Correction: In response to a link in yesterday's mailing, that a clerk would be charged in connection with the fatal shooting of an armed robber of a Dallas-area grocery store, a list member furnishes the following: "The Balch Springs (TX) PD tells me that the web story is a typo. It should read, that they have NO plans to file charges, as this was a righteous shooting." http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/061407dnmetsuspect.79d37a.html --- Don't Do It!: The Pizza Hut manager in Florida, who was fired for shooting at armed robbers who threatened him and his employees after they had been given the contents of the cash register, has apparently posted additional details of the shooting on the website of the TV station that reported his firing. While I am sure that he feels the need to tell his side of the story and, as of my last reading, did not appear to have compromised himself, at this point he should be confining most of those statements to his attorney. (His posts appear to be under the name "bigapplevet," starting on page 2.) http://community.myfoxorlando.com/blogs/Steve_Gehlbach/2007/06/12/Pizza_Manager_Fired_For_Shooting_Robbers?page_no=1 --- West Virginia Expands CCW Reciprocity: In West Virginia Right-to-Carry reciprocity agreements have been reached by Attorney General Darrel McGraw (D) with North Carolina, Ohio, Florida, and South Dakota. These agreements were made possible by the successful passage of House Bill 3074, which would amend reciprocity requirements as well as authorize the Attorney General to execute reciprocity agreements with other states pertaining to the recognition of permits to carry concealed handguns. (If it's "right-to-carry," why does it require a permit?) http://www.nraila.org/Legislation/Read.aspx?ID=3109 --- New Jersey One-Gun-A-Month Bill Faulted: Attorney Evan Nappen examines the newly passed firearm-purchase bill and finds several unintended consequences, including making 12 handguns the maximum number of handguns any retail dealer can acquire in a year, from any combination of private owners, manufacturers or wholesalers. http://www.evannappen.com/gunnews/ --- NRA Defends NICS Improvement Act: ...While the media continues to characterize this bill as a "gun-control" measure, nothing could be further from the truth. The national media either have not bothered to read and accurately assess the text of the bill, or are deliberately manipulating and "spinning" the facts in order to stir up controversy and forward their agendas... http://www.nraila.org/Legislation/Federal/Read.aspx?id=3112 http://www.nranews.com/blogarticle.aspx?blogPostId=251 --- Tangentially Related: U.S. troops would no longer be asked to reveal previous mental health treatment when applying for security clearances under a proposal being considered by the Pentagon. The idea stems from the finding that service members avoid needed counseling because they believe that getting it -- and acknowledging it -- could cost them their clearance as well as do other harm to their careers. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070616/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/pentagon_security_clearance --- Oops!, Again: An off-duty sheriff's deputy in Florida was awakened by a noise and shot himself in the leg when he reached for a personally owned 9mm pistol. (Many knowledgeable people keep their "bedside" firearms in a manner that requires at least two steps to acquire them, such as in a holster. Others avoid single-action triggers on such firearms.) http://www.sptimes.com/2007/06/10/Northpinellas/Awakened_by_noise__de.shtml --- Rule Five Reminder: Two shootings in west Orange County last week and the shootings of two deputy sheriffs a week earlier have the same thing in common: stolen guns. The pistols linked to both sets of shootings were taken from motorists, who are permitted by Florida law to store loaded firearms in unattended vehicles - something many police agencies prohibit their own officers from doing. (Yet many laws and rules creating no-carry zones force people to leave firearms in vehicles.) http://www.orlandosentinel.com/orl-hotguns1507jun15,0,5746153.story?coll=orl-home-headlines --- Lead Ammo Ban Delayed In California: Hunters will not have to use non-lead ammunition for big game and varmint hunting this fall. While the Fish & Game Commission announced its intention to take final action on a proposed lead ammunition ban to protect California condors at its July 13 meeting in Bridgeport, any regulation adopted would not take affect until Jan. 1, 2008. http://www.dailybulletin.com/sports/ci_6145513 --- NRA-ILA State Alerts: Alerts for the various states are posted on the NRA-ILA website. http://www.nraila.org/Legislation/State/ -- Stephen P. Wenger Firearm safety - It's a matter for education, not legislation. http://www.spw-duf.info .