No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.14.25/246 - Release Date: 1/30/2006 More Details On Nebraska CCW Bill: Article examines several provisions of this year's bill to create licensed CCW in Nebraska. http://www.sewardindependent.com/c10252.html --- Wisconsin Gun Owners - Call Legislature: Today is the day for the Assembly to vote on the CCW override veto. http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=60120 --- Politicians Can't Make The Connection: Jeff Knox observes, "Politicians and political advisors are finally realizing that gun control is a losing issue in elections. What they can't seem to grasp is that gun rights is a winning issue." http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/viewArticle.asp?articleID=989 --- Endorsement In Ohio Governor Race: "Ken Blackwell, a Life Member of the NRA, has been a strong, consistent supporter of the rights of gun owners," said Jeff Garvas, president of Ohioans For Concealed Carry (OFCC). "As Governor, we believe he will be instrumental in furthering concealed carry reform in Ohio." http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=60095 --- Shooting OF NYPD Officer Appears Justified: A preliminary review of the shooting of an off-duty NYPD officer by a uniformed colleague suggests that the shooter was within policy. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/31/nyregion/31officer.html --- Arizona Cops Worry About Thefts: Is there a pattern emerging in the theft of police firearms and equipment from parked vehicles? (And is it wise to continue to force law-abiding patrons of restaurants that serve alcohol to leave their firearms in parked vehicles?) http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/index.php?sty=58014 --- Indiana Officer Loses Gun, Gear From Car: Article reports one more case of a police firearm and equipment being stolen from an officer's vehicle. http://www.wishtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=4430659&nav=0Ra7 --- Defenseless Victim Zone: Three people are dead and a fourth is in critical condition with a head wound after a person, believed to be a female former employee, opened fire at a Santa Barbara CA post office. http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-shooting31jan31,0,4812918.story?coll=la-home-headlines http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11107022/ --- Canada Police Chiefs Want To Keep Registry: The head of Canada's police chiefs says he will impress upon the new federal government the merits of the national gun registry, a much-maligned system the Conservatives have promised to scrap. Ewatski said statistics show police officers electronically query the registry about 2,000 times a day, which can, for instance, help them determine whether guns are in a house they are about to enter. http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1138575009828&call_pageid=968332188774&col=968350116467 -- Stephen P. Wenger Firearm safety - It's a matter for education, not legislation. http://www.spw-duf.info .