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Volume 264, 7/11/07

THE SW1911
http://xavierthoughts.blogspot.com/2007/08/sw1911.html

S&W CENTENNIAL
Many knowledgeable pistoleros rate this hammerless snubby as the best of its kind–ever.
http://www.gunsandammomag.com/classics/model40_080607/

I WANT ONE
Video: selective fire M1911
http://www.snubnose.info/wordpress/reviews/i-want-one/

DEFINING HANDGUN ACCURACY
Just How Tight Should Those Groups Be?
http://tinyurl.com/36hzqw

MAGNUM HANDGUN CARTRIDGES – MANAGEMENT IS THE KEY
By Sheriff Jim Wilson
http://www.shootingtimes.com/gunsmoke/0708/index.html

POINT SHOOTING EXPLAINED
http://www.hellinahandbasket.net/2007/08/point_shooting_explained.htm

GUNS IN THE CAR
By Walt Rauch
http://tinyurl.com/34qj6c

GUN OWNERS — A PHOTO GALLERY, WITH AUDIO
http://tinyurl.com/2g24jr

PRICE OF AMMO TO SHOOT UP
http://tinyurl.com/27mxjk

DOC, IT HURTS WHEN I DO THIS…
Reflections on a teen’s self-inflicted shooting
http://www.snubnose.info/wordpress/rkba/doc-it-hurts-when-i-do-this/

IN THE MAIL: REVISED ATF FORM 4473
http://tractioncontrol.well-regulatedmilitia.org/?p=531

SPRINGFIELD ARMORY TO PROVIDE $1,000,000 TO SUPPORT NRA’S COMPETITIVE SHOOTING & NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
Fairfax, Virginia - Co-CEO of Springfield Armory Dennis Reese announced on July 13 that Springfield Armory will provide $1,000,000 to kick-off the National Rifle Association’s new Competitive Shooting & National Championships Endowment.
http://tinyurl.com/3cxfcs

ID SHERIFF: MORE CONCEALED GUN PERMITS WOULD BOOST PUBLIC SAFETY
MOSCOW, Idaho (AP) — The sheriff of a north-central Idaho county where a shooting rampage left four dead and three wounded last May wants more people to obtain concealed weapons permits and carry guns, including on the University of Idaho campus, to improve public safety.
http://tinyurl.com/3bcw2a

SENATE PANEL SENDS BRADY EXPANSION BILL TO THE FLOOR
http://tinyurl.com/23sdl3

PARKER IS NOW HELLER
DC handgun ban appeal has changed names
http://tinyurl.com/2638ul

“LOCK UP GUNS, BUT DON’T BAN THEM”
Bob and Cal disagree about the effectiveness of gun-control laws
http://blogs.usatoday.com/oped/2007/08/lock-up-guns-bu.html

REASONED DISCOURSE
Why the anti-gun blogs continue to shoot blanks by Say Uncle
http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2007/08/06/reasoned_discourse-2/

TIME TO ADMIT THE ‘GUN NUTS’ ARE RIGHT
In the aftermath of the Petit family slayings in Cheshire, we all reached for explanations: How do human beings sink this low? How could this tragedy have been prevented? Why?
http://tinyurl.com/32rqby

ILLEGAL ALIEN CHARGED IN N.J. MURDERS OF STUDENTS
Once again the sad and disgusting consequences of the nation’s failure to deal with illegal aliens has resulted in death. One of the two persons charged in the execution-style murders of three college-bound youths in Newark, New Jersey, is an illegal alien by the name of Jose Carranza.
http://tinyurl.com/35q5uy

CRIME CONSUMED A FAMILY, AND AN 8-YEAR-OLD IS LOST
Gee, Maybe It Wasn’t The Gun’s Fault After All: Breaking lockstep with Mayor Merino, The Boston Globe looks at the cultural factors that led to the shooting death of eight-year-old Liquarry Jefferson, at the hands of a seven-year-old cousin…But the killing laid bare a much deeper truth about urban violence: Crime in many neighborhoods runs in families, where elders bequeath gang membership, drug abuse, joblessness, and brutality to their offspring like a toxic inheritance.
http://tinyurl.com/yuq8jz

