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How will Real ID affect you?
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... "Q: What about buying firearms?"

"That's an open question. Homeland Security last month refused to rule out requiring Real ID for firearm purchases in the future."

"When asked about requiring Real ID to buy a firearm, Homeland Security replied: 'DHS will continue to consider additional ways in which a Real ID license can or should be used and will implement any changes to the definition of 'official purpose' or determinations regarding additional uses for Real ID consistent with applicable laws and regulatory requirements. DHS does not agree that it must seek the approval of Congress as a prerequisite to changing the definition in the future.'"

"Q: Which presidential candidates voted for Real ID?"

"All of them who were members of Congress at the time voted for Real ID except Rep. Ron Paul, a Republican." ...

David Codrea: What's in a Name?
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"CeaseFire Maryland...failed to file the corporate personal property returns as required by state law."

"So by law, they forfeited the state charters of both that name and also Marylanders Against Handgun Abuse, which were promptly picked up and registered by pro-RKBA activists. It also upsets a gubernatorial appointment to the Maryland Handgun Roster Board."

"Read the whole thing. What a hoot."

"Excellent heads-up action from the Associated Gun Clubs of Baltimore!"

Brady Center: The Second Amendment Threatens All Gun Laws
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"A story in Capitol Weekly, which covers California politics, speculates about the fallout from a Supreme Court decision in D.C. v. Heller overturning the District of Columbia's gun ban. Oral arguments in the case are scheduled for next month, with a ruling expected by the end of June. Sam Paredes, executive director of Gun Owners of California, is excited:"

"Any definition of the Second Amendment as an individual right is going to open up all kinds of legal avenues for us to overturn gun laws. We will change our focus from lobbying to legal action because the Legislature will be neutered. Any time they sponsor legislation we think is unconstitutional, we will challenge it." ...

Smith & Wesson Debuts New Products at 2008 SHOT Show
Submitted by: New York State Rifle & Pistol Association
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"Smith & Wesson ... unveiled 71 new product models and extensions at the 2008 Shooting Hunting and Outdoor Trade (SHOT) Show held in Las Vegas, Nevada, earlier this week. The new product lineup featured extensions to the Company's Military & Police (M&P) Pistol and Rifle Series and a stainless steel variation of the i-Bolt bolt-action rifle. Smith & Wesson also introduced the new Night Guard Series of revolvers designed for personal protection as well as a number of new models and extensions from the Performance Center and Thompson/Center Arms."

"... the four-day SHOT Show is the largest trade show of its kind in the world. Featuring 1,948 exhibiting companies encompassing more than 715,000 net square feet of space ..." ...

Paul Helmke: 'Suicide Shooters' - Going To 'War' With Government
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"On Thursday, an individual who had 'serious grievances with the city government' ... brought his gun to the police station and then a City Council meeting and killed five people ... and wounded two others, including the mayor." ...

"We also learned yesterday about an aborted 'large-scale shooting rampage' at the Super Bowl from an individual who 'purchased an AR-15 assault rifle ...' along with 200 rounds of ammunition, and 'planned a massacre ...'" ...

"These two stories raise a number of issues - the weakness of our gun laws nationally, as well as in most of the states; the easy accessibility of assault rifles and large stores of ammunition; the non-deterrent effect of police ..." ...

AL: Tuskegee Cracks Down on Illegal Gun Violence
Submitted by: New York State Rifle & Pistol Association
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"Tuskegee Police Chief Lester Patrick sees it all too often: guns--illegally modified or used without a proper license."

"'I'm not going to try to sugar coat it. It's a big problem,' Patrick explained."

"Through drug raids and routine traffic stops, officers typically seize one or two weapons every day."

"It's a pattern Tuskegee Mayor Johnny Ford wants to break."

"Ford joins a coalition more than 250 mayors from across the country--all pledging to curb illegal gun use in any way possible." ...

House, Senate members back DC gun owners
Submitted by: New York State Rifle & Pistol Association
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"Bipartisan majorities in both the House and the Senate are backing gun owners in a landmark Supreme Court case."

"The court next month will hear arguments in a challenge to the District of Columbia's ban on handguns, the most important gun rights case at the Supreme Court in 70 years."

"Fifty-five senators and 250 representatives have signed onto a brief that urges the justices to strike down the ban and assert that the Second Amendment gives individuals the right to own guns for their protection." ...
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KABA Note: Of course we all know that the Constitution doesn't give anyone anything, it protects pre-existing G-d given individual civil human rights.

