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How to help in the fight for our Second Amendment rights (BFA)
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"As the Central Ohio Chair for the Buckeye Firearms Association I often get asked about what people can do to help fight for our 2nd Amendment rights. I always start my answer by inquiring whether the person asking is on a first name basis with their state and local elected representatives."

"If not, that is where I suggest they begin."

"Even though gun-rights might be vitally important to you as an individual there are countless other issues that deflect legislator�s attention from important gun legislation. Only by having a relationship with your elected official can you expect them to vote your way when it is time to vote for good gun legislation." ...

Has Your Family Planned for a Home Invasion? (OFCC)
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"Along with higher temperatures, summer also brings a higher number of home burglaries. Today, the Dayton Daily News reported that:"

"More residential burglaries occur in July and August than at any other time of the year, according to the FBI."

"That's why the New York City-based Insurance Information Institute suggests that everyone protect against 'a physical or virtual break-in' during this crucial time�"

"... However, even the strongest deadbolt or loudest alarm may not cause a determined or inebriated criminal to flee. ... some choose to strengthen their home defense plan by forming a strategy for protecting their family that includes a reliable firearm and the necessary training to legally and effectively use it. ..." ...

When I Was Tom Sawyer
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"Back before the beginning of time, in the late Fifties when the sun lowered over small-town Alabama ... we kids of eleven didn't have many store-bought toys. We didn't need 'em, neither. On slow barefoot afternoons with nothing to do, we did things anyhow, most of 'em the which you couldn't do now. Some, probably, we shouldn't have done." ...

"To begin with, we all had BB guns. It was a rule. You couldn't be a kid without one. Well, a girl could ... Me and Jimmy Jack Callister and Don Berzette and�all of us, had BB guns and lived as small hunter-gatherers."

"Today BB guns would be illegal and send mothers screeching and hiding under sofas and calling for federal help. ..." ...

The Uninvited Ombudsman Report - No. 10
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"Taken from this week�s 'Page Nine' Alan Korwin's 'The Uninvited Ombudsman Report'"

"The lamestream media told you:"

"An armored car heist in Phoenix was committed using automatic weapons. An unknown amount of cash was stolen, and police are looking for the suspects. Not shots were fired during the robbery."

"The Uninvited Ombudsman notes however that:"

"Gun enthusiasts immediately suspected a rat when the media brazenly reported the use of automatic weapons in a crime. Machine guns typically cost $10,000 or more, are severely restricted by the FBI ..." ...

"Today (July 28), the headline says 'Toy rifles aided three in heist,' ... 'Fake AK-47 assault rifles' were used in combination with pepper spray. I am not making this up." ...

NY: Wildlife officers shoot troublesome bear
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"Officers from the state Department of Environmental Conservation killed a male black bear that had become aggressive toward campers ..."

"The bear was shot early Monday by a team of conservation officers and wildlife staff ..."

"It weighed more than 350 pounds and was more than 20 years old. Three times between July 18 and 24 the DEC received reports of the bear entering lean-tos occupied by people to get their food, Winchell said. In one instance, it cornered a boy and began sniffing him. The boy's father drew the bear's attention, prompting it to bluff charge the man."

"In another reported incident, the bear started growling and popping its jaws at campers ... They hit the bear with hiking sticks in self defense ..." ...

ME: Tactical unit called in to make arrest
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"Police arrested a Kennebunkport man on weapons and criminal threatening charges Monday after an 11-hour ordeal that began late Sunday and ended when the man released an ex-girlfriend." ...

"Merrill allegedly went to his ex-girlfriend's Arundel home around 9 p.m. Sunday, fired shots from a rifle and forced her into his truck, [Chief Deputy Maurice] Ouellette said." ...

"The victim was treated at Southern Maine Medical Center and released later Monday, police said. Court records show Roxanne King was granted a protection order from Merrill about three weeks before the incident." [emphasis added] ...

PA: Advocates of Gun Trafficking Bill Praise Committee for Hearing in Philadelphia
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"The members of Pennsylvanians Against Handgun Trafficking (the PATH Coalition) today thanked Pennsylvania Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Stewart Greenleaf and one handgun per month legislation sponsor LeAnna Washington for holding the first of four hearings the committee has scheduled on urban violence."

