DC Court Of Appeals Dismisses Lawsuit: The Second Amendment Foundation today applauded the unanimous ruling by the District of Columbia Court of Appeals that dismissed a lawsuit against 25 gun manufacturers filed by the district and families of nine gun crime victims in the city. The lawsuit was filed in January 2000, but according to the opinion written by Associate Judge Michael William Farrell, the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act of 2005 required the court to dismiss the case. http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/01-10-2008/0004734645&EDATE= From NSSF: http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/01-10-2008/0004734625&EDATE= --- Thompson Looks To Gun Owners In South Carolina: Fred Thompson is making a last stand in the Palmetto State and he's counting on gun owners to deliver a high-profile victory to boost his foundering presidential campaign. It's a rescue mission that cuts both ways as Second Amendment advocates are struggling to find a champion of their own in the Republican presidential primary field. Their quandary mirrors that of their social conservative brethren: hold their noses and vote for someone with, at best, a mixed record on their core issue but who might have a better shot at winning in November, or buck the polls and other early primary state results by backing a true believer. http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0108/7807.html --- Nebraska Bill Would Grant Permits To Non-Resident Military Personnel: The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms today announced its support for legislation introduced by State Sen. Mark Christensen that would amend the state's concealed carry law to provide a residency exception to non-resident military personnel stationed in the state. CCRKBA Field Rep. Timothy Tyrrell said this measure will benefit service men and women who have taken an oath to defend the country, and want to have the means to defend themselves and their families while on duty in the Cornhusker State. He noted that since Nebraska does not have a reciprocity or recognition provision in its concealed carry law, this change will allow members of the military to have the same ability to obtain a Nebraska permit, after 180 days of continued residence in the state. http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/01-10-2008/0004734648&EDATE= --- National-Park Carry Bid Gains Coverage: Nearly half the Senate is pushing the Bush administration to let gun owners carry handguns and other firearms into national parks and wildlife refuges. Forty-seven lawmakers have signed a letter asking Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to lift Reagan-era restrictions that prevent citizens from carrying readily accessible firearms onto lands managed by the National Park Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Current regulations, developed in the early 1980s, "infringe on the rights of law-abiding gun owners who wish to transport and carry firearms on or across these lands," the senators wrote. http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/0111guns-parks0111.html http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/daily/local/73803.php --- Gun Owners Oppose Erroneous Signs At Airport: Utah gun-owners say they have a right to carry their weapons at the Salt Lake City International Airport as long as they stay out of secured areas. The airport has signs at the terminal doors warning against bringing weapons on the premises, The Salt Lake City Tribune reports. But the signs cite a Utah law that allows weapons in public areas. Gun-rights advocates have asked the airport to remove the signs. But the airport says they will stay in place, suggesting that they are an early warning for those boarding airplanes that they cannot carry their weapons through the security checkpoints. http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Top_News/2008/01/10/utah_gun_owners_go_armed_at_airport/2583/ --- Oops, Wrong House: ... Police said Donald Robertson, 53, was asleep just after midnight when he was awakened by the sound of breaking glass. Robertson grabbed a shotgun and went outside, where he found Chester Burkett, 43, breaking one of the home's windows, police said. Authorities said the two men struggled with each other, and Robertson fired his shotgun. Police said Robertson told them he wasn't sure if he'd hit Burkett, so he struck the would-be burglar several times with the butt of the shotgun. http://www.theindychannel.com/news/15021526/detail.html --- Oops, Wrong Neighborhood: ...Pazoki attacked, and Kohan fired that third shot into his chest, mortally wounding him, according to the El Dorado County Sheriff's Office... After the ordeal, Kohan was incarcerated overnight in the El Dorado County jail in Placerville on suspicion of murder. He was released Monday morning after Pierson and his chief assistant reviewed the case. "All I can say ... is when you have two people that have lost their lives in a horrific situation such as this, the detectives have to be as careful as they can about having their facts straight to protect the public," Pierson said. http://www.sacbee.com/101/story/623597.html --- Business Owner Cops Plea For Shooting Burglar's Tire: An auto salvage yard owner charged with a felony for shooting out a suspected trespasser's car tire pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct in exchange for $245 in fines and restitution. John O'Connor, a Vietnam veteran and small-town councilman, said he drove to his shop near the village of Honeoye late on Nov. 25 and came upon a trespasser who ran away. After alerting police, he then spotted another man in a car nearby and shot out a tire with his shotgun when the car roared off. http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--trespasser-retali0110jan10,0,3403428.story --- Tennessee Could Ban Toy Guns: Some guns are obviously a toy, others aren't. Either one could get someone killed if pointed at someone, and that's the point of one Tennessee lawmaker who says he wants to get rid of all toy guns. Last year's killing of a West Memphis teenager by a police officer prompted the idea of a toy gun ban from Memphis Assemblyman John DeBerry. Police said DeAunta Farrow pulled a weapon, which they later learned was a toy. http://www.wreg.com/Global/story.asp?S=7601411 --- Britain To Ban Deactivated Firearms: The government said Thursday that it plans to ban deactivated firearms by the end of the year after a huge increase in the number of model and pellet guns that have been converted to fire live ammunition... The police believe there are an estimated 120,000 deactivated weapons in circulation across Britain. The government look set to reclassify them as replica guns, which are already banned. http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5i0hiFFwatsuv5IZQ3ziIX64oYuuw Related Article: http://politics.guardian.co.uk/homeaffairs/story/0,,2238475,00.html -- Stephen P. Wenger, KE7QBY Firearm safety - It's a matter for education, not legislation. http://www.spw-duf.info .