No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.3.3/296 - Release Date: 3/29/2006 New Jersey Legislators Seek BATFE Data: Bills set to go before Congress would make federal data on guns used in crimes available to the public, Sen. Robert Menendez and Rep. Steve Rothman, D-Fair Lawn, announced yesterday in Jersey City. http://www.nj.com/news/jjournal/index.ssf?/base/news-1/1143551546164930.xml&coll=3 --- Guns Or Government: An interesting essay on modern liberalism, rights and force. http://acuf.org/issues/issue56/060322pol.asp --- As Residents Return To New Orleans, So Does Crime: Crime rates are influenced by many factors; sometimes it just seems to be the presence or absence of committed criminals. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/30/national/nationalspecial/30crime.html?_r=1&oref=login&pagewanted=all --- Accident Ruled Out In Death Of L.A. Deputy: What had previously thought might have been an accidental death of an L.A. deputy sheriff, who appeared to have been placing her handgun in the trunk of her car, is now being investigated as a murder. http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-deputydead30mar30,0,6157049.story?page=2&coll=la-home-headlines --- Orange County Deputies Support Challenger: The union for Orange County CA deputy sheriffs has voted to support a challenger to their current boss. Carona has been relatively free with the issuance of CWP's in that county; no information is available about the CCW philosophy of Lt. Hunt. http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-carona30mar30,1,7697597.story?coll=la-headlines-california --- Interesting Defense: An English woman accused of murdering her husband claims that the shotgun "just went off" when she placed it on the floor after using it in an erotic dance. (Rule One: All firearms are always loaded. Rule Two: Don't let the muzzle cross anything you're not prepared to shoot.) http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/03/30/nwest30.xml&sSheet=/news/2006/03/30/ixhome.html --- From CCRKBA: NEWS RELEASE DESPITE BRADY EFFORTS TO CURB GUN RIGHTS, PRO-GUN VICTORIES CONTINUE BELLEVUE, WA - After more than two decades of trying to destroy the firearms rights of more than 80 million law-abiding American gun owners - and statistically failing to show any impact on violent crime - the Brady "Campaign Against Illegal Guns" being launched Thursday is yet another crusade whose ultimate goal is to trample the Second Amendment into dust. That's the reaction from Alan Gottlieb, chairman of the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA). "This isn't a new campaign against illegal guns," he stated, "it's the same old campaign against all guns, and the American citizens who own them. "Over the past several years," he continued, "anti-gunners have been claiming credit for reduced crime when it has really been initiatives mounted by gun owners across the country that have stopped criminals cold and put them in prisons where they belong. "Three Strikes and You're Out laws put violent repeat offenders out of circulation," he said, "and Hard Time for Armed Crime statutes have kept more thugs behind bars. "Expansion of shall-issue concealed carry laws that are now on the books in 38 states have allowed law-abiding citizens the means to fight back," Gottlieb continued. "While the gun control crowd has continued to push one failed policy after another - all designed to prevent American citizens from defending themselves, their families and their homes - it has been the tough legislation, mandatory sentencing guidelines and expansion of self-defense rights that has truly carried the day, and the Brady Bunch knows it. "Through it all," Gottlieb stated, "millions of law-abiding Americans have steadfastly endured attacks on their rights, and battled against social bigotry in the press, to fight for laws that make their neighborhoods safe, and send criminals skulking back into the shadows. "We will continue working with progressive members of both parties on Capitol Hill and in state legislatures to promote sensible legislation that focuses on felons, not firearms," he concluded. "The battle to regain our firearms rights is hardly over, but we will cut through the smokescreens thrown in our path by anti-gun extremists. Our goal is to return common sense to the law, so that rights prevail over rhetoric." --- From JPFO: ALERT FROM JEWS FOR THE PRESERVATION OF FIREARMS OWNERSHIP America's Aggressive Civil Rights Organization March 29, 2006 JPFO ALERT: BATFE Hearings Quietly Reinstated On March 21, we mentioned that Part III of the BATFE Congressional Hearings -- originally scheduled for March 28 -- had been removed from the House Judiciary Committee calendar and "postponed indefinitely" ( http://www.jpfo.org/alert20060321.htm ). Quietly, and without fanfare, the hearings were reinstated, and held as scheduled on March 28. While we were not able to attend due to the duplicitous manner in which the hearings were conducted, a webcast and witness statements are available at http://judiciary.house.gov/oversight.aspx?ID=228 . - The Liberty Crew ============================================================ JPFO mirror site: http://www.jpfo.net ============================================================ LET JPFO KEEP YOU INFORMED -- Sign up today for JPFO Alerts! Just send a blank e-mail to jpfoalerts-subscribe@jpfo.org. To unsubscribe, send a blank email to jpfoalerts-unsubscribe@jpfo.org ============================================================= Regain your freedom - download the song "Justice Day" today! http://www.rebelfirerock.com/downloadjd.html ============================================================= Original Material in JPFO ALERTS is Copyright 2006 JPFO, Inc. Permission is granted to reproduce this alert in full, so long as the following JPFO contact information is included: Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership PO Box 270143 Hartford, Wisconsin 53027 Phone: 1-262-673-9745 Order line: 1-800-869-1884 (toll-free!) Fax: 1-262-673-9746 Web: http://www.jpfo.org/ ============================================================= From NRA-ILA: Arizona Amendment Working Against Gun Ranges! State Representative Pamela Gorman (R-6) is sponsoring a "strike everything" amendment to the unrelated Senate Bill 1291. This amendment would eliminate the ability of the Arizona Game and Fish Commission to work with any county, city, or town in Arizona to build or maintain a public shooting range. With the current lack of shooting ranges in Arizona, and the everyday battle to save the existing ones, this amendment is simply unacceptable. Representative Gorman's amendment is a threat to the future of the shooting sports, hunting heritage, and ones ability to train with his or her firearm in Arizona. It is critical that you call your State Representative today at (602) 926-4221 or toll-free at 1-800-352-8404 and ask him or her to oppose Representative Gorman's "strike everything" amendment. Also, please contact Representative Gorman today and ask her to pull her amendment from SB1291. Representative Gorman's phone number is (602) 926-4002 or via email at pgorman@azleg.gov. If you know your State Representative's name, please use the following link to locate his or her phone number and email address www.azleg.state.az.us/MemberRoster.asp?Body=H. If you need help identifying your State Representative please use the "Write Your Representative" feature found at www.nraila.org/. -- Stephen P. Wenger Firearm safety - It's a matter for education, not legislation. http://www.spw-duf.info .