"The PATH Coalition is urging passage of legislation that would handcuff gun pushers who arm criminals by blocking them from buying multiple handguns over a short period of time. Philadelphia and other Pennsylvania communities are suffering from worsening gun violence." ...

PA: This man has the answer to our gun woes
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"Bryan Miller was cooking Thanksgiving dinner at home 12 years ago when he got the phone call that would irrevocably alter the course of his life."

"It was his sister. She had news of his younger brother, Mike." ...

"Mike had been murdered by a homicide suspect in a shooting inside a Washington, D.C., police station. ..." ...

"Mike's murder had so changed Miller's priorities that he found he couldn't return to his life as an international businessman."

"He eventually gave it up to become executive director of Ceasefire NJ, which is devoted to 'gun violence prevention.'"

"After helping change the gun culture in New Jersey, Miller has brought his agenda to Pennsylvania - which supplies much of the hardware used in gun crimes across the bridge." ...

AR: DeLay questions McDaniel's support of second amendment
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"Republican attorney general candidate Gunner DeLay on Tuesday questioned his Democratic opponent's support of the second amendment and the rights of gun owners."

"Dustin McDaniel 'needs to come clean' on the role he played in a lawsuit filed against a Remington Arms and others in the wake of the 1998 Jonesboro school shootings, DeLay said."

"The Republican made his comments during a news conference at Dan's Weaponry in North Little Rock Tuesday morning. Afterwards, he embarked on a six day, 40-city campaign swing across the state. All the stops along the way, he said, are to be at gun shops, pawnshops where weapons are sold or sporting good stores." ...

WV: Teaching kids about gun safety
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On Monday evening, prior to the showing of the Monday Night Movie at the Back Street playground, Piedmont Chief of Police Chris Paitsel showed a video on gun safety for the children in attendance.

The event was in cooperation with the National Rifle Association and their mascot "Eddie the Eagle." The video showed children what to do in case they find a gun in their house or anywhere else.

The children also learned a song entitled "Stop, Don't Touch; Leave the Area, Tell an Adult," that taught them what to do.

Chief Paitsel also handed out workbooks for the children in kindergarten through fifth grade. The children have until August 21 to complete the workbook and turn it in to be entered to win a new bike.

MI: Man Says Bullets Hitting His House Near Shooting Range
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"Carl Chandler: 'We have a bullet hole right under the window.'"

"Carl Chandler's home is riddled in bullet holes. There's one right above his son's bedroom, another through the bathroom and one right beside an 800-pound propane tank." ...

"Carl lives across the street from a gun range."

"Carl Chandler: 'Boom, boom, it's pretty scary as you can hear.'"

"Shooters through the week take shots in the opposite direction of Carl's home, so Carl believes the source of the bullet holes are not coming from a gun range that is directly across the street, but another gun range that is less than a mile away that the Eaton County Sheriff's Department uses for target practice." ...

OH: Murder charge in detective's death challenged
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"The lawyer for a 32-year-old New Franklin man charged with murder in last week's shooting of an off-duty Akron police detective said Tuesday ... his client acted to defend himself and his wife." ...

"Carlson's wife, Jenny Carlson, made the 911 calls ... After her first call was quickly disconnected, she called back and initially told the dispatcher that her brother, Beitko, was 'very drunk and hitting his wife.'"

"She then told the dispatcher ... that Beitko had his wife 'in a headlock' and she was having trouble breathing."

"Moments later, police said Jacob Carlson intervened and his voice could be heard, shouting: 'Let go of her... or I'll kill you!'" ...

TN: Assault Rifle Used On Cops
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"It was a close call for Memphis police officers Tuesday morning after gunmen opened fire on them with a military-style assault rifle."

"The officers came under fire while trying to stop two men they believed were about to rob a car detailing shop in Cordova."

"Eyewitness News talked to police about the dangerous weapons. Police say an AR-15 assault rifle is not the type of weapon an officer wants to see pointed in his or her direction says tactical officer Chavis Davis."

"'When we pull this out we mean business,' Davis says."

