Condo Agent Fired For Brandishing Shotgun: A leasing agent at a Jacksonville apartment complex has been fired after brandishing a shotgun as he ran to help a neighbor who had been shot...Bruley never fired the gun. Neighbors have commended him for his actions. http://www.wftv.com/news/13519304/detail.html --- Getting Licensed In Michigan: Even with shall-issue, Michiganders must still have applications for CPL's approved by a local gun board. Article describes the process of waiting for the board decision in one county. http://www.mlive.com/news/bctimes/index.ssf?/base/news-9/1182179805159010.xml&coll=4 --- Advice To Women - Fight Back: Women used to think they should be submissive during an attack. Those who resist, they thought, are more likely to get injured. "The old school of thought to comply is wrong," said Capt. Chelly Pfeifer of the Kansas City (Mo.) Police Department. "Most of these crimes are crimes of control, where the assailant is trying to control the victim. The victim needs to take the control back." (Did women really "think" that or were they merely told that?") http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/newssentinel/17385136.htm --- The Australian Approach: Following a highly publicized shooting in Melbourne, Australia's federal government defended its record on "gun control." Justice Minister David Johnston rejected accusations made by some commentators that the government was somehow culpable in the control of firearms, particularly concealable weapons and handguns. http://www.thewest.com.au/aapstory.aspx?StoryName=392744 --- From GOA: The Associated Press got it right last week when it stated that, "The House Wednesday passed what could become the first major federal gun control law in over a decade." It's true. The McCarthy bill that passed will DRAMATICALLY expand the dragnet that is currently used to disqualify law-abiding gun buyers. So much so, that hundreds of thousands of honest citizens who want to buy a gun will one day walk into a gun store and be shocked when they're told they're a prohibited purchaser, having been lumped into the same category as murderers and rapists... http://www.gunowners.org/a061807.htm --- Please Help: KeepAndBearArms.com, one of my major sources for the news links I share with you, still needs donations to stay in operation through this spring and summer. http://www.keepandbeararms.com/fundraiser.asp? -- Stephen P. Wenger Firearm safety - It's a matter for education, not legislation. http://www.spw-duf.info .