Nevada Announces CCW Reciprocity: Beginning Oct. 1, the state of Nevada
will recognize permits from eight other states that allow people to
carry concealed weapons, the Nevada Department of Public Safety
announced. Those states are Alaska, Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana,
Missouri, Nebraska, Tennessee and Utah. (I have no idea why the Arizona
CWP failed to qualify. This is why I have suggested to my students that
they also obtain a Utah CFP and a Florida CWFL.)
http://news.rgj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070927/NEWS18/70927004&oaso=news.rgj.com/breakingnews
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Attorney Previews DC Gun-Ban Case: Robert Levy, co-counsel to the
plaintiffs in Parker v. District of Columbia, briefly analyzes the four
key issues that will be presented to the Supreme Court, when it hears
DC's appeal of the appellate-court ruling that rejected the city's ban
on handguns. (Definitely worth reading/)
http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=8717
Related Article:
http://legaltimes.typepad.com/blt/2007/09/new-militia-gro.html
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Ohio Supremes To Rule On Local Gun Bans: On Wednesday, The Ohio Supreme
Court accepted an appeal by the City of Clyde in Ohioans For Concealed
Carry, Inc. et. al. v. City of Clyde, et. al. The original lawsuit,
filed in 2004, challenged the city of Clyde's ordinance that allowed
posting of signs to prohibit otherwise legal handguns being carried by
licensed Ohioans in local city parks. "Reviewing this case will provide
the Ohio Supreme Court a great opportunity to review Article XVIII,
Section 3 of the Ohio Constitution, the Home Rule Amendment, and its
limitations when a local municipality
attempts to exceed its authority by enacting ordinances in conflict with
comprehensive state legislation," said Ohioans For Concealed Carry
attorney Daniel Ellis, of Lydy & Moan, LTD.
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/09-27-2007/0004671619&EDATE=
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Ohio AG Asked To Rule On Media Access: The Youngstown Vindicator is
reporting that Trumbull County prosecutor Dennis Watkins has instructed
the sheriff not to allow journalists to copy the confidential records of
concealed handgun llicense (CHL) holders, and has asked Ohio Attorney
General Marc Dann to clarify how information about those who have
licenses can be released under an amendment to Ohio's concealed carry
law media access loophole.
http://www.buckeyefirearms.org/article3972.html
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Assault-Musket Ban For NYC?: New Yorkers who opened their papers today
learned that St John's University, a Catholic college in Queens, was
locked down for three hours yesterday because some guy off his meds was
carrying a loaded...high-powered .50 cal breach loading Wolfe rifle
similar to the one used by Dick Cheney." The previous quote is a
composite that I made up from various news descriptions of the weapon.
Most reporters had no clue what type of weapon this guy had. Even the
gunman's lawyer, in trying to assuage fears, came up with the Dick
Cheney analogy, despite the fact that Cheney used a double-barreled
shotgun in last year's incident. In fact, the gun used in Queens was a
break open in-line muzzleloader. St John's was locked down because of a
guy armed with a musket.
http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig7/lelong8.html
Related Article:
http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=local&id=5678702
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Unusual Home Invasion: An Acampo CA homeowner acted in self-defense and
will not face charges for fatally shooting a man who drove through his
home and confronted him, prosecutors said Wednesday... "We would like to
commend Mr. Robinson for the restraint and compassion that he used under
these astonishing circumstances, especially in light of Vora's bizarre
and violent behavior," Freitas said Wednesday. That behavior included
making threats, crashing through the Robinsons' home, killing one of
their dogs and charging Robinson. Only later would investigators learn
that Vora had been arrested twice in August 2001 for threatening to kill
people in San Francisco and Merced. (Note that the first attempt to fire
a shot failed due to not having disengaged the safety. I generally
prefer to keep long guns with an empty chamber and the safety off.)
http://www.lodinews.com/articles/2007/09/27/news/1_justified_070927.txt
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From The Firearms Coalition:
(Washington, DC, September 27, 2007) Oklahoma Republican Senator Dr. Tom
Coburn put a halt to an attempt to push through H.R.2640, the so called
"NICS Improvement Bill", by objecting to an attempt by Chuck Schumer (D,
NY) to move the bill directly to a vote without debate or an opportunity
to amend the problematic piece of legislation. The bill was rushed
through the House in June and passed on a voice vote with only one know
dissenter, presidential candidate, Representative Ron Paul (R, TX) who
expressed concerns that the bill was simply an expansion of an already
unconstitutional program requiring citizens to seek and receive
government permission before exercising their Constitutional Right to
bear arms.