"Davis says the AR-15 is capable of firing 600 shots per minute and has but one purpose -- to kill." ...
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Submitter's Note: An unusually candid cop.

MD: Appeals court ruling clears way for suit in FBI shooting
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"A man who was shot in the face four years ago by an FBI agent who mistook him for a bank robber can pursue his lawsuit against the agent, a federal appeals court has ruled."

"The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling issued Monday in Richmond rejected a claim by Special Agent Christopher Braga that as a law-enforcement officer he had immunity from the civil lawsuit."

"The decision clears the way for a trial in the lawsuit filed by Joseph Schultz, who was shot in March 2002, after agents searching for a bank robber ... stopped a car driven by Mr. Schultz's girlfriend ..."

"Mr. Schultz, then 20, said he was reaching to his right to unlock the door in response to shouted commands from another agent to open the door when Mr. Braga fired his gun." ...

Australia: Gun played with 'like a cowboy'
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"PTE Jake Kovco was known for joking around with his pistol like a gun-slinging cowboy in a western movie, the inquiry into his shooting death heard yesterday."

"One of Pte Kovco�s room-mates told the inquiry that while he had never seen the Victorian soldier mishandle a gun, plenty of others within their army unit in Baghdad had."

"The room-mate, codenamed Soldier 17, said after Pte Kovco was fatally shot in the head with his 9mm pistol on April 21, several soldiers told him they had seen him joking around with guns."

"Soldier 17 had also had what he believed to be unloaded pistols pointed at him in a joking way by fellow soldiers." ...

South Africa: SA troops linked to Democratic Republic of Congo massacre
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"South African peacekeeping troops participated in an attack on a Democratic Republic of Congo village in which innocent civilians were allegedly massacred, a journalist has reported." ...

"... they fired indiscriminately, killing many civilians, even when told by radio by the pilot of a UN helicopter gunship circling the area that he could not fire on the fleeing villagers because the only people he could see were unarmed." ...

"'Blue-helmeted troops also pumped heavy machine-gun fire and rocket-propelled grenades into the hamlet,' wrote Hartley." ...

"'Despite receiving information from a circling command helicopter that the village was harmless, Monuc troops which also included Pakistanis, Nepalese and Morroccans, kept on firing mortars into the village,' " Hartley wrote." ...

ID: Gun Club shoots last round
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"The historic Sun Valley Gun Club closed last week, not with a bang but a whimper."

"'It's the end of an era for this club ... Hopefully the new one will be better,' said Stu Hurst, manager of the club."

"Activity at the historic facility�located northeast of Sun Valley Village along Trail Creek Road�ended Thursday, July 27, to make way for a new 9-hole golf course and housing. Hurst said there was little fanfare for the occasion, aside from a higher-than-usual attendance by valley residents."

"The facility closed to make way for new development, which is part of Sun Valley's long-term master plan for its vast acreage." ...

CO: Constitution not source on rights for guns
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"There have been recent inquiries to the Coloradoan regarding private gun ownership under the Second Amendment. The simple answer to this question about the so-called rights under the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is that you don't have any."

"The only rights that individuals have regarding the private ownership of weapons is what are granted by the Constitution of the State of Colorado." ...

"The Supreme Court has never decided the issue; however, there is currently a conflict between two Circuit Courts of Appeals that make the issue ripe for review by the Supreme Court, but unfortunately the individuals involved in the two cases have not seen fit to appeal either case to the Supreme Court. See U.S. v Emerson 270 F. 3d 203 (5th Cir. 2001) is in favor of individual ownership and Silveira v Lockyer 312 F. 3d 1052 (9th Cir. 2002) is against individual ownership." ...
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Submitter's Note: Emerson had two writs of certiorari denied. The first on June 10, 2002 and another on July 2, 2004. In Silveira certiorari was denied December 1, 2003.

FL: Without right to bear arms, people go crazy (letter)
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"Your reference to the NRA's Stand Your Ground Law was not signed into law by the NRA. The law was signed by Gov. Bush and enacted Oct. 1, 2005. Jacquelyn Galas was threatened with a handgun and, rather than retreat, she defended herself. However, she might be prosecuted for prostitution."