JACKSON FACES JURY TRIAL AFTER ARREST OVER GUN SHOP DEMONSTRATION
http://tinyurl.com/yv7cjx

A.K.A. GUNNUT
Boston Globe hatchet job on Alan Gottlieb
http://www.boston.com/business/globe/articles/2007/08/10/aka_gunnut/

WHERE ARE MY KEYS, AND … WHAT DID I DO WITH THE AK-47S?!
Defense department sloppiness might have left 190,000 weapons in the hands of our enemies
http://tinyurl.com/2zlox5

CALIFORNIA: MEASURE WOULD BAN GUN SHOWS AT COW PALACE
http://tinyurl.com/376ccu

CALIFORNIA: FBI REPORTEDLY PROBES GUN PERMITS
Suit alleges ex-Sheriff Blanas issued licenses for concealed weapons as political favors.
http://www.sacbee.com/101/story/316453.html

FLORIDA: NEW PISTOL TRAINING COURSES
The Walton County Sheriff’s Office, in keeping with Sheriff Johnson’s pledge to provide education and training in firearms and hunter safety for the citizens of Walton County, is pleased to announce a new series of firearms training programs.
http://tinyurl.com/3ytcn2

GEORGIA: VICTORY FOR GEORGIACARRY.ORG AGAINST KENNESAW, GEORGIA’S FIREARMS ORDINANCE
GeorgiaCarry.Org forces the City of Kennesaw, Georgia to repeal their ordinance banning the carrying of firearms in public recreation areas.
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/8/prweb545972.htm

MARYLAND: REASON TO CARRY
In some states, the right to carry a firearm is guaranteed; in Maryland, you need to establish a reason. [How about, “Because it’s my right as an American citizen?”]
http://tinyurl.com/2xcwbd

NEVADA: TEACHERS WHO GET POLICE TRAINING COULD GET EXTRA PAY, CARRY GUNS
A proposal that Nevada teachers be allowed to carry concealed weapons garnered a lot of notoriety but little traction among state lawmakers this year. Now comes this idea: Give bonus pay to teachers - from kindergarten to college - who would be trained and armed as reserve school police officers
http://tinyurl.com/37zu48

AUSTRALIA: FIREARMS IN AUSTRALIA: A GUIDE TO ELECTRONIC RESOURCES
http://www.aph.gov.au/Library/pubs/bn/2007-08/08bn01.htm

AUSTRALIA: GUN BLITZ LAUNCHED
THE Australian Crime Commission has launched an intelligence operation to crack down on the surging illegal firearms market.
http://tinyurl.com/2mznzj

CANADA: U OF T. WIMPS OUT
Closing gun club an excuse to cave into pressure from haughty academics
http://tinyurl.com/yudeby

CANADA: BANNING GUNS AT U OF T – NEXT STOP, THE OLYMPICS
http://www.canadafreepress.com/2007/weinreb080907.htm

CANADA: LEAVE MY GUNS ALONE
Star poll finds majority don’t want Canada to introduce tough handgun regulations
http://tinyurl.com/2u7y8m

THE WHAT NOT TO DO FILE: THE FIRST SHOT WAS SO LOUD
Five-year-old killed by police officers shooting at a snake
http://tinyurl.com/2vaq6r

THE WHAT NOT TO DO FILE: TEENAGER WITH FAKE GUN SHOT BY POLICE IN LOT NEAR UC RIVERSIDE
They got an innocent bystander too
http://www.dailybulletin.com/news/ci_6546809

THE WHAT NOT TO DO FILE: WOMAN CHARGED WITH GIVING TEENS GUNS
http://tinyurl.com/2bopgo

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