"Gun Control" And The Armenian Genocide: Whatever may be said about the U.S. House of Representatives committee vote concerning the use of the term "genocide" in reference to Turkey's atrocities against the Armenians during World War I, two facts are indisputable: It was gun confiscation that made the atrocities possible. And it was the possession of firearms that saved many Armenians...The best-known and most successful of resistance movement was memorialized in the 1934 historical novel The Forty Days of Musa Dagh. People from several villages retreated to the mountain whose English name is "Moses Mountain." Provisioned with weapons and supplies, the villagers held out on Musa Dagh for 53 days. http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=N2M4YWQxZjJjZDZiZTM2MTc0NmFjMTMzMzRlNWRlMzk= --- Would This Guy Have Qualified For A Texas CHL?: The rookie Houston Police Department officer who shot and killed a 14-year-old special education student in one of the decade's most controversial shootings earned his badge and gun despite flunking a crucial test of firearms handling as well as initial police field training, according to documents recently made public as part of a civil rights lawsuit. Officer Arthur J. Carbonneau also failed 16 of 30 subjects in his mandatory Texas peace officers' test, including "use-of-force law," "use-of-force concepts" and "arrest, search and seizure," records show. http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5213704.html --- Another California City To Pass Lost-Gun Ordinance: Oxnard will become the fourth city in Ventura County to approve a new gun control law that allows police to better track the sale of illegally purchased weapons. The City Council will consider the so-called lost or stolen gun ordinance tonight, and three council members said they will vote to approve it...The ordinance requires gun owners to report stolen or lost firearms within three days of their disappearance or face misdemeanor charges. Owners who had guns go missing in the past five years will be required to report them within 90 days of the law's adoption. http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2007/oct/16/oxnard-expected-ok-gun-control-law-tonight/ --- Misguided Moms To Protest Virginia Gun Show: On October 20 at noon, members of the Richmond, Virginia, chapter of Million Mom March will protest at the gun show to be held at The Showplace on Mechanicsville Turnpike in Richmond. Members will dress in black and lie down in front of the Showplace for three minutes. The number three is significant because one child or teen is killed by a firearm every three hours and every three days America loses the equivalent of a classroom of children as a result of gun violence. http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/415057/million_mom_march_to_protest_local.html --- Meanwhile, At The University Of Virginia...: The University of Virginia and Virginia Tech may be rivals sometimes, but UVA students are honoring their brothers and sisters Tuesday on the six-month anniversary of the tragic shooting at that school. Concerned members of the University of Virginia community are demanding action on our country's lax gun laws. This Tuesday at 5 p.m., they will stage a demonstration to urge that more action be taken to keep guns out of the hands of dangerous people. http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/10-15-2007/0004682200&EDATE= Related Article: Several survivors, and dozens of relatives of Virginia Tech massacre victims, are asking Congress to pass legislation to strengthen the national instant background-check system for gun buyers. The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence made public today a letter signed by three survivors and 50 relatives of the April 16 massacre urging passage of legislation stalled in the Senate that includes tougher requirements for states to share mental health information about gun buyers with the federal government. http://www.inrich.com/cva/ric/news.apx.-content-articles-RTD-2007-10-15-0214.html --- Oops, Wrong House: A would-be burglar is dead, after targeting the wrong house early Tuesday morning. Police said the homeowner confronted and shot the intruder about 4:10 a.m. inside a small garage at the back of his property in the 3600 block of Cortez Drive, a few blocks north of Dallas Love Field... According to investigators, the shooting appears to have been justified. The unnamed homeowner - who was said to have been the victim of several previous burglaries this month - will not be charged. http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/101607dnmetburglar.1767f026d.html --- Rapper Arrested On Federal Firearm Charges: ...Federal authorities say he tried to buy three machine guns and two silencers from a man cooperating with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco Firearms and Explosives...After trying to buy several machine guns from an undercover ATF agent, the unnamed person began cooperating with the government and said he was buying the machine guns and silencers for Harris, the complaint said. The bodyguard said that he had bought about nine firearms for Harris, and that the rapper had given him cash to buy guns four times, the complaint said. http://www.showbuzz.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/10/14/people_hot_water/main3365200.shtml --- Americans In Poll Reject Handgun Ban: Two-thirds of adults in the United States would oppose a federal ban on handguns for everyone except the police and other authorized individuals, according to a poll by Gallup released by USA Today. 68 per cent of respondents do not think there should be a law prohibiting the possession of handguns. http://www.angus-reid.com/polls/view/28616/americans_refuse_ban_on_handguns --- Australian State Rejects Total Gun Ban: The South Australian Government has rejected calls for a total ban on gun ownership across the state. Police Minister Paul Holloway and Attorney-General Michael Atkinson said a total ban would disadvantage sporting shooters and farmers. They said the Government had already increased penalties for illegal gun use and gun-related crime was not on the rise. Yesterday Director of Public Prosecutions Stephen Pallaras suggested the ban as police continued to investigate two shootings in Adelaide, one of which left a man in hospital in a critical condition. http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22593984-1702,00.html -- Stephen P. Wenger Firearm safety - It's a matter for education, not legislation. http://www.spw-duf.info .