Missouri Governor Signs Stand-Your-Ground Bill: Missouri Governor Matt Blunt signed the legislation Tuesday, the latest in a wave of states adopting the so-called "stand your ground" laws. People can use deadly force once the intruder illegally enters their home, vehicle or other dwelling, including a tent. The bill provides an absolute defense against being charged or sued... The new law takes effect Aug. 28. http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/07/03/america/NA-GEN-US-Shooting-Intruders.php http://www.joplinglobe.com/local/local_story_184125207.html --- What's Going On In Pennsylvania?: The president of the Pennsylvania Legislative Black Caucus said yesterday that after meeting with House Democratic leaders and the National Rifle Association, he would not seek to hold up the state budget over gun-control legislation. "They have made a commitment to doing something, maybe not today or next week, but next month," said Rep. Thaddeus Kirkland (D., Delaware), chairman of the 17-member group. http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/pa/20070703_Guns_wont_stall_Pa__budget__black_caucus_leader_says.html --- More Lawyer Talk: Despite the recent Parker decision and a growing shift among legal scholars, one New York lawyer tries to explain away the Second Amendment as a guarantee of the RKBA. "A wise state court said almost 175 years ago, 'a man in pursuit of deer, elk, and buffaloes, might carry his rifle every day, for forty years, and, yet, it would never be said of him, that he had borne arms.' Aymette v. State, 21 Tenn. 154, 161 (1840)." http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/PubArticleNLJ.jsp?id=1182848789221 --- Use Enough Gun, Part 1: A shooting last week led to an arrest Monday - the person who was shot. Lawrence Halt, 43, took two shots to the chest and hand in from a handgun fired by Michael Peco, 39...Peco struggled loose and went inside. Halt entered Peco's home without permission. Peco retrieved his .25-caliber handgun from the bedroom moments before Halt grabbed him again, placing him in another chokehold, court documents state...(There's a reason these sub-caliber pistols are know as "mouseguns.") http://www.post-trib.com/news/453523,hbshooting.article --- Use Enough Gun, Part 2: Police in Kentucky say a man shot to death in a Laurel County Sunday night allegedly was killed by his father-in-law when he went to the home of his estranged wife with a machete...According to police, when Justice arrived he confronted Paul Whitworth, Edna Whitworth's father, and the father shot Justice three times with a shotgun in the torso. http://www.lex18.com/Global/story.asp?S=6736184&nav=EQlz --- Biased Reporting?: A Florida store owner grabbed his own gun and followed two robbers out of his store, ordering them to stop. One of them made the mistake of turning and pointing his gun at the store owner and announcing his intent to shoot him...Police say it looks like this was a case of self defense and it doesn't immediately look like Saed will face charges. http://www.tampabays10.com/news/local/article.aspx?storyid=58277 --- Meanwhile, In Texas...: One teen-ager is in custody Wednesday and two suspects are being sought in connection with a robbery at a supermarket where the husband of an employee waiting outside confronted the suspects and opened fire, according to reports. The 17-year-old showed up at Huguley Memorial Medical Center in south Fort Worth where doctors called police as the teen was treated for gunshot wounds to his backside and foot... http://www.star-telegram.com/news/story/158522.html --- Iowa Gun Club Profiled: ... However, as the old adage goes, times have changed. The popularity of shooting sports has grown, as has general disdain towards guns. Feeling political pressure from almost every direction, gun clubs across the United States, like the West Liberty Gun Club (WLGC), have had to bend and adapt to the world's changing perception of firearms and the people who use them... http://westlibertyindex.com/article.php?viewID=885 --- From John Farnam: 4 July 07 A slug confidently slithers about, naively believing he has a "Divine Right" to exist and prosper, unmolested, and that this "right" will be respected by all the hungry, desperate, and wicked of the world, and that this callow illusion is all that is necessary to keep him from harm. Without warning, salt is casually poured upon him, and, even as he is irreversibly converted to little more than a dabble of foam, he stubbornly clings to this adolescent, delusional fantasy. At the dawn of year 232, we need reminding that History does not deal kindly with perpetually helpless whiners. Only energetic nations who earnestly believe in their diachronic destiny will long endure and prosper. The chronically apologetic, rudderless, colorless, and indolent are, without fail, massacred and enslaved by cunning, knavish nations who seldom hesitate and never apologize! Quotations: "The political Left, in naive denial of history's harsh realities, supposes we have only to roll over on our backs like puppies, dangling our paws engagingly in the air, to fend off attack." St Aubyn "I send you one thought, one sole idea that is written in red on every beach from Australia to Japan: There is no 'substitute' for victory! MacArthur "You ask, what is our policy? I say: To wage war... with all our might and with all the strength God will give us; to wage war against a monstrous tyranny... What is our aim? I answer with just one word: Victory!... absolute, final, immaculate... victory for which neither we nor our descendants will ever apologize!" Churchill /John -- Stephen P. Wenger Firearm safety - It's a matter for education, not legislation. http://www.spw-duf.info .