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Senate prepares gun industry protections
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"The gun industry is likely to win sweeping protection against civil lawsuits in the U.S. Senate this month, reflecting a more firearm-friendly Senate after the 2004 elections, lawmakers said on Thursday."

"Last year the Republicans killed their own bill, meant to shield gunmakers, gun distributors and gun sellers against many liability suits, after gun opponents attached amendments to it, including an extension of the 1994 ban on assault rifles."

"But the November elections left a bigger Republican majority and the Senate is now a more conservative and more pro-gun rights body. Even many Democrats, particularly from rural states, back the immunity measure." ...

Rape Statistics on the Rise
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"According to the U.S. Department of Justice every two minutes another woman is raped. 'We do live in a great community and a relatively safe community,' Tony Mancuso, Calcasieu Sheriff said. 'But we still have the problems of rapes and sexual predators in our community.'"

"And in communities nationwide, but it's a crime that doesn't often get reported. According to the FBI, only 37 percent of all rape victims contact police. And of those, only 2 percent result in a conviction." ...

"Here are some other precautions you can take to stay safe:" ...

"[Rapists] say they wouldn't choose a woman carrying an umbrella or any similar object that can be used in defense from a distance." ...

Sen. Vitter Moves to Block Anti-gun UN (GOA)
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"Pro-gun Senator David Vitter (R-LA) is getting ready to introduce a bill that would block the United Nations from implementing gun control measures affecting U.S. citizens."

"Entitled the 'UN Second Amendment Protection Act of 2005,' the bill does still not have a number, as Sen. Vitter is trying to get original cosponsors to join him."

"Gun owners across America are increasingly victorious in legislative and elective battles at the local, state and national levels. Nevertheless, anti-gun internationalists, long burrowed in the UN headquarters, are planning, with some success, massive international gun control measures." ...

Last Chance to Stop Renewal of the USA PATRIOT Act!
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"Congress will vote any day now on new legislation that would renew parts of the USA PATRIOT Act scheduled to expire or "sunset" at the end of the year, while possibly handing the FBI even more unchecked power to snoop on your mail and private records, including logs of your Internet activities."

"PATRIOT's notorious Section 215 allows intelligence investigators to demand private records about citizens who aren't suspected of spying or terrorism, including medical, financial, and library records, while other parts of PATRIOT radically expanded the government's power to subpoena records or conduct wiretaps to see what you're doing online." ...

Dan K. Thomasson: Shooting holes in the Constitution
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... "Sometimes a strict construction of the Constitution isn't so 'narrow or carefully limited.' Take those who follow the teaching and preaching of the National Rifle Association. It contends that the Second Amendment gives it protection from those who would pass laws restricting the use of weapons ranging from pistols to bazookas and beyond."

"The amendment states that a 'well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed.'"

"Now a strict interpretation of that amendment would seem to take into consideration the operative clause about the 'well regulated militia,' a condition that no longer exists. ..." ...
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Submitter's Note: You can correct Mr. Thomasson's misinterpretation of the Constitution by e-mailing The Modesto Bee.

Henricks Outdoors, LLC Launches New Outdoor Search Engine at OutdoorHits.com
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"Henricks Outdoors, LLC (www.henricksoutdoors.com), a leading provider of niche outdoor-related Web sites for hunting, fishing, survival, and other outdoor sports and recreational opportunities, today unveiled OutdoorHits.com, a full-featured search engine and directory for hunters, anglers, gun owners, and other outdoor enthusiasts. Designed to provide outdoor enthusiasts with a straight-forward approach to searching, OutdoorHits.com helps users find the right outdoor-related Web site at the moment they need it and discover new things along the way." ...

FL: Early Morning [Self-Defense] Shooting
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Deputies say they got a call from a man claiming he'd shot someone. When they arrived at his home, the caller was nowhere in sight.

That man, Thomas Roman is in custody. Deputies say he turned himself in and confessed to shooting Richard Ansel inside his home. Ansel went to Roman's home looking for his girlfriend, Darlene Wilson. Roman is Wilson's ex-boyfriend.

Deputies say Ansel broke into the home in the Kanapaha neighborhood. There was an altercation, and Roman shot Ansel one time with a rifle.

