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CCRKBA Says Wilmette Trustees Acted Properly in Repealing Handgun Ban
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft

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"The [CCRKBA] said today that the decision by officials in Wilmette, IL to repeal their 19-year-old handgun ban is 'a victory of substance over symbolism.'"

"CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb said the 1989 ban -- made infamous five years ago when Wilmette homeowner Hale DeMar shot a career criminal in the act of burglarizing DeMar's home for the second night in a row -- has never shown that it had any impact on violent crime."

"'It appears the only people affected by the ban were law-abiding citizens like DeMar who were ensnared by the ordinance for having guns that suddenly became illegal,' Gottlieb observed. 'Repealing the ban makes sense because the ordinance was grounded in nonsense.'" ...
 

"Frightening the White People"
Submitted by: concerned american
Website: http://westernrifleshooters.blogspot.com

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... "... I think that the 97% of the gun owning population that isn't on the same wavelength as Mr. Vanderboegh, SayUncle, and myself needs to be reminded that the Second Amendment isn't about hunting, target shooting, and gun collecting. There's a reason they enumerated an individual right to arms, and it had to do with watering the Tree of Liberty, if necessary."

"Where Mr. Vanderboegh and I differ is on when (or whether) that watering needs to be done. As I said in my own comment at Snowflakes in Hell:"
There's a group of people, and as far as I can tell it's growing, that not only believes that we're headed for violent revolution, they want it."

"And what scares me is, sometimes I think they're right." ...
 

Other Voices: Pros and cons of open carry
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft

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"Here's more on OpenCarry.org's activity at Zoo Boise last weekend, this time from Clayton Cramer ... As reported in Sunday's Statesman, about 10 members of the local chapter of OpenCarry.org, a national group that advocates for citizens' rights to openly carry handguns, visited the zoo with their weapons in plain sight."

"'Do you know how to upset people, really fast? Force them to confront the reality that many people own and carry guns. It isn't even like open carry has some great advantage over concealed carry when it comes to self-defense. It's a bit quicker to draw, sure, but if a random spree killer is deciding who to attack first, guess who's first? The person who is obviously armed.'" ...
 

Overkill: The Rise of Paramilitary Police Raids in America
Submitted by: motoboy

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Americans have long maintained that a man’s home is his castle and that he has the right to defend it from unlawful intruders. Unfortunately, that right may be disappearing. Over the last 25 years, America has seen a disturbing militarization of its civilian law enforcement, along with a dramatic and unsettling rise in the use of paramilitary police units ..."

"These increasingly frequent raids, 40,000 per year by one estimate, are needlessly subjecting nonviolent drug offenders, bystanders, and wrongly targeted civilians to the terror of having their homes invaded while they’re sleeping, usually by teams of heavily armed paramilitary units dressed not as police officers but as soldiers. ..." ...
 

Could we please …
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not make gun owners look like lunatics in the media for all to see? You know what ends up happening when the majority of the people in this country who don’t own gun, and don’t care much about gun rights, start believing that gun owners are out to foment a civil war? They start agreeing to take our guns away.

Some may want an armed revolution, but I don’t want to see it come to that. It is not inevitable or necessary at this point in time. I’d prefer to solve this problem politically, and guys like this aren’t helping. We’re winning right now, both politically, and the hearts and minds. Could we please not do stupid **** like this to *** it up? Thank you.
 

The Land Of 10,000 Lakes And Even More Guns
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft

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"I just visited Minnesota, which is not only a beautiful state, but an interesting one. It's the state whose former Governor was a professional wrestler, and whose next Senator might be a former comedian. And they've got a gun law there that is, well, quite astounding. Adults are allowed to carry guns almost anywhere. If a place of business doesn't want people to come in toting their weapons, they have to put up a sign saying they ban guns from the premises. If there are no signs, guns are welcome. ..." ...
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Submitter's Note: Joel Rosenberg has an excellent fisk of this nonsense.
 

Claim: Deported Gang Members Learned Gun Skills in US
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Website: http://www.rpa-pac.org

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"Deported criminals are more violent after learning how to use semi-automatic weapons while in the United States, said an official from a Maryland company with a workforce that is 60 percent Hispanic."

"Myles Gladstone, vice president of human resources at Miller & Long ... was speaking at a roundtable discussion hosted by the Americans Society and Council of the Americas ..."

"Gladstone said he makes frequent trips to Central America to help relatives of employees."

"'The situation ... is getting worse because of our unemployment here,' Gladstone said. 'Because a lot of gang members are being sent back ... they know how to use semi-automatic weapons because they learned up here. And now they are back there and there is no work.'" ...
 

