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NY: New York Legislative Update
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"On Thursday, March 14, at 1:00 p.m., in the Rose Caracappa Auditorium at the William Rogers Legislature Building, the Suffolk County Legislature’s Parks, Sports and Cultural Affairs Committee will meet to discuss a proposal addressing the closure of the Suffolk Trap and Skeet Range in Yaphank."
KABA NOTE: NRA's work notifying the people about these types of situations is greatly appreciated. |
MD: Maryland Legislative Update
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"This week, the Maryland legislature will be having its annual "gun days," during which both the Senate and House will hold committee hearings on all firearm-related legislation. Representatives of NRA and the Maryland State Rifle and Pistol Association will be at the State House closely monitoring the situation, and we urge all NRA members who are able to attend these important hearings."
KABA NOTE: NRA's work notifying the people about these types of situations is greatly appreciated. |
IN: Blazing away from the saddle
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"Bob Chattin grew up watching the old cowboy television shows that provided a connection between a small boy on a Central Indiana farm and the Old West."
"These days, the 52-year-old Chattin works as a serviceman for an electric company during the week around the Greene County community of Jasonville, Ind."
"But the weekends are still a time he spends paying small tribute to Roy Rogers and Tex Ritter."
"Chattin is president of the Illiana Rangers, a group that participates in the Cowboy Mounted Shooting Association." |
OH: Suspect got weapons despite gun law
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"While anyone who purchases a gun from a licensed store or dealer must go through a background check as a precaution to keep firearms away from the certain people, some say last week's double homicide in Liberty proves weapons still manage to make their way into the wrong hands."
"Background checks can only go so far, Marhulik said. Many guns can be purchased legally through person-to-person transactions."
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OK: Commission expands feral hog seasons
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"Feral hog hunters in southeast Oklahoma will have more opportunities beginning in the fall of 2003 at three of the state's Wildlife Management Areas."
"The Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commission last week OK'd an increase in hunting dates on Honobia Creek, Three Rivers and Broken Bow WMAs that will coincide with the three deer seasons already established in Oklahoma."
"This year, feral hogs can only be hunted during the nine-day deer gun season." |
Concealed weapons laws gain popularity throughout U.S.
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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."
"The latest to go concealed: New Mexico."
"I would like to believe that we can continue to move ahead toward a more progressive, civilized society," [Gun Controller] Kinch said. "You look at European communities, and they don't have this proliferation of weapons. It's just the United States that does." |
How to (and Not) Arm Airline Pilots
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"Homeland Security Chief Tom Ridge has come out and stated that arming pilots with firearms: "doesn’t make a lot of sense to me." Considering the alternatives to arming pilots, leaving flight crews defenseless or giving them an ineffective non-lethal defensive tool, the only thing that doesn’t make sense is Tom Ridge’s position." |
CT: Hundreds attend Conn. NRA benefit
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"Hundreds of gun enthusiasts turned out to hear one of the top officials of the National Rifle Association at a benefit to raise money for gun safety programs."
"Wayne LaPierre, the NRA executive vice president, was the guest of honor Friday night at the Nutmeg Friends of the NRA benefit at the Aqua Turf and pledged to fight campaign finance reform."
KABA NOTE: Meanwhile, NRA endorsed the losing Bill Jones in the CA gubernatorial primary -- a supporter of campaign finance reform. |
UT: Gun Safety Classes: A Reconsideration of the Issues
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"In Sarah Thompson's recent opinion article ("No Proven Benefit to Gun Safety Classes," Feb. 10) she admonishes legislators charged with making policy decisions to shun emotion, hysteria and spurious "common sense" substituting instead, facts and research. While I applaud Ms. Thompson's pleadings for factually based decision making, her arguments suggest that she has failed to follow her own wisdom."
KABA NOTE: Sarah, if you'd like to run a response here, you've got the floor. |
UK: London poaches top detectives to combat gun crime
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"SCOTLAND YARD is trying to poach murder squad detectives from other forces as violent crime rockets on London streets."
"Last year teams targeting 'black on black' shootings investigated 21 murders and 135 shooting incidents. In the first seven weeks of this year there were another five murders, two attempted murders and 14 other shootings." |
AL: And equal justice for all?
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"Without consulting the populace, without consulting the judges of the lower courts, or the attorneys, the clerks, or even their own advisory committees, eight of the nine state supreme court justices enacted a plan last fall that effectively confers on themselves and hundreds of their humbler brethren immunity from being judged."
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And here we were all thinking that no one was above the law... |
UK: New Stop-and-Search Guide Launched
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"Home Secretary David Blunkett was today setting out new guidelines on police stop-and-search powers in a bid to tackle gun and street crime."
"The new measures will mean everyone stopped by police will get a certificate telling them why they were stopped."
"The moves are designed to help restore confidence in the way police deal with ethnic minorities but will increase red tape for officers." |
MD: Maryland lawmakers take up a remedy for gun owning
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"Maryland Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr. is co-sponsoring legislation that would stop state police from denying gun rights to residents with minor or old convictions."
"Mr. Miller said state police should focus on 'real threats,' after learning that police have been confiscating firearms and denying gun permits and purchasing to residents such as former Maryland Citizen of the Year Donald G. Arnold of Baltimore." |
AL: Game warden shot in drug raid
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"A state conservation enforcement officer was shot while assisting on a drug raid in Fayette County on Friday night."
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Question from Submitter, Tammy K: Could someone please explain to me *why* a GAME WARDEN was "assisting" on a drug raid?? |
VA: Lawmakers Pass Ban On Local Gun Laws (Another version)
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"It's not just about the gun owner's rights, it's about the rights of the public to expect protection," said Sen. Patricia S. Ticer, one of four Northern Virginia Democrats who denounced the bill on the Senate floor."
"Ticer chastised the bill's sponsor, Sen. Emmett W. Hanger Jr. (R), for letting the National Rifle Association draft a law she said could leave child-welfare workers and others in sensitive government jobs at greater risk."
"He spoke with a script written by the NRA." |
VOTE: Is The War on Terror On The Right Track?
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Yes -- "The Bush administration's response to Sept. 11 has made America proud. America will win this war no matter how long it takes."
NO -- "Our government's misguided efforts are eroding civil rights in the U.S. Homeland Defense is being used as an excuse to threaten civil rights."
VOTE.COM will send your vote to Congress and President Bush. |
VA: [Preemption] Gun bill moves to Gov. Warner's desk
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"The bill strengthens a 1987 law that gives state government control over gun regulations."
"Sen. Leslie Byrne, D-Falls Church, said lawmakers made a bad situation worse by effectively creating one set of rules for visitors to public buildings and another
for the employees who work there."
"'This doesn't help the localities, and this puts public employees in danger,' Byrne said."
Really?
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?021+ful+SB593S1 (minus "or the protection") |
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