Arkansas And Louisiana Announce Reciprocity: Last week, the Arkansas State Police and the Louisiana State Police reached a reciprocity agreement, which provides that each state will recognize the other's "Right-To-Carry" permits. Permit holders must still comply with the laws that apply in whichever state they are traveling. (If it's "Right To Carry," why does it require a permit?) http://www.nraila.org/Legislation/Read.aspx?id=3189 --- Lt. Governor Supports Guns On Virginia Campuses: It's one idea some have said could have played a key role in the Tech tragedy: allowing students and university staff to carry firearms on campus. And it's part of Lieutenant Governor Bill Bolling's "100 ideas for the future of Virginia." http://new.wset.com/news/stories/0807/446598.html --- Nonsense From Newport News: A local newspaper bemoans the fact that Virginia municipalities cannot legally enact local bans on firearms. No, no and no. No restrictions on guns in local government buildings. No restrictions on guns in parks. No restrictions on guns at festivals. No bans on guns in school parking lots, so long as they're unloaded and in trunks or gun racks. http://www.dailypress.com/news/opinion/dp-ed_gunsfestivals_edit_0810aug10,0,6748241.story --- New Jersey "Proposes" Further Infringements: The proposal would do the following: It would require law-abiding gun owners to surrender or pay to render their "large capacity" magazines permanently blocked. Possession of a temporarily blocked "large capacity" magazine would be a crime. Certain semi-automatic shotguns and handguns would be classified as "assault firearms" because of cosmetic features, which have not been named in any statute enacted by the New Jersey Legislature. Another proposal seeks to harass lawful owners and retailers of "assault firearms" by requiring that licensed dealers who accept an "assault firearm" and/or machine gun from a citizen for transfer, resale, or repair must notify the Superintendent of the State Police within 48 hours. Also, all firearms sold by retailers would be mandated to be secured by steel cable. Finally, the proposal forces those placing handguns on consignment to produce a new permit to retake possession of the handgun. http://www.nraila.org/Legislation/Read.aspx?id=3188 --- Violent Crime Surges In Suburban Communities: Article from The Washington Post notes the rise in drug-related violent crime in affluent suburbs but carefully avoids mention of the wave of firearm purchases the Petit incident sparked in Connecticut. Perhaps suburban readers of other newspapers can make the connection with he need to take personal responsibility for one's own safety that this article avoids. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/10/AR2007081002116.html?hpid=topnews --- Nearly Half Of Murder Victims Are Black: Nearly half of the nation's murder victims in 2005 were black, and the number of black men who were slain is on the rise. A majority of the black murder victims were relatively young - between 17 and 29, the Justice Department said in a study released Thursday..."The mixture of illegal drugs, easy access to handguns, and young men who feel locked out of economic opportunity is what these statistics reflect," Morial said. (Funny how it's always easy access to firearms at fault.) http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2007/8/10/95425.shtml?s=us --- Brit Attacks Florida Stand-Your-Ground Law: Crossing the state line into Florida on I-75, one is greeted by a billboard reading, "Visitor Warning. Florida residents can use deadly force. Please be careful." Erected by the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, the sign is a reference to the fact that, for the last year and a half, Floridians have been allowed by law to shoot anyone they want. (Better for decent Floridians to cower in their homes like the Brits?) http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/isaacdavy_aronson_/2007/08/shoot_first.html --- Ammunition Prices To Rise September 1: Natchez Shooters Supplies has posted letters from CCI, Remington, Federal and Winchester, announcing price increases effective September 1. http://www.natchezss.com/customerService.cfm?contentID=manuIncrease&src=BA481 --- More Details Would Be Nice: A deputy sheriff in Florida shot and wounded a shooting suspect who was wearing body armor and was armed with an AR-15 rifle and a handgun. (The suspect's wound in the buttocks is almost certainly below the coverage of his body armor. It would be interesting to know if the deputy intentionally aimed there because he realized that a handgun round would not penetrate the armor or if the deputy was also armed with a rifle.) http://www.nbc-2.com/articles/readarticle.asp?articleid=13923&z=3&p --- NRA-ILA Alerts: Alerts for the various states are posted on the NRA-ILA website. http://www.nraila.org/Legislation/State/ --- From JPFO: ...Like most other organizations, Wikipedia has an entry for JPFO, which you can find at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JPFO . While JPFO did not create the original "wiki" page, we have since added relevant material to the site. Unfortunately, others have added their own "spin" as well. Why do we say that? At various times in the page's history (which you can view by clicking the "history" tab on the page) the JPFO wiki page contained some highly misleading statements about JPFO. Volunteers have corrected them, but someone subsequently erased the corrections while adapting some of our text to transmit more inaccurate information. Our volunteers also added additional information about JPFO's products and positions - that material was also erased. http://www.jpfo.org/alert20070810.htm --- From The Firearms Coalition: Activists should be aware of the fact that as the "Parker" case heads to appeal at the Supreme Court, it is no longer the "Parker" case. The pleading for certiorari will be titled "District of Columbia v. Heller" since Heller was the only plaintiff in the original case who was actually found to have legal standing and the roles have switched for the appeal. This change has made it difficult for many people trying to keep up with the case to locate information since they were searching for the wrong case title. The Supreme Court did grant the Districts request for more time to file their appeal and that time runs out on September 5. One of the primary reasons for the requested delay - and probably for the decision to appeal itself - is the fact that DC has managed to hire a prominent anti-gun law professor to head up their case. The Professor only became available in the past month or so and they wanted him to be able to supervise the whole shebang. (Or at least that's what I think.) I am currently writing a short piece on this subject for inclusion in the upcoming edition of the Hard Corps Report which we hope to have in the mail next week. If you do not currently receive the HCR, all it takes is a donation (or really just a request, but we much prefer requests that are accompanied by a donation to help defray our costs.) On-line at: www.FirearmsCoalition.org or via snail-mail at: PO Box 3313 Manassas, VA 20108 Remember that your CongressCritters are home this month; make sure they get voting advice from you while they're in town. Yours for the Second Amendment, Jeff -- Jeff Knox The Firearms Coalition ---- Support National Exercise Your Rights Day! Buy a Gun on August 28! http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=288589 http://www.firearmscoalition.org/new/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=41&Itemid=37 www.FirearmsCoalition.org "The Knox Report" -- Stephen P. Wenger Firearm safety - It's a matter for education, not legislation. http://www.spw-duf.info .