Firearms Links
07/02/05 Patience Wanes In Bid To Kill Gun Registry
Canadian gun owners are losing patience with the federal government as it tries to move ahead with legislation to do away with a controversial registry. http://calgarysun.canoe.ca/NewsStand/News/Alberta/2007/02/05/3531019-sun.html
07/02/05 Hillary Clinton’s Money Train
At this stage, there simply is no way of estimating how much money the Clinton fund-raising juggernaut is capable of collecting. http://www.washtimes.com/op-ed/20070203-100319-4934r.htm
07/02/05 Gore Resists Push For `08 Run
Former Vice President Al Gore is basking in the global spotlight for nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize and an Oscar, but a growing number of Democrats want him to make another bid for the presidency. http://www.washtimes.com/national/20070205-124939-2725r.htm
07/02/05 Nader Leaves `08 Door Open, Slams Hillary
Former presidential candidate Ralph Nader is leaving the door open for another possible White House bid in 2008 and criticized Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton as "a panderer and a flatterer." http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070204/pl_nm/usa_politics_nader_dc_1
07/02/02 Concealing The Facts
"In respect of gun control, we don’t mind saying that it’s not the issue that keeps us up at night. But as an emblem of the irrational streak in our political debate these days, it’s without peer ... ,`" editorializes the New York Sun. http://www.nysun.com/article/47924
07/02/02 Deliveryman Charged For Self Defense Shootings
A Wisconsin deliveryman who used a firearms in self-defense was charged with carrying a concealed firearm, another victim of Gov. Jim Doyle’s veto of Right-To-Carry. http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=560194
07/02/01 Stronger Self-Defense Law Backed
A coalition of Texas lawmakers that cuts across party lines wants to remove any doubt that Texans have the right to respond with force to protect their homes and belongings from unlawful intruders. http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/news/legislature/16595494.htm
07/02/01 Evidence Says Gun Laws Don’t Work
"The anti-gun op-ed by Dr. Clifford M. Herman certainly fits in with the renewed push by the P-I for more gun laws," writes Dr. Michael Brown. "As with previous articles, this one demonizes the NRA, offers anecdotal insights and questions the meaning of the Second Amendment. What it does not do is address the essential question." http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/301881_gunrebut01.html
07/02/01 Lawsuits Threaten Traditional Outdoor Activities
Sportsmen and women, and the many activities they enjoy, continue to be targets of anti-hunting, anti-trapping and anti-fishing groups. The tactics used by many of these groups have changed in recent years, with less emphasis on public demonstrations and more on creating havoc through frivolous lawsuits. http://waldo.villagesoup.com/Sports/story.cfm?storyID=85978
07/01/31 Gun Scruples
Professor John R. Lott, Jr. reveals misinformation provided by anti-gun legislator in Northern Virginia. http://www.washingtontimes.com/op-ed/20070127-092608-3686r.htm
07/01/31 The Barrett Report
Let’s return one year to the yellowing Barrett report. In February 2006, after nine years of hard labor, Washington lawyer David Barrett, the independent counsel appointed to investigate the Henry Cisneros scandal, finally published his 684-page report. His study provoked commentary mainly for what was missing-120 pages of evidence, reportedly devastating to both Clintons, which Democratic congressmen, led by Sens. John Kerry, Dick Durbin and Byron Dorgan, had redacted by attaching a rider to another bill. http://www.washtimes.com/op-ed/20070130-085828-2771r.htm
07/01/30 Hutchison Opens Door To No. 2 Spot
Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, the largest Republican vote-getter in the 2006 congressional elections and the most popular Republican in Texas, said January 29 she would consider an offer to run for vice president next year. Mrs. Hutchison, the lead sponsor of a bill in 2005 to repeal the gun-ownership ban in the nation’s capital, said she would reintroduce the legislation this year. http://www.washtimes.com/national/20070129-111400-3231r.htm
07/01/30 Katrina-Inspired Bill Would Stop Gun Seizures
State lawmakers cited the chaotic aftermath of Hurricane Katrina they gave preliminary approval January 29 to legislation that would block government officials from seizing firearms during a state of emergency in Georgia. http://www.ajc.com/news/content/metro/legis07/stories/2007/01/29/0130metlegguns.html
07/01/30 Humane Society A Political Animal
Many people may consider the Humane Society of the United States a pussycat. But with 10 million donors and a $120 million budget, it is becoming a tiger among Washington’s interest groups. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/29/AR2007012901861.html
07/01/30 National Right-To-Carry Bill Introduced In Senate
Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) has introduced S. 388--the equivalent of H.R. 226--which is a national Right-To-Carry bill for reciprocity for state carry licensees. In short, any person with a valid carry permit issued by a state would be recognized to legally carry in any other state. The bill would require states to officially recognize each other’s carry permits just like nationwide recognition of your driver’s license. http://mensnewsdaily.com/2007/01/28/concealed-carry-of-weapons-superior-to-taking-weapons/
07/01/30 Giuliani`s Gun Policies
The Republican leading Rudy Giuliani`s New Hampshire campaign said he thinks the 2008 presidential hopeful will be an "easy sell" and that the ex-mayor "satisfied" him that he won’t support federal assault-weapons bans, as he has in the past. Giuliani`s top adviser, however, insisted the ex-mayor’s "position on this has not changed." http://www.nypost.com/seven/01302007/news/regionalnews/rudys_gun_policy_on_target__goper_regionalnews_maggie_haberman.htm
07/01/26 British Crime Fears Fed By Robbery Rise
Robberies at gunpoint increased by 10% last year in England and Wales, according to newly published Home Office figures. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/newspapers/sunday_times/britain/article1296057.ece
07/01/26 Experts Weigh In On Validity Of Self-Defense Shootings
When a South Hall homeowner shot and killed an armed intruder, it was a fairly easy call by officials not to bring criminal charges. Prosecutors and police often must wrestle with the facts of each case, and, in recent years, legislators have passed new laws they say strengthen a citizen’s rights to use deadly force in self-defense. http://www.gainesvilletimes.com/news/stories/20070128/localnews/152830.shtml
07/01/26 New Demands For Armed Pilots
As the number of armed pilots aboard U.S. jetliners has steadily expanded in recent years, the program is showing signs of growing pains. Pilots and their labor groups complain about a lack of supervision and the difficulty in finding time to participate in training courses. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/23/AR2007012301529.html