Congress Moves to Strike D.C. Gun Laws; Wait, What?
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft

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"They say that it's good to never give up, but would someone send Rep. Mark Souder (R-Ind.) a memo telling him that sometimes it's cool to throw in the towel?"

"... Souder is looking to re-introduce legislation that would do away with the District's gun laws. Didn't the Supreme Court recently rule that the city's gun ban was unconstitutional, and didn't the police recently start registering handguns and the D.C. Council start re-writing the city's gun regulations? Yes, yes and yes."

"But Souder has been trying for years to gut the District's gun laws, and the Supreme Court's decision has seemingly emboldened him in his quest to make handguns available to everyone, no registration or other reasonable restrictions standing in the way ..." ...
 

MA: Tax doesn't hinder gun ownership
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft

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"After reading Marc Folco's 'Open Season' column on July 20, I had to check the language of the U.S. Constitution. Mr. Folco's piece gave the impression that the Second Amendment and related 2008 Supreme Court decision not only guaranteed the right to own a gun, but also guaranteed the right to purchase gun licenses at prices determined competitive by gun owners."

"The Gun Owners Action League and others have every right to object to gun-related tax increases proposed by Gov. Patrick. But for anyone to suggest the only goal of these new taxes is to deny a gun owner's civil rights is ridiculous. Maybe gun advocates have heard our state has a revenue shortage." ...
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Submitter's Note: Revenue shortage? Then why not institute a poll tax?
 

Court's ruling shouldn't give guns to felons
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft

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"Convicted felons are trying to use the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision overturning the District of Columbia’s ban on handguns as a way to restore their rights to keep firearms."

"A twice-convicted felon, James Francis Barton Jr., faces charges of violating federal law barring felons from owning guns. He allegedly had seven pistols, three shotguns and five rifles in his home."

"His attorney, David Chontos, plans to argue that the court’s decision allows people — including felons — to keep loaded handguns at home for self-defense. Chontos and other criminal defense lawyers say the federal law is now unconstitutional if the weapons are needed for self-defense." ...
 

DC Handgun Licensing mess
Submitted by: Larry

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"Despite the fact that they're now legal to own, getting a handgun in the District is going to be impossible -- at least for a while. But this reporter is going to try."

"At 7 a.m. Thursday, the Metropolitan Police Department will open its doors at Headquarters and begin taking applications for permits. If you already own an illegal handgun, you're in luck. Because of the 90 day amnesty program, you can bring your gun (unloaded and wrapped up) to the police and apply for a permit. If, like most people, you don't have a gun, you can begin the permit process, but good luck getting a gun. Without a gun store, or someone to transfer the gun, it won't happen legally." ...
 

WA: Robber targets diners in upscale Tacoma restaurant
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"Diners at Pacific Grill, an upscale downtown Tacoma restaurant, were confronted by a man who was dining alone Monday evening."

"According to Tacoma Police, the man sat down and ordered beer, then got up, went into a private dining area and demanded money from the diners."

"He told them this was a robbery and demanded their wallets." ...

"Then the man got up and confronted the same diners in the private dining room again."

"'I want your money and take care of my bill now,' said the suspect."

"One of the doctors, who had been at target practice earlier, pulled out his gun and ordered the suspect out, saying, 'Get out of the restaurant now!'"

"The suspect left and was greeted by police officers outside." ...
 

FL: Home invasion suspect shot, killed by resident; four others arrested
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"One of two men who forced their way into a Williston-area home early Wednesday was shot to death by one of the home’s occupants, a shooting that authorities described as self-defense." ...

"Investigators said the home invasion occurred about 2:30 a.m. ..."

"Two of the suspects, Jonathan Gaal, 19, of Ocala, and Brian Bond, 19, of Summerfield, forced their way inside ... Garrison's brother, Martin Randy Garrison, 54, was asleep on a couch in the living room and had a .25-caliber handgun under the couch. When Gaal pointed a handgun at Martin Garrison, the older man fired three shots at Gaal at point-blank range."

"Gaal ran out of the home, but collapsed and died in the front yard." ...
 

CA: DA declines charges in fatal Marine shooting
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"The San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Office elected not to file charges against Issa Wajeel, 50, the Barstow man who was arrested Friday on suspicion of murder in connection with the shooting death of a Camp Pendleton Marine."

