Protection Of Lawful Commerce In Firearms Act Clears Key Committee: The 
federal bill to eliminate reckless lawsuits against the firearm industry 
was cleared by the House Judiciary Committee and is expected to be 
passed by the full House.

http://www.washtimes.com/national/20050525-112257-6560r.htm
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Veto Expected In Illinois: Governor Blagojevich is expected to veto an 
unusual bill supported by the NRA. The bill would require background 
checks for all gun-show purchases (i.e., private-party transfers) but 
would require the state police to destroy entries in the purchase 
database after 90 days.

http://www.suntimes.com/output/elect/cst-nws-leg26.html
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Easton PD Hires Consultants: The Pennsylvania police department that 
lost a SWAT officer in an accident related to gun-cleaning, has hired at 
least one major consultant, Emanuel Kapelsohn, in an effort to ensure 
that no similar accident occur again. (In addition to practicing law, 
Kapelsohn is an instructor of long standing who is very active in the 
International Association of Law Enforcement Firearms Instructors.)

http://www.mcall.com/news/local/all-a1_3mitmanmay25,0,6200674.story?coll=all-news-hed
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Battered-Wife Freed From Prison: A New York woman, convicted in 1984 as 
an accomplice to the murder of her battering husband, has been freed 
from prison. Prosecutors finally agreed that she would have been 
eligible for a "battered wife defense," had it been available at the 
time. (A battered-wife defense is an exception to the usual requirement 
that deadly force must be justified by an immediate, otherwise 
unavoidable threat of death or serious bodily injury.)

http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/0526mercy26.html
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Tucson Youths Take Trap Honors: A group of Tucson-area youngsters have 
taken top prize in the Rookie Division in trap shooting. Of note, the 
program is sponsored by the Arizona Department of Game and Fish, the 
agency that will furnish instructors for the newly authorized 
marksmanship/safety elective courses in Arizona high schools. This is 
unusually friendly coverage from the Arizona Daily Star.

http://www.dailystar.com/dailystar/northwest/76820.php
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Arizona Trail Shooting Continues To Be Tried In Press: The defense 
attorney for the man charged with second-degree murder in the shooting 
of a man who threatened him on a hiking trail continues to point out 
improprieties by the County Attorney's office. The prosecution attempts 
to counter.

http://www.azdailysun.com/non_sec/nav_includes/story.cfm?storyID=109041
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Some Wisconsin Agencies Balk at HR 218: Not all of Wisconsin's police 
agencies are offering their retirees the chance to qualify for 
nationwide CCW under the provisions of the federal Law Enforcement 
Officers' Safety Act, HR 218.

http://www.jsonline.com/news/metro/may05/328063.asp
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Indiana VFW Post Museum Loses WWI Machine Gun: The VFW post in Marcellus 
IN has lost a 1918 German machine gun that had been donated to its 
museum after it became the object of an investigation that it had been 
brought into the state illegally.

http://www.mlive.com/news/kzgazette/index.ssf?/base/news-13/1116948079122140.xml
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British Sub Base Guards Update Weaponry: Police who guard Britain's 
Clyde submarine base are being issued HK MP7 submachine guns, chambered 
in a 4.6x30mm cartridge, whose bullet will penetrate soft body armor. 
Presumably, they had previously been armed with 9mm MP5's, probably in a 
semiautomatic variant. Of note is that they are not equipped with 
Britain's much maligned bullpup military rifle, chambered in 5.56x45mm 
(.223).

http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/40004.html

The MP7:

http://www.hkpro.com/pdw.htm

-- 
Stephen P. Wenger

Firearm safety - It's a matter 
for education, not legislation.

http://www.spw-duf.info



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