No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.392 / Virus Database: 268.6.1/343 - Release Date: 5/18/2006 Wisconsin Supremes Rule Against CCW: On Wednesday, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled that only under extraordinary circumstances, like the threat of death or bodily harm, can you carry a concealed weapon in your car. http://www.weau.com/home/headlines/2821856.html --- NYC Only Following Chicago's Lead: Mayor Bloomberg isn't the first big-city boss to pull a sting operation on gun dealers. In a 1998 probe dubbed Operation Gunsmoke, Chicago Mayor Richard Daley had undercover cops posing as gang members go into area gun stores. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/local/story/418741p-353672c.html --- NRA Welcome But...: Editorial from Milwaukee regurgitates the usual line about cosmetically impaired firearms not being necessary for hunting, Wisconsin not needing licensed CCW, etc. http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=424937 --- CCW Reform Still Pending In Ohio Senate: Columbus's mayor bemoans the possible passage of HB 347 and ensuing state pre-emption over the regulation of CCW. http://www.nbc4i.com/news/9242046/detail.html Pressure Needed To Move Bill: http://peoplesrights.org/articletemplate.asp?id=158 --- Ohio Bill Could Give More Leniency In Self-Defense: Vague article cites case of a woman who had been charged with murder for fatally shooting a housebreaker, offers poll. http://www.nbc4i.com/news/9232280/detail.html --- The NRA Pledge: Cam Edwards discusses the implications of your mayor or chief of police refusing to take the NRA's pledge not to confiscate legally owned firearms during declared emergencies. http://www.townhall.com/opinion/columns/CamEdwards/2006/05/18/197804.html --- CCRKBA vs. Pennsylvania: The CCRKBA charges that Pennsylvania's requirement for character references for renewals of concealed-carry permits discriminates against the elderly. http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=65987 --- SAF vs. Milwaukee Mayor: Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett should ignore anything he heard at a recent anti-gun mayors' summit in New York, and instead trust his own citizens to fight violent crime in the city by enabling them to fight back, the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) said today. http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=66062 --- Prosecution Rests In Trail-Shooting Case: The prosecution has rested in the murder trial of a retired Arizona teacher who shot a man who charged him on a hiking trail. The trial judge ruled that the jury could not hear the testimony of the initial investigator, who had determined that physical evidence supported the defendant's claim of self-defense. http://www.azdailysun.com/articles/2006/05/18/news/20060518_news_30.txt --- A Modest Proposal: Thomas Andrew Olson suggests that if it's a good plan for our borders, New York City's concern about illegal firearms could be addressed by offering a "path to legalization" for those weapons. http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig6/olson7.html --- Enterprising Burglars Hit Gun Shop: Burglars stole six firearms from an Arizona gun shop, including an Armalite .50-caliber rifle. They broke into an empty pet store, then broke though walls four more businesses to gain access to the gun shop. http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/index.php?sty=65924 --- Gun Makers Target Female Shooters: The Associated Press uses the NRA's annual meeting to examine how both the organization and the firearm industry are appealing to women (and young) shooters. http://msnbc.msn.com/id/12858648/ --- Canadian Conservatives Still Plan To End Long-Gun Registry: The Conservative government announced plans to scrap the registry of rifles and shotguns, in a move that the government said will render records on 90 per cent of all guns that are now registered "obsolete," but reduce the registry's budget by only 12 per cent. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20060518.GUNS18/TPStory/National Prohibitionists Map Strategy: http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/Canada/2006/05/18/1585913-sun.html --- From AzCDL: Because of your emails, letters and phone calls, HB 2076 (weapons; misconduct; storage; map pocket) passed the Senate Committee of the Whole (COW) on Thursday, May 18, 2006 and moves to "Third Read" for a vote by the full Senate. HB 2076 is an AzCDL supported bill that would require on-site, "readily accessible" storage and "immediate retrieval" of a weapon when public establishments or events forbid firearms: http://www.azleg.gov/DocumentsForBill.asp?Bill_Number=HB2076 An amendment, passed by the Senate Judiciary committee, extended the effective date to 2009. However, an amendment passed in the COW removed the extended (2009) effective date. The new amendment also clarifies that HB 2076 does not apply to public establishments or events licensed to serve alcohol, and gives qualified immunity to employees or agents handling surrendered firearms. Let the Senate know your feelings on HB 2076 and urge its passage during Third Read. Below is a sample letter to use in contacting your Senator. For those wishing to contact every Senator, an email list is provided following the letter. To find your Senator go here: http://tinyurl.com/bmfwn Dear Senator: The Arizona Citizens Defense League (AzCDL) has informed me that