Huckabee Conducts Obligatory Hunt In Iowa: Presidential contender Mike
Huckabee bagged a pheasant Wednesday, offering Iowa voters the image of
an experienced outdoorsman on the hunt, shotgun blasting and dogs
braying. Just a campaign gambit? "Maybe it will show that I certainly
understand the culture of being outdoors," Huckabee said. "It's not
something we had to go out and get a primer in. It's very much ordinary
to me."
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/12/26/ap4474587.html
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Richardson Backs RKBA, Sort Of: Democrat Bill Richardson said here
Wednesday that he supports the Second Amendment rights of gun owners in
responding to a question about the recent shooting deaths of eight
people at Crossroads Mall in Omaha. The assailant, who killed himself
after the Dec. 5 rampage, had stolen a semi-automatic rifle from his
stepfather's house. "A lot of legitimate people own guns. I don't want
to take guns away from them," Richardson told about 50 people during a
campaign appearance at Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 737 here...He also
remarked, "I don't think you need an Uzi to go hunting," referring to an
Israeli-designed sub machine gun. He said he would support a renewal of
a federal ban on assault weapons, "but only if it works."
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071226/NEWS/71226025
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NRA Seeks Plaintiffs For Katrina Lawsuit: A powerful gun lobby
organization has hired private investigators to track down hundreds of
gun owners whose firearms were seized by New Orleans police after
Hurricane Katrina, according to court papers filed this week. The
National Rifle Association is trying to locate gun owners for a federal
lawsuit that the lobbying group filed against Mayor Ray Nagin and Police
Superintendent Warren Riley over the city's seizure of firearms after
the Aug. 29, 2005, hurricane. (SAF, equally involved in the action
against New Orleans officials, is barely mentioned toward the end of the
article.)
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/12/26/america/NA-GEN-US-Katrina-Confiscated-Guns.php
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Wisconsin To Consider Limits On Gun Seizures: State lawmakers want to
clip the power of the governor and local officials to seize people's
guns during emergencies, saying that authority could trample the rights
of citizens. Legislators said they decided to try to curb those powers
after seeing New Orleans police officers take guns from people during
the recovery from Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=699568
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Poll Reports Americans Almost Evenly Split On More Infringements: People
in the United States are almost evenly split between those who want
tighter firearm legislation and those who believe this is unnecessary,
according to a poll by Rasmussen Reports. 42 per cent of respondents
believe their country needs stricter gun control laws, while 44 per cent
disagree.
http://www.angus-reid.com/polls/view/29465/americans_clearly_divided_on_gun_control
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Oops, Wrong Store, North Carolina Version: A Reidsville area store clerk
turned the tables on a would-be robber by pointing a gun at him, the
sheriff's office said. Saveng Kaaosanga, 46, who works at the
Cornerstone Market outside Reidsville, told the Rockingham County
Sheriff's office a man entered the store with his right hand inside his
coat as if he had a gun...He demanded the money, but Kaaosanga refused.
Instead, Kaaosanga defended himself by pointing a pistol at the suspect,
the sheriff's office said. The pistol misfired as he proceeded to flee
the store. (It may be a good thing that the pistol misfired as shooting
the fleeing robber might not have beeen justified.)
http://www.news-record.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071220/NRSTAFF/919385364
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Oops, Wrong Store, Pennsylvania Version: An Ingram convenience store
clerk shot a would-be robber Christmas morning, then shot him again as
he tried to flee, the store owners said. The masked bandit walked into
the 7-Eleven on West Prospect Avenue about 4:30 a.m., said Vicky Bawa,
whose family has owned the business for about 12 years. The intruder
brandished a knife, jumped the counter and attacked the clerk, said
Bawa, 25, of Robinson. The clerk, identified by Bawa as Kaelin Weber,
24, pulled out a handgun and fired.
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/cityregion/s_544495.html
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Remington To Acquire Marlin: Remington Arms Company, Inc. ("Remington"
or "the Company") the only manufacturer of both firearms and ammunition
for Hunting, Law Enforcement/Security, Government & Military
applications in the United States, today announced it has entered into a
definitive agreement to acquire Marlin Firearms Company, Inc.
("Marlin"). The transaction is expected to close by the end of January
2008. Marlin, headquartered in North Haven, Connecticut, also owns
Harrington and Richardson (H&R), New England Firearms (NEF) and LC Smith
brands of rifles and shotguns.
http://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/industries/finance/article/remington-acquire-marlin-firearms_418888_9.html
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There's A Reason God Put Those People On An Island: A woman who suffered
a break-in robbery in which she lost some valuable antiques worth
"thousands" has been told she could face a significant liability if she
beefs up her home's security, and a returning robber would be injured.
"If I have got to live behind locked doors for the rest of my life, I
hope the rest of my life isn't very long," the woman, who asked to
remain anonymous, told the Rugby, England, Advertiser. "But why would I
want my house safe for these people? It's crazy," she said.
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=59391
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Stephen P. Wenger, KE7QBY
Firearm safety - It's a matter
for education, not legislation.
http://www.spw-duf.info
