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WI: NRA endorses Van Hollen Submitted by: New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Website: http://www.nysrpa.org	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
The National Rifle Association today endorsed Republican attorney general candidate JB Van Hollen. NRA spokesperson Chris Cox describes Van Hollen as a "steadfast friend" of law-abiding gun owners in the state. Van Hollen is a former US Attorney who faces Waukesha County District Attorney Paul Bucher in the primary next month.

TX: A Heated Arguement Leave One Dead This Morning In Central Austin Submitted by: Anonymous	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
Austin Police were called to the four-hundred block of Denson Drive after two-30 this morning. Investigators say someone living in a house there heard funny noises outside, called a relative who came over. That person apparently confronted someone on the property, then fired several shots.

NY: Bloomberg, City Stall on Releasing Evidence Regarding Illegal Guns
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More than three months after Mayor Bloomberg's announcement that he had sent private investigators into five states to catch gun dealers making illegal sales, he is refusing to turn over the evidence they've gathered to the federal agency that investigates illegal guns. Analysts said the impasse may have slowed the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms in its investigation of and possible action against gun dealers that broke the law.

NY: Firearms Industry Says Bloomberg Stonewalling on Providing Tapes to ATF Submitted by: New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Website: http://www.nysrpa.org	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), the trade association for the firearms industry, said today that the failure of New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg to turn over evidence of alleged illegal firearm sales to the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) is telling.

Do Gun Owners Really Want to Stop Constant Assaults on 2nd Amendment?
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Here's the latest on Richard's situation and I wonder if gun owners who only want someone else to fight for their Second Amendment rights even give a damn:

Due to the stress of the raid and all the legal burdens, this past week Richard's wife miscarried and their baby died. They named her Grace Evangeline. There are no words to describe how I felt when I read Richard's mail letting me know how heart broken they were. After the feeling of utter sorrow, then came the rage. This increasingly draconian government is running amok because the feminized men of this country protect it with their fear, laziness or territorial imperatives for fund raising or membership drives.

OR: Guns found near elementary school
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Lake Oswego authorities are investigating who owns three unloaded guns that were found in a wooded area behind Hallinan Elementary School, not far from the school playground.

Two Hallinan students were playing in the center of a "natural" area on Monday, approximately 75 yards from the school, when they discovered a pellet gun, a 22-caliber rifle and a 12-gauge shotgun, all placed in gun cases and wrapped in plastic.

CA: Firearms Industry Calls Gun Microstamping Ill-Advised and Says Bill Will Lead to a Ban on Ammunition Sales in California
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The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), the trade association for the firearms industry, said today that Senate passage of AB 352, legislation which will mandate the use of unreliable, patented, sole-sourced technology to microstamp firearms and allow the Attorney General to require bullet serialization of all ammunition is ill-conceived and will result in a ban on ammunition sales in the state, burdening sportsmen, hunters and firearms enthusiasts. Microstamping is a patented process that laser engraves the firearm's make, model and serial number on the tip of the gun's firing pin so it imprints the information on discharged cartridge cases.

IN: Authorities must go after illicit gun suppliers
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The number and nature of gun incidents in recent months has been disturbing. The basic facts don't vary that much from case to case: a handgun illegally in the hands of a young person -- often a teenage boy. One might wonder where all those guns come from. Kids can't walk into a store and buy them, after all. Some are stolen, to become black market merchandise. And some are obtained illegally through "straw purchases."

OH: Shots in the dark in Dover - Guns allegedly fired in air; one bullet makes way through woman's roof Submitted by: Mark A. Taff	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
The old adage “What goes up must come down” apparently was proven in Dover early Sunday. A bullet that went through the roof of a Charles Dr. mobile home narrowly missed the resident, who was sleeping on a couch. The bullet landed on the floor.

