News from The Sight M1911, Volume 240
February 10th, 2007 by Syd
Volume 240, 2/10/07
1911 MAGAZINE ANALYSIS
http://how-i-did-it.org/magazines/index.html
FUTURE COLLECTIBLE HANDGUNS
??I was asked today what I thought the collectible handguns of the future would be. This is really a speculative question, with the unasked question being which guns I expect to increase in market value.?
http://tinyurl.com/24u8q2
“IN SEARCH OF THE SECOND AMENDMENT”
An Interview With David T. Hardy
http://tinyurl.com/yu6hce
ROBBED OF GUNS, AT GUNPOINT
http://tinyurl.com/3csnkz
J.M. BROWNING PETITION
http://tinyurl.com/yo9jxj
GUN BIAS CHECK
Three years ago, it was Blake Douglass. Now it’s deja vu all over again. This curmudgeon is Daniel G. Lee, Jr, Headmaster of the the Fryeburg Academy, in Fryeburg, Maine. He has a decided bias against guns.
http://tinyurl.com/2tr9cy
WORTH READING (GUN RIGHTS)
InstaPundit has made available three of his law articles concerning the Second Amendment. Well worth your reading to bolster your arguments when the anti’s start blathering…
http://instapundit.com/archives2/2007/02/post_2259.php
GUN CONTROL AND NAZI GERMANY
http://tinyurl.com/ywpmyn
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS FELONIOUSLY KILLED
From the FBI
http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/killed/2004/section1felonkilled.htm
NEW GUN LEGISLATION PROPOSED IN CONGRESS
Carolyn McCarthy is at it again.
http://tinyurl.com/28nzj2
THE SECOND AMENDMENT, CIVIL RIGHTS, AND BLACK HISTORY MONTH
Second Amendment Freedoms Aided the Civil Rights Movement
http://tinyurl.com/yt44p9
MARION BARRY: DROP DC HANDGUN BAN…(?!)
http://www.alphecca.com/mt_alphecca_archives/003045.html and http://www.gunlawnews.org/Analysis/mb0207.html
GUNS AND MAYORS
The forces of gun grabberdom lost another one
http://progunprogressive.com/?p=300
FEDS SHOOT DOWN MIKE’S GUN SUIT
The federal government will not file criminal charges against any of the 15 out-of-state gun dealers accused by Mayor Bloomberg in a federal lawsuit of selling guns illegally.
http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/495852p-417714c.html and http://www.nysun.com/article/48335 see also http://tinyurl.com/28ju3a
GIULIANI NO FRIEND OF GUN OWNERS
http://tinyurl.com/2emu22
U.S. ASKS TO ARM PILOTS ABROAD
For the first time, the U.S. government is asking foreign countries to allow pilots to carry guns in the cockpit when they fly overseas. The Homeland Security Department, working with the State Department, is trying to expand a 4-year-old program that allows thousands of pilots to carry guns on domestic flights.
http://tinyurl.com/23u94o
KATHRYN JOHNSTON UPDATE
The Fulton County district attorney will seek felony murder charges against at least one of the Atlanta police officers involved in a botched drug raid that resulted in the shooting death of an elderly woman.
http://tinyurl.com/26xzwe
US LAWYERS GROUP FIGHTS NRA OVER GUNS IN EMPLOYEE PARKING LOTS
http://news.findlaw.com/ap/o/51/02-09-2007/cdb7001e95a0aa37.html
RYAN O’NEAL: “I FIRED GUN IN SELF-DEFENSE”
This is quite a different take than the news stories that I had seen thus far.
http://tinyurl.com/2835yt
ARIZONA: JUSTICES RULE SELF-DEFENSE LAW NOT RETROACTIVE
The Arizona Supreme Court on Friday ruled that a self-defense justification law friendly to defendants wasn’t retroactive to offenses committed before the law took effect in April.
http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/41574.php
ARKANSAS: GUN-BILL SPONSOR TO ADDRESS CRITICISM
http://tinyurl.com/2gh25u
FLORIDA: STATE OFFICIALS SEEK PLAN TO COMPARE WEAPONS PERMITS WITH ARREST WARRANTS
http://tinyurl.com/2n9×24
GEORGIA: PAIR OF GUN BILLS SHOOT THROUGH COMMITTEE
http://www.macon.com/mld/macon/news/politics/16575787.htm
MASSACHUSETTS: POLICE CHIEF FINED BY ETHICS BOARD
KINGSTON ?? The State Ethics Commission recently slapped Kingston Police Chief Joseph Rebello with a $1,000 fine for violating the state??s conflict of interest laws for lending a Monson selectman a police pistol when he worked as Police Chief there six years ago. [They are so f***** up up there]
http://tinyurl.com/ywphfe
NEBRASKA: BACKERS SAY BILL WOULD END GUN CONFUSION
With local bans on concealed handguns, Nebraska communities have shot holes in a new state law that gives residents the right to carry concealed weapons. The result is a confusing patchwork of local firearms laws and ordinances
http://tinyurl.com/2ez4td
OHIO: GUN-RIGHTS ACTIVIST’S SON IS SENTENCED FOR ROBBERY
Adam Beatty, the son of concealed-carry activist, Bruce Beatty, was sentenced yesterday in Lucas County Common Pleas Court to seven years in prison.
http://tinyurl.com/36kmun
OHIO: MOSER SHOOTS DOWN GUN LAW
Mayor Mike Moser vetoed the ordinance that would have allowed Nebraska Concealed Carry permit holders to carry concealed handguns in Columbus.
http://tinyurl.com/36×48j
PENNSYLVANIA: FATTAH, HUGHES OFFER MONEY FOR REPORTING ILLEGAL GUN OWNERS
Philadelphia - Illegal gun owners now have a bounty on their heads. Congressman Chaka Fattah, a candidate for mayor, State Sen. Vincent Hughes, and the Citizens Crime Commission of the Delaware Valley announced Friday a reward of $1,000 for any tip leading to the arrest of anyone in possession of an illegal gun.
http://tinyurl.com/2ysdq2
UTAH: STATE LEGISLATORS AND UNIVERSITY OF UTAH NEGOTIATE EXCEPTIONS TO WHERE GUNS CAN BE ON UNIVERSITY PROPERTY
http://tinyurl.com/3av33u
UTAH: CAMPUS GUN-RIGHTS DUEL ERUPTS AGAIN
Second Amendment activists already have measure in their sights
http://www.sltrib.com/ci_5166204
WASHINGTON: DEBATE IN SENATE HEATED OVER GUN-SHOW RESTRICTIONS
http://tinyurl.com/2vjp4n
PHILIPPINES: COMELEC EMPLOYEES MAY BE ALLOWED TO CARRY FIREARMS
http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=12&fi=p070207.htm&no=49
GUN-FREE UK: TIME TO BITE THE BULLET ON GUN BAN
http://tinyurl.com/yrxruj
THE WHAT NOT TO DO FILE: EX-SECURITY GUARD CONVICTED OF KILLING FRIEND WHILE PLAYING WITH GUN
The Tel Aviv District Court convicted former security guard Andrei Heifetz on Monday of manslaughter, for accidentally shooting his friend Oleg Bogoslavsky to death while the two were playing with their guns.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/822157.html
THE WHAT NOT TO DO FILE: DOCTOR CHARGED AFTER WAVING GUN AT ANOTHER DRIVER
http://www.yorkdispatch.com/local/ci_5161057
THE WHAT NOT TO DO FILE: SUFFOLK WOMAN CHARGED WITH RECKLESS USE OF A FIREARM
http://tinyurl.com/yu9w9n
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