15-Year-Old Cleared In Home Defense Shooting: Prosecutors in North Carolina have decided that a 15-year-old was acting in self-defense when he fatally shot a 19-year-old who broke into his home and assaulted him and an 18-year-old female companion. http://www.citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050708/NEWS01/50708003/1001 --- Grand Jury Clears Wife Who Killed Husband: In an unusual case, a New York grand jury tossed out murder charges against a woman who fatally shot her husband in the back. http://www.capitalnews9.com/content/headlines/?ArID=139244&SecID=33 --- Pistol-Permit Office To Expand Hours: Erie County NY will expand the operating hours of its pistol-permit office. http://www.wivb.com/Global/story.asp?S=3572371&nav=0Rapbvvt --- Some May Seek Gain In Gun Buy-Back: West Palm Beach (FL) police realize that some people may buy cheap handguns at pawn shops in order to profit from a local buy-back program. http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/palmbeach/sfl-pguns08jul08,0,7515127.story?coll=sfla-news-palm --- Jury Weighs Fate Of Former Officer: A former lieutenant with the Houston (TX) PD is charged with murder in the furtive-movement shooting of a stalker. The man was stalking the officer because the officer had had an affair with the stalker's wife. http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/metropolitan/3257524 -- Stephen P. Wenger Firearm safety - It's a matter for education, not legislation. http://www.spw-duf.info .