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VA: Hunters help feed the poor Submitted by: Doug Charette	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
How about a round of applause for Virginia's deer hunters. Hunters For the Hungry, an organization that every year helps provide nourishing protein for poor people by way of lean venison, says the state's deer hunters donated 233,499 pounds of the delectable meat during the recently concluded hunting season.

Anti-Freedom Extremists Set to Control the Press Submitted by: Carma Lewis Website: http://www.armedfemalesofamerica.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"We should fear foreign terrorists less than we should fear our own leaders who are trying to destroy our Constitution and our way of life from within. Ive got a flash for these people. Terrorists who hijack airplanes and murder several thousand innocent people with box cutters do not buy firearms from the classifieds, or obey gun laws!"

United Airlines WILL train pilots on stun guns Submitted by: serinde Website: http://www.progunwomen.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
second story on page United Airlines said Wednesday it will train pilots to use stun guns to defend their cockpits even though the devices haven't been approved by federal aviation officials. Flight attendants will be trained in self-defense and helping passengers in the event of a terrorist attack but will not be taught how to use the Taser stun guns.

OK: Tulsa police officers can buy retired guns
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Tulsa Mayor Susan Savage has approved a plan that would allow 806 full-time police officers to buy their soon-to-be-retired handguns. The officers could buy one of the .40-caliber handguns for $175. Police are retiring the 10-year-old weapons and switching to .40-caliber Glocks.

The city hasn't determined what it will do with any guns left over after the sale. The Department has a longstanding policy of destroying confiscated weapons.

KABA NOTE: If they are available to public servants, why aren't they available to the citizens?

Hijacker shot passenger on Flight 11: FAA memo? Submitted by: FWiedner	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
-- Well, here it is. The FAA finally found a way to get a gun into the Sept 11 picture. Even though the report goes on to state that the initial FAA report was mistaken, This demonstrates that the anti-self determination bureaucracy that has taken over our government will fabricate any evidence that they have to...

VA: House Votes to Overturn Gun Ban
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The Virginia House of Delegates today overwhelmingly passed a bill that would invalidate Alexandria's ban on firearms in city buildings and bar other localities from adopting similar policies.

The legislation is a broad measure to bar local governments from adopting laws or rules regulating gun use that have not been expressly authorized by state law. But its intent, supporters and opponents agree, is to overturn Alexandria's seven-year-old policy of barring guns from city buildings.

Also see the Roanoke.com version.

KS and MO in midst of concealed-weapon debate
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The first shot rang out in Florida 15 years ago, and the advocates of guns for personal defense never let up.

From state to state the movement spread, a campaign to overturn laws against carrying concealed weapons and to give residents an opportunity to pack guns hidden in holsters or purses. The latest to go concealed: New Mexico.

A few years ago, Missouri and Kansas stood in the middle of the fight. Then, for a while, they fell to the side.

KS: Measure to repeal shooting-range bill gets hearing Submitted by: Doug Charette	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
A woman who lives next to a Lenexa shooting range told state lawmakers Tuesday she and her neighbors worry that the facility could become a nuisance and should be under city regulation. Lenexa lost much of its authority over the private shooting range last year following passage by the Kansas Legislature of a bill exempting all gun ranges from city land-use laws.

CA: Lawsuit filed over firing range
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Supporters of the Modesto Junior College firing range have filed a lawsuit to press the Yosemite Community College District to review the environmental effects of removing the west campus range.

Don Clark, a retired MJC firearms instructor, and the Los Angeles-based Association for a Cleaner Environment claim the district violated state law by not completing an environmental report.

The lawsuit does not ask for money, but for a halt to the range's demolition, pending the environmental work.

WI: Assembly OKs concealed weapon legislation
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Wisconsin residents who qualify for a permit would be allowed to carry a concealed weapon under legislation the Assembly approved early Wednesday after a weary and sometimes bitterly personal debate.

After more than four hours of debate, lawmakers voted 58-40 to approve the bill that would end the state's 130-year-old ban on concealed weapons. Rep. Jennifer Shilling, D-La Crosse, urged lawmakers to reject the bill.

Group Lobbies Vatican to Recognize Gun Saint (Followup)
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A patron saint for handgunners? That's the distinction an Arlington, Va. group has in mind for St. Gabriel Possenti, who is credited with using a handgun to scare off a band of mercenaries terrorizing an Italian village more than 140 years ago.

