From GOA: It turns out that Washington might soon be giving an arm of the United Nations jurisdiction over the import, export, and oceanic transport of GUNS and AMMUNITION. You would think that even Washington politicians would not be so stupid as to give people like Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Burma's despotic military junta, the Sudan's genocidal strongmen, or Cuba's Fidel Castro the right to interfere with our Second Amendment rights on American soil, right? Well, what makes sense to the common person isn't always the reality in Washington. The Senate Foreign Relations committee will soon be debating the ratification of a treaty that bears the appropriate acronym of LOST (Law of the Sea Treaty). LOST would put the ocean's resources in the hands of the UN's International Seabed Authority - and yes, that spells trouble for our Second Amendment rights. http://www.gunowners.org/a103007.htm --- NSSF Comments On Indiana Lawsuit Ruling: ... Today's decision is extremely disappointing because the court failed to properly apply a federal law as Congress intended. "Gary's frivolous lawsuit is the poster child for the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act," said Lawrence G. Keane, senior vice president and general counsel of the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), the trade association of the firearms industry. "Gary's lawsuit seeks to blame manufacturers for the actions of criminals who misuse firearms. It is like blaming car makers for drunk driving accidents. Congress understood that lawsuits like Gary's defy logic and common sense. During Congressional debate, the city of Gary's case was cited as an example of precisely the sort of frivolous lawsuit that the bill was intended to stop." http://www.nssf.org/news/PR_idx.cfm?AoI=media&PRloc=common/PR/&PR=102907.cfm --- Empty-Holster Week Reviewed: ...The Empty Holster protest showed: i) the person you see wearing the holster is a fellow student, law-abiding, and not an aggressor, with or without a waepon of any kind; ii) students probably around often enough in large enough numbers on campus to stop a shooter, a useful presence; iii) that person has satisfied state requirements, and; iv) that person has a civil right to be armed wherever he/she goes, and no one else really has anything to say about it, least of all vexing organizations seeking to dismantle a civil right... http://mensnewsdaily.com/2007/10/30/the-empty-holster-protest-what-america-didnt-see-is-whats-newsworthy/ http://theapp.appstate.edu/content/view/2900/1/ --- Concealed-Carry Law Necessary For Wisconsin Safety: Owning a gun is a right, whether for sport, collection, recreation or protection. It was important enough, in the founding of this country, to guarantee the right to bear arms, which people can find in the Second Amendment to the Constitution. Conceal and carry provisions allow people to carry firearms in a concealed manner in a public place. Opponents try to make it more controversial than it has to be, but this is a worthwhile right... http://www.dailycardinal.com/article/933 Happiness Is A Warm Gun Regulation: Recently, Wisconsin legislators finally reached a compromise and voted for the new state budget, ending a four-month deadlock. Even though this breakthrough is highly significant, we mustn't forget the Legislature's failure to reach a compromise on some comparably less significant issues, one of which has appeared time and again on the Legislature's agenda: concealed carry gun laws. http://badgerherald.com/oped/2007/10/30/happiness_is_a_warm_.php --- Florida Criminals Turn To Cops For Guns: Criminals are going after cops - for their guns. In the past year, gang members, thieves and drug dealers in Palm Beach County have broken into at least six police cars and stolen handguns and shotguns, officials say...Realizing they, too, can be victims, the Sheriff's Office and other agencies are fighting back by adding burglar alarms to marked and unmarked cruisers, installing extra gun locks in cars and enforcing rules that bar off-duty storage of handguns, shotguns and assault rifles in cars. http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/palmbeach/sfl-flpguns1030pnoct30,0,4299219.story --- NYC Councilman Seeks Firearm Permit: A City Council member who represents parts of Staten Island, Vincent Ignizio, says he is hoping to obtain a gun permit from the city - a process that can take up to six months. Mr. Ignizio, a Republican, said he wants to buy a rifle or a handgun for protection in his home. When he was growing up on Staten Island his father owned a gun for protection and he said he always knew he would do the same when he had a family. His first child, a girl, was born earlier this month. http://www.nysun.com/article/65522 --- OSHA And Firearms?: You want to talk about a case of judicial activism? A judge in Tulsa, Oklahoma, recently ruled that a state law that allows employees to keep their legally owned guns locked in their car while they're at work violates federal law...If a parking lot is considered part of the workplace, and OSHA dictates that employers minimize workplace risks, then shouldn't these employers be required to ban cars from their parking lots? After all, in 2004 there were 42,000 people killed in car crashes in this country. How on earth could these employers let these vehicles onto their property without any regard for the safety of their workers? http://www.nranews.com/blogarticle.aspx?blogPostId=325 --- Former Lobbyist Attacks NRA In Book: America's most powerful political lobby, the National Rifle Association, is having a torrid time: nobody wants to fight with it and so far gun control is not an issue in the 2008 presidential election campaign. Even the bloody toll of the Virginia Tech shootings - which left 33 students dead and 29 injured, - was not enough to mobilise public opinion into seeking changes to the country's gun laws. Politicians are so afraid of the power of the NRA to destroy them that few dare call for serious controls on the sale of handguns and assault weapons. All this, says Richard Feldman, a former NRA insider and gun lobbyist, is bad news for an organisation that likes nothing better than a fight. Confrontation enables the NRA to engage in "financial bloodsucking" of its members and to make "deceitful appeals" for cash. http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article3112827.ece -- Stephen P. Wenger Firearm safety - It's a matter for education, not legislation. http://www.spw-duf.info .