NRA's Heller Brief[.pdf]
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft

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"The precise question presented by this casewhether three District of Columbia Code provisions violate the Second Amendmentbelies its importance to the liberty cherished by the American people. If the Second Amendment is interpreted as Petitioners and their supporting amici prefer and the Districts laws upheld, the individual right to keep and bear armsidentified by the Framers, in the very text of the Constitution, as integral 'to the security of a free State'will not only be infringed, but effectively abolished. See U.S. Const. amend. II ..." ...

Buckeye Firearms Foundation Files Brief in D.C. Gun Ban Case
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"The police can never be everywhere at once, and simple logic dictates that the one best able to resist criminal attack is the one being attacked. The victim will always be present at the time of the crime; the police will almost never be present, serving instead to respond to the crime after it has happened. The most fundamental rights enshrined in our legal tradition were summarized as the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Those same rights are meaningless under a framework where random criminal attack is not only expected but accepted without recourse."

"This paragraph perhaps best summarizes the brief that Buckeye Firearms Foundation filed[.pdf] in the D.C. vs. Heller gun ban case ..." ...

DC Gun Law Violates Home Rule Act
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"The American Hunters and Shooters Association (ASHA) today filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court of the United States in support of last year's historic ruling by the US Court of Appeals For The District of Columbia in Heller v. The District of Columbia. Joining in that brief are 11 senior and former military leaders. ASHA believes that the case should be affirmed. Our brief is unique in two respects: first, it argues that the individual right to bear arms is essential to the collective interest in a 'well regulated militia.' Second, it contends that the DC Gun Law is not authorized under the DC Home Rule Act, and thereby gives the Court a non-Constitutional basis to affirm the decision below." ...
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Submitter's Note: For those not familiar with it, the American Hunters and Shooters Association is thought by many gunnies to be a gun-grabber front.

Former Military Brass Join Fight to Give D.C. Its Guns
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"Here's a new argument against the D.C. gun ban, now before the Supreme Court: If people can't own guns, then how are they supposed to train for the militia or military provided for in the Second Amendment? That's the new pitch from a prominent hunters group backed by several former top Army generals who today filed a brief with the Supreme Court supporting the bid to overturn the gun ban in the nation's capital."

"The American Hunters and Shooters Association said in its amicus brief that the ban not only violates the Second Amendment's right to gun ownership but flies in the face of the amendment's provision allowing localities to form a 'well regulated militia.' ..." ...

Vice president sides with some in Congress over Bush administration in gun rights case
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"Vice President Dick Cheney took the unusual step Friday of joining with lawmakers in signing a Supreme Court brief that goes further in support of gun rights than the one submitted by the Bush administration." ...

"Both briefs argue that the Second Amendment protects an individual's right to own guns. However, the administration contends that too categorical a ruling could threaten other federal gun restrictions and wants the justices to send the case back to lower courts without deciding whether the handgun ban should fall."

"Cheney joined more than 300 senators and representatives ... who want the court to rule that Washington's ban is unconstitutional." ...

Congressman Paul Takes Aim at DC Gun Ban
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"Congressman Ron Paul has signed on to a letter to the President asking that an amicus curiae brief filed by U.S Solicitor General Paul D. Clement on DC v. Heller ... be withdrawn on the basis that the reasoning within, were it to be accepted by the Supreme Court, leaves open the door for more encroachments on individuals Second Amendment rights to keep and bear arms." ...

"Congressman Paul, as a strict constitutionalist and in keeping with his strong record on gun rights, has signed on to another brief submitted by several members of Congress which asks the Supreme Court to uphold the lower courts decision and allow the precedent of applying a stricter standard of review for gun control cases to stand."

Three gun-free zones, three public shootings
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"Louisiana Gun Free Zone?"

"It is illegal to bring a firearm onto a college campus in the state of Louisiana. All of the defenseless students at Louisiana Technical College complied with the ban. One murderous 23 year-old woman did not. The results speak for themselves."

"Missouri Gun Free Zone?"

"It is illegal to bring a firearm into a government building or government meeting in the state of Missouri. All of the defenseless elected officials attending a council meeting in the Kirkwood, Mo. City Hall complied with the ban. Charles Lee 'Cookie' Thornton did not. The results speak for themselves."

"Ohio Gun Free Zone?"

"It is illegal to bring a firearm into a school in the state of Ohio. All of the defenseless students and teachers at Portsmouth's Notre Dame Elementary complied with the ban. William Michael Layne did not. The results speak for themselves." ...

