Philadelphia Council Members Sue State For More Infringements: Two 
Philadelphia City Council members sued the Pennsylvania legislature on 
Wednesday for not allowing the city to enforce stricter gun-control laws 
amid a surge in violence in the city. Democrats Darrell Clarke and Donna 
Reed Miller, in the lawsuit filed in the Philadelphia Court of Common 
Pleas, say state lawmakers have failed to protect Philadelphia residents 
from firearms that have caused most of the 212 homicides - the highest 
rate in a decade - in the city so far this year.

http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2007/7/11/230115.shtml?s=us
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Passage Not Likely For Illinois Infringements Bill: The Illinois House 
is poised to hand Gov. Rod Blagojevich another setback, this time over 
the issue of gun control. In the midst of a lengthy impasse over the 
state budget, Blagojevich has called on lawmakers to ban the sale, 
purchase and possession of gun clips that hold more than 10 rounds of 
ammunition. But observers on both sides of the divisive issue say there 
are simply not enough votes to get the measure passed.

http://www.pantagraph.com/articles/2007/07/11/news/doc469466c9063eb578382577.txt
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Gottlieb vs. Helmke: The founder of the Second Amendment Foundation 
today said he will supply Brady Campaign President Paul Helmke with 
documentation on the "text book case" from Missouri that helped convince 
that state's legislature to pass a "Stand-Your-Ground" law to protect 
citizens from criminal or civil prosecution when they shoot in self- 
defense. In a series of debates with SAF founder Alan Gottlieb last 
week, Helmke told MSNBC viewers that he has been unable to identify 
anybody who has ever been sued and suffered financially for shooting in 
self-defense.

http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/07-11-2007/0004623901&EDATE=
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History Of Gun Control, Part 3: Sandra Froman continues her series, this 
time discussing the role of the attempted assassination of Ronal Reagan 
and the birth of the Brady Bunch as a lobbying organization to counter 
the NRA-ILA.

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=56619
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Oops, Wrong House: At about 6:45, two men kicked in the door at 
Altieri's townhouse on Piedmont Road, near Guadalupe and 48th Street, in 
a suburb of Phoenix AZ. Instead of an empty home, however, the intruders 
came face to face with Altieri - holding a cellphone and a 
rifle...Altieri, 27, said he was on the phone with the 911 operator when 
two intruders burst through the door. The intruders walked in on Altieri 
kneeling with his rifle trained on them and the cellphone at his ear.

http://www.azcentral.com/community/ahwatukee/articles/0710ar-invasion0711.html
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Oops, Wrong Car: In South Africa, Captain Steady Nawa said a 20-year-old 
man had just parked his Opel Corsa outside his girlfriend's home in 
Germiston when a car with four occupants pulled up behind him. Two of 
the men got out of the car and pointed a firearm at the boyfriend before 
taking his car keys. His girlfriend's father, who had come to open the 
door for him, went back inside the house to fetch his pistol...

http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=15&art_id=nw20070711122932534C288819
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 From AzCDL:

The AzCDL Newsletter for June 2007 is available for viewing and 
downloading at: http://www.azcdl.org/html/newsletters.html

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