Property Rights vs. RKBA: Tim Wheeler, director of Doctors for 
Responsible Gun Ownership, has set off an interesting discussion of 
conflicting rights.

http://www.claremont.org/weblog/003544.html
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California's SB 357, An Analysis: John Longnecker dissects the 
California bill that would require semi-automatic handguns to microstamp 
ejected cases with serial numbers. (As I understand it, that bill is 
actually AB 352 and SB 357 is the bill to require microscopic serial 
number on bullets - 
http://www.saami.org/docs/NRA_CRPA_GOA-OppAB352SB357.pdf).

http://johnlongenecker.mensnewsdaily.com/blog/longenecker/
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The Plot Sickens In Orange County: Orange County (CA) Sheriff Mike 
Carona cited John Lott's book More Guns, Less Crime when he promised 
more equitable issuance of CWP's. The fact that he has been issuing 
CWP's annoys The Los Angeles Times, which never misses a beat in its 
drive to discredit Carona's reserve program and his issuance of CWP's. 
Here's the latest embarrassment.

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-reserve4aug04,1,6687038.story?coll=la-headlines-california
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A Reminder Up The Coast: LAPD's non-sworn anti-terrorism chief may be 
leaving for a position with the FBI. The Los Angeles Times reminds us of 
his 2004 detention at Los Angeles International Airport in September 
2004 after screeners found a loaded .38-caliber Smith & Wesson handgun 
in his carry-on bag, in violation of federal regulations that prohibit 
civilians from carrying weapons aboard aircraft. Miller called the 
incident a "mistake."

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-miller4aug04,1,149479.story?coll=la-headlines-california
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A New Militia?: We digress, slightly.

http://www.lewrockwell.com/lind/lind71.html
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Unintended Consequence?" One financial advisor suggest buying shares of 
Sturm, Ruger & Co., now that the Senate has passed the Protection of 
Lawful Commerce in Arms Act.

http://www.forbes.com/newsletter/2005/08/03/strum-ruger-firearms-cz_jd_0803gurusow_inl.html
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Black Entertainment Television Poll: BET's website is conducting a "post 
mortem" poll on whether firearm manufacturers should be held responsible 
for "gun violence."

http://www.bet.com/Site+Management/Polls/gunlawpoll.htm?wbc_purpose=Basic&WBCMODE=PresentationUnpublished&Referrer=%7B03CE5360-2620-42CB-AD7E-77E4249C5FB7%7D
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Illinois Judge Misfires: An Illinois woman spent four hours in jail for 
contempt of court for refusing to return a handgun to her ex-husband. 
The judge would not allow her to explain that the ex-husband is a 
convicted felon.

http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/metroeast/story/EC4202FF44A5728B86257047001454EA?OpenDocument
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Columbus Advances "Assault Weapon" Registration: City officials have 
posted registration forms on their website in advance of the August 11 
implementation date of that Ohio city's restriction of cosmetically 
impaired firearms.

http://www.peoplesrights.org/articletemplate.asp?id=69
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Fulton Bans CCW In Public Buildings: An upstate New York city has 
amended its municipal code, banning concealed weapons in many of its 
public buildings.

http://www.pall-times.com/articles/2005/08/03/news/news5.txt
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New Zealand Destroys Toy Guns: Hundreds of plastic air pistols and BB 
guns, sold in "dairies" (apparently the Kiwi term for convenience 
markets) have been seized and destroyed on the pretext that the importer 
lacked a license to sell firearms.

http://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/newsdetail1.asp?storyID=77620
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British Bouncer Sentenced For Gun Possession: A bouncer at a nightclub, 
who feared retaliation from a drug dealer he had expelled from the club, 
has been sentenced to two years in prison for possession of a WWII 
revolver. He had evicted the dealer from the club for selling the 
date-rape drug Rohypnol.

http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/city/2005/08/03/a9edf7ad-9840-48db-8356-e78fd80b4433.lpf 


-- 
Stephen P. Wenger

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

http://www.spw-duf.info



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