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Clinton Fails to Gain Traction with "AWB": Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is now the second member of President Obama's cabinet to get shot down by the White House over the politically sensitive issue of assault weapons. After meeting with Mexican President Felipe Calderón, Clinton said that reinstating the U.S. ban on assault weapons - which was passed in 1994 and expired in 2004 - is one step this country could take to curb the flow of guns to Mexico's drug cartels. "These military-style weapons don't belong on anybody's street," Clinton told NBC. Within hours, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs told reporters that he was unaware of "any plans" to push for such a ban - even though Obama had backed one during last year's campaign… NRA executive vice president Wayne LaPierre told NEWSWEEK that Hill Democrats have "learned their lesson" from 1994, when they enacted the ban and subsequently lost control of Congress. They've also learned that cozying up to the NRA can pay big dividends. Last year Democrats received 20 percent of the nearly $1.2 million that the NRA pumped into congressional campaign coffers - more than twice what it gave to Dems just six years earlier. The way things are going, this could be more than a shotgun wedding.
http://www.newsweek.com/id/191414
Related Commentary: It's as if the feds finally woke up and said, "Hey, we have ourselves a violence problem on the southern border." For years, border states have been begging the federal government for help in the form of money, equipment and "boots on the ground" to help secure the border and prevent violence from spilling over into the United States… While it's good to have more agents trying to interdict the southward flow of weapons into Mexico, the knee-jerk response of tightening gun control must be avoided. Instituting more inspections on the U.S. side of vehicles going into Mexico is a good idea. Catch the guns and money before they get south of the border and into the hands of drug cartels. What must not happen is having the violence in Mexico dictate the imposition of draconian gun-control measures in the United States. U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, an avowed foe of gun ownership, has suggested resurrecting a ban on certain semiautomatic weapons. The 1994 ban was over in 10 years. And Obama has indicated some interest in ratcheting up restrictions on guns. Fortunately, Holder and his ilk can't seem to arouse much interest in Congress in dredging up another gun ban…
http://www.elpasotimes.com/opinion/ci_12020796
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NRA-Democrat Alliance?: When Democrats acted last month to give the District of Columbia long-denied voting rights in Congress, the powerful gun lobby saw a target too good not to take a shot at. The National Rifle Association's lobbyists made it clear to lawmakers that they believed the bill should include a measure to overturn the capital's gun control laws. Left mostly unsaid, but well understood by all 535 members of the House and Senate, was that failure to do so would unleash a barrage of political pain on resisters. The result showed the strong sway the NRA has even over a Congress dominated by liberal Democrats who mostly disagree with the organization's positions. The Senate voted overwhelmingly to add the gun-rights proposal. House Democratic leaders, fearing a tough vote on the issue, swiftly scrapped plans to consider the D.C. voting legislation…
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/194/story/631522.html
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Montana Democrats Support RKBA: Two Montana Democrats are leading the charge against gun control - even helping force the military to continue selling surplus brass to gun aficionados who want cheaper ammunition. U.S. Sens. Max Baucus and Jon Tester are not simply placating gun advocates with a vague promise to vote against gun control in Congress. They are forcing former political foes to recognize that Democrats could be their strongest allies while the party controls Washington D.C. It's creating uncertain bedfellows on an issue that wins or loses races in places like Montana. The pair have been taking the lead on issues that only the most ardent gun rights advocates were talking about. Just last week they joined Republican U.S. Rep. Denny Rehberg of Montana to pressure the Defense Department in a move that is credited with overturning a short-lived brass ban…
http://www.greatfallstribune.com/article/20090329/NEWS01/90329001
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The Beat Goes On: Concern that the Obama administration could impose a new ban on some semiautomatic weapons is driving worried gun owners to stockpile ammunition and cartridge reloading components at such a rate that manufacturers can't meet demand… "We have heard from all across the country that there is a tremendous shortage of ammunition," said Lawrence Keane, senior vice president of the National Shooting Sports Foundation. "We've heard this from the manufacturers, that their customers are calling them trying to get supplies for inventory, and that the manufacturers are going full-bore, pardon the pun." …He said the current ammunition shortage followed the increase in gun sales. While the current shortage includes cartridges for popular semiautomatic rifles and pistols that were covered by the Clinton-era weapons ban, it also extends to other common varieties including common revolver cartridges and .22 rimfire cartridges used for hunting or target shooting… "You know there's something wrong when I've got little old ladies coming in buying 5,000 rounds of .22 shells," Holtz said…
