Maryland To Require Mental-Health Records For Firearm Purchases: Gov.
Martin O'Malley's administration has quietly issued a new gun purchase
regulation that requires prospective buyers to sign a waiver releasing
their mental health records to the Maryland State Police. The rule,
which came in response to the killings at Virginia Tech and took effect
Aug. 1, is intended to help police determine whether someone should be
prevented for mental health reasons from buying a gun. It would apply to
people who have been ordered into treatment by a court or who have
checked into a state psychiatric hospital for at least 30 days.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/17/AR2007091701805.html
http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070918/NEWS/70918027
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Oregon Lawsuit Gains National Attention: In court documents, she's known
as "Jane Doe." Innocuous enough, but the woman behind that pseudonym
pushes one of the nation's hottest political buttons: guns and school
safety...She's licensed to carry a concealed weapon and she has what
many supporters say is a legitimate reason for being armed: a
restraining order against her ex-husband based on threats he's allegedly
made against her and her children.
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0918/p01s01-uspo.html
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Giuliani Endorses "Assault Weapons," For Cops: Republican presidential
candidate Rudy Giuliani, who frequently touts his crime-fighting record
when he was mayor of New York City, said Monday that Miami Police Chief
John Timoney ''made the right decision'' in allowing officers to start
carrying assault weapons...The former mayor didn't answer a question
about whether he favors the reinstatement of a federal ban on many
military-style assault weapons. Timoney has blamed the expiration of the
ban in 2004 for the escalation of firepower on Miami's streets.
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_dade/story/241164.html
Related Editorial:
http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/editorials/story/241397.html#recent_comm
Giuliani To Address NRA Meeting: An NRA spokesman tells me that ex-NYC
Mayor Rudy Giuliani, a prominent advocate for gun control when he was
mayor of New York City, will be among those presidential candidates who
speak to before the NRA's Celebration of American Values convention in
Washington Friday. The NRA members know Giuliani's record well, and many
Republicans believe that Giuliani's past support for tough gun laws will
prove deadly. But Giuliani is signing a different tune these days.
http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/2007/09/nra_event.php
http://www.nypost.com/seven/09182007/news/nationalnews/giuliani_to_woo_nra.htm
http://libertyzone.blogspot.com/2007/09/will-nra-endorse-giuliani.html
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Bloomberg Endorses Another Infringement: Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg held
a news conference under the Brooklyn Bridge today to call on Congress to
pass a bill that would allow the Justice Department to block gun sales
to people who appear on the federal government's terrorist watch
lists...NRA's Chris Cox said the process by which the terror watch lists
are devised is not subject to the due process guarantees that criminal
defendants are afforded at trial. He noted that the watch lists often
result in significant errors: Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Democrat of
Massachusetts, was blocked from boarding flights because his name
triggered a similar name on the government's no-fly list.
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/09/17/mayor-endorses-another-gun-control-measure/#more-885
http://www.nysun.com/article/62845
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Number Of CHL's Rises In New Mexico: More than 7,000 permits have been
issued in New Mexico, up from 1,127 in July 2004...Aikens said he
expects more will apply for permits with a new law that went into effect
July 1. The law allows persons with permits to carry their weapons into
establishments which sell alcohol for off-premises consumption. Aikens
said he lobbied for change in the law and was glad to see it. (Aikens is
a co-owner of
http://www.handgunlaw.us/. I believe that the current fee
for a New Mexico CHL is $100 and it is valid for two years. New Mexico
has the lowest per-capita income in the US.)
http://www.cnjonline.com/news/permit_23108___article.html/law_concealed.html
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University Students Seek Recognition Of Gun Club: Friends and roommates,
juniors Andrew Breza and Ken Stauff share an interest in Second
Amendment rights and range shooting. After a failed attempt two years
ago to start the GW Gunslingers, the pair began organizing the Colonial
Militia, a group concerned with gun rights advocacy and shooting for
pleasure. "We chose (the name) Colonial Militia to knock on the Colonial
Army, but also the militia is basically what won this country," Stauff
said. "We are the Colonials here, so why not expand upon that?"
