No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.392 / Virus Database: 268.5.5/333 - Release Date: 5/5/2006 Hearing For Ohio CCW Reform Bill: The Ohio Senate Judiciary Committee on Criminal Justice will hold a second hearing on Substitute HB347 on Wednesday, May 10th, at 9:00am in the morning. The hearing is scheduled to be held in the North Hearing room of the Senate Building. http://www.ohioccw.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3595&Itemid=83 --- New York Judges Legislate Their Own Pistol-Permit Laws: A sports columnist exposes abuses in the issuance of pistol permits in a few of New York State's counties. (Scroll about halfway down the page, past the fishing material.) http://www.niagara-gazette.com/sports/gnnsports_story_126233150.html --- Were These Shots Fired Soon Enough?: A robber of an Ohio store shot a store clerk in the head because he was not satisfied with the take from the cash register. The robber died shortly afterward after being shot in the chest and neck by the store owner, father of the clerk. The clerk is apparently recovering from his wound. http://www.ohioccw.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3597&Itemid=83 --- Oops, Wrong SUV: A Florida robber was fatally shot when he ordered a family in a parked SUV to unlock one of the doors to the vehicle. This second demand in the robbery correctly prompted the father of the family to draw and shoot. http://www.tampabays10.com/news/local/article.aspx?storyid=30577 http://www.bradenton.com/mld/bradenton/news/breaking_news/14519667.htm By Contrast...: A Los Angeles man was fatally shot by two robbers who had already stolen his bag at gunpoint, then forced him to knock on the door of his own apartment. His brother, who opened the door, also was assaulted by the killers, who remained at large. http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-briefs8.1may08,1,5069270.story?coll=la-headlines-california --- Alabama Police Offer Citizen's Firearm Safety Course: The nice thing about this report is that the course is being offered by a local chapter of the Fraternal Order of Police; the national organization has not been a big supporter the RKBA and CCW. http://www.clantonadvertiser.com/articles/2006/05/06/news/a-news.txt Web Posting May Have Led To Burglary: Police in Canada believe that the inclusion of a home phone number in a web posting advertising the sale of firearms may have led burglars to the home from which the guns were stolen. http://www.680news.com/news/local/article.jsp?content=20060506_083246_2920 --- South Australia Police Continue To Knock S&W Revolvers: Reloaded ammunition and worn revolvers are blamed for more than two dozen injuries from side-spitting at the barrel-cylinder gap over the past three years. (Perhaps, the department might also consider training armorers who could adjust the timing on the revolvers.) http://www.theadvertiser.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,19047426%255E2682,00.html -- Stephen P. Wenger Firearm safety - It's a matter for education, not legislation. http://www.spw-duf.info .