News from The Sight M1911

Volume 164, 8/1/04

 

ASSAULT GUN BAN IS POLITICAL AMMO FOR DEMOCRATS

Congress likely to let it expire

http://tinyurl.com/5hcsz

 

BAN DEMONIZES ASSAULT WEAPONS

By Dave Workman

http://tinyurl.com/4mnr4

 

AREA LAWMAKERS IN D.C. GENERALLY OPPOSE GUN BAN

WASHINGTON — Area lawmakers are generally opposed to extending the federal ban on assault weapons, which expires Sept. 13.

http://tinyurl.com/3onp5

 

PUBLIC ENEMIES: AMERICA'S GREATEST CRIME WAVE AND THE BIRTH OF THE FBI, 1933-34

http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/27977.htm

 

BUSH DEFENDS GUN-OWNER RIGHTS DURING THEME-BASED CAMPAIGN TOUR

http://tinyurl.com/64ert

 

KERRY VISITS WEST VIRGINIA, VOICES SUPPORT FOR GUN RIGHTS, COAL MINERS

http://tinyurl.com/6763q

 

GUN CONTROL ADVOCATES FRUSTRATED WITH KERRY'S SILENCE ON ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN

http://tinyurl.com/6xu84

 

DEMS AGREE WITH CLINTON ON GUNS

http://www.humaneventsonline.com/article.php?id=4644

 

GUNS DIVIDE CAMPAIGN

Kerry’s silence on the issue frustrates control advocates

http://www.thehill.com/news/072904/guncontrol.aspx

 

'GUNS, GOD, GAYS' LOSING VOTING APPEAL, HOWARD DEAN SAYS

http://tinyurl.com/44v27

 

SHERIFF, CHIEF DISAGREE ON ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN

http://tinyurl.com/5b4uu

 

SMITH & WESSON RECAPTURES RANKING AS TOP U.S. HANDGUN MAKER

http://tinyurl.com/4ev3s

 

FEDS SEEK NRA'S HELP ON GUNS ON PLANES

http://pittsburghlive.com/x/tribune-review/trib/regional/s_205423.html

 

GULFPORT MAN PROTECTS HOME FROM ARMED ROBBERS

http://www.wlox.com/Global/story.asp?S=2093895

 

ROBBERY FOILED, MAN SHOT BY STORE CLERK

A MacArthur Boulevard store clerk with a .38 caliber pistol and an alert Oakland officer evened the odds in an attempted armed robbery Saturday morning, police said.

http://www.timesstar.com/Stories/0,1413,125~1486~2293922,00.html

 

REPORT: 7,000-PLUS AMERICANS BOUGHT WEAPONS ILLEGALLY

http://breakingnews.iol.ie/news/story.asp?j=47976626&p=479769z8

 

COURT REJECTS ST. LOUIS' GUN LAWSUIT

http://tinyurl.com/4jgzn

 

SHOW AIMS AT WEALTH OF U.S. FIREARMS CRAFT

From plain to ornate, gunmakers historically displayed their artistic side, exhibit indicates.

http://www.indystar.com/articles/1/166505-9491-062.html

 

WOODWARD, 56, IS OLDEST AUSTRALIAN OLYMPIAN

http://tinyurl.com/44xw8

 

BULLETPROOF VEST MAKER SUED IN COP DEATH

The nation's largest manufacturer of bulletproof vests for police was accused in a lawsuit brought by Pennsylvania's attorney general Tuesday of failing to disclose for years that the material in some models deteriorates with exposure to fluorescent light, heat and humidity.

http://tinyurl.com/53s75

 

NEIGHBOR VIDEOTAPES BOY PLAYING WITH GUN

http://www.wxii12.com/family/3583819/detail.html

 

SUSPECT DIES AFTER TASER USE BY MESA POLICE

http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/0731tasermesa31.html

 

HOMEOWNER IS RELEASED AFTER KILLING MAN BANGING ON DOOR

http://tinyurl.com/5l4wz

 

CALIFORNIA: JURORS DECIDING FATE OF BERETTA CASE

Prosecution claims design of gun was responsible for death of Berkeley teen

http://www.trivalleyherald.com/Stories/0,1413,86~10671~2304038,00.html

 

ILLINOIS: GUN LOBBY ALREADY PREPARING FOR NEXT LEGISLATIVE SESSION

http://www.southernillinoisan.com/rednews/2004/07/28/build/top/TOP006.html

 

MICHIGAN: GUN POLICY

Common sense should temper zero-tolerance

http://www.freep.com/voices/editorials/egun24_20040724.htm

 

OHIO: CONCEALED GUNS ALLOWED IN PARKS

Arcanum, Ohio- Officials in this western Ohio village have changed an ordinance that had banned the carrying of concealed handguns in parks after supporters of the state's new concealed-weapons law challenged it.

http://tinyurl.com/4k9tz

 

OHIO: TEEN INDICTED FOR BRINGING GUN INTO EATERY

http://www.chillicothegazette.com/news/stories/20040725/localnews/915175.html

 

VIRGINIA: GUN EXPO HELD IN FAIRFAX AFTER LOCAL ORDINANCES OVERTURNED

http://www.wjla.com/news/stories/0804/163148.html

 

VIRGINIA: DEBATE GETS HOT OVER RASH OF GUNS IN PUBLIC

Virginia law allows open display of firearms

http://tinyurl.com/3lwg8

 

TEXAS: TEXAS REJECTS MISSOURI CONCEALED-GUN PERMITS

Texas is refusing to honor concealed-weapons permits issued in Missouri, saying the Show-Me State's law does not meet Texas standards.

http://tinyurl.com/6vjvp

 

BRAZIL: GUN CONTROL GETS A SHOT

With one of the world's highest rates of gun deaths, Brazil isn't just shooting from the hip with a buy-back deal to disarm its populace

http://tinyurl.com/56epu

 

TRINIDAD: FISHERMEN CALL FOR GUNS

MORUGA fishermen know who the pirates are and can find them with the help of the Coast Guard and with the guns for which they are calling.

http://www.trinidadexpress.com/index.pl/article_business?id=31528156

 

GUN-FREE UK: SHARP RISE IN SEX OFFENCES AND GUN CRIME

RAPE, serious sex offences and gun crime have jumped in the first half of this year, official statistics show.

http://tinyurl.com/3sr5h

 

KNOW THY ENEMY: HARDEN TO SHOOT 'AMERICAN GUN'

http://tinyurl.com/5mw5g

 

THE WHAT NOT TO DO FILE: MAN CLEANING HANDGUN ACCIDENTALLY SHOOTS SELF

http://www.sptimes.com/2004/07/24/Citrus/Man_cleaning_handgun_.shtml

 

THE WHAT NOT TO DO FILE: SHOWING OFF HIS GUN, NEW COP SHOOTS TEEN

http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/215011p-185064c.html

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