Front Sight, Press

Volume 261, 7/14/07

JIM CIRILLO KILLED IN CAR WRECK
http://tinyurl.com/2teu4b

PODCAST: FAREWELL TO A GUN FIGHTER
Topics: Jim Cirillo killed in a car accident, the OSHA Threat, HR 2640, the Tiahrt Amendment, the Kimber Pro Carry Stainless Series 1
http://frontsight.podbean.com/2007/07/13/farewell-to-a-gunfighter/

R. A. CROWDER’S FAVORITE GUN
Chief of the Texas Rangers on his favorite handgun, back in the day. Sorry, I can’t help it: Growing up in Texas, these guys were the true legends when I was a kid.
http://www.snubnose.info/wordpress/reviews/r-a-crowders-favorite-gun/

SHOOTING SPORTS REVEALED AS A FAVORITE SEASONAL ACTIVITY
Statistics gathered over the past three years show that target shooting — with rifle, handgun and shotgun — is actually more popular than many pastimes historically considered mainstays of warm-season recreation.
http://www.buckeyefirearms.org/article3840.html

TEST YOUR BULLETS BEFORE YOU GO HUNTING
If you want to judge with some degree of certainty how a particular bullet will perform on game within a certain velocity range, the surest method is to test it yourself.
http://www.handgunsmag.com/ammunition/bullett_071207/index.html

FIGHT! REALISTIC & PRACTICAL TACTICS FOR CONCEALED CARRY
Video: This fellow has some interesting ideas and techniques. He also has some techniques that I question. After you watch the video, please leave a comment with your thoughts on his techniques.
http://tinyurl.com/2ktn3d

JOHN FARNAM ON THE AMMO SHORTAGE
http://tinyurl.com/ype7fs

WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE?
Hint: Not paying attention can harm you and your gun.
http://tinyurl.com/25p5g5

GUN FACTS
Gun Facts is a free e-book that debunks common myths about gun control. It is intended as a reference guide for journalists, activists, politicians, and other people interested in restoring honesty to the debate about guns, crime, and the 2nd Amendment.
http://www.gunfacts.info/

HYPOCRITE
A state lawmaker who opposed a bill giving Texans stronger right to defend themselves with deadly force pulled a gun and shot a man he says was trying to steal copper wiring from a construction site, police said Monday.
http://tinyurl.com/39ylny

STILL THINK HR 4620 IS A GOOD THING, NRA?
http://tinyurl.com/2ukqft

THE SECOND AMENDMENT AND MENTAL DISORDERS
http://www.newswithviews.com/Stuter/stuter103.htm

THE HISTORY OF GUN CONTROL, PART 3
By Sandy Froman
http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=56619

U.S. HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE PRESERVES TIAHRT AMENDMENT
Attempts to Gut Language Rejected
http://tinyurl.com/2z52cj

LAWMAKERS BLOCK ACCESS TO GUN SALES DATA
WASHINGTON — Pro-gun rights Democrats teamed with House Republicans on Thursday to block local governments and law enforcement agencies from gaining routine access to gun-purchasing data.
http://tinyurl.com/39ezfv

ANOTHER MAYOR LEAVES BLOOMBERG GROUP
“…Regrettably, it has become abundantly clear to me that you are using this coalition of mayors to advance a hidden agenda of bringing lawsuits against members of the firearms industry and spreading anti-gun propaganda…”
http://www.nysrpa.org/blog/?p=914

MAYOR LINKED TO ANTI-GUN BULLYING
Mayor Michael Bloom- berg’s aides threatened to run negative ads against House Appropriations Committee chairman David Obey if pro-gun legislation opposed by the mayor was passed in that committee, Obey claimed yesterday. The mayor’s office denied the charge.
http://tinyurl.com/2ojdbl

GUN SHOPS UNDER CLOSER SCRUTINY
http://tinyurl.com/25ulu2

STAY SHARP
Al Qaeda renewing efforts to sneak terror plotters into U.S.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/07/12/terror.threat.ap/index.html

STOP HANDGUN VIOLENCE UNVEILS ABUSIVE BILLBOARD IN MASSACHUSETTS
Equates NRA with kidnappers
http://tinyurl.com/2gpdhh

ANTIGUN LEADER MAKES STRAWMAN BUY
John Rosenthal, of Stop Handgun Violence and American Hunters and Shooters Association, admits to felony gun purchase on radio
http://armsandthelaw.com/archives/2007/07/antigun_leader.php

‘STAND-YOUR-GROUND’ LAWS CAUSING CONFUSION
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19680321/

SUMMER GUN WARS: JESSE JACKSON LEADS THE WAY
http://tinyurl.com/2nhud5

MORE JOYCE FOUNDATION “ASTROTURF”
http://tinyurl.com/2rksnm

TOO DUMB FOR WORDS: FAKE COP PULLS OVER REAL ONE
http://tinyurl.com/29mwpw

ILLINOIS: GOVERNOR STICKS TO HIS GUN CONTROL
Blagojevich shifts focus from budget
http://tinyurl.com/yom99p

ILLINOIS: GOVERNOR UNHOLSTERS GUN BILL; LAWMAKERS WON’T PULL TRIGGER
http://tinyurl.com/2l6lgo

ILLINOIS HIGH CAP BAN AT DEATH’S DOOR
http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=1019

ILLINOIS: LEGISLATORS BALK AT GUN-VOTE PUSH
Call for House action seen as budget ploy
http://tinyurl.com/265fzc

MAINE: FORMER CITY WORKER CHALLENGES GUN PERMIT DENIAL
Fired after leaving copies of his pistol permit on colleagues’ desks
http://tinyurl.com/335kut

PENNSYLVANIA: PHILADELPHIA SET TO SUE FOR TOUGHER GUN LAWS
Philadelphia City Council members Darrell L. Clarke and Donna Reed Miller, stonewalled by the Pennsylvania legislature’s continued apathy on gun control, said they would sue the state today for Philadelphia’s right to enforce its own, stricter firearms laws.
http://tinyurl.com/2swpt6

THE WHAT NOT TO DO FILE: WOMAN WHO SHOT AT PICKUP TRUCK’S TIRES SENTENCED TO 2 1/2 YEARS
http://tinyurl.com/yp7qgf

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