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Instructors Comment On Nebraska CCW Training: Testifying at a hearing by 
the Nebraska State Patrol, several instructors have suggested that the 
mandated training for concealed carry in that state should be oriented 
toward the likely scenarios for private citizens, not the traditional 
law-enforcement "qualification."

http://www.journalstar.com/articles/2006/08/10/local/doc44da6fdda610c086049551.txt
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Oops, Wrong House: One man in North Carolina was shot fatally and his 
partner was wounded after they kicked in the door to an occupied home. 
One of the intruders was armed with a firearm. (This would appear to be 
an example of the value of keeping a firearm close at hand, despite the 
presence of a toddler in the home.)

http://rdu.news14.com/content/your_news/durhamchapel_hill/default.asp?ArID=88992
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John Lott On Guns And Children: John Lott briefly responds to an article 
in The New York Times.

http://johnrlott.tripod.com/op-eds/NYTimesGunlocks080806.html
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Rule Five Reminder: A four-year-old Detroit boy fatally shot himself in 
the head with the service pistol of a police officer, which the child 
found under a bed. (Rule Five: Maintain control of your firearm.)

http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060810/NEWS99/60810027
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Ban Shopping Carts?: A new study by the American Academy of Pediatrics 
estimates that 24,000 children are injured in shopping-cart accidents 
every year. A staggering 85% of those children are under five years of 
age. That dwarfs the number of children who were injured with guns last 
year.

http://www.buckeyefirearms.org/article3231.html
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Another Lead Oscar: A robber in Rochester NY was fatally shot after he 
threatened his victim with what turned out to be a "BB gun." In typical 
New York fashion, the robbery victim is now charged with second- and 
third-degree criminal possession of a weapon.

http://www.rochesterdandc.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060810/NEWS01/608100370/1002/NEWS
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Turning Money Into Noise?: The Southern Poverty Law Center presents and 
"intelligence report" on the semi-annual Knob Creek Machine Gun Shoot, 
emphasizing the involvement of a few kooks. (Clint Smith has said that 
"Full-auto is a good way to turn money into noise.")

http://www.splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?aid=641

 From GOA: Gun Owners of America reports electoral victories for the 
RKBA in Michigan and Colorado.

http://www.gunowners.org/a081006.htm
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Filipinos Seek To Regain RKBA: PROGUN, perhaps the only organization in 
Asia fighting for the right of private citizens to own guns, is headed 
by an attorney who vividly recalls the day his gun saved his life.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060810/lf_afp/philippinesgunsrights_060810051145
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More Details On Acquittal Of Aussie Security Officer: Brown was not 
cleared of the shooting on the grounds of self-defence or justifiable 
homicide. Brown, her lawyer argued, was not in control of her actions 
but was in a state of "automatism" when she shot her attacker, William 
Aquilina, 26.

http://winnipegsun.com/News/Columnists/Gleeson_John/2006/08/10/1731230.html

-- 
Stephen P. Wenger

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

http://www.spw-duf.info



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