Michigan To Consider Arming Teachers: ...With precisely those school rampages in mind - as well as the notion that Islamic extremists may start targeting American academic institutions - Agema has filed a controversial bill that would allow gun-owning faculty and staff with proper training and permits to pack concealed pistols inside a school or on school property. http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=3586066&page=1 --- Ohio, Arkansas Sign Reciprocity Agreement: Last week, Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann (D) signed another concealed handgun license reciprocity agreement. With the addition of Arkansas, your Ohio Concealed Handgun License (CHL) is now valid in 25 states. Earlier this year, Arkansas Senator Steve Faris (D) sponsored SB268, with expanded Arkansas' reciprocity. The new law requires Arkansas to honor the license from any state that honors an Arkansas license. http://www.buckeyefirearms.org/article3942.html --- CCRKBA Opposes "Veterans' Suicide Prevention Act": The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA) today agreed with Oklahoma Sen. Tom Coburn that there is a serious flaw in H.R. 327 -- the so-called Joshua Omvig Veterans' Suicide Prevention Act -- that could ultimately prevent military veterans from exercising the Second Amendment rights they have fought to defend. http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/news_press_release,175726.shtml --- Local Pennsylvania Gun Ban Will Probably Die: If council heeds the advice of its solicitor, an ordinance to ban anyone other than a police officer from carrying a gun in the municipal building will probably die. Solicitor Edward Leymarie Jr. said Monday evening that a proposed revised ordinance, which would replace a law rescinded last month that covered the municipal building and all borough-owned property and vehicles, still would pose "serious constitutional issues." http://www.timesonline.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18803080&BRD=2305&PAG=461&dept_id=478569&rfi=6 --- Microstamping Bill Heads To California Governor: A gun control group is praising the California Legislature for passing a "microstamping" bill. Supporters say it will help police trace guns used in crimes. But Second Amendment supporters call it back-door gun control, and they are urging Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to veto it. Microstamping would give police an "important new tool in solving gun crimes," the Brady Campaign said in a news release. But the National Shooting Sports Foundation has called the bill a de facto ban of firearms" that would price guns out of the California market. http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewNation.asp?Page=/Nation/archive/200709/NAT20070911c.html --- California Fish & Game Commission Urges Veto Of Lead-Bullet Ban: Officials responsible for regulating hunting and fishing in California asked Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to veto a bill passed by the state Legislature that would ban the use of lead bullets for hunting in the California condor range...The commission's letter contends that the legislation is flawed and that the commission should be the regulating agency for what kind of ammunition is allowed for hunting in the state. http://www.montereyherald.com/local/ci_6869270?nclick_check=1 --- "Right To Carry"?: When does a right cease to be a right? If you have to obtain government permission to publish an article such as this, does free speech cease to be a right? If you have to justify to your local police chief why you want to attend a particular synagogue or church, what does that do to your right to practice your religion? If there were more than 20,000 laws on the books governing newspapers, television and radio, would a free press cease to be a right? http://libertyzone.blogspot.com/2007/09/not-quite-right.html Related Commentary: http://libertyzone.blogspot.com/2007/09/how-about-background-checks-on-press.html --- Oops. Wrong House: A Reno NV man entered his home and was almost immediately confronted by a burglar who pointed a gun at the victim and ordered him to the ground. The suspect then ordered the victim to crawl to the bathroom at the end of the hall and remain at that location while the suspect continued to burglarize the residence...During this struggle the victim sustained two gunshot wounds to his upper body but managed to wrestle the gun from the suspect and fatally shoot the intruder. http://www.krnv.com/Global/story.asp?S=7054446&nav=menu113_3 --- Oops, Wrong Store: A Hurricane Katrina refugee who relocated his family and his urban clothing store here was involved in another traumatic event Monday night. He shot and killed a would-be armed robber, according to the Broward Sheriff's Office...If investigators determine that Azar acted in self-defense, the shooting Monday would become the fifth such case in the county this year. http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-flbshot0911nbsep11,0,38284.story --- Invite A Friend To The Range: Shooting at the gun range is fun. Every person who has ever come with me to the local gun range has had a great time & decided that they'd like to go shooting more often. A recent example was my Wife. Over the last 14+ years she has successfully resisted going to the range with me to shoot despite my many invitations. Recently I finally figured out a way to get her to the range - I made a trade. http://dustinsgunblog.blogspot.com/2007/09/invite-your-friend-to-gun-range.html --- Quite Some Shotgun: ...Then there was the Frank D'Andrea who built one of the state's largest firearms stores by skirting the law and even selling guns he knew would end up in the hands of some of the city's most notorious killers like Frankie "The Terminator" Estrada and Luke "Mega" Jones....In February, he admitted possessing an unregistered destructive device - a .12-gauge shotgun with a motorized barrel called a Street Sweeper. (How large is the bore of a ".12-gauge shotgun" and what is a "motorized barrel"?) http://www.connpost.com/ci_6831349 -- Stephen P. Wenger Firearm safety - It's a matter for education, not legislation. http://www.spw-duf.info .