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L.A. Should Repeal 'Sanctuary' Law, Not Push New Gun Laws, Says CCRKBA
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"The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms today said it is an outrage that the Los Angeles city council supports new efforts to ratchet down on the rights of law-abiding gun owners, while it touts itself a 'Sanctuary City' for illegal aliens." ...

"'The city council has endorsed four new California anti-gun bills,' noted CCRKBA Executive Director Joe Waldron, "that target the wrong people. These bills place additional burdens on firearms retailers and law-abiding gun owners, but do nothing to curtail gang activities or stop gang members, many of whom do not belong in this country. These criminals make our neighborhoods unsafe, not citizens who legally own firearms.'" ...

You Can't Repeal the Law of Unintended Consequences
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... "'You know, I think ALL guns should be banned.'" ...

"'Well, how do you propose to get mine then?'"

"He paused, then said, 'Well, we'll pass a law and you'll have to turn them in to the government.'"

"I laughed. 'Wrong, sport. Let me tell you how that would work. If you want my gun, you're going to have to kill me to get it. Not only that, but you're going to have to kill my son, my brother and all our friends. And if even ten percent of American gunowners feel the way we do, you're going to have to kill upwards of eight and a half million people, and that doesn't count all the anti-freedom pukes like you that we'll kill in righteous self-defense before we meet our Maker, and we intend to make that MORE than a one to one ratio. So you've got to ask yourself, sport: Is it worth it?'" ...

Taking Aim at Hunters' Ammo
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"Ever since the ancient Romans realized their plumbing was giving them gout, lead has been bad news. The plentiful-but-toxic metal has been banned by the federal government in everything from paint and water pipes to food containers and gasoline. And now, one of the poisonous element's last footholds in American culture the ammunition used by the 25 million people who hunt for sport and food is being targeted, as states across the country consider enacting bans on the use of lead for hunting."

"The latest assault aims to protect the thousands of birds, wildlife and even some endangered species that wildlife experts and activists claim die annually from ingesting spent ammo ..." ...

OH: The biggest legal threat you didn't know you were facing (BFA)
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"Ohio gun owners are well aware of our antiquated, backwards laws relating to gun ownership and usage. One thing area gun owners of every stripe ... uniformly agree upon is that our laws regulating unloaded transportation of firearms in a motor vehicle have been twisted well beyond the understanding of the average person."

"Quite a few gun owners have heard the horror stories - anti-gun jurisdictions arresting people transporting unloaded firearms in a car simply because there was a bullet in the gun case, shotgun shells in the vest next to the gun case ..."

"Most Ohio gun owners don't realize just how bad it is in Ohio, and won't know until they get arrested and charged with a felony they had no idea they were committing." ...

Guns and the Workplace
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft

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"A company's property rights must not trump an individual's right to life and self-defense. The bills you describe in 'Workers' Safety and the Gun Lobby' (editorial, March 30) protect property owners and employers from liability, while giving employees a means for self-defense while in their employers public-access parking lot."

"These bills do not allow employees to have firearms in their vehicles while in secured workplace parking lots or in a car owned or leased by their employer. Most important, they do not allow employees or anyone else to bring firearms into the workplace."

"To suggest that the legislation will force companies to allow workers to carry guns in the office or keep guns in office drawers is wrong." ...

NRA sets student essay contest
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"The NRA Civil Rights Defense Fund is sponsoring an essay contest for students in the United States celebrating the Second Amendment as an integral part of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights."

"The theme for the essay is: 'The Second Amendment to the Constitution: Why it is important to our nation.' The contest is open to all students enrolled in an elementary, junior high, or high school during the 2007-08 academic year who have not previously received a prize." ...

How Do You Stop a Stalker From Killing You?
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"They may differ in the details, but the crimes follow the same depressing pattern."

"A woman is physically or verbally harassed by an ex-boyfriend, obtains a restraining order, changes her phone number and moves to another residence, but she still ends up getting killed by him." ...

"And, in their tragic inevitability, such crimes raise the question: Even with a restraining order, what can you really do to stop a violent ex-lover who's determined to harm you?"

"The sad truth is that law enforcement officers can only do so much and that your safety rests largely in your own hands."

"'Would we like to be there for every person who has a protection order? Of course,' said Ray Wittmier, the deputy sheriff of the UW police. 'But unless we have thousands of officers, it's not possible. ...'" ...
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Submitter's Note: Get a gun; use a gun.

MD: Robber fatally shot by police
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"The two robbers burst into the South Baltimore strip club just before closing time early Thursday morning."

