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Evidence and Comments on the Source of the Mailed Anthrax
Submitted by: Tim Fulton

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KABA NOTE: Not RKBA-related, but urgent and significant to our private lives...

"All the available evidence indicates that the source of the mailed anthrax, or the information and materials to make it, is a US government program. ... Contrary to early speculation, there are no more than about 20 laboratories known to have obtained the Ames strain from Fort Detrick. The names of 15 of these laboratories have been found in the open literature (see Appendix). Of these, probably only about four in the US might possibly have the capability for weaponizing anthrax. The Senate sample contains a special form of silica used in the US process. It does not contain bentonite (used by the Iraqis)."

GOA ALERT: Important Senate Confirmation Hearings
Submitted by: NewslinksDirector
Website: http://www.KeepAndBearArms.com/FORUMS

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Should he be confirmed, Magaw...would be entrusted with the power to authorize (or deny) any specific program facilitating the arming of pilots.

Unfortunately, John Magaw does not come highly recommended by the firearms community. As the former Director of the BATF, Magaw oversaw the cover-up of the Waco debacle, and as chief Gun Czar, he was certainly no friend of gun owners.

Ask your Senator to OPPOSE Magaw if he will not commit to letting pilots be armed.

Gun Demilitarization Scheme Dead Submitted by: NewslinksDirector Website: http://www.KeepAndBearArms.com/FORUMS	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
Dec. 12 Neal Knox Update -- Sec.1062 of the Defense Authorization bill, the provision allowing any "significant military weapon" -- including all guns ever owned by the U.S. Government -- to be recalled or ordered destroyed, has been completely removed by House-Senate Conference Negotiators.

Handgun Epidemic Lowering Plan: "BB, Pellet Guns Can Cause Serious Injuries"
Submitted by: NewslinksDirector
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Some BB, pellet and air guns may be as powerful as handguns, according to the Handgun Epidemic Lowering Plan (HELP) Network, an (international) group of "medical and allied professionals dedicated to reducing handgun-related injuries and deaths."

The report's authors call for "federal regulations on the manufacturing, sale, ownership and use of non-powder guns, based on the speed at which they shoot their ammunition."

GOA's End Of The Year Report Submitted by: NewslinksDirector Website: http://www.KeepAndBearArms.com/FORUMS	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
GOA ALERT: "Partial Highlights of Our Accomplishments Together in 2001..."

Dec. 12 Neal Knox Update Submitted by: NewslinksDirector Website: http://www.KeepAndBearArms.com/FORUMS	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
* Sec.1062 of the Defense Authorization bill has been removed. * Supreme Court considering if judges or only juries can decide if a convict can receive an "enhanced" sentence for "using" a gun in a crime. * Liz Dole likely to win. * The New York Times weighed-in on the criticism of Michael Bellesiles (but never mentions the historian who began uncovering the fraud, Clayton Cramer).

OR: Oregon City High School's mascot jars some "modern sensibilities" Submitted by: J. R. Miller	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
A musket in his grip and a knife slung off his hip, Pioneer Pete is catching some flak these days. Some students and administrators say his weapon-toting ways break rules that apply to students. "You have to admit, we are looking for a superintendent, and here's a picture of a guy toting a gun," said Bonnie Webber, webberb@orecity.k12.or.us, director of human resources for Oregon City schools.

VA: "Free" Gun locks given away around region this week
Submitted by: SASister

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Wasn't kidding about the Virginian-Pilot being a "lefty" newspaper -- oddly it's in an otherwise conservative military area.

Unfortunately, these sorts of stories are far too common. This one even gives the week's schedule, and how to get your "FREE" (tax-funded) merchandise even if you miss the "Virginia Gun Lock Tour '01."

This is "Project HomeSafe" at work, which is funded by NSSF.org and the U.S.DOJ. (Someone else will have to explain NSSF being involved, I'm clueless.)

"Equal Time" - Ashcroft upholding gun laws
Submitted by: Doug Charette

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"When Ashcroft took an oath to the American people to uphold the law and protect the civil liberties that this nation was founded upon, I believed him. Thus far, he has done nothing to betray my trust in him. In my opinion, allowing any law enforcement agency to circumvent the laws on FBI background checks for gun purchases, which in this case were set by the Brady Act in 1993, would not only be a crime, but a violation of the rights of all law-abiding Americans." --JACK WILLIAMS III

VA: Ruling stuns family of man shot at home Submitted by: SASister	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
A careless gun owner shot a .357 into Scott Rein's home. The bullet killed Mr. Rein, shooting him in the back. All charges were dropped against Timothy W. Woods, who had been playing with his gun in his front yard. This tragic story thus provides groaning fodder for this left-leaning newspaper, and giving all of us responsible gun owners another big black eye in general.