07/01/26 Nearly 260,000 Texans Have License To Carry
Nearly 260,000 Texans have a license to carry, according to revised figures released by the Department of Public Safety. At the end of last year, 258,162 people had permits, up about 4% from the year before and more than double the number in 1996, when Texas law first allowed people to carry. http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/4503603.html
07/01/26 Rich Liberals Fatten Obama’s Coffers
Sen. Barack Obama is scoring gains in the early campaign-money sweepstakes, pulling in checks from liberal movie moguls, Silicon Valley executives and financiers such as George Soros in a bid to match Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s huge financial advantage in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination. http://www.washtimes.com/national/20070129-120940-4066r.htm
07/01/26 `Make My Day` Law Scope Might Expand
Lawmakers may soon expand Colorado’s "Make My Day" law, which says people who use deadly force to protect themselves in their homes can’t be prosecuted. A measure dubbed "Make My Day Better" would also protect people who use deadly force to protect themselves in their businesses and automobiles. http://cbs4denver.com/local/local_story_028121343.html
07/01/25 `Castle Doctrine` Bill Picks Up Support In West Virginia
Shooting an intruder breaking into a West Virginian’s home no longer would expose the homeowner to civil liability pressed by either the criminal or his family in a new Senate bill offered January 24. http://www.register-herald.com/homepage/local_story_024225325.html/resources_printstory
07/01/25 `No Retreat` Bill Stalls In Committee
A bill to remove the requirement that civilians attempt to retreat before they can use deadly force made no headway January 24 in the Arkansas Senate Judiciary Committee. http://www.arkansasnews.com/archive/2007/01/25/News/339866.html
07/01/25 Gun Show Sales Bill Is Rejected
A Virginia Senate committee voted January 24 to kill the latest attempt to more tightly regulate sales of firearms at gun shows. http://www.roanoke.com/politics/wb/101624
07/01/24 Bloomberg Issues Threat To Capitol Hill Lawmakers
Taking his fight against guns to Capitol Hill, Mayor Michael Bloomberg has a warning for members of the new Congress: Vote for a measure backed by the gun lobby, and he’ll remember in 2008. http://www.nysun.com/pf.php?id=47280
07/01/24 PETA Foes Salivate At Cruelty Trial
Two employees of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, a radical animal-rights group that opposes meat-eating, are on trial for the strangest of charges: killing animals. http://www.newsobserver.com/102/story/535593.html
07/01/24 Concealed Carry Valid for Kansas Visitors
A law allowing Kansans to carry passed the legislature last year and went into effect this month. Kansas also recognizes concealed weapons permits issued in other states. "There are 22 states that have reciprocity with Kansas," Shawnee County Sheriff Dick Barta said. http://www.wibw.com/home/headlines/5328302.html
07/01/24 Bill Would Let Workers Have Guns In Cars
Georgia lawmakers in both the House and Senate, backed by the National Rifle Association, are trying once again to pass a measure that would allow Georgians to leave legal firearms in their vehicles while they are at work. http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/legis07/stories/2007/01/24/0124metlegguns.html
07/01/23 Gun Control Advocates Heading To Washington
Gun control advocates want their Democratic allies to pass legislation targeting gun dealers who send illegal guns onto the streets. http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewNation.asp?Page=/Nation/archive/200701/NAT20070122a.html
07/01/23 Sen. McCain Sees The Light
It may have taken an upcoming presidential race to make Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) believe in the First Amendment again, but whatever the reason, we’re glad to have him back on our side. His epiphany came during debate on the new "ethics" bill the Senate passed recently. McCain and the Republicans-joined by seven Democrats for free speech-voted down a provision that would have redefined the word "lobbyist" to include groups like politically active churches, direct mail companies, and even bloggers. http://www.nysun.com/article/47201
07/01/23 Tory Pledge To Kill Gun Registry Still Hanging Fire
A year after the federal Conservatives won power promising to abolish the gun registry, the program is still running-and any hope of killing it before the next election appears to be fading. http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2007/01/22/3425980-cp.html
07/01/22 PETA Trial Opens In Animal Deaths
It began as a bizarre small-town crime. Every Wednesday, in a Dumpster behind a Piggly Wiggly in northeastern North Carolina, a fresh load of dead cats and dogs appeared. The stakeout and the ensuing arrests only deepened the mystery. The people caught dumping garbage bags full of euthanized animals were employees of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, one of the largest and most radical animal rights groups in the world. Today, more than a year and a half after their arrest, the two PETA workers are to go on trial in Hertford County. http://www.newsobserver.com/102/story/534959.html
07/01/22 Kansas Cities Move To Restrict Carry Law
The state law permitting license holders to carry concealed handguns includes a provision preventing cities and counties from regulating, restricting or prohibiting the practice within their jurisdictions. In recent weeks, though, some cities around the state, including Hutchinson, have done exactly that, adopting the law as a city ordinance and adding their own restrictions to it. http://www.hutchnews.com/news/local/stories/concealcarry012007.shtml
07/01/22 Effort To Ban Semi-Autos Facing Uphill Climb In Annapolis
If at first you don’t succeed, try again. And give the job to the freshman. Its a whole new ball game, said freshman Montgomery County Sen. Mike Lenett, who introduced the latest version of a statewide semi-auto ban. http://www.examiner.com/a-519076~Effort_to_ban_assault_weapons_facing_uphill_climb_in_Annapolis.html
07/01/22 `I’m In To Win` White House, Hillary Says
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton -- newly re-elected to the Senate representing the state of New York -- formed a presidential exploratory committee yesterday with hopes of returning to the White House eight years after departing as first lady. http://www.washtimes.com/national/20070120-113210-9847r.htm
07/01/18 Street Won’t `Concede` On Crime, But Will Take Your Gun Rights
Philly Mayor Street won’t accept that his "anti-crime" measures have not worked. Perhaps they have not worked, however, because his "anti-crime" efforts call for all kinds of programs but refuse to actually target criminals: "Street said he was "unwilling" to substantially increase funding for more prison space, more prosecutors, or more criminal courts." But of course: "he will continue his call for stricter gun-control laws." http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/local/16484709.htm
