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NRA Finds Friendly Audience At State Level: Commentator for The 
Washington Post observes that the NRA is not currently encumbered by 
many threats to the RKBA at the federal level, allowing it to pursue 
successfully legislation it supports at state level, across the country.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/03/AR2006090300686.html
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Longenecker Thanks California Legislature: John Longenecker thanks the 
California legislators who battled to defeat AB 352, the bill that was 
to ridiculously expect handguns to microstamp a number on the cartridge 
casing at the moment it is fired as well as require serial number on 
bullets.

http://americandaily.com/article/15375
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Oops, Wrong House: A burglar in Texas compounded his error in breaking 
into an obviously occupied home when he charged the homeowner after the 
latter had retrieved his pistol. "He shot from 10 feet or less," 
Collazo, the local police chief, said. "It's point and shoot."

http://seguingazette.com/story.lasso?ewcd=29ddf59b50051ef5
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Utah Man Cleared In Defensive Shooting: Prosecutors have declined to 
file charges against a man who fired shots at home invaders, some of 
which went into homes of neighbors. (If deadly force was justified and 
he had fired into the torsos, perhaps fewer rounds would have worked and 
reduced the risk of stray bullets.)

http://www.abc4.com/local_news/local_headlines/story.aspx?content_id=C45D27F3-7501-4407-A678-4D90C2F10545
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Swiss Defense Minister Defends Arms Storage In Homes: Swiss Defence 
Minister Samuel Schmid says family tragedies and suicides are not valid 
reasons to stop soldiers from keeping their army weapons at home. Schmid 
rejected calls for the weapons to be kept in military storage to reduce 
Switzerland's high rate of suicide by firearms.

http://www.swissinfo.org/eng/front/detail/Schmid_defends_keeping_army_rifles_at_home.html?siteSect=105&sid=7029708&cKey=1157213914000
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Most British Firearm Crimes Committed By Teens: 10,990 firearms offences 
occur in England and Wales each year. Many are committed by teenagers 
furious over a perceived lack of 'respect'.

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1863805,00.html
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Illegal Shootings Have Soared Under Labor Government: The number of 
people hurt or killed in firearms incidents in London rose to a record 
high of 1,221 last year, it has emerged. Home Secretary John Reid 
admitted the figure has more than trebled since Tony Blair came to power 
in 1997, when 401 people in the capital were shot. The new toll includes 
38 deaths.

http://www.sundaymirror.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=17670386&method=full&siteid=62484&headline=gun-victims-treble-under-new-labour--name_page.html

-- 
Stephen P. Wenger

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

http://www.spw-duf.info



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