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hHN8azPdktiyq5rfkevDE2rauhnwD977SAKG0
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Massachusetts Gun-Storage Law Unconstitutional: After a police officer's 12-year-old son got access to the officer's handgun, the officer was prosecuted for violating Mass. Gen. Laws. ch. 140, § 131L… Last month, the court held the statute was unconstitutional (Commonwealth v. Bolduc), and dismissed the prosecution. I only just now managed to get a copy of the opinion, and here's the relevant discussion: The locking mechanisms [required by the statute] are the functional equivalent of those enumerated in the D.C. statute struck down in Heller. In Heller, the Court held that the Second Amendment not only protects an individual's right to possess firearms but that the right requires that the firearms be available for "the purpose of immediate self-defense." The Massachusetts statute mandating lock boxes or similar devices would frustrate an owner's ability to immediately access an operable weapon… Interestingly, the court seemed to assume that the Second Amendment applies to state laws - what lawyers call the "incorporation" issue - which is something Heller pointedly declined to resolve.
http://volokh.com/posts/1238111035.shtml
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Texas Campus-Carry Bill Gets Hearing Today: …Today, Woods is among the leaders in a fight against bills in the Texas Legislature that would allow licensed concealed gun carriers to take their weapons to school. A public hearing is set for Monday in the House Public Safety Committee on one bill, sponsored by Rep. Joe Driver, a Garland Republican… Supporters say the bills would protect the rights of those licensed to carry concealed weapons and help prevent a massacre on the scale of what happened at Virginia Tech and another shooting last year at Northern Illinois University, where five were killed and 18 wounded. Texas issued 73,090 licenses in fiscal year 2008. The state requires applicants to pass a training course, pass a criminal background check and be at least 21 years old. Texas campuses are gun-free zones… Texas is one of seven states currently considering legislation. "We hope Texas will serve as a leader and have a domino effect," Kasprzak said…
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20090329/D977QL6G1.html
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Parking-Lot-Storage Bill Advances in Texas: Last week the Texas Senate unanimously passed a bill that would allow Texans to take their guns and ammunition to work as long as they leave the weapons in their car - even if their bosses object. "Here in Texas people like their firearms," Sen. Glenn Hegar, R-Katy, the author of the bill, said. "If they want to bring them to the workplace they are going to do it whether there is a policy or not." Although Hegar's bill is now in the House where it faces more scrutiny, it is not the only gun-related legislation in the 81st Legislature. There are several other gun-related bills this session, including one that would allow Texans with concealed weapon licenses to carry their firearms on college campuses and another that would exempt the purchase of guns, rifles, shotguns and ammunition from the state sales tax if the items are bought the last weekend of August, both filed by Sen. Jeff Wentworth, R-San Antonio…
http://lubbockonline.com/stories/033009/loc_416184813.shtml
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Alabama Weighs Parking-Lot-Storage Bills: Alabama employers could one day find that their employees are bringing more than lunch and briefcases to work each day. They could be bringing a gun, and under a bill moving through the Alabama Legislature there might be very little an employer can do to stop them. Democratic lawmakers in the House and the Senate are sponsoring bills that would prohibit employers from establishing policies or rules that stop gun permit holders from keeping a gun locked in their car while they're at work. Backed by the National Rifle Association, the bills would make it a Class A misdemeanor if an employer establishes, maintains or enforces such a policy. The NRA has been successful in getting similar legislation passed in nearly 10 states. Both the House and Senate versions have cleared committees in each chamber and await full debate…
http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/article/20090329/NEWS0201/903290315/1009