"Since the enactment of the Florida legislation, South Dakota, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Indiana have adopted similar statutes and 15 other states are considering 'Stand Your Ground Laws.'"

"In Japan, handguns and rifles are prohibited and shotguns are very strictly regulated. Yet, crime has been rising for about 15 years and the number of shooting crimes more than doubled between 1997 and 1998." ...

NY: Trap & Skeet Re-Opens, Debate Continues
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"Despite complaints from residents and certain local officials, the Suffolk County Trap and Skeet site was re-opened on July 15, with more than 500 sportsmen utilizing the facility in its first week."

"'We've had quite a few residents from around here use the facility,' said Mark Wroobel, the new contractor of the Yaphank shooting range, which is located within Southaven County Park. 'I think we'll see between 5,000 and 10,000 people [come to the range] in the first year.'" ...

NY: City to distribute free gun locks
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"City officials are distributing 400 free gun locks to promote gun safety."

"... Law enforcers said the locks prevent children from accidentally firing guns in homes, and deter criminals from stealing the disabled weapons."

"The city's Fire Investigation Unit obtained the locks from the U.S. Department of Justice's Project ChildSafe, a nationwide firearms safety initiative."

"Mayor Byron W. Brown accepted the locks Tuesday from fire Lt. Salvatore Colangelo, who coordinated the donation on behalf of the city." ...
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KABA Note: The Project ChildSafe cable locks can be cut with a pair of tin snips. I know this because I have done it.

VA: Ready, aim... writer misses
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"As those of you who read my story on the Fauquier High summer basketball camp know, I can't shoot well on the court."

"Turns out, I can't shoot any better with a handgun."

"I found that out the hard way during a lesson from Brent Hendershot of Manassas, an experienced shooter who had just finished instructing his daughter Kelly on shooting her new handgun."

"'I'm going to do to you what I did to some guys from the Washington Post years ago,' he told me. 'After I finished with them, they went out and spent $500 on shooting.'" ...

"With the lesson complete, Hendershot turned back to instructing Kelly, but not before giving one final piece of advice."

"'Go get a gun and have some fun.'"

AZ: Four compete in national rifle event
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"Four local youths will compete in the Civilian Marksmanship Program national rifle championships this week in Port Clinton, Ohio."

"The week of activities and competitions began Friday (July 28) with the USMC Junior Clinic, which continued through Sunday (July 30)."

"Two other key events held earlier this week were the President's Rifle Match Monday (July 31) and the National Trophy Individual Rifle Match Tuesday (Aug. 1)."

"Three key events for the local shooters this week include the Whistler Boy Junior Team Match today (Wednesday, Aug. 2), the National Trophy Team Match Thursday (Aug. 3), and the National Trophy Infantry Team Match Friday (Aug. 4)." ...

VA: It's a gun, gun, gun, gun world at Clark Bros
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"Drive down U.S. 29 toward Warrenton, and you might hear a bang ... It's the sound of guns firing rounds at a shop that bills itself as the only free shooting range in the state of Virginia: Clark Bros."

"Although the small gun shop started 50 years ago by brothers Jim and John Clark has been pressured by competition from larger chain stores, Clark Bros. has found ways to keep its customers coming back. It's called good service." ...

"... 'If you hear about something, and I don't have it, I'll try to get it for you,' Clark said. 'You can go to Gander Mountain or Wal-Mart and get your most basic ammunition and your most basic rifle ... I have a lot of things that they don't carry anyway. You have to do it on personal service." ...

MI: Police are giving cash for guns
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"Some 215 guns -- including at least one AK47 assault rifle -- were turned in Tuesday, the first day of the Detroit Police Department's citywide gun-buyback campaign, officials said."

"The buyback started in conjunction with the 23rd annual National Night Out crime-prevention event."

"... Anyone turning in a gun received $50-$200, depending on the caliber and size of the gun."

"Though the buybacks are anonymous, police are testing the guns to determine whether any were used in a crime." ...
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Submitter's Note: But if they are reported stolen will they be returned to the rightful owner?