07/01/18 The Democratic Field
Illinois Senator Barack Obama`s announcement that he`s likely to enter the Presidential race adds a dash of glamour and excitement to the Democratic field. But all of his media attention doesn’t change the basic truth of the 2008 primary contest: The race is between Hillary Rodham Clinton and everybody else. http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110009539
07/01/17 An Idaho Mayor Withdraws From Bloomberg’s Gun Group
An Idaho mayor has dropped out of Mayor Bloomberg’s coalition against illegal guns, city officials said. The mayor of Idaho Falls, Jared Mr. Bloomberg’s coalition in October, but withdrew earlier this month because of pressure from constituents and what he told a local news organization was a sense that the coalition had an " agenda" of preventing guns from entering the hands even of law-abiding gun owners. http://www.nysun.com/pf.php?id=46799
07/01/17 Lobby Reform Bill Would Stifle Free Speech
Railing against the lobbying reform bill scheduled for a vote on Tuesday, several conservative groups say the bill will stifle the free speech rights of grassroots organizations. http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewPolitics.asp?Page=/Politics/archive/200701/POL20070116a.html
07/01/17 Justice Department Outlines Plans To Combat Uptick In Violent Crime
Bush administration officials are scrambling to demonstrate that they’re addressing sharp jumps in violent crime in some cities, in an attempt to reclaim a traditionally Republican issue amid criticism from some Democrats, mayors and police chiefs. http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/16475139.htm
07/01/17 Replica Gun Ban Might Nail Parents
Should parents be held accountable when their children break the recently passed ban on replica guns? That was the question before the Aurora, Ill., Government Operations Committee. http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/beaconnews/news/213729,2_1_AU17_GUNS_S1.article
07/01/17 Sportsmen Feel Like Targets
Sportsmen want to amend Tennessee’s constitution to protect the right to hunt and fish. They’re concerned that animal-rights activists will use the courts to someday try to end all hunting and fishing here. http://tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070117/NEWS0201/701170419
07/01/16 Once Its Star, Agent Assails ATF
After nearly two decades of service, Jay Dobyns, after being praised by ATF as a hero and earning national awards, the man known as "Jaybird" is battling his most formidable foe yet: his employer. Dobyns, 45, is one of dozens of current and former agents to allege mismanagement and misconduct in the ATF. http://www.azcentral.com/php-bin/clicktrack/print.php?referer=http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/0114atf1014.html
07/01/16 More Restrictions Urged On Gun-Show Purchases
Proponents of tougher state laws governing the sale of firearms, most of them from Northern Virginia, urged the General Assembly on Monday to require criminal background checks of all buyers at gun shows. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/15/AR2007011501284.html
07/01/16 Kentucky Moves To Allow Children To Hunt For Free
The Kentucky Wildlife Commission has taken steps to make it easier for children to hunt. The state Fish and Wildlife Commission approved the regulation in December that sets the minimum age for children enrolling in hunter education training and test at 9. The regulation also increases the age at which children have to pass the test from 10 to 12, giving kids two more years of hunting before they face mandatory safety training. http://www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/news/state/16460600.htm
07/01/12 New TV Commercial Aimed At Gun Criminals
Television stations in the Baltimore area this week will begin playing a commercial aimed at a unique target audience: criminals. Starring the voice of Homicide actor and Emmy award-winner Andre Braugher, the ad by the Maryland EXILE program will attempt to threaten those who use guns illegally with the simple message: Gun Crime = Jail Time. http://www.examiner.com/a-502524~New_TV_commercial_aimed_at_gun_criminals.html
07/01/11 Pa. State Rep. Evans Vows New Effort To Revise Gun Laws
With one eye on the mayoral race in Philadelphia and another on the new Democratic majority in Harrisburg, State Rep. Dwight Evans has vowed to reintroduce the package of gun-control measures that the GOP-run General Assembly batted down before the elections last fall. http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/local/states/pennsylvania/16431356.htm
07/01/11 Support Growing For Sunday Hunting, Survey Shows
A decade ago a slight majority of Virginia hunters supported the state’s ban on hunting on Sunday. Times have changed. A lot. According to a recent Department of Game and Inland Fisheries survey of the state’s licensed hunters, 62% would like to see the ban lifted, compared to 34% who support the prohibition. http://www.roanoke.com/outdoors/wb/wb/xp-99325
07/01/11 TV Violence More Frequent, Graphic
America’s children are being exposed to more dead bodies, fistfights and perverts than ever before, according to an analysis of violence on prime-time television released by the Parents Television Council. http://www.washtimes.com/business/20070110-115757-9439r.htm
07/01/11 Cops Not Kidding Around
Over the past several months, Jersey City police have grown aggressive about clamping down on juvenile violent crime, and arrests are up. But arrests alone won’t solve the problem, police and other experts agree. http://www.nj.com/search/index.ssf?/base/news-3/1168500094180900.xml?jjournal?njc&coll=3
07/01/10 Advocates Seek Showdown Over Gun Rights
With the Ohio Legislature's override of former Gov. Bob Taft's veto of House Bill 347, municipalities trying to challenge the law of the state under the constitution's "home rule" clause had better comply when pre-emption of about 80 gun laws in Toledo and other cities takes effect in March or prepare to face a fight with carry supporters. http://www.toledofreepress.com/?id=4626
07/01/10 Damage From Berger's Theft Understated
Samuel R. Berger's theft of documents from the National Archives compromised national security "much more than originally disclosed" and resulted in "incomplete and misleading" information being given to the September 11 commission, says the former chairman of the House Government Reform Committee. http://www.washtimes.com/national/20070110-120727-4365r.htm
07/01/10 Checkpoints To Combat New Orleans Crime
Police plan to set up checkpoints beginning January 10 to help curb a crime wave that has claimed nine lives since the start of 2007, Mayor Ray Nagin said, stopping short of imposing a curfew on this tourism- dependent city. http://www.breitbart.com/news/2007/01/10/D8MI7FEG0.html
07/01/09 Illegals Become Repeat Criminals