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Kansas RKBA Referendum Approved: Next year, Kansans will vote whether to change the state constitution to guarantee individual gun rights. "It is the law of the land today in every state. They (supporters) would like to make sure it stays that way in Kansas," said Senate Majority Leader Derek Schmidt, an Independence Republican. Supporters of a resolution that passed the House and Senate say the move is needed in case the U.S. Supreme Court ever decides that the Second Amendment does not protect individual gun ownership. In 2008, the court ruled that the Bill of Rights covers an individual's right to own firearms. Before that Supreme Court decision, some lower courts had ruled that the intent of the Second Amendment was to tie the right of gun possession to militia service, such as a state National Guard unit, rather than an individual's right to own a gun…
http://www.kansascity.com/115/story/1113251.html
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Plea Deal Considered in Burris Case: A plea deal is being seriously considered in the gun possession case against Plaxico Burress, the New York Giants' wide receiver, and it appears likely that any agreement would require him to serve at least some time behind bars, a law enforcement official said on Sunday… Mr. Burress, 31, who caught the winning touchdown in the Giants' Super Bowl victory in February 2008, turned himself in to the police on Dec. 1, nearly three days after he accidentally shot himself in the leg with an unlicensed handgun at a nightclub in Manhattan. Mr. Burress was charged with two counts of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon, which carry a mandatory minimum sentence of 3 ½ years in prison if convicted. Prosecutors commonly offer reduced charges in gun possession cases, taking into consideration things like a defendant's criminal history, the reason for carrying the gun and the circumstances surrounding an arrest…
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/30/nyregion/30plaxico.html?_r=1&ref=nyregion
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Open Carry in Washington State: A gathering of residents in the Willow Lake Apartments of SeaTac, the south King County community where some citizens have evidently "had enough" of criminal activity is nothing to be alarmed about. They met for an informal gathering on March 28 to discuss crime problems in their neighborhood. Most of the people who attended this event were openly carrying sidearms. That's legal, it is protected by the state constitution and a couple of state appeals court rulings, State v. Spencer and State v. Gregory Casad. Organized by James Beal, a member of the internet forum OpenCarry.org, the event attracted the attention of KING5 News and KIRO Eyewitness News…
http://www.examiner.com/x-4525-Seattle-Gun-Rights-Examiner~y2009m3d29-SeaTac-open-carry-gathering-sends-signal-to-criminals
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Oops, Wrong Store: A man allegedly attempting to rob a northwest Harris County [TX] cell phone store died after he was shot by the business owner and then hit by a car as he attempted to flee, authorities said. Deputies answered a call around 6:15 p.m. Saturday at a cell phone store in the 5200 block of Barker Cypress, where they learned that two armed men dressed in black allegedly attempted to rob it, said Sheriff's Office spokesman Lt. John Legg. The store owner produced his own handgun and the alleged robbers fled the business, Legg said. As the men ran into the parking lot, the store owner chased them. One of the men fled the scene in a 90s model red Ford Taurus, while the other man stopped and turned toward the store owner, Legg said. "At that time, the owner of the store fired several shots towards the suspect, hitting him once," Legg said…
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/6348060.html
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Controversial Shooting in Canada: Sometimes in farming country, in the fields between Bashaw and Clive, many things worth stealing are the things outdoors. Pickup trucks, snowmobiles, 4X4s and tractors - on a farm, that's capital; hard-earned cash. And if someone tries to steal them, some people say, farmers have a right to stop them, any way they can. That's not a view shared by the RCMP. On Friday, police charged a Clive-area farmer accused of what might be described as an alleged vigorous defence of his property. Brian Knight, 38, chased a 4X4 thief off his land, rammed him into a ditch, then shot him as he tried to run, RCMP allege. He then gathered a posse to track the wounded man and bring him in before calling police, they allege. Knight is charged with criminal negligence causing bodily harm, assault and dangerous driving…
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/news/would+have+shot/1439057/story.html
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Second Amendment – the Video: This is a good review and may be of particular value to share with those who may not yet grasp the concept of the RKBA.
http://www.thehopeforamerica.com/play.php?id=693
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NRA-ILA Alerts: List members are encouraged to check the alerts for the past week, posted on the NRA-ILA website.
http://www.nraila.org/GrassrootsAlerts/read.aspx
There are a couple of errors in the above piece:---
1. The rifle Savage introduced in 1893 was the Model 1893. He refined it and introduced the Model 1899 six years later.
2. The .303 Savage is a completely different round than the .303 British, and uses standard .308 bullets, rather than the .312 bullets of the .303 Brit.