LA: Three dead in Louisiana campus shooting
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"A nursing student shot two women to death and killed herself in front of horrified classmates at a college in the southern U.S. state of Louisiana on Friday, police said."

"Investigators still did not have a motive for the early morning killings at the Louisiana Technical College in the state capital, Baton Rouge, police spokesman L'Jean McKneely told Reuters."

"Details such as the names of the victims and the type of weapon used have not yet been released."
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KABA Note: Louisiana statute prohibits permit holders from carrying on campus.

LA: Woman Kills 2 Students in Louisiana College Classroom, Takes Own Life (follow-up)
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"A 23-year-old woman killed two fellow students with a .357 revolver in a classroom at a vocational college Friday, then committed suicide, police said."

"The women apparently were shot in their seats in the second-floor classroom at Louisiana Technical College, Baton Rouge Sgt. Don Kelly said. About 20 people were in the emergency medical technology class at the time, he said." ...
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Submitter's Note: Another "gun free zone" murder/suicide

SD: Students may be able to carry guns at college
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"Supporters of a bill to allow guns on university campuses advocate self-defense while opponents say it would put more innocent lives in danger."

"HB1261 calls for no university to expel or penalize anyone who carries or possesses a firearm in accordance with state law. Universities could require firearms in a dormitory be stored in a locked gun safe."

"Nancy First, South Dakota coordinator for Second Amendment Sisters, supports the bill because law-abiding citizens are entitled to their basic right of self-defense. If criminals knew someone might be armed at their intended crime scene, it would serve as a deterrent, she said."

"'A firearm is the best means of self-defense for a woman,' First said." ...

OH: Sheriff: Student a gun enthusiast
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"Police said Thursday there is no evidence of a 'sinister plot' surrounding a Marietta College student charged this week after guns and ammunition were found in his vehicle on campus."

"Washington County Sheriff Larry Mincks said student Robert L. Walker II, 22, is continuing to cooperate with detectives and that he shed some light on why the guns were in his vehicle."

"'He basically was having a storage and transportation problem,' Mincks said. 'He told us he was keeping (the guns) at a friends residence. The friend became concerned about some break-ins in his neighborhood so (Walker) gathered the guns and ammunition and was going to transport them to his grandmothers home (in Summit County) at his next opportunity.'" ...

Shooting in Mo. didn't make Huckabee rethink gun rights views
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"Shootings at a council meeting in suburban St. Louis demonstrated the importance of protecting gun owner's rights and Americans' ability to protect themselves, Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee said Friday."

"Huckabee ... was asked by a reporter to square comments on abortion about protecting the sanctity of life with his support for gun rights, in light of the Missouri shootings." ...

"'There's nothing to square ... When you have a person who violates the law by murdering somebody, that's not the same as a law-abiding citizen defending himself.'"

"'Thank goodness there was a police officer there to stop the killer,' he added. 'Had there not been a law-abiding person ... more people would have been killed.'" ...

John McCain vs. Ron Paul, The Media, And The Wasted Second Amendment
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... "... I've long understood from a liberal viewpoint how our government was not near ideal ... and then, one day, I realized that the problem and the solution were the same- too much power collected in Washington."

"The only candidate who talked about this problem was Ron Paul, which led me to sign up as a Republican, which led me to be inside the conservative mindset even though I find it foreign territory."

"So now I am contemplating the Second Amendment, and the right to bear arms, as I watch my fellow conservatives raise their fists in unison and cheer whenever a conservative candidate mentions his support for this Constitutional right." ...

Kennedy, Becerra Introduce Gun Microstamping Legislation
Submitted by: New York State Rifle & Pistol Association
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"Today, Senator Edward M. Kennedy and Congressman Xavier Becerra introduced the National Crime Gun Identification Act of 2007. The measure is co-sponsored in the Senate by Senators Feinstein, Menendez, Lautenberg, Durbin, Schumer and Reed."

"The bill amends the current law by prohibiting licensed federal firearms dealers from manufacturing, importing, or transferring certain semi-automatic pistols that are not capable of micro-stamping ammunition. Micro-stamping ammunition is an important and effective method of tracing guns, and provides law enforcement with a much-needed resource in solving crimes."

"The legislation is supported by the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence, the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence ..." ...

