Alan Gura Speaks On Parker Decision: Link is to a podcast (audio file) of Alan Gura, lead counsel in Parker v. District of Columbia, discussing the Parker case and comparing it to Miller. Among other points, Gura explains that the Parker ruling still permits the government to regulate firearms and that the case did not even address CCW. http://www.cato.org/dailypodcast/alangura_whatafteremparkervdcem_20070328.mp3 --- First Amendment, Second Amendment, What's The Difference?: Vin Suprynowicz starts out recasting a recent news report as though the man condemned in the press had been hoarding books and printing supplies, not firearms and reloading supplies. He then takes on the position of the Nevada Sheriffs' and Chiefs' Association regarding CCW. http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2007/Apr-01-Sun-2007/opinion/13301312.html --- Minnesota Paper Attacks Shall-Issue CCW: The Star Tribune claims that firearm-related injuries and deaths have increased slightly since the state shifted to shall-issue CCW and that no cases have been reported of "someone legally carrying a concealed firearm thwarted a crime by using it." (I have always cautioned that crime statistics make poor arguments for CCW and the RKBA. Many citizens fail to report close calls in which they display a weapon and, regardless of whether the overall incidence of crime rises or falls, people still have the right to defend themselves when criminals attack them.) http://www.startribune.com/561/story/1096109.html --- Utah Mall Shooting Spurs CFP Applications: Applications for concealed-weapons permits have been pouring in since nine people were shot at a shopping mall. "We are getting 400 to 500 a day," said Ed McConkie, chief of the Utah Bureau of Criminal Identification. "Before it was 200-270." While the majority of permits still go to people from out of state, the new wave of applicants are mostly Utah residents. http://www.jacksonholestartrib.com/articles/2007/04/03/news/regional/17f2effd595f0571872572b200086278.txt --- Giuliani's "Gun Problem": Geoffrey Norman questions whether Rudy Giuliani could clean up his anti-RKBA image with a well publicized hunting trip. "Rudy Bumpo could kill a buck, eat its liver, and have his face painted with the animal's blood, and there would probably still be a lot of people who wouldn't buy it." http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=NWM0OGMxZWYwZmYwNWU5Zjc2ZGJjMzBkNDg0Y2ZlYTY= --- Oops, Wrong Country Singer: Country singer Billy Joe Shaver shot and wounded a man in self-defense outside a Texas bar and is cooperating with police, his attorney said Monday. After Shaver left a bar in Lorena on Saturday night, a drunk, aggressive stranger with a knife followed him into the parking lot, said Shaver's attorney, Joseph A. Turner of Austin. Shaver shot him in self-defense, Turner said, declining to elaborate or say whether anything occurred inside the bar. http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/tx/4682560.html --- Michigan Woman Gives Her Account Of Road-Rage Incident: Bernadette Headd says she doesn't regret taking out her 9mm handgun and firing it during a freeway run-in with another driver. It was self-defense, not road rage, she said. (Note: "But Langtry said Headd - who had a second clip of ammunition behind her car seat and a box of 18 bullets - was like a bomb waiting to go off.") http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2007703300371 --- Ireland May Authorize Force Against Trespassers: The bill has far-reaching effects in terms of self-defence and protection of property and will be considered closely across both rural and urban parts of Mayo in the wake of the Padraig Nally case. http://www.westernpeople.ie/news/story.asp?j=36245 --- From AzCDL: SB 1258 prohibits the Governor or Adjutant General from confiscating lawfully held firearms during a state of emergency. SB 1258 passed out of the House on April 2, 2007 by a super-majority vote of 55-0. It already passed out of the Senate by a vote of 22-8 on February 21, 2007. From here it heads to the Governor's desk. Please take the time to drop a polite note to the Governor asking her to sign SB 1258. If you go to the Governor's website http://azgovernor.gov/Contact.asp you will find a fill-in-the-blanks form to register your opinion. For "subject", scroll down and select "Legislation." For "topic", fill in - SB 1258. You can also fax a letter to her using this number: 602-542-1381, or you can mail it to her at the following address: The Honorable Janet Napolitano Governor of Arizona 1700 West Washington Phoenix, Arizona 85007 Her email address is azgov@az.gov You can call her office toll free using this number: 1-800-253-0883 Information on this and other bills can be found at the AzCDL website: http://www.azcdl.org/html/legislation.html An update on legislation can also be found in our March newsletter: http://www.azcdl.org/html/newsletters.html These alerts are a project of the Arizona Citizens Defense League (AzCDL), an all volunteer, non-profit, non-partisan grassroots organization. Join today! AzCDL - Protecting Your Freedom http://www.azcdl.org/html/join_us_.html Copyright © 2007 Arizona Citizens Defense League, Inc., all rights reserved. -- Stephen P. Wenger Firearm safety - It's a matter for education, not legislation. http://www.spw-duf.info .