Court Of Appeals Upholds NY Residency Requirement For Handguns: The 2nd 
US Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected the claim of a Naval Reserve 
officer that New York's residency requirement for a pistol permit 
violates the Second Amendment. The officer lives in Virginia but 
regularly visits his parents in New York.

http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1115642115973
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Arizona Trail Shooter Waives Preliminary Hearing: The retired teacher 
facing second-degree murder charges for fatally shooting a man who 
threatened him on a hiking trail waived his right to a preliminary 
hearing after the judge refused to allow discussion of self-defense 
during that hearing. The case has been tried extensively in the press 
and the defense attorney chose not to allow the press the ability to 
report that the judge had found probable cause to send the case to trial.

http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/0511trailshooter11.html
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Army Revises Small-Arms Training: The US Army is intensifying some 
aspects of its rifle training in an effort to reduce the number of 
negligent discharges in the field. Personally, I fail to see how having 
recruits spend more time carrying their rifles will enhance safety 
consciousness when they know that the rifles are unloaded - that's 
precisely the mentality that leads to careless weapon handling.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2005-05-09-shootings_x.htm?csp=24&RM_Exclude=Juno
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Beware Of Police Impostors: A badge alone does not guarantee that the 
carrier is a law-enforcement officer. Federal agents have just seized 
over 1,300 high-quality counterfeit badges, representing 35 agencies. 
Ask for a photo ID that matches the badge.

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=44200
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Canadian Firearm Registry Based On False Principle: Commentary exposes 
the erroneous underpinning of the entire concept of firearm registration 
as a measure to control crime. It further points out that Canada's 
Prairie provinces, with smaller populations and lower rates of firearm 
ownership, have higher rates of property crime and violent crime than 
their American neighbors.

http://www.canada.com/national/nationalpost/news/editorialsletters/story.html?id=7c8e444c-e4e2-46fb-b23f-0d83536dfe4c&page=1
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British Prohibitionists Oppose Return To Teaching: British gun-banners 
are speaking out against a return to teaching by the woman whose 
sentence, for firing an unloaded air pistol at the sidewalk during a 
dispute with a gang that had just vandalized her home, ws recently 
commuted by an appeals judge.

http://www.manchesteronline.co.uk/men/news/s/157/157857_gun_teacher_should_not_get_job_back.html 


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Stephen P. Wenger

Firearm safety - It's a matter 
for education, not legislation.

http://www.spw-duf.info



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