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DC Police Chief Opposes Gun Bill: D.C. Police Chief Cathy L. Lanier
assailed a new bill yesterday that would eliminate most of the
District's gun laws, telling a congressional panel that the measure
would allow residents to carry loaded semiautomatic rifles in the
streets, creating a nightmare scenario for homeland security officials.
"Imagine how difficult it will be for law enforcement to safeguard the
public, not to mention the new president at the inaugural parade, if
carrying semiautomatic rifles were to suddenly become legal in
Washington," she said... A Secret Service spokesman, Malcolm Wiley,
declined to comment when asked why no one from the agency appeared...
(Clearly, someone with a semiautomatic SKS presents a greater threat to
government officials than a skilled shooter with a scoped bolt-action
precision rifle.)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/09/AR2008090901998.html
A bill before Congress to ease restrictions on guns in the District of
Columbia would make it harder to protect federal workers, residents and
the president, city and federal officials said Tuesday at a House
oversight hearing...But Chris W. Cox, a lobbyist for the National Rifle
Association, which strongly backed the bill, said it was not intended to
permit people to carry firearms on the streets. "The legislation permits
people to have a weapon in their home, and only in their home, and
anyone that says otherwise is flat-out lying," Mr. Cox said, adding that
it would allow people to carry firearms only if they were returning from
a gun store, headed to a firing range or taking the weapon hunting...
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/10/washington/10guns.html?_r=1&ref=us&oref=slogin
Liberal and conservative Democrats are squaring off over a D.C. gun bill
designed to satisfy the National Rifle Association (NRA). But it's a
fight some say the liberals are doomed to lose, at least in the House.
While a bill supported by liberals will likely win a committee vote
Wednesday, leadership is clearing a path for the NRA bill to get a floor
vote, where it would likely pass, said two sources familiar with the
negotiations. "Norton and Waxman will have their fun tomorrow," a source
who supports the NRA bill said Wednesday, referring to Rep. Henry Waxman
(D-Calif.) and D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D). "Then there will be
a fair up-and-down vote on the floor..."
http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/liberal-conservative-dems-fight-over-d.c.-gun-bill--nra-legislation-is-likely-to-get-floor-vote-2008-09-09.html
Related Editorials:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/09/AR2008090902988.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/10/opinion/10wed2.html
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Virginia Legislators Take New Look at Gun-Show Sales: Disabled and down
on his luck, former gun dealer Alfred "Speedy" Mercer sold some of his
firearms collection a couple years ago to help pay the bills. He sold
some at gun shows, and as a private seller he no longer had to conduct
the background checks on buyers that federally licensed dealers are
required to perform. That "gun-show loophole" has been debated by gun
advocates and opponents in Virginia for more than a decade. But on
Tuesday, Republican legislators on the Virginia State Crime Commission
took the debate in a new direction. Instead of focusing on whether
private sellers at gun shows should be required to do the checks, they
argued legislators' time would be better spent determining whether
someone such as Mr. Mercer would fit the federal definition of a private
seller or a dealer...
http://www.washtimes.com/news/2008/sep/10/group-to-study-gun-loophole/
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Battle Continues Over Obama-Rally Arrest: John Noble said he's openly
worn a handgun while attending the annual Maple Syrup Festival in Bradys
Run Park. He's worn it to a Bridgewater book signing. The Industry man
said he's never been confronted by police over his habit of wearing a
holstered pistol on his waist - that is until Aug. 29. Noble's arrest at
the Barack Obama campaign rally at Beaver's Irvine Park has raised
questions about gun rights. "There was no disturbance until (law
enforcement) made one," Noble said...
http://www.timesonline.com/articles/2008/09/08/news/doc48c31d45df16c948109432.txt
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Anti-RKBA Congressman Expected to Skip Court Appearance: Rep. Maurice
Hinchey is not expected to appear in a Hudson Valley court for the first
hearing in a harassment case against him. Hinchey was ordered to court
to answer the charge Tuesday. A spokesman says a lawyer will appear
instead. Paul Lendvay, chairman of the Catskill Regional Friends of the
National Rifle Association, claims Hinchey smacked him on the head after
he criticized the Democratic Congressman's politics and told him to put
down a gun he was examining at a street fair in Rosendale on July 19...
http://www.amny.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--hinchey-harassmen0909sep09,0,5462634.story
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When Seconds Count...: Imagine what you can do with twelve minutes of
your life. For some, the time is spent making a call to check on their
mother, for others, it's a quick smoke break while at work. One deranged
murderer used his time to kill twenty people and wound twenty-one
others. Just twelve minutes changed the life of at least one hundred
people in the Killen, Texas Luby's restaurant, and for some that same
twelve minutes was a lifetime. They died during a hellish attack on the
innocent. Gun advocates know how Suzanna Hupp lost her parents in the
massacre and took matters into her own hands by becoming an advocate for
legal concealed carry in Texas. What people don't realize is it took
more than twelve minutes for the first responding officer to arrive.
Although that officer acted heroically by shooting the rampaging gunman
he was too late for at least forty-one people...
http://www.buckeyefirearms.org/node/5977
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Oops, Wrong House, Mississippi Version: A would be burglar gets more
than he bargains for while breaking into a West Jackson home. The
homeowner sent the burglar to the hospital. It happened in the 600
block of Hillsdale Drive off Clinton Boulevard. A homeowner on Hillsdale
Drive was still in bed around 9:00 a.m. when a burglar woke him from his
sleep. "Once he heard Mr. Moore attempt to break into the home he
retrieved a weapon and fired a shot striking Mr. Moore," said Jackson
Police Lt. Jeffery Scott...
http://www.wlbt.com/Global/story.asp?S=8973273&nav=2CSf
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Oops, Wrong House, California Version: A home invasion attempt in
Sacramento has left one person dead and the homeowner under
investigation. Sacramento police reported receiving a home invasion call
around 12 a.m. from a homeowner on Carmelita Avenue and Rio Linda
Boulevard. Upon arrival, officers found that the homeowner had shot at
the intruder and mortally wounded him. Homicide investigators are now
investigating whether the homeowner was within his rights to shoot at
the individual. Police are also investigating reports of a second person
seen leaving the scene...
http://www.news10.net/news/story.aspx?storyid=47473&catid=2
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Oops, Wrong Store: The fatal shooting of a robbery suspect by a clerk at
a southwest Houston cellular phone store will be referred to a Harris
County grand jury without charges, police said Tuesday. The shooting
happened shortly before 7 p.m. Monday after the man entered the T-Mobile
store in the 7500 block of the Southwest Freeway and pointed a pistol at
two employees, police said. A third employee, who is licensed to carry a
concealed handgun, confronted the man and the two exchanged shots,
investigators said. The robbery suspect died at the scene. The employee
was not injured...
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5991173.html
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Stupid Is as Stupid Does, Follow-Up: A 21-year-old man arrested in
connection with the shooting death of his longtime friend told police
that he knew there were two bullets in the revolver but believed the
chamber was empty. Courtney L. Robinson was intoxicated when he was
playing with the gun, pointed it at 22-year-old Jason M. Brant and
pulled the trigger, according to an interim complaint released to the
Arizona Daily Star Monday...
http://www.azstarnet.com/metro/256686
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Stephen P. Wenger, KE7QBY
Firearm safety - It's a matter
for education, not legislation.
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