No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.407 / Virus Database: 268.12.9/458 - Release Date: 9/27/2006 Colorado Attack Shows Folly Of Gun-Free School Zones: "The time is overdue for a reassessment of such laws," said CCRKBA Chairman Alan M. Gottlieb. "All they have done is create target-rich, no-risk environments for monsters who have no fear of encountering an armed teacher or administrator, or a legally- armed private citizen who might happen to be in the building. http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=73416 --- Bloomberg vs. Congress: NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg unleashed a tirade on Congress yesterday for pushing gun legislation that, he said, leaves it easier to track the origins of tainted spinach than a cache of illegal firearms. (Mayor Mike was likely not very happy about his failed efforts in Harrisburg either.) http://www.newsday.com/news/local/longisland/politics/ny-nymike274907998sep27,0,3327574.story?coll=ny-lipolitics-print Carolyn McCarthy Chimes In: http://carolynmccarthy.house.gov/index.cfm?ContentID=624&ParentID=0&SectionID=32&SectionTree=32&lnk=b&ItemID=614 --- Feinstein Places Senate Hold On HR 5092: U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein has frozen a bill that she says would gut federal agents' ability to shut down or severely penalize reckless gun dealers. "This legislation would make it difficult, if not impossible, for the ATF to penalize gun dealers who have broken the law, and to prevent rogue dealers from continuing to sell guns," said Feinstein, D-Calif., in announcing the Senate hold she'd placed on HR 5092. http://www.insidebayarea.com/oaklandtribune/localnews/ci_4416502 --- Philadelphia Fails To Dominate Special Legislative Session: The state House, dominated by members from rural areas where hunting is a way of life and the Second Amendment is sacrosanct, resoundingly rejected a series of gun-control measures yesterday, including one that would have allowed Philadelphia to enact its own firearms laws. http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/local/states/pennsylvania/counties/philadelphia_county/philadelphia/15624884.htm --- Are We All Airline Passengers?: Crime-ridden Philadelphia's mayor defends his calls for restrictions on the RKBA by making an analogy with airport security. With the long waiting lines and numerous new regulations, citizens are a little less free, Street explained, but this is a necessary sacrifice for safety. Street stated that a similar sacrifice must be made as regards second amendment rights. (The last I knew, boarding a commercial flight was a voluntary activity, which I prefer not to undertake, so as not to make that "sacrifice" of my rights.) http://www.newsgleaner.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=17258635&BRD=2340&PAG=461&dept_id=488595&rfi=6 --- New Jersey County Scraps "Gun Court": Essex County's top judge has scrapped a four-year-old program to crack down on chronic gun offenders in Newark, saying there was no evidence it did anything to curb crime. State Superior Court Assignment Judge Patricia Costello said she no longer saw the benefit of setting aside a judge, prosecutors and probation officers to handle the city's gun-possession cases. http://www.nj.com/search/index.ssf?/base/news-4/1159335952130800.xml?starledger?nnj&coll=1 --- Chicago Likely To Ban Airsoft Guns: Chicago merchants would be barred from selling air guns that resemble real weapons and possession of the imitations would be banned under a measure advanced Thursday by the City Council's Police and Fire Committee. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/custom/newsroom/chi-060928airguns-story,1,1714642.story?coll=chi-news-hed&ctrack=1&cset=true --- Brady Bunch Backs "Governor Moonbeam" For California AG: Democratic nominee Jerry Brown today received the endorsement of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, the nation's leading gun violence prevention organization... Governor Brown's opponent, State Sen. Charles Poochigian, has a poor record on gun violence prevention. http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=73414 --- Oops, Wrong Store: Two young Indiana men attempted a robbery of a 76-year-old jeweler. One is dead and his brother, who then sought refuge in an upstairs room in the store, is charged with robbery and felony murder. http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060928/LOCAL/609280469/-1/ZONES04 --- Gun-Permits Fund New Pistols For Officers: A five-officer police department in Indiana has used its share of gun-permit funds to replace its 13-year-old S&W 4006 pistols with new Glock 22's. http://www.dailycitizen.com/articles/2006/09/27/news/guns.txt --- Winchester Machinery Sold At Auction: Ted Marena flashed a brief smile when he won the bidding for a grinding machine Wednesday in the cavernous old Winchester plant, as the auction marking the end for the historic rifle-maker hammered on, a final burst of energy before the factory descends into darkness... http://www.courant.com/business/columnists/hc-haar0928.artsep28,0,5808872.story?coll=hc-utility-home -- Stephen P. Wenger Firearm safety - It's a matter for education, not legislation. http://www.spw-duf.info .