"Michael Fermin, supervising deputy district attorney at the Barstow courthouse, said he received the Barstow Police Department report in the case late in the day on Monday. After reviewing the file with Gary Roth, chief deputy district attorney for the Desert-Mountain region of the San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Office, they came to the conclusion Tuesday afternoon that Wajeel acted in self-defense when he shot 20-year-old Michael Firkins, Fermin said." ...
 

KY: Man Shot & Killed in Self-Defense
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"Police have not filed any charges against a Pulaski County man who they say shot and killed someone in self-defense."

"Last night, officers were called to a home on West Highway, in Science Hill, to investigate a shooting."

"They say three people, one armed with wooden club, went to the home to start a fight -- which they did."

"After a short time, police say the homeowner, Joshua Pyles, got a shotgun and asked the suspects to leave his home and property."

"They refused and continued to make threats, so Pyles fired one shot."

"One of the suspects, 34-year-old Jim Goff, was hit."

"He was pronounced dead at the scene." ...
 

TX: Sheriff: Immigrant shot burglar teen
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"An illegal immigrant tasked with guarding a convenience store shot and killed a teenager who attempted to burglarize it, Hidalgo County Sheriff Lupe Treviño said Monday."

"Silvestre Delgadillo, 28, remained on the run ..."

"Delgadillo, who was convicted in 2005 on a felony drug charge, has been charged with unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon, a third-degree felony."

"But the actual homicide is complicated by Texas' castle law, which allows people to use lethal force to defend themselves and their property."

"Delgadillo is accused of shooting Roberto Garcia, 17, late Friday night."

"'He is there to protect his residence - protect the business - under the direction of the owner,' Treviño said." ...
 

3 shot at Phoenix community college; 2 critical
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"Officials say three people were shot Thursday afternoon at South Mountain Community College in Phoenix, and two of them were critically injured."

"A witness said the shooter had been fighting with another man in a computer building. The gunman seemed to be directing his shots and not firing randomly, said student Yessenia Lara, 18."

"A 25-year-old man and a 22-year-old woman were in critical condition, while a 17-year-old boy was in stable condition, said Mark Faulkner, a division chief for the Phoenix Fire Department. No other information on their injuries was available." ...
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Submitter's Note: The "Compulsory Helplessness on Campus Law" worked again, as well as it usually does.
 

Boy, 11, bites pit bull to fend off attack
Submitted by: motoboy

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"An 11-year old boy is in Brazil's media spotlight after sinking his teeth into the neck of a dog that attacked him. Local newspapers reported on Thursday that Gabriel Almeida was playing in his uncle's backyard in the city of Belo Horizonte when a pit bull named Tita lunged at him and bit him in the left arm."

"Almeida grabbed the dog by the neck and bit back - biting so hard that he lost a canine tooth."

"Almeida tells the O Globo newspaper: 'It is better to lose a tooth than one's life.'"
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Submitter's Note: That's the spirit!
 

Obama's Shifting Positions Leave Questions Unanswered On Guns...
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft

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"Sen. Barack Obama claims there has been only a 'shift in emphasis,' not 'wild shifts,' in his political positions. ..."

"Possibly one of the more remarkable changes has been his position on guns."

"But despite Obama's recent concession on 'The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer' that there has been a 'shift in emphasis' on various issues, on guns he held firm: 'You mentioned the gun position. I've been talking about the Second Amendment being an individual right for the last year and a half. So there wasn't a shift there.'"

"Unfortunately, the interviewer, Gwen Ifill, didn't challenge his claim." ...
 

Senator wants veterans' names removed from gun list
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft

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"Since a severely mentally ill man rampaged through Virginia Tech last year ... Congress and several states have been working to tighten rules on who can legally purchase a firearm."

"But a push in the U.S. Senate would remove from the national background check the names of 115,000 veterans who have been declared "mentally defective" — and would prevent the Department of Veterans Affairs from adding any more names unless the agency goes through a judicial system."

"The problem, says the senator behind the efforts, is that the veterans were added not because they were a danger to themselves or to others, but because they were assigned fiduciary guardians by the Department of Veterans Affairs." ...
 

Showdown over packing heat in national parks
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft

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"In 40 years as a ranger, manager and superintendent of national parks from Alaska to North Carolina, Doug Morris says he never responded to a crime that would have been prevented had a visitor been carrying a concealed weapon. Nor did he hear complaints from gun owners about the rule requiring them to unload and lock away firearms while in national parks."

"But Morris, who retired three years ago, says he did see cases where visitors shot wildlife or fired wildly into the night in crowded campgrounds. That's why Morris and a majority of his fellow members of the Coalition of National Park Service Retirees adamantly oppose a [NRA]-led effort to lift the decades-old ban ..." ...
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Submitter's Note: Don't forget to take the poll.
 