Aliens set free on the streets of America--instead of being deported after serving their time--are being rearrested as many as six more times by U.S. authorities, according to a new government audit. http://www.washtimes.com/national/20070109-122510-1365r.htm
07/01/08 Kansas Recognizes Other Carry Licenses
Missourians licensed to carry can now carry in Kansas. Kansas Attorney General Phill Kline on January 5 announced the 22 states with carry licenses that will be recognized. http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/local/16395662.htm
07/01/08 First Applicants Defend Carry
Carry applications were issued for more than 60 Nebraskans during the first day under a new law on January 4. http://www.ketv.com/news/10670049/detail.html
07/01/08 Police Ramp Up Gun-Crime Crackdown
Cincinnati police say they're routing more gun-related cases to federal court because the sentences are much tougher-sometimes as much as 10 times longer-than sentences handed down by county judges. http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070107/NEWS01/701070359/1077/COL02
07/01/08 Boston Mayor Eyes New Curb On Gun-Law Violators
Mayor Thomas M. Menino wants the state to suspend driver`s licenses and revoke the vehicle registrations of individuals convicted of firearms violations in Massachusetts and to list the charges on driving records available to police during traffic stops. http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/01/08/mayor_eyes_new_curb_on_gun_law_violators/
06/12/08 Veto On Ohio Carry Bill Overridden
For almost eight years, Gov. Bob Taft never had one of his vetoes overridden by a legislative chamber--until Dec. 7. A few hours after Taft vetoed legislation amending the state's concealed-carry law, the House voted 71-21 to override. Fourteen Democrats joined 57 Republicans to exceed the 60 votes needed in the lower chamber. http://www.ohio.com/mld/ohio/news/16192791.htm
06/12/08 Right To Bear Arms Applies To Militias Only, D.C. Tells Court
Attorneys defending Washington, D.C.'s handgun ban argued Dec. 7 that the Second Amendment's right to bear arms applies only to militias, not individuals.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/metro/20061207-110519-9728r.htm
06/12/08 Dems' `08 Race Is Hillary's To Lose
"The battle for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination will come down to two candidates: Hillary vs. the Un-Hillary," write Dick Morris and Eileen McGann. http://www.nypost.com/seven/12082006/postopinion/opedcolumnists/dems_08_race_is_hills_to_lose_opedcolumnists_dick_morris__eileen_mcgann.htm
06/12/08 For Now, An Unofficial Rivalry
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy recently hosted the nine Democratic members of his health and education committee at an intimate dinner in his home in Washington's Kalorama neighborhood. The surroundings were stylish, the food home-cooked and tasty. And then there was the entertainment. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/07/AR2006120701755_pf.html
06/12/08 Bloomberg's Foot
One of the questions about Mayor Michael Bloomberg's campaign against guns is whether he is going to end up, in respect of his presidential aspirations for 2008, shooting himself in the foot. The mayor, backed by his corporation counsel and police commissioner, held another one of his high-caliber press presentations to announce yet a new round of lawsuits against firearms dealers. http://www.nysun.com/article/44844
06/12/07 More Judges Packing Pistol In Court Rooms
Despite more security, states are passing laws allowing jurists to arm themselves. http://www.law.com/jsp/law/LawArticleFriendly.jsp?id=1165413317603
06/12/07 Dec. 7, Then And Now
Sixty-five years ago today, on a sleepy Sunday morning, Imperial Japan struck the U.S. Pacific Fleet anchored in Pearl Harbor, sending much of it to the bottom. America was suddenly thrust into World War II. While history never precisely repeats, President Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair`s successor should pay attention to three parallels between Pearl Harbor and the dangers we now face decades later. http://www.washtimes.com/op-ed/20061206-095729-4679r.htm
06/12/07 U.N. OKs Arms Trade Treaty Resolution
Over U.S. objections, the U.N. General Assembly approved a resolution that could lead to the first international treaty on controlling the trade in assault rifles, machine guns and other small arms. http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2006Dec07/0,4670,UNWeaponsTradeTreaty,00.html
06/12/06 Politics Didn’t Drive Carry Bill, Aide Says
If there was some political strategy behind passing a carry reform bill that Gov. Bob Taft is likely to veto, Scott Borgemenke isn’t aware of it. http://www.dispatch.com/news-story.php?story=dispatch/2006/12/05/20061205-D4-03.html
06/12/06 Bolton Bolts
The only winners from the resignation of U.S. ambassador to the U.N. John Bolton are the foes of the U.S. Ambassador Bolton did a courageous job communicating and protecting American values in the belly of a beast where those values are at risk each and every day. His commitment to real and effective reform was unshakable. No one was more vociferous in campaigning against his nomination than the defenders of the status quo-Secretary General Kofi Annan, his deputy Mark Malloch-Brown, and their financial backers, George Soros and Ted Turner`s U.N. Foundation. http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=MGY0MmU5N2FhMzgyMzU3YmRmMWE1NjA3ZWZhNjRkMjA=
06/12/06 Women Take Time To Target Self-Defense
Roger Hazlewood, a Cortez resident and National Rifle Association certified instructor, offers women a free gun-skill safety course on the third Sunday of each month at the outdoor range across from to the county fairgrounds, weather permitting. During the class, female students work on developing gun speed, accuracy and skills to protect from muggings, carjackings and other threat-related situations. http://www.cortezjournal.com/asp-bin/article_generation.asp?article_type=news&article_path=/news/06/news061205_2.htm
06/12/06 Technical Issues Delay New Licensing System
A Tennessee company developing a new computer system for Pennsylvania fishing and hunting licenses has missed its deadline for completing the project, and officials say it could be several more months before the software is ready. http://www.mcall.com/sports/outdoors/all-licenses1205dec05,0,984410.story?coll=all-sportsoutdoors-hed
06/12/05 Obama Meets With Soros
Senator Barack Obama has treaded onto Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton's home turf to meet with prominent Democratic donors and feel out those who might prefer the sound of President Obama to President Clinton (as in Hillary, not Bill). Mr. Obama met with George Soros, the liberal billionaire philanthropist, and then some other donors at Mr. Soros`s offices. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/05/us/politics/05obama.html?ei=5090&en=d45c54c42290ee99&ex=1322974800&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&pagewanted=print
06/12/05 Calling Citizens To Arms