Clinton Fails to Gain Traction with "AWB": Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is now the second member of President Obama's cabinet to get shot down by the White House over the politically sensitive issue of assault weapons. After meeting with Mexican President Felipe Calderón, Clinton said that reinstating the U.S. ban on assault weapons - which was passed in 1994 and expired in 2004 - is one step this country could take to curb the flow of guns to Mexico's drug cartels. "These military-style weapons don't belong on anybody's street," Clinton told NBC. Within hours, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs told reporters that he was unaware of "any plans" to push for such a ban - even though Obama had backed one during last year's campaign… NRA executive vice president Wayne LaPierre told NEWSWEEK that Hill Democrats have "learned their lesson" from 1994, when they enacted the ban and subsequently lost control of Congress. They've also learned that cozying up to the NRA can pay big dividends. Last year Democrats received 20 percent of the nearly $1.2 million that the NRA pumped into congressional campaign coffers - more than twice what it gave to Dems just six years earlier. The way things are going, this could be more than a shotgun wedding.
http://www.newsweek.com/id/191414
Related Commentary: It's as if the feds finally woke up and said, "Hey, we have ourselves a violence problem on the southern border." For years, border states have been begging the federal government for help in the form of money, equipment and "boots on the ground" to help secure the border and prevent violence from spilling over into the United States… While it's good to have more agents trying to interdict the southward flow of weapons into Mexico, the knee-jerk response of tightening gun control must be avoided. Instituting more inspections on the U.S. side of vehicles going into Mexico is a good idea. Catch the guns and money before they get south of the border and into the hands of drug cartels. What must not happen is having the violence in Mexico dictate the imposition of draconian gun-control measures in the United States. U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, an avowed foe of gun ownership, has suggested resurrecting a ban on certain semiautomatic weapons. The 1994 ban was over in 10 years. And Obama has indicated some interest in ratcheting up restrictions on guns. Fortunately, Holder and his ilk can't seem to arouse much interest in Congress in dredging up another gun ban…
http://www.elpasotimes.com/opinion/ci_12020796
---
NRA-Democrat Alliance?: When Democrats acted last month to give the District of Columbia long-denied voting rights in Congress, the powerful gun lobby saw a target too good not to take a shot at. The National Rifle Association's lobbyists made it clear to lawmakers that they believed the bill should include a measure to overturn the capital's gun control laws. Left mostly unsaid, but well understood by all 535 members of the House and Senate, was that failure to do so would unleash a barrage of political pain on resisters. The result showed the strong sway the NRA has even over a Congress dominated by liberal Democrats who mostly disagree with the organization's positions. The Senate voted overwhelmingly to add the gun-rights proposal. House Democratic leaders, fearing a tough vote on the issue, swiftly scrapped plans to consider the D.C. voting legislation…
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/194/story/631522.html
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Montana Democrats Support RKBA: Two Montana Democrats are leading the charge against gun control - even helping force the military to continue selling surplus brass to gun aficionados who want cheaper ammunition. U.S. Sens. Max Baucus and Jon Tester are not simply placating gun advocates with a vague promise to vote against gun control in Congress. They are forcing former political foes to recognize that Democrats could be their strongest allies while the party controls Washington D.C. It's creating uncertain bedfellows on an issue that wins or loses races in places like Montana. The pair have been taking the lead on issues that only the most ardent gun rights advocates were talking about. Just last week they joined Republican U.S. Rep. Denny Rehberg of Montana to pressure the Defense Department in a move that is credited with overturning a short-lived brass ban…
http://www.greatfallstribune.com/article/20090329/NEWS01/90329001
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The Beat Goes On: Concern that the Obama administration could impose a new ban on some semiautomatic weapons is driving worried gun owners to stockpile ammunition and cartridge reloading components at such a rate that manufacturers can't meet demand… "We have heard from all across the country that there is a tremendous shortage of ammunition," said Lawrence Keane, senior vice president of the National Shooting Sports Foundation. "We've heard this from the manufacturers, that their customers are calling them trying to get supplies for inventory, and that the manufacturers are going full-bore, pardon the pun." …He said the current ammunition shortage followed the increase in gun sales. While the current shortage includes cartridges for popular semiautomatic rifles and pistols that were covered by the Clinton-era weapons ban, it also extends to other common varieties including common revolver cartridges and .22 rimfire cartridges used for hunting or target shooting… "You know there's something wrong when I've got little old ladies coming in buying 5,000 rounds of .22 shells," Holtz said…
