No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.2.4/283 - Release Date: 3/16/2006 Shall-Issue Given Good Chance For Passage In Delaware: Perhaps it is because the bill already has enough sponsors to override a veto but Delaware's governor has not indicated her intent to do so. http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060316/OPINION11/603160302/1004 --- Virginia Vehicle-Carry Bill Update: VCDL's Philip Van Cleave points out an error in yesterday's link about permitless carry in vehicles: Here's the bill as it passed the House and Senate: http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?061+ful+HB1106ER The wording of note is B 8. Used to say that officer notification was mandatory. But when they required the gun to be in a locked box, they dropped that requirement. Originally the bill would allow a loaded, concealed handgun anywhere in the vehicle without a permit. But it got very watered down. --- CPL Amendment Could Kill Ohio Open-Records Bill: An amendment to end press access to lists of CPL-holders could result in a veto of an Ohio bill intended to give access to state audits of private firms.. http://www.columbusdispatch.com/news-story.php?story=dispatch/2006/03/16/20060316-A1-05.html --- Marion Hammer On Florida Parking-Lot Bills: The woman who led the historic fight to reform Florida's CCW law argues that businesses don't have the right to police privately owned vehicles on their parking lots. http://www.gulfbreezenews.com/news/2006/0316/Opinion/022.html --- Louisiana Sheriff Opens Range To Public: The Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Office has officially opened it firing range to the public and will offer training courses as well. (Lafayette Parish is several parishes away from New Orleans, where local and imported authorities illegally confiscated privately owned firearms in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.) http://www.theadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060316/NEWS01/60316014 --- Public Range Sought In Utah: Shooters and environmentalists are facing off over a proposed 40-acre range complex in Slat Lake County. http://sltrib.com/utah/ci_3607157 --- ...To Fight Your Way To Your Gun: Clint Smith is often quoted as saying that a handgun is a good tool to fight your way to your rifle or shotgun. A burglar in South Carolina ran into an elderly woman who used a fork and a knife to try to fight her way to her firearm. (The best place to keep a defensive firearm inside the home is in a holster, on your person.) http://www.wcnc.com/news/topstories/stories/wcnc-ad-3_16_06-75fight.308c0593.html --- Unusual Commentary From Phoenix: E.J. Montini, normally an anti-RKBA commentator for The Arizona Republic, sees fit to conclude his column on the parole of a rapist with the observation that his victim is taking the training to obtain a CWP. http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/0316montini0316.html --- Refining Your Street Gun: Teddy Jacobson offers some comments on what should and can be done to refine the actions on a few different pistols. http://actionsbyt.blogspot.com/2006/03/refining-your-street-gun.html --- No Buyer For Winchester Plant: The New Haven CT Winchester factory is slated for closure the end of this months as no one appears interested in buying it. Part of the problem is that Herstal still has at least one year left on its license from Olin to use the Winchester name. http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/ny-bc-ct--winchesterplant0316mar16,0,5009759.story --- South Africa Extends Deadline For License Renewal: In a move applauded by prohibitionists, the South African government has extended for three months the deadline to meet the onerous requirements to re-license firearms. http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=14&click_id=6&art_id=vn20060316105248360C439891 -- Stephen P. Wenger Firearm safety - It's a matter for education, not legislation. http://www.spw-duf.info .