NY: N.Y. governor signs rifle bill
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Gov. David Paterson on Wednesday signed legislation to allow the use of rifles to hunt big game in Chemung, Steuben and Yates counties for three more years.

The state legislature last year approved a one-year trial period to allow hunters to use rifles in addition to shotguns and other firearms to hunt deer and bear. Both houses approved a measure this year to extend the law until 2011.

The bill was sponsored by state Sen. George H. Winner Jr., R-Elmira, and by Assemblyman James Bacalles, R-Corning, and Tom O'Mara, R-Horseheads.
 

NY: New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Thanks Gov. Patterson for Signing Mentored Hunting Program Bills
Submitted by: New York State Rifle & Pistol Association
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Companion bills A-11033 and S-8228 have just been signed by Governor Patterson. This legislation creates a junior big game mentored hunting program for 14-15 year olds in which they can hunt with firearms while under the supervision of an experienced adult hunter. The New York State Rifle & Pistol Association thanks Gov. Paterson for signing the bill, which represents a very positive first step in making hunting more available to juniors. The NYSRPA hopes to work closely with the Governor and Legislature on these issues in the future.
 

Abetting Police Aggression: The "COPS Effect"
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"They really didn't have to wreck the house, but they did it anyway."

"There was no tactical advantage to be gained by perforating the house with tear gas grenades (one of which remained, for a long time, embedded in an attic vent), blowing out five windows, leaving part of the ceiling collapsed and the whole house inhabitable because of the suffocating residue left by the gas attack."

"As the residents of the home on South Oak Cliff drive in Dallas insisted, the murder suspect sought by the SWAT team -- 18-year-old Cristobal Jaimes -- wasn't there. As Cristobal's father Francisco pointed out to the local ABC affiliate, the family cooperated fully with the SWAT team, consenting to a search of the home and staying out of the way." ...
 

PA: Pa. Trooper Arrested In Online Child-Sex Sting
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A state trooper in suburban Philadelphia is being charged in an online child-sex sting.

Prosecutors in Delaware County planned a Thursday afternoon news conference to announce the arrest of 40-year-old Cpl. Albert Silveri III.

The trooper was arrested by a county task force that investigates Internet crimes against children. Prosecutors said the charges include solicitation to rape a child.

State police spokeswoman Linette Quinn said Silveri has been on the force for eight years.

It was not immediately clear if he has a lawyer.
 

NC: No charges in Durham police misconduct case
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"The state Attorney General's Office has decided not to pursue criminal charges against two former Durham police officers alleged to have engaged in sexual acts with a prostitute."

"'Attorneys with our special prosecutions unit completed their review of the case and determined that there was not enough evidence to prosecute,' said Noelle Talley, a spokeswoman for the Attorney General's Office."

"DNA tests didn't support the statements made by the prostitute, which was a factor in the decision not to press charges, Talley said."

"Two officers resigned in January amid a Durham Police Department internal investigation into the sex allegations."

"The probe, which began in October, found that Sgt. Keith Cheeks and Officer Demond Good engaged in undisclosed misconduct unrelated to the allegations, officials said." ...
 

IL: Legally owned (but illegally held) firearms to be destroyed
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"Back in June, I posted about the Oak Forest Illinois Police Department's refusal to return guns belonging to the Bouril family, but that the police had agreed to temporarily hold for safekeeping. The police, however, had other ideas, and refused to return the guns without a court order (you read that right--they claim they need a court order to return property to its rightful owner)."

"The legal fees that would attend the process of obtaining that court order are out of the Bouril family's reach, leaving the situation at something of an impasse."

"I received an email from Mr. Bouril today, telling me that the impasse is apparently to be broken soon--but not in a good way." ...
 

NY: Gun's owner cited, fined
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"A 71-year-old man from Pennsylvania thought he was doing the proper thing Tuesday when he stopped at the state police station here to surrender a handgun he had brought into the state."

"Erwin Spethmann's proactive approach cost him a $100 fine." ...

"Mr. Spethmann, from New Ringgold, near Pottsville in eastern Pennsylvania, was on his way to Canada when it occurred to him that he might have a problem at U.S. Customs on Wellesley Island, according to a state police investigator. He was carrying a .22-caliber semiautomatic pistol."

"Before approaching the Thousand Islands International Bridge, Mr. Spethmann got off Interstate 81 and drove to the state police station to turn in his gun." ...
 

Australia: Police gun stolen from car at shopping centre
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"A POLICE gun, baton and ammunition was stolen from an unmarked police car in June, probably while it was parked at a shopping centre near police headquarters."

