Bloomberg Poised For Third-Party Run? The Washington Times reports that NYC's gun-banning mayor is likely to spend $1 billion of his personal fortune for a presidential run in 2008. MSNBC speculates on a Bloomberg-Hagel third-party ticket and presents an earlier claim by Mayor Mike that he has no intention of running for president or governor of New York. http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20070515-123142-3314r.htm http://www.washtimes.com/national/20070515-110653-6448r.htm http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18678886 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18672429/ Related Commentary: http://www.washtimes.com/op-ed/20070515-083953-3922r.htm http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=YjI5NTM0YjI0MWIyNjNjNWY5OTkyNTQ1MjQwZTBhYjM= --- Missouri Self-Defense Bill Passes Senate: The Missouri Senate on Monday easily approved a wide-ranging firearms bill that would give householders and motorists new justification for using deadly force against intruders. The final legislation, known as Senate Bill 62, would also repeal the requirement that Missouri residents receive permits from their sheriffs before buying handguns... http://www.kansascity.com/153/story/107107.html --- Virginia Not Likely To Add Infringements To RKBA: Virginia lawmakers say they will not make major changes to gun ownership in the state, despite calls for reform in response to the Virginia Tech shootings... "Virginia is sort of the cradle of our freedom," said Philip Van Cleave, president of the pro-gun Virginia Citizens Defense League. "It just has a history of understanding what the Constitution is all about. Up North they seem to forget about it." http://www.washtimes.com/metro/20070515-104434-2634r.htm --- Virginia Governor Criticizes VCDL Gun Raffle: Gov. Timothy M. Kaine (D) on Monday questioned the judgment of a gun-rights group in deciding to raffle off weapons and ammunition this week inside a Fairfax County government building...The Virginia Citizens Defense League, a group influential with rural lawmakers, is holding a "Bloomberg Gun Giveaway" to protest New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's efforts to crack down on illegal gun sales in Virginia. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/14/AR2007051401526.html --- Meanwhile, In San Francisco...: Four new pieces of legislation that would give a slight turn of the screw to gun sales and gun possession in San Francisco were filed with The City Tuesday by Mayor Gavin Newsom's office. (By law, regulation of deadly weapons is presumably pre-empted by the state in California.) http://www.examiner.com/a-730798%7ENewsom_introduces_new_firearms_legislation.html --- Climate Change, Guns And Taxes: Among the topics covered by economist Walter Williams is the contrast between mass-shooting incidents in several gun-free zones and the results of the Israeli policy of arming teachers and school aides. http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=55705 --- Miami Leads Nation In Road Rage But...: For the second straight year, rude Miami drivers have earned the city the title of worst road rage in a survey released Tuesday. (Conspicuously absent from the article is any report of Florida drivers shooting each other road-rage incidents. Perhaps an armed society is a a society that knows it has to limit impolite behavior.) http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2007/5/15/110408.shtml?s=us --- New Hampshire Shooting Debated: Police officers interviewed Monday said they admired the actions of Gregory Floyd, who last Friday shot and killed a man who had shot Franconia Police Cpl. Bruce McKay and ran him over with his car...But some citizens think Floyd overstepped boundaries when he used lethal force to stop Liko Kenney, 24, who shot McKay after an altercation following a traffic stop. http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070515/NEWS01/70515006/-1/news --- Park-Carry Ban Not Likely In Georgia County: Fayette County's plan to outlaw firearms in the county's recreation areas is losing steam quickly...But the real reason for the abrupt pulling of the item may have been the pressure exerted by georgiacarry.org, a gun-rights advocacy group that is currently in litigation with Coweta County over a similar ordinance. http://www.thecitizen.com/node/16944 --- A Conservative Is A Liberal Who's Just Been Mugged: It's funny how a gun can instantly change your perspective on things, make you wish you could rewrite history. State Rep. Michael DeBose, a southside Cleveland Democrat, discovered this lesson the night of May 1, when he thought he was going to die. That's the night he wished he had that gun vote back... DeBose twice voted against a measure to allow Ohioans to carry concealed weapons. It became law in 2004... "I was wrong," he said Friday. "I'm going to get a permit and so is my wife." http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/phillip_morris/index.ssf?/base/opinion/1179218274175560.xml&coll=2 --- Arizona Senate Policy Discriminates: Arizona Senate President Tim Bee, R-Tucson, has endorsed an unfair and discriminatory policy about the possession of guns within the Senate building that favors the Second Amendment rights of his colleagues but not the other people who work at their side every day... http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/89748 Related Article: http://ktar.com/?nid=6&sid=480461 --- Oops, Wrong House: A Louisiana man, who was awakened by loud noises coming from his garage, armed himself with a handgun and went to investigate. hen he entered the kitchen, Sims saw a man standing in the shadows, he told deputies. Sims fired several shots at the man, who fled. Deputies found Wells dead in a side yard near the home. http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/metro/index.ssf?/base/news-21/117920867063560.xml&coll=1 --- Teen Shoots Himself Without Gun: Damion M. Mosher, who put .223 cartridges in a vise and whacked them with a hammer to empty the brass shell casings, was hit in the abdomen by one of the shots, authorities said...An employee of an Albany scrap metal company told The Post-Star of Glens Falls that the business pays $1.70 a pound for scrap brass shell casings. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18672429/ --- S&W Pitches M&P45 To Military: Smith & Wesson started shipping to retailers an updated .45-caliber pistol and is ready to supply the U.S. military if it decides it needs a new sidearm. The military has been exploring the possibility of going back to a heavyweight .45 as a standard sidearm to replace the current 9mm weapon that has been in use since the 1980s. The 9mm pistol is considered by critics to be more of a welterweight. http://www.upi.com/Security_Terrorism/Briefing/2007/05/15/smithandwesson_touts_new_45_to_military/3249/ -- Lara Croft Prompts British Gun Raid, Arrest: When police spotted a gun-wielding suspect lurking in the shadows of a suburban front room, their response was swift...But efficiency turned to embarrassment when the "gunman" turned out to be a life-sized model of the video game character Lara Croft, complete with trademark outsized pistols. Computer shop owner David Williams, 42, had taken the dummy home to put it up for sale on the auction site eBay... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=455037&in_page_id=1770 -- Stephen P. Wenger Firearm safety - It's a matter for education, not legislation. http://www.spw-duf.info .