News from The Sight M1911, Volume 156

News from The Sight M1911

Volume 156, 5/24/04

PIZZA HUT DELIVERY MAN DEFENDS HIMSELF FROM ARMED ASSAILANT

Is fired for “violating company policy”

http://www.indystar.com/articles/5/147538-6355-093.html

JIM SCOUTTEN’S NEW SHOW – SHOOTING USA

Our favorite gun show host, Jim Scoutten of “American Shooter” fame, has a new show on OLN, “Shooting USA.” The first episode I caught covered the IDPA Winter Nationals and the new S&W 1911. Not a bad start. For schedule and show times, see:

http://www.shootingusa.com/SHOW_NEWS/show_news.html

A TALE OF TWO SPRINGFIELD'S BY SSGT MARK D. LITTLEJOHN

http://www.sightm1911.com/lib/review/two_sa.htm

GUN ADVOCATES WIN, BUT SO DOES COMMON SENSE

Nearly two dozen gun-rights advocates in the viewing gallery of a Cook County courtroom burst into applause Monday afternoon after Judge James Linn found Roderick Pritchett, 26, not guilty of a felony weapons charge that could have sent him to prison for three years.

http://tinyurl.com/38oqx

WHITHER GUN CONTROL?

What is happening to the gun control movement?

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,120638,00.html

ANTI-GUN CAMPAIGN ACCUSED OF SPREADING 'HYPE'

http://tinyurl.com/3h8kj

MINNESOTANS LINED UP TO TAKE THEIR SHOT WITH MACHINE GUNS

http://www.in-forum.com/ap/index.cfm?page=view&id=D82OE0OG0

GETTING NAKED FOR BIG BROTHER

Americans are willing to "get naked" for their government if they feel it will make them more secure. That's the conclusion Jeffrey Rosen reached in his new book The Naked Crowd, which explores the willingness of Americans to abandon privacy for perceived security.

http://tinyurl.com/2qwv8

NRA TARGETS “GUN ENTHUSIAST” KERRY

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/5031173/

GUN FOES TARGET INVER GROVE HEIGHTS MANUFACTURER

http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/4783859.html

GUN BAN LOBBY AIMS FOR WRONG TARGET

Brady Moms Should Push for Controlling Criminals, Not Law-Abiding Gun Owners

http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=166-06182004

MUSEUM WANTS TO HELP OLIN PRESERVE FIREARMS HISTORY

http://tinyurl.com/22czy

FAKE GUNS ARE GETTING PEOPLE IN REAL TROUBLE

Prosecutor says pellet pistols count as 'firearms'

http://tinyurl.com/ywngr

ALABAMA: NEW GUN LEGISLATION GETS ANOTHER LOOK BY LAWMAKERS

Under the bill, when a probate judge orders a person involuntarily committed to a mental hospital, he or she would report the case to Alabama's Criminal Justice Information Center. It now awaits Governor Riley's signature.

http://www.whnt19.com/Global/story.asp?S=1874223

ARIZONA: 67,000 LEGALLY CARRY CONCEALED WEAPONS IN ARIZONA

http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/0520gunpermits20.html

CALIFORNIA: WHERE KIDS AND GUNS REALLY MIX

Safety taught at Coyote Point hunters' course

http://www.sfexaminer.com/article/index.cfm/i/052104n_guns

CALIFORNIA: SENATE BANS GUN SHOWS AT STATE FAIRGROUNDS

http://www.jointogether.org/gv/news/summaries/reader/0,2061,571059,00.html

INDIANA: GUNS FOUND IN CAR AT SCHOOL

Woman says weapons are estranged husband's

http://www.indystar.com/articles/8/148167-8588-016.html

KENTUCKY: FROM ROOSEVELT'S PISTOL TO GERONIMO'S BOW

http://tinyurl.com/2ajbp

MISSOURI: GUN LAW APPEALS TO AN OLDER CROWD

http://tinyurl.com/2jxmo

NEVADA: 14 ARRESTED IN UNDERCOVER FEDERAL PROBE OF NEVADA GUN SHOWS

http://tinyurl.com/yv67m

NEW YORK: PROBATION OFFICERS TO TAKE AIM

Gun training mandate baffles unarmed group

http://www.theithacajournal.com/news/stories/20040522/localnews/478179.html

NEW YORK: JUDGE OKS RELEASE OF NYC GUN DATA

A federal judge has ruled that data tracing the sales history of guns used in crimes must be released to the city, which hopes to use the information to bolster its civil case against the gun industry

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,120584,00.html

OHIO: NEW! ''NO GUNS-NO MONEY'' CARDS NOW AVAILABLE

http://www.ohioccw.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1867

OKLAHOMA: PRINCIPAL ARRESTED FOR PACKING HEAT

Gun Allegedly Found In F.D. Moon Principal's Car

http://www.channeloklahoma.com/news/3327790/detail.html

PENNSYLVANIA: FIREARMS GROUP WARNS OF 'GUN GRABBING' BILL

But Pennsylvania official says legislation actually expands owners' rights

http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=38551

TEXAS: NEIGHBORS HELP WOMAN, 84, CAUGHT WITH PISTOL IN PURSE

Councilwoman, Neighbors Help Clean Up Woman's Property

http://www.click2houston.com/family/3328162/detail.html