No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.5.1/327 - Release Date: 4/28/2006 Connecticut House Defeats Theft-Report Bill: The House of Representatives on Friday narrowly shot down legislation that would have punished gun owners who don't report their firearms being lost or stolen in a timely manner. http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/ny-bc-ct-xgr--lostguns0428apr28,0,5784631.story --- NRA Helps Fund Hiker's Defense: The prosecution in the case of the retired teacher who fatally shot a man who charged him on an Arizona trail says the jury should hear that Harold Fish's defense is being supported by the NRA's Civil Rights Defense Fund. The defense says the information is irrelevant and the jury should not hear it. http://www.azdailysun.com/articles/2006/04/30/news/20060430_news_41.txt --- More On California Micro-Stamping Bill: California could become the first state in the nation to require semi-automatic handguns include microscopic equipment for pressing an identifying mark into every bullet fired. http://www.sanluisobispo.com/mld/sanluisobispo/news/nation/14451081.htm --- From A University Of California Student Paper?: A student at UC Santa Barbara says it's poor parenting, not access to firearms, that is responsible for the misuse of firearms by youngsters. http://www.ucsbdailynexus.com/opinion/2006/11560.html --- Rule of "2": Jim Higginbotham offers some tactical "rules" worth considering. (Forum may require registration for access.) http://www.stoppingpower.net/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=11397 --- Canadian Gun-Hater Hates Gun Registry: The first time I used a firearm was 1969 at a local trap-shooting range. That was also the last time I fired a gun. I hate 'em. But as much as I dislike guns, I dislike the federal gun registry even more. http://www.yorkregion.com/yr/yr4/YR_News/Columns/story/3472029p-4011280c.html -- Stephen P. Wenger Firearm safety - It's a matter for education, not legislation. http://www.spw-duf.info .