Supreme's Expected To Accept Or Reject Heller Case By Tuesday: The U.S.
Supreme Court is expected to announce by Tuesday whether it will hear
the District"s appeal of a federal court ruling that lifted the city"s
ban on handguns. The high court"s decision, which could come as early as
today, may signal the end of the 30-year-old ban, considered to be among
the most restrictive gun laws in the nation. If the court denies the
appeal, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia will issue
an injunction that will stop the District from enforcing some laws that
ban residents from owning and registering handguns, city officials said
yesterday.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071109/METRO/111090069/1004
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A Question Of Commas: When Supreme Court justices sit down Friday to
ponder whether they should rule on the constitutionality of Washington,
D.C.'s strict gun control ordinance, they should be forewarned that they
are stepping into a quagmire. No, not the political quagmire over gun
control. Another suddenly intense debate is enveloping the case - this
one over what all those commas in the Second Amendment meant in late
18th-century America. It may sound way beyond trivial, but it's not: The
grammar war is under way.
http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1194429843256
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Dade County Officials Join The Chorus: Miami-Dade County commissioners
on Tuesday joined a growing chorus to reinstate the assault weapons ban
that President Bush let expire in 2004. The commission ordered their
lobbyists to pressure Congress to renew the law, and urged the Florida
Legislature to institute a ban on assault weapons, and to lift a
preemption in place that keeps local governments from imposing the ban.
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/story/299867.html
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Oklahoma Appeals Parking-Lot Law Ruling: Oklahoma has appealed an
October federal court ruling that blocked enforcement of a 2004 state
law that would restrict employers' right to ban guns in the workplace.
In October, U.S. District Judge Terence Kern handed down a permanent
injunction, saying the 2004 statute conflicts with federal laws that
protect workers on the job, including the Occupational Health and Safety
Act of 1970.
http://www.journalrecord.com/article.cfm?recid=83408
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Why Would They Pick Those Two Cities?: The FBI is warning that al Qaeda
may be preparing a series of holiday attacks on U.S. shopping malls in
Los Angeles and Chicago, according to an intelligence report distributed
to law enforcement authorities across the country this morning. (Could
it be that these are two of the three largest cities in the US where
shoppers are likely to be unarmed?)
http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2007/11/exclusive-fbi-a.html
Related Article:
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/1109terror-threat1109.html
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Oops, Wrong Bodega: On Wednesday night in the Woodside section of
Queens, one fed up store owner simply had enough. He was being robbed at
gunpoint when he decided to fight back. With a machete. Things did not
turn out too well for the alleged thief. The would-be robber was carried
dazed and bloodied from the bodega. The scene inside the store was such
a mess detectives almost missed the man's severed digit lying on the
linoleum.
http://wcbstv.com/topstories/machete.bodega.queens.2.552241.html
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Oops. Wrong House: ...An apparent home invasion Monday night ended with
the homeowner shooting and killing the intruder, sheriff's officials
said. Ulises Aaron Espino, 19, was shot to death after trying to force
his way through a bedroom window into the Rosedale home of Steven
Stewart...According to a sheriff's report, Espino was in possession of a
flammable liquid while breaking into Stewart's home and they appeared to
be entering to set the home on fire.
http://www.turnto23.com/news/14533627/detail.html
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Sullivan Backed By Senate Committee For BATFE Director: Michael J.
Sullivan, the top federal prosecutor in Massachusetts, won a key
congressional approval today in his bid for the post of director of the
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives...US Senator John
Kerry said in a statement that Sullivan was a "good law enforcement
officer who should do a fine job. ... Stretched way too thin over the
past year caught between two full time jobs, he's still stood out as a
highly competent professional and a person of character."
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/city_region/breaking_news/2007/11/senate_judiciar.html
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Michael Mukasey Supports Second Amendment?: Take another unsettled legal
question: whether the Second Amendment secures an individual right to
bear arms. Here is what Judge Mukasey told me: "Based on my own study, I
believe that the Second Amendment protects an individual right to keep
and bear arms." (Source - Sen. Dick Durbin)
http://www.allamericanpatriots.com/48736707_michael_mukasey_committee_markup_vote_attorney_general_nominee_michael_mukasey
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Hillary Clinton Supports Second Amendment?: Is there nothing Hillary
Clinton won't do or say in her quest to win the White House? She
actually had the nerve to say that she supports the 2nd Amendment. What
a load of bull. Hillary Clinton a friend to gun owners? That's like me
inviting Michael Moore over for dinner. It's just not gonna happen.
http://www.nranews.com/blogarticle.aspx?blogPostId=329
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Texas RKBA Hero: One of my favorite gun rights quotes was coined by Dr.
Suzanna Hupp - one of the great heros of gun rights advocacy. Her
efforts were a major force in getting the Texas legislature to pass
their shall issue CCW law in 1995 that finally "allowed" it's citizens
to keep and bear arms - prior to that Texas did not allow either
concealed or open carry of handguns in public at all, unless you were
part of a government agency...
http://dustinsgunblog.blogspot.com/2007/11/texas-gun-rights-hero-dr-suzanna-gratia.html
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Gunman's Father Sentenced To 40 Months: The father of a mentally
disturbed teenager who shot and killed two Fairfax County police
officers last year has been sentenced to 40 months in prison followed by
three years of supervised release for illegal weapons
possession...Prosecutors said Kennedy admitted that he had used
marijuana for the past 10 years and that he illegally had 20 firearms
and about 2,500 rounds of ammunition in his home on the day his mentally
disturbed 17-year-old son, Michael, opened fire on the Sully District
Station. Detective Vicki Armel and Officer Michael Garbarino were both
killed in the ambush. Police shot and killed Michael Kennedy.
http://www.nbc4.com/news/14539616/detail.html?dl=mainclick
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/08/AR2007110801407.html
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School Shooting Draws Attention To Finland's RKBA: ...The right to bear
arms is deeply ingrained in Finnish culture, and gun clubs are a social
fixture. West Shooters, located in an old bunker a few blocks from
Helsinki's luxury shopping streets, counts 300 regular members and is a
popular place for bachelor parties and corporate events...In Finland,
there are an estimated 56 guns for every 100 people, according to the
Small Arms Survey, a research organization based in Switzerland. That
figure is higher than for any other countries except the United States
and Yemen. In comparison with those two nations, however, Finland has
largely avoided the bloodshed and crime associated with firearms, at
least until this week.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/08/AR2007110802496.html
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2007-11-07-finland-guns_N.htm
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Stephen P. Wenger
Firearm safety - It's a matter
for education, not legislation.
http://www.spw-duf.info