"The pair demanded money. One aimed a shotgun at the ceiling and fired a round, the other brandished a handgun."

"Among the 20 or so patrons still at Fantasies Nightclub were two city police officers, just off their 4 p.m.-to-midnight shift in the Southern District. Both drew their service weapons to break up the 2 a.m. robbery -- one robber died in the subsequent shootout, the other was injured. No one else was hurt." ...

PA: State Considers Stiffer Gun Registration Laws
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"The State in considering stiffer registration laws. The proposed law, House Bill 760, would require ALL firearms to be registered annually. The registration would cost $10 per gun each year. Owners would have to provide two forms of photo identification and fingerprints." ...

"Standing up for the Second Amendment, Rep. Russ Fairchild ... and Rep. Merle Phillips ... said Thursday they do not support the legislation."

"'We feel that this legislation is a needless limitation on the rights of law-abiding gun owners,' said Fairchild. 'In addition, such legislation essentially duplicates many of the requirements, ... already found in current law and could create additional hardships on responsible and legitimate gun owners.'" ...

NY: City is just shooting itself in the foot with gun registry idea Submitted by: RPA-PAC Website: http://www.rpa-pac.org	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"What are they smoking down in Albany City Hall? It's making them wacky." "Mayor Jerry Jennings has proposed a piece of purported gun-control legislation for his city -- a new handgun registry that is breathtakingly useless because it duplicates existing laws and practices, which are working just fine." ...

NY: Albany rethinks proposed gun measure
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"The city may change a proposed gun-control law, just one day after Mayor Jerry Jennings touted it as a crime deterrent."

"'What we're trying to do is look to see if we can prevent illegal guns from coming into Albany,' Police Chief James Tuffey said Thursday. 'The corporation counsel is going to take a second look at the legislation. The mayor's office has received a number of calls. Some valid questions were raised by groups.'" ...

NY: Albany gun law being revised
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"The proposed Albany gun registration law was the focus of Albany Mayor Jerry Jennings' radio show Friday morning."

"On Wednesday, Mayor Jennings and Albany Police Chief James Tuffey pushed for a bill that would make Albany gun owners register with the city, even if they already had permits. Several residents fired back, and now it's heading back to the drawing board."

"Mayor Jennings said, 'If I started a dialog here, that was the intent. We are going to review this legislation. I've given it back to the Corporation Council.'"

"Tuffey said, 'He's willing to take that input, and if there are things that can be tweaked or changed then he will do that.'" ...

CO: Concealed Weapon Database Narrowly Advances
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"A proposal to continue a database of the state's concealed weapons permit holders advanced in the Senate Thursday after a Western Slope Democrat switched her vote to support it."

"The database is set to expire July 1. The measure (House Bill 1174) would extend it for another four years and require the state auditor to study whether the information is accurate and whether it is helping law enforcement and public safety."

"Bill sponsor Sen. Bob Bacon, D-Fort Collins, said the database will help law enforcement know whether someone with a restraining order has a concealed weapon." ...

NY: Jennings reconsiders gun legislation
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"Two days after proposing stricter gun laws, Albany Mayor Jerry Jennings is taking a step back. The mayor says after receiving a number of phone calls from gun owners he realizes some of his proposed law already exists."

"Jennings originally presented the legislation as a way to keep more detailed records of who buys, sells and owns a gun."

"People spoke out saying they're already required, by law, to register with the state if they have a gun. Also, some gun store owners say they've been keeping extensive records of who they've sold guns to for years now." ...

Deadly Confrontations Are Relatively Rare for F.B.I. Agents
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"'F.B.I. agent shot in showdown with bank robbers.'"

"The sentence evokes an image out of the Depression, of G-men in fedoras facing down the likes of Baby Face Nelson and Pretty Boy Floyd somewhere in the lawless Midwest."

"But fatal shootings of F.B.I. agents have been relatively rare in the 1930s as well as today. Barry Lee Bush, the special agent shot dead yesterday near a highway in suburban New Jersey, was the 51st to die in the line of duty in the agency's 99-year history."

"Mr. Bush was the first agent to be fatally shot on the job in 10 years. But from 1986 to 1996, nine agents were killed by gunfire, one more than in the 1930s." ...

NJ: Did You See My Gun? Nevermind!
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"A Jersey City cop thought he'd left behind a little more than he intended when he stopped at a Port Authority facility to use a restroom, officials said."

"But it turns out he'd left his gun not on the toilet but in his home, police said yesterday. However, officials are still checking out his story and he could face departmental charges for 'losing' his gun, even if it never left his home."

