News from The Sight M1911, Volume 254
May 28th, 2007 by Syd
Volume 254, 5/28/07
Take a moment to remember and give thanks for those who have given so much so that we can be free. Remember also their families and those who love them. “Those who sit and wait also serve.”
PODCAST: I LOVE THE SMELL OF GUN SMOKE IN THE MORNING
Podcast Topics: A day at the range, Defensive Use of Cover - The Rule of Two’s by Jim Higginbotham, The Springfield XD 9 Tactical, Mayor Fenty Sweating the Supremes and the Ammo Shortage.
http://tinyurl.com/242um6
THE COMBAT DRAW STROKE
A life-saving skill you must master.
http://tinyurl.com/ytbpr5
TAKING AIM AT CHAMPIONSHIP
Hallsville’s action pistol shooting competition draws global gun enthusiasts
http://tinyurl.com/2epyow
OSU PISTOL CLUB TAKES AIM AT GUN EDUCATION
http://tinyurl.com/yude8x
KOENIG SECOND TO NONE IN BIANCHI CUP
Shooter holds off rival to capture his 10th pistol crown
http://tinyurl.com/3bs3un
BOY, 11, SHOOTS 1,051 POUND HOG
Jamison, who killed his first deer at age 5, was hunting with father Mike Stone and two guides in east Alabama on May 3 when he bagged Monster Pig. He said he shot the huge animal eight times with a .50-caliber revolver and chased it for three hours through hilly woods before finishing it off with a point-blank shot.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,275524,00.html
CHL %-AGES BY STATE
http://rightwingnation.com/index.php/2005/09/10/235/
ARMED AND POLITE
http://tinyurl.com/37j2md
RUDY FLIPS GUN STANCE
“As far as I am concerned, you can have a concealed weapon,” he said. “The Constitution of the United States in the Second Amendment gives you an individual right to bear arms; that individual right is as strong as your individual right to free speech, free assembly, being safe against unreasonable searches and seizures.”
http://tinyurl.com/ys4q52
UN TROOPS TRADED GUNS FOR GOLD WITH MILITIAS
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/politics/article2578497.ece
MORE MICRO-STAMPING LIES AND STUPIDITY
http://tinyurl.com/yodznj
NEW YORK MAYOR, KANSAS LAWMAKER BATTLE OVER GUN LAW
http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/17286155.htm
FLORIDA: 7TH STORE SMASHING SINCE SUMMER HAS AREA GUN-SHOP OWNERS ‘PANICKING’
http://tinyurl.com/2b4jvv
ILLINOIS: NEARLY 200 MARCH TO PROTEST RIVERDALE GUN SHOP
Jesse Jackson calls gun dealers “merchants of death.”
http://tinyurl.com/2n9tob
MARYLAND: BALTIMORE’S CRIME WAVE
http://progunprogressive.com/?p=495
NEVADA: UNFRICKIN’ BELIEVABLE!! ALL BILLS ADVANCED!!
http://tinyurl.com/32uehx
NEW YORK: NYAGV TAKES SHOT AT VOLKER, VOLKER RETURNS FIRE
http://www.nysrpa.org/blog/?p=858
NEW YORK: ANTIGUN ADVOCATES SET SIGHTS ON NEW BATTLES IN ALBANY
http://www.nysrpa.org/blog/?p=856
OHIO: CITY OF TOLEDO TO REMOVE ILLEGAL ‘’NO-GUNS'’ SIGNS FROM PARKS
http://www.buckeyefirearms.org/article3760.html
OKLAHOMA: JUDGE APPLAUDS COURTHOUSE GUN LAW
The law, signed last week by Gov. Brad Henry, “will greatly enhance court house security for all the citizens,” Tulsa County District Judge Tom Thornbrugh said. [But what about the rest of us Ur Honner?]
http://tinyurl.com/236vvp
PENNSYLVANIA: RENDELL, MAYORS SEEK NEW GUN LAWS
The governor and several mayors made a passionate plea to limit handgun purchases to one per month.
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/politics/pa/7641777.html
TENNESSEE: BILL TO LET PERMIT HOLDERS CARRY CONCEALED HANDGUNS IN PARKS DIES
http://johnrlott.tripod.com/2007/05/james-d.html
TENNESSEE: GOVERNOR PHIL BREDESEN SIGNS CASTLE DOCTRINE BILL INTO LAW
http://www.nraila.org/News/Read/Releases.aspx?ID=9499
TEXAS HANDGUN LICENSE RECORDS SEALED
Gov. Perry signs the bill, making data available only to law agencies
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/4834803.html
VIRGINIA: KAINE WANTS LAWMAKERS TO CHANGE VA.’S GUN LAWS
http://tinyurl.com/2cvczn
WYOMING: MACHINE GUN SHOOT BENEFITS CASPER MOUNTAIN VFD
http://tinyurl.com/2jj5f6
CANADA: HANDGUN BAN AND STRICTER PENALTIES FOR GUN CRIMES NEEDED, MCGUINTY SAYS
http://tinyurl.com/374zdl
CANADA: PANEL LOADED WITH GUN BUFFS
The Conservative government’s firearms advisory committee, appointed and operating in virtual secrecy, is made up almost entirely of pro-gun advocates opposed to the firearms registry.
http://www.thestar.com/News/article/218332
GUN-FREE UK: GUN CRIME ON THE RISE
SPIRALLING gun crime is blighting Greater Manchester with more than 3,000 firearms incidents in the last 15 month
http://tinyurl.com/28×6b7
THE WHAT NOT TO DO FILE: PORTSMOUTH COUPLE DISPUTES POLICE ACCOUNT OF GUN INCIDENT
Confusion was the order of the day at an arraignment Friday for a couple accused of having brandished a gun among a group of people in front of St. John’s Episcopal Church on Chapel Street Thursday night.
http://tinyurl.com/ynuk4k
THE WHAT NOT TO DO FILE: HERE, KID HAVE A GUN
Ex-con gave teen pistol as a gift to be ready for high school, cops say
http://tinyurl.com/yskkef
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