News from The Sight M1911, Volume 144

News from The Sight M1911

Volume 144, 2/22/04

PERSONAL NOTE: THE MOTHER OF ALL HARD DRIVE CRASHES

2 ½ weeks ago not one but both drives on my primary working computer suffered a simultaneous mechanical failure. I have never seen anything like that in 25 years of running PC’s. One, yes, but two at the same time? Needless to say, this caused my life enormous disruption from which I am just now recovering. Moral of the story: backup anything that’s important to you. Those of you who signed up for the newsletter between 1/15 and 2/7 need to send me another sign-up e-mail because there was a period there where my backup got corrupted.

I finally saw “Bowling for Columbine” and all of the rotten things you have heard about it are true. I wasn’t going to pay money to see it, but it finally descended to cable TV and I felt obligated somehow to sit through it. It’s interesting if for no other reason than to see the kind of raw sewage that passes for documentary journalism among the gun grabbers and nanny-staters. Of course, the blame for violence in America is finally laid on the elderly and infirm Charlton Heston and the NRA, after casting about for every other paper tiger in the woods – the military-industrial complex, poverty, racial diversity, etc., etc. I guess we should be thankful that people like Michael Moore are so devoid of intellectual rigor. While it shouldn’t have surprised me, it was surprising to see how poorly the points were made. The film isn’t an argument leading to a conclusion. It’s nothing but a series of stunts rendered in extremely bad taste.

S. 659 VOTE LIKELY THIS WEEK! FROM NEAL KNOX

If you don’t read anything else in this newsletter, read this

http://www.nealknox.com/alerts/msg00192.html

US ATTORNEY DEFENDS GUN, DRUG CASES

Sullivan lashed back at a federal judge who publicly criticized his office last week for spending too much time on low-level drug and gun cases that belonged in state court, instead of focusing on federal crimes such as public corruption and white-collar offenses that he said would have a greater impact on society.

http://tinyurl.com/2mkq6

SOURCES OF FIREARMS IN CRIMES NOW SECRET

http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/news/nation/7954708.htm

GUN ADVOCATES CONCERNED ABOUT FEDERAL PROGRAM

http://timesargus.com/Story/78153.html

GUN LOBBY SHOWS CLOUT IN OHIO

http://www.ohioccw.org/article1809.html

EFFORTS TO STOP GUN SELLER IMMUNITY HEAT UP AROUND THE NATION

http://www.jointogether.org/gv/news/alerts/reader/0,2061,569274,00.html

SCANNER SNAGS A PISTOL-PACKING TAXPAYER

Filter out the anti-gun drivel in the story

http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/index.ssf?/base/news-0/10767417074960.xml

SMITH & WESSON ANNOUNCES NEW HANDGUN PRODUCTS FOR 2004

Including two new 1911 models

http://tinyurl.com/25hkx

MILLION MOMS PLANNING ANOTHER ANTI-GUN RALLY

http://tinyurl.com/2ey65

PAINTBALL GUN ACCIDENT KILLS MOM AT SON'S BIRTHDAY PARTY

http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/7981422.htm

SUPER 'SMART GUN' RECOGNIZES 1 OWNER

Professor unveils prototype firearm that senses shooter's unique grip

http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=37083

BIG GUNS, BIG EGOS MAY TRIP CONCEALED WEAPONS CARRIERS

http://www.sltrib.com/2004/Feb/02122004/utah/138135.asp

MICHELLE MALKIN: NY TO GUN OWNERS: DROP YOUR WEAPON

New York City Mayor Michael "Nanny" Bloomberg made headlines with his selective war on smokers. Now, he and the city's ruling class are preparing to "cure" the Big Apple of another politically incorrect constituency: ordinary gun owners.

http://tinyurl.com/3yvx9

DEMOCRATS AVOID GUN CONTROL

What was once seen as a winning issue is now another of those third rails in politics for Democrats. They have finally begun to realize that attacking gun rights is political suicide.

http://www.newsmax.com/showinside.shtml?a=2003/7/10/104330

AIRPORTS' GUN BAN UNDER FIRE

http://www.wjla.com/news/stories/0204/123003.html

GUN SALES UP SINCE KILLINGS, SELLERS SAY

http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/gwinnett/0104/31guns.html

JUST LIKE WHEN YOU WERE A KID, BUT GUNS REAL

Adults dress up, have a real bang-up time at Cowboy Action

http://www.ohio.com/mld/beaconjournal/living/7813911.htm

FLORIDA: GUARD TROOPS ARREST SUSPECTED ARMS DEALERS

http://www.staugustine.com/stories/020104/new_2099697.shtml

ILLINOIS: LEGISLATOR WANTS TO REDUCE AGE FOR FIREARM IDENTIFICATION CARDS

http://www.southernillinoisan.com/rednews/2004/02/01/build/top/TOP003.html