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Philadelphia Officials Push One-Gun-A-Month Bill: Law enforcement 
officials and gun-control advocates told a Pennsylvania Senate committee 
yesterday that a bill intended to hinder the so-called straw purchases 
of handguns - acquisitions of weapons by someone without a criminal 
record on a criminal's behalf - could help curtail gun violence.

http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/local/states/pennsylvania/counties/philadelphia_county/philadelphia/15184193.htm
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Fish Sentenced To Ten Years In Trail Shooting Death: The retired Arizona 
teacher who fatally shot a man who charged him on a hiking trail has 
been sentenced to a minimum of ten years in prison. However, his case is 
being appealed, largely over the issue of whether a law shifting the 
burden of proof in self-defense case is retroactive.

http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0803hikershooting03-ON.html

Related Articles:

http://www.azdailysun.com/articles/2006/08/03/news/doc44d2893a8a66b497480403.txt
http://www.azdailysun.com/articles/2006/08/03/news/20060803_news_23.txt
http://www.azdailysun.com/articles/2006/08/03/news/20060803_news_26.txt
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Business Owner Cleared In Shooting Of Burglar: A Louisiana business 
owner who fatally shot a burglar after he went to investigate an alarm 
signal has learned that the district attorney has ruled that the 
shooting was justified.

http://www.klfy.com/Global/story.asp?S=5234103
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Arizona Serial Killings Spur Gun, OC Sales: Gun stores and gun ranges 
say they are busier, and retailers say they have seen an upswing in 
sales of personal defense items such as pepper spray.

http://www.azcentral.com/community/ahwatukee/articles/0804mr-gun0803Z10.html

Two Men Arrested In Serial Shootings:

http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/index.php?sty=70971
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Girl Got Gun: A female reporter in Virginia initiates a series of 
articles on responsible gun ownership and safety. (It would be nice if 
she had been taught that the right to bear arms in self-defense is a 
Natural right, guaranteed under the Constitution, not a grant from the 
Constitution.)

http://www.connectionnewspapers.com/article.asp?article=69455&paper=63&cat=104 


-- 
Stephen P. Wenger

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

http://www.spw-duf.info



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