News from The Sight M1911, Volume 284
February 16th, 2008 by Syd
Volume 284, 2/16/08
WILSON COMBAT V. TRIPP RESEARCH
A comparison of two new premium magazines for the M1911
http://tinyurl.com/2su5ce
THE FAILURE OF RECOIL BUFFERS BY JOHN FARNAM
http://tinyurl.com/2zogm9
THE GOAL OF THE GUNMAN? BY GABE SUAREZ
To hit the enemy fast and shoot him to the ground before he is able to hit you. That is all. In the end, all else is totally irrelevant. So, issues about methods and styles, finite accuracy or scores mean absolutely nothing if you cannot hit fast before you yourself are hit.
http://www.sightm1911.com/lib/ccw/goalgunamn.htm
DAVE WORKMAN: RIGHT TO CARRY ARMS HELPS KEEP PEACE
http://tinyurl.com/2tovx5
GLENN REYNOLDS AND EUGENE VOLOKH ON THE ISSUE OF STUDENTS BEING ALLOWED TO CARRY CONCEALED WEAPONS ON CAMPUS.
http://tinyurl.com/yr4cfw
REALLY TIRED
I’m really tired of writing stories about mass murders in gun-free zones.
http://www.snubnose.info/wordpress/rkba/really-tired/
MORE GUNS ON CAMPUS?
http://www.newsweek.com/id/112174/page/1
ENCODED AMMUNITION: PENNSYLVANIA
Pennsylvania has jumped on the Ammunition Encoding Bandwagon with House Bill 2228.
http://tinyurl.com/3dg2k5
ENCODED AMMUNITION: UNBELIEVABLE - ATTEMPT AT AMMUNITION BAN IN ARIZONA!
http://tinyurl.com/2s4ks9
KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON: D.C. GUN BAN AFFECTS ENTIRE U.S.
Second Amendment rights should be unambiguous
http://tinyurl.com/3yf73u
WOMEN’S RIGHTS BRIEF IN DC V. HELLER
A brief on behalf of 126 women state legislators, and several academics, presents a women’s rights perspective on the DC ban on handguns and on home self-defense with any firearm.
http://tinyurl.com/23856j
LITMUS TEST FOR THE SINGLE ISSUE VOTER, PARTS I & II
Graphs of the numbers of congress critters who signed the pro-Heller brief
http://tractioncontrol.well-regulatedmilitia.org/?p=961
http://tractioncontrol.well-regulatedmilitia.org/?p=962
THE “FAILED STATE” BRIEF IN DC V. HELLER
On behalf of several associations of private security guards and detectives, and the Buckeye Firearms Foundation, a brief in DC v. Heller supplies the facts of the appalling mismanagement and institutional incompetence of DC’s Metropolitan Police Department. Almost everyone who lives or works in the District of Columbia is well aware that the District’s government performs very poorly compared to almost all other big-city governments in the United States. Nevertheless, the Buckeye brief is shocking.
http://volokh.com/posts/1202690921.shtml
THE QUINTESSENCE OF HYPOCRISY?
Josh Sugarmann, head of Violence Policy Center, has a Federal Firearm Dealer’s license. The business address is VPC’s headquarters in D.C.. Which, if I recollect DC law correctly, means VPC is exempt from the handgun ban.
http://armsandthelaw.com/archives/2008/02/the_quintessenc.php
OBAMA SUPPORTS INDIVIDUAL GUN RIGHTS (NOT)
http://tinyurl.com/2ymgsm
DISPUTE OVER GUNS THREATENS SENATE VOTE
WASHINGTON (AP) — An election-year dispute over whether to allow loaded guns in national parks is holding up a vote on a massive bill affecting public lands from coast to coast.
http://tinyurl.com/3yvfer
SULLIVAN ATF CONFIRMATION BLOCKED
La. senator objects to gun-license stance
http://tinyurl.com/2o3l45
S.C. GUN DEALER SUING NEW YORK MAYOR CHARGED WITH ILLEGAL SALE
http://tinyurl.com/2vy76c
SPACE STATION CREW CAN ACCESS GUN
http://www.wesh.com/news/15298911/detail.html
FLORIDA: TEACHER FIRED FOR GUN IN TRUCK
BARTOW, Fla. — A Central Florida teacher has been fired because he kept a handgun in his truck in the school parking lot.
http://www.local6.com/news/15291404/detail.html
FLORIDA: MIAMI COMMISSIONER, POLICE CHIEF RALLY TO BAN AK-47S
http://www.nbc6.net/news/15305416/detail.html
HAWAII: GUN CONTROL PACKAGE ON THE MOVE IN HAWAII!
http://www.nraila.org/Legislation/Read.aspx?ID=3506
ILLINOIS: ANTI-GUN BILLS TO BE HEARD IN ILLINOIS GENERAL ASSEMBLY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE!
http://www.nraila.org/Legislation/Read.aspx?ID=3508
KENTUCKY: SELF-DEFENSE BILL STALLED IN THE BLUEGRASS STATE!
http://www.nraila.org/Legislation/Read.aspx?ID=3457
MASSACHUSETTS: SEARCHING KIDS’ ROOMS FOR GUNS MAY BACKFIRE, POL SAYS
http://tinyurl.com/2qnw53
NEW YORK: NEW DATABASE WILL TRACK GUNS USED IN CRIMES
http://www.nysun.com/article/71327
PENNSYLVANIA: PHILLY, NRA AND LEGISLATURE HEADING TO COURT OVER LOCAL GUN RULES
http://tinyurl.com/38fgyg
WASHINGTON: TWO WASHINGTON BILLS TAKE OPPOSITE SIDES ON ISSUE OF GUNS ON CAMPUS
Two state lawmakers have offered dramatically different bills dealing with guns on college campuses and the measures touched off spirited debate today at a Senate committee hearing. The bill offered by Sen. Ed Murray, D-Seattle, would ban weapons at colleges that host high school students. In response to Murray’s bill, Sen. Pam Roach, R-Auburn, introduced a measure that would prohibit universities from banning concealed weapons. Her argument is that people with permits to carry weapons would make campuses safer.
http://tinyurl.com/2lqtaj
AFGHANISTAN: SECURITY COMPANIES FALL FOUL OF GUN CONTROLS
Afghan police have begun a crackdown on private security guards carrying guns in Kabul, paralyzing foreign aid and other organizations whose rules oblige them to travel with armed escorts.
http://tinyurl.com/24jamz
CANADA: RADIO TROUBLES, FIREARMS LAWS STYMIE U.S.-CANADA BORDER TEAMS
A tangle of conflicting laws on both sides of the border is tying the hands of joint Canada-U.S. border squads, undermining efforts to nab international criminals, says a newly released report.
http://tinyurl.com/3ygr4o
GUN-FREE JAPAN: 2,885 GUN OWNERS TURNING IN FIREARM LICENSES AFTER UPROAR OVER SASEBO RAMPAGE
Gun owners are turning in their licenses for thousands of weapons following public outrage over a shooting incident at a sports club in Nagasaki Prefecture last December that left two people dead, the National Police Agency said Thursday.
http://tinyurl.com/2ery2d
THE WHAT NOT TO DO FILE: DID MAYOR TAKE AIM AT CHIEF?
http://www.wdsu.com/news/15301432/detail.html#
THE WHAT NOT TO DO FILE: POLICE OFFICER WHO WOUNDED TODDLER WAS CLEANING GUN
[The explanation of what happened here sounds like complete baloney to me.]
http://tinyurl.com/38wuhy
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