News from The Sight M1911, Volume 127

SACRAMENTO -- California will become the first state in the nation to require guns to have two new safety devices under a bill signed Wednesday by Gov. Gray Davis.

http://www.kron4.com/Global/story.asp?S=1456809&nav=5D7lIBGO

INDIANA: NEW GUN BACKGROUND CHECKS CAUSE DEBATE

Federal background checks will be required for every buyer of a handgun in Indiana under new rules that take effect Wednesday. The new rules went into effect at midnight, October 1, 2003.

MARYLAND: ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN PUSHED

http://www.gazette.net/200338/montgomerycty/updates/177923-1.html

MISSOURI: NAMES OF PEOPLE WITH CONCEALED CARRY PERMITS WILL BE SECRET

http://www.therolladailynews.com/articles/2003/10/06/news/news5.txt

MISSOURI: HOLDEN ANNOUNCES BAN ON GUNS IN STATE BUILDINGS

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http://www.news-leader.com/today/1007-Holdentaki-185747.html

MISSOURI: MEASURE RAISES PENALTY FOR HAVING GUNS WHILE DRUNK

Missouri prosecutors are alerting law enforcement agencies in their counties about a little-known part of the state's new concealed weapons law. The law, which goes into effect Oct. 11, increases the criminal penalties for those who are found to be intoxicated and in possession of a gun. It boosts the "drunk while armed" law from a misdemeanor to a felony. "Guns and alcohol don't mix, and we will take a very aggressive stance on it," Platte County Prosecutor Eric Zahnd told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch for Friday's edition.

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MISSOURI: TRAINING TO "CONCEAL AND CARRY" FIREARMS

"What it may do for people is give them the sense of protection, in an encounter they may have in their lives, where having a firearm is necessary for them to stay alive. And if that gives somebody the ability to feel safe, maybe it's a good thing."

http://www.kolr10.com/Global/story.asp?S=1471785&nav=0RXJINyX

MISSOURI: CONCEALED-GUN OPPONENTS TO FILE LAWSUIT AGAINST NEW LAW

KC Mayor Pro Tem Alvin Brooks Is Lead Plaintiff In Case

http://www.thekansascitychannel.com/politics/2538895/detail.html

MISSOURI: CONCEALED GUNS DEBATE DATES BACK TO 1875

http://newstribune.com/stories/100703/sta_1007030005.asp

OHIO: JUSTICES UPHOLD CONCEALED GUN BAN

http://tinyurl.com/omh1

OREGON: GUN TURN-INS MAY BE TURNED OFF

http://www.portlandtribune.com/archview.cgi?id=20706

KNOW THY ENEMY: CONTACT CONGRESS ON OCTOBER 2ND, TO BAN ASSAULT WEAPONS

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