 | Newslinks for Thursday, July 3
Firearms, Freedom and General Interest • While Bloomberg Frets About Our Guns, NYPD Can't Keep Track of Theirs • Can you pass the latest Citizenship test? • D.C. Council Discusses Handgun Law Ruling • Excellent Gun Rights Defense
Pro Civil Rights News and Views on Heller • Antiwar Radio: Brian Doherty on the Heller decision • D.C. gun law declared unconstitutional • MD: Gun ruling sustains right to self-defense • NY: Press should not scoff at 2nd Amendment • Second Amendment - No longer embarrassing
Self-Defense In the News • CA: Police address legal points in shooting looters • Self-defense target of debate • Texas 'Self Defense' Shooting - Was It Worth Two Lives?
Editor's Choice • The Court Gets it Right on Guns
From the Enemy Camp • Abby Spangler Supreme Court/U.S. Capitol Lie-In Speech [video] • CA: My handgun, my parasite • Court ruling opens the way to sensible gun regulation • Crackpot court • Supreme Court's ruling on guns has little impact • WV: Gun quiz: sensible answers
News from the Campaign Trail • Obama's Toothless Second Amendment
News and Views On Restoring Self-Defense to National Park Visitors • Brady Campaign and Brady Center Urge Bush Administration to Reject Guns in National Parks
From the States • WV: Gun rights advocates bear arms to thank Ranson City Council members • GA: Advocate Files Lawsuit Against Airport for Barring Guns • GA: Atlanta officials face lawsuit after banning guns at airport • WA: Gun ruling
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|  | Homeowner shoots burglar (FL) OpSD --"Police say the 34-year old Collins broke into Mendolia's home ... around 8 a.m. Officials were already searching for Collins ... when Mendolia shot him in his left foot."
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 | Tables Turned on Intruder During Home Invasion (TX) OpSD --"He came home, but didn't see anything right away. Then, he heard something from the side of the house and grabbed his gun. He confronted the intruder in the kitchen."
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 | Newslinks for Wednesday, July 2
Firearms, Freedom and General Interest • Vanderboegh: Mayoral Mendacity & The Private Sale of Firearms • To Plant a Seed • Professor Meets Gun • Buckeye Firearms Association participates in filming of FX reality show • Smith & Wesson Holding Corporation Announces Appointments to Senior Management Team • NY: Rifle Club Receives $3,700 Grant From NRA
Pro Civil Rights News and Views on Heller • Dr. Lott: Reaction to D.C. Gun Ban Decision • So, what the Heller our friends at the ACLU going to do now? • Uneven Stevens • Young Lawyer Takes Victory Lap After Supreme Court Gun Case Win • NY: Sticking to our guns - A basic right upheld • WV: Law-abiding citizens score a win • WV: The Heller Decision
Armed Self-Defense vs. Disarmed Defenselessness • FL: Homeowner shoots burglar • TX: Tables Turned on Intruder During Home Invasion • PA: Clerk Fatally Shot With Hands In The Air
From the Enemy Camp • Mayor Mike: The Changing Gun Debate • Surprising fact: Half of gun deaths are suicides • The cultural politics of guns
More Shrill Hoplpophobic Shrieks on Heller • Dirks: Court ruling opens new debate on guns • Gun rights need checks
News from the Campaign Trail • NRA plans $40M fall blitz targeting Obama
The "Authorities" • FBI chief: Gun ruling makes campuses less secure • GA: Georgia Carry files federal lawsuit against Atlanta • GA: Lawsuit Filed Over Atlanta Airport Ban on Guns • MD: Lawyer says family 'outraged' over inmate's death • NY: Audit Faults Police Storage of Weapons • WV: Fugitives arrested in Columbus [in Shooting Range murder]
Thank Heavens They Have *Gun* Control There! • China: Man slays 5 officers, sets fire at police station • UK: Hats banned from Yorkshire pubs over CCTV fears
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|  | Beach pizza shop owner fatally shoots robber, police say (VA) OpSD --"So Abbondante opened the safe. The man fired once, and missed, Abbondante said. He fired back – he doesn’t remember how many times – killing the intruder."
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 | Newslinks for Tuesday, July 1
Firearms, Freedom and General Interest • Mike Vanderboegh: Black-and-Tans • Heller High Water • Breaking Down the SCOTUS Ruling - Part III • The Heller Misdirection • Court ruling protects our gun rights • Dahlia Lithwick on the Supreme Court ruling [audio] • Gun Rights: Media Armageddon 2008 • Heller's Kitchen • Supreme Court Ruling Victory for Gun Owners • The Ancient Right • The Domino Fall • DC: How legally to get a gun into DC • GA: Local gun afficiondos love Supreme Court ruling • NY: Why Not Here?
Armed Self-Defense *Works* • TX: Homeowner cleared of killing burglary suspects. • VA: Beach pizza shop owner fatally shoots robber, police say
More Shrill Hoplpophobic Shrieks on Heller • Bloomberg Sees Positive Side to Gun Ruling • Court takes giant step backward • Guns, yes and no • Nancy Giles On Guns • Scalia engages in acrobatics on the high court • We Must Pay Attention to the Rise of Gun Violence • CA: Gun control ruling may have a silver lining • IL: Jackson slams gun ruling, vows new effort
News from the Campaign Trail • Novak: Can one bitterly cling to an individual right? • Obama's Illinois votes on guns
The "Authorities" • FBI Chief: Gun Ruling Makes Campuses Less Secure • How the FBI Botched the Anthrax Case - Former Agent Explains What Went Wrong in the Investigation • GA: New gun law sets stage for airport showdown • GA: Police officer charged with aggravated assault • IA: FEMA inspector goes berserk with golf club • ID: Idaho Falls Probation Officer Charged with Battery • MA: MCI-Concord officer charged with drug trafficking
Historical Perspectives on RKABA • "The Law" • The REAL ORIGINAL INTENT behind the Second Amendment:
From the States • CA: SF Calls NRA Lawsuit 'Slipshod', 'Waste Of Time' • WA: Lawmakers want AG opinion on city gun bans
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