Henry Statkowski is a councilman in Cherry Tree Borough in Indiana County, Pa. He is proposing - and borough council is considering - an ordinance recommending that households in Cherry Tree have at least one firearm with ammunition for self-defense purposes. http://www.tribune-democrat.com/editorials/local_story_338070522.html?keyword=secondarystory
06/12/05 Judge: Man Not Violating Gun Laws
District Judge Diane Repyneck threw out 17 citations Monday against a 62-year-old township man accused of violating local gun laws. http://www.nj.com/news/expresstimes/pa/index.ssf?/base/news-8/116529512664170.xml&coll=2
06/12/05 Protest In Support Of Gun Shop Shooting
Greg Carvell did what any citizen in the same circumstances should legally be able to do when faced with an intruder yelling "Give me the guns or I`ll kill you". He shot him! But Greg will appear in the Auckland District Court facing charges that could see him going to jail. The law and order lobby group Sensible Sentencing Trust is vowing to support Mr. Carvell. http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0612/S00037.htm
06/12/05 Dog Tunnels Through Snow To Save 81-Year-Old Owners
A seven year old German Shephard - Timberwolf mixed dog named Shana is quite a canine hero in Alden, Tenn., as the story spreads of her efforts to save her owners during the October surprise storm. http://www.wbir.com/news/archive.aspx?storyid=40172
06/12/04 There's No Such Thing As Sensible Gun Laws
"This caught my eye this morning: Paul Helmkes anti-liberty rant Guns and Governing, on The Huffington Post, Dec. 1, 2006. Helmke is head of The Brady Campaign To Prevent Gun Violence. Here is my response, Dec. 1, 2006," writes John Longenecker. http://newsbyus.com/more.php?id=6220_0_1_0_M
06/12/04 Right-To-Carry In Parks
Legislation proposed by outgoing U.S. Sen. George Allen (R-Va.) that would allow private citizens to carry their legally concealed handguns inside national parks seems sensible and long overdue. http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/news/opinion/16148406.htm
06/12/04 Freedom To Be Bold
Ohio Gov. Bob Taft, a hopping-on-one-leg lame duck, is threatening to do something in the last few weeks of his time in office that he has done only twice before in his eight years as governor--veto a bill passed by the General Assembly. The issue in this showdown is the state's Right-to-Carry law, which the lawmakers want to modify by overriding municipal gun bans that are more restrictive than state law. http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061203/EDIT03/612030360/1023/EDIT
06/12/04 Let Under-16s Shoot Guns, Alliance Says
The Countryside Alliance wants supervised under-16s in Northern Ireland to be allowed to shoot guns, claiming a current age limit is discriminatory. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2091-2484672,00.html
06/12/04 Firm Offers To Pay For Every Child To See Gore Film
Every schoolchild in Scotland is to be offered the chance to see former US vice-president Al Gore's film about the dangers of global warming under a scheme by energy company ScottishPower. http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=1795672006
06/12/01 Sore Winners
Democrats whomped Republicans in last month's midterms, but oddly enough they`re still calling in the legal cavalry to contest one of the few races they narrowly lost. That would be Florida's 13th Congressional District, which runs along the Gulf Coast from just south of Tampa to just north of Fort Myers. http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110009322
06/12/01 Industry Challenges Mayors` Coalition To Cooperate
U.S. mayors, who have pledged to reduce the criminal use of firearms, continue to ignore the firearm industry's offer of assistance and cooperation. Instead, the leaders of the mayors` effort seem more interested in media events than real progress, according to officials of the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF). http://www.shootingindustry.com/02pages/news.html
06/12/01 Controversy Over The Right To Defend Yourself
Fifteen states have enacted self-defense laws during the last two years, expanding the right to use deadly force. In New Jersey, where a similar bill is awaiting debate in the Assembly, supporters argue that "stand-your-ground" laws protect crime victims from possible prosecution for defending themselves. http://www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjczN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk2MDYmZmdiZWw3Zjd2cWVlRUV5eTcwMjg1ODImeXJpcnk3ZjcxN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXky
06/12/01 The Animal House Falls Apart
Is the animal "rights" movement beginning to fracture? The evidence definitely points in that direction. Liberationists have been engaged recently in some nasty infighting over basic issues of ideology and the propriety of violent and intimidating protest tactics. Indeed, the antipathy among the various factions seems to have grown so intense that the animal "rights" movement could soon segregate into antagonistic camps. http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=NjcxY2FlYzJmY2UxZDFjMDMxMDg3OTg1NDNhMzAxNTQ
06/11/30 Taft Veto Awaits Carry-Law Revisions
The promise of a veto by Gov. Bob Taft was not enough to stop the Ohio legislature from passing a revised Right-to-Carry bill that would eliminate Columbus` semi-auto gun ban. But unlike some bills that Republicans hope to pass before they could be blocked by Democratic Gov.-elect Ted Strickland, this one is more acceptable to Strickland than to Taft. http://www.columbusdispatch.com/news-story.php?story=229950
06/11/30 Honey, I Shrunk The GOP
George Pataki's legacy: ebbing fortunes for party and state. The recent midterm election was bad news for Republicans, but it was even worse for New York Republicans. http://www.opinionjournal.com/cc/?id=110009317
06/11/29 Gun Background Check System Crashes
An FBI computer system that quickly screens gun buyers` backgrounds for criminal activity crashed several times over the past two days, officials said Monday. http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2006Nov27/0,4670,GunChecks,00.html
06/11/28 Patrol, GOP Near Deal On Car-Carry Bill
Republican lawmakers and the State Highway Patrol have reached a deal on how guns can be carried in vehicles, perhaps smoothing enactment of a bill that would modify Ohio's carry law. http://www.columbusdispatch.com/news-story.php?story=229493
06/11/20 The Clinton Battle Plan
Can a "nongovernmental organization" like Clinton Partners retake the U.S. government? On this evening, Hillary is in the audience, Bill the featured performer. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15790947/site/newsweek/page/4/
06/11/20 Alaska School Fits Gun Education Into Sixth Grade Curriculum
Tom Milliron figures Juneau school children are going to encounter guns one way or another, whether venturing armed into nearby wilderness or visiting the home of a friend. Better they learn how to handle a firearm safely than to hurt themselves through ignorance, he says.