"According to reports, the 49-year-old detective - whose identity was not released by police - woke up Wednesday morning and couldn't find his 9mm Glock. He said the last place he remembered having it Tuesday night was inside the Port Authority facility attached to the Holland Tunnel toll booths." ...

LA: New Orleans Councilwoman has run-in with State Police
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"New Orleans City Council member Cynthia Hedge-Morrell (District D) was under fire Thursday for allegedly abusing her power by driving dangerously in a city SUV, and then yelling at a state trooper who pulled her over."

"Hedge-Morrell issued an apology for the incident, which happened on February 26, when a state trooper clocked the councilwoman flying down I-10 at close to 100 miles per hour just before 9 a.m. Morrell was reportedly in a city-provided SUV and using the vehicle's blue flashing lights to help cut through traffic."

"State Police said when they pulled Morrell over and asked her to step out of the vehicle, she refused, and said 'Do you know who I am?'" ...

"Morrell was not issued a ticket. ..." ...

NJ: Third Suspect Tied to F.B.I. Shooting Is Caught
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"The incident is still under investigation, but the F.B.I. said that the agent, Barry Lee Bush, 52, of the bureaus Newark office, was apparently killed when another agents weapon accidentally discharged during a confrontation with three gunmen outside a bank in Readington Township, a quiet community in central New Jersey"

"'Preliminary information suggests the agent may have been fatally wounded as a result of the accidental discharge of another agent's weapon during a dynamic arrest situation,' the F.B.I. said in a statement released Thursday night. ..." ...

NY: 13-Year-Old Arrested In School For Writing On Desk
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"In this day and age where young students are frequently charged for serious school offenses such as possessing weapons, dealing drugs, or assaulting other students on school property, one Brooklyn teen's arrest may come as a surprise. A 13-year-old girl was handcuffed and placed under arrest in front of her classmates in Dyker Heights after she wrote 'Okay' on her desk." ...

"'All the kids were ... watching these three boys and my daughter being marched out with four -- they had four police officers -- walking them out, handcuffed,' Silva said. 'She goes to me, 'Mommy, these hurt!'" ...

"CBS 2 contacted both the NYPD and the Board of Education for a response. The police say the arrests followed a request by the school's principal. The Board of Education said the matter is under investigation, adding that graffiti was found on several desks."

OH: Gun ban doesn't reduce crime (BFA)
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"Men and women dedicated to taking away our Second Amendment rights to keep and bear arms are on the march."

"Chief among these gun-banners is Michael Bloomberg, the mayor of New York City, but he has some lousy cohorts from Ohio ..."

"Each of these men and women have signed onto Bloomberg's group Mayors Against Illegal Guns. But, don't let this group's name fool you, it isn't just targeting illegal guns it's out to ban all guns, which becomes obvious when you take a look at the conduct of its members." ...

ID: Red's request rejected
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"A federal judge has refused to grant temporary relief to a local gun shop barred from trading and buying guns."

"The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives stripped Red's Trading Post, 215 Shoshone St. South, of its license on March 5, freezing further trades and purchases until the matter is settled in court."

"The gun shop's inventory is down to half, from roughly 1,000 guns to a little more than 500. Red's also has laid off two full-time employees."

"Red's manager Ryan Horsley is suing the ATF in federal court while waging war in the regional and national media against the ATF. His assertion: The ATF is attacking the Second Amendment by shutting down gun shops." ...

LA: NRA Chief: Big Easy Hard on Guns
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"National Rifle Association (NRA) President Sandra S. Froman returned to her alma mater last night to lash out at New Orleans' response to post-Hurricane Katrina security."

"Speaking at Harvard Law School, Fromanwho received her Harvard JD in 1974criticized New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagins decision to confiscate guns from residents immediately following the natural disaster, and she said the New Orleans government demonstrated that it was 'profoundly incompetent' through its response."

"'The violations of due process are so egregious that it should make your blood boil,' Froman said to the audience of just over 30 people." ...

NY: 'Tremendous value' in gunmaker
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"Although Remington Arms Co. posted a profit last year after several years of losses, it still faces an increasingly competitive market, analysts said Thursday."

"Cerberus Capital Management LP, which is buying Remington, said it saw 'tremendous value' in the company."

"'Cerberus sees tremendous value in Remington: a world-famous brand name, market-leading products, strong management team and an unsurpassed team of employees,' said Peter Duda, spokesman for Cerberus Capital Management, the New York City-based private investment firm that is buying Remington for about $118 million and taking on its $252 million in debt." ...