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Reason Magazine
February 23, 2007
http://reason.com/news/show/118708.html
Uganda terrorizes its own citizens under the auspices of a UN gun control mandate.
America's 1st Freedom
March 2007
http://davekopel.com/2A/Mags/10-on-the-Second.pdf
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Ten great books (plus some bonus recommendations) on the right to arms.
America's 1st Freedom,
February 2007
http://davekopel.com/Religion/Is-the-best-defense-a-good-book.pdf
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Refutes the claim of pacifist-aggressives that the New Testament mandates pacifism.
The Volokh Conspiracy
February 16, 2007
http://tinyurl.com/2wrcla
"Data from a new FBI study of criminals who shoot police officers shows that gun control laws have no effect on them, and that gun shows are almost never a source of the guns."
The Volokh Conspiracy
February 27, 2007
http://tinyurl.com/2l98xw
"Should the Vatican eventually grant the petition, St. Gabriel Possenti would join a long line of Catholic saints who are associated with arms, freedom, the military, or crime-fighting."
Teresa Bo
Al Jazeera
February 4, 2007
http://tinyurl.com/2345tt
An elderly Argentine woman has taken it upon herself to buy firearms from armed criminals.
Glen McGregor
The Ottowa Citizen
February 13, 2007
http://tinyurl.com/2o459s
"An organization representing firearms owners says the release of data from the federal gun registry to the Citizen is a privacy violation and could jeopardize public safety."
Winny Wang
Shanghai Daily
February 13, 2007
http://tinyurl.com/yq82w3
"The gun law plays an important role in maintaining social security and controlling the use of guns, but some authorities haven't managed guns according to the law or implemented the law strictly, said the Internal and Judicial Affairs Committee of the National People's Congress, China's national legislature."
Associated Press (UK)
February 13, 2007
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,251665,00.html
Austrian-made Steyr HS rifles in .50 caliber are turning up in the hands of Iraqi terrorists. The weapons were sold to Iran ostensibly for anti-narcotics use.
The Namibian (Windhoek, Namibia)
February 12, 2007
http://www.namibian.com.na/2007/February/national/07764F6286.html
The Congress of Democrats, the party in opposition in Namibia, has called for a ban on civilian firearms ownership in the aftermath of several publicized shootings.
Tania Mackenzie
Newstalk ZB (New Zealand)
February 12, 2007
http://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/newsdetail1.asp?storyID=112260
"Gun Shop Employee Greg Carvell is stunned that he is still being prosecuted for shooting a robber."
Press Release
Philippine Information Agency
February 23, 2007
http://tinyurl.com/ytsuoo
"Individuals owning firearms may carry their guns inside their personal vehicles as long as the weapons are not in plain view to the public as the election gun ban period is in effect."
Kate Hoey, Labour MP
The Telegraph (UK)
February 8, 2007
http://tinyurl.com/2cv74g
A British member of Parliament pleads with the Home Secretary for a dispensation in the latest incarnation of Britain's gun ban to allow Britons to prepare for competitive target shooting.
Simon Heffer
The Daily Telegraph (UK)
February 17, 2007
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2007/02/17/do1703.xml
"It is one of the great paradoxes of modern life that since the clamp-down on gun ownership after the hideous massacre at Dunblane in 1996, there are far more firearms in circulation than ever: and most appear to be in the hands of criminals, held without the knowledge of the police."
Robert Mendick
The Evening Standard (UK)
February 16, 2007
http://tinyurl.com/2tqeyx
"The ease with which firearms are available routinely on a rental basis emerges after a series of shootings in which three young men have died in south London in less than two weeks."
The Guardian (UK)
February 22, 2007
http://tinyurl.com/2tqeyx
"The prime minister and the home secretary today won little backing for their plans to toughen up gun laws, with community leaders warning the changes could prove counterproductive." An illustration of weapons confiscated during a recent raid in London shows only pellet guns and targets.
Steve Lee
The Daily Telegraph (UK)
February 16, 2007
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2007/02/16/dl1601.xml
"We have, post-Dunblane, what are said to be the toughest gun control laws in the world. They have actually proved strikingly ineffectual."
Patrick K. Fitzgerald
Stanford Daily (CA)
February 13, 2007
http://daily.stanford.edu/article/2007/2/13/fromanHailsFreeSpeechGunRights
"NRA President Sandra Froman defended First and Second Amendment rights in a well-received speech at Stanford."
