No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.13.10/189 - Release Date: 11/30/2005= =0D The Missing Link: I neglected to paste in the link to the article about firearm-related deaths in Israel, mentioned in yesterday's mailing. http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/650552.html --- Compromise Wins Law Enforcement Support For Wisconsin CCW: A provision to link permit status to vehicle registration, ostensibly to alert officers if the owner of a vehicle they stop is licensed to carry, has overcome the major organized opposition from law-enforcement groups to licensed CCW. (In Arizona, DPS eventually unlinked the driver and CWP databases in its computers because the link was found to be of no value.) http://wfrv.com/local/local_story_333204252.html http://badgerherald.com/news/2005/12/01/trooper_assocation_s.php http://www.dailycardinal.com/article.php?storyid=1027911 --- Ohio AG Opposes Toledo In Park-Carry Suit: Ohio's attorney general has argued that CCW is a statewide concern and that the law that created it supersedes local ordinances. The case involves a conviction for licensed CCW in a Toledo park. http://www.buckeyefirearms.org/article2840.html --- Criminals Imitate Cops: A report from Indiana suggests that criminals in the region are emulating the transition in law enforcement from pistols chambered in 9x19mm to those in .40 S&W. http://www.thetimesonline.com/articles/2005/11/30/news/top_news/628f60c0794ab967862570c5002253e1.txt --- Outcome Of Mississippi Shooting May Influence Legislature: The case of the apparent burglar shot to death on the porch of a home he appears to have been trying to breach could end up expanding the concept of "castle doctrine" in Mississippi, particularly if the homeowner is indicted. http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051130/COL0412/511300316/1144 --- Omar Bradley Aide Recovers Commemorative Pistol: An interesting account of history and a struggle with Army bureaucracy. http://www.thedesertsun.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051130/NEWS02/511300326/1006 --- Oakland Officials Warn Businesses Not To Arm: In the wake of the trashing and arson of a liquor store, accompanied by the kidnapping of its owner, officials in Oakland CA urged other liquor merchants and store owners not to purchase firearms or engage in "vigilante" behavior. http://www.nbc11.com/news/5429519/detail.html --- Bahamas Business Owners Debate Firearms On Premises: Article shows divergence in views an being armed against criminal attacks. http://www.jonesbahamas.com/?c=45&a=6308 -- Stephen P. Wenger Firearm safety - It's a matter for education, not legislation. http://www.spw-duf.info .