No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.12.6/453 - Release Date: 9/20/2006 Protective Order Fails, Handgun Does Not: An Oklahoma man ignored a protective order and drove his truck through a metal gate to shoot up his ex-wife's mobile home with a .22 rifle. He ended his attack when she shot him in the groin with her handgun. The woman sustained a minor wound to her shoulder in the attack. http://www.durantdemocrat.com/articles/2006/09/20/news/news2.txt --- Perhaps They Thought It Was A Baby Glock: A first-grader in Kansas City MO has been suspended for 10 days for taking a two-inch plastic squirt gun to school. (Some people use the term "baby Glock" for the shortest models, such as the 26, 27, 33 and 39.) http://www.thekansascitychannel.com/news/9887289/detail.html http://www.newsnet5.com/education/9891863/detail.html --- Tangentially Related: Most of the judges of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, including Alex Kozinski, oppose its proposed breakup. In 2003, this is what Kozinski had to say about some of his colleagues on the court ignoring the Second Amendment: "...All too many of the other great tragedies of history -- Stalin's atrocities, the killing fields of Cambodia, the Holocaust, to name but a few -- were perpetrated by armed troops against unarmed populations. Many could well have been avoided or mitigated, had the perpetrators known their intended victims were equipped with a rifle and twenty bullets apiece, as the Militia Act required here. See Kleinfeld Dissent at 5997-99. If a few hundred Jewish fighters in the Warsaw Ghetto could hold off the Wehrmacht for almost a month with only a handful of weapons, six million Jews armed with rifles could not so easily have been herded into cattle cars. "My excellent colleagues have forgotten these bitter lessons of history. The prospect of tyranny may not grab the headlines the way vivid stories of gun crime routinely do. But few saw the Third Reich coming until it was too late. The Second Amendment is a doomsday provision, one designed for those exceptionally rare circumstances where all other rights have failed -- where the government refuses to stand for reelection and silences those who protest; where courts have lost the courage to oppose, or can find no one to enforce their decrees. However improbable these contingencies may seem today, facing them unprepared is a mistake a free people get to make only once. "Fortunately, the Framers were wise enough to entrench the right of the people to keep and bear arms within our constitutional structure. The purpose and importance of that right was still fresh in their minds, and they spelled it out clearly so it would not be forgotten. Despite the panel's mighty struggle to erase these words, they remain, and the people themselves can read what they say plainly enough: 'A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.' "The sheer ponderousness of the panel's opinion -- the mountain of verbiage it must deploy to explain away these fourteen short words of constitutional text -- refutes its thesis far more convincingly than anything I might say. The panel's labored effort to smother the Second Amendment by sheer body weight has all the grace of a sumo wrestler trying to kill a rattlesnake by sitting on it -- and is just as likely to succeed." http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-circuit21sep21,1,2228281.story?coll=la-headlines-california --- From GOA: National Pro-Gun Leader In Heated Gubernatorial Race Gun Owners of America Political Victory Fund E-Mail Alert 8001 Forbes Pl Suite 102 Springfield VA 22151 703-321-8585 http://www.gunowners.org September 19, 2006 Ken Blackwell has been refusing to go along with the political establishment in Ohio for years. Now he is within striking distance of being elected governor this November. Blackwell is a long-time outspoken defender of gun rights in this key battleground state. Blackwell, an African-American, has been willing to take his conservative views directly to black voters. As a result he has historically won nearly half of their votes. This ability to pry support from traditionally Democrat voters has enabled Blackwell to win several statewide races -- most recently the office of Secretary of State. You may remember the post-2004 election turmoil in Ohio stirred up by nearly three dozen lawsuits instigated by anti-gun billionaire, George Soros. Blackwell was the state official in the crosshairs because the Ohio Secretary of State is in charge of enforcing election laws. Blackwell won every single suit. A Blackwell victory in Ohio will be politically significant nationally because Ohio is a must-win state in any presidential contest. With Blackwell as governor, he becomes the de-facto head of a party which has until now opposed him every step of the way. Presidential candidates will have to pay attention to what issues Governor Blackwell thinks is important. What a switch that will be! Presently, the governor is Bob Taft who disgraced himself by getting caught (and convicted) in four payola charges. The Crook in Chief is also very anti-gun and stalled and weakened Ohio concealed carry legislation for years. With Blackwell in the governor's chair, I am looking forward to the opportunity to see Blackwell's signature on legislation rolling back some of the damage done by Governor Taft. Rolling back gun control by a high-profile, conservative, pro-gun governor would help build momentum for moving the Second Amendment agenda forward across the country. I urge you to keep Blackwell's momentum strong by giving a generous contribution of $25, $50, $250 or more. Whatever you can give will be important and greatly appreciated. Blackwell's support is coming from the grassroots, and that means you and me. Read Ken's welcome to gun owners and his Second Amendment record at https://www.rapiddonor.com/Blackwell2006/landing2.aspx where I also hope you'll utilize the secure server to contribute to the Blackwell campaign. You could also print, clip and mail the Reply Form I have provided below. Please make your contribution today. This is a race of major national importance to all gun owners. Sincerely, Tim Macy Vice-Chairman Gun Owners of America Political Victory Fund ************************ GOA-PVF Reply Memo ************************ To: Ken Blackwell Ohioans for Blackwell 172 E State St 6th Floor Columbus OH 43215 From: Title/Name _________________________________________________________ Address ____________________________________________________________ City/State/Zip _____________________________________________________ Phone ______________________________________________________________ Fax ________________________________________________________________ E-mail _____________________________________________________________ ___ Yes, I want to contribute. Enclosed is my check for: ___$25, ___$50, ___$100, Other $________ ___ Please charge the above amount to my credit card: MasterCard #____________________________________; Expires___________ Visa #__________________________________________; Expires___________ ___ I would like to volunteer. Please have the campaign contact me. **************************** Paid for by Gun Owners of America Political Victory Fund. Not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee. Gun Owners of America Political Victory Fund is a Project of Gun Owners of America. **************************** -- Stephen P. Wenger Firearm safety - It's a matter for education, not legislation. http://www.spw-duf.info .