News from The Sight M1911
Volume 192, 10/25/05
The Brazilian gun vote is huge. It may be bigger than the “Protection of Lawful Commerce Act” in the long run. Bravo to the freedom loving citizens of Brazil! The Brazilian Gun Ban was a campaign driven, guided, and funded by international gun control interests, and was backed by the government of Brazil, the Catholic Church and the United Nations, among others.
NRA public affairs director Andrew Arulanandam called the proposal's defeat "a victory for freedom." "It's a stunning defeat for the global gun control movement. They poured millions of dollars and millions more man hours trying to enact this gun ban and they failed. The aim of this gun ban movement was to use Brazil as the rallying point to enact gun bans in the United States. We're happy they were defeated," he said.
Anti-gun campaigners said the defeat was the result of people's desire to protest against the government's security policy. "We didn't lose because Brazilians like guns. We lost because people don't have confidence in the government or the police," said Denis Mizne, of anti-violence group Sou da Paz. "The 'No' campaign was much more effective. They are talking about a right to have a gun – it is a totally American debate."
If it is a “totally American debate,” that kind of makes me proud, but I don’t think it is. I think it’s a human debate about the right of free people to maintain an effective means self-defense and self-determination.
This one was huge, not just for Brazil but for all of us. As Steve Kingstone of the BBC said, “For the foreseeable future, it is unlikely that any government will feel able to revisit the guns issue – such was the deafening volume of the ‘No’ vote.”
Now, our hope is that freedom will dawn in places like Great Britain and South Africa.
PERSONAL SECURITY DOMINATES BRAZIL POLL
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4371120.stm
MYTHS ABOUT GUNS ARE TRULY DEADLY
THE SMITH & WESSON MODEL 19
http://www.freepatriot.com/model19.php
CLUB'S FUN PISTOL SHOOT A BLAST FOR PARTICIPANTS
STORM-DAMAGED GUNS CAN USUALLY BE SAVED
But owners advised to act quickly to get them restored
NRA WINS AGAIN - FEMA BACKS DOWN
GUN POSSESSION NOW OK AT FEMA TEMPORARY HOUSING
http://www.katc.com/Global/story.asp?S=4020748
GOOD SENSE ON GUNS
http://www.nysun.com/article/21886
REMEMBER NEW ORLEANS
By Wayne LaPierre
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2005/10/21/00957.shtml
WRAP UP ON NEW GUN CONTROL BILL
From Oregon Firearms Federation
GUN MAKER LAWSUIT SHIELD BILL HAS ANTI-GUN PROVISIONS
CEO OF BRADY CAMPAIGN RESIGNS, CITING STRESS OF LOSSES
FLORIDA: SOME SANITY ON THE NEW FLORIDA GUN RIGHTS LAW
FLORIDA: THE GUNSHINE STATE
http://news.tbo.com/news/MGB77C8MXEE.html
MASSACHUSETTS: PLEASE ATTEND A GUN BAN HEARING!
http://www.nraila.org/CurrentLegislation/Read.aspx?ID=1773
NEVADA: NEW POLICY COULD AFFECT GUN BUYERS
http://www.klas-tv.com/Global/story.asp?S=4009365
NEW YORK: FEDERAL JUDGE STRIKES DOWN A NY GUN SHOW LIMIT
http://armsandthelaw.com/archives/2005/10/federal_judge_s.php
PENNSYLVANIA: PUNISHMENT SHOULD FIT THE CRIME
I have to admit that a Pennsylvania law has me stumped. I cannot for the life of me figure how the state offense of giving alcohol to a minor has anything to do with banning the offender from owning guns.
http://www.newswithviews.com/Pratt/larry46.htm
WISCONSIN: RESIDENTS DESERVE RIGHT TO CARRY GUNS
http://www.gazetteextra.com/edit_guns102305.asp
AUSTRALIA: BIG RISE IN GUN OWNERS
Firearm ownership in NSW is up by more than 100,000 in three years.
BRAZIL: IN A GLOBAL FIRST, BRAZILIANS VOTING ON BANNING GUN SALES
http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/1021/p01s03-woam.html
BRAZIL REJECTS BAN ON GUNS
CANADA: FEDS TARGET U.S. GUN FIRMS
http://ottsun.canoe.ca/News/National/2005/10/23/1274509-sun.html
SOUTH AFRICA: GUN OWNERS REFUSED LICENSES SET TO SUE
GUN-FREE UK: GUN CRIME, SEXUAL OFFENCES AND ROBBERIES STILL RISING, SAY POLICE
Yesterday's figures also showed a five per cent increase in firearms offences, a 12 per cent increase in sexual offences and an 11 per cent fall in domestic burglaries.
GUN-FREE UK: GUN CRIME UP BY 150%
GUN crime is rising by almost 150 per cent a year in some areas of the country, a leading police officer has warned.
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