Katja Hofmann
Daily Variety
February 8, 2007
http://tinyurl.com/2xgejl
"Directed and produced by Sander Francken, the pic focuses on the causes and effects of both the legal and the illegal trade in small arms and argues the need for an international strategy in the fight against illicit weapons."
WCAX-TV (VT)
February 4, 2007
http://tinyurl.com/25j752
"An art show in Central Vermont takes a look at the many roles weapons play in our society."
Todd. W. Smith; Editor-in-Chief
Outdoor Life
February 2007
http://www.outdoorlife.com/outdoor/columnists/article/0,19912,1592623,00.html
After writer Jim Zumbo suggested banning AR-15 "terrorist" style rifles for any form of hunting,' he has ceased all affiliation with this particular magazine.
Tom Gresham
Gun Talk
March 1, 2007
http://tinyurl.com/24u7dg
Gresham offers his summary and analysis of what Zumbo said and the use anti-2nd Amendment politicians and groups immediately made of his remarks.
John Derbyshire
National Review Online
March 1, 2007
http://tinyurl.com/3xmva6
Here is NRO columnist John Derbyshire's report on Zumbo's remarks and what the aftermath suggests about the politics of modern firearms ownership.
Ken Blackwell
Townhall.com
February 6, 2007
http://tinyurl.com/23cug9
"The empowering freedom of law-abiding citizens to keep and bear arms is particularly timely during Black History Month, for its role in the victory of civil rights for all is sorely overlooked."
Walda Cameron
Newsweek
February 12, 2007
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16960413/site/newsweek/
A long time opponent of firearms ownership bemoans her hypocrisy in the aftermath of a pest drastically controlled.
TheTranscript.com (VT)
February 2, 2007
http://tinyurl.com/25votd
A "Primitive Biathlon" on foot with vintage-style muzzleloaders is now being run in New England. Much more information on the relatively new sport is available online.
William R. Tonso
LewRockwell.com
February 10, 2007
http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig7/tonso4.html
Tonso takes the premise of the book, _Unspeak_, by Steven Poole, and shows how Poole's described principles of ideological language distortion have long operated in the debate over civilian firearms ownership.
Christopher Orlet
The American Spectator
February 22, 2007
http://americanprowler.com/dsp_article.asp?art_id=11052
Orlet offers his views about the recent attack at a Salt Lake City shopping mall by a Bosnian Muslim immigrant. His dismissive views on concealed carry brought a strong reader response.
Thomas Frank
USA Today
February 8, 2007
http://tinyurl.com/yqpf32
"For the first time, the U.S. government is asking foreign countries to allow pilots to carry guns in the cockpit when they fly overseas."
Ethan Rider
Airliners.net
November 15, 2003
http://www.airliners.net/articles/read.main?id=64
This older article offers a very good overview of the role that armed pilots, fortified cockpits, and air marshals could play in the defense of an airliner against a terrorist attack.
Melissa Dribben
The Philadelphia Inquirer
February 16, 2007
http://tinyurl.com/2vqpd7
The Brady Campaign listed a Pennsylvania gun dealer as participating in illegal firearms transactions upon its website. The dealer in question had been cooperating with a BATFE 'sting' operation.
'Sebastian'
'Snowflakes in Hell' Web Log
February 16,2007
http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=209
Here is an analysis of the incident by a local resident and a customer of the gun shop falsely and publically accused of criminal wrong-doing by the Brady Campaign.
Press Release
National Shooting Sports Foundation
February 6, 2007
http://tinyurl.com/3bbhr3
The National Shooting Sports Foundation runs over Rudolph Giuliani career as Mayor of New York and expresses serious doubts about his claimed support of the Right to Keep and Bear Arms.
Associated Press
Foxnews.com
February 11, 2007
http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2007Feb11/0,4670,Onthe2008Trail,00.html
"Rudy Giuliani addressed a potentially troublesome issue with conservative voters, saying his policies as mayor to get handguns off the street helped reduce crime in New York."
U.S. House of Representatives
Gunlaw News
February 18, 2007
http://www.gunlawnews.org/110th-House-Bills/hr1022.html
Here is a description and analysis of pending legislation in the House to resurrect and expand the Clinton-era ban on selected varieties of firearms and accessories.
Senator John Thune (Republican, South Dakota)
The Senate of the United States
January 25, 2007
http://tinyurl.com/3eytl4
Senator Thune and his co-sponsors are attempting to set the standards for a National permit for concealed carry.
