News from The Sight M1911, Volume 150

News from The Sight M1911

Volume 150, 4/5/04

WHY DID IT HAVE TO BE … GUNS?

by L. Neil Smith

http://www.libertyforall.net/2004/april11/Guns.html

OHIO JOINS TREND TO CONCEAL-CARRY

BLACKWATER AIDS MILITARY WITH ARMED SUPPORT

The four civilians who were killed and dragged through the streets of an Iraqi town Wednesday worked for a North Carolina subcontractor that is providing security in a hostile area of Iraq.

http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/South/03/31/civilian.deaths.ap/index.html

TOWN ANGERED BY DEATHS OF 4 BLACKWATER MEN

http://tinyurl.com/2pc6k

HIGH RISKS AND PAY FOR CONTRACTORS IN IRAQ

http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/04/01/iraq.contractor/index.html

NAVY PISTOL TEAM SHOOTS TO TOP FOR FOURTH TIME

http://www.dcmilitary.com/navy/trident/9_12/sports/28321-1.html

LAWMAKERS COMPLAIN TSA SLOW ON TRAINING PILOTS TO CARRY GUNS

http://www.whas11.com/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D81MABL82.html

TSA DEFENDS RECORD ON ARMED PILOTS PROGRAM

http://tinyurl.com/yw6dd

AT US NATIONAL FIREARMS MUSEUM, LIBERTY IS SPIED THROUGH A GUN SIGHT

http://tinyurl.com/26qcj

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THE TRUE STORY OF THE BERETTA M9 PISTOL.

http://www.sightm1911.com/lib/history/true_story_m9.htm

GUN RANGES UNDER SIEGE: RESIDENTS TAKE AIM AT LONGTIME GUN CLUB

http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/Stories/0,1413,206~22097~2057382,00.html

COURT OPENS DOOR TO SEARCHES WITHOUT WARRANTS

It's a groundbreaking court decision that legal experts say will affect everyone: Police officers in Louisiana no longer need a search or arrest warrant to conduct a brief search of your home or business.

http://www.theneworleanschannel.com/news/2953483/detail.html

KERRY ON THE RECORD: BRANDISHING THE GUN ISSUE

http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2004/3/27/131943.shtml

COURT TO CONSIDER FOREIGN ANGLE ON GUN LAW

The U.S. Supreme Court said on Monday that it would decide whether the federal law that prohibits felons from possessing firearms or ammunition includes foreign convictions.

http://wireservice.wired.com/wired/story.asp?section=Breaking&storyId=842846

HOLLYWOOD "REACH THE STARS" CAMPAIGN

Jewish Civil Rights Group Asks Stars to Stop Supporting Genocidal Policies

http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=101-04012004

ALABAMA: PROPOSAL - DOUBLE PISTOL FEE

MONTGOMERY — Pistol permits will double for the more than 6,000 people licensed to carry the weapons if a bill introduced in the Legislature for Morgan County Sheriff Greg Bartlett becomes law.

http://www.decaturdaily.com/decaturdaily/news/040331/pistol.shtml

CALIFORNIA: BAD BILLS SET FOR APRIL 13^TH

http://www.nramemberscouncils.com/siliconvalley/

COLORADO: GUN-RIGHTS DAY OF A HIGHER CALIBER

The College Republicans have declared this Second Amendment Day. They want the university to rescind its gun ban, which applies to everyone including students holding concealed-weapons permits.

http://tinyurl.com/3yukb

FLORIDA: GUN GRABBER FILES TO OPPOSE LITTLEFIELD

http://www.sptimes.com/2004/03/25/Pasco/Activist_files_to_opp.shtml

FLORIDA: THREE MIAMI OFFICERS CONVICTED IN GUN COVER-UP

http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGAX2H84JSD.html

FLORIDA: HOUSE PASSES BILL BANNING LISTS OF GUN OWNERS

Police and government agencies could no longer keep comprehensive lists of people who own firearms, under a bill the House passed Thursday night.

