Kansas Announces Recognition Of Out-Of-State Permits: The Kansas attorney general has determined that the concealed-carry permits or licenses of 22 other states, including Arizona, meet the statutory requirements to be recognized in Kansas. http://www.ksag.org/Concealed_Weapon/Recognition_of_other_states.htm --- Arkansas Prosecutors Oppose Stand-Your-Ground Bill: Arkansas prosecutors do not support a proposed change in state law that would expand the limits of self-defense and the use of deadly force, Jefferson County Prosecuting Attorney Steve Dalrymple said Friday. http://www.pbcommercial.com/articles/2007/01/08/news/news1.txt --- Rule Two, Rule Three Reminder: A Tennessee man fatally shot himself in the chest while attempting to reholster his pistol in a shoulder holster at a shooting range. (Rule Two: Never let the muzzle cross anything you're not prepared to shoot. Rule Three: Keep your finger out of the trigger guard until your sights are on the target and you're prepared to fire.) http://www.commercialappeal.com/mca/local/article/0,2845,MCA_25340_5259728,00.html --- While In Arizona...: A 49-year-old home invasion suspect - who killed his partner in crime at the same time he accidentally shot himself 10 times - was sentenced to seven years in prison Monday. http://www.azstarnet.com/metro/163779 --- With Friends Like These...: "...Turns out, I was the only liberal, pierced, tattooed, Zen Buddhist freak that showed up to the concealed deadly weapons course that Saturday. Everyone else was a true bluegrass good ole boy..." http://pine-magazine.com/content.php?id=362 --- Oops, Wrong House: A 16-year-old burglar in Florida is hospitalized with a gunshot wound after he and an accomplice broke into a home and fired a couple of rounds. The homeowner retrieved a handgun and shot back. http://www.tampabays10.com/news/local/article.aspx?storyid=46808 --- USBP Claims Guardsmen Were Not Unarmed: A spokesman for the US Border Patrol states that the National Guard troops who retreated from their Arizona observation post did so appropriately despite the fact that they were armed and authorized to use force in self-defense. (This is shared due to earlier discussion that assumed that they were unarmed.) http://www.washtimes.com/national/20070108-115830-3144r.htm Editorial Seems To Differ: http://www.washtimes.com/op-ed/20070108-115234-5599r.htm --- From AzCDL: The December 2006 quarterly newsletter is available online. This issue may be of interest even if you don't live in or visit Arizona; it contains a useful article on "Successful Activism." http://www.azcdl.org/html/newsletters.html --- From JPFO: The latest alert concerns calls by an apparently Muslim-oriented think tank in the US for the abolition of "public gun ownership." http://www.jpfo.org/alert20070108.htm -- Stephen P. Wenger Firearm safety - It's a matter for education, not legislation. http://www.spw-duf.info .