Press Release
The Senate of the United States
January 31, 2007
http://baucus.senate.gov/newsroom/details.cfm?id=268263
"Montana Senator Max Baucus has been picked to lead the Congressional Sportsmen's Caucus, a group of lawmakers who work to boost access for hunting and fishing across the country." Baucus is a Democrat.
Laura Kellams
The Arkansas Democrat Gazette (AR)
February 16, 2007
A 'Stand Your Ground' bill in the Arkansas House Judiciary Committee died Wednesday after testimony from prosecutors that it would make convictions more difficult.
Paul Davenport
Associated Press (AZ)
February 26, 2007
http://www.azstarnet.com/metro/171101
"Trying to help a hiker who was sentenced to prison for a fatal shooting, the Arizona Legislature completed action Monday on a bill to explicitly make a 2006 self-defense law apply retroactively to his case and an unknown number of others."
Mike Saccone
The Daily Sentinel (Grand Junction, CO)
February 27, 2007
http://tinyurl.com/27e42b
"Democratic lawmakers shot down a controversial expansion to Colorado's "Make My Day" law during a Monday afternoon committee hearing, calling the measure a "street death penalty."
Gary Emerling
Washington Times (DC)
February 7, 2007
http://washingtontimes.com/metro/20070206-115722-3302r.htm
"D.C. Council member Marion Barry yesterday introduced legislation that would suspend the District's 30-year ban on handguns, providing gun owners a 90-day period to register weapons they would then be allowed to legally own." Existing restrictions would resume after that period, and the records of the guns registered would be retained by D.C. City government.
Megan O'Matz and John Maines
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
February 2, 2007
http://tinyurl.com/2bg72a
"Gov. Charlie Crist said Thursday he was concerned about lawbreakers who are licensed to carry guns in Florida and was planning to meet with the commissioner in charge of issuing the licenses to discuss the problem."
Jeremy Redmon
The Atlanta Journal - Constitution (GA)
February 13, 2007
http://tinyurl.com/ynn3d9
The Georgia House jumped back into the long-running debate over gun rights Monday, approving legislation that would allow motorists to conceal loaded firearms in their cars without a permit.
Milton J. Valencia
Worcester Telegram & Gazette News
January 25, 2007
http://tinyurl.com/yowjx4
"While police are challenging the legality of a local gun range's policies, an informal survey shows at least one other gun range in the state allows people without any gun permit to rent and shoot a firearm, further clouding the issue of whether the practice is illegal."
Chris Blank
Associated Press (MO)
February 15, 2007
http://columbiamissourian.com/news/story.php?ID=24275
"House members endorsed a bill barring civil lawsuits against people who injure or kill people attempting to enter their home or car."
Matt Gouras
Associated Press (MT)
February 15, 2007
http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/02/15/news/state/39-guns.txt
"Residents would be allowed to brandish a firearm if they felt threatened, and would not be required to retreat from a would-be assailant before shooting in self defense under a measure working its way through the Legislature."
Matt Gouras
Associated Press (MT)
February 26, 2007
http://tinyurl.com/3arhfx
"The House bucked the law enforcement community and endorsed a proposal to let residents brandish firearms if they feel threatened."
Matt Dees
The News & Observer (Raleigh, NC)
February 27, 2007
http://www.newsobserver.com/102/story/547616.html
"Gun owners looking to reload would have to show a permit every time they buy ammunition, if a bill backed by Durham officials gains state approval."
Michael Saul
New York Daily News
February 8, 2007
http://tinyurl.com/2w8uq6
"In a stern rebuke to the city's high-profile crusade against illegal guns, the feds warned the Bloomberg administration that it could face "potential legal liabilities" if it continues to conduct sting operations that fall within the jurisdiction of federal agents."
Jonathan Rivoli
Bismarck Tribune (ND)
February 13, 2007
http://tinyurl.com/2w73k8
"The North Dakota House narrowly approved a measure Monday to allow homeowners greater latitude in using deadly force on intruders."
Joe Kafka
Associated Press (SD)
February 13, 2007
http://tinyurl.com/2avudz
"The South Dakota House has refused to pass a bill that would have let all 10-year-olds hunt."
Erin Stewart
Deseret Morning News (UT)
March 2, 2007
http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,660199941,00.html
"Starting with ambitions of banning guns in university sports arenas and classrooms, university leaders in Utah settled this week on a much-diluted version of a law to control concealed weapons on campus."
