News from The Sight M1911, Volume 283
February 9th, 2008 by Syd
Volume 283, 2/9/08
KIMBER PRO CARRY II IN 9MM
By Phil White of Gunner’s Journal
http://www.sightm1911.com/lib/review/KimberProCarryII9mm.htm
ROCK ISLAND ARMORY M1911A1
http://www.sightm1911.com/lib/review/RIA_M1911A1.htm
COLT’S DELTA ELITE IS BACK!
http://tinyurl.com/2tppga
RUGER INTRODUCES THE LCP .380 LIGHTWEIGHT COMPACT PISTOL
http://www.ruger.com/Firearms/FAProdView?model=3701&return=Y and http://www.downrange.tv/shotshow2008/?p=11
ONE SHOT, ONE KILL AT 2100 METERS
Ry reports on a new Army sniping record from Afghanistan by an Arfcom member. Awesome!
http://tinyurl.com/yvhvcf
THE PERIOD & EXCLAMATION POINT ON THE CONCEPT OF THE “FIGHTING REVOLVER”
http://tinyurl.com/ysuev3
THE UNIVERSAL GUN—THE AK-47
http://tinyurl.com/yphdkv
LOOK CLOSELY…
Disguised spy guns
http://blogonomicon.blogspot.com/2008/02/look-closely.html
KEL-TEC RFB RIFLE/CARBINE (7.62MM NATO/.308 WIN.) AT SHOT SHOW 2008
http://tinyurl.com/3be3qz
RAY CHAPMAN HAS DIED
Ray Chapman, the first world champion of the sport of Practical Shooting and founder of the Chapman Academy of Practical Shooting, died February 2, 2008, in a suburb of Austin TX.
http://www.snubnose.info/wordpress/news/ray-chapman-has-died/
THE HUMAN RIGHT OF SELF-DEFENSE
“Any law, international or municipal, which prohibits recourse to force, is necessarily limited by the right of self-defense.”
http://tinyurl.com/2en3an
“WE’RE A VICTIM…”
The victims in the Tinley Park shooting are victims of a society that disarms the law abiding while enabling armed criminal predators with gun-free zones.
http://www.snubnose.info/wordpress/self-defense/were-a-victim/
THE TREE OF LIBERTY…
Could quoting Thomas Jefferson become a crime in this country? Under a new bill moving through the Congress, it just might be.
http://www.snubnose.info/wordpress/news/the-tree-of-liberty/
FEDERAL GUN MICROSTAMPING LAW
Kennedy is at it again having introduced S.2605, “A bill to require certain semiautomatic pistols manufactured, imported, or sold by Federal firearms licensees to be capable of microstamping ammunition” yesterday.
http://www.gunlawnews.org/News/s2605020808-3.html
U.S. PARKS OFFICIALS URGE LAWMAKERS: KEEP GUN BAN
Park rangers are denying any right to self-defense exists in our nation’s parks: “There is simply no legitimate or substantive reason for a thoughtful sportsman or gun owner to carry a loaded gun in a national park unless that park permits hunting.”
http://tinyurl.com/2u66wv
CONCEALED-CARRY COURSE GRADUATES ARE ARMED BUT NOT DANGEROUS
http://tinyurl.com/2uhx2o
2008 GEEK GUIDE TO “STATE ENCODED AMMUNITION” BILLS
Jerry is doing a super job of staying on top of this story.
http://tinyurl.com/yrmccy
ENCODED AMMUNITION: TENNESSEE
http://tinyurl.com/2trwc5
ENCODED AMMUNITION: HAWAII
http://tinyurl.com/38vbpt
HELLER’S BRIEF IS ONLINE
Right here, in pdf.
http://www.gurapossessky.com/news/parker/documents/07-0290bs.pdf
NRA FILES AMICUS BRIEF IN U.S. SUPREME COURT, D.C. V. HELLER
http://www.nraila.org/News/Read/NewsReleases.aspx?ID=10585
LAWYERS FIGHTING D.C. GUN BAN ARGUE AGAINST MILITIA FOCUS
http://tinyurl.com/yud8up
MAJORITY OF HILL STANDS AGAINST D.C. GUN BAN
A majority of the Senate and more than half of the members of the House will file a brief today urging the Supreme Court to uphold a ruling that the District`s handgun ban violates the Second Amendment.
