No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.4/401 - Release Date: 7/26/2006 Only One Nebraska City To Ban CCW: Kearney remains the only city in Nebraska to maintain a local ban on CCW in the face of the new state law that creates licensed CCW on January 1. http://www.mccookgazette.com/story/1161885.html --- Target-Pistol Exemption Signed In Massachusetts: Governor Romney has signed legislation that allows sellers of specialty target pistols to do business in Massachusetts. The bill gives the pistol makers an exemption from a requirement that forced them to test at least five examples of all new guns until they were destroyed. http://www.eyewitnessnewstv.com/Global/story.asp?S=5200167&nav=F2DO --- John Lott On FFL's: John Lott tries to sift fact from fiction in the media attention being given the revocation of Sanford Abrams' FFL. http://johnrlott.tripod.com/op-eds/NROBATFE072606.html The Brady Bunch Chimes In: http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=69806 Related Article: http://www.journalnow.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=WSJ%2FMGArticle%2FWSJ_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1149189603111&path=!localnews&s=1037645509099 --- A Lead Oscar: A 15-year-old boy in Ontario CA earned himself two rounds in the thigh, reaching for an Airsoft replica of a revolver in his waistband, shortly after dropping a similar replica of an Uzi. (In this case the shots may have gone low because the officer was focused on the waist area.) http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-fakegun27jul27,1,70191.story?coll=la-headlines-california --- Hunting Video Game Popular In NYC: Thanks to youthful urbanites, such as Miss Broseus, the coin-operated Big Buck Hunter Pro has evolved into the hottest-selling, biggest-moneymaking video game in bars and arcades across the country. And it's surprisingly popular in liberal bastions with strict gun laws such as New York City. http://www.washtimes.com/national/20060727-120639-9694r.htm --- Another Look At Revolvers: Article suggests that there may be a resurgence in this "outdated" technology, preferred by this Instructosaurus revolverii. (Realize that revolvers with exposed hammers will not function reliably within pockets or, more importantly, with a garment draped over them.) http://www.officer.com/publication/article.jsp?pubId=1&id=31773 --- NYPD Officers Fire More Than 50 Rounds In 10 Days: The number of shots fired by cops is down 22% so far this year. The number of officers involved in shootings also is down 16%. In 2005, cops fired 616 shots - a startling 75% increase from 352 shots fired in the previous year. http://www.nydailynews.com/07-26-2006/news/crime_file/story/438071p-369109c.html --- Illinois State Trooper Pleads Guilty to Machine Gun Charge: An Illinois State Police officer who had previously maintained his innocence, claiming that his automatic rifle was used to train other officers, has pled guilty to one charge of possession of an unregistered machine gun, according to federal prosecutors. http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/metroeast/story/3553BC70CCBF9676862571B7004EAD4D?OpenDocument --- Olympic Medalist On Youth Shooting Sports: Kim Rhode won her first gold medal at 16. "The shooting sports teach young people lots of things. They teach responsibility, discipline, focus, how to be a hard workers, how to never give up. They also teach how to be a good loser as well as a gracious winner. So they teach kids a lot about everyday life." http://www.stargazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060726/NEWS01/607260327/1001/NEWS -- Stephen P. Wenger Firearm safety - It's a matter for education, not legislation. http://www.spw-duf.info .