No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.4/402 - Release Date: 7/27/2006 Lincoln NE - If At First You Don't Succeed...: Having had their local CCW ban rejected by the city council, Mayor Coleen Seng, two councilmen and the police chief are working on an ordinance to restrict who can legally possess a handgun in Lincoln. http://www.journalstar.com/articles/2006/07/27/top_story/extras/doc44c7b494b5798625319344.txt --- Meanwhile, In Cincinnati...: The Enquirer offers an op-ed piece calling for a local ban on handguns, specifically citing Morton Grove IL as an example. http://www.ohioccw.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3655&Itemid=83 --- Ohio Anti-Confiscation Bill Still Pending: Despite the passage of a federal ban on the use of federal agents or federally funded local officials confiscating legally owned firearms during declared emergencies, Ohio's HB 508, which actually imposes penalties for such action, is still needed. http://www.buckeyefirearms.org/article3211.html --- Packing Heat Legally, In Tennessee: Article and video review the requirements to legally purchase and carry a firearm in Tennessee, in light of the rising number of homicides in Memphis this year, http://www.myeyewitnessnews.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=3BAF08F5-F429-4FDC-8CBF-C331286910BF --- Maryland Court - Loan Of Firearm Not Transfer: The Court of Appeals, in a 4-3 decision, said lending a gun to another person does not constitute "transfer" of a weapon and therefore is not covered by the gun control law dealing with the waiting period and police background checks of potential buyers. http://www.wtopnews.com/index.php?nid=25&sid=863004 --- Juror Misconduct Alleged In Arizona Trial: There are three allegations of juror misconduct being made by the defense team of a retired teacher recently convicted of second-degree murder in the shooting of a man who attacked him on a hiking trail. http://www.azdailysun.com/articles/2006/07/27/news/20060727_news_33.txt --- Rule Three Reminder: A deputy sheriff, on duty in a Florida courthouse, unintentionally fired a round from his .45-caliber Glock. "DiPasquale was sitting in the restroom and decided to give his gun some extra attention." (Rule Three: Keep your finger out of the trigger guard, up on the frame, until your sights are on the target and you're prepared to fire.) http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060727/NEWS01/60727023/1075 --- Amazing!: A New Jersey drug dealer was shot in the foot with his own .22-caliber revolver when it fell to the ground as an officer attempted to remove it from the dealer's back pocket during a frisk. http://www.nj.com/news/jjournal/index.ssf?/base/news-2/1153983296104720.xml&coll=3 --- Major Tucson Gun Dealer Closes Shop: Jensen's Arizona Sportsman, once known as the largest firearms store in Arizona, has closed one shop and may shut the other after years of financial troubles and new problems with its firearms dealer license. http://www.azstarnet.com/allheadlines/139568 --- Canadian "Statistics" Challenged: Gary Mauser takes a Member of Parliament to task for his claim that Canada's boondoggle firearm registry saves lives. http://www.lufa.ca/news/news_item.asp?NewsID=4349 --- Bringing A Knife To A Gun Shop: A New Zealand man, who burst into a gun shop and threatened the owner's son with a machete, was shot in the abdomen for his efforts. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10393391 --- Oops, Wrong House: A South African homeowner fatally shot two of three home invaders; the third fled with two cell phones. (The homeowner's shooting skills may be better than his sense of tactics - I'm not sure about the wisdom of leaving the wife and guest to go check outside.) http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=15&art_id=qw1154012221441B265 --- Oops, Wrong Motor Home: A Florida woman says that before he tried to choke her husband and was killed by a shotgun blast, Steven Stubbs forced his way into their motor home and said he wanted to go south. http://www.gainesville.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060728/APN/607280612 --- From JPFO: JPFO's "Boot the BATFE" campaign was triggered by a tape that showed BATFE agents attempting to frame an innocent gun owner, John Glover. In addition to selling copies of the the video (http://www.jpfo.org/batfevideo.htm), a move that resulted in all chargesagainst Glover being dropped and all but one of his confiscated firearms being returned, JPFO has now posted Glover's attorney's account. http://www.jpfo.org/hw-glover.pdf -- Stephen P. Wenger Firearm safety - It's a matter for education, not legislation. http://www.spw-duf.info .