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Federal Judge Nixes Oklahoma's Guns-in-Locked-Cars Law

A federal judge in Tulsa has permanently blocked an Oklahoma law allowing employees to keep guns in their locked cars on company property.

Students For Concealed Carry On Campus Announces National Collegiate Empty Holster Protest

During the week of October 22-26, 2007, college students throughout America, organized under the banner of Students for Concealed Carry on Campus, will attend classes wearing empty holsters, in protest of state laws and campus policies that stack the odds in favor of armed killers by disarming law abiding citizens licensed to carry concealed handguns virtually everywhere else.

Gun Lobby Splits on Improved Background Checks

The normally solid "gun lobby" has split on a bill intended to improve the system for conducting instant background checks on would-be gun-buyers.
 

Officials Say System Works Well After Gunman Enters High School

The gunman shot the victim in the stomach, but the victim crossed the street and entered the school as the gunman chased him.  ...the front office, heard the victim's cries. They immediately got on the intercom and gave the code for staff members to lock all doors and keep the students from leaving classrooms...  "The system works."  [YEAH RIGHT!!  Watch the video!! - Ed.]

Richmond, VA - Prosecutors want firearms charge in fatal shooting of robber in South Side

"If there's anything I want people to take away from this, it's that I don't think more guns is in any way a good thing," the prosecutor added.  [Yeah, let's just keep it the way it is with only the criminals armed. - Ed.]
 

Louisville - Community activists working to eliminate gun sales in their districts

There's been talk and action about dry districts where alcohol isn't allowed, but now there is a movement for gun-dry districts. Community activists are working to get legislative support that would put restrictions on guns and selling them in high-crime areas of metro Louisville.
 

Gun crime feared 'across Britain'

The report also quotes Home Office statistics on gun crime, which the authors say show the number of fatalities and injuries has increased from 864 in 1998-9 to 3,821 in 2005-6.

OH - Sheriffs confused over law on access to concealed weapons records

"While they are not allowed to copy those records, they are allowed to sit there with a pen and paper and write them all down," said state Rep. Bill Seitz, a Cincinnati Republican. [Let's get this straight, you can't copy the records but you CAN copy the records!? Sounds perfectly clear to us! - Ed.]

OR - Teacher's situation brings gun issue to fore

There is a state statute that prohibits local governments — including school boards — from restricting possession of firearms... "It's our responsibility to provide a safe learning environment for our students and a safe working environment for our employees,"  Medford School District attorney Tim Gerking said. "We feel that would not be fostered by allowing folks, whether they have the authority or not, to bring weapons onto campus. ["You can't do it WITH authority but we can do this WITHOUT authority" is what he is saying here.  - Ed,]

NE - Omaha Housing Authority to ban guns in homes
Residents of Omaha Housing Authority properties will not be allowed to have guns - even if they own them legally - in their homes under a new policy due to take effect in October.

AZ - Chandler boy suspended for sketching gun

The school did not contact police about the threat and did not provide counseling or an evaluation to the boy to determine if he intended the drawing as a threat.

NV - Teachers who get police training could get extra pay, carry guns

A proposal that Nevada teachers be allowed to carry concealed weapons garnered a lot of notoriety but little traction among state lawmakers this year. Now comes this idea: Give bonus pay to teachers - from kindergarten to college - who would be trained and armed as reserve school police officers.

Senate Panel Sends Brady Expansion Bill To The Floor

It’s truly amazing. You wouldn’t think that something as controversial as gun control could fly through the House of Representatives, and then through a Senate committee without facing at least one recorded vote.

Not-so-Great Britain - Burglar dies after falling from top-floor window following confrontation with homeowner

A homeowner was arrested after a burglar plunged from the balcony of his top-floor flat...  A homeowner was arrested...  A homeowner...  A homeowner...  ARRESTED...  because a BURGLAR paid him an early morning call!  A homeowner...  could go to prison for LIFE!!!!!!

