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MT: Arguments flare over gun-rights bill Submitted by: Mark A. Taff	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
HELENA - Lawmakers took shots at each other Saturday over a proposed gun-rights bill, the day after it was tabled by a committee Democrats control. "I'm disappointed," Rep. Jack Wells, R-Bozeman, said in an interview. "The Democrats ... apparently don't support gun rights."

MA: SouthCoast is up in arms
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Many gun owners reacted to the ruling with both surprise and satisfaction. But the supervisor said the verdict also made him and colleagues at the range think about what would happen if they ever drew their weapons on a real person, not just a paper target.

"Anybody who's going to carry a gun is going to think, 'What happens if I have to shoot this thing to save my life? What's going to happen to me afterward?' It really is a device that could save your life. But the other side is, you could take someone else's life."

DC: Citizens right to keep guns has been vindicated Submitted by: Mark A. Taff	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
In one of those rare post-9/11 judicial decisions, a federal court on March 9 sided with the rights of the individual rather than the restrictive nature of government. The Second Amendment right of individual Americans to keep and bear firearms has been upheld by the U.S. District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals.

MD: More remnants of battle uncovered at Antietam Submitted by: daveinvegas	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
In a sun-dappled field, where molten lead once rained from the sky, researchers armed with metal detectors listened for evidence from America's bloodiest day. Another example of reports ignorance.

NM: Elderly Hobbs Man Shoots Intruder Submitted by: New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Website: http://www.nysrpa.org	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
A 76-year old Hobbs, New Mexico man shoots a burglar in his home. Hobbs police say they rarely hear of burglaries when people are home and it's even rarer for a victim to fire shots.

NY: Kelly Fires Salvos In Cop Shoot Submitted by: Dennis Miller	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"We've done pretty much everything that we can do as a city to address the gun problem," Kelly said. "We need a national gun-control strategy."

NY: NYPD lieutenant acquitted in fatal off-duty shooting Submitted by: Dennis Miller	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
NEW YORK (AP) _ Jurors acquitted a police lieutenant of manslaughter after he testified that he shot his unarmed tenant in self-defense. Prosecutors said Walton acted recklessly in the deadly shooting of his tenant, Byron Hearst, in May 2005. They said Walton, who was off-duty, overreacted to a scuffle over back rent.

Discourses on the First Ten Books of Titus Livius, By Niccolo Machiavelli, 1531
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"Herein will be found historical data in reference to the Keeping and Bearing of Arms. Much of this information was also used by the men whom framed the United States Constitution. This is readily discernable by reading the Debates in the Federal Convention on the Constitution and Bill of Rights..."

"..."If therefore, you want to make a people numerous and armed in order to create a great Empire, you will make it of a kind that you are not able afterward to manage it in your own way: if you keep them either small or disarmed in order to be able to manage them, (and), if you acquire other dominion, you will not be able to hold them, or you will become so mean that you will become prey to whoever assaults you." ..."

'Books don't kill people -- guns do'
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Imagine with me that you opened your newspaper today and found the following story:

"NORCO, Calif. (AP) -- More than 1 million sheets of paper, a cache of unregistered books and a tunnel were found at a man's home after a fire that forced a neighborhood evacuation, authorities said Friday....."
Now the real story as it actually appeared in the newpaper:
"NORCO, Calif. (AP) -- "More than 1 million rounds of ammunition, a cache of weapons and a tunnel were found at a man's home after an explosive fire that forced a neighborhood evacuation, authorities said Friday...."
Irony at its finest.

How many guns do you need?
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I suppose that we've all seen articles from both sides of the issue, from both die-hard RKBA supporters and from the most fervent of the sheeple, bleating that guns are evil. I have to admit that I tend to lean far toward the RKBA side of the issue, but I thought I'd just throw my two cents into the debate.

How many guns do you need? Well, that's a very personal question, don't you think? And there is no definitive answer to it, either. I live out in the boonies. My needs are far different than those of someone who lives in a big city or those of someone who lives in a town at all, for that matter.

(Article from The Libertarian Enterprise, www.ncc-1776.org)

DC: Second Thoughts
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Two weeks ago, an appeals court panel struck down portions of Washington's ultra-strict gun-control law, which prohibited almost all D.C. residents from owning guns. The decision, penned by famously conservative Judge Laurence Silberman, met with ire from predictable quarters. The New York Times accused the panel of storming "blithely past a longstanding Supreme Court precedent, the language of the Constitution and the pressing needs of public safety." Meanwhile, my former colleagues at The Washington Post--where I used to write editorials--predicted that "this radical ruling will inevitably mean more people killed and wounded as keeping guns out of the city becomes harder."

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OR: [Oregon] Supreme Court Rules "No Duty To Retreat" Submitted by: Anonymous	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"In their decision, State of Oregon v. Sandoval, the Supreme Court correctly notes that Oregon law contains no requirement to retreat from an attacker and that previous rulings to the contrary are not only incorrect, but obviously so..."