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2006/11/18/news/state/18_39_4911_17_06.txt
06/11/20 D.C.'s Gun Lessons
The incoming Democratic powers-that-be in the congressional leadership and on the Senate and House Judiciary Committees are a who's who of the gun-control movement. If and when gun control roars back to life in 2007-08, the data unearthed in these lawmakers' own backyards by reporter Matthew Cella should loom large. The District of Columbia's gun-murder numbers show yet again that stringent gun-control laws have little or no utility in curbing the violence, even as they strip citizens of their Second Amendment rights.
http://washingtontimes.com/op-ed/20061117-085901-3637r.htm
06/11/17 Handpicked by Mayor Bloomberg; Federal Court Appoints Lawyer With Ties to Gun Control Group to Monitor Gun Dealers
The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), the firearms industry's trade association, said today it was outraged but not surprised to learn that Brooklyn, N.Y. based federal court judge Jack B. Weinstein had appointed a lawyer handpicked by New York City Mayor Bloomberg to monitor several small out of state "mom and pop" gun stores that had been sued by Bloomberg earlier this year. http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=76466
06/11/16 FEC Fines Sierra Club
A Federal Election Commission settlement with the Sierra Club will likely put new limits on how explicit outside groups may be when trying to influence voters. http://www.hillnews.com/thehill/export/TheHill/News/Frontpage/111606/fecbrief.html
06/11/15 Post-Election Autopsy
Both Democrats and Republicans are still busy figuring out what happened in the Nov. 7 elections. The former are trying to understand why they won so they can repeat their performance in 2008. The latter need to know why they lost so they can change and make a comeback. http://www.washtimes.com/commentary/20061114-100432-7766r.htm
06/11/15 Guns In State Parks Rule Gets First Public Hearing
The Right-to-Carry in Indiana state parks gets its first public review. Indiana Natural Resources Commissioner Kyle Hupfer signed temporary rules in September that lifted a long-standing ban on concealed weapons at state parks and wildlife areas. Hupfer will ask an administrative panel to uphold the rule change, a first step toward making the policy permanent. http://www.thetimesonline.com/articles/2006/11/15/news/top_news/69cc7a07cd3964fa8625722700027d44.txt
06/11/14 Deer Hunt Unites Families
It was a gloomy day to hang outside--pouring rain, gusty winds and unrelentingly gray November skies. But none of that mattered to Jenni Blodgette of Clinton Township. She was a camouflage-clad hunter on a mission, making use of the outdoor shooting range at Pontiac Lake State Park. http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061114/SPORTS06/611140367/1050
06/11/14 The Scalia Effect
During this time of conservative angst, of worry about what conservatism stands for and means, why not consider the contribution to the country of someone who is not a politician but a judge--actually a justice of the Supreme Court--appointed by President Reagan. Antonin Scalia is this man. This past summer he concluded his 20th term on the Court, a milestone reached by only 36 of our 109 justices. http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/012/905supsw.asp
06/11/13 Hollywood Liberals Giddy Over Change
Rep. Nancy Pelosi promised that her newly empowered Democratic Party would not be gloating, but there's plenty of gloat in Hollywood, a hotbed of left-wing, hybrid-car driving, anti-Bush liberal activism. http://www.washtimes.com/national/20061109-114635-2050r.htm
06/11/13 New Effort Launched For Sunday Hunting
A handful of sportsmen scattered across Pennsylvania have launched a petition to completely legalize Sunday hunting in the state. http://www.pennlive.com/search/index.ssf?/base/sports/116320290815960.xml?pennspout&coll=1
06/11/09 Red But Not Republican
It was almost the perfect television ad for a conservative candidate, hitting cultural issues certain to drive a wedge between Middle American voters and liberal Democrats. Photos flashed on the screen showing Brad Ellsworth as a little boy, with his wife and daughter, chatting with seniors, carrying a shotgun in his hunting gear, working with teenage students and wearing the uniform of a law enforcement officer. The ad never revealed Ellsworth's political party, and he defeated Rep. John Hostettler, the Indiana Republican. http://www.washtimes.com/commentary/20061108-104854-9197r.htm
06/11/09 Speaker Pelosi
Tuesday's Democratic election victory was by any measure decisive, yet in the perspective of history also unsurprising. In the sixth year of a two-term Presidency, Americans rebuked Republicans on Capitol Hill who had forgotten their principles and a President who hasn't won the Iraq war he started. While a thumping defeat for the GOP, the vote was about competence, not ideological change. http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110009216
06/11/09 Judge Who Berated Hunters Loses Seat
Voters removed a 3rd District judge who reduced the sentence of a sex offender and also caught the wrath of deer hunters and gun owners for an anti-hunting diatribe from the bench. http://kutv.com/topstories/local_story_312211012.html
06/11/09 Girls With Guns
Shooting ranges attract women for fun, family outings, date nights. http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/15963742.htm
06/11/09 Carry Deal Struck With 20th State
Pennsylvania has been added to South Dakota`s reciprocity agreements for carry permit holders from other states, said South Dakota Secretary of State Chris Nelson. http://www.yankton.net/stories/110906/news_1755110906.shtml
06/11/08 Arms-Bearing Can Bear the Defeat
The Second Amendment has emerged from the biggest Democratic victory since 1974 with relatively little damage. One reason is that in races all over the country, Democrats returned to their Jefferson-Jackson roots by running candidates who trust the people to bear arms. http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ZjViZDZlMTkwNDBkZDU0ZDE3MGFkYTE0Y2RiYWE4MjU
