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BATFE Director Linked To Cost Overruns: While his agency has been told 
to expect cuts in its operating budget of 20 to 30%, the director of 
BATFE has run up the cost of the agency's new building with all sorts of 
goodies for his own office.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/05/AR2006020501073.html
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It's Not About Guns, It's About Liberty: John Longnecker begins a new 
series, in which he points out that the RKBA is merely a barometer of 
what other rights we have.

http://mensnewsdaily.com/blog/2006/02/good-for-country.htm
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Case May Influence Colorado Legislation: A bar owner is on trial for 
shooting a man who was burglarizing his business. Pending legislation 
would extend the coverage of Colorado's "make my day" law, possibly to 
include business premises.

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/editorials/article/0,2777,DRMN_23964_4439855,00.html
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Michigan Bill Would Relax Transport Requirements: A bill pending in 
Michigan would legalize the transport of unloaded firearms in trunks of 
vehicles, even if the person lacked a hunting license or was not 
traveling to and from a shooting range.

http://lsj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060204/NEWS04/602040327&SearchID=732347613129
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New Law Has Not Changed Police Policy: Texas passed a law intended to 
give its residents the benefit of the doubt in cases involving the 
traveler's exemption for carrying a handgun in a vehicle. The Harris 
County (Houston and environs) district attorney said he would disregard 
the new law and at least one police department in the county says it is 
following his lead.

http://web.baytownsun.com/story.lasso?ewcd=bd77a47e77ab1aae
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Some Cheese With That Whine?: The president of New York City's Staten 
Island borough has complained about the alleged role of the NRA in 
scuttling the nomination of NYC Mayor Bloomberg's girlfriend for the 
chairmanship of the FDIC.

http://www.silive.com/search/index.ssf?/base/news/1138977127308650.xml&coll=1
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Washington Post Reporter Learns To Shoot: A reporter from The Washington 
Post tells of organizing a group of women to learn to shoot. Despite her 
silly closing comment, the article concludes with a guide to shooting 
instruction in the DC area.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/02/AR2006020202180.html
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Oops, Wrong House: A North Carolina man used his .22 rifle to shoot a 
housebreaker wearing a pillowcase as a hood. It seem fortunate that the 
guy was deterred from further action by a shot from a .22.

http://www.journalnow.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=WSJ%2FMGArticle%2FWSJ_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1137833877237
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Man Cleared In Self-Defense Shooting: An Oklahoma man who had been 
charged with first-degree murder has been cleared in the fatal shooting 
of another man who charged him with a machete. Note that the family of 
the assailant hid some of the evidence, something to keep in mind in the 
aftermath of a self-defense incident.

http://www.kten.com/Global/story.asp?S=4455113
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Robert Williams Featured In PBS Documentary: The author of Negroes with 
Guns, an often ignored leader in the civil-rights movement in North 
Carolina, is the subject of a film to be shown on PBS.

http://www.cantonrep.com/index.php?ID=267487&Category=20

-- 
Stephen P. Wenger

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

http://www.spw-duf.info



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