News from The Sight M1911, Volume 269
October 6th, 2007 by Syd
Volume 269, 10/6/07
ANNIE OAKLEY’S SPECIALTY GUNS GOING ON BLOCK
http://tinyurl.com/2ondxw
THE “PRE-PYTHON” COLT
http://xavierthoughts.blogspot.com/2007/09/pre-python-colt.html
HK’S COMBAT .45
Designed for military use, it uses a blend of proven design features.
http://tinyurl.com/2gq8mn
PISTOL-MOUNTED LIGHTS: THEIR VALUE AND THEIR HOLSTERS
http://tinyurl.com/33ql57
RULES FOR COMBATIVE HANDGUN TRAINING
http://tinyurl.com/3bstec
HUMAN RIGHTS AND GUN CONFISCATION
By Dave Kopel, Paul Gallant & Joanne D. Eisen (Adobe Acrobat PDF, requires acrobat reader)
This Article addresses a human rights problem which has been generally ignored by the advocates of firearms confiscation: the human rights abuses stemming from the enforcement of confiscation or similar laws.
http://tinyurl.com/3y8ogd
MICHIGAN GUN LAW HELPING VICTIMS OF CRIMES
The legislation, promoted by gun-rights activists, clarified when a person can use deadly force in self-defense during break-ins, carjackings and other potentially violent crimes — even in incidents away from the person’s home.
http://tinyurl.com/2f4dcj
A SOBERING MORNING
Arrived at church services this morning and the first thing I learned was that an elderly member of our congregation went to the aid of his neighbors, who were victims of a home invasion. This gentle, quiet elderly man was forced to use lethal force with a firearm to protect himself and his neighbors from the invaders.
http://blogonomicon.blogspot.com/2007/09/sobering-morning.html
GUN LOBBY SPLITS ON IMPROVED BACKGROUND CHECKS
http://tinyurl.com/24h5kh
LAWS MAKE GUN TRAIL TRACING DIFFICULT
http://tinyurl.com/2ddsqf
OFFICIALS SAY “SYSTEM WORKS” WELL AFTER GUNMAN ENTERS
What system is that?
http://tractioncontrol.well-regulatedmilitia.org/?p=621
TO DISARM OR NOT TO DISARM, THAT IS THE QUESTION.
CCW in schools
http://tinyurl.com/22eeyx
GIVE US FIREARM FREEDOM
Guns on campus
http://tinyurl.com/3ccp3a
UN MEMBERS, GUN LOBBY FACE TREATY FIGHT
http://tinyurl.com/33cc2y
FROM THE FIREARMS COALITION - COBURN BLOCKS NICS BILL RAILROAD
http://www.gunlawnews.org/Federal-Politics/fc092707-3.html
BILL ON GUN RESTRICTIONS BOGGED DOWN
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iEnfByXPlGVnNttnAG0MO3fdsnFQ
2ND CIRCUIT HEARS ARGUMENTS ON LETTING NYC’S GUN SUIT GO TO TRIAL
http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1190365388583
GETTING THE GUN VOTE
By Sandy Froman
http://tinyurl.com/2rj6sf
GIULIANI, BLOOMBERG DISAGREE ON GUNS
http://tinyurl.com/36jo64
SENATE CONSIDERS BUSH’S ATF NOMINEE
U.S. Attorney Michael Sullivan fielded some tough questions about gun laws while winning praise Wednesday at a Senate confirmation hearing to become director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2007Sep26/0,4670,ATFNominee,00.html
MORE ATF WOES
http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2007/10/01/more_atf_woes-4/
ICE-CREAM MANAGER FACING CASE
Prosecutors want firearms charge in fatal shooting of robber in South Side
http://tinyurl.com/ytp9r6
FATHER GETS 10 YEARS IN SON’S DEATH
A father whose 2-year-old son fatally shot himself with a handgun was sentenced Monday to nearly 11 years in prison as part of a plea deal.
http://tinyurl.com/3b8rfy
BEING EVIL
Google is anti-gun.
http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2007/09/28/being_evil/
FLORIDA: ORANGE SHERIFF’S OFFICE BUYS 14 ELEPHANT GUNS
.499-caliber Alexander Arms Beowulf rifle
http://tinyurl.com/2467ug
KENTUCKY: STUDENTS TO PROTEST UNIVERSITY’S NO-GUN POLICY
http://www.wave3.com/global/story.asp?s=7115910
NEVADA ONLY RECOGNIZES 8 STATE’S CCW
http://tinyurl.com/2uylqh
NEVADA: WASHOE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE RELEASES INFO ON NEW CCW PERMIT REGULATIONS
http://www.krnv.com/Global/story.asp?S=7143571&nav=8faO
NEW MEXICO: MORE OPT FOR HIDDEN FIREARMS
http://www.lcsun-news.com/ci_7041291?source=most_emailed
OHIO: WHO’S PACKING? ALMOST 2,000 LIMA AREA RESIDENTS
There have been few, if any, documented problems involving concealed carry license holders, and area sheriffs said the law has been great for their communities. “I think it’s a great law,” Allen County Sheriff Daniel Beck said. “It is something Ohio needed.” Putnam County Sheriff James Beutler added, “I think [the concealed-carry law] has contributed to a decrease of crime in the United States.”
http://www.limaohio.com/story.php?IDnum=43441
OHIO: CLYDE WINS BID TO HEAR APPEAL OF CITY GUN LAW
State high court takes on case of weapons in parks
http://tinyurl.com/yo7tlf
TENNESSEE: GUN OWNER RECEIVES APOLOGY FROM POLICE CHIEF
Chief’s letter, more training follow officer’s confusion, threat of arrest
http://tinyurl.com/23osra
TENNESSEE: MTSU STUDENTS REJECT GUNS ON CAMPUS
Some said measure would have put more in danger
http://tinyurl.com/2h9yoc
TEXAS: EXERCISING LEGAL RIGHT A CRIMINAL ACT AT TEXAS STATE FAIR? UPDATE: NO
http://tractioncontrol.well-regulatedmilitia.org/?p=635
WISCONSIN: JUDGE: CONCEAL-CARRY LAW ‘UNCONSTITUTIONAL’ IN SHOOTING
http://tinyurl.com/yt37tp
WYOMING GUN LAWSUIT ATTRACTING NATIONAL ATTENTION
http://tinyurl.com/yqpn4z
CANADA: TOURIST FINED AFTER FAILING TO DECLARE MAGNUN HANDGUN AFTER ARRIVING VIA FERRY
http://tinyurl.com/2fjr2w
SWITZERLAND: DISTURBING GUN NEWS
http://tinyurl.com/342djo
THE WHAT NOT TO DO FILE: SOMERSET COUNTY MAN ACCIDENTALLY SHOOTS HIMSELF WHILE DRIVING
http://tinyurl.com/27odhv
THE WHAT NOT TO DO FILE: GARY RESERVE OFFICER KILLED ACCIDENTALLY AT GUN RANGE
http://tinyurl.com/3a7gch
THE WHAT NOT TO DO FILE: ROLLING STONE PULLED GUN ON BANDMATE RONNIE WOOD
http://tinyurl.com/2qpyoj
THE WHAT NOT TO DO FILE: PISTOL-PACKING MOM WAVES GUN AT KIDS
http://www.news4jax.com/news/14273766/detail.html
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