HB 2076 will soon be heard by the Senate during Third Read. I ask that you please vote for HB 2076. HB 2076 simply requires compliance with a provision of the Firearms Preemption Law passed in 2000. Since 2000, ARS 13-3102(A)(10) has allowed government buildings and events to prohibit firearms if they request that a person surrender their firearm and "place it in the custody of the operator of the establishment or sponsor of the event." If they do not take "custody" of the firearm, they may not prohibit possession of firearms. Unfortunately, law-abiding firearms owners currently receive disparate and discriminatory treatment. Some public establishments and events provide storage lockers. Many require law-abiding citizens to surrender their firearms to local police for off-site "custody," where retrieval is made difficult by inconvenient locations or office hours. Some refuse to do even that, and require law-abiding citizens to leave their firearms in their vehicles, easy targets for thieves here in the auto theft capitol of the U.S. HB 2076 requires uniform compliance with the law when operators of public establishments or events decide to prohibit firearms. Under the proposed law, the operator is required to provide temporary and secure storage that is readily accessible on entry and permits immediate retrieval upon exit if they choose to prohibit the lawful carrying of firearms. HB 2076 does not apply to events or establishments licensed to serve alcohol. Firearms prohibition is voluntary. Nothing in HB 2076, or the law that passed in 2000, requires any facility or event to prohibit firearms. Contrary to the claims of opponents of HB 2076, there is no mandate, unfunded or not. There are a number of states that do not prohibit lawful possession of firearms in government facilities, including their state capitols, and they have not experienced any problems. Without electronic screening, the kind of prohibition allowed in ARS 13-3102 only affects those citizens intent on complying with the law, not those intent on violence. Again, I ask for your support and vote for HB 2076. Sincerely, Your Name Street Address City, AZ zip-code (telephone number) List of Senate email addresses separated by semi-colon: eableser@azleg.gov ; paboud@azleg.gov ; laguirre@azleg.gov ; callen@azleg.gov ; marzberger@azleg.gov ; tbee@azleg.gov ; kbennett@azleg.gov ; rblendu@azleg.gov ; bbrotherton@azleg.gov ; rburns@azleg.gov ; rcannell@azleg.gov ; kcheuvront@azleg.gov ; jflake@azleg.gov ; jgarcia@azleg.gov ; rgould@azleg.gov ; cgray@azleg.gov ; lgray@azleg.gov ; ahale@azleg.gov ; jharper@azleg.gov ; thellon@azleg.gov ; jhuppenthal@azleg.gov ; kjohnson@azleg.gov ; bleff@azleg.gov ; dmartin@azleg.gov ; rmiranda@azleg.gov ; rrios@azleg.gov ; vsoltero@azleg.gov ; jtibshraeny@azleg.gov ; tverschoor@azleg.gov ; jwaring@azleg.gov List of Senate email addresses separated by comma: eableser@azleg.gov , paboud@azleg.gov , laguirre@azleg.gov , callen@azleg.gov , marzberger@azleg.gov , tbee@azleg.gov , kbennett@azleg.gov , rblendu@azleg.gov , bbrotherton@azleg.gov , rburns@azleg.gov , rcannell@azleg.gov , kcheuvront@azleg.gov , jflake@azleg.gov , jgarcia@azleg.gov , rgould@azleg.gov , cgray@azleg.gov , lgray@azleg.gov , ahale@azleg.gov , jharper@azleg.gov , thellon@azleg.gov , jhuppenthal@azleg.gov , kjohnson@azleg.gov , bleff@azleg.gov , dmartin@azleg.gov , rmiranda@azleg.gov , rrios@azleg.gov , vsoltero@azleg.gov , jtibshraeny@azleg.gov , tverschoor@azleg.gov , jwaring@azleg.gov These alerts are a project of the Arizona Citizens Defense League (AzCDL), an all volunteer, non-profit, non-partisan grassroots organization. Join today! AzCDL - Protecting Your Freedom http://www.azcdl.org/html/join_us_.html Copyright © 2006 Arizona Citizens Defense League, Inc., all rights reserved. --- From The Firearms Coalition: Two of the bills that we are supporting have just completed subcommittee mark-up and have been referred to the entire House Judiciary Committee: H.R. 5005 , the "Firearms Corrections and Improvements Act" and H.R. 1384 , the "Firearm Commerce Modernization Act." Now is a good time to contact members of the Judiciary Committee to urge them to support these two bills and keep them moving. Now would also be a good time to contact your Representative and make sure he is signed on as a cosponsor. It would also be worthwhile to call Speaker Hastert to encourage him to put these bills - along with H.R. 5013 the "Disaster Recovery Personal Protection Act of 2006" Here are the members of the Judiciary Committee: Hon. Coble (R) North Carolina, 6th Hon. Lungren (R) California, 3rd Hon. Green (R) Wisconsin, 8th Hon. Feeney (R) Florida, 24th Hon. Chabot (R) Ohio, 1st Hon. Keller (R) Florida, 8th Hon. Flake (R) Arizona, 6th Hon. Pence (R) Indiana, 6th Hon. Forbes (R) Virginia, 4th Hon. Gohmert (R) Texas, 1st Hon. Scott (D) Virginia, 3rd Ranking Member Hon. Jackson Lee (D) Texas, 18th Hon. Waters (D) California, 35th Hon. Meehan (D) Massachusetts, 5th Hon. Delahunt (D) Massachusetts, 10th Hon. Weiner (D) New York, 9th I am on my way to Milwaukee - hope to see many of you there. I plan to attend the GrassRoots Workshop on Friday morning. On a personal note; Mom will not be attending, she is in Arizona taking care of my sister Stacey who has developed a serious health problem and is in the hospital - prayers are appreciated. -- Stephen P. Wenger Firearm safety - It's a matter for education, not legislation. http://www.spw-duf.info .