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Ten Years Of South Carolina CCW: Over the past 10 years, South Carolina 
has become a much safer place to live, work and raise a family. Since 
the General Assembly wisely chose to allow good citizens to carry guns 
for self-defense, the violent crime rate has sharply declined.

http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/mld/sunnews/news/opinion/15386395.htm
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Bloomberg Refuses To Share Evidence With Feds: More than three months 
after Mayor Bloomberg's announcement that he had sent private 
investigators into five states to catch gun dealers making illegal 
sales, he is refusing to turn over the evidence they've gathered to the 
federal agency that investigates illegal guns.

http://www.nysun.com/article/38669

NSSF Chimes In:

http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=71351

SAF Wants Bloomberg Prosecuted:

http://www.saf.org/viewpr-new.asp?id=199

(It takes a NYC politician to make BATFE look like the good guys.)
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NSSF On California Microstamping Bill: he National Shooting Sports 
Foundation (NSSF), the trade association for the firearms industry, said 
today that Senate passage of AB 352, legislation which will mandate the 
use of unreliable, patented, sole-sourced technology to microstamp 
firearms and allow the Attorney General to require bullet serialization 
of all ammunition is ill-conceived and will result in a ban on 
ammunition sales in the state, burdening sportsmen, hunters and firearms 
enthusiasts. Microstamping is a patented process that laser engraves the 
firearm's make, model and serial number on the tip of the gun's firing 
pin so it imprints the information on discharged cartridge cases. (Then 
how does the bullet get serialized?)

http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=71376
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Better Than An M16?: Demonstrating that Jamaican reporters are as 
ignorant of firearms as their American counterparts, article touts the 
HK MP5/10 submachine gun as a replacement for older weapons in the 
arsenal of Jamaica's police. (I have no quarrel with replacing guns that 
are worn; I just don't believe that the 10mm cartridge is superior to 
the .223 for police work.)

http://www.sunheraldjamaica.com/coverstory2.htm
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When Guns Are Outlawed...: Fifty Second-World-War-era submachine guns 
seized since January were allegedly rebuilt in a clandestine gun shop in 
Komarno, Manitoba, and then sold to gangs connected to the Hells Angels, 
police said Friday. The Sten submachine guns were decommissioned by the 
Canadian Forces in the 1970s.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20060828.GUNS28/TPStory/National
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Tangentially Related: The Federal Election Commission will consider an 
"emergency rule" Tuesday that would allow issue advocacy groups to 
broadcast commercials referencing federal candidates during the 2006 
election cycle without disclosing who funds the advertising.

http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewPolitics.asp?Page=/Politics/archive/200608/POL20060829a.html 


-- 
Stephen P. Wenger

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

http://www.spw-duf.info



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