News from The Sight M1911
Volume 146, 3/8/04
A SWING TO THE MIDDLE ON GUN CONTROL
As Al Gore's campaign spokesman in 2000, Doug Hattaway watched as the National Rifle Association successfully painted his candidate as one who would take Americans' guns away. Mr. Gore lost in states like Tennessee and West Virginia, where hunting is popular, and Democrats have been ducking gun control ever since.
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/07/weekinreview/07stol.html
SURGE IN DUELING FIRES UP SALES OF ENGLISH PISTOL POWDER
GLOCK 36 KABOOM
http://www.spts.us/firearms.html
DO GUN CONTROL ACTIVISTS PAD GUN DEATH STATISTICS?
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,113094,00.html
SENATE KILLS GUN INDUSTRY LEGAL PROTECTION BILL
The U.S. Senate, in a surprise about-face on Tuesday, defeated legislation to shield the gun industry from many civil lawsuits after gun control advocates attached language to it extending the 1994 assault weapons ban and the bill's own sponsor repudiated it.
http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/03/02/senate.guns/index.html
KERRY, EDWARDS BACK IN SENATE FOR CLOSE ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN VOTE
http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/news/1078228538174130.xml
HEARTENED BY SENATE VOTE, ANTI-GUN GROUPS DEMAND 'STRONGER' BAN
http://www.townhall.com/news/politics/200403/CUL20040304a.shtml
SENATE BILL CAN END MISLEADING DEBATE ON GUNS
http://www.ohioccw.org/article1839.html
ALLEN CHANGES STANCE ON ASSAULT WEAPON BAN BILL
On the eve of a critical vote to extend one of the nation’s highest-profile gun laws, U.S. Sen. George F. Allen reversed his position and announced he will oppose a continued ban on assault weapons.
http://home.hamptonroads.com/stories/story.cfm?story=66859&ran=83521
DEMOCRATS COME CLEAN: THEY STILL TREAT GUN OWNERS AS THE ENEMY
After two years filled with pontifications, photo-op pheasant hunts, visits to gun ranges and shooting events, leading Democrats who have been insisting that they support the rights of gun owners have pretty much put an end to that lie.
http://www.saf.org/pub/rkba/press-releases/oped-dems-come-clean.html
CONCEALED HANDGUN PERMIT DEBATE CONTINUES
http://www.whas11.com/topstories/stories/WHAS11_TOP_GunPermits.52fdf85d.html
MUSICIAN DAVID CROSBY WAS ARRESTED ON MARIJUANA AND GUN POSSESSION CHARGES
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,113468,00.html
PARENTS ARE CITED ON GUN AT SCHOOL
The parents of a student at Four Corners Elementary School in Salem have been cited on accusations of reckless endangering after the student brought a gun to school last week, the Marion County Sheriff's Office said Friday.
WASHINGTON DC SLAMS SENATE GUN LAW REPEAL PUSH
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=domesticNews&storyID=4473847
FLORIDA: HOUSE LEADER CONSIDERS CHARGING SHOOTERS TO FUND GUN RANGE BILL
FLORIDA: BILL EXEMPTS GUN RANGES FROM CLEANUP
INDIANA: HOUSE PASSES GUN BILL SPARKED BY ALLEN CASE
An Allen County gun case spurred legislators Thursday to grant firearms owners wide immunity from civil lawsuits.
http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/fortwayne/news/local/8113803.htm
KANSAS: HOUSE ADVANCES CONCEALED HANDGUN BILL
MINNESOTA: CARLSON, MONDALE LEAD EFFORT TO REPEAL HANDGUN LAW
A powerful pair is teaming up against Minnesota's new handgun permit law, leading a group called ``Repeal Conceal.'' Former Vice President Walter Mondale and former Governor Arne Carlson say the law is bad public policy.
http://www.kaaltv.com/article/view/48068/
MISSOURI: CONCEALED GUN LAW'S SPONSOR GETS PERMIT
Moniteau County Sheriff Kenny Jones issued what may be Missouri's first concealed weapons carrying permit Monday to state Rep. Larry Crawford, R-California, the lawmaker who sponsored the controversial law.
MISSOURI: FEE COMPLICATION DELAYS CONCEALED GUN PERMITS
http://www.mydjconnection.com/articles/2004/03/02/community/news2.txt
MISSOURI: RESIDENTS FLOOD CENTRE COUNTY WITH GUN APPLICATIONS AFTER ONLINE AD
Applications for concealed weapon permits are pouring into Centre County from Missouri after a court challenge there, apparently because a gun enthusiast Web site and a newspaper article referenced the county's permitting process.
http://pennlive.com/newsflash/pa/index.ssf?/base/news-13/10784831494170.xml
MISSOURI: KC BANS FIREARMS FROM CITY BUILDINGS
MISSOURI: NIXON FRUSTRATED BY SLOW PACE ON FIXING CONCEALED GUNS LAW
OHIO: SOME UNLIKELY CANDIDATES ARE READY TO CARRY FIREARMS
http://www.ohio.com/mld/beaconjournal/news/local/8133021.htm
VIRGINIA: WARNER, ALLEN SPLIT OVER ASSAULT WEAPONS
Activists Criticize Both Va. Republicans for Changing Sides on Extending Ban
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24371-2004Mar2.html
UTAH: GUN BILL BEING PASSED BACK AND FORTH AT THE STATE
CANADA'S GUN LAW UNCONSTITUTIONAL
http://north.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=nor_guns20040304
PHILIPPINES: VILLAGE BOSSES, “WE NEED GUNS”
After the death of a Leyte mayor in his barangay last Thursday, Zapatera Barangay Captain Francisco Benedicto is asking that local officials be exempted from the Commission on Elections (Comelec) gun ban.
http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/net/2004/03/07/village.bosses.we.need.guns.html
THE WHAT NOT TO DO FILE: ACCIDENT VICTIM FIRES HANDGUN WHILE NEVADA FIREFIGHTERS WORK TO FREE HIM
http://cms.firehouse.com/content/article/article.jsp?sectionId=46&id=27002
THE WHAT NOT TO DO FILE: MAN KILLED WHEN HE ACCIDENTALLY FIRES GUN
Police say victim had been drinking
http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/index.ssf?/base/news-1/1078385648191500.xml
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