NE: 4-H program's target is safety
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"Molly Hoffbauer took her place in the first round of the Saunders County Fair 4-H shooting sports competition here Monday night."

"Using an old surplus U.S. Army blanket, she laid on her stomach with her father, Duane, behind her ready to load her pellet rifle for each of her 20 shots and coach her through the competition."

"The 13-year-old from Valparaiso was the only one among the 32 shooters who also participated in the fashion revue that followed the shooting sports competition."

"While Saunders County 4-H small arms range instructor Ed Booth said Hoffbauer may have been the only one to participate in both events, she was not the only girl in the shooting sports competition." ...

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"It appears that concealed weapons will be permitted in Omaha." "The Omaha City Council on Tuesday afternoon successfully overrode the veto of Mayor Mike Fahey in a 5-2 vote." "That's the same vote when the measure was passed two weeks ago." "The council's move reverses the city's longtime ban on concealed weapons." ...

DC: 'Social experiment' (third item)
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"Consider these eye-opening FBI and Metropolitan Police Department statistics: Since 1976, when the District of Columbia imposed its ban on guns, the city's murder rate, which had been declining, started to increase; between 1976 and 1991 it rose 200 percent, while the U.S. murder rate rose just 9 percent."

"'The legislation is long overdue,' said the National Rifle Association, referring this week to the 'District of Columbia Personal Protection Act,' introduced in each house ..."

"If passed, the legislation in each House would restore the 14th Amendment's guarantee of "equal protection of the laws" by ending the city's unique prohibition on allowing guns for self-defense in one's home ..." ...

Philippines: Sale of high-powered arms regulated
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"DAVAO City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte Wednesday ordered strict regulation on the sale of high-powered firearms in the city."

"In Executive Order 12 dated August 2, Duterte ordered the regulation in selling, acquisition or disposition of all rifles higher than .22 caliber, including accessories that enhance the same like rifle and optical scopes."

"The mayor also ordered the regulation of shotguns of whatever gauge and ammunitions and cartridges in excess of 50 rounds."

"Duterte said, 'There is a continuing and unabated increase in the indiscriminate buying and selling of rifles higher than .22 caliber resulting to widespread and uncontrolled proliferation thereby compromising local public safety and order ...'" ...

UK: Gun robbery terror in family home
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"A COUPLE were terrorised at gunpoint by two robbers who stormed into their house ... and made off with a substantial amount of cash ..."

"The family's shocking ordeal began just before midnight when the raiders ... burst into their detached home."

"Entering through a front window, they confronted the wife, who was downstairs, and demanded cash and jewellery."

Her husband ... was asleep in an upstairs bedroom ... and was woken by the commotion ..."

"Rushing downstairs to see what was going on, he was confronted by one of the robbers who struck him in the face with the butt of a pistol."

"Still brandishing the gun, the men again demanded money. The terrified couple gave in and handed over cash and the robbers fled." ...

UK: Pensioner jailed over love rival gun threat
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"A pensioner who threatened his love rival with a gun - then accidentally shot himself - has been jailed for five years."

"Patrick Collins, 68, shot himself in the hand when he confronted the man who had run off with his partner of over 30 years, Susan Cassup." ...

"When Miss Cassup eventually left Collins for Mr Huntley, Collins armed himself with a modified airgun and arranged to meet his rival in a pub."

"The two men sat down to talk and Collins pulled out the gun after grilling Mr Huntley on his sex life."

"He pointed it straight at Mr Huntley's head - but ended up shooting himself in the hand when Mr Huntley bravely wrestled him for the gun." ...

Ireland: Weapons amnesty will not affect crime gangs, admits Minister
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"An amnesty which allows people to hand in firearms without fear of prosecution will not lead to any significant reduction in the arsenals of Irish crime gangs, according to the Minister for Justice Michael McDowell."

"The amnesty will operate during September and October ahead of the introduction of new minimum mandatory jail sentences for firearms offences. ..."

"Mr McDowell has conceded that next month's amnesty will probably have little impact on the fire power of serious crime gangs."

"'I've never expected that people who go to the trouble of bringing in an arsenal of weapons will be attracted by a Government amnesty,' he said." ...