Obama, Clinton Strike Phony Poses: Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are in a tight race, not to see which one earns their party's nomination for president, but evidently to see which one is the bigger liar and how fast they can run from the tales they spin. Nowhere is this more obvious and transparent than in the candidates' positions on gun control and the Second Amendment. On this subject, both Obama and Clinton would do well to remember the words of that great president, Abraham Lincoln, who cautioned, "You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can't fool all of the people all of the time." http://www.ldnews.com/columns/ci_8865646 --- McCain Has "Work to Do" With NRA Voters: If Sen. John McCain expects the support of gun owners in this year's presidential race, the Arizona Republican must make an effort to overcome some decisions the National Rifle Association (NRA) has found troubling...Specifically, McCain played a leading role in crafting the campaign finance reform law that bears his name and that also enraged many lobbying groups. The NRA was one of the most outspoken...The Arizona senator also ran afoul of the group when he pushed for tighter restrictions on buying guns at gun shows... http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/mccain-has-work-to-do-with-gun-owners-nra-2008-04-09.html --- CCRKBA Praises Florida Legislature: The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms praised the Florida Legislature today for passing a measure that expands and protects the right of Sunshine State gun owners to have firearms locked in their cars while they are working. The so-called "take-your-guns-to-work" measure prohibits business owners from banning firearms that are kept locked in cars by their employees when those vehicles are parked on company property...The legislation now goes to Gov. Charlie Crist. Gottlieb encouraged Florida gun owners to contact the governor's office and urge him to sign the measure into law. http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/04-09-2008/0004790009&EDATE= Governor Says He Will Sign Bill: Nearly all workers, except teachers and those who make fireworks, would be able to bring their guns to work and leave them locked up in their vehicles under a bill Gov. Charlie Crist says he'll sign. The Senate gave final approval to the bill on Wednesday. Under the measure, employees would be required to have concealed weapons licenses to bring the guns to the workplace. But those records are secret under state law and employers would have no way of verifying the permits. http://www.palmbeachpost.com/state/content/state/epaper/2008/04/09/0409xgrguns.html --- Illinois House Rejects One-Gun-a-Month Bill: The Illinois House shot down an attempt to limit handgun purchases Wednesday. The measure, designed to address gun violence in Chicago, fell seven votes short of the 60 votes needed for passage after opponents argued that handgun ownership already is banned in Illinois' largest city. The proposal, which was supported by Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, would limit handgun sales and purchases to one person per month. It is aimed at preventing traffickers from buying guns in bulk to resell to criminals. http://www.pantagraph.com/articles/2008/04/10/news/doc47fd0cd0f1c82930609717.txt --- California Supremes Say "No" to San Francisco Handgun Ban: The state Supreme Court dealt a final blow Wednesday to San Francisco's voter-approved ban on handguns, rejecting the city's appeal of a lower-court ruling that sharply limited the ability of localities to regulate firearms. The court's unanimous order was a victory for the National Rifle Association, which sued on behalf of gun owners, advocates and dealers a day after the measure passed with 58 percent of the vote in November 2005. The initiative has never taken effect. The ordinance, Proposition H, would have forbidden San Francisco residents to possess handguns, exempting only law enforcement officers and others who needed guns for professional purposes. It would have also prohibited the manufacture, sale or distribution of any type of firearms or ammunition in San Francisco. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/04/09/BARB102OFQ.DTL --- Colorado Students to Stage Empty-Holster Protest: University of Colorado students, during a week-long demonstration, will carry empty holsters and advocate for the right of licensed individuals to carry concealed firearms on the campus. The "peaceful protest," from April 21-25, will be staged at colleges across the country. Organizers say the empty holsters are meant to symbolize that students and employees at CU are defenseless on campus...It is illegal for people to bring firearms, explosives or other weapons onto the CU campus, according to a CU Board of Regent rule. Only peace officers, and people who have permission from the CU Police Department, are allowed to be armed. (This is a matter of a board rule at the University of Colorado, not state law.) http://dailycamera.com/news/2008/apr/08/cu-students-advocate-guns-campus/ --- North Carolina School Ignores State Law: For Robert Lumley, the decision to bar his East Wake High School club marksmanship team from a statewide shooting tournament was as arresting as a shotgun blast. Less than a day before the March 15 district round of the decades-old N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission competition, one of East Wake's principals, with the support of the area superintendent who oversees that school, stopped the team from participating...That call pits school policy against state law that allows firearms education at schools. The decision also runs counter to the efforts of wildlife agencies, hunting organizations and gun groups to recruit youths to replenish the dwindling number of hunters. It also underscores the tension between the fear of school massacres and the traditions of rural Wake, where hunting is still common. http://www.newsobserver.com/news/education/wake/story/1030367.html --- Clayton Cramer Interview: As announced earlier, historian, software engineer and Second Amendment activist Clayton Cramer is running for Idaho State Senate (District 22). The author of numerous books and publications, Mr. Cramer played an instrumental role in proving that "Arming America" by Michael Bellesiles was based on fraudulent research, resulting in revocation of the Bancroft Prize and Bellesiles' resignation from Emory University. Cramer's work has been cited in RKBA-related legal cases, such as Emerson, and he recently devoted his knowledge and research skills to the current Heller case,partnering with attorneys David T. Hardy and Hamline University's Joseph E. Olson on the brief filed by Academics for the Second Amendment... http://waronguns.blogspot.com/2008/04/clayton-cramer-interview.html --- Arizona Volunteers Clean Up Shooting Areas: Thousands of shotgun shells, rifle casings and pieces of refuse were scooped up out of nature and into bright green trash bags Saturday. The Tucson Rod and Gun Club, along with the Arizona Game and Fish Department and numerous other organizations, went out near Milepost Six of Redington Road to help clean up shooting areas trashed by people over the last year. This is the second year in a row that many of the groups have gone out to Redington to clean up the sites, which are littered with gun-related trash and with targets people take out to shoot. http://www.azstarnet.com/metro/233501 -- Stephen P. Wenger, KE7QBY Firearm safety - It's a matter for education, not legislation. http://www.spw-duf.info .