John Snyder, founder and chairman of The St. Gabriel Possenti Society, has been lobbying the Vatican since 1989 to make Possenti the patron of handgunners.

CA: GOP Conservative Surges In Governor's Race
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California voters are for the first time giving GOP gubernatorial contender Bill Simon an edge in the polls, heading into the March 5 primary.

A Los Angeles Times poll of registered voters conducted between Feb. 20-24 showed likely voters evenly split between conservative businessman Simon and early favorite Richard Riordan, a politically moderate millionaire businessman and former Los Angeles mayor.

MD: 'Ban on Handguns Reduced Murders'?
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"A controversial law passed in Maryland in 1988 banning "Saturday night special" handguns may have helped cause a 9% drop in gun-related murders over the last decade," researchers reported on Wednesday.

"That translates into an average of 40 lives saved per year between 1990 and 1998," claims Dr. Daniel Webster, who helps direct the Johns Hopkins University Center for "Gun Policy and Research" and who led the "study."

KABA NOTE: Johns Hopkins is severely biased against private gun ownership, by their own admission. Their "study" is less than meaningless.

9/11 group troubled by gun report
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A group that represents families of victims killed Sept. 11 called Wednesday for a congressional investigation into a Federal Aviation Administration memo that says a terrorist used a gun aboard a jet that crashed into the World Trade Center.

Officials with the FAA, FBI and American Airlines flatly insist that the information in the memo, prepared the evening of the attacks, later proved erroneous.

IL: 'Common sense' ammo law approved by village board
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Store owners in Bolingbrook now must keep all ammunition under lock and key. Village trustees Tuesday unanimously approved an ordinance change that toughens rules governing the sale and storage of firearms and ammunition.

The ordinance takes effect immediately.

Police and village officials decided to put more teeth in the ordinance after residents expressed concern about the open shelf display of ammunition at the Bolingbrook Wal-Mart store.

KY: Summary of KC3 Positions on Legislation
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HB560 -- AN ACT relating to concealed deadly weapon licenses. Regarding out-of-state licenses. -- [This one seems to be rather dysfunctional as written, including HFA 1 which makes it worse. We agreed with the probable intent but wondered how it could be interpreted.]

HB492 -- AN ACT relating to concealed deadly weapon licenses. Regarding retired peace officers. -- [This cleans up the law to allow for free CCDW for some retired peace officers that were omitted before.]

MI: Pro-gun v. Anti-gun in Ann Arbor district Congressional race
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In her uphill Michigan battle against the nations longest-serving congressman, a liberal Democrat from Ann Arbor, Rep. Lynn Rivers, will face off against a liberal Democrat from Dearborn, Rep. John Dingell, for a new districts Democratic nomination in the November congressional elections because of Michigan reapportionment that puts two incumbents in the same district.

But, while both members of Congress are considered liberals, such appellations can be deceptive.

MI: Gun Week article on Michigan CCW lawsuits Submitted by: Doug Charette	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
The Michigan Coalition for Responsible Gun Owners (MCRGO) has filed a lawsuit against the city of Ferndale to prevent the city from enforcing an anti-gun ordinance that the 24,000-member gun group contends is both a violation of the concealed carry statute, but is also unconstitutional. MCRGO Executive Director Ross Dykman of Lansing is acting as co-counsel in the lawsuit.

OH: City cops, BATF work to get federal drug and gun charges
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Closer cooperation between the Cincinnati Police Department and the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms has led to what police hope is the first of more federal prosecutions of city suspects.

After Cincinnati's violent summer last year, the two agencies said they would work harder to see if more offenders could be prosecuted through the federal system, which can offer more prison time.

KABA NOTE: To find out why we changed the headline from 'ATF' to 'BATF', read BATF - Bureau of Applied Terror and Fraud by Ed Lewis

NC: Group hands out free locks for guns
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"There is no way to measure the number of lives gun locks may have saved," said a spokesman for Project HomeSafe, a group that offers free cable-style gun locks to gun owners.

"You don't know when you come home from work how many times your child has looked at your locked gun," Paul Erhardt, spokesman for the group said.

Friday, Project HomeSafe's statewide safety tour pulls into the Triad, stopping in Asheboro, then moving through Greensboro and High Point.

PA: State paid NRA lobbyist $12,000 to assess gun law
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A lobbyist for the National Rifle Association was paid $12,000 in state tax money last year by House Republican leaders to prepare a report assessing how well a 1995 state gun law has worked.

