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Missouri Legislator Defends Stand-Your-Ground Bill: Despite opposition, 
State Rep. Marilyn Ruestman says she will "hold tight" to her defensive 
use of force bill that passed last week in the Missouri House.

http://www.neoshodailynews.com/articles/2006/04/12/news/01ruestman.txt
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Three-Year Sentence In Self-Defense Shooting: A New York man, acquitted 
on murder and manslaughter charges in the killing of an ex-convict who 
had shot him years earlier, was sentenced to three years in prison for 
illegal possession of the gun he used.

http://www.thejournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060413/NEWS02/604130347/1018/NEWS02
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Oops, Wrong Move: A robber in Tennessee, who had already been given the 
money he demanded, racked the slide on his handgun and pointed it at the 
wife of the store owner. At that point the store owner fired three 
rounds from his revolver, striking the robber in the wrist and shoulder.

http://dnj.midsouthnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060413/NEWS01/604130315/1002
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Japanese Pensioners Turn To Crime: Several years ago I heard Dave 
Grossman predict that Japan would experience an explosion of violent 
crime among its youth, as a result of exposure to violent video games, 
once the country's traditional social controls begin to crumble. In 
fact, it appears to be among the elderly that crime, including violent 
crime, is surging.

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia/article357427.ece
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 From Arizona State Rifle & Pistol Association:

SB 1145 makes it through House Committee of the Whole intact.

SB 1145  deals with your right to self defense.

It includes the improved "Castle Doctrine, and taking the Burden of 
Proof off the back of the citizen who defends them self or family, and 
puts it back on the State where it belongs. The burden of proof has been 
on the State for 85 years, and over that time prosecutors have been able 
to convict many criminals. With the current law, which SB 1145 will fix, 
you the innocent citizen are at risk of prosecution for any act of self 
defense.  It does not have to involve a firearm at all, it may be with a 
baseball bat, kitchen knife, or my wife's meatloaf.  It's the act of 
self defense that puts you in peril.

The bill made it through the House committee, successfully fighting off 
damaging amendments and with the one good amendment passing.

What next?

It goes to the House floor for a final vote, probably on Monday. If we 
pass that hurdle, it would go to the Senate for a concurrence vote. One 
more call to your two State representatives is needed. Your action is 
what it took to overcome full time tax paid lobbyists working against 
Citizen Rights.

The original bill passed the Senate by a 28 - 0 - 2 vote earlier this 
year. But, it would help to remind your Senator to support your Human, 
Constitutional and Civil Right to Self Defense once again.

Guilty unless proven innocent is just wrong.

If passing the Senate, it would then go to the Governor.

Thanks, everyone, for your help.

Landis Aden
ASR&PA

(And I thought it was AzCDL that had been the driving force behind this 
bill.)

-- 
Stephen P. Wenger

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

http://www.spw-duf.info



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