Bad Turn In Militia Trial: The judge in he trial of a retired machinist accused of illegally possessing three machine guns and a short-barrel shotgun has reversed himself and ruled that the Second Amendment does not protect an individual right to keep and bear arms. http://waronguns.blogspot.com/2007/01/jury-seated-in-fincher-trial-judge.html Related Articles: http://www.nwaonline.net/articles/2007/01/11/news/011207wzfincher.txt http://www.nwaonline.net/articles/2007/01/11/news/011107fzfincher.txt --- Bad Analogy: Former paramedic John Longenecker takes apart the argument that shootings are a health problem and uses some health-care concepts to show where the prohibitionists are wrong. http://mensnewsdaily.com/2007/01/11/gun-control-book-reviews-and-denying-emergency-care/ --- Massachusetts Students - Rewrite Second Amendment: Three eight-grade students took first place for in the annual Constitution and Bill of Rights Essay Contest sponsored by the Bristol County District Attorney's Office and The Standard-Times. (They were obviously rewarded for parroting the party line as their sense of grammar includes, "came into affect.") http://www.southcoasttoday.com/daily/01-07/01-11-07/02opinion.htm --- Bringing A BB Gun To A Gunfight: In an additional twist to a report shared yesterday, of one of a pair of Tennessee burglars getting shot in the chest by the man whose home they invaded, it turns out that the burglars were armed with what is described as a BB gun. http://www.knoxnews.com/kns/local_news/article/0%2C1406%2CKNS_347_5270714%2C00.html --- The Gunny Speaks Out At The SHOT Show: Fans of Mail Call will enjoy this interview with R. Lee Ermey. Glock fans will enjoy it even more. http://www.shootingindustry.com/02pages/Ftr0107b.html --- Not Quite Like Target Shooting: A reporter who describes herself as a good shot discovered that the shots she fired in an NYPD video simulator all missed their intended target. http://www.nypost.com/seven/01062007/news/regionalnews/cop_class_is_going_great_guns_regionalnews_erika_martinez.htm --- Shooting Range, Cambodia Style: While the government denies their existence, Cambodia seems to have a few ranges where tourists can fire a variety of military weapons. Options include killing cows with rocket-propelled grenades (RPG's). (Recall that this is the country that gave us the term "killing fields.) http://www.washtimes.com/world/20070111-101835-7167r.htm --- From JPFO: The film Innocents Betrayed, which links the disarmament of citizens to genocides, can now be downloaded as a pay-per-view video. http://www.jpfo.org/alert20070111.htm -- Stephen P. Wenger Firearm safety - It's a matter for education, not legislation. http://www.spw-duf.info .