Clinton, Obama, McCain Oppose "Gun Show Loophole": All three
presidential hopefuls have said they want to "close the gun show
loophole," and Mayors Against Illegal Guns is holding them to their
word. The gun-control group on Monday unveiled a new television
advertisement, in which Democratic Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack
Obama and Republican Sen. John McCain are heard commenting on the
so-called "loophole." Clips of their comments were taken from various
speeches.
http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewNation.asp?Page=/Nation/archive/200804/NAT20080415c.html
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Lie-Ins Lie: On Wednesday, when America marks the April 16 anniversary
of the Virginia Tech tragedy, the anti-gun-rights lobby will stage
so-called "Lie-Ins" for the purpose of "lyin' to the American public
about how to prevent such crimes," the Citizens Committee for the Right
to Keep and Bear Arms said today. Seung Hui Cho murdered 32 students and
teachers who could not defend themselves because Virginia Tech and
hundreds of other college and university campuses are "gun-free zones"
where law-abiding students and faculty have been legislatively or
administratively disarmed and deliberately left defenseless.
http://newsblaze.com/story/2008041515330300001.pnw/newsblaze/POLITICS/Politics.html
http://www.buckeyefirearms.org/node/5597
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Missouri Students Seek Campus Carry: ...After the shootings on college
and university campuses last year, Moum decided to create a Columbia
College chapter of Students for Concealed Carry on Campus. The national
student-run organization lobbies government and university
administrations for the right to carry concealed weapons on campus.
Since April, when Cho Seung-Hui killed 32 people on the campus of
Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Va., the organization has attracted a total
of more than 25,000 members nationally. The organization has some
traction. Thirteen states are considering legislation that would allow
students to carry concealed weapons...
http://www.columbiamissourian.com/stories/2008/04/15/student-group-seeks-expansion-conceal-and-carry-la/
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Wal-Mart Cow-Tows to Bloomberg: ...Gun owners who buy a firearm at
Wal-Mart, or any other gun store for that matter, already go through a
background check before the purchase can be made. What's the point of
videotaping someone making a legal purchase of a product, other than
simple harassment? To put it another way, every day Wal-Mart sells
thousands of prescription medications that, if used improperly, can
result in sickness or death. Are they going to start implementing these
same rules at their pharmacies, too?
http://www.nranews.com/blogarticle.aspx?blogPostId=384
NSSF Repsonds: New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, at a meeting of
the Mayors Against Illegal Guns coalition he founded, announced today
the Responsible Firearms Retail Partnership program with Wal-Mart. The
retailer has agreed to retain records of purchasers of firearms that are
later traced by law enforcement for reasons never disclosed to Wal-Mart.
The retailer also agreed to run background checks on its employees
handling firearms. Commenting on today's announcement the National
Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) - the firearms industry's trade
association - said the partnership's name gives the false impression
that federally licensed firearms dealers are somehow irresponsible...
http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20080414006549&newsLang=en
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Philadelphia DA Balks at New Gun Laws: Just four days after Mayor Nutter
and City Council celebrated enactment of a package of five gun-control
laws, reality arrived in the form of District Attorney Lynne M. Abraham.
Speaking yesterday at a City Council meeting, Abraham told members that
she believed the new laws were unconstitutional and that she would not
enforce them. "They are, on their face, illegal acts," said Abraham, who
predicted that the first arrest under the new laws would result in a
lawsuit challenging their constitutionality.
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/20080416_D_A__says_she_cannot_enforce_Philadelphia_s_new_gun_laws.html
NRA Seeks Restraining Order: The National Rifle Association is asking
for a temporary restraining order to stop enforcement of Philadelphia's
new gun control laws. The NRA requested the order Tuesday and is asking
the Common Pleas Court to consider a permanent injunction against the
laws. Philadelphia District Attorney Lynne Abraham also says they are
unconstitutional. Abraham predicted in a City Council hearing the laws
will be successfully challenged when the first person is charged...
http://www.fortmilltimes.com/124/story/133519.html
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Florida Governor Signs Parking-Lot-Storage Bill: Gov. Charlie Crist was
locked and loaded. Just six days after it passed the Legislature, Crist
quickly signed a bill Tuesday that makes clear many people can keep guns
locked in their cars while at work... A short time after Crist signed
the bill, a business-backed group known as the Guns at Work Coalition
sent out a news release saying it would file a legal challenge to the
measure "in the very near future.'' Businesses have long contended the
bill would violate private-property rights...
http://blogs.news-journalonline.com/politics/2008/04/crist_signs_gun_bill.html
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/business/sfl-flfguns0416sbapr16,0,4604903.story
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Georgia Restaurant-Carry Bill Analyzed: ... Under current law, a
law-abiding citizen with a Georgia firearm license permit may go into
any restaurant in the state that does not sell alcohol. That is about 75
percent to 80 percent of all restaurants in Georgia. So the Georgia
Restaurant Association is saying they trust those of us who hold firearm
license permits to go into restaurants that don't sell alcohol, but they
will not trust law-abiding Georgians in restaurants that sell alcohol?
HB 89 would not allow carrying firearms into bars. Also, we are not
reinventing the wheel here in Georgia. If the bill is signed into law,
Georgia will become the 38th state in the nation to decriminalize
carrying firearms into restaurants that serve alcohol. None of the other
states have had anything occur like they are trying to say will happen
here in Georgia...
http://www.ajc.com/opinion/content/opinion/stories/2008/04/15/equaled0415.html
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Bill Would Mandate Nationwide Reciprocity: Americans with state-issued
concealed weapons permits would be allowed to carry guns wherever they
travel in the country under a bill introduced Monday by 3rd District
Rep. John Boozman, R-Rogers. The measure would eliminate a mishmash of
concealed weapons regulations that vary from state to state, Boozman
contends. All states would be forced to recognize concealed handgun
permits from elsewhere. Gun control advocates oppose the bill. They say
that gun permit standards in some states are so weak that other
jurisdictions deserve the right to refuse those license holders. (Others
of us are concerned that letting the federal government get involved in
CCW could lead to harsh federal standards down the road.)
http://www.nwaonline.net/articles/2008/04/14/news/041508dcgunrecip.txt
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Illinois Prohibitionists Encounter Opposition: Gun control advocates
held a forum in Naperville Monday night to lobby for two pieces of state
legislation they believe would reduce firearm-related violence. They
were met by a largely pro-gun crowd of roughly 100 people who attacked
the Illinois Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence leadership's positions,
arguing the proposals would make it more difficult for law-abiding
citizens to obtain firearms...
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=172897
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New York Assembly Approves Infringement Package: Assembly Speaker
Sheldon Silver and Assembly Codes Committee Chair Joseph Lentol
announced that the Assembly Monday approved a series of gun safety
measures aimed at helping law enforcement officers track down illegal
guns, keep guns out of the hands of felons and children, and ban
advanced weaponry used to kill police officers. The 10-bill package has
been passed by the Assembly for more than a decade. Additional
provisions of the Assembly's comprehensive gun safety package would
close several loopholes in state and federal procedures for licensing
and regulating gun possession and also close mental health information
loopholes...
http://www.assembly.state.ny.us/Press/20080415/
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Stephen P. Wenger, KE7QBY
Firearm safety - It's a matter
for education, not legislation.
http://www.spw-duf.info
