Getting Close: Article goes into further detail about the new Army 
weapons training for recruits, part of which involves carrying their 
rifles for most of their waking hours, as they would in a combat zone. 
Of note, however, is insistence on unloading of the weapons upon return 
to the barracks, "the same procedure the soldiers would follow when 
returning to a base in Iraq."

http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/11776292.htm
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Good Aim?: A 64-year-old widow in Florida killed a man who broke a 
window to enter her home with a single shot to the chest with her 
.38-caliber revolver. That's good shooting for what appears to have been 
an unaimed shot. Why the paper feels the need to show the location of 
her home is beyond me.

http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050531/NEWS01/505310328/1006

More Details:

http://www.wesh.com/news/4552505/detail.html
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West Virginia County Will Deny Permits To Sex Offenders: The sheriff of 
Kanawha County has announced that he will no longer issue pistol permits 
to applicants with misdemeanor convictions for sexual offenses.

http://www.dailymail.com/news/News/2005053114/
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South Dakota Reports Fewer Hunting Accidents For 2004: The Department of 
Game, Fish and Parks recorded 21 hunting accidents in 2004, compared to 
39 in 2003. While more than half occurred during pheasant season, the 
only fatality involved a rifle, fired by a farmer who was trying to 
scare geese from his fields.

http://www.dailymail.com/news/News/2005053114/
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Murder Rates By Nation: The US is ranked 24th out of 50 countries in 
intentional homicides. While the US is ranked fourth in intentional 
homicides committed with firearms, that figure, for 1999, was 8,259, 
compared to 31,918 for South Africa (first place) , in 2000, and 3,589 
for Mexico (fifth place), in 2000.

http://www.nationmaster.com/graph-T/cri_mur_cap
http://www.nationmaster.com/graph-T/cri_mur_wit_fir
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The Brits Got It From The French: It turns out that British physicians 
have a precedent in their call for a ban on long, pointed knives - 
France had a similar ban in the 17th century.

-- 
Stephen P. Wenger

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

http://www.spw-duf.info



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