No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.5/425 - Release Date: 8/22/2006 Judge Will Rule If Florida's Self-Defense Law Is Retroactive: In a motion reminiscent of the Hal Fish trial in Arizona, the attorney for a Florida businessman is asking that the recent stand-your-ground statute be applied retroactively. http://www.gainesvilletimes.com/news/stories/20060821/localnews/118903.shtml --- How Can You Tell When A Politician Is Lying?: Firearm prohibitionist Josh Sugarmann, posting at The Huffington Post, reveals that John McCain has hired former NRA lobbyist James Jay Baker to clean up his image with gun owners. "McCain's 'gun problem' stems from two issues: his successful campaign to enact the McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform package and his failed Congressional efforts to regulate all sales at gun shows..." http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-sugarmann/john-mccains-gun-proble_b_27717.html --- Columbus NE To Maintain CCW Ban: City officials in Columbus have decided to keep a local law in place which bans carrying concealed weapons of all kinds with city limits. The action was in line with a request by Police Chief William Gumm to leave the ordinance unchanged. http://nebraska.statepaper.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/08/21/44e9d70e12c34 --- Carry Permits Sought In Kansas: In less than two months since the passage of the CCW law, over 900 people have applied for permits and at least one trainer reports a waiting list for the required course. http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/local/15329045.htm --- Why Libertarians Oppose Carry Permits: "A right cannot be licensed or permitted. A license/permit can be granted/ revoked at any time, at the will of the government that granted the license/permit or by a higher form of government...if you have a CCP, then you own at least one weapon and with a state permitting licensing system and the federal government acknowledging it. Then the federal government will not have to go through a lot of paper work to start it's confiscation of all weapons when the mood hits them." http://www.jpfo.org/ccwlie.htm --- National CCW Reciprocity A Trojan Horse: "...What I fully expect will happen, if the federal government dictates that states must accept concealed carry permits from foreign states, is that anti-gun states will raise a cry that "reasonable minimum standards" should be applied to the issuance of carry permits." http://yannone.blogspot.com/2006/06/federal-concealed-carry-reciprocity.html --- Gun Owners Defeat Proposed Town Ordinance: Montville (CT) Mayor Joseph Jaskiewicz is withdrawing a proposed ordinance regulating target shooting. About 175 people attended a town council meeting last week in opposition to Jaskiewicz's proposal. http://www.norwichbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060821/NEWS01/60821008 --- California Candidates Both Back RKBA: The current congressman, who has an A+ rating from the NRA, is facing a Democrat challenger who is also appealing to gun owners. (Note, this is a rural district.) http://www.auburnjournal.com/articles/2006/08/20/news/top_stories/03guns20.txt --- "He's One Of The More Intelligent Officers": An auxiliary police officer in Massachusetts has lost his firearms permit after fabricating a story about an intruder in his parent's home, to justify firing two rounds from his pistol. He will keep his auxiliary-police position although the loss of his firearm permit may cost him his day job. http://www.dailynewstranscript.com/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=77361 --- Oops, Wrong Apartment: A North Carolina man is in critical condition from a gunshot after forcing his way into an apartment and attempting to restrain the resident. http://www.newsobserver.com/145/story/477636.html --- Big-Name Training: Heckler & Koch and Blackwater announced today the formation of a joint training program. Blackwater HK International Training Services will develop and teach high-level firearms, tactical, and armorer's courses that use renowned Heckler & Koch weapons. http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/08-21-2006/0004419063&EDATE= --- It's The Guns...: In an effort to crack down on violent crime in New Orleans, the federal government announced it is "reestablishing" a gun hotline, which allows citizens to report the illegal use and possession of firearms around the clock. http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewNation.asp?Page=/Nation/archive/200608/NAT20060822c.html --- When Guns Are Outlawed...: While they may not use them that frequently, Japanese gangsters have never lacked access to firearms. Tokyo police recently arrested a crime boss whose gang allegedly spearheaded an operation to smuggle guns and explosives from the Philippines into Japan. http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20060822a7.html -- Stephen P. Wenger Firearm safety - It's a matter for education, not legislation. http://www.spw-duf.info .