Hurricanes Prompt Reconsideration Of Firearms: It's interesting to note that even The Washington Post finds it appropriate to mention, twice, that the recent hurricanes on the Gulf Coast are causing folks in California to reconsider firearm ownership. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/15/AR2005101501105.html --- Wisconsin CCW Could End Up Before State Supreme Court: As debate heats up over this year's attempt to create licensed CCW for Wisconsin and the governor once again threatens a veto, article examines the prospect of the state's supreme court actually tossing out the ban on concealed carry. http://www.jsonline.com/news/state/oct05/363456.asp --- Six False Assumptions About Proposition H: Commentary disputes six major claims by proponents of an initiative to ban private ownership of handguns in San Francisco. http://www.chronwatch.com/content/contentDisplay.asp?aid=17333&catcode=13 --- New Mexico DPS To Hold CCW Hearing: New Mexico DPS has scheduled a hearing on November 1 to discuss proposed rules to implement the 2005 legislative changes involving CCW. This would appear to include reciprocity. http://www.nraila.org/CurrentLegislation/Read.aspx?ID=1765. --- Beat A Woman, Lose Your Guns: Wyoming authorities, citing a rate of firearm ownership almost twice the national average, are publicizing the federal law that makes perpetrators of domestic violence prohibited possessors of firearms. http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/10/16/build/wyoming/45-guns-risk.inc --- Shooter May Face State Game Charges: A Pennsylvania man, who appears to have defended himself against a man who attacked him with a three-foot pipe, currently faces aggravated assault charges in the shooting. He may also face game charges for carrying his licensed carry of a handgun during a bow hunt. The other man is also likely to be charged with aggravated assault. http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/tribune-review/news/s_384358.html --- Plans Persist For Northern Arizona Range: Frustrated in its first attempt to establish a major shooting range in northern Arizona, the state's Game and Fish Commission is still looking for a site. The problem is that the commission is thought to be anxious to shut down the world-class Ben Avery Shooting Facility, north of Phoenix, in order to profit from its skyrocketing land value, and a new, large range might be the pretext to do so. http://www.azdailysun.com/non_sec/nav_includes/story.cfm?storyID=117337 --- Payson Range Seeks Members: The Tonto Rim Sports Club, with a range near Payson AZ, gets a favorable review from the local newspaper. http://www.paysonroundup.com/section/sports/story/20789 --- Douglas Shooting Range May Have Clear Future: It appears that there may finally be light at the end of the tunnel for Douglas AZ's shooting range, whose future has been uncertain for several years. The range does not meet Army safety standards, a discovery that prompted the Arizona National Guard to initiate moves to divest itself of the property. http://www.douglasdispatch.com/articles/2005/10/14/news/01_range.txt --- Radical Submachine Gun Design: A firm, located in Washington DC, of all places, has designed a submachine gun that places the bore axis below the center of the shooter's hand, in order to eliminate muzzle climb. http://www.military.com/soldiertech/0,14632,Soldiertech_KRISS,,00.html -- Stephen P. Wenger Firearm safety - It's a matter for education, not legislation. http://www.spw-duf.info .