NRA Considering Involvement In GOP Primaries: The National Rifle
Association, which did not endorse President Bush in 2000 and 2004 until
just a month before the general election, is considering stepping into
the presidential campaign fray early next year during the primary
season, the group's chief lobbyist says..."Historically, we have not
gotten involved in primaries. We traditionally wait until after the
conventions," said Chris Cox, head lobbyist for the NRA. "That being
said, given the candidates and the process and the front-loading of the
primaries, it is a possibility that we could get involved in one of
these presidential primaries."
http://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070925/NATION/109250055/1001
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Giuliani Splits With Successor Over Tiahrt Amendment: Opening a new rift
with his successor at City Hall, Mayor Giuliani has endorsed a gun law
that Mayor Bloomberg has spent the better part of a year trying to get
repealed. In his appearance Friday before the National Rifle
Association, the former mayor highlighted the Tiahrt amendment in
describing the shift in his view on gun rights, saying the law was
"sensible" and that law enforcement was "comfortable" with it.
http://www.nysun.com/article/63233
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Appellate Court Hears Arguments Over NYC Gun Suit: Corporation Counsel
Michael Cardozo insisted Friday that New York City should be able to go
to trial in its efforts to force gun manufacturers and distributors to
put a lid on the illegal sale of firearms. In arguments before the 2nd
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Cardozo said a law passed by Congress to
limit suits against manufacturers and distributors whose guns end up in
the hands of criminals was unconstitutional and, in any event, does not
apply to the suit brought by the city in 2000. But Michael Rice of Jones
Day, representing the makers and distributors of guns, said the city's
public nuisance lawsuit was exactly the type of action Congress meant to
block when it passed the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act just
weeks before Eastern District of New York Judge Jack B. Weinstein was to
start trial in the case.
http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1190365388583
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Hawaii Resident Sues Over Carry-Permit Denial: On Aug. 24, 2007, I filed
a civil lawsuit in the United States Federal District Court for the
District of Hawaii, CV 07-00450HG/KSC. The purpose of the lawsuit is to
seek damages, under 42 U.S.C. 1983, 1985, and 1986, for denying and
prohibiting the free exercise of my Second Amendment Right. On three
previous ocassions, I have applied for either a concealed or unconcealed
permit to carry a firearm and was denied. Since no attorney in the State
of Hawaii is willing to take this case, I filed Pro Se.
http://www.hawaiireporter.com/story.aspx?2327500b-7aa5-4453-95a8-0bf47fbcf8d5
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California Fish & Game Commissioner Blames NRA For Ouster: The wildlife
commissioner forced to resign this month by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger
said Monday that he believes he was fired because he supports banning
lead bullets in some areas of the state to protect the rare California
condor from lead poisoning or death...Hanna, an avid hunter, chided the
National Rifle Association and others who oppose a ban, saying they are
ignoring scientific evidence that lead poisoning from bullets is killing
and sickening one of the most endangered birds in North America. He
believes the NRA pushed for his removal.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-condor25sep25,1,6443244.story?coll=la-headlines-california
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Oops, Wrong Store: A store clerk on the West Side fought back against an
alleged robber, shooting him in the head. Chicago police say Monday
evening the suspect is in stable condition. As CBS 2's Mike Flannery
reports, the hardware store is just one block from another store that
police say was robbed at gunpoint last week...Friends of the hardware
store clerk said they did not know whether the handgun he fired in
self-defense was legally registered. They said they hope he is not
charged with any crime.
http://cbs2chicago.com/topstories/local_story_267192407.html
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Rule One Reminder: A Australian army training platoon was on exercises
at the School of Infantry at Singleton in March last year when three to
five live rounds were fired from a machine gun. A trainee infantryman
had loaded the weapon with a belt of 200 rounds straight from its
packaging. No one was injured but the gun's blank firing barrel was
damaged, according to a defence report prepared for Defence Minister
Brendan Nelson that was obtained by News Limited under Freedom of
Information laws. (Rule One: All firearms are always loaded.)
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0%2C21985%2C22477815-5005961%2C00.html
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Multiple Rule Reminder: For those who care to register, the linked
article, from Alaska (which I can no longer access) reports on a thief
who stole a Glock pistol from a not-yet identified vehicle, then shot
himself in the thigh while handling it (no doubt in a seated position).
The article points out that it is not illegal to store a loaded firearm
in a parked vehicle in Alaska. (The five basic safety rules are posted
at
http://www.spw-duf.info/safety.html.)
http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/crime/story/9322233p-9237368c.html
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Stephen P. Wenger
Firearm safety - It's a matter
for education, not legislation.
http://www.spw-duf.info
