Brady Bunch President Outs McCain: ...While Sen. McCain did reference his support for closing the gun show loophole, as I've discussed before, he implied that this was the only gun control issue where he parted ways with the NRA. My staff did a little digging and found an interesting passage from a longer floor speech Sen. McCain delivered to the Senate in January 2004. In it, he takes three common-sense stands in favor of what are today key items in the Brady Campaign's legislative agenda... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-helmke/mccain-on-crime-gun-trace_b_106246.html Related Article: http://www.buckeyefirearms.org/node/5746 --- Shooting Clubs Return to Campuses: Dwight Springthorpe learned how to shoot out of necessity. Growing up in rural North Carolina, his parents' farm was plagued with coyotes. Springthorpe learned gun safety and marksmanship from his father. And, he says, he was pretty effective in keeping the coyotes off his family's land. Now a senior at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Springthorpe continues to shoot for sport as president of the Tar Heel Rifle and Pistol Club (THRPC). For college students to participate in a gun club - or even work on their own to start one - seems almost an anachronism, antithetical to the political correctness of the academic world... http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=26905 Related Commentary: http://www.ohioccw.org/content/view/4000/83/ --- Women Seek Handgun Training: The old adage, "God made men; Sam Colt made them equal," applies to women, too. Women across the country are packing classes where they learn about all aspects of handgun ownership. One of the main reasons for attending these classes, they say, is to learn more about how to take charge of their own safety. Carol, a thirty-something mother from Connecticut, explained her participation in a class: "My husband convinced me that it would be to my benefit to learn how to use a handgun. The experience actually opened up a whole new world for me. I'm really enjoying shooting and learning about different calibers and actions - not to mention getting to spend more time with my husband." http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/women-are-filling-handgun-classes,425677.shtml --- Ohio Governor Signs Castle-Doctrine, CCW-Reform Bill: Over the objections of law enforcement groups, Gov. Ted Strickland today signed into law a bill that relaxes certain gun restrictions and establishes a new "castle doctrine" for shooting an intruder in self-defense. The legislation, Senate Bill 184, takes effect in 90 days. It was backed by the National Rifle Association to establish a presumption that a person acted in self-defense when shooting someone who unlawfully enters his or her home or occupied vehicle. Supporters say it will protect the innocent from facing charges. Amendments to the bill allow people to carry unloaded firearms in the cab of a vehicle with ammunition nearby and prohibit landlords from telling tenants they cannot own guns... http://www.columbusdispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2008/06/10/castlesigned.html?sid=101 --- Cincinnati Should Obey State Law: Inscribed on the Hamilton County Courthouse, visible from Central Parkway, are these words: "That the Commonwealth May have a Government of Laws, and Not of Men." This inscription enshrines the most basic premise of the law, that we as a society have chosen to be bound by the rule of law. This is the foundation of a civil society. The government is also bound by the rule of law...The city of Cincinnati is now a lawbreaker. In March 2004, Ohio joined 48 other states in authorizing qualified applicants to carry a concealed handgun for self-defense. This law was statewide, but some cities refused to recognize the new law, claiming it was not a "general law." In response, the state of Ohio passed Substitute House Bill 347 and it became law in March 2007, granting statewide pre-emption of all local firearms laws. In short, only the state of Ohio can pass laws regulating firearms, method of carry, and permissible and off-limit places... http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080610/EDIT02/806100331/1090/EDIT --- Oops, Wrong House, Follow-Up, Arizona: Phoenix police say they've found a man they wanted to question for an attempted home investigation on Monday, but he was dead of a gunshot wound. Detective Stacie Derge says Travis Jarred was found in his west Phoenix home Friday by police who broke in after his girlfriend called them worried after not seeing him since Sunday. The 35-year-old was wanted for a home invasion Monday morning where a home's resident fatally shot a second intruder. Derge identified the second dead man as 30-year-old Shaun Martine... http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AZ_HOME_INVASION_AZOL-?SITE=AZSVH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT --- Oops, Wrong House, Follow-Up, Kentucky: Louisville Metro Police said two teenagers shot and killed Tuesday during a home invasion were using a gun stolen from the police department. Earl Springer, 19, and Dazmond Turner, 19, were shot by Billy Jackson, 70. Investigators said the pair forced their way into Jackson's West Broadway rental property and threatened to kill him and his wife...Jackson told WLKY Newschannel 32 he faked a heart attack, then kicked the gunman in the leg, before firing upon both men. Springer died on the scene and Turner later died at the hospital... http://www.wlky.com/news/16527933/detail.html --- Rule Five Reminder, Follow-Up: A relative of a 4-year-old South Carolina girl who accidentally shot herself with her grandmother's handgun in a Sam's Club store