06/11/08 Safety Study Doesn't Support Deer Rifle Restrictions
Despite years of speculation that the Game Commission will expand the existing shotgun-only areas to include Lehigh and Northampton counties, a new safety study comparing rifles and shotguns indicates that may not boost public safety. http://www.mcall.com/sports/columnists/all-bergcolumn1107nov07,0,5093781.column?coll=all-randomcolumnistssport-mischttp://www.mcall.com/sports/columnists/all-bergcolumn1107nov07,0,4113098,print.column?coll=all-randomcolumnistssport-misc
06/10/30 Unregulated Groups Wield Millions To Sway Voters
Unions, corporations and wealthy individuals have pumped nearly $300 million this year into unregulated political groups, funding dozens of aggressive and sometimes shadowy campaigns independent of party machines. http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-donors30oct30,0,1282083.story?coll=la-home-headlines
06/10/30 League Gun Laws
Kevin Hallinan, senior vice president for security and facilities management for Major League Baseball, said there were no league-wide rules banning firearms at MLB property or events, though individual clubs may do so. http://www.cleveland.com/search/index.ssf?/base/sports/116212314646570.xml?s4nba&coll=2
06/10/27 U.N. Votes For Arms Trade Treaty Over U.S. Opposition
United Nations member states voted Oct. 26 to create an international treaty to curb the illicit trade in guns and other light weapons, despite strong opposition from the United States. http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=35262
06/10/27 PETA Workers Charged With Abducting Hunting Dog
Two employees from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals have been charged with abducting a hunting dog in Southampton County. http://content.hamptonroads.com/story.cfm?story=113319&ran=54855
06/10/26 Stop The Hype And Get Schooled On Right-To-Carry
As violent crime has increased on and near campus, some students have re-examined their ability to resist physical attack. In this vein, the University's ban on carrying licensed, concealed firearms on campus has also been questioned. http://www.mndaily.com/articles/2006/10/25/69585
06/10/26 New Virginia DGIF Chief Talks About Sunday Hunting
Advocates of Sunday hunting are wondering if the new executive director of the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries will be the ally they had hoped for and need. http://www.roanoke.com/outdoors/billcochran/wb/wb/xp-88631
06/10/23 Is It Guns Or Evil?
In "Does gun control equal crime control?", Dr. Jeremy D. Blanks writes: "A review of the areas in the U.S. with the most restrictive firearm laws, including Washington, D.C., Chicago, New York, and California, shows that these areas have some of the highest violent crime rates in the U.S. The crime rates in all of these areas exceed the national average, and they all have enacted in depth restrictions on firearm ownership that include licensing and registration schemes, various taxes, testing, and even bans on firearms." http://washingtontimes.com/commentary/20061021-104511-6392r.htm
06/10/23 Mayor Finds An Opponent On Gun Suits
As anti-gun mayors link arms with New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg in his campaign against gun ownership, another battle is just heating up in Brooklyn Federal Court. http://www.nysun.com/article/42002
06/10/23 Gun Laws Haven't Cut Murder Rates
Australia's guns buyback has not reduced rates of gun murder or suicide, a new study says. The paper, published in the British Journal of Criminology and written by pro-gun lobbyists Jeanine Baker and Samara McPhedran, found the buyback of 640,000 guns at a cost of some $500 million failed to make Australia safer. http://www.theage.com.au/news/National/Gun-laws-havent-cut-murder-rates-study/2006/10/23/1161455654112.html
06/10/23 Hunting Is For Everyone
Hunting is a national heritage we in the United States have the privilege to enjoy, basically for the investment in the time it takes to pass a hunter safety course and the price of a license. http://www.norwichbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061019/COLUMNISTS14/610190324/1006/SPORTS
06/10/19 Gun Ownership Is A Net Benefit To Society
"The Firearms Act is an onerous and draconian law which was built on a foundation of lies and which serves only to harass and criminalize law- abiding gun owners," writes Bruce Mills. "It was foisted upon a largely uninformed populace, based on false promises of crime control and public safety. The whole purpose of the Firearms Act was to create a "culture of safety" and to "reduce crime," neither of which it has accomplished." http://www.hamiltonspectator.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=hamilton/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1161208214765&call_pageid=1020420665036&col=1112188062581
06/10/18 Children And Guns Go Together When Proper Lessons Are Involved
"All children should be taught how to properly treat guns and to respect the power and danger that comes with handling a gun." writes Penny Weaver. "Sure, younger than age 8 or 10 is a bit early, but kids grow up so fast these days--maybe it’s almost never too early." http://www.jg-tc.com/articles/2006/10/18/opinion/columns/column001.txt
06/10/16 Gun-Control Idea: Enforce Existing Laws
The knee jerk response by some to Philly's soaring murder rate is to demand more laws. Others respond by asking: Why don't we enforce the 20,000 gun laws currently on the books across the nation? http://www.philly.com/mld/dailynews/news/local/15769903.htm
06/10/16 Grasping at guns
