No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.1/389 - Release Date: 7/14/2006 UN Arms Talk Meltdown: IANSA, the principal non-governmental organization pushing international disarmament of civilians, complains, "Despite the efforts of the majority of governments to secure real change, the long awaited UN Small Arms conference has ended in failure. Hijacked by a small number of states, notably the US, the conference failed to agree on any measures at all to address the global gun crisis." http://www.iansa.org/ --- Ohio Communities Debate Guns In Parks: Some Ohio mayors worry that a bill passed by the House (HB 347) will deprive them of the ability to create or maintain local bans on CCW in parks. http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/cuyahoga/1152952305240110.xml&coll=2 OFCC Responds: http://www.ohioccw.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3642&Itemid=83 http://www.ohioccw.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3641&Itemid=83 --- Oops, Wrong Victim: An off-duty Chicago police officer shot and wounded two of three men who tried to rob him as he returned home. (Had the intended victim been a private citizen, the chances that he would have been armed would have been very remote in Chicago.) http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=local&id=4370119 --- Oops, Wrong Store: Trying to sort out a confusing news report, it appears that one of two young men caught burglarizing a general store in Oregon fled the scene, then returned with a firearm to free his accomplice. One of the pair made the mistake of firing at pursuers as they made their escape, earning him some buckshot in the butt. http://www.ktvz.com/story.cfm?nav=oregon&storyID=15276 --- Phoenix Area Offers All-Women Shooting Groups: Arizona women looking to get started in shooting have a few options in the Phoenix area. http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/arizonaliving/articles/0715womenguns0715groups.html --- S&W Museum Now Open To Public: For about a year, tours of the museum, inside the S&W plant were available by appointment; recently the museum has opened to the general public. (I wonder if such items as S&W's ill-fated WWII 9mm light rifle are on display.) http://www.masslive.com/entertainment/republican/index.ssf?/base/entertainment-0/1152863153161640.xml&coll=1 -- Stephen P. Wenger Firearm safety - It's a matter for education, not legislation. http://www.spw-duf.info .