Use NICS in Terrorist Investigations Act (S.1788)
Submitted by: John Rich

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Attorney General Ashcroft has been criticized for obeying the law and preserving the privacy of gun sale background check records. Now Sen. Schumer has introduced a Bill to change the law to allow any law enforcement agency access to the NICS records for any investigations. And while he is at it, he's also thrown in a clause to try and reinstate a 90-day retention period for the records.

KABA NOTE: There are 7 cosponsors. It has been referred to the Judiciary Committee.

Contact your U.S. Senators and the Judiciary Committee to make sure they OPPOSE this bill.

Second Amendment Activists Must Stick Together
Submitted by: Doug Charette

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"I would like to point out something that is near and dear to my heart. It is the Second Amendment and our right to bear arms. In our world today it is so easy to get side tracked when it comes to this issue. The anti-gun and anti-rights people have learned to stay focused on the issue and take one small victory at a time. Now if the pro-gun side could learn to do the same thing we could win..." --Sheriff Michael E. Cook

Six Solutions to Government Tyranny
Submitted by: Doug Charette

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"There seems to have evolved a system whereby the government, by selectively not enforcing the law creates situations that enable it to reward itself with more taxes and more political power. For years the Clinton Justice Department drastically reduced the prosecutions of firearms law violations and thereby created a rise in such crimes which was used to justify the creation of new and far more restrictive laws and new taxes to increase the appropriate bureaucracies..." --Lee Robinson

Ashcroft's gun policy "aids terrorists" Submitted by: BobL	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"Is this man nuts? Did he learn his public safety priorities from comic books? ... If carried to the extreme, this attitude [Ashcroft's support of the 2nd Anendment] could interfere with federal authority to regulate gun use..." --Marianne Means of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer is mad that Ashcroft is obeying the law.

OK: Plastic gun draws concern Submitted by: WildWest	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"The City Council wants to send a letter to Wal-Mart asking the chain to stop selling a plastic gun that looks real enough to get someone killed." "Anyone who knows me will tell you that I am a big advocate of the right to own guns," he said. "But this is going to get someone killed."

CCRKBA Lauds Violence Policy Center for 'Getting Closer to the Facts' Submitted by: Doug Charette	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA) today lauded the Violence Policy Center's (VPC) most recent study on child victims of gun violence for its use of honest statistics in reaching its conclusion. The VPC released a report stating that an average of two children per day were murdered with handguns in the U.S. from 1995 to 1999.

NV: Second man arrested with gun at airport checkpoint Submitted by: G. Hughes	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
For the second time in two days, a man was charged with attempting to enter the gate area at McCarran International Airport with a concealed handgun. Joseph John Goobie, 69, of San Jose, Calif., was taken into custody Tuesday when security guards found the unloaded .25-caliber pistol in his carry-on bag, police said.

AZ: Family files civil suit against officer who shot teen
Submitted by: Michael Lewis

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A day after prosecutors declined to charge an Apache Junction police sergeant, the family of a 16-year-old boy he shot to death during a family dispute filed a lawsuit Wednesday in Maricopa County Superior Court.

Sgt. Robert "Woody" Haywood was cleared of criminal wrongdoing by Pinal County Attorney Robert Carter Olson, but the civil lawsuit accuses Haywood of being mentally ill and the city of negligence in placing him on patrol.

DC: Gas station owner kills suspected robber Submitted by: Anonymous	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
Homicide investigators said an unidentified man in his 20s allegedly tried to rob the store when the owner pulled out a gun and shot the suspect several times. (The article does not make it clear that the robber was armed with a handgun.)

Geraldo's gun-toting sparks debate Submitted by: BobL	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
Interesting piece on Geraldo's decision to carry a gun. Oddly, our favorite tabloid journalist seems almost offended at the suggestion that he ought to unilaterally disarm. (Funny, I feel the same way when elitists like him suggest I disarm.)