*Todd Palin Touts Second Amendment in Minnesota: *Saying the right to bear arms "isn't just another amendment," the husband of Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin angled for the votes of Minnesota sportsmen Thursday and tried to stoke their support for U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman...Coleman's Democratic opponent, Al Franken, is also on record supporting the Second Amendment. "He believes all Minnesotans must be assured the right to own guns for collection, protection and sport," said Franken's spokeswoman, Colleen Murray...(This is Al Franken of Air American fame - I can imagine how seriously he supports the RKBA.) http://www.startribune.com/politics/national/president/31125154.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aU7EaDiaMDCiUT --- * Michigan Reporter Attends CCW Course: *Before we even get started, I'm not here to "glorify" guns; I've never owned one and doubt that I will anytime soon. But I am here to tell you how impressed I was with the Concealed Pistol License (CPL) class run by the Chelsea Rod & Gun Club in mid-September...I agreed with many of the class participants that it was fun, but the fun was tempered by the realization that this was a deadly serious subject.When they said "a firearm is a tool of last resort," that's exactly what they mean... http://www.dexterleader.com/stories/101608/loc_20081016008.shtml --- * Employers Counseled on Parking-Lot-Storage Laws: *...In states where possession and transportation of firearms are legal and employers cannot implement policies to prevent firearms from being brought onto company property, you should first determine if you are exempt from the applicable law because of the nature of the business, or if it is permissible to create a "secured parking area," thereby potentially stepping into an exception to such laws (in some states)... http://www.hreonline.com/HRE/story.jsp?storyId=134856405 --- * Building a Better Bullet: ...*Made of non-toxic tungsten instead of nasty old lead, these fancy new bullets would not cause any harm if they were, say, eaten by a goose. Presumably they would still do some damage if they traveled through a goose at a high velocity, but what do you want? Science can only do so much at once... (As far as I know, it's a stretch to call tungsten "non-toxic." Tungsten has repeatedly been investigated as the possible cause of clusters of childhood leukemia.) http://www.norwichbulletin.com/lifestyles/x1261525951/Peter-Chianca-Building-a-better-bullet --- * Oops, Wrong Party:* A party at an apartment on Oltorf Street in South Austin turned into a crime scene over the weekend. Police got the call around 2:30 a.m. on Oct.11. The 911 caller said that "there was trouble." According to police reports, 26-year-old John Crayton robbed a number of party goers and ended up getting himself shot in the stomach. ..Crayton apparently planned to exit out of back of the apartment and kicked in the door to a bedroom. Police said there were two other victims in that room, and one had a gun... http://www.kxan.com/Global/story.asp?S=9185511 --- * Oops, Wrong House, Texas Version, Pat 1:* The homeowner was asleep upstairs with his wife when he heard the intruder in his home at about 2 a.m. Police said the burglar broke into the house through a downstairs window and was attempting to steal a plasma television when the homeowner came out of the bedroom with a gun.The intruder was shot multiple times and died a short time later. Detectives are still investigating, but said the homeowner would likely not face any charges. http://www.nbc5i.com/news/17727061/detail.html?dl=mainclick --- * Oops, Wrong House, Texas Version, Part 2:* A Southeast Side homeowner shot and killed a man early Thursday morning who was trying to break into his bedroom window. The man, believed to be in his 20s, was trying to get into a rear bedroom window of a house in the 1400 block of Greer and when the homeowner shot him, police said. The homeowner, a firearms instructor, was home alone and in the bedroom the burglar was attempting to enter.... http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/31097624.html --- * Oops, Wrong House, California Version: *Not my house, said one Rancho Cordova resident. When he heard someone trying to kick in his front door just after 11 a.m. today, the 26-year-old resident of a Vehicle Drive apartment grabbed a gun and shot the suspect, according to authorities. Then he held the suspect at gunpoint until police arrived. The suspect was transported to a local hospital and is expected to survive, said Sacramento County sheriff's spokesman Sgt. Tim Curran, who also serves as spokesman for the Rancho Cordova Police Department. After he was treated, he is likely to be arrested on suspicion of home invasion robbery, Curran said...* ** *http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/crime/archives/016159/.html --- * Oops, Wrong House, Georgia Version: *Tift County authorities say a homeowner shot a man after he attempted to force his way into a rural mobile home off Highway 125. Sheriff's department spokesman David Haire says the homeowner, 33-year-old John Henry Howard Jr., was not hurt during the home invasion. It happened early Wednesday at about 2:30 a.m. Haire did not identify the suspected burglar, but said his injuries appeared to be serious. The intruder was shot 4 times in the head. He's hospitalized at Tift Regional Medical Center. No charges were immediately filed... http://www.wfxl.com/news/story.aspx?id=207580 --- * Shot Placement, Shot Placement, Shot Placement: *It was a one-in-a-million shot, but luckily for Ron J. Leming, his father accurately fired the arrow from his bow the one time it counted the most - as a 500-pound grizzly bear chased him downhill...As he was falling, Leming pivoted onto his back. As the bear bore down on him, he fought back, throwing punches and kicking to keep the bear away from his head...The grizzly staggered down the hill about 80 yards and fell over dead. With his first shot at the running bear, the elder Leming had likely nicked the bear's aorta, causing it to quickly bleed out... http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2008/10/16/news/wyoming/18-arrow.txt --- *Brit Reviews /The American Rifle/: The *belief that its riflemen are the world's best marksmen runs through America's military history. It dates back at least to the American War of Independence (1775-83) when sharpshooters born and bred on the frontier killed a disproportionate number of British officers. Their long shots were effective but their deliberate targeting was nonetheless deplored by the British army, whose soldiers armed with muskets advanced in formation in full sight of the enemy... http://www.economist.com/books/displaystory.cfm?story_id=12414932 *The Book: *http://www.randomhouse.ca/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780553805178 .