Suggesting a ban on guns is hardly radical. Every time there is a tragedy, a chorus calls for a ban on guns. But consider this: A week after the Dawson shootings, Britain was transfixed by its own similar shooting. Two 17-year-olds were shot in a South London McDonald's for disrespecting their attacker during a conversation. The shooter used a semi-automatic handgun. Yet, there were no calls for a ban on civilian ownership of handguns. Why? Because Britain had already banned civilian handguns nearly a decade ago. http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/columnists/story.html?id=791e1e82-80f7-4bdf-889d-894aa3017d43
06/10/13 Bill To Seek `Castle Doctrine` Crime Protection
The way state Sen. Jeff Wentworth sees it, Texans should be allowed to do whatever is necessary to protect themselves and their property without facing prosecution. http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/DN-castle_13wes.ART0.North.Edition1.3e193c8.html
06/10/13 The Posse He Keeps: Bloomberg's Thug Pals
The Issue: Mayor Bloomberg's gun-control initiative and affiliation with gun-toting rappers. "Sheriff Mike Hails 109 in Mayor Posse" (Oct. 6) reports that Mayor Bloomberg led a group of like-minded mayors to Washington, D.C., to demand that Capitol Hill slash the Second Amendment and save us all from violent street thugs. But one day prior, on Oct. 5, Bloomberg was pictured in The Post with the well-known "crime-fighter," Ice-T, who rose to fame in the `90s with his ode to law and order entitled "Cop Killer." http://www.nypost.com/seven/10132006/postopinion/letters/the_posse_he_keeps__bloombergs_thug_pals_letters_.htm
06/10/13 Wal-Mart Targets Huntsville For Gun Ban
Need to buy a new gun in Huntsville? Stop by the Bumper to Bumper Huntsville Auto Parts Store and ask to see the merchandise at Dixie Outdoors in a room behind the counter of the auto part store. As of Sept. 1, the Wal-Mart store in Huntsville is one of several Wal-Mart Stores that have stopped selling guns. http://www.nwaonline.net/articles/2006/10/12/news/101306azgunlesswalmart.txt
06/10/11 Swann, Rendell Clash On Gun Laws
It was the battle for the bases in the final gubernatorial debate--Gov. Rendell, aiming squarely at urban Democratic voters, hit hard on the need for stronger gun control laws. Republican challenger Lynn Swann appealed to the state's rural pro-hunting population, calling for better enforcement of existing gun laws. http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/local/states/pennsylvania/counties/philadelphia_county/philadelphia/15727515.htm
06/10/10 Teaching Common Sense School Protection
Since the Columbine murders in 1999, several important steps have been taken to prevent or thwart school shootings. Much more still needs to be done. The good news is that, since Columbine, police tactics in school attacks have dramatically changed. http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=YTNmZDZhYzg4NTMwODFlMzFmOThjNjhkODMzYzYzMWI
06/10/10 Real Crime, Fake Justice
For the last 40 years, government policy in Britain, de facto if not always de jure, has been to render the British population virtually defenseless against criminals and criminality. Almost alone of British government policies, this one has been supremely effective: no Briton nowadays goes many hours without wondering how to avoid being victimized by a criminal intent on theft, burglary, or violence. http://www.city-journal.org/html/16_3_oh_to_be.html10/9/2006
06/10/10 Only Press Can Stop Copycats
Do the media play a role in causing mass murders in schools and other public places? Certainly. Can anything be done about it? Perhaps. http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/opinion_columnists/article/0,2777,DRMN_23972_5048733,00.html
06/10/10 Bloomberg Misdirects His Anti-Gun Anger
"Reducing the criminal misuse of firearms is a goal shared by all Americans, including the firearms industry," writes Lawrence G. Keane, Esq. "But New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg would have people think he's the only one addressing the issue." http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=17384
06/10/10 British Police: Struggling To Cope With Crime
Despite the enactment of gun control schemes that include a total ban on handguns, police chiefs have admitted they "lack the co-ordination and intelligence" to deal with Britain's gun crisis, sparking fears that thousands of crimes are going unsolved. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/10/08/ngun08.xml
06/10/10 Judge Hears Gun Debate
A federal agency is balking at a Wyoming law that allows people convicted of misdemeanor domestic violence to regain their right to own guns simply because it wants to take guns away from as many people as possible, a state lawyer told U.S. District Judge Alan Johnson in a lawsuit Wyoming filed against the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. http://www.casperstartribune.net/articles/2006/10/07/news/wyoming/4b407eb9450cfc3d8725720000050d7f.txt
06/10/10 America's Courts Not Above Public Criticism
"Recently some leaders of the bench and bar have decried what they describe as unprecedented threats to the independence of the judiciary. I respectfully disagree, " writes Judge William H. Pryor, Jr. http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110009059
06/10/10 The Crime Statistics
New York City is poised to end the year with either the lowest number of murders in over 40 years or the second lowest number of murders in over 40 years. We haven't agreed with some of Mayor Bloomberg's crime-fighting strategies, such as a drive for ever more gun control that strikes us as unconstitutional and beside the point anyway. It's undeniable, however, that Messrs Bloomberg and Kelly are on the right track, finding ways to devote policing resources to ordinary crime fighting. http://www.nysun.com/article/41141
06/10/06 Gun License For Domestic Violence Victims
Legislation pending in Pennsylvania seeks to provide victims of domestic violence with a temporary emergency license to carry a firearm "to make sure that they're able to defend themselves," according to State Rep. Daryl Metcalfe, sponsor of the bill.