No one has been arrested in connection with the incident, but Roman is in jail because of a warrant out of Levy county for violation of probation. Deputies say they're looking at self defense as a possibility, but the investigation is still on-going.

WI: Police say man was killed in self-defense
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"The Police Department determined the first homicide in the city this year was an act of self-defense."

"Daniel Flowers, 40, was found shot to death in an apartment on the 2400 block of Jacato Drive on March 3."

"Police said an investigation showed Flowers attacked a person who lived in the apartment just before 2 a.m. The person, who police described as an 18-year-old man, then shot Flowers, said Sgt. William Macemon, public information officer with the Racine Police Department."

"Police wouldn't release the teen's name."

"The man had wounds consistent with being hit over the head with a hammer, said Racine County District Attorney Michael Nieskes." ...

CT: Tough Dog Eludes Capture In Connecticut
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"A very tough dog remains on the loose despite police efforts to shoot it, strike it with a police cruiser and zap it with a stun gun." ...

"... two police officers went to help an animal control officer after receiving a report that the dogs were charging her at Center Springs Park."

"The dogs again charged, and one of the officers fired his gun in self-defense, police said. The gunfire didn't stop the dogs, which turned and ran toward a town recreation building ..."

"An officer pulling into the parking lot then saw both animals running near a young child and an adult who were walking."

"The officer struck the dogs with his police car. One dog was knocked down, while the second one ran into a wooded section of the park. ..." ...
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Submitter's Note: And the antis always ask "But why would you need a gun in a park?"

Response To Attorney General Lockyer's Press Conference
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"Question: Was Attorney General Lockyer correct when he claimed today that it would only cost manufacturers 'one quarter of one cent' in additional cost in order to laser engrave a serial number on the base and side of a bullet of 'handgun ammunition', as required by SB 357?" ...

"Answer: No. The Attorney General and Senator Dunn's cost estimates are seriously WRONG ..." ...

"Question: Is it accurate, as the Attorney General's office argued today, that putting serial numbers on bullets is no different than what other product manufacturers, like drug companies, do in putting a serial number on the product packaging?"

"Answer: No. Drug companies, for example, may put a lot number or other identifying code on their product packaging, but they do not put a unique serial number on individual aspirin tablets. Placing lot numbers on product packaging is not done to identify and record in a government-run database the identity of law-abiding consumers. ..." ...

OH: Where are the anti-gun proposals?
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... "Guns and gun violence are hot political issues in our community right now. A story on The Enquirer's front page Wednesday talked about how all four candidates for Cincinnati mayor are making crime the number one issue of their campaigns. They talked of new jails, new programs, new police oversight, and while each said their ideas were better than their opponents, all have deplored the proliferation of guns in the community. Deploring the guns isn't enough. We need to hear specific plans from all of them about how they are going to disarm the thugs doing the shooting." ...

PA: Abuse-law updates are long overdue
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"The Issue: The state House approves revisions to the states Protection From Abuse Act, but the measure is stalled in the Senate."

"Our Opinion: The revisions, which include beefing up the provision concerning the confiscation of weapons, are overdue." ...

"That would change if this bill becomes law. It would allow judges to order anyone with a protection-from-abuse order against him or her to relinquish all weapons within 24 hours. Violating the order could result in a five-year prison term and permanent loss of the right to own guns." ...

PA: Sportsmen fight South Union zoning change request
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"Some South Union Township residents don't want to see more housing developments going up."

"Kelly L. Piatti, who owns 19.5 acres along Brownfield Road, near Hopwood/Fairchance Road, asked the township supervisors to rezone land that is zoned C-1, conservation, to R-1, residential."

"Piatti requested the zoning change in order to construct additional housing on the property as well as to obtain public sewage."

"But many residents don't want the zoning to be changed." ...

"The property is near the Hutchinson Sportsmen's Club's rifle range. Many club members attended yesterday's hearing to express concerns that the rifle range, the archery range and a lake would be adversely affected by the development." ...

BATFE: Failing the Test
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"'Its extremely irresponsible and most likely actionable negligence,' Charlotte, North Carolina, attorney Monroe Whitesides tells me."

"The Board Certified Specialist in Criminal Law is talking about BATFEs treatment of competition shooter John Glover, who had seven firearms seized and was indicted for manufacturing an illegal machinegun. If convicted, Glover was in danger of federal prison." ...

