Last Week to Comment on National-Park Carry: A proposal to change firearms regulations in national parks is in its last week of public comment. The proposed update to existing regulations would allow an individual to carry a concealed weapon in national parks and wildlife refuges, if the individual has a permit to carry a concealed weapon and is authorized to do so on similar state lands in the state where the park or refuge is located... http://ktna.org/topics.php?aid=627&pos=0 Related Commentary: http://bangornews.com/news/t/viewpoints.aspx?articleid=166238&zoneid=35 --- New Jersey Passes One-Gun-a-Month Bill: The New Jersey Assembly, in a bipartisan vote, passed A-339, commonly known as One Handgun A Month, a bill intended to dramatically diminish the illegal intrastate trafficking of handguns by limiting buyers to the purchase of no more than a single handgun in any thirty-day period. A-339 limits only handgun purchases and has no effect on purchases of rifles or shotguns. It also allows the law-abiding to purchase up to 13 handguns per year, hardly a burden. (Since when has anyone with a working brain alleged that handguns legally purchased in New Jersey are being resold to criminals?) http://www.gunguys.com/?p=3070 Related Commentary: http://blog.nj.com/njv_scott_bach/2008/06/gun_rationing_bill_a339_target.html --- Denver Mayor Seeks More Infringements: Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper will consider tougher gun laws and adjusted nightclub operating hours after a child was shot in the Curtis Park neighborhood and a gunfight erupted in Lower Downtown over the weekend...He offered no specifics but pointed to Philadelphia, where authorities have tried to restrict gun owners to one purchase per month and allow judges to order guns taken from people deemed to be a threat to themselves or others...Denver District Attorney Mitch Morrissey, who appeared with Hickenlooper and Police Chief Gerry Whitman, said state laws could supersede any changes to city gun rules... http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_9678073 --- CNN Blows Smoke about Second Amendment: CNN legal analyst Sunny Hostin, when asked about the Supreme Court's upcoming ruling in the DC handgun ban case on Monday's "American Morning," repeated the gun control lobby's argument that "most federal courts and the Supreme Court has found is that really doesn't mean that you can possess a gun. It means that the military can possess a gun, that it's a collective right." She later made the usual liberal claim that the current Supreme Court is "conservative." http://newsbusters.org/blogs/matthew-balan/2008/06/24/cnn-legal-analyst-spouts-liberal-claims-about-second-amendment --- Trojan-Horse Gun Group Supports Obama: Even when you're the biggest and toughest of them all there's always somebody there to challenge you, as the National Rifle Association (NRA) has learned. The NRA's two-year-old nemesis, the American Hunters and Shooters Association (ASHA) just won't go away...The main purpose of the news conference was to tell outdoor writers that AHSA has endorsed Barack Obama for President and plans to raise millions of dollars to aggressively work to help him win several key states, including some western states. "We think hunters and shooters could make the difference in some of these states," he said... http://www.newwest.net/topic/article/nra_nemesis_alive_and_well_and_supporting_obama/C41/L41/ --- Army Overlooked Ammo Dealer's Past: When the Army last year awarded a contract worth up to nearly $300 million to a tiny Miami Beach munitions dealer to supply ammunition to Afghanistan's security forces, it overlooked a very checkered past...But that record, including a botched $5.6 million order for 10,000 Beretta pistols for Iraq's security forces, was either ignored or omitted from databases that American military contracting officials have used to weed out companies suspected of involvement in suspect arms deals... http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/25/washington/25arms.html?_r=1&ref=world&oref=slogin --- Israeli Law Liberalizes Use of Force: A license to kill or a leg up for law enforcement - the verdict may still be out, but the Knesset approved the "Shai Dromi Bill" on Tuesday, an amendment to the Penal Law aimed at giving property owners more freedom to use fatal force against people who break into their homes, businesses or farms. The legislation, named for the Negev farmer who in January 2007 shot at a group of people who broke into his farm to steal livestock, killing Khaled el-Atrash. Dromi was charged with manslaughter, a move that caused a public uproar. In the ensuing year, bumper-stickers appeared on cars nationwide bearing the phrase "We are all Shai Dromi," expressing a lack of faith in the police's ability to stop property crime, particularly in rural areas... http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1214132677640&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull --- Irish Farmer Wants Gun Back (Rightly): Manslaughter acquitted Padraig Nally says he now wants gardai to return the gun he used to kill burglar John "Frog" Ward. The Mayo farmer has demanded the return of his shotgun, claiming he is living in fear of being attacked at his home again. Mr Nally (64) was cleared of manslaughter after shooting dead Traveller Mr Ward, who he caught breaking into his home four years ago... http://www.herald.ie/national-news/i-want-my-gun-back-nally-1419174.html --- Toronto Evicts Two Shooting Clubs: Two gun clubs on city property - including one in the rafters of Union Station - will get the boot under Mayor David Miller's new rules aimed at curbing the number of handguns in the city, approved yesterday by city council. After a near daylong debate, council voted 31-9 for a policy that prevents new gun clubs and manufacturers from setting up in the city...Some right-leaning councillors criticized the move as a symbolic gesture that would punish law-abiding gun owners instead of criminals... http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080624.COUNCIL24/TPStory/TPNational/Ontario/ -- Stephen P. Wenger, KE7QBY Firearm safety - It's a matter for education, not legislation. http://www.spw-duf.info .