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hHN8azPdktiyq5rfkevDE2rauhnwD977SAKG0
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Massachusetts Gun-Storage Law Unconstitutional: After a police officer's 12-year-old son got access to the officer's handgun, the officer was prosecuted for violating Mass. Gen. Laws. ch. 140, § 131L… Last month, the court held the statute was unconstitutional (Commonwealth v. Bolduc), and dismissed the prosecution. I only just now managed to get a copy of the opinion, and here's the relevant discussion: The locking mechanisms [required by the statute] are the functional equivalent of those enumerated in the D.C. statute struck down in Heller. In Heller, the Court held that the Second Amendment not only protects an individual's right to possess firearms but that the right requires that the firearms be available for "the purpose of immediate self-defense." The Massachusetts statute mandating lock boxes or similar devices would frustrate an owner's ability to immediately access an operable weapon… Interestingly, the court seemed to assume that the Second Amendment applies to state laws - what lawyers call the "incorporation" issue - which is something Heller pointedly declined to resolve.
http://volokh.com/posts/1238111035.shtml
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Texas Campus-Carry Bill Gets Hearing Today: …Today, Woods is among the leaders in a fight against bills in the Texas Legislature that would allow licensed concealed gun carriers to take their weapons to school. A public hearing is set for Monday in the House Public Safety Committee on one bill, sponsored by Rep. Joe Driver, a Garland Republican… Supporters say the bills would protect the rights of those licensed to carry concealed weapons and help prevent a massacre on the scale of what happened at Virginia Tech and another shooting last year at Northern Illinois University, where five were killed and 18 wounded. Texas issued 73,090 licenses in fiscal year 2008. The state requires applicants to pass a training course, pass a criminal background check and be at least 21 years old. Texas campuses are gun-free zones… Texas is one of seven states currently considering legislation. "We hope Texas will serve as a leader and have a domino effect," Kasprzak said…
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20090329/D977QL6G1.html
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Parking-Lot-Storage Bill Advances in Texas: Last week the Texas Senate unanimously passed a bill that would allow Texans to take their guns and ammunition to work as long as they leave the weapons in their car - even if their bosses object. "Here in Texas people like their firearms," Sen. Glenn Hegar, R-Katy, the author of the bill, said. "If they want to bring them to the workplace they are going to do it whether there is a policy or not." Although Hegar's bill is now in the House where it faces more scrutiny, it is not the only gun-related legislation in the 81st Legislature. There are several other gun-related bills this session, including one that would allow Texans with concealed weapon licenses to carry their firearms on college campuses and another that would exempt the purchase of guns, rifles, shotguns and ammunition from the state sales tax if the items are bought the last weekend of August, both filed by Sen. Jeff Wentworth, R-San Antonio…
http://lubbockonline.com/stories/033009/loc_416184813.shtml
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Alabama Weighs Parking-Lot-Storage Bills: Alabama employers could one day find that their employees are bringing more than lunch and briefcases to work each day. They could be bringing a gun, and under a bill moving through the Alabama Legislature there might be very little an employer can do to stop them. Democratic lawmakers in the House and the Senate are sponsoring bills that would prohibit employers from establishing policies or rules that stop gun permit holders from keeping a gun locked in their car while they're at work. Backed by the National Rifle Association, the bills would make it a Class A misdemeanor if an employer establishes, maintains or enforces such a policy. The NRA has been successful in getting similar legislation passed in nearly 10 states. Both the House and Senate versions have cleared committees in each chamber and await full debate…
http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/article/20090329/NEWS0201/903290315/1009