"What was happening, Savage explains, was 'a malfunction. The cause was a worn firing pin retainer, and a broken firing pin spring. ...'" ...

"[BATFE Agent Michael] Cooney admitted that he had never even disassembled and inspected the rifle, but had written his report based on test-firing the weapon. ..."

MA: Reservist takes shot at gun delay
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"In the two years since he's been in the military reserves, the United States Army has trusted David Bardfield to carry and fire a weapon."

"But the town of Brookline doesn't seem to have the same faith in the 28-year-old Army specialist."

"Bardfield recently completed military police investigator course work ... Since 2003, he has been issued a military firearm on various occasions, including a handgun at Fort Devens in Ayer, where he worked on patrol. He also patrolled an Army base in Italy, where he was authorized to carry a pistol when he made his rounds."

"But Bardfield has been waiting nearly four months for the town to grant him a license to participate in target practice to help sharpen his skills." ...

LA: Man kills wife, self, 1 other in Elmwood
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"After Barbara Cavalier left her husband six months ago, he had no idea where she was living."

"But he knew where she worked."

"Wednesday afternoon, Chris Cavalier armed himself with two pistols, walked into the Elmwood siding supply business where Barbara was a data entry clerk, shot and killed her and another employee then took his own life, authorities said." ...

"Revolta made the first 911 call to authorities about 3:30 p.m. when Chris Cavalier entered the supply company ..."

"By the time a hostage negotiator arrived and members of the Sheriff's Office SWAT team rushed the building, all three were dead. ..." ...

RI: Cop busts may test new law
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"The arrests of two local police officers could give the first test to a new law governing the right of those charged with domestic violence to carry guns."

"Central Falls Sgt. James Mendonca and Pawtucket Sgt. Mark Quinn were both charged in the past week with domestic violence offenses." ...

"[Pawtucket Chief George] Kelley said he has been told that Rhode Island will follow the lead of Massachusetts and other states, which allow an officer who is the subject of a restraining order to continue working."

"In those cases, an officer signs out his or her weapon at the beginning of a work shift and returns the weapon to a supervisor or the department armorer at the end of the shift." ...

DC: DC Ex-Con Report Shows Stupidity of DC Officials on DC Gun Law, Says CCRKBA
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"'A news report today that ex-cons are guarding DC public schools demonstrates that DC officials are completely incompetent,' John Michael Snyder, Public Affairs Director of the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA), said here today."

"'They simply cannot be trusted with the public safety,' he added." ...

"In a page one article this morning, The Washington Times reported that, 'the Metropolitan Police Department has licensed private security officers in the D.C. public school system despite past arrests on charges of assault, cocaine possession and passing counterfeit money, according to a draft report by the D.C. inspector general.'" ...

KY: Ohio Soldier Killed During Live Fire Exercise
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"A soldier from the Army's 101st Airborne Division was killed during a live-fire training exercise at Fort Campbell, the Army said Thursday."

"Pfc. Gregory B. Wertz, 19, of Napoleon, Ohio, was killed Wednesday afternoon during a training exercise on base, Fort Campbell spokesman Lt. Col. Ed Loomis said. The incident remains under investigation."

"'We do everything we can during training exercises to ensure that safety procedures are observed and that we are able to train as realistically as we can,' Loomis said. 'Our thoughts and prayers are with Pfc. Wertz' family.'" ...

"Further details are being withheld pending the completion of the investigation, Loomis said."

India: Soldier murders girl
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"A Rashtriya Rifles soldier masquerading as a militant murdered a girl whom he intended to rape, fled from the house while spraying bullets at the chasing villagers, and was gunned down by CRPF troopers who thought he was a militant in Changoo Dooru village of Islamabad district on Wednesday night, eyewitnesses said."

"The murdered girl is Zahida daugher of Muhammad Akbar Dar and the dead soldier is Baljinder Singh of 49 Rashtriya Rifles." ...

NC: Residents Complain Of Gun Club Noise
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"Some residents of the Castle Ford Road area want the long-established Watauga Gun Club to ship out or go indoors but members point out they were there before increased development."

"Tom Stallings, who has built two houses near the gun club, also lives in a nearby trailer and plans to build his own house there. Stallings believes growth and development around the gun club has created noise and safety concerns."

