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Indiana Adjusts To Lifetime Permits: A new state law that allows 
Hoosiers to seek a lifetime permit to carry a handgun - rather than 
reapplying every four years - could mean more work for local law 
enforcement to ensure that future criminals don't slip through the 
cracks. (Of course, felons would not dream of carrying a firearm without 
a permit.)

http://www.jconline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060703/NEWS/607030314/1152
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Federal Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Over Lautenberg Amendment: A federal 
judge dismissed a lawsuit by a Casper man against the U.S. Bureau of 
Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives because he did not face any 
threat of prosecution for wanting his gun rights restored. The dispute 
centers over Wyoming's definition of the word "expunge."

http://www.casperstartribune.net/articles/2006/07/02/news/casper/e27930d6aaf06b1d8725719d0003da56.txt
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Armed Customer Prevents Abduction Of Clerk: After being beaten with a 
hammer in a store robbery, a female clerk was being forced into the 
robber's car when she was able to signal to one of her regular 
customers. The customer "grabbed a gun" and the robber took off. The 
robber was arrested later and will also face charges for assault and 
kidnapping.


http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=local&id=4329739
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More AHSA Claptrap: A commentator in Oregon blows his horn for the phony 
American Hunters and Shooters Association.

http://www.gazettetimes.com/articles/2006/07/03/sports/venture/vent1.txt
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Meanwhile, Back In Indiana...: A guest writer says that the selection of 
former Fort Wayne Mayor Paul Helmke to be the president of the Brady 
Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence is a black mark on the city of Fort Wayne.

http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/newssentinel/14958246.htm
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US Pledges Guns For Afghan Army:   Defense Minister Abdul Rahim Wardak 
said about 200 Humvees and 2,000 assault rifles - the first part of the 
donation - will be arriving by year's end. A total of 2,500 Humvees and 
tens of thousands of M-16 assault rifles will be coming.  (Interesting 
as the US was reportedly buying up 7.62x39mm ammo for the Afghan army.)

http://www.washtimes.com/world/20060703-104832-6977r.htm
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Hand In Hand With The UN?: "The Lugar-Obama bill will build on this 
success by helping other nations find and eliminate conventional weapons 
that have been used against our own soldiers in Iraq and sought by 
terrorists all over the world," said Obama. "We are convinced that the 
United States can and should do more to eliminate conventional weapons 
stockpiles and assist other nations in detecting and interdicting 
weapons of mass destruction. We believe that these functions are 
underfunded, fragmented and in need of high-level support," Lugar said.

http://obama.senate.gov/press/060523-lugar-obama_bill_to_keep_weapons_out_of_terrorists_hands_heads_to_senate_floor/index.html
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On Independence Day...: This commentary seems to provide a fairly 
accurate portrayal of the origins of the Declaration of Independence.

http://www.lewrockwell.com/ocregister/roots-of-liberty.html

-- 
Stephen P. Wenger

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

http://www.spw-duf.info



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