http://tinyurl.com/2qtqbd
DC V. HELLER, AMICUS BRIEF ON RACIAL ISSUES
In the Supreme Court’s DC handgun ban case, a brief from the Congress on Racial Equality argues that there is a long history in America of gun controls being enacted and applied with racially discriminatory intent.
http://volokh.com/posts/1202493629.shtml
CONGRESSIONAL BRIEF IN DC V. HELLER:
A brief in favor of Respondent Heller has just been filed on behalf of 250 Members of the United States of House of Representatives, 55 United States Senators, and the President of the United States Senate, Richard B. Cheney.
http://volokh.com/posts/1202506770.shtml
AN INTERESTING TURN OF THE SCREW
The gun grabbers at American Hunters and Shooter Association (ASHA) have filed their amicus brief in Heller claiming that the D.C. handgun ban interferes with the city’s ability to raise a militia (???!!!) [C’mon guys, you’re funnin’ me now, right?]
http://tinyurl.com/2y428q
PAINKILLERS: POISONINGS NOW KILL MORE AMERICANS THAN GUNS
For the first time in modern American history, drug overdoses and other types of poisonings now kill more people than guns.
http://tinyurl.com/3czfo3
ABC HIGHLIGHTS ABSENCE OF GUN CONTROL DISCUSSION
http://tinyurl.com/2byl35
OBAMA & ROMNEY MISFIRE ON GUNS
http://tinyurl.com/29xfju
HILLARY OPENS FIRE ON OBAMA ON GUNS
You just can’t make stuff like this up.
http://blog.nysrpa.org/?p=1216
GUN CONTROL ADVOCATES CALL CLINTON A HYPOCRITE
http://tinyurl.com/28a64d
PAUL HELMKE: BILL INTRODUCED TO CLOSE THE GUN SHOW LOOPHOLE
Video
http://blog.nysrpa.org/?p=1219
NEW ZOGBY “AMERICAN VALUES” POLL
Reveals: NRA represents America’s views more than the AFL-CIO or the Religious Right
http://blogs.timesunion.com/guntalk/?p=67
CALIFORNIA: BERKELEY TO MARINES: YOU’RE ‘NOT WELCOME IN OUR CITY’
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/02/07/berkeley.protests/
CALIFORNIA: ASSEMBLYMAN BENOIT INTRODUCES RESOLUTION AFFIRMING RIGHT TO OWN GUNS
Assemblyman John J. Benoit (R-Palm Desert) today introduced Assembly Joint Resolution 46, a measure to memorialize the State Legislature’s support for the Second Amendment. Benoit’s measure lends support to a recent decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals which struck down a ban on the possession of a handgun in the home. Benoit is asking citizens to voice their support for the Second Amendment by mailing letters to the Legislature.
http://republican.assembly.ca.gov/index.asp?RefID=4402&body=Focus
FLORIDA: CRIME DOWN - WEAPONS SEIZED
Fort Myers Police say an operation to cut crime and get illegal weapons off the city streets is working. WINK first told you about ‘Operation Safe Neighborhood’ at the beginning of January.
http://www.winknews.com/news/local/15325556.html
FLORIDA: LAWMAKERS PROPOSE NEW PENALTIES FOR USING ASSAULT WEAPON IN CRIME
http://tinyurl.com/24eddt
GEORGIA: TOO LAX
http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=2608
IDAHO: BILL WOULD ALLOW CARRY AT COLLEGES
Idaho lawmakers are considering a bill that would strip the authority that administrators at public universities and community colleges have in keeping their campuses free of concealed weapons.
http://www.idahopress.com/news/?id=3668
ILLINOIS: CABELA`S CAMPAIGNS AGAINST PROPOSED COUNTY GUN BAN
The Cabela’s Outdoor Superstore in Hoffman Estates is warning that a proposed Cook County gun-control measure threatens its very existence and the 300 jobs it provides.
