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Culture and Policy: The 2nd Amendment; Psychological Stress on the Disarmed
Firearms manufacture: Barrett; Winchester; SA80; Squirt Gun Control
BATFE: National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record
Courts: 9th Circuit; San Francisco Sued; Canadian Supreme Court
Politics: Bloomberg's Inaugural Address; Retailers' Reaction; Registration at Gunshops
Self-Defense: McDonald's Worker Suspended; Mississippi Considers New Standards; Armed Principals; Brady Campaign Warns Wyoming
Concealed Carry: Delaware; Kansas; Wisconsin Veto Override
Research: Fake ID's Foil Brady Checks
Robert F. Bauer, Karl J. Sandstrom, et, al.
The Supreme Court of the United States
November 14, 2005
http://www.moresoftmoneyhardlaw.com/clientfiles/WRTL%20Amicus%20brief.pdf
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The Independence Institute and 34 other non-profit
organizations have filed an amicus brief in the January Supreme Court case
of Wisconsin Right to Life v. Federal Election Commission. The brief
argues that the censorship provisions of the McCain-Feingold law cannot
constitutionally be applied to public charities, including the 35 amici.
America's 1st Freedom
December, 2005
http://www.davekopel.com/2A/Foreign/Cana-cerous.pdf
PDF files require Adobe Acrobat Reader or similiar software.
After a decade of failure, Canada is taking steps to
infect the rest of the world with its costly gun-banning schemes.
The Volokh Conspiracy
January 24, 2006
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2006_01_22-2006_01_28.shtml#1138081517
Handguns are still legal in a few British islands—but hard
to transport through London's airport.
The Volokh Conspiracy
January 23, 2006
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2006_01_22-2006_01_28.shtml#1138081517
This is Dave's initial take on the recent sea change in
Canadian politics.
The Volokh Conspiracy
January 3, 2006
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2006_01_08-2006_01_14.shtml#1136791082
Canada's abortive handgun registry was a factor in their
Liberal party's downfall.
The Volokh Conspiracy
December 20, 2005
http://www.volokh.com/archives/
archive_2005_12_18-2005_12_24.shtml#1135287496
David Letterman's brief interval of being under a bogus
restraining order legally deprived him of his right to keep and bear arms.
The Volokh Conspiracy
December 8, 2005
http://www.volokh.com/archives/
archive_2005_12_18-2005_12_24.shtml#1135112144
The world is doing little to end the ongoing slaughter of
civilians in the Sudan.
The Volokh Conspiracy
November 30, 2005
http://www.volokh.com/archives/archive_2005_11_27-2005_12_03.shtml#1133370338
Dave notes the gap between the claims for the law and the
actual results of its passage.
Tom Moncure
Editorial
Daily Press (VA)
December 20, 2005
http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2005/122005/12062005/137382
Praise for Sanford Levinson's The Embarrassing Second
Amendment.
'Helen'
Dr. Helen: Commentary on Popular Culture and Society, from a (Mostly)
Psychological Perspective
December 13, 2005
http://drhelen.blogspot.com/2005/12/maybe-there-are-monsters-under-bed.html
British women are beginning to suffer mentally from justified fear of home
invasion robberies.
Michael Marks, Director of Legislative Affairs
Fifty Caliber Institute
November 29, 2005
http://www.barrettrifles.com/news/Michael Marks Rebuttal Piece.pdf
PDF files require Adobe Acrobat Reader or similiar software.
Associated Press writer Rose French made many demonstrably
untrue assertions in her article about civilian .50 caliber writers.
'Say Uncle`
saysuncle.com
December 1, 2005
http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2005/
12/01/the_ap_lied_to_barrett/
More on the Barrett Rifle Company's efforts to counter the
misstatements of Rose French's article.
Jim Matthews
San Bernardino Sun (CA)
January 19, 2006
http://www.sbsun.com/sports/ci_3416400
Maker of Winchester rifles closes New Haven, Conn., plant.
Damian J. Troise
New Haven Register (CT)
January 19, 2006
http://www.nhregister.com/site/news.cfm?
newsid=15948738&BRD=1281&PAG=461&dep
The company that purchased Winchester Repeating Arms has closed the New Haven, Connecticut factory where the legendary rifles were made for over a century.
Harold C. Hutchison
The Strategy Page
December 28, 2005
http://www.strategypage.com/dls/articles/2005122813944.asp
There are controversies about the current British service
rifle, a common situation in the history of standardized arms.
Press Release
Illinois State Rifle and Pistol Association
January 25, 2006
http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=59730
"Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia (D-Aurora) has co-sponsored a
measure that would ban the possession of everything from water pistols to
hunting rifles. The bill in question, HB4132, would ban the sale and
possession of so-called 'replica weapons' including anything that looks
even remotely like a firearm or other materiel produced for military
purposes."
David Morton
Foreign Policy.
January/February 2006
http://yaleglobal.yale.edu/display.article?id=6801
The NRA has taken its struggle to preserve civilian
ownership of small arms to the International Community—with some success.
