News from The Sight M1911, Volume 276
December 22nd, 2007 by Syd
Volume 276, 12/22/07
MERRY CHRISTMAS
Democrat and Republican versions
http://www.snubnose.info/wordpress/news/merry-christmas/
THE RUGER 10/22
http://xavierthoughts.blogspot.com/2007/12/ruger-1022.html
THE COLT WOODSMAN
The Colt Woodsman was Hartford’s premier .22 caliber pistol. Designed by John Moses Browning, the Woodsman was produced from 1915 to 1977.
http://xavierthoughts.blogspot.com/2007/12/colt-woodsman.html
USA SHOOTING ANNOUNCES 2007 ATHLETES OF THE YEAR
http://tinyurl.com/25zm5p
MAJORITY IN U.S. POLL SUPPORT GUN OWNERSHIP RIGHTS
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/12/16/guns.poll/
KOPEL: REDUCING THE RISK OF COPYCAT KILLERS
How papers can avoid glorifying perpetrators
http://tinyurl.com/3c9uym
RESPONSIBLE GUN OWNERS CAN SAVE LIVES
By Michael S. Brown
http://tinyurl.com/2jzpol
SENATE PASSES NICS IMPROVEMENT ACT, HOUSE CONCURS
http://www.nraila.org/News/Read/Releases.aspx?ID=10407
FAMILY ADOPTS SLAIN MARINE’S DOG PARTNER
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,317830,00.html
INSTANT RESPONSE: CARRY OFF-DUTY!
http://tinyurl.com/2×5jsn
GUN PERMIT APPLICATIONS RISE SINCE WESTROADS SHOOTING
OMAHA, Neb. — Applications for permits to buy handguns have more than doubled in Douglas County since the Westroads Mall shootings.
http://www.ketv.com/newsarchive/14880200/detail.html
CHANGE SOUGHT IN NATIONAL PARK GUN RULES
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 (UPI) — Forty-seven U.S. senators have asked the National Parks Service to allow gun owners to carry loaded weapons in federal parks and wildlife refuges.
http://tinyurl.com/3cvqy4
BAUCUS, TESTER PRESS FOR LOOSENING GUN LAWS IN PARKS, REFUGES
http://tinyurl.com/284wbk
SELF-DEFENSE ‘CASTLE’ LAWS GAIN GROUND
http://tinyurl.com/2tt7jf
PASCO MARKSMAN’S INVENTION LEADS HIM TO RUIN
The sad tale of the Akins Accelerator
http://tinyurl.com/36g3kt
SANFORD LEVINSON & DAVID KAIRYS ON NPR
http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=2215
THE MAN BEHIND THE GUN – JOE HORN
He’s been praised as a hero and condemned as a vigilante. But Joe Horn, cast by friends as a quiet Everyman, says fame has caused `untold grief’
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5380759.html
CASTLE DOCTRINE: IN DEFENSE OF SELF DEFENSE
The Joe Horn case on NPR (Audio)
http://tinyurl.com/2d7c4n
IT’S TIME TO OUTLAW MILITARY ASSAULT WEAPONS
[I’m only posting the crap because it is typical of the drumbeat of calls for bans on military rifles]
http://tinyurl.com/36f35t
THE AMERICAN WAY
Brace yourselves. Here comes another petulant, guilt-churning, angst-ridden polemic from one of the members of the mainstream media from Eugene, Ore.
http://libertyzone.blogspot.com/2007/12/american-way.html
ROMNEY CLAIMS NRA ENDORSEMENT HE DIDN’T RECEIVE
http://tinyurl.com/32faxf
MINN. MAN SHOOTS COPS AFTER SWAT TEAM KICKS DOWN WRONG DOOR
A Minneapolis police SWAT team kicked in the wrong door yesterday during an early morning raid, prompting the man of the house to grab his gun and open fire on the officers who entered the house. [While my sympathy goes out to the injured SWAT officer, I have to give a major OORAH to the home owner.]
http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2007/12/minn-man-shoots.html
ARKANSAS: AGFC WILL ALLOW CONCEALED GUNS
The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission voted Thursday to allow hunters with concealed carry licenses to possess concealed handguns in situations when possessing firearms is otherwise prohibited.
http://www.nwanews.com/adg/Sports/211302/
ILLINOIS: PROPOSED GUN LAW FOR COOK COUNTY, ILL
http://armsandthelaw.com/archives/2007/12/proposed_gun_la.php
KENTUCKY: EDMONSON COUNTY SHERIFF INDICTED
Edmonson County Sheriff B.J. Honeycutt now finds himself on the wrong side of the law after being indicted on charges stemming from “concealed carry” classes he taught.
http://www.wbko.com/news/headlines/12669562.html
NEBRASKA: GOVERNOR QUESTIONS GUN CONTROLS
http://tinyurl.com/3yyq5p
NEBRASKA: ACTION ALERT: WOULD YOU TRADE YOUR AR FOR CCW?
http://tinyurl.com/2pjply
NEW JERSEY SENATE WORKING TO TURN LAW-ABIDING GUN OWNERS INTO CRIMINALS!
http://www.nraila.org/Legislation/Read.aspx?ID=3323
PENNSYLVANIA: PROPOSED FIREARMS BILLS TARGET INNOCENT GUN OWNERS
http://tinyurl.com/2sreuo
AUSTRALIA: FARMERS ANGRY ABOUT GUN LAW CHANGE
Western Australian pastoralists say they’re being unfairly targetted by proposed changes to the state Firearms Act, which would make the use of handguns unlawful on rural properties.
http://www.abc.net.au/rural/news/content/2007/s2122786.htm
GUN-FREE JAPAN: MEDIA IN JAPAN CALLS FOR TIGHTER GUN CONTROL AFTER SHOOTING
[mmmm… I thought they were already illegal over there]
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jNS52aJxJfk2LBML_ZAPLkW-ZoPw
GUN-FREE JAPAN: GUN LICENSING MUST GET TOUGHER
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/20071217TDY03104.htm
GUN-FREE UK: GUN CONTROL’S TWISTED OUTCOME
Restricting firearms has helped make England more crime-ridden than the U.S. by Joyce Lee Malcolm
http://www.reason.com/news/show/28582.html
GUN-FREE UK: CRACKDOWN ON GUNS IN NIGHTCLUBS
A crackdown on people carrying guns in London’s nightclubs is being carried out over the Christmas period.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/7155250.stm
GUN-FREE UK: LABOUR BACKS DOWN ON RIGHT TO FIGHT BURGLARS
http://tinyurl.com/3xzy8v
AN ULTIMATE WHAT NOT TO DO: ORE. POLICE INVESTIGATE ACCIDENTAL SHOOTING OF WIFE
TUALATIN, Ore. (AP) — Police say Ryan Osbrink was getting ready for a job at the sheriff’s department and practicing his draw when his .45-caliber pistol discharged, killing his wife.
http://tinyurl.com/3cs9cd
THE WHAT NOT TO DO FILE: SHOOTING ACCIDENT KILLS MAN AT HOUSTON GUN RANGE
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5392923.html
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