CA: Benoit Introduces Resolution Affirming Right To Own Guns
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"Assemblyman John J. Benoit (R-Palm Desert) today introduced Assembly Joint Resolution 46, a measure to memorialize the State Legislature's support for the Second Amendment. Benoit's measure lends support to a recent decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals which struck down a ban on the possession of a handgun in the home. Benoit is asking citizens to voice their support for the Second Amendment by mailing letters to the Legislature." ...

WA: Bills take different approaches to issue of guns on campus
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"Two state lawmakers have offered dramatically different bills dealing with guns on college campuses and the measures touched off spirited debate Thursday at a Senate committee hearing ..."

"The bill offered by Sen. Ed Murray, D-Seattle, would ban weapons at colleges that host high school students. That would include community colleges that offer the Running Start program, and universities when high school students are touring."

"In response to Murrays bill, Sen. Pam Roach, R-Auburn, introduced her own bill that would prohibit universities from banning concealed weapons. Her argument is that people with permits to carry weapons would make campuses safer. Most universities now ban weapons on campus, but that is not a state law." ...

NY: Criminals Would Favor Publishing Pistol Permit Names
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"I am not a criminal. However, if I were, I would be in favor of the Post Star publishing the names of all the individuals who have pistols. This would give me an opportunity for devising methods to track down their homes and plan to break into the homes to get the pistols. Since they own pistols or revolvers, they just might have rifles in their homes as well. I would then be able to sell these items to people of ill-repute, not caring about the ultimate use they would have for it as long as I made money on the deal." ...

NY: Post-Star Pistol Permit Propaganda
Submitted by: New York State Rifle & Pistol Association
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"While the editor of The Post-Star has been vigorously denying that the daily newspaper had 'no intent to publish the names and towns of gun permit holders', public documents indicate otherwise." ...

"Utilizing [Freedom Of Information Law], [North Country Gazette] has obtained copies of The Post-Stars communications with the county clerks office and while Tingley and Lee Enterprises may now in the face of controversy and threats of boycotts be backpeddling from their original plan, the public documents indicate that it certainly was their initial intent to create a database on their website of pistol permit holders and their towns of residence in all three counties." ...

FBI Deputizes Business?
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"Today, more than 23,000 representatives of private industry are working quietly with the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security. The members of this rapidly growing group, called InfraGard, receive secret warnings of terrorist threats before the public does ... In return, they provide information to the government, which alarms the ACLU. But there may be more to it than that. One business executive, who showed me his InfraGard card, told me they have permission to 'shoot to kill' in the event of martial law."

"InfraGard is 'a child of the FBI,' says Michael Hershman, the chairman of the advisory board of the InfraGard National Members Alliance ..." ...
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Submitter's Note: Sound more like Nazi Germany or Communist East Germany than, say, America.

If the ATF shoe were on the other foot....
Submitted by: Idaho Ordnance
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The U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said a special agent returning to Mitchell International Airport at Milwaukee left her firearm in a bathroom there Tuesday night."

A handgun found unattended inside a TSA Secure Zone at an International Airport one might even consider that a crime. If it were a crime, then according to the "ATF Evidence Collection Handbook", the firearm should be sent to ATF Firearms Technology Branch [FTB] for proper classification.

Why is this relevant? There are only (2) female special agents at the Milwaukee ATF Field Office, [according to my sources, not yet confirmed]. I am told both female agents were involved in US v. Olofson.

TX: Policeman indicted for failure to stop, render aid
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"Tim White threw away his career as a Lubbock police officer when he left the scene of an accident without checking on those involved, police officials said."

"'He knew he needed to stay at the scene,' said Thomas Esparza, assistant chief over investigations." ...

"White rear-ended a car ... causing a chain-reaction accident with four cars, Esparza said. Instead of checking on the people or helping, he just backed up and left."

"Witnesses got a glimpse at White's license plate as he drove off and reported him to police. ..." ...

"Esparza said it is unknown if drugs or alcohol played a role in the accident."
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H/t to David Codrea.

PA: Quadriplegic Dies In Fire As 911 Malfunctions
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"Controversy is swirling around the 911 audiotape of a deadly fire in Doylestown Borough."

"The fire happened two weeks ago in the 300 block of Doyle Street in the Bucks County community."

"When the fire started in her bed, 53-year-old Brenda Orr, who was disabled with multiple sclerosis, called for help but was put on hold." ...

"The phone can be heard ringing seven times before an operator picks up."

"Dispatcher 1: '911, can you hold one second, please?'"

