Colorado Recognition-Restriction Bill Passes House: A bill intended to require Colorado residents to obtain Colorado CWP's has now passed both houses of the legislature and awaits the governor's signature. Not mentioned in the article is that this bill also requires visitors to reside in the state that issued their permit in order for it to be recognized in Colorado. http://www.coloradoan.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070326/UPDATES01/70326006 --- Aide Arrested With Senator's Pistol: A staffer for freshman Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va., was arrested today by Capitol Police in Washington when he tried to pass through security with a bag containing a pistol and ammunition that belonged to the senator. Congressional rules allow congressmen and senators, but not staff, to have a gun on federal property. A congressional official briefed on the incident said Webb gave the gun to Thompson when the assistant drove him to an airport earlier in the day and that Thompson, upon entering the Senate building, forgot he was carrying the weapon. http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=54877 http://www.wjla.com/news/stories/0307/408755.html Related Article: It appears that legislators are allowed to keep firearms in their offices but not to carry in legislative chambers. http://www.readexpress.com/read_freeride/2007/03/on_off_capitol_hill_gun_rules_differ.php --- An Informal Look At Idaho Self-Defense Law: ...Just last year, the Idaho Legislature amended the self defense law. Now, anyone who uses force in an incident of self defense is immune from any civil liability. But for a law that varies from state to state, what does Idaho consider self defense or justifiable homicide? http://www.kpvi.com/Global/story.asp?S=6283349 --- Massachusetts Man Acquitted In Fatal Shooting Of Burglar: A New Bedford homeowner who fatally shot a man he thought had broken into his house has been acquitted by a Bristol Superior Court jury of second-degree murder...The prosecution, while acknowledging that Pereira was a "thief," noted that Chieppa kept a loaded gun in his bedroom and that he shot Pereira in the back. http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2007/03/27/man_accused_of_shooting_suspected_burglar_acquitted_of_murder/ --- Lucky Shot Or Great Aim?: A K-9 officer in Idaho fatally shot a murder suspect with one round to the forehead, at a distance of 40 yards, in apparent darkness, after he opened fire on officers. (Most people tend to shoot high in the dark.) http://www.idahostatesman.com/165/story/76756.html --- Retired Officer Dies In Gun-Cleaning Accident: A retired Jersey City police officer, working as a consultant to the department's K-9 unit, is reported to have shot himself accidentally, inside a police building, while cleaning his firearm. (Are retired officers authorized to carry firearms in New Jersey? Is this another case of someone shooting himself while disassembling a pistol that requires a trigger press in the process or of a suicide being labeled a gun-cleaning accident?) http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/27/nyregion/27mbrfs-EXCOP.html --- Police Chief Comments On Des Moines Shooting: ...It is unfortunate and tragic that a person died in this situation. But I find it hard to place any blame on the victim, providing that what I read in the paper is accurate. The suspect is the one who decided to get drunk, climb onto a fire escape and try and break into an apartment. She created the situation that led to her death. http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18128017&BRD=2703&PAG=461&dept_id=555106&rfi=6 --- Bringing An Unloaded Gun To A Gunfight: A Tucson judge brought out some familiar lines while scolding a defendant he was sentencing for manslaughter. Of note, however is the fact that the deceased appears to have gotten himself killed when an argument escalated and he apparently forgot that his shotgun was not loaded. http://www.azstarnet.com/metro/175472 -- Stephen P. Wenger Firearm safety - It's a matter for education, not legislation. http://www.spw-duf.info .