Registration of Wallet Holsters: A list member disputed my statement
that wallet holsters which allow the pistol to be fired while it is
still holstered must be registered under the provisions of the National
Firearms Act. Wikipedia provides a good summary:
.."Any Other Weapons" (AOWs) also include disguised firearms, firearms
that can be fired from within a wallet holster, or a briefcase. A
short-barreled shotgun
which came from the factory with a pistol grip is categorized as an AOW
rather than a SBS, because the Gun Control Act describes a shotgun as
"...designed or
redesigned to be fired from the shoulder..." The AOW classification also
includes handguns with a forward vertical grip. It is therefore illegal
to place an aftermarket foregrip on any pistol without first registering
it as an AOW and paying the making tax...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Firearms_Act
ATF has ruled that simultaneous possession of the holster and a pistol
that will fit it requires tax payment (registration) as an AOW.
http://www.nfaoa.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=985&sid=f57c211fe41b63ae888ec90404ddfd52
http://reviews.ebay.com/Wallet-Holsters-amp-ATF-Regulations_W0QQugidZ10000000001714210QQ_trksidZp3286.c0.m17
Further, "wallet guns" are specifically banned in some states, such as
California.
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/displaycode?section=pen&group=12001-13000&file=12020-12040
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New York Still Contemplates Impact of Heller: After Rashawn Handsome of
Brooklyn was arrested for keeping three handguns in a sneaker box in his
apartment - without any license for them - his Legal Aid attorney argued
that Handsome had a right to bear arms under the Second Amendment of the
Constitution. As we reported last year, a Criminal Court judge
emphatically disagreed. The guarantee of the right to bear arms, Judge
Michael Gerstein said, referred to state militias. No one, the judge
reasoned, intended for every individual to "own firearms for their
private, civilian use." But now the Supreme Court has spoken on this
issue - in a case involving the District of Columbia's restrictions on
guns. Could Handsome and his Legal Aid Society attorney have been right?
http://www.gothamgazette.com/article/law/20080728/13/2595
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Oops, Wrong House: A man fatally shot one of three armed intruders who
broke into his Woodland Hills home Friday in an apparent home invasion
robbery, police said. The dead intruder, a man in his 20s whose name has
not been released, was found with a handgun, said Officer Jason Lee, a
spokesman for the Los Angeles Police Department. The other two suspects
remain at large. Officers detained one man, but later let him go after
concluding that he had no role in the incident, Lee said. The shooting
occurred about 2:45 p.m. in the 24300 block of Burbank Boulevard when
the three men allegedly kicked in the door. In the house at the time
were an elderly couple and their two grown sons. Police did not release
information about who fired the fatal shot or how many might have been
involved in the gunplay.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-woodland2-2008aug02,0,6507606.story
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On the Radio Today: This weekend on, Anise Jenkins of "FreeDC.org," a
D.C. resident, will be on at 1 PM MST to tell why the Heller decision is
a bad thing. At 1:30, Dick Anthony Heller himself will bat clean up.
Liberty Watch/America Armed & Free is on KVOI AM 690 in Tucson, AM 930
KAPR Douglas, and AM 1240 KJAA Globe, from noon to two PM. The previous
show, Swap Shop, is a free market on air swap meet on the same stations,
and WELCOMES the sale of lawfully held firearms. It is free. Both shows
are streamed live on the internet at
http://kvoi.com/listenlive.php and
click "listen live," then chose Winamp or Windows media. If you miss it
or cannot hear it live, Liberty Watch/America Armed & Free is archived
at www.libertywatchradio.com/listen , and should be posted by 4 PM MST
8/3/08.
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NRA-ILA Alerts: Alerts for the week are posted on the NRA-ILA website.
http://www.nraila.org/GrassrootsAlerts/read.aspx
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From AzCDL:
The AzCDL Newsletter for July 2008 is available for viewing and
downloading at:
http://www.azcdl.org/html/newsletters.html .
Inside you'll find a review of the 2008 legislative session.
Also included is an invitation to the FREE 2008 Gun Rights Policy
Conference (GRPC) to be held this year in Phoenix, on September 26-28,
2008. You can find out more about GRPC here:
http://www.saf.org/default.asp?p=GRPC
The July newsletter was mailed to all active AzCDL members. If you did
not get your copy, and your membership has not lapsed, please contact
[email protected] to make sure we have your correct address.
If you would like to receive a printed version of future newsletters,
please go here and follow the instructions:
http://www.azcdl.org/html/join_us_.html .
These alerts are a project of the Arizona Citizens Defense League
(AzCDL), an all volunteer, non-profit, non-partisan grassroots
organization. Join today!
AzCDL - Protecting Your Freedom
http://www.azcdl.org/html/accomplishments.html
Copyright � 2008 Arizona Citizens Defense League, Inc., all rights reserved.
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From John Farnam:
27 July 08
Success story, from a female student:
"Last week, I had just returned home from shopping. My house is set back
from the street and up forty stairs. Shrubs on both sides of the
stairway obscure the view and severely restrict any exit except down the
stairs. When I arrived home, I parked my car in the driveway, carried a
load of groceries up to the house, then returned to the car to bring up
the last load.
As I got my arms full again, I heard a man's voice saying, 'Hey lady! I
have something to sell you.' I turned to see a strange man, scrubby,
dirty, and poorly dressed, advancing on me from the street. I replied,
'I'm not interested,' and started walking quickly toward the stairs.