ID - Sheriff: more concealed gun permits would boost public safety

"In my opinion, if there were more students with (concealed weapons permits), the world would be safer," Latah County Sheriff Wayne Rausch told the Lewiston Tribune on Tuesday. "Just because we (law enforcement officers) are charged with protecting the public, doesn't mean the public shouldn't be able to protect itself."
 

University of Toronto to shut down shooting range

When it came to allotting the institution's scarce resources, the committee couldn't reconcile firing weapons on the university's grounds with the U of T's core values of "discovery and education," safety and maximizing the opportunity for dissent.  [There is a problem with gang violence so they close a shooting range with a PERFECT safety record over 88 years, and they refuse to discuss the matter.  So much for discovery and education, and "the opportunity for dissent"? - Ed.]

EBAY TIGHTENS POLICY ON FIREARMS AND ACCESSORIES

"...we will prohibit listings of any firearm part that is required for the firing of a gun. This includes items like bullet tips, brass casings and shells, barrels, slides, cylinders, magazines, firing pins, trigger assemblies, etc."  [We are not endorsing the linked auction site, we simply will NOT put up a link for Ebay. - Ed.]

Both Sides Fear Firing Blanks if D.C. Gun Case Reaches High Court

The case of District of Columbia v. Heller is shaping up as the case that finally forces the Court to decide one of the most keenly debated issues in constitutional law: the full meaning of the right to keep and bear arms declared by the Second Amendment.
 

MI - Judges carrying guns gain backer

"I have always been a proponent of shall-carry legislation and allowing citizens to carry firearms," Kahn said. "This bill, in particular, is primarily an issue of safety. Judges receive death threats regularly from the criminals they put behind bars.  [Is he referring to the criminals that are before these judges because of the violence they do to the rest of us? - Ed.]

OH Reminder - Failure to Inform: CHL-holders taking a big risk on Ohio roadways

    ...She offered her thanks to me for actually complying with the requirement to inform a LEO when armed, I found it odd.

    I had to ask: "Are you thanking me because it's an uncommon occurrence?"

    Her reply: "I stop probably one [CHL-holder] a week coming through on this road, and you are the first person to do so."
 

KY - Suit challenges law barring non-citizens from concealed weapons

The American Civil Liberties Union filed suit on Wednesday on behalf of Alexander M. Say, who contends Kentucky lawmakers should not have passed a state law than bars non-citizens from carrying concealed deadly weapons.

‘Stand-your-ground’ laws causing confusion

The laws have perplexed judges and prosecutors, and, in some cases, forced attorneys to change the way they review evidence.
 

PA - Gun-control bill passes legislature
The two measures in the bill, called minor by gun-control supporters, were nonetheless hailed as an important step in a new working relationship between the National Rifle Association and urban lawmakers.

2007 KC3 Annual Membership Meeting

Another year of legal  concealed carry will be celebrated July 21.  Take the link for details.  We'll see you there!!

PA - Suit filed to force state to give Phila. gun-control powers

In a nutshell, Clarke and Miller contend that the state General Assembly has created homicidal conditions on city streets by not enacting tough gun-control laws or by not getting out of the way and letting Philadelphia write its own laws.
 

IL - Gun control issue fizzles for governor

Ordered by the governor into a special session to vote on legislation that would ban large ammunition clips in Illinois, the House took no action on the proposal. Its sponsor, state Rep. Harry Osterman, D-Chicago, said there are simply not enough votes for it to pass.

Proposed OSHA Regulation Threatens Firearm and Ammunition Industry

As written, the proposed rule would force the closure of nearly all ammunition manufacturers and force the cost of small arms ammunition to skyrocket beyond what the market could bear—essentially collapsing our industry. This is not an exaggeration.

OK - Armed and Licensed: Concealed carry law hitting mark

In the beginning, some people thought a wave of shootings by license holders would occur, but those fears have proved to be unfounded, said Jessica Brown, spokeswoman for the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation.  [ For some reason, they continue to treat this standard result as "news"! - Ed.]

New Missouri law protects killing of intruders

Gov. Matt Blunt signed legislation on Tuesday allowing Missourians to fatally shoot intruders without fear of prosecution or lawsuits. [So if you just wound the intruder you can be prosecuted? - Ed.]