Editorial
Pierre Lemieux
Montreal Gazette (Canada)
January 22, 2006
http://www.pierrelemieux.org/artaubin.html
"Emotions, anecdotes, selective and poorly analyzed data,
ignorance of social-science research: this is what gun-control activists
have to offer."
Pierre Lemieux
The Western Standard
January 16, 2006, p. 22.
http://www.pierrelemieux.org/artwsmiller.html
"Mr. Miller blames some of the crimes that his police
can't stop on the guns that "are stolen from gun owners in and around the
city." The analysis of Toronto's mayor is scathing.
Sarah Petrescu
Globeandmail.com
December 26, 2005
http://www.canadiancontent.net/forums/about10213.html
Outgoing Liberal Prime Minister Martin's proposed handgun
ban emptied the shelves of Canadian gun stores.
Bruce Mills
http://home.cogeco.ca/~akimoya/rfc/ban.liberals.html
http://home.cogeco.ca/~akimoya/rfc/handgun.ban.html
This Canadian civilian Firearms advocate has assembled
materials from the Liberal Party's anti-gun advocacy and legislation.
The Canadian Press
December 5, 2005
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20051203/elxn_mclellan_051205/20051205?s_name=election2006&no_ads=
Deputy Prime Minister Anne McLellan ordered the NRA to
stay well clear of her party's efforts to stay in power.
Reuters
January 24, 2006
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10365282
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4645228.stm
"The Italian parliament has passed legislation allowing
people to shoot robbers in self-defence."
Robin Ballantyne
Japan Focus
November 29, 2005
http://www.japanfocus.org/article.asp?id=459
This article explores the gaps between official Japanese
government pronouncements about arms trading, including individual arms,
and the reality.
Associated Press
January 6, 2006
http://www.serbianna.com/news/2006/01022.html
"The interior minister pledged Wednesday to curb illegal
possession of weapons in the Serbian capital."
Graeme Hosken
Pretoria News (South Africa)
January 18, 2006
http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id
=13&art_id=vn20060118071001672C731321
"Gun owners and traders have lashed out at government for
the new gun laws and lay blame for delays in renewal of firearm licences
and appeals for renewal of licences squarely at cabinet's door."
Jo Knowsley And Louisa Pritchard
The Daily Mail
January 15, 2006
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=374120&in_page_id=1770&ico=
Homepage&icl=TabModule&icc=News&ct=5
"Ordinary people should carry weapons if they want to be
safe on Britain's crime-ridden streets, the father of murdered lawyer Tom
Ap Rhys Pryce's fiancée said last night."
Kevin Sullivan
The Washington Post
December 11, 2005
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/
article/2005/12/10/AR2005121001222.html?nav=rss_print/asection
"Former American policeman Ben Johnson is challenging the
British notion that the public is safer if law enforcement officers are
unarmed."
'Helen'
Dr. Helen: Commentary on Popular Culture and Society, from a
(Mostly) Psychological Perspective
December 12, 2005
http://drhelen.blogspot.com/2005/12/potato-guns.html
The blogger's pleasure in the toy from her youth is marred
when she is told that these particular 'weapons' are banned in the United
Kingdom.
Rachel Sylvester
news.telegraph.com
January 16, 2006
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/
news/2006/01/16/ncrim16.xml&DCMP=EMC-new_16012006
"Defendants who plead guilty to offences such as
shoplifting, theft and criminal damage would have their punishment decided
by the prosecutor, in consultation with the police, instead of going to
court. Ministers believe that about half of the two million cases heard
annually by magistrates could be handled in that way."
Jon Land
24Dash.com
January 23, 2006
http://www.24dash.com/content/news/viewNews.php?navID=48&newsID=2535
A British school board argued strongly that they could not
re-hire a fired school teacher who brandished an air gun at menacing
street toughs.
News and Headlines
http://www.theinfozone.net/salw-news.html
The Infozone has updated on the UN Prepcom meetings on
disarmament and the Canadian election and the gun ban. This site collects
a lot of other firearms news.
Press Release
Coalition for Gun Control
January 20, 2006
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/
archive/January2006/20/c4437.html
"Wendy Cukier President of the Coalition for Gun Control
and coordinator of Ryerson's Small Arms/Firearms Education and Research
Network is today attending a conference at the United Nations on the2001
Programme of Action on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms of All its Aspects.
Her new book - The Global Gun Epidemic: From Saturday Night Specials to
AK47's - will be launched at a session from 1:15 - 2:45 at the United
Nations in New York.
Joshua Hammer
Newsweek
January 13, 2006
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10841107/site/newsweek/
This article alledges that some of Mugabe's cronies are in
cahoots with American big-game hunters.
William J. Krouse
November 28, 2005
http://www.nfaoa.org/documents/CRSmemoNFRTR0001.pdf
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This memorandum by is the most comprehensive and current
legislative and policy analysis of issues arising from questions about the
accuracy, completeness and reliability of the National Firearms
Registration and Transfer Record (NFRTR).
Judge Alex Kozinksi
9th Circuit Court of Appeals
January 23, 2006
http://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/ca9/newopinions.nsf/
98EB2B607B8CA618882570FF0050D9C2/$file/0410597.pdf
PDF files require Adobe Acrobat Reader or similiar software.
