DC Fires Lead Attorney In Heller: The District's acting attorney general
has fired the lead lawyer scheduled to argue before the Supreme Court in
favor of the city's gun ban, just days before attorneys are scheduled to
submit a brief in the case to the high court.
Peter J. Nickles, whose controlling style as Mayor Adrian M. Fenty's
general counsel was thought to be responsible for the resignation of
Attorney General Linda Singer last month, fired Alan B. Morrison last
week. Mr. Morrison said he expects to have his office cleared out by Monday.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080103/METRO/739378878/1001
http://legaltimes.typepad.com/blt/2008/01/top-dc-lawyer-w.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/02/AR2008010201116.html
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NRA Granted Continuance In Katrina Lawsuit: A federal judge has agreed
to postpone a trial for a lawsuit that the National Rifle Association
filed against city officials for seizing hundreds of guns in Hurricane
Katrina's aftermath. Last week, NRA attorneys said the lobbying group
needs more time to search for hundreds of gun owners whose firearms were
confiscated by New Orleans police following the Aug. 29, 2005, hurricane.

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/6420ap_la_katrina_confiscated_guns.html
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Huckabee Claims Commitment To RKBA: "People are looking for some
consistency when it comes to the support of the second amendment.
They're not going to find that I once supported some gun control measure
and now I've changed my mind because the polls say I should or because
the playbook says I should. I do it because it's a conviction. I think
that that's a constitutional right. It's not about hunting; it's about
our freedom. It's about protecting ourselves, our families and our
futures. If we don't have the Second Amendment, we lose the First as
well," Huckabee said.

http://www.kcci.com/politics/14963175/detail.html
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Virginia Prepares For Onslaught Of Gun Bills: Expect grieving parents to
talk about their slain children as they plead for stricter gun controls.
Expect passionate Second Amendment loyalists to argue that a legally
armed professor could have halted the Virginia Tech massacre. In all,
expect heated discussions and passionate debates about firearms when
state lawmakers return to Richmond next week.

http://www.dailypress.com/news/local/dp-news_gunlaws_0102jan02,0,3626473.story
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Michigan Bill Favors Judges: Legislation introduced in the state Senate
earlier this year to expand exemptions to current concealed weapon laws
by allowing judges to carry concealed weapons in "gun-free zones" is
moving in Lansing. Senate Bill (SB) 505, sponsored by Sen. Roger Kahn
(R-Saginaw), was recently reported to the full Senate floor after
spending a few months before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

http://www.spinalcolumnonline.com/Articles-i-2008-01-02-54465.113117_Bill_lets_judges_carry_weapons_in_gunfree_zones.html
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Do We Still Need Armed Pilots?: ...Consider this: Arming pilots is not a
new idea. In fact, airline pilots flew armed in large numbers from the
dawn of commercial aviation to 1987 with no record of incident. When the
federal government disarmed pilots in 1987, many pilots predicted
cockpit takeover attempts -- including the late Captain Victor Saracini,
who, in horrible irony, was the captain of United flight 175 on
September 11, 2001 when his Boeing 767 was hijacked and crashed into the
South Tower of the World Trade Center. It was the disarming of pilots in
1987 that inevitably led to the September 11 cockpit takeovers...

http://www.washingtontimes.com/article/20080103/EDITORIAL/583177106/1013
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Oops, Wrong Store: ...A man police later identified as Dwain Smith
reportedly ran into the store wearing a ski mask and yelling...Charlie
says he responded immediately. "When I heard it I automatically took
mine (gun) out." And Charlie says he was ready to act. "If he had raised
it (gun) up yes I would have shot him." ...Charlie says was face to face
with the suspect. "He just stare and looked at me for a minute. I cocked
it back and then, all of a sudden, he laid it down on the counter and
put all the money down." (Manually cocking handguns under stress is
sufficiently risky that, in the days of revolvers, several large police
departments altered theirs so that they could only be fired double-action.)

