Backfire?: Two eighth-grade students in Massachusetts devised a 
science-fair project, to prove the dangers of BB guns, in which they 
would fire them into ballistic gelatin. They were disqualified from 
competing because the judges felt that BB guns are too dangerous. 
(Proper gelatin testing is done with calibrated ballistic gelatin. The 
calibration consists of firing a pellet gun into the gelatin; the pellet 
must penetrate within specified limits.)

http://www.local6.com/news/4598678/detail.html
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Does Firearms Training Constitute Lobbying?: A Utah legislator is under 
attack for providing free firearms training to the governor, the 
lieutenant governor, legislative colleagues and other state officials. 
He is being criticized by prohibitionists for "unfair lobbying." (It is 
unclear if the training meets the requirement to apply for a Utah 
Concealed Firearm Permit.)

http://kutv.com/topstories/local_story_162191001.html
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When Guns Are Outlawed...: Boston police claim that gang members are 
using a group of shared "community guns." One is reported to be a 
.40-caliber pistol, presumably a Glock, linked to seven shootings "by 
shell casings tattooed with the gun's trademark rifling." (It's hard to 
tell if the quoted material is police disinformation or media ignorance. 
Ejected cases are marked by the breech face, extractor and ejector, not 
rifling. Further, Glocks have polygonal rifling, which does not create 
identifiable marking on fired bullets.)

http://news.bostonherald.com/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=89003
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When Guns Are Outlawed...Down Under: Among the police firearms that have 
recently gone missing in Australia's Queensland state is an HK MP5 
submachine gun.

http://www.thesundaymail.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,15582678%255E2765,00.html
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Brit Seeks To Ban Reloading: The mother of a murdered British police 
officer is seeking a ban on "DIY bullet kits." Specifically mentioned in 
the article, as having figured into her son's murder, is a Dillon RL550 
press.

http://www.yorkshiretoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=55&ArticleID=1053113
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Scotland Mobilizes Against "BB Guns": Apparently, Airsoft guns, which 
fire plastic-foam pellets, are considered BB guns in Scotland, where the 
government is seeking rigorous controls on all airguns. This reports 
emphasize the risk of youngsters carrying replica firearms in public.

http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=643602005
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South Africa's Firearm Amnesty: The South African government claims that 
80,147 firearms were surrendered during the firearm-amnesty period. 
Doubtless they were all surrendered by law-abiding citizens because 
firearm-related crime is still common in that country

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-06/12/content_3075024.htm

-- 
Stephen P. Wenger

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

http://www.spw-duf.info



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