MO - Gov. Blunt signs home-defense law

Though the legislation, commonly referred to as the "Castle Doctrine," officially removes the requirement of someone to retreat or step back when defending their "castle," or residence, against a threat, a Missouri Supreme Court decision has given them the same right for more than a century.

New gun control: Shut down shops

The government is using paperwork errors as small as the abbreviation of a city name to shut down some of the nation's longest-serving gun shops, and 2nd Amendment advocates fear the right to bear arms will mean little if there's no way to obtain a gun.

UK - Gun and Knife murders out of control

Local communities were being blighted by run-away violence as gang members who believe they are "untouchable" carry guns and weapons as a matter of routine to carry out crimes and to settle scores. [We thought guns were banned in the UK! - Ed.]

Swiss await showdown over guns and bullets

Opposition to its guns-at-home culture seems to have gained momentum and critics are launching a people's initiative on the issue.
 

OH - Gun advocates have praise for Strickland and Redfern

Gun advocates are praising Ohio politicians who support keeping secret the identities of residents who have been granted licenses to carry concealed handguns.

Gonzales says gun control improvements needed for mentally ill

U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales on Thursday said the deadly rampage at Virginia Tech in April highlights the need for states to provide better information on their mentally ill residents to a national crime database used to screen gun buyers.

FL - Gun permits rise as some fight back against crime

The state Division of Licensing has sent out nearly a quarter-million applications for permits statewide this year, a 33 percent increase from five years ago.
 

KC3 RAFFLE WINNER CLAIMS PRIZE

OH - OFCC, NRA Move To Intervene In Lawsuit

Ohioans For Concealed Carry (OFCC) and the National Rifle Association (NRA), today filed a motion in the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas seeking to intervene in City of Cleveland v. State of Ohio, in which the City of Cleveland has challenged firearms preemption enacted by the Ohio legislature to clarify and ensure uniform application of gun laws throughout the state.
 

CA - Assembly OKs micro-stamp on some guns
Bill would make state first in nation to require tracking device in semiautomatic pistols

AZ - House passes gun safety bill
Currently, the bill says anyone who bans a gun from an event or a public building in Arizona would be required to provide a safe place for a gun owner to store it. But the bill would allow the gun owner to bring it in if the storage condition isn't met.

OH - City of Toledo to remove illegal ''no-guns'' signs from parks

"The signs don't reflect the law as it stands now," City of Toledo spokesperson Brian Schwartz told 13ABC, "so we are going to take a look at taking those signs down."

UN troops traded guns for gold with militias, says report

Scandal is engulfing the United Nations once again after allegations that peacekeepers stationed in Congo traded guns for gold with militia groups that they were meant to be disarming. [There are lots of reasons to justify gun control, not surprising greed ends up part of the equation! - Ed.]

Gun Free UK - Gun crime on the rise

SPIRALLING gun crime is blighting Greater Manchester with more than 3,000 firearms incidents in the last 15 months, the MEN can reveal today.

Concealed carry licenses - percentage of population by state

Here is the list of all shall-issue states, and the percentages of the populations that have carry licenses. The information comes from Chris Bird and the CCRKBA, and state websites

KY - Second Amendment Foundation Leadership Conference better arms Regional Activists

The event brought together leaders and activists from Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana to network, share ideas, and learn from the experience and expertise of Alan Gottlieb, Joe Tartaro, and Peggy Tartaro regarding how to be more effective pro-gun activists.

TN - Legislator wants to allow guns in public parks

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. A proposal to allow Tennesseans to carry handguns in public parks and recreational areas faces a committee vote next week in the Legislature.

Governor Perry Calls For Gun-Toting Freedom In Texas

"I think a person ought to be able to carry their weapon with them anywhere in this state if they are licensed, and they have gone through the training," Perry said.
When Perry said anywhere in the state, he meant it.
 

Philadelphia faces down state, passes gun law

City Council unanimously passed eight long-delayed gun control bills yesterday, deliberately picking a fight with lawmakers in Harrisburg who have consistently refused to give Philadelphia the right to enact its own gun laws.

