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Denver Cites Higher Crime Rate As Pretext For Stricter Firearm Laws: The 
Colorado Supreme Court is hearing arguments from the City of Denver and 
the State of Colorado over whether Denver should be allowed to use its 
home-rule status to maintain stricter regulation of firearms than that 
in state law.

http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_3288393
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L.A. County Charges To Return Seized Firearms: Los Angeles County has 
instituted a $54 fee, in addition to the $20 state fee for a background 
check, for the return of firearms seized during arrests or searches - 
even if the gun was legally owned and not used in a crime.

http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/news/ci_3288810
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Ruger To Lay Off, Reassign Workers: The gun manufacturer, based in 
Southport, Conn., said that with other workers retiring, it expects to 
reduce its workforce by 50 or 60 jobs.

http://www.boston.com/news/local/new_hampshire/articles/2005/12/07/sturm_ruger_to_lay_off_reassign_workers/
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S&W To Reintroduce Long Guns: Smith & Wesson Holding Corp. said 
yesterday the company will begin selling rifles or shotguns early next 
year. The firm did not release details on its long-gun entry, saying it 
expected to have a product to announce at the large shooting industry 
trade show in February. (There have been rumors about a S&W AR-15.)

http://www.masslive.com/business/republican/index.ssf?/base/business-0/1134031449265490.xml&coll=1
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Registration Leads To Confiscation: Presumably in response to an 
increase in firearm-related crime, particularly in Toronto, Prime 
Minister Paul Martin is expected to announce that the Liberal government 
would bring in a ban on most handguns in Canada. The prohibition will 
cover those handguns already registered.

http://www.canada.com/saskatoonstarphoenix/story.html?id=896bcb04-de9e-400c-9b86-7877d3c3c99c&k=57641
http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/story.html?id=ab2ae5e6-35f3-484e-b3d4-7652684dfc6b&k=27088
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Cause And Effect?: A British paper editorializes against the American 
police constable who has announced that he will resign from an English 
police department if he is not authorized to carry a firearm.

http://icberkshire.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/1500columnists/tm_objectid=16461948&method=full&siteid=50102&headline=comment--reading-chronicle-name_page.html

-- 
Stephen P. Wenger

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

http://www.spw-duf.info



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