Nicole Warburton and Lisa Riley Roche
Deseret Morning News (UT)
February 23, 2007
http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,660198027,00.html
"Owners of private parking lots would no longer be able to stop gun owners from storing their weapons in a parked car under a bill that received tentative approval in the Senate - one of two bills getting majority support from state senators Thursday."
Bill Turque
The Washington Post
February 17, 2007
http://tinyurl.com/3a9on3
"A bill promoted by Fairfax County to ban the carrying of guns into certain areas of police stations and other law enforcement buildings died in a state House subcommittee yesterday."
Tom Searls
Charleston Gazette (WV)
February 10, 2007
http://tinyurl.com/yvt7zz
"West Virginia senators unanimously passed a bill giving people criminal immunity for killing someone in self-defense Friday before leaving Charleston for the weekend."
David Hardy
Of Arms and the Law
February 22, 2007
http://armsandthelaw.com/archives/2007/02/federal_court_v.php
"UPS had announced that law enforcement would be conducting a "routine" search of all persons and property for contraband. Er -- anyone heard of the 4th Amendment? He said that he had such a firearm, and he was fired."
Eugene Volokh
The Volokh Conspiracy
February 22, 2007
http://volokh.com/posts/1172173543.shtml
Here's Gene Volokh's opinion on the UPS case and the Federal Court ruling that ordered the employee's reinstatement based on Ohio statute.
Press Release
Second Amendment Foundation
February 13, 2007
http://www.saf.org/viewpr-new.asp?id=211
"A United States District Judge in New Orleans has granted a motion to hold Mayor C. Ray Nagin and Police Superintendent Warren Riley in contempt for failure to provide initial disclosures and answers to discovery in a lawsuit filed by the Second Amendment Foundation."
Press Release
Illinois State Rifle Association
February 21, 2007
http://tinyurl.com/ysf6ly
"The ISRA announced today that it is seeking injunctive relief against a gun ban recently enacted by the Cook County Board."
Stephen P. Halbrook
Texas Review of Law and Politics, Volume 11, No 1
Fall, 2006
http://www.trolp.org/main_pgs/issues/v11n1/Halbrook.pdf
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Halbrook here refutes the recent argument that Nazi Germany had liberal policies toward firearm owners and that the National Rifle Association promotes a myth of Nazi repression of firearms owners as part of a cultural war. Like any totalitarian system, Nazism repressed firearms owners, particularly political opponents, Jews, and anyone not adhering to National Socialism. This is a legitimate area of study in comparative law and Holocaust studies. The NRA, far from being a myth maker, played a role in the defeat of Nazism.
Commission of Investigation
State of New Jersey
February 2007
http://www.state.nj.us/sci/pdf/Armed%20and%20Dangerous.pdf
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"The New Jersey State Commission of Investigation (SCI) has issued a 30 page report alleging that it is too easy for criminals to obtain ammunition in New Jersey and proposing a series of new gun control laws which would require ammunition purchasers to have a New Jersey Firearms ID Card, prohibit ammunition sales without proof of ownership of a firearm matching the caliber to be purchased, and change New Jersey's Firearms ID Card to digitized photographic format, among other things."
Press Release
New Jersey State Commission of Investigation
February 14, 2007
http://www.state.nj.us/sci/pdf/AmmoReportPressRelease.pdf
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Here is the SCI's press release announcing the report and the call for new restrictions.
Press Release
Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers Institute
February 1, 2007
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/news_press_release,54157.shtml
The Vermont State Attorney General has issued a report bemoaning the presence of lead in the environment from its use in firearms ammunition. SAAMI refutes the claims of that report and argues for the environmental safety of lead in ammunition.
Richard Ford
The Times Online
February 15, 2007
http://timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article1391199.ece
This article summarizes "Gun crime: the Market in and Use of Illegal firearms", a Home Office study published in December 2006.
Press Release
Citizens for a Safer Minnesota
March 1, 2007
http://tinyurl.com/2v8hom
"A report issued today by the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension shows that the conceal and carry law of 2003/2005 has not delivered any benefit to public safety."
This newsletter is compiled with help from Dr. Rob S. Rice. For more on this tenacious, if well-motivated individual, see http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/rrice/rrice_hd.html. Dr. Rice is the original author of 'The Godzilla Care Sheet,' for which see: http://slacky.de/files/texte/humor/GodzillaControl.txt
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