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Mayor Bloomberg, Supporter of the RKBA?: Perhaps taking a cue from John 
Kerry, NYC's gun-banning Mayor Bloomberg claims to have owned a .22 
rifle as a youth and being a supporter of the Second Amendment (it's all 
about hunting, you know).

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/story/410969p-347706c.html
http://www.pennlive.com/newsflash/pa/index.ssf?/base/news-37/1145652864244490.xml&storylist=penn
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"Ugly Guns" Play Role In Illinois Race: Governor Blagojevich's 
re-election campaign launched a series of attack ads against his 
Republican opponent Judy Baar Topinka. The governor attacked Judy Baar 
Topinka's opposition to a ban on more assault weapons with new TV ads 
and a news conference in downtown Chicago.

http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=local&id=4101200
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Misleading Article About New Orleans Gun Confiscations: After ignoring 
the issues for months, New Orleans' The Times-Picayune claims that the 
city and the NRA have reached a truce over gun seizures following 
Hurricane Katrina.

http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/frontpage/index.ssf?/base/news-14/1145687056275360.xml
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It's All Pennsylvania's Fault: According to CeaseFire NJ, it's the fault 
of Pennsylvania's lax firearm laws that New Jersey's draconian 
infringements of the RKBA fail to keep the peace in Camden. (They don't 
appear to offer an explanation for violent crime in cities such as 
Newark, which don't border Pennsylvania.)

http://www.courierpostonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060421/NEWS01/604210367/1006
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California - Here We Go Again: The bill to mandate that the firing pin 
of autoloading handguns microstamp a serial number on fired cases (not 
bullets) has bee reintroduced in the California legislature.

http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/14394934.htm
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Opening Arguments In Arizona Shooting Trial: Both sides have presented 
their opening arguments in the trial of a retired teacher who fatally 
shot a man who charged him on a hiking trail.

http://www.azstarnet.com/news/125852
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Oops, Wrong Victim: A North Carolina man who fatally shot a teenage 
robber who was pistol-whipping him has learned that the shooting has 
been ruled self-defense. (The incident serves as a reminder that violent 
attacks can come at any time and handguns should be kept readily 
accessible, on one's person.)

http://www.nbc17.com/news/8886700/detail.html
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Rule Three Reminder: A police officer in Georgia shot himself in the 
thigh as he stumbled while reholstering his pistol after a foot chase. 
(Rule Three: Keep your finger out of the trigger guard, up on the frame, 
until your sights are on target and you're prepared to fire.)

http://www.news-daily.com/local/local_story_106215026.html
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Bushmaster Has New Owner: Bushmaster founder Dick Dyke has sold his 
company to Cerberus Capital Management. The only anticipated change for 
the company is increased growth.

http://www.courierpostonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060421/NEWS01/604210367/1006 


-- 
Stephen P. Wenger

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

http://www.spw-duf.info



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