Brady Bunch Vows Court Fight Over Firearm Bill: In characteristic fashion, the Brady Bunch, facing likely passage and signing of some version of the Protection in Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, vows to challenge the new law in court. Isn't the strategy of using litigation to accomplish what they cannot accomplish through legislation what brought about the bill in the first place? http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewNation.asp?Page=\Nation\archive\200510\NAT20051019a.html --- Brady Bill, Similar Laws Don't Reduce Crime: John Stossel looks at the realities of crime and restrictions on the RKBA. http://realclearpolitics.com/Commentary/com-10_19_05_JS.html --- Wisconsin Legislature To Defend Pro-CCW Reps: It looks like the legislature will be funding the legal defense of the authors of this year's shall-issue CCW bill, who face charges from the state's attorney general. http://www.duluthsuperior.com/mld/duluthsuperior/12935502.htm --- Virginia School Administrators Lie: Liberty Belles take on the fallacies in the request of a Virginia school board to obtain a state ban on firearms at their meetings. http://www.libertybelles.org/articles/sissified.htm --- Conflicting Stories In Shooting Of Dog: A Tucson security officer is facing three felony charges after shooting a dog whom he claims was a threat. The Arizona law that makes it a felony to negligently discharge a firearm within city limits has a specific exemption for defense against an animal attack. http://www.dailystar.com/dailystar/metro/98573.php --- Novel Defense In Maryland: A trucker charged with trying to enter Andrews Air Force Base with a machete and two handguns has been granted his claim that he does not fall under the provisions of Maryland's handgun law. He may still be convicted of the charge involving the machete. http://www.mddailyrecord.com/pub/5_395_tuesday/legalnews/172753-1.html --- Rule Five In Vermont: Article examines theft prevention in what may be the state with the highest rate of firearm ownership (and one of the lowest crime rates). http://www.benningtonbanner.com/Stories/0,1413,104%7E8678%7E3096503,00.html --- Maybe But This Is the 21st Century: Dick Metcalf proclaims the 1911 as the autopistol of the 20th century. Among the fallacies in the article, he fails to mention that trying to turn a 1911 into a target pistol reduces its legendary reliability under battlefield conditions. http://hunting.about.com/od/guns/l/aastpistolofCa.htm --- Pending Referendum Drives Up Brazil Firearm Sales: Firearms Sales are up nearly 28% so far this year in Brazil in anticipation of a ban following this Sunday's vote on a referendum that would virtually ban sales to private citizens. http://www.plenglish.com/Article.asp?ID=%7B8DF302B4-965E-4ACD-A8B3-112888C4EBF1%7D&language=EN --- Missing Pistol Found In Britain: The pistol left in a public restroom by a military officer on a training exercise has been located in a mailbox. It's still not clear why the Brits will send a highly vetted officer onto the streets with a firearm loaded with blanks unless they actually anticipate incident of this sort. (I am unfamiliar with a SIG P-22; as I recall, it's actually a P-226.) http://www.herts24.co.uk/content/comet/news/story.aspx?brand=CMTOnline&category=News&tBrand=herts24&tCategory=newscomnew&itemid=WEED18%20Oct%202005%2016%3A43%3A01%3A300 --- From CCRKBA: NEWS RELEASE CCRKBA EXPRESSES 'CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM' OVER CHERTOFF VOW TO EXPEL ILLEGAL ALIENS BELLEVUE, WA - The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA) expressed "cautious optimism" today following Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff's vow that his agency will increase efforts to expel illegal aliens from this country. CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb last month started a nationwide "Border Control, Not Gun Control" campaign on the heels of a Zogby poll that showed that 70 percent of likely voters believe that tightening security along the nation's borders is far more important to national security than tightening the country's gun laws. "We're going to want to see just how serious an effort this is," Gottlieb said, "but it is certainly a step in the right direction. Our members have responded overwhelmingly to our campaign to flood the White House with mail and telephone calls. Demand for our 'Border Control, Not Gun Control' bumper stickers has been phenomenal. "Frankly," Gottlieb added, "American gun owners are tired of taking the political rap for gun crimes that are being committed by people who shouldn't even be in the country." Chertoff's promise to the Senate Judiciary Committee is that his agency will put an end to what he called "catch and release" enforcement, and send back "every single illegal entrant, no exceptions." The effort should be fully realized within a year, he said. However, Chertoff also said the Department of Homeland Security will spend $90 million more in the next budget to increase bed space at detention centers for illegal aliens. "The idea is not to house these people," Gottlieb said, "but to kick them out of the country, and keep them out. This is a crime control issue, as well as a national security issue. Nearly 30 percent of our state and federal prison population consists of illegal aliens for committing violent crimes, frequently with firearms, and the solution to this problem is to secure our borders, not to pass more gun laws. Law-abiding gun owners know we're in a crisis, and the only answer is border control, not gun control." -- Stephen P. Wenger Firearm safety - It's a matter for education, not legislation. http://www.spw-duf.info .