News from The Sight M1911, Volume 184

News from The Sight M1911

Volume 184, 7/24/05

I HATE GOLF

http://jerrythegeek.blogspot.com/2005/07/i-hate-golf.html

PLASTIC'S FANTASTIC

[If you like that sort of thing]

Light weight, durability and savoir faire are attributes exemplified by the current batch of polymer autos.

http://www.gunsandammomag.com/ga_handguns/plastic_072205/

GONZALEZ EARNS TOP SPOT AT NATIONAL PISTOL MATCH

At the National Rifle Association’s 2005 National Pistol Matches at Camp Perry, OH last week Gonzalez took first place in the senior division of the Sharpshooter class.

http://tinyurl.com/cb8r2

DID BRADY CAMPAIGN LIE ON S.397?

Sheriffs deny signing Brady Campaign letter, but Brady continues to use their names.

http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/viewArticle.asp?articleID=1326

FIREARM MANUFACTURERS TARGET D.C. STRICT ASSAULT WEAPON LIABILITY ACT

Firearm manufacturers have filed papers asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review a District of Columbia Court of Appeals ruling permitting lawsuits against firearms manufacturers under the District of Columbia's "Assault Weapon Manufacturing Strict Liability Act."

http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2005/07/20/57490.htm

HELP STOP RECKLESS LAWSUITS AGAINST THE FIREARMS INDUSTRY

Urge Your Lawmakers To Support S. 397/H.R. 800!

http://www.nraila.org/stoprecklesslawsuits.aspx

FEINSTEIN GUN BAN COULD COME UP IN THE SENATE SOON

http://www.gunowners.org/a072105.htm

UPPER DARBY GUN SHOP SUED OVER ACCIDENTAL DEATH OF BOY

A Washington-based gun control group was in Philadelphia on Wednesday, filing a lawsuit against an Upper Darby gun shop.

http://www.kyw1060.com/news_story_detail.cfm?newsitemid=47940

KEEPING GUNS SAFELY A PROTECTION FOR FAMILIES

http://tinyurl.com/d38co

CIVILIAN GUN SELF-DEFENSE BLOG

Clayton Cramer is doing an excellent job of tracking self-defense incidents

http://tinyurl.com/c5hh9

HOUSE VOTES TO EXTEND PATRIOT ACT

http://tinyurl.com/7htzl

ANTI-IMMIGRATION GROUPS HEAD TO INTERIOR

A volunteer movement that vows to guard America from a wave of illegal immigration has spread from the dusty U.S.-Mexican border to the verdant hollows of Appalachia. At least 40 anti-immigration groups have popped up nationally, inspired by the Minuteman Project that rallied hundreds this year to patrol the Mexican border in Arizona.

http://tinyurl.com/dt8ax

BORDER PATROL EXPLORING WAYS TO INVOLVE CITIZEN VOLUNTEERS

The U.S. Border Patrol is exploring ways to involve citizen volunteers in creating "something akin to a Border Patrol auxiliary," Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Robert C. Bonner said.

http://tinyurl.com/7qqdk

REPORTS CONFLICT ON BORDER PATROL POLICY

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,163446,00.html

GOVERNORS WORRIED OVER NATIONAL GUARD

The nation's governors are expressing growing concern that the extended deployment of National Guard soldiers in Iraq is depleting emergency resources at home.

http://tinyurl.com/cygzd

PENTAGON WANTS TO RAISE AGE LIMIT FOR RECRUITS

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/07/22/army.recruiting.reut/index.html

“BUYING BIG GUNS? NO BIG DEAL”

http://www.alphecca.com/mt_alphecca_archives/001468.html

KNOW THY ENEMY: NATIONAL SECURITY EXPERTS CONFIRM TERROR THREAT POSED BY 50 CALIBER ANTI-ARMOR SNIPER RIFLES

http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050719/dctu029.html?.v=17

CCRKBA CALLS FOR INVESTIGATION OF 60 MINUTES SUBJECT

Following the broadcast of its latest attack on American firearm laws and .50- caliber rifles by the CBS newsmagazine "60 Minutes," the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms today called on the FBI and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to investigate the subject of that report, identified as Florin Krasniqi.

http://press.arrivenet.com/pol/article.php/670428.html

GUN GRABBER BUYS .50 RIFLE

http://www.alphecca.com/mt_alphecca_archives/001489.html

SCARE TACTICS AND GUN CONTROL

The fight to maintain our rights is a never-ending struggle. We were reminded of this recently when we received a postcard from an organization called the Freedom States Alliance. This is an outfit that uses scare tactics about terrorism to push its anti-gun agenda.

http://www.vvdailypress.com/2005/112169155521150.html

GUN-TOTING JUROR SPURS COURT TO TOSS OUT MURDER SENTENCE

The gun that caused an appeals court to toss out a death sentence did not belong to the defendant. It belonged to a juror.

http://www.theeagle.com/stories/072205/local_20050722003.php

FIRST THEY CAME FOR THE ASSAULT WEAPONS...

http://tinyurl.com/cewld

GUN RANGES UNDER SIEGE: CONN. GUN CLUB CAN BE SUED FOR LEAD POLLUTION

A group of homeowners who live near a gun club have standing to sue the club for dumping lead and other ammunition-related pollutants into the surrounding area, a Connecticut federal court has ruled .

