Brady Bunch Applauds Atlanta Airport Ruling: "All of us who desire safer airports received good news on Monday. The decision by U.S. District Judge Marvin Shoob allows Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport to put public safety first and strenuously enforce their no-gun rule in that facility. It was a victory for sanity and common sense. Allowing guns into airports increases the chances of airport security being breached, something that could lead to very tragic consequences. The gun lobby leaders in Georgia who were dealt a setback Monday should learn that public safety is more important than their agenda of pushing guns into more and more public places." http://www.bradycampaign.org/media/release.php?release=997 --- From GOA: You may not have been watching the battle that is brewing over concealed carry in the Hartsfield-Jackson airport in Atlanta, Georgia, but it may end up affecting you where you live. Because of what's happening in Atlanta, the Transportation Security Agency could decide to allow airports across the country to ban firearms in areas that currently allow for self-defense...ACTION: Please urge President Bush to put the squeeze on the TSA. This president should certainly understand the bad-politics of imposing a gun ban right before an election... http://www.gunowners.org/a081308.htm --- Justice Kennedy, Heller and the RKBA: Justice Kennedy recently spoke to the Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference, and his remarks included a very interesting discussion of DC v. Heller and the Second Amendment in the Q&A. You can see the event here, via C-SPAN (RealPlayer required). Justice Kennedy discusses the Heller case and the Second Amendment starting at the 38-minute mark. Kennedy ends up discussing the case in answering a question about using recent cases as teaching tools, but the discussion leads him to offer some very intriguing thoughts on the Second Amendment. In particular, Justice Kennedy appears to suggest around the 40-minute mark that he will take a living constitutionalist approach to the Second Amendment that may point to more gun rights under the Second Amendment than an originalist approach would provide. The comments are off-the-cuff, but check them out if you're interested in the future of the Second Amendment... http://volokh.com/posts/1218509307.shtml --- The Beat Goes On: The US Supreme Court's decision striking down a 32-year ban on handguns in Washington, D.C., has sparked a string of lawsuits across the country challenging the constitutionality of various gun regulations. Two suits in Chicago seek to have that city's handgun ban declared unconstitutional. A ban on handgun possession by public housing residents in San Francisco is under attack. To avoid legal action, three Chicago suburbs have voted to repeal their gun bans, while a fourth, Oak Park, is fighting to preserve its ban...The flurry of lawsuits marks the second phase of what gun-rights advocates hope will become a turning point in the battle for broader protection of Second Amendment rights. On June 26, the Supreme Court declared for the first time that Americans have a Second Amendment right to keep a gun at home for self-protection... http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0814/p01s05-usju.html --- NRA Walks Fine Line in Montana: The National Rifle Association said Wednesday that Barack Obama's campaign is trying to mislead voters about his past support of gun control, calling the Democratic candidate "a poster child of the extremist, elitist gun control movement." The group was responding to recent remarks by Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer, a Democrat who supports gun rights and told reporters this week that Obama "ain't ever going to take your gun away." Schweitzer, who has the NRA's support in his re-election bid, added that there is little difference between the Democrat and Republican John McCain. The NRA said Schweitzer was misrepresenting the candidates' positions... http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/13/AR2008081303897.html?hpid=sec-politics --- WVCDL to Speak Against Local Gun Ban: ... Several members of the West Virginia Citizens Defense League (WVCDL) intend to speak out against city leaders' attempt to pass an amended ordinance prohibiting people from carrying or possessing a firearm or other deadly weapon in any building owned, leased or under the care, custody and control of the city of Martinsburg. The council approved the first and second reading of the ordinance during its meeting July 29. The ordinance will be given a third and final reading during Thursday's meeting and could take effect immediately if approved by the council. WVCDL President Jim Mullins Jr. said the major problem stems from the original city ordinance that was established in 2005... http://www.journal-news.net/page/content.detail/id/509333.html?nav=5006 --- Illinois County Still Debating RKBA Resolutions: The county will continue concealed carry discussions, but may move forward on a separate resolution that asks state lawmakers not to further restrict gun rights...The county's Public Safety Committee voted 2-2 Monday to move a resolution that urges state legislators to oppose new anti-gun laws toward the full board. Board members Pat Mattison and Peggy Malone voted against while Committee Chairman Dana LaPier and Dave Taylor voted in favor...On Monday, the Public Safety Committee also got its first look at a resolution to allow concealed carry. Winnebago County Board member Fred Wescott presented the would-be law to the Boone County committee. It would allow the sheriff to issue permits for concealed handguns, though its legality is in question because Illinois has no concealed carry law... http://www.rrstar.com/belvidere/x1570385778/Boone-County-panel-split-on-state-gun-resolution --- Savage Demands Return of Firearm: A licensed gunmaker who has reported retaliatory attacks on his work by federal agents upset over his testimony on behalf of a man sent to prison for having a broken gun has ordered the government to return one of his projects. "You have seized company property without any cause or court order to date. The company firmly demands the return of the firearm in question," Len Savage told John Spencer and other officials at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in a letter, a copy of which was sent to WND and also later posted online at the War on Guns blog run by David Codrea. "Therefore please return the property of the company [the firearm in question] immediately," he wrote... http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=72272 --- Embattled Idaho Gun Shop Re-Opens at New Location: Monday August 18th will be the Grand Opening of Red's Trading Post at our new location at 203 5th Ave South in Twin Falls. There will be Free Food, Prizes and most importantly the reps from FNH USA will be here. (Red's fought a prolonged battle with BATFE, over some minor records discrepancies, to keep its FFL.) http://blog.redstradingpost.com/?p=180 --- Oops, Wrong Deli: The deli owner who fired at an armed robber Tuesday makes no apologies for his actions and says he had no choice. "Once you put a gun to my head it's not about robbing me, it's about trying to kill me," said Anis Cherradi, 26, owner of Don's Deli. "I was defending my life." Cherradi was alone in his Beech Avenue store about 7:42 p.m. when the two robbers walked in. They appeared to be 18-22 years old. He said he'd never seen them before. One pointed a revolver at him, walked around the counter and demanded money. Then, the gunman tried to force the married father of three small children into a headlock, shoving the gun against his head. "Get down!" the robber ordered. As Cherradi went to the ground, he said he reached for his gun, a loaded 9mm Smith & Wesson... http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080813/NEWS0107/308130026/1055/NEWS -- Stephen P. Wenger, KE7QBY Firearm safety - It's a matter for education, not legislation. http://www.spw-duf.info .