No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.3/394 - Release Date: 7/20/2006 Stand-Your-Ground Bills Signed In Michigan: People in Michigan now will be allowed to use deadly force - with no duty to retreat - if they reasonably think they face imminent death, great bodily harm or sexual assault. http://www.whbf.com/Global/story.asp?S=5176768&nav=0zGo --- Kansas AG Answers CCW Questions: Attorney General Phill Kline was in Wichita on Wednesday to answer some questions about the new CCW law and to introduce the man who will lead the state's conceal and carry program. http://www.kake.com/news/headlines/3385686.html --- Omaha Will Have CCW: The mayor concedes that his veto of the bill to overturn Omaha's ban on CCW will be purely symbolic. Local businesses are evaluating how much revenue they wish to risk by banning carry on their premises. http://www.wowt.com/news/headlines/3383486.html --- Gun Shop Sues Bloomberg Over Sting Dealers: A Smyrna, Ga., gun shop, backed by privacy advocate and former U.S. Rep. Bob Barr, is suing New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg for $400 million, claiming the media mogul organized an illegal and "nefarious" undercover sting on the small business. http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/stories/2006/07/17/daily39.html?from_rss=1 http://www.washtimes.com/national/20060720-105123-2902r.htm http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/21/nyregion/21mbrfs-004.html?_r=1&oref=slogin --- Democrat Using RKBA In Ohio Gubernatorial Race: Ted Strickland is openly courting gun owners in Ohio, and he recently castigated the Republican leadership for scuttling HB347, a bill designed to fix Ohio's current concealed carry law. http://www.buckeyefirearms.org/article3204.html --- Serial Murders Boost Gun Sales In Phoenix: At long last, the press is looking at the increased interest in self-defense, including firearms, in response to two sets of serial murders in Phoenix AZ. (I am particularly interested in the $500 .45 Magnum handgun as I spent a significant amount of money converting an M1 Carbine to .45 Winchester Magnum and it might be nice to have an affordable handgun in the same chambering.) http://www.azcentral.com/business/articles/0720biz-safety0720.html --- L.A. Robbers Turn From Banks To Restaurants: Authorities are particularly concerned about a series of takeover robberies targeting restaurants. In the San Fernando Valley alone, upward of 200 have been hit in the last two years. http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-takeover21jul21,0,4158895,full.story?coll=la-home-headlines --- Bringing Groceries To A Gun Fight: A 66-year-old customer helped a Philadelphia store owner wrestle an armed robber to the ground. When the robber fired several shots, including on that struck himself in the head, the customer knocked him unconscious with a jar of applesauce. http://www.nbc10.com/news/9534201/detail.html --- Officer Shot By Son In Fair Condition: An LAPD officer, who was shot with his duty handgun by his three-year-old son, is now in fair condition. In the meantime, the 9mm pistol, apparently accessed by the boy who was riding in the rear of the cab of the officer's pickup, has morphed into a "service revolver." http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-briefs21.1jul21,1,4608203.story?coll=la-headlines-california --- Rule Five Reminder: Two men returning from the National Matches at Camp Perry lost 31 firearms when their van was stolen during an overnight stop in Michigan. (Rule Five: Maintain control of your firearm.) http://www.mlive.com/news/aanews/index.ssf?/base/news-18/115323737937770.xml&coll=2 --- "Ballistic Imaging" Goes 3-D: Efforts to improve "ballistic imaging" with three-dimensional images increase the cost but remain vulnerable to the effects of wear on the guns, particularly on inexpensive ones. No mention is made of the fact that polygonally barreled bores make no unique markings on bullets. http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,71420-0.html?tw=rss.index --- It's For The Condors...: A lawsuit in California seeks an end to the use of lead ammunition in hunting, in order to keep California condors from consuming lead pellets and bullets in animal carcasses. http://www.venturacountystar.com/vcs/county_news/article/0,1375,VCS_226_4857291,00.html --- Missive From Fantasyland: A newspaper commentator in Tucson states unequivocally that banning firearms reduces homicide rates. John Lott's work aside, I guess he and his buddy from Arizonans for Gun Safety have ignored what has been happening in Washington DC, Britain, Australia and Canada. http://comment.independent.co.uk/columnists_m_z/mark_steel/article1185324.ece Street Crime Rises In Britain: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-2277857,00.html --- British Humor?: A recent decision in Britain that the fatal shooting of a Brazilian immigrant, mistakenly thought to be an Islamic terrorist, will result in no charges against the officers involved but may result in a charge against the police department, has produced this commentary. http://comment.independent.co.uk/columnists_m_z/mark_steel/article1185324.ece --- When Guns Are Outlawed...: Two South African police officers are dead after being lured to an ambush in which their pistols were stolen. http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=15&art_id=vn20060720040756463C360190 --- Tangentially Related: Contrary to stereotypes, women can be just as likely to mentally and physically abuse their partners, according to two studies recently released by the University of Florida and the University of South Carolina. (Yet, many of our laws presume that it is only men who are aggressors in domestic violence, which has become a disqualifier to the legal ownership of firearms.) http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-719violentwomen%2C0%2C4623665.story?track=mostemailedlink --- KeepAndBearArms.com Needs Support: This is one of the key sites that I use to assemble my mailings six of seven days of the week. Funds are needed. http://www.keepandbeararms.com/fundraiser.asp? -- Stephen P. Wenger Firearm safety - It's a matter for education, not legislation. http://www.spw-duf.info .