No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.9.9/382 - Release Date: 7/4/2006 UN Gunning For More Power: Sally McNamara exposes the true intent of the current United Nations Conference to Review Progress Made in the Implementation of the Program of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects and debunks that figures on which it bases its efforts. http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=50945 --- Pro-RKBA Measures To Take Effect In Kentucky: Bills that take effect on July 12 include a "castle doctrine," confidentiality for CDWL-holders, a ban on firearm confiscations during disasters and authorization for employees to store firearms in vehicles at work. http://news.kypost.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060706/NEWS01/607060345/1014/NEWS02 --- Lincoln CCW Ban Appears One Vote Short: Despite vocal support by the local police chief and support from a Republican city council member, the mayor of Lincoln NE appears to lack one vote on the council in order to get her local ban on CCW passed. http://www.journalstar.com/articles/2006/07/06/top_story/doc44ad3692f345c993475842.txt --- Sarah Brady Crows Over Tabling Of Shall-Issue CCW In Delaware: "Last Friday, the Delaware Legislature adjourned without passing a terrible bill that would have made it impossible for local authorities, including the police and the courts, in my home state to prevent most people from carrying loaded, hidden handguns in public." http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=68852 --- CCRKBA vs. Mayor Mike: CCRKBA's Alan Gottlieb takes on NYC Mayor Bloomberg for supporting illegal aliens while attacking the rights of law-abiding Americans to keep and bear arms. http://www.cnsnews.com/news/viewstory.asp?Page=%5CNation%5Carchive%5C200607%5CNAT20060706a.html Related Material: http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=68877 --- Books An Issue In "Silencer" Case: A previously convicted felon is on trial for possession of a sound suppressor for an airgun, which was legal for him to own. Federal prosecutors are citing the defendant's possession of books on firearms as evidence that the defendant had the expertise to modify the device for use on a firearm even though there is no evidence that he sought to do so. http://www.masslive.com/springfield/republican/index.ssf?/base/news-4/1152171711154830.xml&coll=1 --- Another "Smart Gun" Approach: In a move that suggests a digital version of the old Magna-Trigger, with its magnetic rings, a German inventor has developed a system that uses a transponder with codes matching those in cartridges, to be worn in a ring on a shooter's firing hand, before a gun using the invention would be capable of discharging a bullet. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/07/04/password_protected_bullets/ --- Connecticut Gun Club Offers Clinic For Women: The July 22 event is sponsored by the National Rifle Association Foundation through its Women on Target program, designed for women and girls 13 years old and up who are interested in learning about the sport of shooting. http://www.courant.com/hc-5brf0706_1.artjul06,0,6680900.story --- Student Reports On NRA Youth Education Summit: Shane Groover, a junior at Fallon NV's Churchill County High School, has returned from the National Rifle Association's 2006 Youth Education Summit held in Washington D.C. http://news.rgj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2006607070351 --- Teddy Jacobson On 1911's: The uninhibited gunsmith offers his views on "improving" John M. Browning's design. (For those who have access to it, Ezell's Handguns of the World offers a detailed history of the evolution of this pistol and all the Army hoops through which Browning had to jump to come up with the Model of 1911.) http://www.actionsbyt.typepad.com/ --- Australian State Institutes New Firearm Fees: One collector has had to cough up $250 for a new license for two previously licensed guns in his collection because he is now required to have a separate license for pre-1900 antiques. (Recall that the American National Firearms Act was sneaked past Constitutional muster as a tax measure.) http://the.standard.net.au/articles/2006/07/07/1152175757656.html -- Stephen P. Wenger Firearm safety - It's a matter for education, not legislation. http://www.spw-duf.info .