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Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.9.3/374 - Release Date: 6/23/2006 Sheriff, Police Chief Support Ohio CCW Reform: In contrast to the Ohio State Highway Patrol, a major opponent of the rights of Ohioans to carry concealed firearms, the sheriff of Auglaize County and the police chief of St. Marys have called on the legislature to get HB 347, the bill to reform CCW laws in Ohio, to the governor's desk. http://www.theeveningleader.com/articles/2006/06/24/news/news.01.txt Related Article: http://www.ohioccw.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3628&Itemid=83 --- Alaska Governor Signs "Castle" Bill: Governor Frank Murkowski has signed the National Rifle Association (NRA)-backed "Castle Doctrine" self-defense bill into law in Alaska. http://www.nra-ila.org/News/Read/Releases.aspx?ID=7797 --- Michigan Still Debating Stand-Your-Ground Legislation: Proposed state legislation that would expand a citizen's right to self-defense has entered the crosshairs of local supporters, critics and law enforcement. The bill package would allow a person to thwart an attacker with deadly force if the defender feels a reasonable fear of imminent death or great bodily harm. http://www.hometownlife.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060623/NEWS/606230310/1035/NEWS18 --- ...And The Beat Goes On: The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) and Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA) have joined with the Madison Society and a dozen law professors from major universities in filing a Brandeis brief in Shelly Parker et al v. District of Columbia, a case that has significant implications on the individual right to keep and bear arms. http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=68168 --- GOA vs. NRA In Michigan Election?: One candidate in Michigan's GOP 7th Congressional primary race claims endorsement from Gun Owners of America while his rival claims endorsement from the National Rifle Association. (A spokesman for the NRA endorsee claims "from his time in the CIA, he's noted that he can take a 9 millimeter apart and put it back together with his eyes closed." Woohoo!) http://www.mlive.com/news/jacitpat/index.ssf?/base/news-17/115107877957900.xml&coll=3 --- AHSA Unmasked, Again: The Buckeye Firearms Association exposes the fraud of the American Hunters and Shooters Association, which masquerades as a pro-RKBA organization. http://www.buckeyefirearms.org/article3175.html --- Taking A Knife To A Gunfight: An ex-con in Florida shows that if you wish to take a knife to a gunfight, it doesn't work if your intended victim has advance notice of your intent. The ex-con died of a wound from a shotgun. http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/florida/orl-mselfdefense2306jun23,0,4916648.story?coll=sfla-news-florida --- S&W .460 Field Report: A hunter in Alaska stepped off the road to answer a call of nature and proved the value of staying armed in the woods in that state. Three rounds from his S&W .460 revolver downed the grizzly bear that charged him. http://www.news-miner.com/Stories/0,1413,113~7244~3336543,00.html --- Oops, Wrong Gun: A sheriff's deputy in Washington inadvertently fired a bullet into a man who wouldn't come down from a tree. The deputy had intended to incapacitate the man with a Taser. (This is the second report I can recall of this nature.) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13512149/ --- Your Friendly Neighborhood Terrorist: In light of recent arrests, in Canada and the US, of "home-grown" terrorist plotters, Bruce Mandelblit provides some reminders on recognizing suspicious activity. http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2006/6/23/135226.shtml?s=lh --- A Different Point Of View: John Longenecker objects to the FBI's publication of signs for recognizing possible threats in average enforcement stops. Such signs of anti-American activity appear to include a Bible, a copy of the Constitution, a few bumper stickers. http://mensnewsdaily.com/2006/06/23/nation-of-laws-and-a-nation-of-selective-enforcement-part-ii-its-a-trap/ --- Good Advice, Bad Advice: Charley Reese offers some historical insight and advice about owning firearms for self-protection. His advice about making sure that someone you shoot dies is wrong on at least two counts. Killing someone intentionally (as opposed to their death occurring in the process of neutralizing the threat they present) is a criminal act on your part. While a dead assailant may no longer be around to testify, other witnesses and physical evidence may be and there is nothing to stop his heirs from suing you for wrongful death. http://www.lewrockwell.com/reese/reese289.html --- Canadian Reporter Tries Hand At Shooting: A reporter attends a semi-annual police "qualification" and appears to learn that she is not one of those women described as a "natural shooter." http://www.oakbaynews.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=23&cat=43&id=675510&more= --- British "Gun Cops" Raid Home Over Airsoft Rifle: Based on a report from a nosy neighbor, armed officers raided the home of an attorney only to find that two boys in the home had been playing with a toy rifle that fires plastic pellets. http://www.gulfnews.com/world/United_Kingdom/10049123.html --- From AzCDL: Come join the fun! An Independence Day "Action Rifle" shooting match to benefit the Arizona Citizens Defense League (AzCDL) will be held on July 4th at the Rio Salado Sportsman's Club on Usery Pass in Mesa: http://www.riosaladosportsmans.com/ The match starts at 7 AM in order to allow another event to set up for an afternoon shoot. The range must be cleared by 1:00 PM. Entry fee is $30.00. Aside from covering the costs for using the range, and targets, all proceeds will go to the Arizona Citizens Defense League. An application can be downloaded at: http://www.azcdl.org/html/events.html "Action Rifle" is similar to a standard 3-Gun shooting match, except no shotgun is used....pistol and long gun only. Rules can be found at: http://www.arizonashooting.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=12228 There will be two CQB (Close Quarter Battle) stages and two long range stages. 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. -- Stephen P. Wenger Firearm safety - It's a matter for education, not legislation. http://www.spw-duf.info .