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Kansas CCW May Succeed This Year: If the governor does not sign the 
bill, under the pressure of an election year in which she seeks 
re-election, supporters are preparing for a veto override.

http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/13800816.htm
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Going Postal In Gun-Free Zones: Goleta CA is not the first postal 
facility that has been the site of a mass murder. Gun-free zones attract 
this sort of activity, as do nationwide bans on private ownership of 
firearms.

http://www.townhall.com/opinion/columns/donaldr.may/2006/02/06/185303.html
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Self-Defense And The Asian Religions: David Kopel follows up his 
excellent treatise on self-defense in the Judaeo-Christian tradition 
(http://www.davidkopel.org/2A/LawRev/The-Torah-and-Self-defense.pdf) 
with a similar look at the six major religions of Asia.

http://www.davekopel.com/Religion/Self-defense-in-Asian-religions.pdf
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Firearms And The British Dependencies: An intriguing account of the 
shooting team from the Isle of Man, in transit through London's airport 
with their pistols. (Since the Isle of Man and Jersey are merely British 
dependencies, they have their own laws.)
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Canadian Province Wants Own Handgun Ban: Ontario's attorney general is 
now blaming firearm collectors, as sources of stolen guns. (I thought 
all the murder weapons were being smuggled in from the US.)

http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1139094368545&call_pageid=968350130169&col=969483202845
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Jamaica Revises Firearms Licensing: The newly appointed firearm 
licensing authority will hold is first meeting next week.

http://www.rjr94fm.com/news/story.php?category=2&story=22888
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Firearms Stolen From Israeli Base: Military police suspect an inside job 
in the theft of 32 rifles and eight grenade launchers from an Israeli 
military base. (This incident occurs at a time when the director of Shin 
Bet states that conservative religious activists pose a greater threat 
to Israel than Arab terrorists.)

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3211967,00.html
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Japan May Ban High-Power Airguns: Japan, where Airsoft guns are 
immensely popular, is weighing a ban on modified versions that can fire 
a metal projectile at higher velocities, with the use of a stronger spring.

http://www.theage.com.au/news/World/Japan-may-ban-powerful-toy-air-guns/2006/02/07/1139074198664.html 


-- 
Stephen P. Wenger

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

http://www.spw-duf.info



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