News from The Sight M1911, Volume 273
December 1st, 2007 by Syd
Volume 273, 12/1/07
BE PREPARED
A good guy is senselessly killed. Lessons learned from Jim Higginbotham.
http://www.snubnose.info/wordpress/tactics/be-prepared/
SMITH & WESSON MODEL 386 SC/S .357 MAGNUM
Yet Another Good Revolver for Self-Defense
http://tinyurl.com/2ae99p
THE MINIATURE ART OF DAVID KUCER
http://blogonomicon.blogspot.com/2007/11/miniature-art-of-david-kucer.html
THE SMITH & WESSON M-13 AIRCREWMAN
One of the most frequently faked collectable guns
http://tinyurl.com/2rz9ev
THOUGHTS ON CONCEALED CARRY—UPDATED
Randy rates five guns
http://tinyurl.com/2cgmyg
I WANT TO HIT ON THIS AGAIN
A really important thought from Warthog: give the S/O some tactical consciousness.
http://tinyurl.com/2nl64d
NEW DUAL-CALIBER ISRAELI RIFLE COULD BE NEXT BOND STAR
http://tinyurl.com/3c5b24
http://www.defense-update.com/products/m/micro-tavor.htm
MICHELLE OBAMA ADMITS THAT PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE A LEGITIMATE NEED FOR SELF-DEFENSE FIREARMS
http://tinyurl.com/2t9hrh
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT’S CONCEALED CARRY APPLICATION
Once upon a time, even liberals understood the value of self-defense.
http://tinyurl.com/3cljzs
MIKE EBER: GUNS ARE FOR LIBERALS, TOO
http://tinyurl.com/2xpfo3
A LIBERAL CASE FOR GUN OWNERSHIP
http://tinyurl.com/2g94y5
SHAMELESS. UTTERLY SHAMELESS.
The Brady Ghouls exploit the death of Sean Taylor
http://tinyurl.com/2on866
THE SECOND AMENDMENT AND THE INDIVIDUAL
Interesting historical study of the militia
http://tinyurl.com/2h3uhw
BEWARE PROMISES OF SAFETY AT LIBERTY’S EXPENSE
http://tinyurl.com/363zf8
THOMPSON TOUTS GUN RIGHTS, BLASTS RIVALS
http://tinyurl.com/2jth7r
ARKANSAS AG MCDANIEL TO SUPPORTS GUN OWNERSHIP RIGHTS FOR CITIZENS AT HIGH COURT
http://tinyurl.com/yqdjaw
PISTOL-PACKING ARIZONA WRITER RESEARCHES BORDER MADNESS
http://tinyurl.com/yqp8w9
MENTAL HEALTH RECORD SUBMISSIONS FOR GUN CHECKS ON THE RISE
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/11/29/gun.checks/index.html
BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING
http://tinyurl.com/23haqb
MASSACHUSETTS: A WELCOME MAT FOR GUN SEARCHES
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1687895,00.html
PENNSYLVANIA SUPREME COURT TREATS SECOND AMENDMENT AS INVOLVING AN INDIVIDUAL RIGHT
http://volokh.com/posts/1196212101.shtml
VIRGINIA: KAINE WANTS GUN SHOW SALES TO REQUIRE BACKGROUND CHECKS
http://tinyurl.com/ypndgn
WASHINGTON: NICKELS’ GUN SUMMIT IS ALL FOR SHOW
Finding viable solutions to violent crime is everyone’s business and in everybody’s best interest, so it is not simply disappointing but indicative of a myopic predisposition on the part of Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels and the Harborview Medical Center’s Injury and Research Prevention Center that their much-touted “summit” on Monday on crimes involving firearms has a gaping hole in the program: No participants from the firearms community were invited to attend, much less participate in the panel discussions.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/341673_guns30.html
EU: EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT TO VOTE ON TOUGHER GUN CONTROL
http://www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/News/news.asp?ID=5022
JAPAN TIGHTENS GUN CONTROL AFTER SPATE OF SHOOTINGS
[Funny, but I thought guns were already illegal in Japan. Gun control just works so well.]
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/T262994.htm
PHILIPPINES: FIREARM LAWS FOR THE ARMED CITIZEN
http://tinyurl.com/2l9zpq and http://tinyurl.com/2nz6em
SWITZERLAND: SWISS GUN CULTURE UNDER FIRE AGAIN
http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=2014
THE WHAT NOT TO DO FILE: RICOCHET LIES
More on the Indiana case in which a woman killed another while shooting at a dog
http://xavierthoughts.blogspot.com/2007/11/ricochet-lies.html
THE WHAT NOT TO DO FILE: DEPUTY IS FIRED OVER FIREARM INCIDENT
Sheriff’s Office says man pointed gun at co-worker.
http://tinyurl.com/2au2st
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