Virginia Slammed As Gun Source: Law enforcement authorities traced more than 10,000 guns recovered in Virginia, Maryland and the District (DC) last year - and nearly half came from Virginia, according to federal data released yesterday...Most of the guns traced by the ATF came from the states where they were recovered, the agency said. The vast majority of guns tied to Virginia were also recovered there. But Virginia was the second-leading source for many other states along the East Coast...In the District, which has one of the toughest gun laws in the country, authorities traced nearly 1,100 guns. Of those, 289 were from Maryland and 277 from Virginia. The District was the only city analyzed in the ATF's report. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/20/AR2007082002010.html?hpid=moreheadlines --- The Case Formerly Known As Parker: ...The case name has now changed. As pleadings for certiorari move forward, the case will now be known as District of Columbia vs. Heller. The reason for this change is that it was decided that Dick Heller was the only plaintiff who still had legal standing. Heller is a D.C. police officer who is licensed to carry a firearm in Washington D.C. due to his employment at the Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building... http://www.buckeyefirearms.org/article3906.html --- Pennsylvania Town To Repeal Carry Ban: Tonight, Ellwood City Council plans to repeal the ban enacted last month on carrying guns into borough buildings and vehicles. The only exceptions were certified law enforcement officers..."We can't ban guns as I understand it," noted vice president Tony Court last night. "It's unconstitutional. We thought we could do it because they're banned in the courthouse. I guess we may have overstepped our bounds; our stance is to back off a bit." http://www.ncnewsonline.com/local/local_story_232093114.html --- Computer Upgrade Will Postpone Pennsylvania Gun Sales: Gun dealers and their legislative allies are criticizing a four-day freeze on firearms sales in Pennsylvania next month. The gun sales hiatus is being ordered so that the state police can improve its computerized system of background checks for prospective gun buyers. Leaders of the Pennsylvania Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus are asking Governor Ed Rendell and the state police to postpone or reconsider how the early September shutdown is being handled. http://www.whtm.com/news/stories/0807/448980.html --- Prohibitionist Propaganda About Tiahrt Amendment May Confuse Police: Local police forces last year asked the ATF for help investigating whether an estimated 284,000 weapons were legally sold, officials said Monday. But Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Director Michael J. Sullivan said he's worried that fewer police departments will request assistance because of new legislation barring public release of so-called gun trace data, which tracks gun sales in specific cases. "My biggest concern is we have law enforcement departments out there that believe that they can't get access to trace information, so they're not even asking for it," Sullivan told reporters at ATF headquarters. "And it's undermining their ability to advance their investigations." http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/08/20/ap4037793.html --- California Store Owner Cleared In Shooting of Robber: A Yuba City market owner who shot and killed an armed robber will not be charged with a crime, Sutter County District Attorney Carl Adams said Monday. Adams said the woman, who co-owns the Percy Avenue Market, acted in self-defense when she pulled a .38 caliber revolver from a drawer the night of Aug. 10 and shot Billy Lloyd Saling at point-blank range. (Sutter County is considered a virtually shall-issue county for CCW.) http://www.appeal-democrat.com/news/adams_52865___article.html/hamdan_saling.html --- Elvis's Pistol Has Left The Building: A handgun once owned by Elvis Presley was stolen from a museum as fans converged on Memphis to mark the 30th anniversary of the singer's death, authorities said. The black, 9mm Smith & Wesson pistol was taken Tuesday from a display case in the Elvis After Dark museum, across the street from Graceland, Presley's mansion, police said. http://www.azstarnet.com/news/197341 --- Brady Bunch Solicits Video Clips: As students resume classes at Virginia Tech and other schools across the country, the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence today launched a website called Vidivoice, which offers individuals the opportunity to post brief videos made from cell phones or camcorders in which they can express their thoughts about gun violence, offer solutions that would make communities safer, and ask the general public, friends, elected officials and those running for higher office, "What are you going to do?" to make the country safer from gun violence. (How about arming a higher proportion of honest citizens?) http://bradycampaign.org/media/release.php?release=918 --- More On August 28 Counter-Protest: David Codrea seeks to build momentum by encouraging people to contact local gun shops to involve them in the campaign to increase sales of firearms, ammunition and accessories on August 28. http://waronguns.blogspot.com/2007/08/next-steps-toward-aug-28.html -- Stephen P. Wenger Firearm safety - It's a matter for education, not legislation. http://www.spw-duf.info .