Stand-Your-Ground Bill Introduced In Arkansas: The bill would permit the 
use of deadly force against a person forcibly entering a dwelling or 
occupiable structure, unless the person is a lawful resident of the 
structure and is not violating a protective order or no-contact order...

http://www.arkansasnews.com/archive/2006/12/08/News/338807.html

CCRKBA Challenges Congressman Conyers: "Conyers is an avowed anti-gunner 
who believes only cops should have guns," observed CCRKBA Chairman Alan 
Gottlieb. "Well, in the past six months, in and around his hometown of 
Detroit, police have lost at least five guns, including a submachine gun 
and an M4 semiautomatic rifle that are still missing. Instead of looking 
for ways to restrict our gun rights, maybe Mr. Conyers ought to be 
looking for those missing guns."

http://ccrkba.org/pub/rkba/press-releases/cop_loophole.htm
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Vermont Mayor Joins Bloomberg Coalition: Burlington Mayor Bob Kiss, a 
Progressive, attended a recent regional conference hosted by Boston 
Mayor Thomas Menino, a Democrat, to talk about ways to stem the flow of 
illegal guns onto the urban streets of New England...According to top 
law enforcement officials, Vermont's lax gun laws do not contribute to 
crimes in other cities by encouraging illegal gun trafficking.

http://www.vermontguardian.com/local/122006/Guns.shtml
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Is Bloomberg Shooting Himself In The Foot?: "...But the mayor would have 
more credibility if he showed even a whit of concern for law abiding New 
Yorkers who want to carry for lawful purposes. It is extremely difficult 
to obtain in New York City even a permit to keep a gun in one's home or 
business. It's essentially impossible for a New Yorker, no matter how 
law abiding he or she is, to get a permit to carry a gun outside one's 
home or office..."

http://www.nysun.com/article/44844
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Are Ohio Democrats Abandoning Pro-RKBA Stance?: The vote totals from 
November are not even official in all races yet and a few Ohio Democrats 
are already giving gun owners reason to question their commitment to 
firearm rights...Gun groups and gun owners will be watching very closely 
the Senate override votes of Senator (Attorney General-elect) Marc Dann, 
Senator Robert Hagan, Senator Teresa Fedor and Senator Charlie Wilson.

http://www.buckeyefirearms.org/article3420.html
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Media-Access Limitation Weakened In Ohio Compromise: In coverage of the 
modifications (to HB 347), the Columbus Dispatch reported that while the 
bill would no longer eliminate a journalist's ability to view county 
lists of concealed-carry gun-permit holders, the latest version will not 
allow reporters to get physical copies of the list.

http://www.buckeyefirearms.org/article3419.html
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Shoot, Don't Shoot: Article from a San Francisco Chronicle series on 
police shootings describes the reporter's experience with SFPD's 
interactive video simulator. (There may be a useful lesson or two in the 
report.)

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2006/12/05/EDGHULJ53B1.DTL
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Tough Call: A St. Louis police sergeant was forced to shoot his own 
sister after he was dispatched to a domestic-disturbance call at his 
father's home.

http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/stlouiscitycounty/story/387E92C1715BE7698625723D00154567?OpenDocument
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Havasupai Man Charged In Murder Of Japanese Tourist. An 18-year-old 
Havasupai Tribal member has been charged with the murder of a female 
Japanese hiker on the reservation seven months ago. (Havasupai, and 
neighboring Haulapai, are two of ten of Arizona's 21 reservations that 
do not recognize the state's Concealed Weapon Permit.)

http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/1209supai1209.html
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 From Britain, Of All Places: Silencers are more properly called sound 
moderators or suppressors and are widely used by hunters to reduce noise 
levels from the discharge of firearms, particularly sporting rifles and 
air weapons.

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg16221908.400-the-last-word.html

-- 
Stephen P. Wenger

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

http://www.spw-duf.info



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