No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.407 / Virus Database: 268.12.13/463 - Release Date: 10/4/2006 Longenecker On Gun-Free Schools: "Administrations, legislators and activists who disarm the people by writing laws which ban weapons on campus are co-conspirators with the murderers who come to kill the children." http://mensnewsdaily.com/2006/10/04/another-shootingand-anotherand-another/ --- The Uncomfortable Truth About School Shootings: "The uncomfortable reality is that we CAN NEVER prevent school/workplace shootings, and I would venture to assert that this has already been conclusively proven. Anytime there is a workplace shooting involving multiple victims, you will have a 95%+ chance that it occurred at a workplace 1.) banning all guns, even in parking lots, and 2.) with some reasonable form of onsite security." http://www.buckeyefirearms.org/article3311.html --- Pacifism - A Refuge of the Simple Minded: "Pacifism is another example of a failed ideology that is philosophically equal to the zero tolerance policies used by schools and businesses. Both take away individual judgment in place of an arbitrary unbending rule. They also have unintended consequences that punish or hurt innocent people, and more times than not fail in their intended purpose of curbing violence." http://www.buckeyefirearms.org/article3309.html --- Rifles, Flag Banned At Re-Enactor Ceremony: The mayor of Franklin TN has asked that Confederate flags not fly at the annual commemoration of the Battle of Franklin (War Between the States) and the police chief does not want the re-enactors carrying their single-shot, muzzleloading rifles. http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061004/NEWS01/610040397 --- Case Study: Muggings In NYC: Here's an article that should give pause to any inclination to support any gun-grabbing New York City politician for president. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/05/nyregion/05kill.html?_r=1&ref=nyregion&oref=slogin --- The Coming Election: "The mid-term election will be held Tuesday, November 7, 2006, the results of which will determine the future of our gun rights. Will we return to the days of Rosie O'Donnell and the The Brady Campaign to Prevent "Gun Violence" demonizing gun owners and embarking on a national campaign to ban guns? " http://www.libertybelles.org/articles/future.htm --- Jeff Cooper, Late Obituary: Arizona's largest newspaper has finally taken note of the death of Jeff Cooper. To its credit, the article devotes a paragraph to the Four Basic Rules. http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/1005cooperobit1005.html -- Stephen P. Wenger Firearm safety - It's a matter for education, not legislation. http://www.spw-duf.info .