No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.7/436 - Release Date: 9/1/2006 More On Ohio Park-Carry Decision: Three-day-old article summarizes the appellate court ruling upholding Toledo's ban on CCW in parks. http://abclocal.go.com/wtvg/story?section=local&id=4520708 --- No Data To Back Up Feelings: The Los Angeles Times bemoans both the expiration of the federal ban on cosmetically impaired firearms, two years ago, and the fact that they can no longer get data to help them back up their feeling that "the number of crimes in which they have been used has undoubtedly risen." http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/editorials/la-ed-guns3sep03,0,6536701.story?coll=la-news-comment-editorials --- Oops, Wrong Victim: A robber in Indiana reached through the window of a truck to grab the driver's necklace. In response to being choked, the driver put five 9mm rounds into the robber, who did not survive. (Leaving the scene of a shooting, unless it's unsafe to remain to await police, is generally a poor move.) http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060903/NEWS01/609030482 --- Oops, Wrong Partner: A New York man has been charged with manslaughter three months after he fatally shot his partner in the burglary of an occupied home. (I would have expected the felony-murder rule to apply.) http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--botchedburglary0902sep02,0,7439120.story?coll=ny-region-apnewyork --- Speed vs. Precision: Valhalla Training Center's Rob Pincus presents some thoughts on how precisely one should try to shoot in a gunfight. http://www.imakenews.com/valhalla/e_article000644007.cfm?x=b7Wwb7R,b3mc6Ctb --- A Shooting Dissected: In June 1997 I was privileged to preview the latest LAPD "Officer Involved Shooting" video involving Officer Stan Cook of the Honolulu PD. Stan is now retired and has posted a few accounts, primarily in video, on his own website. This includes amazing reenactment footage of an officer finishing a gunfight after having been knocked to the ground by a hit with a bullet from 7.62x39mm rifle. http://www.theshooting.com/ --- Knife Laws Across The US: List member and attorney David Wong offers a website, a free newsletter and a book on knife laws across the US. http://www.imakenews.com/valhalla/e_article000644007.cfm?x=b7Wwb7R,b3mc6Ctb -- Stephen P. Wenger Firearm safety - It's a matter for education, not legislation. http://www.spw-duf.info .