http://www.wthr.com/Global/story.asp?S=7565465&nav=menu188_2
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=59503
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Oops, Wrong Car: One man was shot and killed Tuesday morning, but the
man who pulled the trigger will likely not face charges, police said.
Two vehicles were on Huebner Road, but when they both reached the
Fredericksburg Road intersection, one man got out of his vehicle and
began attacking the other with a baseball bat, police said. When the man
with the bat tried to attack the driver, investigators said, the second
driver pulled out a gun and shot the first driver twice.

http://www.ksat.com/news/14959073/detail.html
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Rule Four Reminder: A Natchez man shot and killed his wife when he
mistook her for an intruder in their home, according to police. Police
Chief Mike Mullins said Glenn and Deborah Mizell awoke around 4 a.m.
Tuesday to the sound of their barking dog. Mullins said Glenn Mizell
went to investigate, taking a pistol with him. Mullins said Glenn Mizell
began checking through the house and was unaware his wife had left the
bedroom and gone into the kitchen. Mullins said when Mizell saw her
figure in the dark, he fired his gun once. (Rule Four: Always be sure of
your target and what's beyond it.)

http://www.wapt.com/news/14962750/detail.html
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Bubble Wrap Company Fights Police Firing Range: The maker of Bubble Wrap
- the famously addictive packaging that people love to pop, crackle and
stomp on - says the popping of gunshots from a nearby police shooting
range is giving its employees a headache. Sealed Air Corp., maker of the
cushioned plastic since 1957, says the noise from gunfire at the police
department's firing range is "disruptive and unsettling" to its
employees, according to a letter sent to borough officials.

http://www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjcxN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXkzJmZnYmVsN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk3MjQwMDQy
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Les Baer Prepares To Leave Illinois: An Illinois custom gun manufacturer
opened the new year at the same old place in Illinois as construction
continues on a new facility across the river in LeClaire. Les Baer
Custom of Hillsdale, Ill., announced in May it wanted to move out of
Illinois and received approval of a development and site plan agreement
in LeClaire. Heavy rains in August slowed construction. On Monday, owner
Les Baer described the plant as being about 80 percent complete.
Exterior work is completed, but some interior work must be finished on
the building at the secluded 2.82-acre site between Iowa Drive and Eagle
Ridge Road.

http://www.qctimes.com/articles/2008/01/01/news/local/doc477acd62de1dd036442551.txt
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US Army Moves Toward "Green" Ammo: ...It's getting to the point where
concern over spent ammunition risks hindering military readiness. The
Environmental Protection Agency took the unprecedented step in 1997 of
ordering a halt to live-fire training and an immediate cleanup of spent
ordnance in Camp Edward, Mass. The range reopened in 1999 with "green
ammo"--bullets that have a tungsten-alloy core rather than a lead one.
But while it was closed National Guard units and others had to travel to
New Jersey or elsewhere for live-fire training... (There are serious
concerns about the potential carcinogenicity of tungsten.)

http://www.opinionjournal.com/extra/?id=105001780
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From AzCDL:

Like it says in our brochure, AzCDL is an "all volunteer" organization.
We need volunteers to help us at two guns shows in Tucson:

1. The Crossroads of the West gun show on January 12th & 13th at the
Pima County Fairgrounds: http://www.crossroadsgunshows.com/gunsched.htm

2.  The McMann's Roadrunner gun show on January 26th & 27th at the
Tucson Convention Center:
http://www.mcmannsroadrunner.com/

If you can spare a few hours we would deeply appreciate your help - the
majority of our members join AzCDL at gun shows.  Come on down and spend
some time observing the other volunteers.  When you feel ready, step on
in.  If proactive selling is not your forte, we still need volunteers to
manage the table, help hand out magnets, flyers and brochures, and keep
an eye on things.

Volunteers who work the AzCDL table for a few hours will get into the
gun show FREE!

If your membership is coming up for renewal soon, stop on by the table
and renew.  Sustaining memberships get a FREE AzCDL T-Shirt.

Not a member?  Not a problem!  You can join AzCDL at the gun show!

Interested?  Drop a line to [email protected].

These alerts are a project of the Arizona Citizens Defense League
(AzCDL), an all volunteer, non-profit, non-partisan grassroots
organization.  Join today!

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