http://tinyurl.com/7u76a

CALIFORNIA: SECRET POLICE

We pay their salaries and give them their guns—why won't they just tell us what happened?

http://www.sdcitybeat.com/article.php?id=3357

COLORADO: NO BAIL FOR SURGEON HELD ON GUN CHARGE

Doctor accused of lying on application to buy assault rifle

http://tinyurl.com/9jjdx

FLORIDA: GOV. BUSH ANNOUNCES FLORIDA’S LOWEST CRIME RATE IN 34 YEARS

http://tinyurl.com/8l9j3

FLORIDA: FORMER BOCA RATON PIO ARRESTED DURING LIBERTARIAN GUN PROTEST

http://tinyurl.com/9sto2

MASSACHUSETTS: SOLDIER DENIED GUN LICENSE

http://news.bostonherald.com/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=94072

MASSACHUSETTS: GUNS OUT OF CONTROL

http://tinyurl.com/7uozd

MISSISSIPPI: STATE TO SELL HUNDREDS OF GUNS

http://www.wlbt.com/Global/story.asp?S=3609418&nav=1L7tcIPD

NEW YORK: STATE PISTOL SHOOTERS GIVE A STRONG PERFORMANCE AT 2005 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

http://www.eisinc.com/release/storiesh/RPANYS.027.html

NORTH CAROLINA: CONCESSION MADE TO MILITARY MATTER OF COMMON SENSE

Members of the General Assembly deserve a pat on the back for approving a bill that would allow deployed military personnel and mobilized guardsmen a little leeway in getting their concealed handgun permits renewed if their permits expire while they're away from home serving their country.

http://tinyurl.com/c5nc8

OHIO: CITING WEAPONS BAN, NRA PULLS CONVENTION

Angered at City Council's vote to ban some kinds of assault weapons, the National Rifle Association has pulled its 2007 annual convention from Columbus.

http://tinyurl.com/d3svh

OHIO: COLUMBUS ASSAULT-WEAPONS BAN CONFLICTS WITH STATE LAW

http://www.ohioccw.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3308

OHIO: BILL WOULD PROHIBIT CITIES FROM BANNING GUNS

A bill to be introduced soon in the Ohio Legislature would prohibit cities from enacting their own gun laws like the one passed by the Columbus City Council banning assault weapon sales.

http://www.wtol.com/Global/story.asp?S=3605678

If you would like to let the mayor know what you think of his governance, his contact info is here:

http://mayor.columbus.gov/

OHIO: PETRO OPPOSES CLYDE'S BID TO BAN WEAPONS IN CITY PARKS

http://tinyurl.com/8krhk

OREGON: DEMOCRATS BACK BAKER COUNTY GUN POSITION

A gun ownership resolution by Baker County Democrats has been adopted by the statewide party. It stresses the constitutional right to own weapons and advocates severe penalties for those who abuse the right.

http://kptv.com/Global/story.asp?S=3626548

PENNSYLVANIA: ACCORD REACHED TO ALLOW GUN SHOW AT EXPOMART IN MONROEVILLE

New rules in place after gun mishap

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05200/540005.stm

WISCONSIN: MORE GUNS SEEM TO BE SHOWING UP IN MADISON

http://www.madison.com/wsj/home/local/index.php?ntid=47167&ntpid=3

WISCONSIN: NO 'US' AND 'THEM' IN THESE NUMBERS

Editorial

http://www.jsonline.com/news/editorials/jul05/341306.asp

WISCONSIN: GUN-CONTROL ADVOCATES SAY SHOOTINGS POINT OUT NEED FOR RESTRICTIONS

http://www.journaltimes.com/articles/2005/07/19/local/iq_3607557.txt

WISCONSIN: WHAT THE GUN BILL CONCEALS

More of that same old anti-self defense drivel, myth and propaganda

http://www.jsonline.com/news/editorials/jul05/342399.asp

BRAZIL: CRIME-HIT BRAZIL SPLIT OVER POSSIBLE GUN SALES BAN

http://tinyurl.com/84nts

INDIA: IN MEERUT, COLLEGE DONS HOLD CLASS WITH GUNS

After student fired at a professor, others are playing safe: they carry their licensed weapons

http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=74882

NETHERLANDS: GUN LAWS TO BE TIGHTENED

http://tinyurl.com/9vfod

GUN-FREE UK: 42-YEAR-OLD MAN SHOT DEAD BY POLICE

1A 42-year-old man was shot dead by police marksmen, a force spokesman confirmed.

http://tinyurl.com/9gelx

GUN-FREE UK: WHERE PUBLIC SAFETY IS AT RISK THEY CANNOT TAKE ANY CHANCES

THE decision to create Lothian's first 24-hour police armed response unit should come as no great surprise. In fact, all that is surprising is that it has taken so long to get around to it considering the growth in gun culture that appears to exist within our society.

http://news.scotsman.com/opinion.cfm?id=1646842005

GUN-FREE UK: MISTAKE PUTS GUN POLICY IN DOUBT

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-1706244,00.html

http://tinyurl.com/9kkte

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,163449,00.html

http://tinyurl.com/e2ltq

THE WHAT NOT TO DO FILE: GUN FIRES AFTER IT'S DROPPED INSIDE PALMER PARK MALL

http://tinyurl.com/9rqeg

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