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Gun Dealers Prepare For Court Battle In NYC: Seven of the 15 
out-of-state gun dealers targeted by a lawsuit filed by the city in May 
have pledged to fight City Hall's charges that they were a nuisance to 
the city due to negligent sales. Experts said the case contains several 
unprecedented legal questions and is being closely watched by other 
municipalities that may want to imitate the city's lawsuits.

http://www.nysun.com/article/42002
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Massachusetts Prohibitionists Oppose Uniform Standards For Firearm 
Licensing: Massachusetts Against Trafficking Handguns, a statewide 
public safety coalition, strongly opposes Kerry Healey's attempt to 
dismantle state gun-licensing laws...Healey's plan would take 
discretionary power away from local police chiefs and put it in the 
hands of a separate commission charged with drawing up its own guidelines.

http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=74728
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Sheriff Appeals To CCW Licensees In Re-Election Bid: Thousands of 
Guilford County NC gun owners opened their mail last week to find photos 
of a movie icon and a gunshot victim, courtesy of sheriff BJ Barnes. In 
one photo, Barnes stands shoulder-to-shoulder with actor Charlton 
Heston. In the other, Berkley Blanks leans over James Brady in a wheelchair.

http://www.news-record.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061019/NEWSREC0101/61018042/-1/NEWSRECRSSGNRL
http://blog.news-record.com/staff/offtherecord/archives/2006/10/berkley_blanks.html
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Gallup's Annual Crime Poll: Gallup claims that the margin is shrinking 
for Americans who believe that having a gun in the home makes it safer.

http://www.galluppoll.com/content/?ci=25090
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Survey - More Women Hunting And Shooting: According to research from the 
National Sporting Goods Association, 72 percent more women are hunting 
with firearms today than just five years ago. And 50 percent more women 
are now target shooting.

http://www.greatfallstribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061019/LIFESTYLE05/610190322
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Brady Bunch President To Speak At NYC Church: The same church that 
hosted Mayor Bloomberg will now lend its pulpit to Paul Helmke, to 
preach on the evils of firearms.

http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=74712
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Harvard Prohibitionist To Speak At Minnesota College: David Hemenway, 
Professor of Health Policy at the Harvard School of Public Health, will 
present a convocation at 10:50 a.m. on Friday, October 27 in the Skinner 
Memorial Chapel at Carleton College. Entitled "Private Guns, Public 
Health," his presentation is free and open to the public.

http://apps.carleton.edu/news/index.php?content=content&module=news&id=24849
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The Vile Consequences Of Gun Control: There is a vision by many in the 
world that if only weapons were banned there would be less death 
attributed to weaponry. This is particularly evident in the gun control 
crowd...

http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/viewArticle.asp?articleID=15123
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Which One Would You Prefer?: ,,,I know which one I prefer when it comes 
to an innocent woman preventing an attack by shooting her attacker or a 
woman being mutilated and raped. Which one would you prefer?

http://www.buckeyefirearms.org/article3336.html
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NRA Crime-Prevention Seminar In Colorado: A seminar and instructor 
development workshop for the National Rifle Association's Refuse To Be A 
VictimŽ crime prevention program will begin at 8 a.m. on Monday, 
November 20 at the Colorado Springs Police Training Academy, 725 N. 
Murray Boulevard, Colorado Springs, CO 80915.

http://www.thecherrycreeknews.com/content/view/810/2/
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Oops, Wrong Store: A robber in Oklahoma did a good enough job of 
convincing the owner of a liquor store that his plastic pistol was real 
that she shot him with her own pistol; when he persisted in his efforts, 
she shot him with her shotgun.

http://www.kten.com/Global/story.asp?S=5568798

-- 
Stephen P. Wenger

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

http://www.spw-duf.info



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