News from The Sight M1911, Volume 263
August 4th, 2007 by Syd
Volume 263, 8/4/07
SMITH & WESSON SCORES TWO SHOOTING INDUSTRY AWARDS
Springfield, Massachusetts — Smith & Wesson Corp., announced today that it has received top awards in two categories from the Shooting Industry Academy of Excellence. Smith & Wesson was named the “Manufacturer of the Year” for the second year in a row and the company’s M&P45 polymer pistol was named “Handgun of the Year”.
http://tinyurl.com/39kt36
TIME TO STOCK UP!
Ammunition price increase notices from manufacturers
http://xavierthoughts.blogspot.com/2007/08/time-to-stock-up.html
TIGHTER GUN-BUY CHECKS ADVANCE – HR2640
Response to Tech tragedy hopes to block criminals, mentally ill from sales
http://tinyurl.com/ytwhnw
PISTOL-PACKIN’ PREACHER RIDES INTO TOWN FOR ‘CHURCH’ SHOOTING COMPETITION
http://tinyurl.com/3xw3n9
BABES WITH BULLETS: WOMEN HAVING FUN WITH GUNS
http://babeswithbullets.net/
TAKING AIM AT D.C.’S GUN LAW
A wealthy libertarian is bankrolling a challenge to D.C.’s gun regulations—the most restrictive in the country. What drives him—and his take on whether the case will go to the Supreme Court.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20039189/site/newsweek/
BOTH SIDES FEAR FIRING BLANKS IF D.C. GUN CASE REACHES HIGH COURT
http://tinyurl.com/24n3qc
CITIES SUE GANGS IN BID TO STOP VIOLENCE
FORT WORTH, Texas - Fed up with deadly drive-by shootings, incessant drug dealing and graffiti, cities nationwide are trying a different tactic to combat gangs: They’re suing them.
http://tinyurl.com/3yao9n
ANTI-2ND AMENDMENT NEWS MEDIA IS UNDER-REPORTING HORRIFIC CONNECTICUT HOME INVASION
http://newsbyus.com/more.php?id=9116_0_1_0_M
ABC IMPLIES NYC COP KILLER BOUGHT GUN FROM DEALER
Ignores Original Legal Buyer
http://tinyurl.com/2evu6j
THE BUSH BETRAYAL OF GUN OWNERS
http://tinyurl.com/2ocprc
GUN-SHOP OWNER GETS ‘BREATH OF FRESH AIR’
Inspectors agree ‘threat’ from Red’s blog really wasn’t significant
http://tinyurl.com/34qfh5
BATFU CONTINUES WAR ON GUN OWNERS
http://tinyurl.com/2gsaa4
DOG SHOOTS OWNER IN THE BACK IN MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE
Must be the puppy chow…
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,291687,00.html
EBAY TIGHTENS POLICY ON FIREARMS AND ACCESSORIES
http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/33187/118/
LETTER TO EBAY
…and their absurd response
http://xavierthoughts.blogspot.com/2007/08/letter-to-ebay.html
CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIACONCEALEDCARRY.COM
Mission: To become the most relevant site dealing with California and the right to equal access to a Concealed Weapon Permit.
http://www.californiaconcealedcarry.com/
CALIFORNIA: LA SHERIFF AND CCW PERMITS
http://armsandthelaw.com/archives/2007/08/more_on_la_sher.php
CALIFORNIA: SAN FRANCISCO PASSES NEW GUN LAW
A new city law now requires all guns in homes to have a trigger lock or to be stored in a locked container. Mayor Gavin Newsom signed the measure into law Wednesday. It also prohibits the sale or possession of firearms on city property and requires the city’s six licensed gun dealers to submit their inventory to the police chief every six months.
http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_6527966
IDAHO: MOSCOW MULLS POSSIBLE GUN BAN ON CITY PROPERTY
http://tinyurl.com/25jqyh
ILLINOIS: MORE FROM CHICAGO
While Mayor Daley is out spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on scrap iron and family heirlooms, a serial rapist walks his city streets.
http://akeyboardanda45.blogspot.com/2007/08/more-from-chicago.html
ILLINOIS: ROBIN HOOD OF THE GUN BUY BACK
http://xavierthoughts.blogspot.com/2007/07/robin-hood.html
MICHIGAN: GRANT TO HELP LAW ENFORCEMENT FIGHT GUN VIOLENCE
http://tinyurl.com/2cnacb
WYOMING: MILITIA MAN GUILTY ON FIREARMS CHARGE
Shades of Randy Weaver
http://tinyurl.com/236ldp
CANADA: U OF T TO SHUT DOWN SHOOTING RANGE
Gun club members outraged at move to close 88-year-old facility despite perfect safety record
http://www.thestar.com/News/article/241538
CANADA: DUEL OVER HANDGUN BAN RAGING
http://www.thestar.com/DesiLife/News/article/243151
GUN-FREE UK: ‘PEOPLE HAVE STARTED CARRYING GUNS PERSONALISED IN DIFFERENT COLOURS’
Can police and community initiatives stop the shocking escalation of gun crime in London? [Uh, yes, as a matter of fact. Admit that the stupid gun control policy is a complete failure.]
http://www.guardian.co.uk/crime/article/0,,2140258,00.html
GUN-FREE UK: MINISTERS TRY TO EASE GUN LAW FOR GAMES
MINISTERS are planning a relaxation of post-Dunblane gun laws to help British pistol-shooters compete successfully at the 2012 Olympics, it emerged last night.
http://news.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=1181122007
THE WHAT NOT TO DO FILE: LOUISIANA MAN SHOT WHILE HAVING SEX INVOLVING A FIREARM
LAKE CHARLES, LA (KPLC) - Shortly after midnight Thursday, one Lake Charles man died while engaged in sexual behavior involving a firearm.
http://www.wistv.com/Global/story.asp?S=6877561
THE WHAT NOT TO DO FILE: JUDGE SAYS SHE FORGOT ABOUT GUN
The chief judge of the Inkster district court could face fines and possible charges for having a loaded handgun in her carry-on luggage at the Detroit Metropolitan Airport in Romulus Saturday.
http://tinyurl.com/yux7yv
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