"Police are conducting an internal inquiry into the theft, which the Herald understands will investigate how a police officer came to be using the car with a gun inside. The gun and other items were retrieved from a Glenfield house last week and a 29-year-old man was arrested and charged." ...
 

IL: Counsel: Confident Gun Ban Will Hold
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"Chicago's gun laws have been challenged in federal court since the Supreme Court's decision on the D.C. ban. But, City Corporation Counsel Mara Georges has told two City Council committees she's confident Chicago's law will stand."

"Georges tells Aldermen the Supreme Court’s decision on Washington, D.C.’s handgun ban shouldn't apply to Chicago, because previous Supreme Court rulings have said Second Amendment ... doesn't apply to local governments, like Cities. She says D.C. is a federal jurisdiction."

"And Georges is confident that, and other arguments, will prevail, at least in the lower courts. But, she admits, it’s hard to predict what the current Supreme Court will do. Still, it could be years before we find out." ...
 

MA: Laws only hurt legal gun owners
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"Mr. Coleman's, expressed viewpoint on this topic confirms the little bit of time spent doing research on this topic on the Internet. ('Shooting prompts call for tighter gun laws,' ...)"

"Mr. Coleman is obviously drawing these incorrect conclusions from the Brady Campaign, Violence Policy Center playbook and perhaps other left-wing, anti-American, Socialists ..."

"Others, on the other hand, have followed this topic their entire adult lifetimes, and can tell you that writing an editorial without thinking things through, drawing conclusions directly out of this in-depth research is very reckless and dangerous to the community. It’s dangerous because of its purely emotional nature and is lack of facts." ...
 

MI: Marching with guns in Hastings
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"Dozens of people banded together in Hastings Thursday night to walk the streets with guns in plain sight."

"Upwards of 50 people walked up and down the streets of downtown Hastings, most of them carrying holstered pistols."

"They say it's to celebrate and exercise their God-given right to keep and bear arms, which is also guaranteed in the second amendment."

"There were plenty of people who turned up for the event to watch the spectacle."

"Despite some objections, Hastings Police decided not to intervene in anyway because it is legal in Michigan to carry a holstered side arm in public, without a permit, as long as it's visible and the owner obtained the gun legally." ...
 

KY: State shooting for NRA center in EKY
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"An internal memo from Lt. Governor Daniel Mongiardo’s office shows the state is shooting for a National Rifle Association (NRA) training center in eastern Kentucky."

"The memo from special assistant Bill Burger to NRA President John Siegler and Kentucky Coal Association (KCA) President Bill Caylor said the state would like to announce the planning stages of a collaborative partnership between the organizations as soon as possible. The partnership would entail a commitment from Kentucky and the coal industry to try to find the land and provide a donor base for financing an outdoor shooting sports and firearms training center in Eastern Kentucky." ...
 

NY: When you’re hot, you’re hot
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"Ninety-degree heat did little to deter over 200 women from having fun at the annual Women’s Day at the Range held at the Cherry Ridge Range last Saturday. The Association of New Jersey Rifle & Pistol Clubs (ANJRPC) owns the facility and offers novices the opportunity to try their hands at shooting handguns, rifles and shotguns in a fun and stress-free environment."

"With emphasis placed on safe firearms handling, the event drew women from around the state and from New York City as well." ...
 

WA: Will Seattle gun ban stand up to legal review?
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"Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels recently targeted firearms by prohibiting guns on city property, including parks and community centers. His executive order, signed on June 9, directs city departments to develop 'a plan to implement a gun-free policy.' The mayor cited the May 24 shooting at the Folklife Festival as reason for these measures."

"The order from Mayor Nickels comes at an interesting time, given a June ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court. ..."

"Despite the win for gun rights advocates, Nickels claimed the ruling 'reaffirms our reasonable efforts in Seattle to make our citizens safer.'" ...
 

IL: Hard to find good reason to buy back guns
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft

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"Here are six reasons I'm wary of gun buybacks, such as the one scheduled for Saturday in Chicago in which those who turn in firearms at any of 25 locations get a $100 prepaid credit card per gun, no questions asked."

"1. I can't imagine criminals disarming themselves for a lousy $100." ...

"2. I don't see the economic sense of offering law-abiding people a flat fee for their guns." ...

"3. I worry about buyback programs subsidizing crime and weapons traffic." ...

"4. I can't find much evidence that buybacks are effective." ...

"5. I'm not convinced that buybacks get "problem" guns off the streets." ...
 

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