"Orr: 'No I can't. It's an emergency, 9-1-1 emergency. 3-4-0 Doyle, bed on fire.'"

"Orr was put on hold, but she didn't have time ..." ...

NY: Cop cleaning gun accidentally shoots Brooklyn tot in arm
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"An off-duty cop cleaning his gun accidentally fired a shot through the floor of his Brooklyn apartment Thursday, hitting the child of a downstairs neighbor in the arm ..."

"The 18-month-old boy was grazed by the bullet moments after he and his mother entered their Mill Basin apartment just after 3 p.m. ..."

"The child ... was taken to Brookdale University Hospital, where he was treated and released ..." ...

"The off-duty cop, Patrick Venetek, 24, who has been on the force for less than two years, was in his second-floor ... apartment cleaning his service weapon when the accident occurred ..."

"The cop had only natural light because he apparently was so broke his electricity had been turned off earlier this week ..." ...

NY: Tow Truck Driver Sues NYPD Cops
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"A New York City tow truck driver claims that police are harassing him for enforcing the law against them on private property. John Montalvo, 43, filed a lawsuit in the Brooklyn Supreme Court Tuesday alleging that the 72nd Precinct police arrested him on trumped up car theft charges, the New York Daily News reported. Montalvo had angered the officers by towing their private vehicles which had parked illegally at the Atlantic Terminal Mall."

"The mall had hired Montalvo to enforce parking rules, but officers from several precincts use a private mall road, Fort Greene Place, to store their vehicles contrary to the owner's wishes. Following established procedures, Montalvo reported each car towed to the police. ..." ...

NY: Clumsy Cop Shoots Tot (Another version)
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An 18-month-old boy was accidentally shot in the arm by an off-duty cop in Brooklyn yesterday, police said.

The officer, 24, a two-year veteran who works in Manhattan, according to sources, was cleaning the gun in his second-floor apartment in Mill Basin when the weapon dropped and discharged at about 3 p.m.

The boy was in a playpen with his twin brother in a first-floor apartment when the bullet came through the ceiling.

The tot was rushed to Brookdale Hospital in good condition.

"He's going to be OK," said his 17-year-old brother. "There's a hole in the living-room ceiling, a big hole above the playpen."

The officer has not been charged.

ID: Firearms Manufacturers jump up on the list of Idaho's targets
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"While other states are embarrassed or would like to impose more restrictions on Firearms Manufacturers, Idaho has boosted it up on its list of industry that it wants:"

"The response on Monday night to the state's campaign has prompted state officials to set the firearms industry at fourth-place on its list of recruitment targets, following only green energy, aviation technologies and food processing." ...

"Talks are already under way with at least three manufacturing companies from other states, said officials from the Department of Commerce. All three states have imposed more rigid laws on gunmakers or have raised taxes, providing new incentives to move to Idaho's more gun-friendly climate." ...

OH: Two more journalists provide positive CHL class coverage
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"Another two Ohio journalists have written articles providing positive coverage of concealed handgun license (CHL) classes, and for those who recall the name Matt Westerhold, the newspaper in which one of the two articles appears will come as quite a surprise."

"There was some good information provided in the following Sandusky Register article...and NO mention of Register editor Matt Westerhold's declaration of war on gun owner privacy last year." ...

NV: NRA offers education summit
Submitted by: New York State Rifle & Pistol Association
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"The National Rifle Association is now accepting applications for the 2008 NRA Youth Education Summit, a free summer program for high school sophomores and juniors."

"Forty students from across the United States will be hand selected to spend a week with NRA staff in Washington, DC. Attendees are responsible only for transportation to and from Washington, DC."

"The Stillwater Firearms Association and Fallon Mayor Ken Tedford encourage Churchill County High School sophomores and juniors to apply. The SFA treasury and the Mayors Youth Fund will fund selected CCHS student(s) round trip airfare." ...

Australia: 'You'd have been shot in US'
Submitted by: Haddock
Website: http://www.servicerifle.com.au/qmrcabout.htm

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"A TEENAGER who bungled a robbery to get money for food would have been shot had he pulled the same stunt in the US, a judge said yesterday."

"The Ipswich District Court was told Sean Phillip Merkle, 17, menaced an Eastern Heights convenience store worker with a knife and demanded money so he could buy food on July 23 last year."

"Prosecutor Ruben Carlos said the worker, in an act of either bravery or stupidity, challenged Merkle when he produced a 30cm knife and then chased him down the street and subdued him, with the help of two members of the public, until police arrived." ...