http://media.www.gwhatchet.com/media/storage/paper332/news/2007/09/17/News/Students.Aim.To.Form.Club.That.Promotes.Gun.Ownership-2972260.shtml
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Kahr Arms Slammed For Connection To Controversial Church: ...But Kahr
Arms is more than just the manufacturer of some of the smallest and most
lethal weapons on earth (including the tommy gun, made famous by Al
Capone). It is run and mostly owned by a son of the Reverend Sun Myung
Moon, the billionaire and self-proclaimed messiah who founded the
Unification Church and controls a sprawl of businesses presumably
intended to sustain and defend his followers when the world as we know
it ends. The gun business, along with food companies, real estate, and
other holdings, will serve to protect the fortress and keep sinners at
bay, according to former members, as well as supply necessary provisions
after the arrival of the new world order.
http://www.portfolio.com/careers/features/2007/09/17/Unification-Church
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Oops, Wrong House: Deputies are investigating a breaking-and-entering
case in which they said the intruder was shot and killed...Authorities
said a man woke up and found another man climbing through a ladder and
going through his window. The homeowner confronted 55-year-old Howard
Jones as he came off the ladder, investigators said. Jones was shot
twice with a rifle and later died at a local hospital, according to the
Surry County Sheriff's Office. Authorities said it wasn't the first time
Jones had broken into the home.
http://www.wxii12.com/news/14134299/detail.html
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Follow-Up, Shooting Investigation Nears End: The Bonneville County (ID)
Sheriff's Office wraps up its investigation into the deadly shooting of
a man last month in Swan Valley. Now, it's up to the prosecutor to make
the decision on possible charges. William Schultz was fatally shot on
August 28th. His wife Debra admits to shooting her husband, saying he
was high, drunk and being physically abusive. The sheriff's office never
detained or arrested Debra because the initial investigation shows the
shooting inside their home was in self-defense.
http://www.kpvi.com/Global/story.asp?S=7088541
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Accomplice Charged With Murder In Florida Shooting: The Broward
Sheriff's Office said detectives have arrested the accomplice of a
robbery suspect shot and killed last week by a store clerk at an Oakland
Park clothing store...Store clerk George Azar, 25, shot and killed
McNeal's friend, Hung Nguyen, 17, after they entered the Corner Urban
Wear store armed with handguns, detectives said. Detectives believe
McNeal fled on foot after the shooting.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sfl-0917storerob,0,5404648.story
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Rule Three Reminder: A security guard at the Seabrook Nuclear Plant was
wounded Monday when his handgun went off accidentally. Plant spokesman
Alan Griffith said the guard's weapon went off as he was putting it in
his holster while coming on duty. He was treated and released for a leg
wound. (Rule Three: Keep your finger out of the trigger guard, up on the
frame, until your sights are on the target and you're prepared to fire.)
http://www.wmur.com/news/14130418/detail.html
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Which Rule Was Not Violated?: A Phoenix man who police said was
manipulating a hunting rifle in his home Monday accidentally fired the
gun, killing a nearby motorist with the stray bullet. Cecil Pugh, 59,
was killed shortly after noon as he drove east on Robin Lane near 29th
Avenue and the stray bullet came through the windshield of his tow
truck. The gun owner, a 51-year-old man, was handling the rifle in his
home in the 22000 block of N. 29th Ave. when it accidentally discharged,
Phoenix police Sgt. Joel Tranter said.
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/0918shooting0918.html
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From GOA: You may recall that in recent years, GOA has enlisted your
aid in fighting so-called "gang" legislation, which typically includes
attempts to apply federal RICO anti-racketeering statutes to minor gun
infractions - thus harassing and prosecuting otherwise law-abiding gun
owners as though they were Mafia bosses. Well, Feinstein's S. 456 is the
latest vehicle for such underhandedness.
http://www.gunowners.org/a091707.htm
Related Article:
http://www.heritage.org/Research/Crime/wm1619.cfm
--
Stephen P. Wenger
Firearm safety - It's a matter
for education, not legislation.
http://www.spw-duf.info
