St. Louis Finally Joins CCW Program: St. Louis County begins accepting 
applications for concealed-carry endorsements today; the City of St. 
Louis is slated to begin July 25. (In the interim, savvy residents of 
those jurisdictions have been carrying legally with out-of-state permits.)

http://www.ksdk.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=81771
http://wb11tv.trb.com/news/kplr-news-071205-4,0,3084229.story?coll=kplr-news-1
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French Embassy Backs Brady Bunch: Second Amendment Sisters reveals that 
the French embassy in Washington DC is hosting a party that will serve 
as a fundraiser for the prohibitionist Brady Bunch. See link at bottom 
of page for sample letter to the French ambassador.

http://www.2asisters.org/press/index.html
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FBI Uses Firearms In Recruitment Ploy: Seven NFL players were given some 
rudimentary FBI firearms training as part of a PR move to enhance 
recruitment. I use the word "rudimentary" because a 300-pound man, with 
proper training, should have absolutely no trouble handling a 9mm MP5 
(or even an MP40).

http://www.dentonrc.com/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D8BA4R3O1.html
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Is Pennsylvania Different?: A Pittsburgh TV station would have us 
believe that local crime statistics are in total variance from national 
ones regarding the lack of impact of the sunset of the federal ban on 
cosmetically impaired firearms.

http://kdka.com/local/local_story_193165007.html
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More On The Columbus "AWB": Additional commentary and coverage on the 
recently enacted ban on cosmetically impaired firearms in Columbus OH.

http://www.peoplesrights.org/articletemplate.asp?id=69

-- 
Stephen P. Wenger

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

http://www.spw-duf.info



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