No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 268.0.0/267 - Release Date: 2/22/2006 Utah Car-Carry Bill Amended: The bill originally intended to decriminalize carrying a loaded firearm concealed in a vehicle has been amended to allow one to be locked in a glove compartment or console. http://www.sltrib.com/utah/ci_3533805 --- Kentucky Castle Bill Advances: A bill to remove a duty to retreat in one's own home has cleared a committee and advances to the full house. http://www.wtvq.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=WTVQ%2FMGArticle%2FTVQ_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1137834278419&path=!news!localnews --- Prohibitionists Testify Against Michigan Stand-Your-Ground Bill: As some states consider expanding the right to use deadly force in self-defense, a group of gun-control advocates yesterday asked Michigan lawmakers to defeat a bill that would eliminate people's legal "duty" to avoid a threat to oneself by walking away or seeking refuge. http://newstandardnews.net/content/index.cfm/items/2845 http://wwmt.com/engine.pl?station=wwmt&id=23890&template=breakout_state.html --- Parking-Lot Bill Hits Snag In Florida Legislature: The bill that would have blocked employers from banning the storage of firearms in vehicles on company lots has apparently been tabled. http://tampabay.bizjournals.com/tampabay/stories/2006/02/20/daily31.html Brady Bunch Crows: http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=61367 --- Parking-Lot Bill Still Viable In Georgia: The proposed bill, GA House bill 998, which has been reviewed and rewritten/substituted by the House Committee on Public Safety, allows licensed gun owners to legally bring weapons into the parking lot as long as the weapons stay locked in the vehicle. http://www.securityinfowatch.com/online/Standards-and-Legislation/7401SIW320 --- Four Strikes, You're Out: A Florida man demonstrating bizarre behavior attempted to break into four homes. He kicked in the door of the fourth one and died from a bullet fired by the homeowner. http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060222/NEWS01/602220398/1006 --- Sex Ed vs. Firearm Ed: Ohio is considering a bill that would offer gun safety training as part of the high school curriculum. While pro-gun groups are quick to praise such a move as a way to decrease gun accidents through education, anti-gun leftists are already using their tired propaganda in opposition of the bill. http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewCommentary.asp?Page=\Commentary\archive\200602\COM20060223b.html --- NSSF To Give Out Gun Locks In Tucson: Free gun locks and firearm-safety handouts will be available through Project ChildSafe during the next couple of weeks. Project ChildSafe is a nationwide program managed by the National Shooting Sports Foundation. http://www.azstarnet.com/metro/117185 --- Officer Shot With "Unloaded Gun": A Michigan police officer was shot in the foot by a fellow officer who didn't think that the pistol was loaded. (Rule One: All firearms are always loaded. Rule Two: Never let the muzzle cross anything you're not prepared to shoot.) http://www.cm-life.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/02/22/43fccb34c5c6c --- Reporter Enjoyed CCW Course: An Arkansas reporter enjoyed his first experience firing a handgun in a concealed-carry course. (Two-part story) http://www.recordtimes.com/rhtn/News/639/ http://www.recordtimes.com/rhtn/Editorial/648/ --- Documents Support Cheney's Account Of Hunting Mishap: NBC News has obtained previously unpublished documents from the Kenedy County Sheriff's Office. (Of particular interest to those of us who have been following the Force Science materials about shooting investigations, is that statement, "Some law enforcement experts say that's an unusually long period of time, after a shooting, to gather written statements from witnesses. Ideally, they say, investigators like to get such affidavits when memories are still fresh, and can't be influenced by other witness accounts.") http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11509948/ --- Kalashnikov Tale: Field & Stream intersperses the story of Mikhail Kalashnikov and the development of the AK-47 with bits of interview. http://www.fieldandstream.com/fieldstream/shooting/article/0,13199,1159774,00.html --- John Lott To Speak At New Zealand Firearm-Safety Conference: MP Keith Locke says at least five of the keynote international speakers have publicly argued against restrictions on the use of firearms and represent firearm manufacturers or pro-gun lobby groups. http://guncontrol.org.nz/index.php?/archives/64-Special-forces-called-into-shut-down-firearms-safety-conference.html -- Stephen P. Wenger Firearm safety - It's a matter for education, not legislation. http://www.spw-duf.info .