News from The Sight M1911, Volume 135

Congress approved a bill on Friday that expands the reach of the Patriot Act, reduces oversight of the FBI and intelligence agencies and, according to critics, shifts the balance of power away from the legislature and the courts.

http://tinyurl.com/wdkm

NEW EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT PROGRAM 'FIGHTS' FIREARM-CARRYING YOUTHS

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2003-11/acoe-ned112003.php

TAURUS INTERNATIONAL FORMS AUTHORIZED USER FIREARM PARTNERSHIP

http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/031125/fltu024_1.html

EARLY RETIREMENT LOOMS FOR ARMY'S M-16 ASSAULT RIFLE

Troops find it too bulky for Humvees

http://www.trivalleyherald.com/Stories/0,1413,86~10669~1785994,00.html

ZERO PATIENCE FOR ZERO TOLERANCE

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,103983,00.html

CALIFORNIA: LAGUNA NIGUEL GUN DEALER ARRESTED, 90 ASSAULT RIFLES CONFISCATED

http://tinyurl.com/wni6

KANSAS: TOWN REQUIRES HOMES TO HAVE GUNS

GEUDA SPRINGS, Kan. -- Residents of this tiny south-central Kansas community have passed an ordinance requiring most households to have guns and ammunition.

http://morningsun.net/stories/112403/reg_20031124044.shtml

MINNESOTA: HANDGUN LAW'S BIGGEST EFFECTS ARE IN TWIN CITIES

http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/4237329.html

MONTANA: IN THE BULL'S-EYE

Montana Shooting Sports Association President Gary Marbut is one target of a recent Montana Human Rights Network report linking him to militia groups and “patriot” culture, and he’s not happy about it.

http://www.everyweek.com/News/News.asp?no=3688

NEW MEXICO: AG ASKS SUPREME COURT TO THROW OUT CONCEALED HANDGUN CHALLENGE

http://kobtv.com/index.cfm?viewer=storyviewer&id=6494&cat=HOME

NEW YORK: THE RED TAPE OF PACKING A PISTOL

Revoking or suspending a "carry" permit often determined by whim of police officer, judge

http://tinyurl.com/wc7b

OHIO: DEFENSE WALKERS FROM ACROSS OHIO TO OPENLY CARRY FIREARMS AT THE GOVERNOR’S MANSION

COLUMBUS • Ohioans For Concealed Carry has announced that activists from across the state who are interested in protesting Governor Taft’s obstruction of concealed carry reform will "openly carry" their sidearms, beginning in a public park at the corner of Parkview and Commonwealth outside the Governor’s Mansion in Bexley, November 30 at 2:00 p.m.

http://www.ohioccw.org/article1585.html

OHIO: SPEAKER REVERSES POSITION ON PUBLIC GUN-CARRY PERMITS

COLUMBUS - House Speaker Larry Householder said today he agrees with Gov. Bob Taft's demand that the state disclose the names of people issued permits to carry concealed weapons.

http://www.ohio.com/mld/beaconjournal/7347850.htm

http://www.ohioccw.org/article1594.html

OHIO: HOME INVADERS STEAL FIREARMS: SIGN OF THINGS TO COME?

http://www.ohioccw.org/article1595.html

UTAH: GUN BAN AT CHURCH? NOPE

http://www.sltrib.com/2003/Nov/11292003/utah/utah.asp

CANADA: GUN TAB HITS $1B A YEAR EARLY

Costs are piling up at the troubled federal firearms registry and could top the $1-billion mark a year earlier than originally forecast, government figures show.

http://tinyurl.com/whkq

http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2003/11/25/161201.shtml

GUAM: WANT FIREARMS ID? BILL SAYS SEND PRINTS TO FBI

Guam residents who want to possess firearms or ammunition will be required to put their fingerprints on file with the FBI and submit to an FBI criminal background check, as proposed in a bill debated by lawmakers yesterday.

http://www.guampdn.com/news/stories/20031126/localnews/707032.html

PHILIPPINES: POLICE, MILITARY TOP GUN BAN VIOLATORS

http://tinyurl.com/wcz9

SOUTH AFRICA: NO ROSES FOR THOSE WITH GUNZ

Pretoria - South African gun-owners will face strict regulations under the new firearm law from March next year, and will be forced to reapply for licenses every five years.

http://tinyurl.com/wpx3

GUN-FREE UK: NEW DATABASE TO FIGHT GUN CRIME

A national database has been launched to help police crack down on gun crime.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3235902.stm

THE WHAT NOT TO DO FILE: PARTICIPANT AT KKK INITIATION WOUNDED AFTER SHOTS FIRED INTO SKY

http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/South/11/24/klan.initiation.ap/index.html

THE WHAT NOT TO DO FILE: HUNTER GUILTY IN GUN DEATH

Unintended shot killed Denver man in '01

http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36~53~1791033,00.html

THE WHAT NOT TO DO FILE: POLICE OFFICER 'LET SCHOOLIE FIRE GUN'

POLICE supervision of schoolies week has been turned into a joke after a 38-year-old male officer was accused of plying four teenage girls with alcohol, taking one into his bedroom and allowing her to dry-fire his service pistol.

http://tinyurl.com/wszm

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