Canada: Police seize WWII-era weapons Submitted by: Mark A. Taff	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
Fifty Second-World-War-era submachine guns seized since January were allegedly rebuilt in a clandestine gun shop in Komarno, Man. and then sold to gangs connected to the Hells Angels, police said Friday. Sten submachine guns were decommissioned by the Canadian Forces in the 1970s, but are being reconditioned and sold to drug gangs, police said.

Time to sever ties with wife Submitted by: Mark A. Taff	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
Dear Annie: I had to laugh at “Nonviolent in the Midwest,” who was upset that her children were playing with guns at a friend’s house. I, too, didn’t like my boys playing with guns and didn’t permit them in my home.

Papua New Guinea: MPs should give up firearms first Submitted by: Mark A. Taff	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
PEOPLE in Southern Highlands province have called on their MPs to take the lead in voluntarily surrendering their firearms to security forces. The people said this when indicating their support for the surrender of firearms during several public awareness gatherings at various locations in the province.

CO: Girls and Their Guns teaches women self-defense, gun safety
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"Stop! I have a gun. Leave my house," shouted the 11-year-old girl. And with the words barely out of her mouth, Noel Smith opened fire. Any intruder would be dead on his back, but this was just practice. Noel, along with seven other women, was practicing her marksmanship at a session of Girls and Their Guns, a summer-long program that teaches women how to shoot and about gun safety. On the crisp Saturday morning at the Minturn firing range, shots echoed across the valley leaving the smell of gunpowder lingering in the air.

Second Amendment Foundation Wants Bloomberg Prosecuted for Obstruction Submitted by: Mark A. Taff	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) is calling on Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to prosecute New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg for obstruction of justice, for failing to turn over evidence of allegedly illegal firearms transactions to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

PA: Investigators should follow the firearms
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The Issue: Agents with the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives have traced the handgun reportedly used to kill a Reading policeman and arrested a man on a firearms charge.

Our Opinion: To get the guns out of the hands of criminals, such traces should be a routine matter.

When Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein were investigating the Watergate scandal, they were told by their confidential source Mark Felt, known as Deep Throat, to follow the money.

OH: Inquiry after police guns stolen Submitted by: Mark A. Taff	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
The force said an investigation had begun to find out how the theft, which took place outside Stockton police station, happened. A 9mm pistol and a taser gun, which had not been stored in a secure gun cabinet, were taken.

NY: Chautauqua Co. investigates gun shop burglary Submitted by: New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Website: http://www.nysrpa.org	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
The Chautauqua County Sheriffs Department is investigating a burglary at a gun shop where several handguns and long guns were stolen between Saturday evening and Sunday morning. The burglary was announced in a news release sent to the media by fax at 12:42 a.m. today. No other information about the burglary was available early this morning.

MD: Sarah Brady Joins Endorsed Candidates to Jumpstart Maryland Efforts to Pass Assault Weapons Bill Submitted by: New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Website: http://www.nysrpa.org	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
Sarah Brady of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence and leaders of CeaseFire Maryland will join with several candidates she is endorsing for the Maryland Senate and General Assembly to begin a push for passage of a bill to get military-style semiautomatic assault rifles off Maryland streets.

What Gun Control People Do When They Can't Get Our Guns
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They sue the gun owners.

Here's a summary of what's going on.

The City of New York hires a bunch of private investigators to go into gun stores in pairs to buy guns. While in the store one investigator does all the talking - asking questions about the gun, etc. - while the other one fills out the paperwork for the required background check. The gun shop owner then runs the background check and sells a weapon to the man who filled out the paperwork, not the man who was asking all the questions.

PA: Letters: A wrong move on violence Submitted by: Mark A. Taff	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
RE ELMER Smith's Aug. 22 column, " 'Shoot-First' law's coming: Why?": I couldn't agree more with Smith's point that the measure is a solution looking for a problem. Rep. Steve Cappelli's "stand-your-ground bill" is more of a retreat than advancement in the battle to reduce violence.