No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.4.6/324 - Release Date: 4/25/2006 Mayors Conspire Against RKBA: The conference of big-city mayors, convened by New York's Mayor Bloomberg and Boston's Mayor Menino, has concluded. The two organizers said the mayors needed to use every tool, from crackdowns on irresponsible gun dealers to new gun-tracing technologies, because federal authorities had abdicated their responsibility. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/26/nyregion/26guns.html?_r=1&oref=slogin http://www.timesargus.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060426/NEWS/604260322/1002/EDUCATION05 http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/0426guns0426.html --- NSSF Barred From Mayors' Conference: The National Shooting Sports Foundation had requested the opportunity to attend the conference of big-city mayors about the criminal misuse of firearms. "Are they mayors?" asked Stu Loeser, Bloomberg's press secretary, dismissing the request out of hand. http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/67502.htm --- Florida Bill Would Protect Right To Carry During Disasters: If you have a permit to carry a gun in the state of Florida, your right to carry could not be blocked by the state following a disaster like a hurricane, under a measure passed unanimously Tuesday by the Florida House and now awaiting Senate approval. http://cbs4.com/local/local_story_115160250.html --- Anti-Confiscation Bill Passes Louisiana House: House Bill 760 would forbid law enforcement from confiscating firearms from law-abiding citizens during times of civil disorder. http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/2687716.html --- Stand-Your-Ground Bill Passes Oklahoma Senate: A bill to expand legal protections to people who shoot or use other deadly force when threatened or attacked easily passed the state Senate on Tuesday. The state House, which approved the bill earlier on a 96-2 vote, will now vote on the Senate-passed bill in a procedural move necessary before it goes on to Gov. Brad Henry to be signed into law. http://www.kotv.com/main/home/stories.asp?whichpage=1&id=103094 --- California Tax-Exemption Bill Tabled For Now: A bill to exempt firearm-safety devices from sales and use taxes has been placed in "suspense file," for later consideration. (The bill, supported by the NRA, could conceivably serve to create an additional from of identifying firearms owners when they claim the exemption; California does not currently require the registration of long guns unless they were classified as "assault weapons.") http://www.californiachronicle.com/articles/viewArticle.asp?articleID=8578 --- Oops, Wrong House: Burglars in Houston returned to a house for a safe they had failed to take on their first attempt. In the ensuing gunfight, one of the burglars was killed when he was shot above the level of his ballistic vest. The second fatality is described as a visitor yet the article offers no evidence that she was not some sort of accomplice. (Note the use of the ballistic vest. One advantage of placing handgun rounds in the pelvic area as that vests generally don't extend that low. One of the arguments for a .223 carbine over a shotgun for home defense is that .223 rounds will penetrate soft body armor but have low penetration of building materials.) http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/nb/fortbend/news/3816874.html --- Bringing A BB Gun To A Gunfight: Two Florida teenagers realized the error of their ways when they pointed some sort of pellet pistol at the victim of their burglary attempt. They quickly left the home when the retired Air Force sergeant drew his own gun. Police are checking the abandoned pellet pistol for fingerprints. http://www.wftv.com/news/8951722/detail.html --- "Warning Shot" May Bring Felony Charge: An 87-year-old Florida man may be charged for using his .32-caliber revolver to fire a shot into the ground to scare off a black bear that was headed toward a group of children in his neighborhood. http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/florida/orl-bearshot2506apr25,0,4294646.story?coll=sfla-news-florida --- Good Tactics?: An elderly Montana woman had an unexpected visitor walk through her unlocked door. After he ignored her questions, Friesen said she went into her bedroom, pulled out a gun and called 911. Friesen remained in her room patiently waiting for sheriff's deputies to arrive. "It wasn't as frightening as it would have been if I didn't have the gun," she said. http://www.ravallirepublic.com/articles/2006/04/25/news/news02.txt --- No Prosecution For Improper Firearm Storage: The San Bernardino County District Attorney's office has decided not to file charges, under California's improper-firearm-storage statute, against the the stepfather of a teenager who used the man's .22 rifle to kill himself. (Improper storage of a firearm that results in harm when it is misused by a minor is a felony in California.) http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-rbriefs26apr26,1,1245240.story?coll=la-headlines-california --- Does BATFE Play Local Politics?: A local official in Michigan, who is involved in a political dispute, may face arrest after federal agents confiscated firearms in a safe at her home. Her husband is a convicted felon and presumably did not have access to her safe. (I seem to recall that this is the same approach used by a major radio talk-show host to keep firearms in his home despite a felony conviction resulting from the Watergate affair.) http://www.mlive.com/news/sanews/index.ssf?/base/news-3/1146057721280470.xml&coll=9 --- Spokane Firearms Dealer Loses FFL: BATFE has yanked the FFL of Spokane's largest firearms dealer, citing the absence of paperwork for a total of eight firearms sold there over the past 20 years. http://www.kxly.com/news/index.php?sect_rank=2§ion_id=560&story_id=1900 --- Whose Role To Fight Crime?: Additional commentary from John Longenecker emphasizes the role of citizens in fighting crime as it occurs. http://mensnewsdaily.com/2006/04/25/nation-of-laws-means-a-nation-of-law-enforcement/ --- L.A. Times Continues Campaign Against Orange County Sheriff: The presence of a revolver owned by an Orange County reserve deputy in the home of a controversial figure who is a convicted felon has given The Los Angeles Times one more opportunity to attack the relatively loose CWP-issuance policies of Orange County Sheriff Michael Carona. (Years ago, the same paper mounted a campaign to drive a San Diego County Sheriff Duffy from office because he also issued CWP's fairly freely.) http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-ferrari26apr26,0,7459610.story?coll=la-home-headlines -- Stephen P. Wenger Firearm safety - It's a matter for education, not legislation. http://www.spw-duf.info .