DC Court Of Appeals Dismisses Lawsuit: The Second Amendment Foundation
today applauded the unanimous ruling by the District of Columbia Court
of Appeals that dismissed a lawsuit against 25 gun manufacturers filed
by the district and families of nine gun crime victims in the city.
The lawsuit was filed in January 2000, but according to the opinion
written by Associate Judge Michael William Farrell, the Protection of
Lawful Commerce in Arms Act of 2005 required the court to dismiss the case.
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/01-10-2008/0004734645&EDATE=
From NSSF:
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/01-10-2008/0004734625&EDATE=
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Thompson Looks To Gun Owners In South Carolina: Fred Thompson is making
a last stand in the Palmetto State and he's counting on gun owners to
deliver a high-profile victory to boost his foundering presidential
campaign. It's a rescue mission that cuts both ways as Second Amendment
advocates are struggling to find a champion of their own in the
Republican presidential primary field. Their quandary mirrors that of
their social conservative brethren: hold their noses and vote for
someone with, at best, a mixed record on their core issue but who might
have a better shot at winning in November, or buck the polls and other
early primary state results by backing a true believer.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0108/7807.html
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Nebraska Bill Would Grant Permits To Non-Resident Military Personnel:
The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms today
announced its support for legislation introduced by State Sen. Mark
Christensen that would amend the state's concealed carry law to provide
a residency exception to non-resident military personnel stationed in
the state. CCRKBA Field Rep. Timothy Tyrrell said this measure will benefit
service men and women who have taken an oath to defend the country, and
want to have the means to defend themselves and their families while on
duty in the Cornhusker State. He noted that since Nebraska does not have
a reciprocity or recognition provision in its concealed carry law, this
change will allow members of the military to have the same ability to
obtain a Nebraska permit, after 180 days of continued residence in the
state.
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/01-10-2008/0004734648&EDATE=
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National-Park Carry Bid Gains Coverage: Nearly half the Senate is
pushing the Bush administration to let gun owners carry handguns and
other firearms into national parks and wildlife refuges. Forty-seven
lawmakers have signed a letter asking Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne
to lift Reagan-era restrictions that prevent citizens from carrying
readily accessible firearms onto lands managed by the National Park
Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Current regulations,
developed in the early 1980s, "infringe on the rights of law-abiding gun
owners who wish to transport and carry firearms on or across these
lands," the senators wrote.
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/0111guns-parks0111.html
http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/daily/local/73803.php
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Gun Owners Oppose Erroneous Signs At Airport: Utah gun-owners say they
have a right to carry their weapons at the Salt Lake City International
Airport as long as they stay out of secured areas. The airport has signs
at the terminal doors warning against bringing weapons on the premises,
The Salt Lake City Tribune reports. But the signs cite a Utah law that
allows weapons in public areas. Gun-rights advocates have asked the
airport to remove the signs. But the airport says they will stay in
place, suggesting that they are an early warning for those boarding
airplanes that they cannot carry their weapons through the security
checkpoints.
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Top_News/2008/01/10/utah_gun_owners_go_armed_at_airport/2583/
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Oops, Wrong House: ... Police said Donald Robertson, 53, was asleep just
after midnight when he was awakened by the sound of breaking glass.
Robertson grabbed a shotgun and went outside, where he found Chester
Burkett, 43, breaking one of the home's windows, police said.
Authorities said the two men struggled with each other, and Robertson
fired his shotgun. Police said Robertson told them he wasn't sure if
he'd hit Burkett, so he struck the would-be burglar several times with
the butt of the shotgun.
http://www.theindychannel.com/news/15021526/detail.html
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Oops, Wrong Neighborhood: ...Pazoki attacked, and Kohan fired that third
shot into his chest, mortally wounding him, according to the El Dorado
County Sheriff's Office... After the ordeal, Kohan was incarcerated
overnight in the El Dorado County jail in Placerville on suspicion of
murder. He was released Monday morning after Pierson and his chief
assistant reviewed the case. "All I can say ... is when you have two
people that have lost their lives in a horrific situation such as this,
the detectives have to be as careful as they can about having their
facts straight to protect the public," Pierson said.
http://www.sacbee.com/101/story/623597.html
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Business Owner Cops Plea For Shooting Burglar's Tire: An auto salvage
yard owner charged with a felony for shooting out a suspected
trespasser's car tire pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct in exchange
for $245 in fines and restitution. John O'Connor, a Vietnam veteran and
small-town councilman, said he drove to his shop near the village of
Honeoye late on Nov. 25 and came upon a trespasser who ran away. After
alerting police, he then spotted another man in a car nearby and shot
out a tire with his shotgun when the car roared off.
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--trespasser-retali0110jan10,0,3403428.story
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Tennessee Could Ban Toy Guns: Some guns are obviously a toy, others
aren't. Either one could get someone killed if pointed at someone, and
that's the point of one Tennessee lawmaker who says he wants to get rid
of all toy guns. Last year's killing of a West Memphis teenager by a
police officer prompted the idea of a toy gun ban from Memphis
Assemblyman John DeBerry. Police said DeAunta Farrow pulled a weapon,
which they later learned was a toy.
http://www.wreg.com/Global/story.asp?S=7601411
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Britain To Ban Deactivated Firearms: The government said Thursday that
it plans to ban deactivated firearms by the end of the year after a huge
increase in the number of model and pellet guns that have been converted
to fire live ammunition... The police believe there are an estimated
120,000 deactivated weapons in circulation across Britain. The
government look set to reclassify them as replica guns, which are
already banned.
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5i0hiFFwatsuv5IZQ3ziIX64oYuuw
Related Article:
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/homeaffairs/story/0,,2238475,00.html
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Stephen P. Wenger, KE7QBY
Firearm safety - It's a matter
for education, not legislation.
http://www.spw-duf.info
