No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.3.4/299 - Release Date: 3/31/2006 Attention Webmasters: I picked up a javascript and a meta tag, from this past Saturday's Kim Komando newsletter, that make it very difficult for people to "lift" images from your web pages. If interested, send me an e-mail and I will send a Word document from which you can copy and paste the codes. --- Arkansas AG Candidate Supports Castle Doctrine: Gunner Delay, a Republican candidate for attorney general, said Friday he would support legislation in Arkansas to protect citizens who use deadly force in self-defense against criminal prosecution and civil liability. (Not bad a bad position for an office formerly held by Bill Clinton.) http://www.arkansasnews.com/archive/2006/04/01/News/335364.html --- Nebraska Students Support CCW: Much to the dismay of campus liberals, the College Republicans at the University of Nebraska of Omaha held a "Concealed Carry Week" in support of the bill that allows residents to carry concealed handguns. http://www.humaneventsonline.com/blog-detail.php?id=13711 --- LEOSA Making Quiet Inroads In Illinois: Some departments in Illinois are beginning to certify their retirees for CCW under the provisions of the federal Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act (HR 218). http://www.southernillinoisan.com/articles/2006/04/02/top/10006142.txt --- Florida Paper Misstates Stand-Your-Ground Law: It took the Orlando Sentinel five days to correct an erroneous statement that a man was justified, under recent legislation, to shoot a teenager who was trying to steal a car. http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/opinion/orl-pubcol04020606apr02,0,5393523.column?coll=orl-opinion-headlines --- More Comments On Easton SWAT Officer's Death: A local reporter continues to maintain that a Pennsylvania SWAT officer was shot by a colleague because the colleague neglected to decock his HK USP. http://www.mcall.com/news/columnists/all-5deluge-amar31,0,1255744.column?coll=all-news-col --- Gun Sales Up In Mexico: Mexican authorities claim that the US is the primary source for illicit firearms in that country, followed by its own military and the former Soviet bloc. ATF Director Carl J. Truscott met with his Mexican counterparts late last year in what U.S. officials described as a "shoulder-to-shoulder" assault against the flow of guns. http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/miami/17605.html --- Gun Sales Up In Baghdad: Sectarian violence has raised prices and spread firearm ownership to women. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/03/world/middleeast/03guns.html?hp&ex=1144123200&en=d1e695f4cc43cac3&ei=5094&partner=homepage --- Gun Sales Up In Australia: Despite official denials, The Sunday Mail has been told that weapons are freely available through underworld dealers. Guns can be bought "as easily as a pack of cigarettes" through a booming weapons black market in Queensland. http://www.thesundaymail.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,18678632%255E1248,00.html --- From Alan Korwin: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 3, 2006 Full contact info at end Supreme Court's Gun Cases Posted Online Six years of research into firearm decisions by the Supreme Court is now available on the web at gunlaws.com. Completed by three nationally recognized gun-law scholars, David Kopel, Stephen P. Halbrook and Alan Korwin, a comprehensive section of their groundbreaking book, "Supreme Court Gun Cases," published by Phoenix-based Bloomfield Press, can now be referenced without cost at the company's website. The widely held belief that the High Court has said little about guns is inaccurate. Their decisions use the word "gun" or related terms such as rifle, handgun, shotgun, pistol, machinegun and similar more than 2,900 times, in more than 90 cases, spanning nearly two centuries. All the cases have been summarized with respect to the gun issues they address, and these are posted with complete case citations. The book itself contains the actual decisions, and provides plain-English analysis and essays on the Court's activity in this politically charged field. More than a dozen of the cases deal with the controversial issue of guns used in self defense, one of the surprising discoveries of the research. Those cases had been "lost" to the public debate for decades. Many read like novels, with lovers climbing through bedroom windows, Wild West shootouts, a mutiny, corrupt judges, conspiracies, mob ambushes, drunken brawls, drug busts, family feuds, cattle rustlers and international criminals. Sixty of the cases were decided after the famous 1939 "U.S. v. Miller" case frequently cited by gun-control and gun-rights advocates. The most recent case posted is "U.S. v. Bean" from 2002, in which a U.S. citizen lost his right to arms for an arrest for bringing ammunition into Mexico. Two subsequent gun-related cases, "Small" (2003) and "Castle Rock" (2005) will be posted soon. General information about "Supreme Court Gun Cases" is here -- http://gunlaws.com/SCGC-News.html The newly posted case index with summaries is here -- http://gunlaws.com/Supreme%20Court%20Summaries.htm The authors are available for interview. Contact: Alan Korwin BLOOMFIELD PRESS "We publish the gun laws." 4718 E. Cactus #440 Phoenix, AZ 85032 602-996-4020 Phone 602-494-0679 FAX 1-800-707-4020 Orders http://www.gunlaws.com alan@gunlaws.com Call, write, fax or click for a free catalog. If you can read this, thank a teacher. If you're reading this in English, thank a veteran. -- Stephen P. Wenger Firearm safety - It's a matter for education, not legislation. http://www.spw-duf.info .