous. As far as I know, law-abiding citizens, such as
myself, who carry concealed weapons are the last group of people that
government should be concerned about...The authorities should be more
concerned about the predators - both two- and four-legged who have
attacked and killed innocent people in parks.
http://www.ajc.com/opinion/content/opinion/stories/2007/08/22/equaled_0823.html
The Opposition View:
http://www.ajc.com/opinion/content/opinion/stories/2007/08/22/gunsed_0823.html
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Sacramento Gun-Theft Ordinance Worse Than Useless: Sacramento recently
passed an ordinance requiring gun owners to report the loss or theft of
their firearms within 48 hours of when the owner knew or "should have
known" the gun was missing...Ironically, the ordinance cannot be used
against the real bad guys. No law can compel lawbreakers to report
themselves. So a straw purchaser who legally buys a gun cannot be
compelled to report that he resold it illegally. And since it wasn't
actually lost or stolen, he hasn't violated the ordinance.
http://www.sacbee.com/110/story/341695.html
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Ohio CHL-Holder Apprehends Murder Suspects: Robert Bragg said he had no
time to consider the risks to himself when he confronted two
ski-mask-wearing gunmen headed down his street Tuesday afternoon. The
24-year-old Ohio Air National Guardsman, who works as a military
policeman at the Springfield Air National Guard base, went into his
house and came out with his personal 9mm Baretta (sic) semi-automatic
handgun and headed into the street soon after he heard gunfire and
screaming...
http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2007/08/23/ddn082307shootingbragg.html
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Oops, Wrong House: A 22-year-old woman shot and killed a New Orleans man
and wounded a Metairie man after authorities say the two invaded a
Luling home at gunpoint shortly after 4 a.m. Wednesday.. Investigators
say the two men accosted Nathaniel Evans, 25, as he left his home on
Paul Fredrick Street for work. He was forced back into the house by the
men who were armed with a 38 revolver, a 9 mm and a 40 mm semi-automatic
guns. Authorities say Evans and another resident, Irene Bailey, 22, were
made to lie on the floor. Evans was shot while Bailey was able to find a
gun and shoot both suspects.
http://blog.nola.com/times-picayune/2007/08/woman_kills_one_intruder_wound.html
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Colorado Women Learn Defensive Shooting: Two months ago Christiansen was
scared to hold a gun but now she and about 20 other women participating
in the "Girls and Their Guns" shooting program know how to safely load
and fire a gun...The summer clinic at the Minturn and Gypsum shooting
ranges teach women of all ages basic hand-gun safety and self-protection
and target skills. The focus is on safety, but by the end of the
five-class course, the women will have practiced target shooting, rapid
shooting, and shooting while moving.
http://www.vaildaily.com/article/20070823/NEWS/70822032
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Oklahoma Man Acquitted In Fatal Shooting: ..Gotcher countered that
Krebbs did not have to flee. "A person is justified in using deadly
force" to defend himself, Gotcher said during closing arguments. Self
defense is a reasonable defense, even if the threat is determined later
not to be real, he said. "You don't have to run from your home," Gotcher
told the jurors. "You don't have to run if someone starts attacking you."
http://www.mcalesternews.com/homepage/local_story_235110440.html?keyword=leadpicturestory
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Where Are All The "Assault Weapons"?: David Codrea discovers some
interesting facts while reviewing a BATFE report on firearm traces of
guns used in crimes in the various states.
http://waronguns.blogspot.com/2007/08/where-are-all-assault-weapons.html
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Gun Lobby Or Smart Citizens?: ...If this is how Americans believe in
fellow citizens on the issue of automatic weapons, I'd love to learn
more about how they poll out on home self-defense, defense away from
home, concealed carry and Castle Doctrine. Judging by the majority of
states which affirm concealed carry of weapons, including reciprocity
among states, I'd say we already have that answer, and this makes the
Brady Center not only out of step with American values, but also irrelevant.
http://www.goodforthecountry.com/
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From SAF: A state police plan to halt firearms sales in Pennsylvania
from Sept. 2 through Sept. 6, ostensibly to update that agency's
background check system, is a civil rights outrage, the Second Amendment
Foundation said today. "The Pennsylvania State Police have just provided
a strategy to any state agency, and the FBI, for arbitrarily suspending
the constitutional right to keep and bear arms," said SAF founder Alan
Gottlieb. "No
government agency should have that authority, and we are hopeful that
state lawmakers will successfully derail this plan until the state
police find some other way to update their system without interrupting
firearms sales."
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/08-23-2007/0004650571&EDATE=
Related Articles:
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/20070823_Uproar_over_Pa__plan_for_guns.html
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/20070824_Rendell_will_reconsider_timing_of_gun_plan.html
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From The Firearms Coalition:
Well, the anti's have finally published their list of events for their
part of National Exercise Your Rights Day.
They are planning to exercise their First Amendment Rights in the
following ways:
* a rally at a park in Newark near the school where the recent
shootings took place
* a protest at a gun store in Maryland that is responsible for the
most crime guns found in Washington, D.C.
* a candlelight vigil at the Arizona state capitol in Phoenix
* a community gathering at a church in Birmingham, Alabama
* an anti-violence coalition breakfast in Minneapolis
* community forums on illegal guns in San Diego and Philadelphia
* a march down Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. and rally in Dallas
* a bell-ringing for gun violence victims at city hall in Duluth,
Minnesota
* a "freeway blog" over a busy highway in Houston
* a silence vigil to protest recent shootings in Denver
* a kick-off BBQ for Operation Ceasefire in Ewing, New Jersey
* and Protest Easy Guns Lie-Ins in Seattle, Raleigh, Philadelphia,
Portland (Maine), Minneapolis, St. Paul, Richmond (Calif.), and
Springfield (Ill.)
* a statewide letter writing campaign is being organized in
California to build support for a crime-fighting "microstamping" bill
being considered by the State Legislature.
More information can be found on the Brady web site at:
http://www.bradycampaign.org/action/trafficking/aug28/
I encourage gun rights activists nationwide to exercise your First and
Second Amendment Rights by helping to make next Tuesday a record sales
day for your local firearms and ammunition dealers and a record letter
and e-mail day for your elected officials.
If you live in an area where an anti-gun activity is scheduled, please
show up at their events with proper attire, buttons, and signage to let
these folks know that you support ALL of their rights.
We've gotten a lot of responses from activists around the country
planning to take individual action, but not a lot of information about
group actions. The Second Amendment Sisters and Maryland activists are
planning to "support" the event at Realco Guns in Upper Marlboro,
Maryland from Noon to 2:00 and while it is difficult to ask activists in
Northern Virginia to disarm and venture into "The People's Republic of
Maryland", I am planning to do so and your support would be
appreciated. Since this is going to be the official event for the DC
area, it is also likely to be the biggest and receive the most publicity
so we need the best turnout possible.
If you or your group is planning any organized activity - march,
shooting event, picnic, group buying trips, or whatever, please let us
know so we can help get more people to join you.
If you are willing to coordinate an event, please let us know.
Missouri residents are reminded that your new law goes into effect on
the 28th which should lower costs for you.
Please forward this alert to everyone on your e-mail list and copy it
into your favorite firearms forums.
Yours for the Second Amendment,
Jeff Knox
www.FirearmsCoalition.org
--
Stephen P. Wenger
Firearm safety - It's a matter
for education, not legislation.
http://www.spw-duf.info
