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Stand-Your-Ground Bill Signed In Mississippi: Governor Haley Barbour has 
signed into law a bill that expands a person's right to claim 
self-defense against intruders to an individual's car, business and the 
vicinity of the business.

http://www.myeyewitnessnews.com/news/tristate/story.aspx?content_id=D8DEA408-DF0D-4C06-ADDE-867C627453D4
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Meanwhile, In Alabama...: The Alabama House will try again to pass a 
bill that expands the criteria for when a person can use deadly force to 
protect a home or vehicle. Black lawmakers have complained the bill 
would allow people to shoot people who accidentally walk into their 
yards or who come to the door because their car has broken down.

http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060328/NEWS02/603280338/1009
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Texas Evaluates Guns In Parked Cars: According to this report, while 
other states consider blocking employers from banning firearms in 
vehicles parked on company lots, Texas is actually considering a bill 
authorizing them to do so.

http://www.kvue.com/news/state/stories/032806kvueparkinglotpistols-eh.6c20fa32.html
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NYC's Bloomberg Testifies Against ATF-Data Bill: The bill in question 
would prohibit disclosure of any records from a national gun-trace 
database in civil lawsuits and allow the records to be released only "in 
a bona fide criminal investigation or prosecution."

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/29/nyregion/29guns.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
http://www.wcbs880.com/pages/19368.php

Brady Bunch Lauds Bloomberg:

http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=63068
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Congress Told Of More ATF Abuses: Long-term list members may recall the 
case of Tucson PD Lt. Michael Lara. Instances are cited of FFL 
revocations for minor lapses in completion of forms.

http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewNation.asp?Page=\Nation\archive\200603\NAT20060329a.html
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Is This A Coincidence?: Gun-banning Australia is currently listed as the 
industrialized nation whose citizens are most likely to be victims of a 
serious crime, The same report lists the US at mid-range, with falling 
crime rates. (Many factors influence crime rates and these should not 
serve as the basis to argue for the RKBA and legal CCW.)

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2006/03/28/1143441155861.html?from=top5
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Rule Five Reminder: A Boca Raton FL police sergeant left her loaded 
service handgun in a public bathroom at the Boca Raton Resort & Club 
shortly before Vice President Dick Cheney was set to arrive for a GOP 
fund-raiser. (Rule Five: Maintain control of your handgun. My CWP 
students are trained in how to control handguns in public restrooms.)

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/politics/content/local_news/epaper/2006/03/28/s1b_BRgun_0328.html
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Rule Two, Rule Three Reminder: A dead Los Angeles deputy sheriff may 
have shot herself accidentally while placing her gear in her personal 
vehicle. (Rule Two: Don't let the muzzle cross anything you're not 
prepared to shoot. Rule Three: Keep your finger out of the trigger guard 
until your sights are on the target and you're prepared to fire.)

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-deputy29mar29,1,1846544.story?coll=la-headlines-california
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Winchester Employees Petition Governor For Help: With a layoff deadline 
fast approaching, Winchester firearms workers are petitioning Governor 
Rell for her help finding a new owner for the New Haven factory. 
Representatives of gun maker Smith and Wesson toured the facility over 
the weekend, but there is no word on whether they are interested in 
buying the plant.

http://www.wtnh.com/Global/story.asp?S=4689986&nav=3YeX

-- 
Stephen P. Wenger

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

http://www.spw-duf.info



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