Judge Kozinski's decision relied upon on statutory text,
precedent, action by other government bodies, and understanding of the
world.
The Second Amendment Foundation
http://www.saf.org/
The California Court of Appeals has sent the suit filed by
SAF, NRA, and others, to the state Superior Court to decide. The Writ of
Mandate filed with the Superior Court, as well as the Writ of Mandate
filed with the Appeals Court is posted and can be downloaded in PDF format
at www.saf.org.
Press Release
The National Shooting Sports Foundation
December 2, 2005
http://www.nssf.org/news/PR_idx.cfm?AoI=
generic&PRloc=common/PR/&PR=120505.cfm
A federal judge's decision allowed New York City to
proceed with its lawsuit against firearms companies and will be
appealed—it arguably violates the new Protection of Lawful Commerce Act.
Supreme Court of Canada
Citation: R. v. Wiles, 2005 SCC 84
December 22, 2005
https://lexum.com/
The Canadian Supreme court dismissed Wiles's appeal sthat
Canada's prohibition of his ownership of firearms after marijuana-related
convictions was 'cruel and unusual punishment.`
Michael Bloomberg, Mayor
City of New York
January 1, 2006
http://www.nyc.gov/
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg vowed in his
inaugural address to campaign nationally for stiffer gun control laws.
Julia Levy
The New York Sun
January 3, 2006
http://www.nysun.com/article/25187
Critics see Bloomberg's comments as yet another attack on
law-abiding businesses and gun owners.
Press Release
Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms
January 24, 2006
http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=59703
"Maryland Delegate Salima Siler Marriott wants to restore
voting rights to convicted murderers, rapists and armed robbers, so would
she support legislation that restores gun rights to people convicted of
assorted crimes as well?"
The National Shooting Sports Foundation
Bullet Points, Vol. 7 No. 3
January 16, 2006
http://www.galleryofguns.com/shootingtimes/
Articles/DisplayArticles.asp?id=7872
In an effort to strengthen the voices of law-abiding
firearms retailers in New York and New Jersey, two state organizations
affiliated with the National Association of Firearms Retailers (NAFR) have
formed.
Jason Garcia
Orlando Sentinel (FL)
January 26, 2006
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/state/
orl-shooter2606jan26,0,786642.story?coll=orl-news-headlines-state
"A National Rifle Association-backed bill that would force
businesses that sell hunting and fishing licenses to help register
customers to vote cleared its first legislative hurdle Wednesday."
Associated Press (IN)
December 30, 2005
http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/newssentinel/news/local/13512771.htm
Bill backing deadly force nearer vote in House
Taylor Bright
The Huntsville Times (AL)
January 22, 2006
http://www.al.com/news/huntsvilletimes/index.ssf?/base/news/113792520264710.xml&coll=1
"The 'make-my-day' bill greatly broadening circumstances
when citizens' may use deadly force is headed for the Alabama House."
Matt Volz
Anchorage Daily News (AK)
January 20, 2006
http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/story/7375118p-7287134c.html
"The places where a person could justifiably kill in
self-defense would be expanded under a bill now working its way through
the legislative committee process."
Nancy Badertscher, Sonji Jacobs
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
January 23, 2006
http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/stories/0123metlegshoot.html
"Republicans, Democrats and the National Rifle Association
are backing bills this session that would give people more leeway to use
deadly force to defend themselves and others from serious crimes, such as
robbery and rape."
Associated Press (MS)
TheJacksonChannel.com
January 17, 2006
http://www.thejacksonchannel.com/news/6193061/detail.html
"The Mississippi Senate has approved a bill that would
change the state standards for civilians' use of deadly force."
Sally Maxwell
Sequoyah County Times (OK)
January 25, 2006
http://www.sequoyahcountytimes.com/
articles/2006/01/25/news/frontq.txt
House Bill 2075 would allow school superintendents and
principals with a valid conceal-carry permit to carry firearms on school
property as long as they have approval from a majority of their school
boards.
Press Release
The Brady Campaign
January 25, 2006
http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=59725
The Brady Campaign expresses its grave concerns about
legislation pending in Wyoming to broaden the circumstances in which
citizens of that state may defend themselves with deadly force.
J. L. MillerM
The News Journal (DE)
January 15, 2006
http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/
article?AID=/20060115/NEWS/60115005/-1/NEWS01
There is debate in Delaware about joining the states
across the Union which have established uniform standards for legal
concealed carry.
Carl Manning
Associated Press (KS)
January 20, 2006
http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/news/state/13674488.htm
"The issue of whether Kansans should be allowed to legally
carry concealed guns is back in play with legislators."
The Government Accounting Office
December 16, 2005
http://usgovinfo.about.com/library/weekly/aa032801a.htm
http://www.democrats.reform.house.gov/Documents/
20040608093000-01743.pdf
PDF files require Adobe Acrobat Reader or similiar software.
A team of Congressional special agents was able to bypass
Brady Act background checks and successfully purchase firearms using fake
IDs in all five states where they tried, according to a March 19, 2001
GAO. The report itself is still not
officially available electronically, but can be obtained at:
http://www.democrats.reform.house.gov/Documents/
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