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NYSRPA To Renew Push For Shall-Issue CCW: While attempts to make New 
York adopt an objective standard for concealed weapons permits have 
failed for almost a dozen legislative sessions in Albany, gun 
enthusiasts will resume their campaign for a change in the law.

http://www.nysun.com/article/39238
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Arizona Appellate Judges, Legislators Influenced By Fish Case: In ruling 
that Arizona's new self-defense law applies retroactively, the 
three-judge appellate panel said what happened in the Fish case proves 
to them that lawmakers did want the new law to apply to pending cases. 
In fact, Judge Philip Espinosa, writing for the court, noted that some 
legislators who voted for the change in law said they were specifically 
influenced by the Fish case.

http://www.azdailysun.com/articles/2006/09/06/news/local/20060906_local_news_11.txt
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Maryland Prohibitionists Exploit BATFE Data: One semiautomatic assault 
rifle was traced to a Maryland crime every 48 hours, according to a 
study by CeaseFire Maryland Inc. released today. According to the 
tracing data, the most common assault rifles traced to crime by make and 
model include: 21 Colt AR-15s; 46 USA Military Surplus M1 Carbines; 55 
Ruger Mini14s; 92 HiPoint 9mm carbines; and 294 North China Industries 
SKS variants. (When handguns are difficult to obtain, criminals will 
turn to more lethal rifles and shotguns.)

http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=71788
http://www.thewbalchannel.com/news/9799624/detail.html
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Columbus OH May Attempt Park-Carry Ban: Spurred by an appellate court 
decision upholding Toledo's ban on firearms in parks, a similar ban is 
being proposed in Columbus.

http://www.columbusdispatch.com/news-story.php?story=dispatch/2006/09/06/20060906-C1-01.html
http://www.ohioccw.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3700&Itemid=83
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NSSF Demands Equal Time From The Boston Globe: The trade association for 
the firearms industry is pressing The Boston Globe to give it "equal 
time," after the newspaper ran a 1,550-word editorial hailing New York 
Mayor Michael Bloomberg's lawsuits against various gun dealers.

http://www.cnsnews.com/news/viewstory.asp?Page=/Culture/archive/200609/CUL20060906a.html
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Get Real!: The NYC CBS affiliate is up in arms over BATFE alert 
regarding miniature replicas of Colt Pythons, made in Switzerland and 
costing between $5,000 and $30,000, depending on ornamentation. While 
the gun is capable of firing tiny bullets that "can penetrate skin," 
it's not likely that they can penetrate much further.

http://wcbstv.com/seenon/local_story_249104802.html
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Oops, Wrong House: Two Indiana teenagers, one armed with a bat, one 
armed with a shotgun, attempted to initiate a home-invasion by knocking 
on a door. When the pistol armed homeowner answered the door, the 
shotgun was raised, prompting him to shoot both robbers; the one with 
the shotgun did not live to face trial.

http://www.kokomotribune.com/local/local_story_248133338.html
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Georgia Man Murdered In Defenseless-Victim Zone: A Georgia taxi driver 
was murdered at a MARTA station, where it is illegal for citizens to 
carry firearms for self-protection.

http://georgiacarry.org/cms/?cat=1
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S&W Secures More M&P Contracts: Smith & Wesson Holding Corporation has 
secured contracts to supply the Columbus, Ohio Police Department and the 
Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport Police (DFW) with the company's 
advanced-design polymer pistol, the M&P40.

http://www.streetinsider.com/Corporate+News/Smith+&+Wesson+(SWHC)+Secures+Supply+Contracts+with+Ohio+Police+and+Dallas+Airport+Police/1164816.html
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 From JPFO: Billions of dollars. That's what may be waiting for 
potentially thousands of gun owners who have been falsely incarcerated 
due to the random, capricious, and yes - fraudulent - firearms testing 
performed by promotion-driven ATF thugs...

http://www.jpfo.org/alert20060905.htm
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 From GOA: Because of the recent Labor Day holiday, you might have 
missed an important alert that GOA sent out on August 29. The House 
Judiciary Committee is getting ready to vote on H.R. 1415 - a gun grab 
bill that was introduced by New York anti-gun liberal Carolyn McCarthy 
(D).,,

http://www.gunowners.org/a090606.htm

-- 
Stephen P. Wenger

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

http://www.spw-duf.info



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