Senator Coburn's action does not put a stop to the controversial NICS
bill, but it does keep it from barreling through without any opportunity
to fix some of its serious flaws.
The bill has caused a deepening of the rift between the "hard-line" and
"moderate" branches of the gun rights movement. NRA cooperated in the
crafting of the bill which blew through the House with their support in
mid-June, but strong opposition from GOA and many grassroots
organizations seems to be slowing the bill's momentum and damaging NRA's
credibility. The Senate Judiciary Committee dramatically increased
funding for the proposal just before the August recess and rolled
several other "school safety" bills in with the NICS bill.
The Firearms Coalition strongly supports the objectives of the NRA
improvements in the NICS bill, but the gains are not worth the costs to
taxpayers or the damage that the argument over the bill is causing
within the gun rights movement. We are encouraging Senator Coburn and
others to take the next step and place a "Hold" on the bill which we
believe would result in a quiet death to this controversial issue - at
least for now.
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Chris has been doing a lot of work on The Firearms Coalition website at
www.FirearmsCoalition.org and we'd like to have your opinion on it.
We've added the ability to comment on articles and blog entries, we've
added a forum area, and we've given members the ability to create their
own blogs on the site.
We've also started collecting member ZIP codes to help us alert them to
local issues as they come up. If you're already registered for the
site, please stop by and add your ZIP code to your profile so we can
more effectively keep you informed. If you haven't yet registered on
the site, what are you waiting for? Stop by and see what we've got
going on.
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I'll be doing a presentation on expanding concealed carry at the Gun
Rights Policy Conference outside Cincinnati next weekend. This is a
free event and a great opportunity to brainstorm and network with fellow
gun rights activists. For information about the conference, click on
the GRPC link on www.FirearmsCoalition.org.
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The new Hard Corps Report should be in the mail next week. Subscribe now!
Yours for the Second Amendment,
Jeff Knox
The Firearms Coalition
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From GOA: ... But you should realize that Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) has
been working with Gun Owners of America and, right now, is standing
ALONE in the U.S. Senate to hold up this dangerous piece of legislation
- which is being pushed by the Queen of Gun Control in the House
(Carolyn McCarthy of New York) and the King of Gun Control in the Senate
(Chuck Schumer of New York). Sen. Coburn understands that the bill is
anathema to gun rights and will result in the disarmament of
(potentially) millions of additional, law-abiding Americans. "Veterans,
or any other American, should not lose their Second Amendment rights,"
he said, "if they have been unfairly tagged as having mental health
concerns."
http://www.gunowners.org/a092707.htm
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American Airlines Modifies Firearm Ban On Overseas Flights: American
Airlines' policy regarding firearms on flights to and from Europe and
Asia has been revised three days after it went into effect. Earlier in
the week, this notice on the Fort Worth-based airline's website could be
found under the travel information section on restricted items:
"Effective with tickets purchased on/after September 24, 2007, American
Airlines will no longer accept firearms in checked baggage to/from any
European or Asian destination (except for military/government personnel
with proper documentation)." The National Rifle Association and other
advocates of hunting and the shooting sports were stirred up and moved
to action...
http://www.lonestaroutdoornews.com/content/view/191/27/
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Britain To Grant Limited Rights: Home owners and "have-a-go heroes"
defending themselves against burglars and muggers will have greater
protection from prosecution, under an urgent review of the law to be
unveiled by Jack Straw today. The move - to be announced by the Justice
Secretary in his Labour conference speech - will be aimed at ensuring
that those protecting themselves or their homes in a "proportionate" way
will not find themselves in court.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/09/27/nlabour127.xml&DCMP=EMC-new_27092007
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Switzerland To Ban Home Storage Of Military Ammunition: ... Four and a
half years later, Vollenweider and other gun control advocates yesterday
won a victory when the lower house of parliament voted to bar
Switzerland's citizen soldiers from keeping ammunition at home. Their
next goal is a national referendum on stricter gun laws.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601100&sid=aMKldtonnQMU&refer=germany
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Stephen P. Wenger
Firearm safety - It's a matter
for education, not legislation.
http://www.spw-duf.info