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=130155&src=1
INDIANA: GUNS AT COLLEGES COULD SAVE LIVES, STATE SENATOR SAYS
Students, staff are ‘defenseless’ on state campuses
http://tinyurl.com/2×9zmo
MINNESOTA: CHURCHES IN MINNESOTA WIN ANOTHER ROUND ON GUN BAN
Court of Appeals: Churches can lawfully ban guns from their premises. Court agrees to exempt religious institutions from the 2005 law.
http://www.startribune.com/local/15314881.html
MONTANA CCW PERMIT: ONLY IN CITIES?
There’s an interesting article in the Missoulian about the concealed carry law in Montana. Apparently you only need a permit to conceal carry if you are in large cities:
http://www.alphecca.com/?p=636
MONTANA: ANIMAL ACTIVIST CARRIES HANDGUN INTO CIVIC CENTER
Montana law prohibits carrying a concealed weapon in “portions of a building used for state or local government offices and related areas in the building that have been restricted.”
http://tinyurl.com/24nmk4
NEW YORK: RE-ENACTMENT GROUPS CONCERNED ABOUT ANTIQUE FIREARM PROPOSAL
http://www.wcax.com/Global/story.asp?S=7809181&nav=4QcS
OREGON: SHERIFF TESTIFIES HE’LL WORK TO KEEP WEAPON CARRIERS PRIVATE
Mail Tribune asserts names are public record and papers they sign state as much [And why is it you want to publish the names and address of people with CCW permits? Would it be perhaps to harass them?]
http://tinyurl.com/2wmjze
SOUTH DAKOTA HOUSE SUPPORTS GUNS ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES
A measure allowing law-abiding people to carry guns on the campuses of South Dakota’s public universities was approved Monday by the state House of Representatives.
http://tinyurl.com/yqa52v
VIRGINIA: BILL RESTRICTING ACCESS TO LIST OF GUN PERMIT HOLDERS PASSES HOUSE COMMITTEE
A bill that would restrict public access to a comprehensive list of Virginians who hold concealed handgun permits unanimously passed a House committee.
http://tinyurl.com/3ax58h
WASHINGTON STATE CAMPUS CARRY ALERT
http://tinyurl.com/ypcmtz
GUN-FREE JAPAN: GUN VIOLENCE JUMPS IN JAPAN
Japan saw a 25 percent rise in gun violence last year with a resurgence in gangland conflicts, despite the country’s tight control on firearms, police said Thursday. Japan prides itself on having one of the world’s lowest crime rates but saw a series of high-profile shootings last year including the assassination of a mayor.
http://tinyurl.com/2unpyq
THE WHAT NOT TO DO FILE: OFFICER SUSPENDED AFTER GUNFIGHT WITH ANOTHER COP IN GEORGIA STREET
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,327894,00.html
THE WHAT NOT TO DO FILE: FATHER CHARGED WITH SHOOTING SON, 5, WITH BB GUN
A 28-year-old Helena man faces three counts of felony assault on a minor after police say he shot his 5-year-old son three times with an air gun that shoots plastic BB’s.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,328668,00.html
THE WHAT NOT TO DO FILE: JOHNSON CITY MOTORCYCLIST ACCUSED OF DISPLAYING FIREARM IN POSSIBLE ROAD RAGE INCIDENT
http://www.timesnews.net/article.php?id=9005016
THE WHAT NOT TO DO FILE: ATF AGENT LEAVES GUN IN BATHROOM AT MILWAUKEE AIRPORT
http://tinyurl.com/2g6are
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I’ve covered the shootings in Kirkwood, Mo., during the past four days and, after watching a local St. Louis television station’s interview of City Attorney John Hessel, I couldn’t help but think how he and other victims of Thursday night’s shooting tragedy might have fared better with the help of concealed firearms.
Among the 30 or so gathered in the Kirkwood City Hall meeting room that night, only one trained and qualified person — Officer Tom Ballman — carried a firearm. Had only one other trained person carried a firearm into the meeting that night, the number of dead and wounded might have been greatly reduced. Surprisingly, Kirkwood city laws don’t entirely prevent it!
Read more about it here.