The man followed. I turned toward him and said sternly, 'I'm not
interested. Get off my property!' He replied, 'Let me come in and
show you what I have for sale.' He continued to advance on me. I
abruptly dropped my packages, got my hand on my snubby revolver, and ran
up the stairs to my front door, entered my house, and locked the door
behind me.
Once inside, I called 911 and reported an 'assault-in-progress.' I took
a breath, thinking the man had probably left.
No such luck!
The man appeared at my doorway and started pounding and kicking the
locked door, yelling, "Let me in! Let me in!" Still on the line, the
911 operator, hearing the pounding, said, 'What is that?' I replied,
'Operator, send the police now! A violent felon is breaking into my house!'
Having only marginal faith in the stoutness of my front door, I
retreated up the stairs to a landing. I used a support post for cover
as I pointed my revolver at the door. I calculated I would be shooting
down (safe backstop), plus the attacker would not see me right away.
Fortunately, I had thought about, and rehearsed, all this before, so
there was no hesitation on my part.
I shouted, 'Go away! I've called the police, and they are on the way.
I have a gun, and I will shoot!
The pounding abruptly stopped, and I could hear him running back down
the stairs. From an upstairs window, I saw a faded van drive up, pick
the man up, and drive away. Never saw him again!
Police were there minutes afterward. They indicated that what I had
experienced fit the MO of a gang of grubs that had spread out over the
neighborhood lately.
The moral of this story for me is the confirmation of the value of my
professional defensive handgun training and my ongoing practice with my
Training Group. My pistol was loaded, as always, with high-performance
ammunition, and I entertained no uncertainty with regard to my ability
to stop this felon with gunfire, and I was fully prepared to do so,
without hesitation.
Happily, it was not necessary, this time!"
Lessons:
(1) Be alert! Pay attention. Keep your head up. Have a well-tuned
ability to detect trouble in the making. The more time you have to
prepare yourself and refine your Plan accordingly, the better the outcome.
(2) Face facts! Don't con yourself. Don't delude yourself into
thinking you're not really seeing what is in front of you.
(3) Have a Plan! Know your Plan. Rehearse your Plan. But, don't fall
in love with your Plan! Those without a plan will predictably dither
and die!
(4) Stern, clear, uncluttered verbal challenges will often prevent the
necessity of using deadly force. Verbal challenges need to be short, to
the point, one-way, and unequivocal. Don't bluff, and don't engage in a
conversation!
(5) Be armed! Like wearing seatbelts when in a car, you can't know when
they will be necessary, so you wear them all the time!
(6) Stay in motion! Get your feet out of cement. A moving target is a
difficult target.
(7) There is no substitute for competent firearms training and
continuous practice. When you've never taken lessons, it is unlikely
you'll be able to suddenly sit down in front of a piano and make music,
no matter how nice a piano it is!
(8) Be prepared to go it alone. Don't wait to be rescued! Even a
relatively fast response police is still far too slow to make any
difference in the outcome of most life-threatening situations. When you
are not prepared to handle it yourself, right now, without assistance
from anyone, you probably won't live through it.
(9) Do whatever is necessary, at the critical moment, without
hesitation. Don't worry about being perfect, and don't look back!
(10) Lose your fear of dying! There are no guarantees in this life,
and, end the end, we're all dead anyway. Who look for "fairness" in the
way the world is ordered, do so in vane!
/John
28 July 08
Incisive analyses, as always, from Skip Gochenour and the ATSA Crew:
"While all ten of the points you enumerate are valid and germane, these
two are, by far, the most important:
>>Face facts! Don't con yourself. Don't delude yourself into thinking
you're not really seeing what is in front of you.
>>Lose your fear of dying! There are no guarantees in this life, and,
end the end, we're all dead anyway. Who look for 'fairness' in the way
the world is ordered, do so in vain!
In four decades of studying violent encounters, and in discussions with
regard to victim selection and engagement are governed almost entirely
by their perception of the potential victim's understanding of, and
personal commitment to, the foregoing.
VCAs understand that the willful reluctance of the target/victim to
accept the reality and urgency of the situation, catalyzes the victim's
inclination to engage in fantasy-delusion sufficient to persuade the
victim to suspend reality just long enough for the victimization to take
place.
In the VCA's convergence upon an engagement decision, he will accept all
the other points you made, so long as the two enumerated above are in
his favor. He will thus be heavily influenced by his perception
(correct or incorrect) that the target/victim is willing to wager his
life on the outcome of the next few moments. When the target/victim is
obviously unwilling to make that irrevocable wager, and instead
submerges himself in aboulic fantasy, the VCA has a green light, no
matter what other factors figure into the equation!
Since the success, and continued good health, of the VCA turns on his
ability to correctly perceive this willingness, or its absence, he is
well-advised to hone that perceptive skill. His first wrong call may
well be his last, as it nearly was in the incident you cited."
Comment: Fear, like all other emotions, needs to be managed and
contained. Fear is normal, even beneficial in some circumstances. But,
when out of control, fear leads, by a short route, to delusion and
paralysis, as Skip noted above. Fear will drive you to inaction, and
maybe crazy to boot! Its paralyzing grip must be broken by personal
courage, resolve, and icy determination, which you either have or you don't!
In the words of Sitting Bull, "Brothers! Test your armor, but only test
the front!"
/John
--
Stephen P. Wenger, KE7QBY
Firearm safety - It's a matter
for education, not legislation.
http://www.spw-duf.info
