Virginia May Alter Mental-Health System: A package of bills to reform
the state's mental health system in the wake of the Virginia Tech
tragedy passed unanimously out of a Senate committee yesterday, while
others made their way through the House. The Senate omnibus bill would
loosen Virginia's tough standards for involuntary commitment, require
better monitoring of those receiving outpatient treatment to make sure
they get the treatment that is ordered and allow better sharing of
mental health records. The legislation and others in the Senate and
House are attempts to reform a mental health system that has come under
increased scrutiny since a mentally disturbed student killed 32 students
and faculty members and then himself at Virginia Tech in April.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/article/20080129/METRO/836188184/1004
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Utah Student Discusses CCW: A USU student who has a concealed weapons
permit said he likes to exercise his Second Amendment right and feel
protected...He said his concealed weapon came in handy when several men
demanded he give them his wallet in North Salt Lake while he was pumping
gas. The student said he told the men he had a gun and "doesn't miss."
He said he then pulled out the gun, and the men left...There are four
places (in Utah) where carrying a concealed weapon is prohibited, Taylor
said, which include federal buildings, courts or mental health
facilities, secure areas of an airport and property of religious
institutions that have registered with the state.
http://media.www.utahstatesman.com/media/storage/paper243/news/2008/01/28/Features/Concealed.Weapons.On.Campus-3171725.shtml
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Idaho Gun Shop Will Get Day In Court: Red's Trading Post will have its
day in court, possibly in February. U.S. District Judge Edward Lodge of
Boise on Thursday rejected a federal agency's claim that the Twin Falls
gun dealing business has fallen short of showing grounds for a hearing.
"The judge wants to hear all the people and look at all the evidence,"
said Mark Geston, a Boise attorney representing the gun dealership. The
U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives had asked for a
summary judgment against the business it says "willfully" violated
agency rules. The ATF can administratively revoke a gun dealer's federal
firearms license. But in Red's case, the business has challenged the
agency in court and in the court of public opinion.
http://www.magicvalley.com/articles/2008/01/26/news/local_state/129503.txt
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Huh?: Major Florida gun-show promoter Victor Bean has weighed in on
Tuesday's Republican presidential primary, telling an e-mail list of
nearly 90,000 Second Amendment advocates the he's voting for John
McCain. Bean's e-mail says he consulted with Pasco County GOP Chairman
Bill Bunting, a prominent statewide gun-rights advocate, who spoke with
McCain, Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee about gun issues in recent days.
Bunting and many Second Amendment activists were backing Fred Thompson,
who dropped out of the race last week. (I guess his gun shows only sell
space to licensed dealers.)
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/palmbeach/floridapolitics/entries/2008/01/28/gunshow_promoters_back_mccain.html
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Maryland Mayor Calls For Microstamping: In the wake of a double homicide
in Annapolis' Bay Ridge Gardens apartments, Mayor Ellen Moyer is pushing
for lawmakers to draft legislation that requires gun manufacturers to
produce microstamp imprints of a gun's serial number on shell casings.
The Annapolis mayor plans to meet with state leaders today, including
House Speaker Michael Busch, D-Annapolis, City Police Chief Joseph
Johnson and representatives from several state agencies to push for
legislation and secure crime and drug-prevention funding. (If it's
supposed to work in California...)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1183701~Annapolis_mayor_wants_fired_guns_to_automatically_stamp_bullets.html
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Prohibitionist Attacks America Fights Back: Arthur Hayhoe is the
executive director of a group calling itself the Florida Coalition to
Stop Gun Violence, Inc., a well funded anti-gun organization that has
received grant funding from the extremist Americans for Gun Safety. AGS
is a Trojan horse gun control group that has had to change its name to
the less-onerous "Third Way" in order to keep fooling people about its
mission. Americans for Gun Safety is bankrolled by millionaire
anti-gunner Andrew McKelvey, former board member of Handgun Control,
Inc., which became the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence. Connect
the dots!
http://www.amazon.com/review/product/0936783508/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt/105-2825806-0439633?%5Fencoding=UTF8&showViewpoints=1
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Colorado State Patrol Chooses S&W M&P: Smith & Wesson Holding
Corporation , parent company of Smith & Wesson Corp., the legendary
156-year old company in the global business of safety, security,
protection and sport, announced today that it has received an order from
the Colorado State Patrol for 850 of the company's Military & Police
(M&P) Series of advanced-design polymer pistols. The Smith & Wesson
M&P40, chambered in .40 S&W, will be issued to each officer of the
Colorado State Patrol to replace early-model Smith & Wesson pistols that
have served as the primary duty firearms for the department.
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/prnewswire/LAM06228012008-1.htm
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Stephen P. Wenger, KE7QBY
Firearm safety - It's a matter
for education, not legislation.
http://www.spw-duf.info
