No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.10.8/415 - Release Date: 8/9/2006 The Correct Link: It appears that I erred yesterday in a link to my own website. The entire Heinlein "polite society" quotation can be found at http://www.spw-duf.info/quotes.html. (One letter can make a big difference.) --- Wyoming Targeted For Castle-Doctrine Legislation: In the wake of the the attack by The New York Times on the proliferation of stand-your-ground legislation, a Wyoming newspaper announces that the NRA will be lobbying that state's legislature to pass similar legislation next year. http://www.wyomingnews.com/news/more.asp?StoryID=108382 --- Why Carry: Here is an insight into why one Ohio woman obtained a Concealed handgun License. http://www.ohioccw.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3673&Itemid=83 --- L.A. Mayor, Police Chief Endorse Microstamping: AB 352 would require that the firing pins of new autoloading handguns imprint a serial number on the primers of cases fired from the guns. (It's unclear if it's the reporter or the officials who don't know that a bullet is merely the projectile, not the entire cartridge.) http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-guns10aug10,1,5286491.story?coll=la-headlines-california --- Yes, Virginia...: Apparently, unintentional disabling of newer S&W revolvers, due to malfunctions of the integral key locks, is a real phenomenon, not just a theoretical concern. http://smith-wessonforum.com/groupee/forums/a/tpc/f/500103904/m/228102718 --- Safepacker Holster: I have added a brief discussion of the Safepacker holster to my Holster Selection page, under "Other Types of Holsters." I am not advocating the Safepacker over conventional belt holsters but it may offer some useful options, with the caveat that a quick-release buckle must be operated in order to draw the handgun. http://www.spw-duf.info/holster.html --- Australia Dumps Police Recruit Over Replica Firearms: Police said the 24-year-old Wakeley man was charged with possessing prohibited weapons after attending the NSW Police College with illegal weapons including a replica pistol with a laser sight and a replica sub-machine gun. http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,20070670-5005361,00.html --- Barking Up The Wrong Tree: The investigation into the apparently self-inflicted shooting death of a young Australian sniper in Iraq appears to be sidetracking into policies about unloading firearms rather than safe handling. http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,20074716-949,00.html -- Stephen P. Wenger Firearm safety - It's a matter for education, not legislation. http://www.spw-duf.info .