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/state/8333305.htm

ILLINOIS: LOWER GUN-BUYING AGE RIPPED

Democrats question governor's stance

http://tinyurl.com/23ec2

ILLINOIS: GOVERNOR OFFERS DEAL ON GUN LEGISLATION

Gov. Rod Blagojevich says he would sign legislation lowering the minimum age to obtain a firearm owner's identification card without parental consent, but only if the Legislature also sends him a bill banning all assault weapons, an administration source said Tuesday.

http://www.nbc5.com/politics/2961116/detail.html

ILLINOIS: MAYOR AND GOVERNOR FACE OFF ON GUN AGE LIMIT

An arms war is brewing between governor Rod Blagojevich and Chicago mayor Richard Daley. The governor wants to lower the legal age to buy a gun to 18, if he also gets a ban on assault weapons, but mayor Daley says that's a bad deal.

http://abclocal.go.com/wls/news/033004_ns_guns_showdown.html

KANSAS: CONCEALED GUN BILL PASSES BUT FACES VETO

TOPEKA — A bill to allow Kansans to carry concealed handguns won final legislative approval Thursday, but the measure faces an almost certain veto by Gov. Kathleen Sebelius.

http://tinyurl.com/2lzea

KENTUCKY: MIXED FEELINGS OVER NEW GUN LAW

Newport gun shop owner Peter Garrett went all the way to the Kentucky Supreme Court last year in a failed effort to open new gun stores in Bellevue and Dayton. He had far more success this year in persuading the Kentucky General Assembly to change state law.

http://www.kypost.com/2004/04/01/gun040104.html

MARYLAND: ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN DEFEATED

The Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee, as expected, defeated legislation aimed at banning assault weapons this morning, taking any chance of a highly volatile gun bill becoming law.

http://www.gazette.net/200414/montgomerycty/updates/210466-1.html

MARYLAND: NO NEW GUN BILLS SEEN AS LIKELY THIS SESSION

http://washingtontimes.com/metro/20040401-104953-5734r.htm

MISSOURI: SUPREME COURT DECLINES TO HEAR CONCEALED GUNS CASE AGAIN

Concealed gun opponents on Tuesday lost a bid for another Missouri Supreme Court hearing on their claims that the new state law imposes an unfunded mandate on sheriffs responsible for implementing it.

http://tinyurl.com/28c83

MISSOURI: SENATE PANEL ENDORSES CHANGE TO CONCEALED GUNS LAW

A Senate committee endorsed a bill Thursday attempting to fix a funding flaw identified by the state Supreme Court in Missouri's new concealed guns law.

http://tinyurl.com/2bu6g

OHIO: BELMONT COUNTY WANTS NO GUNS ON ITS PROPERTIES

Ohioans soon will be able to carry concealed weapons, but Belmont County officials plan to post signs banning all guns - concealed or not - from county properties.

http://www.theintelligencer.net/news/story/0331202004_new2belmont.asp

OHIO: TRAINING CRITICAL FOR GUN LAW

http://www.mansfieldnewsjournal.com/news/stories/20040403/localnews/202911.html

OHIO: ROSS RESIDENTS SEE GUNS AS A MEANS OF PROTECTION

http://www.chillicothegazette.com/news/stories/20040404/localnews/170412.html

SOUTH CAROLINA: BILL WOULD TAKE GUNS AWAY FROM DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OFFENDERS

South Carolina judges would have the power to take guns away from people subject to a restraining order in under a bill headed to the House floor.

http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/local/8314314.htm

AUSTRALIA: GUN AMNESTY EXTENDED

A GUN amnesty and buyback was today extended in NSW by three months to ensure all licensed shooters whose firearms were banned are compensated.

http://tinyurl.com/29nm9

AUSTRALIA: NAIL GUN CONTROL

NAIL guns are as lethal as firearms in inexperienced hands and consideration should be given to licensing operators, the Master Builders Association of Tasmania says.

http://news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,9184574%5E921,00.html

PHILIPPINES: FOREST RANGERS SEEK EXEMPTION IN GUN BAN

http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2004/apr/01/yehey/prov/20040401pro13.html

KNOW THY ENEMY: NEW BOOK SAYS SCIENCE PROVIDES ANSWERS TO GUN VIOLENCE

http://www.jointogether.org/gv/news/features/reader/0,2061,570165,00.html

THE WHAT NOT TO DO FILE: PISTOL UNDER PILLOW SHOOTS SLEEPING MAN

GRANITE FALLS, Wash, April 3 (UPI) -- A man in Granite Falls, Wash., who slept with a pistol beneath his pillow woke up one morning last week to find the gun had gone off and shot him.

http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20040403-081011-8588r.htm

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