"The club was formed in 1961 on Appaloosa Trail. The group purchased the property in 1971, and later purchased adjoining property to stretch the site to 22 acres."

"At the time the gun club began its activities there, only one house was in the area, according to gun club range officer Wayne Green. ..." ...

MI: A turkey shoot for the entire family
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"If you are a shooter, hunter or just someone interested in experiencing a fun day outdoors, there's a day coming up for you and the family."

"You shouldn't miss this one. I mentioned family but should add friends and especially youngsters, because it is indeed a family event."

"Sponsored by the Flat River Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation (NWTF) and the Belding Sportsmen's Club, located at 10651 S. Youngman Road in Greenville, this Turkey Fun Shoot at 9 a.m. July 23 promises a great day for everyone."

"Kids will have a great time in the air rifle and lucky BB shoot plus other contests geared for them. Other shooting events will include running deer, trap, skeet and the 'crazy quail.'" ...

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"On Saturday, law enforcement officers from several departments will converge on the Henry Sessions Range in Orange Beach for the fourth annual Beach Blast shooting competition." "Shooting will begin at 9 a.m. and is free of charge to both participants and spectators. Live Bait restaurant will provide a catered meal after the competition." ...

CT: Armed boy, 8, 'panicked'
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"A third-grader who brought a loaded handgun to Simon Lake School may have been reacting to hysteria that enveloped the city after an anonymous letter surfaced threatening violence on the final day of classes last month, a parent said Wednesday."

"The woman, whose son witnessed the June 22 incident and came forward to report it, offered the first hint of what may have motivated the 8-year-old boy to bring a .40-caliber handgun to school for 'self-defense' and show it to classmates."

"But as a clearer picture of the boy's actions emerged, the mother said she felt compelled to respond to criticism from other Simon Lake parents that authorities erred by waiting six days to make the incident public." ...

OH: World trapshooting event moving
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"One of Ohio's great shooting events is going away next year, but it won't be the prestigious National Rifle and Pistol Matches at Camp Perry, the Ohio National Guard facility on the Western Lake Erie shoreline."

"The adjutant general of the Ohio National Guard says the welcome mat will always be out in Ohio for America's rifle and pistol shooters and the National Matches. The Grand American World Trapshooting Championships, on the other hand, is heading to southern Illinois in 2006 after more than 80 years in Vandalia, a Dayton suburb." ...

DC: Ammunition Without Representation
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"DESPITE Washington D.C.'s ongoing battle with violent crime, several Republicans in Congress are spearheading a plan to reverse the city's handgun restrictions. This move is not only ill-advised, but blatantly exploits the city's lack of federal representation." ...

"In an effort to reassure District residents, Rep. Souder promised that 'no machine guns, sawed-off shotguns, AK-47s or Uzis' would become available for legal ownership in the District." ...

"The District's unique status of lacking federal representation enabled Souder and Burton to push their views on gun ownership on the residents of The District and change city laws." ...

MN: Elk River club to host state military rifle tournament
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"Marksmen using military-style weapons will compete in the Minnesota State Service Rifle Tournament the weekend of July 23-24 at Elk River Sportsman's Club."

"'A lot of very good shooters will compete,' said Denis Bertrand, director of the club's high-powered rifle activities. 'Several local shooters from our club will be there. This is the week before nationals in Camp Perry, Ohio, and some of the guys who'll be there will stop by our meet.'"

"Bertrand said the top shooters routinely hit the six-inch bulls-eye 16 to 18 times out of 20 from a distance of 600 yards. He said at least 40 shooters will be competing from distances of 200, 300 and 600 yards."

"Civilian versions of the M16, M14 and M1 rifles will be used in this contest ..." ...

KY: Homeowner, 79, Not Charged For Shooting Intruders
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A grand jury decided a 79-year-old armed with a .357 magnum revolver acted in self-defense when he allegedly shot two men accused of breaking into his house.

A grand jury did not bring charges against Gayle Martin of Dry Ridge, Ky.

Justin Moore and 25-year-old Paul McGraw, 25, and Justin Moore, 19, were charged with burglary.

Gayle told police the two men kicked in his back door just before 5 a.m. Saturday.

Police found one wounded man in the driveway and followed a trail of blood to the other nearby.