How Will The Supremes Rule On The DC Handgun Ban?: Two legal experts offer their predictions on the outcome of District of Columbia v. Heller (formerly known as Parker et al.v. District of Columbia). Both predict that the Supreme Court will rule that the Second Amendment guarantees an individual right, at least to keep arms, but that DC will be allowed to maintain some level of regulation. http://public.cq.com/docs/cqw/weeklyreport110-000002570870.html http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2007_08_12-2007_08_18.shtml#1186937033 --- Students Push For Guns On Campus: College students are pushing for their schools to allow them to carry guns on campus, saying they should have the right to protect themselves in a situation like the one in which 32 Virginia Tech students and faculty were fatally shot...Students for Concealed Carry on Campus members at more than 60 colleges are trying to change their state laws to allow permit holders to carry on campus. http://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070813/METRO/108130057/1001 --- I'm Baack...: The battle over gun control is back, and it's reaching into city halls, state legislatures and the halls of Congress. Presidential candidates are talking about it, Jesse Jackson is talking about it, and Congress is on track to possibly pass the first federal gun control legislation since 1994. Part of the push is for tougher restrictions on gun shows, which have been popular in North Texas for decades. Gun advocates like Burrows believe that's misguided. http://www.star-telegram.com/national_news/story/199433.html --- Licensed Gun Ownership Dropping In Romney's Home State: The number of licensed gun owners in Massachusetts has declined by more than a quarter in the past six years, a falloff driven by restrictive laws, higher licensing fees, and cultural change, according to police officers and gun owners. The drop is especially dramatic in the eastern part of the state and in urban areas. The number of licensed gun owners fell at least 30 percent in Boston, Springfield, Quincy, Fall River, and Waltham. It dropped at least 20 percent in more than 220 of the state's 351 communities. (Perhaps some of the gun owners have fled to New Hampshire.) http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/08/12/gun_permits_drop_25_in_bay_state/ http://news.bostonherald.com/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=1016828 --- California's Stolen-Gun Ordinances: More and more towns in California seem hell-bent on passing laws that turn law-abiding gun owners into criminals if they don't report lost or stolen firearms to the police within a certain time period...A California politician admits that the law is a complete failure, yet because the Brady Campaign keeps pushing it, more and more cities in California are passing it. http://www.nranews.com/blogarticle.aspx?blogPostId=288 --- Oops, Wrong Store: A man walked into a Florida strip-mall convenience store at 6460 Pines Blvd. around 12:30 p.m. with an accomplice and a cocked shotgun. The men demanded cash, said Sgt. John Jacob, Pembroke Pines Police spokesman. Flanders, 54, responded by pulling out a handgun. The armed robber reacted by pointing his weapon at Flanders. The store clerk then fired his gun in self-defense, Jacob said, hitting the suspect in the abdomen. http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-flbshopshoot0813nbaug13,0,4086579.story --- Armed Citizen Aids Texas Officers In Shootout: Police were called to what they thought was an accident on the interstate about 2:15 a.m. When they arrived, they saw two people laying on the freeway, several feet apart, suffering gunshot wounds, police said. As one officer aided a person on the ground, his partner, Senior Cpl. Jerry Poston, was shot by someone from inside a nearby car. Several passersby who had stopped to help told police that they, too, were fired on when they tried to approach the car. As bullets continued to fly, one of those passing motorists went to his car, grabbed a gun and began returning fire. (It was fortuitous that the armed citizen was not shot before he was able to retrieve his gun nor is it clear if it was a handgun or a long gun. It's best to keep handguns holstered on your person.) http://www.nbc5i.com/news/13874238/detail.html?dl=mainclick --- Connecticut Homeowner Suffers Heart Attack After Shooting Burglar: A Hartford man suffered a heart attack Thursday night after he fatally shot a man at his South Green apartment. Police said they believe the latter had been attempting to burglarize an apartment on Seymour Street when the occupant shot him with a handgun. The occupant of the apartment, J. Gregory Robertson, 64, was being treated Friday at St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center for a heart attack sustained while police were questioning him. http://www.courant.com/news/local/hc-cthfdshot0811.artaug11,0,1043001.story --- Jim Zumbo Continues His Rehabilitation: ...OK, it wasn't a typical class. Between the post-shoot steak dinner catered by a professional chef to the (legal) cannon and automatic weapon firing demonstrations, there was a concerted effort to help Zumbo understand that AR-15 shooters and hunters aren't crazed right-wing militants waiting for an apocalyptic one-world government takeover. http://www.jconline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070812/COLUMNISTS19/708120351 --- Hard To Believe: A GI Colt 1911A1 pistol, manufactured in 1938, recently sold at auction for $29,900. http://www.amoskeagauction.com/60/27.html -- Stephen P. Wenger Firearm safety - It's a matter for education, not legislation. http://www.spw-duf.info .