"The Second Amendment is as important as the First Amendment": While 
conceding that she favors background checks and controls at gun shows, 
Conodoleeza Rice told Larry King that the Constitutional right of 
Americans to own guns is as important as the rights to free speech and 
religion.

http://www.newsday.com/news/politics/wire/sns-ap-rice-guns,0,3002326.story?coll=sns-ap-politics-headlines
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2005/5/12/231621.shtml
http://mensnewsdaily.com/blog/longenecker/2005/05/thank-you-secretary-rice.html
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Students Favor Firearm Safety Classes: A small survey of high-school 
journalism students in Tucson found that most support the new law that 
authorizes Arizona high schools to conduct courses in marksmanship and 
firearm safety.

http://www.dailystar.com/dailystar/metro/74337.php
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McCarthy Blocks Liberalization Of Juvenile Possession: Prohibitionist 
Carolyn McCarthy prevented an anti-gang bill from loosening the 
restrictions on juvenile possession of handguns, so long as the juvenile 
would have been accompanied by a parent. While the article mocks the 
deleted language, it does not review how tight the current restrictions are.

http://www.newsday.com/mynews/ny-usgang124255229may12,0,3857201.story
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Oops!: A deputy sheriff visiting an Alabama school assured students that 
it would be very difficult for someone else to remove his handgun from 
his holster. Perhaps, but a student who attempted it ended up firing a 
round into the floor.

http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050512/APN/505120879&cachetime=3&template=dateline

Pistol Involved Was A Glock:

http://www.thecarolinachannel.com/news/4480261/detail.html
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Minnesota Shall-Issue Ruling Appealed: Minnesota's attorney general has 
asked the state's supreme court to overturn a ruling that struck down 
the state's shall-issue law on a technicality.

http://www.grandforks.com/mld/grandforks/news/state/11631304.htm

-- 
Stephen P. Wenger

Firearm safety - It's a matter 
for education, not legislation.

http://www.spw-duf.info



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