said Tuesday the family expects the child to be out of the hospital by week's end...The child was riding in a shopping cart and playing with a cell phone, then grabbed the gun from her grandmother's purse and shot herself in the chest, Inease Williamson said...Authorities said the 47-year-old Williamson, a South Carolina magistrate, has a permit to carry a concealed weapon. The Sam's Club store does not have a sign prohibiting guns inside. (Rule Five: Maintain control of your firearm.) http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080610/ap_on_re_us/sam_s_club_child_shot;_ylt=AkaF8QO1IDsPKiv4sDhtShus0NUE --- Rule One Reminder: A policeman who died during a training exercise in Manchester has been named as Ian James Terry. The 32-year-old police constable was killed by a single shot from a colleague's gun...The incident happened at 11.35am in the Newton Heath area, an industrial part of the city home to several factories. The shooting happened at a huge disused warehouse, known locally as the Sharp Building. It was the former distribution centre for Sharp, the electronics giant, which used to sponsor Manchester United..."It's commonplace (for the police) to use live rounds, but only on the shooting range," he said. It's very unusual for them to use live ammunition in other training scenarios. If they were going through the tactics they would use to pull people out of cars, arrest people or gain entry into a house to confront people and disarm them, they would normally use blanks." (Rule One: All firearms are always loaded. Force-on-force training is best done with separate weapons, such as Airsoft or Simunitions guns, in a confined environment, with adequate monitors to ensure that no live weapons or ammo can enter the training area.) http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30100-1318511,00.html Details Emerge: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article4102313.ece --- From AzCDL: SB 1070, the AzCDL-requested bill that makes it easier for lawful gun owners who have satisfactorily completed training to obtain a permit, or renew an expired one, was signed by the Governor on Tuesday, June 10, 2008. SB 1070 makes changes to ARS 13-3112 regarding the process for obtaining a concealed weapons permit. It provides that if an applicant has adequate documentation that they satisfactorily completed the required firearms safety training, they have met the training requirement for a permit. Current law (ARS 13-3112.E.6) does not place any time limit on when a person must complete training. However, the Department of Public Safety (DPS) has established arbitrary dates for training validation. In 2007, DPS stated that training must occur within 12 months of an application. Prior to 2007, DPS set this period to be only 6 months. Once a person has obtained a permit, the initial training is good as long as a permit holder submits timely renewals. The language in SB 1070 recognizes that the training has no expiration date, and aligns the initial permit requirements with the permit renewal requirements. When SB 1070 becomes law later this year, and you are one of the many gun owners who let their CCW permits expire because of the onerous pre-2006 renewal requirements (eliminated thanks to AzCDL requested bills), you will be able to renew your expired permit without having to start over, as long as you still have your expired permit or can show proof that you completed training with the last 5 years. The same law applies to those who took their CCW training within the last 5 years but never followed through to obtain a permit. SB 1070 also codifies a DPS Administrative Rule that National Rifle Association (NRA) certified instructors meet the eligibility requirements for DPS certification. It allows that training can be conducted by NRA certified pistol and personal protection instructors, as well as DPS certified instructors. Stay tuned! Information on these and other bills can be found at the AzCDL website: http://www.azcdl.org/html/legislation.html These alerts are a project of the Arizona Citizens Defense League (AzCDL), an all volunteer, non-profit, non-partisan grassroots organization. Join today! AzCDL - Protecting Your Freedom http://www.azcdl.org/html/join_us_.html Copyright © 2008 Arizona Citizens Defense League, Inc., all rights reserved. Like it says in our brochure, AzCDL is an "all volunteer" organization. We need volunteers to help us at the Crossroads of the West gun show on June 21 & 22, 2008 at the Mesa Centennial Hall: http://www.crossroadsgunshows.com/gunsched.htm . If you can spare a few hours we would deeply appreciate your help - the majority of our members join AzCDL at gun shows. Come on down and spend some time observing the other volunteers. When you feel ready, step on in. If proactive selling is not your forte, we still need volunteers to manage the table, help hand out flyers and brochures, and keep an eye on things. Volunteers who work the AzCDL table for a few hours will get into the gun show FREE! If your membership is coming up for renewal soon, stop by the table and renew at the "gun show special" rate ($10 off!). Sustaining memberships get a FREE AzCDL T-Shirt. Not a member? Not a problem! You can join AzCDL at the gun show! Interested? Drop a line to President@AzCDL.org. These alerts are a project of the Arizona Citizens Defense League (AzCDL), an all volunteer, non-profit, non-partisan grassroots organization. Join today! AzCDL - Protecting Your Freedom http://www.azcdl.org/html/join_us_.html Copyright © 2008 Arizona Citizens Defense League, Inc., all rights reserved. -- Stephen P. Wenger, KE7QBY Firearm safety - It's a matter for education, not legislation. http://www.spw-duf.info .