News from The Sight M1911
Volume 74, 7/8/02
TWO WRONGS DON’T TAKE MY
RIGHTS - THE USA PATRIOT ACT
Is the "War on Terror" becoming a war on freedom?
http://www.sightm1911.com/lib/other/USAPatriot.htm
MEMORY FOR GUNS
Guns used by the Newport Police Department look set to be the first to use Accu-Counter
- a new technology that means each will keep a microchip record of the time,
date and number of shots fired from its officers' weapons.
http://www.Leadshot.com/story.asp?id=579
AZ: SENSORS HELP GLENDALE
PINPOINT RANDOM GUNFIRE
http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/local/7_1_02glendale.html
MICHIGAN CANDIDATES TAKE
COVER ON GUN QUESTIONS
http://www.freep.com/news/politics/guns5_20020705.htm
N.J. NAVAL MILITIA'S REVIVAL PROVES TIMELY
http://www.southjerseynews.com/shore/m011402d.htm
“IN READINESS TO DO EVERY DUTY ASSIGNED”
The Frederick Militia and John Brown’s raid on Harper’s Ferry, October 17-18, 1859
http://www.mdarchives.state.md.us/msa/speccol/sc2200/sc2221/000030/html/sc2221_30.html
HOW THE MEDIA MISREPRESENTS THE MILITIA MOVEMENT
http://reason.com/9507/militia.jul.shtml
A MILITIA GROWS IN BROOKLYN
http://www.rashmagazine.com/archives/2002/06/25militia.html
ALERT ISRAELI GROCER STOPS TERRORIST ATTACK ON KINDERGARTEN
INDIA: THOUSANDS OF WOMEN AGED 12 TO 35 RECEIVE SHOOTING
INSTRUCTION
The training camp was organized to impart training to women to operate rifles
and other long-range weapons.
http://www.navakal.com/news/national/200206301024.asp
WAL-MART ADOPTS TOUGHER
GUN-SALE POLICY
WASHINGTON — Wal-Mart, the United States' biggest seller of guns, has quietly
ordered its stores to adopt a tougher policy on gun sales that goes beyond the
requirements of the federal government.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/text/134486766_guns03.html
GUNS NO SAFER WHEN LOCKED UP
Trigger locks and gun safes don't reduce the number of gun accidents, and they actually put gun owners and their families in greater danger, a new report says.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,57051,00.html
SAFE STORAGE GUN LAWS: ACCIDENTAL DEATHS, SUICIDES, AND CRIME
During the first five full years after the passage of the safe storage laws, the group of fifteen states that adopted these laws faced an annual average increase of over 300 more murders, 3,860 more rapes, 24,650 more robberies, and over 25,000 more aggravated assaults. On average, the annual costs borne by victims averaged over $2.6 billion as a result of lost productivity, out-of-pocket expenses, medical bills, and property losses.
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=228534
GUN ROBBERIES SOAR IN CINCINNATI
Number nearly doubles in first 4 months of 2002
[Hey Ohio polikritters -- how stupid can you be? Shall issue CCW is the
correct solution!]
http://enquirer.com/editions/2002/07/03/loc_gun_robberies_soar.html
LAWYER JAILED AFTER BRINGING GUNS INTO COURTHOUSE
GRAYSON, Ky. (AP) -- An eastern Kentucky lawyer was jailed and ordered held under a $100 million bond after he was accused of carrying two concealed pistols into a Carter County courtroom.
http://www.courier-journal.com/localnews/2002/07/03/midday_jail.htm
A TERRORIST MANIFESTO?
As Americans prepared to celebrate a rare Thursday holiday, high-ranking officials in the Bush administration announced their discovery of a major new terrorism threat.
http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36%7E150%7E707248%7E,00.html
THE IMPACT OF GUN LAWS ON
POLICE DEATHS
This paper uses state-level data from 1984-1996 to examine how right-to-carry
laws and waiting periods affect the numbers of police deaths. Many people
oppose concealed weapons carry laws because they believe these laws jeopardize
law enforcement officials, who risk their lives to protect the citizenry. This
paper strongly rejects this contention. (Requires Acrobat Reader)
http://www.terry.uga.edu/~dmustard/police.pdf
IMMEDIATE ACTION NEEDED ON CONSUMER PROTECTION BILL
This bill is designed to scare away other states that would like to follow the lead of MA in extending consumer safety laws to cover firearms.
http://www.jointogether.org/gv/news/alerts/reader/0,2061,552364,00.html
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