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Kansas RKBA Referendum Approved: Next year, Kansans will vote whether to change the state constitution to guarantee individual gun rights. "It is the law of the land today in every state. They (supporters) would like to make sure it stays that way in Kansas," said Senate Majority Leader Derek Schmidt, an Independence Republican. Supporters of a resolution that passed the House and Senate say the move is needed in case the U.S. Supreme Court ever decides that the Second Amendment does not protect individual gun ownership. In 2008, the court ruled that the Bill of Rights covers an individual's right to own firearms. Before that Supreme Court decision, some lower courts had ruled that the intent of the Second Amendment was to tie the right of gun possession to militia service, such as a state National Guard unit, rather than an individual's right to own a gun…
http://www.kansascity.com/115/story/1113251.html
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Plea Deal Considered in Burris Case: A plea deal is being seriously considered in the gun possession case against Plaxico Burress, the New York Giants' wide receiver, and it appears likely that any agreement would require him to serve at least some time behind bars, a law enforcement official said on Sunday… Mr. Burress, 31, who caught the winning touchdown in the Giants' Super Bowl victory in February 2008, turned himself in to the police on Dec. 1, nearly three days after he accidentally shot himself in the leg with an unlicensed handgun at a nightclub in Manhattan. Mr. Burress was charged with two counts of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon, which carry a mandatory minimum sentence of 3 ½ years in prison if convicted. Prosecutors commonly offer reduced charges in gun possession cases, taking into consideration things like a defendant's criminal history, the reason for carrying the gun and the circumstances surrounding an arrest…
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/30/nyregion/30plaxico.html?_r=1&ref=nyregion
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Open Carry in Washington State: A gathering of residents in the Willow Lake Apartments of SeaTac, the south King County community where some citizens have evidently "had enough" of criminal activity is nothing to be alarmed about. They met for an informal gathering on March 28 to discuss crime problems in their neighborhood. Most of the people who attended this event were openly carrying sidearms. That's legal, it is protected by the state constitution and a couple of state appeals court rulings, State v. Spencer and State v. Gregory Casad. Organized by James Beal, a member of the internet forum OpenCarry.org, the event attracted the attention of KING5 News and KIRO Eyewitness News…
http://www.examiner.com/x-4525-Seattle-Gun-Rights-Examiner~y2009m3d29-SeaTac-open-carry-gathering-sends-signal-to-criminals
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Oops, Wrong Store: A man allegedly attempting to rob a northwest Harris County [TX] cell phone store died after he was shot by the business owner and then hit by a car as he attempted to flee, authorities said. Deputies answered a call around 6:15 p.m. Saturday at a cell phone store in the 5200 block of Barker Cypress, where they learned that two armed men dressed in black allegedly attempted to rob it, said Sheriff's Office spokesman Lt. John Legg. The store owner produced his own handgun and the alleged robbers fled the business, Legg said. As the men ran into the parking lot, the store owner chased them. One of the men fled the scene in a 90s model red Ford Taurus, while the other man stopped and turned toward the store owner, Legg said. "At that time, the owner of the store fired several shots towards the suspect, hitting him once," Legg said…
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/6348060.html
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Controversial Shooting in Canada: Sometimes in farming country, in the fields between Bashaw and Clive, many things worth stealing are the things outdoors. Pickup trucks, snowmobiles, 4X4s and tractors - on a farm, that's capital; hard-earned cash. And if someone tries to steal them, some people say, farmers have a right to stop them, any way they can. That's not a view shared by the RCMP. On Friday, police charged a Clive-area farmer accused of what might be described as an alleged vigorous defence of his property. Brian Knight, 38, chased a 4X4 thief off his land, rammed him into a ditch, then shot him as he tried to run, RCMP allege. He then gathered a posse to track the wounded man and bring him in before calling police, they allege. Knight is charged with criminal negligence causing bodily harm, assault and dangerous driving…
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/news/would+have+shot/1439057/story.html
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Second Amendment – the Video: This is a good review and may be of particular value to share with those who may not yet grasp the concept of the RKBA.
http://www.thehopeforamerica.com/play.php?id=693
---
NRA-ILA Alerts: List members are encouraged to check the alerts for the past week, posted on the NRA-ILA website.
http://www.nraila.org/GrassrootsAlerts/read.aspx
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