Rep. Dan Frankel, a Squirrel Hill Democrat and member of the House Gun Caucus, called the situation "outrageous." It shows that the NRA "not just figuratively but literally sits in the Republican Caucus," Frankel said.

KABA NOTE: What's outrageous about that? Legislators rarely know what they are reading (if they read a bill at all), so they pay 'experts' to tell them what it means. Nobody bats an eyelash when they pay ANTI-gun 'experts'. Nobody batted an eyelash that $1.4million in tax money was paid to fund the anti-gun "Olympics."

The Last of the BOHICAns
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How You've Been Conned into Surrendering Your Gun Rights And How You Can Turn the Tables

"Let's be realistic: Do we honestly believe an arrogant group of known liars and oathbreakers is suddenly going to morph into Patrick Henry just because they receive yet another batch of desperate, angry pleas from people who've been on the losing side of every gun-law battle since the National Firearms Act was passed in 1934?"

-- A great call-to-arms by Aaron Zelman and Claire Wolfe.

Dell Proves a Bit Gun-Shy Submitted by: Anonymous	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
A guy orders a computer from Dell and it never comes. He calls and asks why. Turns out he makes hand-crafted revolvers, and that spooked them. All's well that ends well, though.

Dude, Don't get a Dell...again! Submitted by: Carma Lewis Website: http://www.armedfemalesofamerica.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
Dell is a major contributor to anti-gun groups! I guess Mr. Michael Dell thought that he could pull the wool over the eyes of the pro-second amendment/pro-freedom fighters, and maybe he did for a "very short" time. But now he is going to see what "strength" there is in "OUR" arena.

FAA covering up 9-11 gun? Submitted by: Darren VanDerwilt	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
An internal Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) memo detailing a shooting aboard hijacked American Airlines Flight 11 is not likely a mistake, as claimed, and the government and the airline may be denying the existence of a gun aboard the plane out of fear of being sued by Sept. 11 victims' families, charges a former veteran FAA special agent familiar with the memo and its source.

WI: Supervisor floated idea of martial law Submitted by: John Fansler	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
As citizen furor over Milwaukee County's pension scandal mounted early last month, Supervisor Kathy Arciszewski made a 3AM telephone call to then-Sheriff Lev Baldwin, asking him to consider declaring the equivalent of martial law. -- After reading an article like this, the FOUNDERS belief in the importance of the Second Amendment is clearly understood and appreciated.

HCI is a Dell affiliate - we all should be, too Submitted by: the Hunter Website: http://www.projectsafeskies.org	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
Dell is the only computer manufacturer listed (page down, look under computers). One of their apologists insists that "anyone can become an affiliate". Let's take them at their word - go to this URL to join and make your pro-gun group or website a bit of much-needed cash. Be sure to let KABA know how you make out, I intend to. Application for Dell Affiliateship

Gunsmith Suggests Dell Computer Is Funding Gun Control Submitted by: Doug Charette	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"I know every gun owner in America will appreciate my not accepting the computer I was offered," said Weigand in the message, noting that Dell is listed as a merchant at a Web site entitled the Handgun Control, Inc. Online Shopping Mall. "This is a handgun control support site. Please come to your own conclusions," said Weigand.

Californians, listen up! Submitted by: Doug Charette	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"That's why Californians Democrats, Republicans and independents in the state's open primary system should support the only viable alternative to Riordan in the contest. His name is William Simon. I know William Simon. I don't know him well. But in my personal and professional dealings with the man, I found him to be engaging, responsive, genuine, a good listener and principled."

VA: Gun licensing tour kicks off
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Supporters of handgun licensing gathered at an Oxon Hill church Tuesday night to kick off a statewide tour to promote such legislation.

Victims of gun violence and one of the sponsors of the bill, Del. Mark Shriver, D-Montgomery County, spoke to a bible study group at the Ark of Safety Christian Church in Oxon Hill to recruit for the cause.

The bill would require handgun licenses and mandate the reporting of lost or stolen guns.

H&R Block Denies Relationship, NRA Lauds Partnership Submitted by: Doug Charette	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
Pressure brought upon H&R Block to end a marketing agreement with the National Rifle Association (NRA) has prompted the tax specialist to issue a statement to its customers denying funding of the gun lobby. However, the NRA's Web site tells a different story, lauding the agreement and attacking the gun safety organization that brought it to light.