AL: Man Camps Out at Work, Busts Burglars Submitted by: New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Website: http://www.nysrpa.org	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
Steve Bauer had had enough after two nights of someone breaking into his business and stealing antiques. So he armed himself with a cola bottle and a .44-caliber Magnum and spent the night at work. Soon, Bauer had his man. And a woman.

NY: New Rochelle shooting claimed as self-defense
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A New Rochelle man went on trial yesterday, accused of trying to kill a man who was feuding with his father by driving up to him and shooting him two times. But the lawyer for defendant Anthony Caldwell Jr. said the shooting of Dino Washington was self-defense after a gun-toting Washington walked up to Caldwell's car. "Dino Washington had confronted him with a weapon and Mr. Caldwell twisted the gun away from his face and it goes off twice," the lawyer, Barry Warhit, said in opening statements. Washington will not be able to challenge that account. He died in December from liver disease unrelated to the shooting. Caldwell is charged with second-degree attempted murder and first-degree assault.

Under the Gun, Liberals give Ground on Second Amendment
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Considering how badly things have been going for conservatives, right-wingers, Republicans and anyone else whose brain doesn't explode like one of those guys from the movie "Scanners" at the thought of another Republican president, it's worth noting that one of the greatest conservative victories of the last 40 years is quietly unfolding right in front of us. On March 9, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued an epochal ruling. The court found that the Second Amendment actually protects the right to bear arms for individuals.

NY: School gun terror: Shots fired at same Bed-Stuy building where flying lead canceled recess
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Panicked students ducked for cover Wednesday as gunfire erupted outside a Bedford-Stuyvesant school - the same one where shootings prompted the principal to cancel outdoor recess last year.

Last year, Anderson cancelled recess and demanded the city improve security around the school. The city complied - even though Mayor Bloomberg accused the principal of overreacting.

Submitters Note: Bloomberg accuses principal for over reacting in a victim disarmorment zone that the mayor created????

NY: Brooklyn cop shot in leg leaves hosp, full recovery is expected
Submitted by: Dennis Miller

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A patrolman who was shot during a routine pot bust smiled broadly and waved as applause and shouts of "Go, Rory!" erupted yesterday from a crowd of cops gathered to cheer his release from a Brooklyn hospital.

Mayor Bloomberg was quick to remind the city that the scene could have been quite different.

The mayor said that Mangra, 27, a former Marine and Iraq war vet, was "very lucky."

Submitters note: Sorry to disappoint you Mr. Mayor

LA: LAPD to Get Smaller Flashlights in Response to Beating Submitted by: Anonymous	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"Police will soon be outfitted with a cutting edge flashlight that is not only brighter than others, but too small to be used as a weapon." "It's a really important step in the right direction, and it's going to make a difference in how the police department deals with the community" ----- "eViL fLaShLiGhTs cAuSe mE tO bEaT pEoPlE" It's not the cops, it's the flashlights.

DC: Flight attendant arrested for weapon
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A uniformed flight attendant was arrested at Dulles International Airport after she turned herself in for allegedly carrying a concealed handgun aboard a flight from Atlanta, authorities said Saturday.

The Transportation Security Administration, the FBI and other law enforcement agencies were investigating how the gun passed through security unnoticed in Atlanta, TSA spokesman Barry Phelps said. Flight attendants have to go through the same security procedures as all other passengers, he said.

MO: St. Louis gears up for NRA confab
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Acres and acres of guns are coming to St. Louis in mid-April. And they'll be joined by thousands and thousands of sportsmen and enthusiasts gathering for the National Rifle Association's annual convention. Enough thousands, in fact, that the city could be hosting its largest gathering ever excluding sporting events or papal visits based on pure attendance. The NRA needs to top 52,700 to one-up the horde of Seventh-Day Adventists who massed here in the summer of 2005.

NY: Haverstraw town to sell surplus police firearms
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Municipalities around the country have spent millions of dollars on gun buyback programs to get weapons off the streets. Haverstraw town is planning to sell the former village police force arsenal to the public. The Town Board this week unanimously voted to declare 26 firearms as surplus. The town will accept proposals from federally licensed firearms dealers who want to buy them. For sale are 23, 9 mm SIG SAUER pistols, two Ruger Mini-14 rifles, and one Winchester Model 94 rifle.

OFF Alert 03/31/07 DC Court Decision in Danger Submitted by: Anonymous	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"As you know, the Appeals Court of the District of Columbia recently ruled that DC's ban on guns was unconstitutional..." "But now that decision is under attack and that attack is coming from the National Rifle Association."

GA: 3 shot at Atlanta shopping mall
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Three people were shot during an attempted robbery at a shopping mall Saturday, police said. One person was critically wounded.

Authorities were still piecing together what happened, but said that the shootings happened around 5:15 p.m. in a store at Greenbriar Mall. One of the injured people was a security guard, police said.

The suspects, three young men, got away in a sport utility vehicle, police said.