News from The Sight M1911, Volume 246
March 24th, 2007 by Syd
Volume 246, 3/24/07
SMITH & WESSON MODEL 642
“possibly the finest pocket revolver ever made.”
http://www.snubnose.info/docs/m642.htm
THE MILITIA, NOW AND THEN
http://tinyurl.com/2mekjn
GLOCK/SPRINGFIELD XD MAINTENANCE
Keep ‘em up and running: Two preeminent polymer double-action-only semiautos show that stripdowns and service overhauls aren’t all that hard. Really.
http://tinyurl.com/2jfjol
MEDITATIONS ON HONOR
Excellent. From LawDog
http://tinyurl.com/2ux2g6
WHY I NEVER FELL IN LOVE WITH THE .40 S&W
http://tinyurl.com/39rj46
NEW ORLEANS RESIDENTS ARMING THEMSELVES
The number of permits issued to carry concealed weapons is running twice as high as it was before Katrina
http://tinyurl.com/389ng9
CHP TO FIX 3,000 GUNS BECAUSE OF DEFECT
The defective part is the sear catch on the Smith & Wesson 4006TSW
http://www.sacbee.com/101/story/141412.html
SIG’S PRACTICAL PISTOL PROGRAM
A Grand Champion shooter teaches the fundamentals of competition shooting.
http://tinyurl.com/39fbka
GUN ENTHUSIASTS MOBILIZE IN BLOGOSPHERE IN NEW ERA FOR GRASSROOTS
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,260492,00.html
FIGHTING BACK: CRIME, SELF-DEFENSE, AND THE RIGHT TO CARRY A HANDGUN BY JEFFREY R. SNYDER
Not a new article, but a classic
http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa-284.html
SELF DEFENSE MISCONCEPTIONS
By Paul W Abel
http://www.shoot-n-iron.com/self-defense-misconceptions.asp
THE BLOOMBERG GANG STRIKES AGAIN
http://tinyurl.com/2cs3my
BLOOM IS OFF BLOOMBERG’S VIGILANTE GUN SHOP STING
http://tinyurl.com/2ogrsn
HOUSE DEMOCRATS DENY CIVIL RIGHTS TO D.C. CITIZENS
http://tinyurl.com/2gn43k
GUN BAN BILL WOULD CRIPPLE THE SECOND AMENDMENT, GROUP WARNS
http://tinyurl.com/3btfnj
GUN OWNERS VULNERABLE IN MEDIA CROSS HAIRS
http://tinyurl.com/2yotpj
XAVIER ON “SUDDEN JIHAD SYNDROME”
http://tinyurl.com/2vj7w9
CASE WHERE GUN FREE ZONE LAW ENDANGERED LIFE?
http://tinyurl.com/yzbjbo
THE DEBATE OVER GUNS IN SCHOOLS
http://tinyurl.com/y3lrhv
THE PEOPLE DEBATE FATE OF GUN BAN
http://tinyurl.com/2z29s9
CONGRESS URGED TO MOVE CAREFULLY ON DC GUN BAN
http://www.crosswalk.com/news/11532285/
A MINUTEMAN MEETS HIS HOUR OF CRISIS
Minuteman Project co-founder Jim Gilchrist is battling three of his board members in court for control of the organization.
http://tinyurl.com/3956yx
CALIFORNIA: FEDS CLOSE GUN STORES IN ILLEGAL SALE CRACKDOWN
Compton, Ojai stores accused of selling nearly 900 guns to criminals.
http://tinyurl.com/3dmozk
CLEVELAND POLICE: WE WON’T ENFORCE ILLEGAL LAWS
http://tinyurl.com/ytaczu
ILLINOIS: LOCAL GUN OWNERS PROMOTE SAFETY AND DEFEND RIGHTS
http://www.carmitimes.com/articles/2007/03/23/news/news2.txt
ILLINOIS: TSUNAMI OF GUN BILLS MOVING THROUGH LEGISLATURE
http://www.isra.org/
IOWA: BILL AIMS TO KEEP GUNS FROM ABUSERS
Backers say a similar federal law isn’t enforced
http://tinyurl.com/3237qr
KANSAS: BILL BLOCKS STRICTER LOCAL CONTROLS ON CONCEALED GUNS
http://tinyurl.com/2nrlvs
NEVADA: ALL IN?? ALL DONE??
New gun bills submitted to the Nevada legislature
http://art1sec11.blogspot.com/2007/03/all-in-all-done.html
NEVADA: RIGHT-TO-CARRY RECIPROCITY BILL DEBATED IN NEVADA
http://tinyurl.com/23bpwr
NEW JERSEY: HELLO? HELL? IS IT GETTING COOLER DOWN THERE?
A judge in New Jersey cites Second Amendment rights as being protected in the Garden State.
http://www.thebitchgirls.us/?p=6575
NEW YORK: NOW IT’S BULLET CONTROL
http://www.alphecca.com/mt_alphecca_archives/003147.html
OHIO: MAKE CONCEALED- CARRY LIST PRIVATE
http://tinyurl.com/33b3co
OHIO: BUCKEYE FIREARMS ASSOCIATION WANTS THE MAYOR TO HEAR FROM YOU…
Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson announced that he would defy the law by continuing to enforce Cleveland’s strict local gun laws.
http://tinyurl.com/2yszro
PENNSYLVANIA: PA TO EXPEDITE CCW FOR VICTIMS
http://tinyurl.com/2o69xr
TEXAS: LEGISLATURE VOTES NRA-BACKED “CASTLE DOCTRINE” INTO LAW
http://www.nraila.org/News/Read/Releases.aspx?ID=9108 more at http://tinyurl.com/2ef2r8
TEXAS: WORKERS’ HANDGUN BILL PASSES SENATE PANEL
Permit holders would be able to lock weapons in their parked cars
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/4648410.html
THE WHAT NOT TO DO FILE: DAD SAYS 2-YEAR-OLD SON SHOT HIM IN ARM
http://tinyurl.com/2lvaqa
THE WHAT NOT TO DO FILE: GUN GOES OFF IN HOTEL
A soldier accidentally fired his .45-caliber handgun inside the Regency Fairbanks Hotel on Friday, injuring himself and sending the round through three adjoining hotel rooms.
http://newsminer.com/2007/03/24/6115/
THE WHAT NOT TO DO FILE: HANDGUN HORSEPLAY ENDS IN FRIEND’S DEATH
http://www.ludingtondailynews.com/news.php?story_id=35486
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