Teacher's CCW Suit Filed In Oregon: A Medford high school teacher filed suit in Jackson County Circuit Court Tuesday challenging the school district's policy prohibiting employees from carrying concealed weapons on campuses...Under state law, permit holders may carry concealed weapons on public school campuses, but most districts have passed policies restricting employees from doing so. Jim Leuenberger, a Portland-based attorney representing the teacher, said state law bars local governments from restricting possession of firearms by permit holders. That law voids any district policies to the contrary, he said. http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070919/NEWS/709190319/-1/NEWS Related Commentary: http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=22433 --- Californian Sues Over CWP Denial: Each member of the Santa Maria City Council, along with Police Chief Danny Macagni, was served Tuesday night with a federal lawsuit filed by a resident who claims his civil rights were violated when he was denied a permit to carry a concealed weapon...McCloud claims the council members and Macagni have intentionally denied his constitutional rights to equal treatment by treating McCloud's application to carry a concealed weapon differently than those who have been granted such permits. According to the suit, that is a violation of McCloud's 14th Amendment rights. http://www.santamariatimes.com/articles/2007/09/19/news/centralcoast/news03.txt --- Baltimore Mayor May Team With Bloomberg: Suggesting that she might consider joining a ground-breaking lawsuit to stem the flow of illegal weapons, Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon met yesterday with New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg - the architect of that litigation - to talk about ways both cities can improve education and fight crime. Dixon, who has unveiled a handful of novel approaches this year to deal with guns that enter Baltimore, said the city is collecting information on people who are convicted of gun crimes and will use the data to determine whether other measures, such as directly suing gun dealers, are appropriate. http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/politics/bal-md.ci.mayor19sep19,0,7518575.story --- Brady Bunch Applauds IACP: Paul Helmke, President of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, called today's report by the International Association of Chiefs of Police, Taking a Stand: Reducing Gun Violence in Our Communities, a "clear road map from the nation's police chiefs of steps we can take now to combat gun violence." "Our nation's police are on the front lines in the fight for public safety. In this landmark report, police leaders are saying they are tired of the nation's gun policies being held hostage by the special interest gun lobby," Helmke said. http://bradycampaign.org/media/release.php?release=929 Related Article: ...The report also implores states to consider enacting legislation that would close the "gun show loophole," a term referring to transactions between private sellers, which allow buyers to avoid mandatory background screenings required by federally licensed gun dealers. http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/332417_guns20.html --- Hysteria From Oregon: A semi- or fully-loaded automatic long-range .50-caliber rifle is among the most destructive and powerful weapons legally available in the United States today... ("Semi-loaded" or "semi-automatic"? This columnist's parade of ignorance accelerates downhill from her opening sentence. Very little available .50 BMG ammo is armor-piercing/incendiary. ) http://www.statesmanjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070919/COLUMN0101/709190302/1064 --- Fred Thompson, Ron Paul Compete For RKBA Vote: Since Republican presidential hopeful Fred Thompson has jumped out of the starting gate running on Second Amendment issues, perhaps we should look at Thompson's actual voting record with regard to the right to keep and bear arms... http://gordonunleashed.com/blog/2007/09/17/the-second-amendment-comparing-the-fred-thompson-and-ron-paul-track-record/ --- Gun Owners Suspicious Of Giuliani, Romney RKBA Shifts: Guns haven't much figured as an issue in the Republicans' 2008 presidential campaign, overshadowed by the war in Iraq and health care. That will change tomorrow when the nation's largest gun-owners' advocacy group, the National Rifle Association, holds a forum in Washington where its members will assess the leading Republican candidates' commitment to their cause. At least two of the party's frontrunners, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, have histories of support for gun control. While the two are shifting their stances, it may not be enough to overcome the suspicions of gun owners, who may be more attracted by former Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aPjjVHHFo_rY&refer=us --- The Defective Promise Of "Gun Control": Gun bans wrongly and wrongfully affect non-gun owners because bans disarm only the law-abiding. Nothing new, until you see how this spreads. As usual, criminal laws do not interfere with crime until after-the-fact; gun control interferes with only the honest and before-the-fact, and then again after-the-fact, often within a system which victimizes constituents twice. Lifting gun bans can enhance crime control and lift government burdens. For some officials, carrying burdens is desirable, but it is an abuse of the law against the interests of the United States. http://www.transworldnews.com/NewsStory.aspx?storyid=23202&ret=Default.aspx --- Oops, Wrong House: A frightened teenage boy took matters into his own hands and fired a shot at a burglar who broke into his Kansas City, Mo., home...Police said the teenage boy was sleeping upstairs when he heard a noise coming from downstairs. The boy got a gun, went downstairs and shot the intruder in the shoulder...Neighbors said burglaries and thefts in this area of town are on the rise and they hope this incident will send a strong message to would-be thieves.. http://www.myfoxkc.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=4401698&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.2.1 -- Stephen P. Wenger Firearm safety - It's a matter for education, not legislation. http://www.spw-duf.info .