Feds Raid Alabama Militia Group, Uncover Small Weapons Arsenal

Those in custody aren't being charged with any plot to use the grenades against anyone, however, but will be charged with weapons possession and stockpiling.
"These are people who operate in sort of a fringe paranoia world, they feel they need all these weapons to exist, they're somewhat fearful," ATF Special Agent in Charge Jim Cavanaugh said.  [We at KC3 do not condone the actions of nor do we particularly sympathize with this group but these two statements seem rather troubling. - Ed.]
 

Gun Free UK - A killing every three days as violence surges on the streets

The number of murders in Scotland has jumped by nearly a third in the past year, with an even bigger rise in fatal stabbings, according to new figures which deal a serious blow to the Scottish Executive's record on violent crime.

SC - Bill proposes guns at schools

A bill was introduced this week in the S.C. House of Representatives that would allow people with concealed weapons permits to bring their guns onto the grounds of public schools.

Congress Acts: Bill To Keep Guns From Mentally Ill

Prompted by the Virginia Tech massacre, a U.S. Congress reluctant to tackle gun control may pass limited legislation to help keep firearms out of the hands of the mentally ill, lawmakers and aides said on Sunday.

Congress Acts: Bill Would Bar Terror Suspects' Gun Buys

The bill, introduced late Thursday by Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J., after two years of study produced an endorsement by the Justice Department, would give the attorney general power to block gun sales to persons on terrorism watch lists. [QUESTION:  Who decides which persons end up on the list? - Ed.]

Gun charges dropped against Senate aide

Do you think you would have fared as well? - Ed.

Professor axed for VT stunt: Re-enacted tragedy to tout pro-gun perspective
Nicholas Winset said he was terminated and permanently barred from campus following a Wednesday lecture in which he dramatized the massacre to show that deranged gunman Cho Seung-Hui could have been stopped if another student had been carrying a gun.
 

WV - Interstate gun laws could change

Currently only Kentucky and Virginia recognize a West Virginia concealed weapons permit. The legislation recently signed by Gov. Joe Manchin allows the attorney general — instead of the governor — to negotiate agreements with the 45 states that do not honor state permits.

VA Tech massacre sparks renewed vigor in gun control arguments

No specific links provided, Google "VA Tech tragedy" and you'll find a thousand new editions of the same old, tired gun control arguments that utterly deny logic.

VA Tech massacre offers 32 reasons for expanding the right to carry

No specific links provided, Google "VA Tech murders" and sort out the articles and arguments that actually have a basis in logic.

TX - ACLU helps protect traveling gun owners

The American Civil Liberties Union has joined the National Rifle Association to help protect the rights of Texans to travel with their guns, a move that has almost everybody scratching their heads.
 

FL - AFL-CIO Sides With NRA In Backing Employee Gun Rights

Nope!  You are not hallucinating!  That is what the headline says and the story backs it up!!! - Ed

More Armed Pilots Needed, Aviation Experts Say
Box cutters, ice picks, knives, meat cleavers, brass knuckles and explosive devices are among the lethal weapons undercover government agents manage to smuggle past airport security, according to aviation security experts.

OH - Suit: Make concealed- carry list private

The Clermont County Prosecutor's Office has filed a suit seeking to overturn the Ohio law that allows journalists access to applications for concealed-carry gun permits.
The suit, filed on behalf of Sheriff  Rodenberg, claims the law is unconstitutional because it creates an exception for journalists while other citizens aren't allowed to review such records.

KS - Bill blocks stricter local controls on concealed guns

Local governments couldn't impose their own restrictions on people's ability to legally carry concealed guns under a bill that gained first-round approval Tuesday by the House.

Congress Urged to Move Carefully on DC Gun Ban

Attempts by "well-meaning members of Congress" to repeal the 1976 Washington, D.C., gun ban could backfire by keeping the case out of the U.S. Supreme Court, said attorneys representing six D.C. residents in a high-profile Second Amendment case.

Gun Ban Bill Would Cripple the Second Amendment, Group Warns

Anti-gun Democrats are trying to make up for lost time by reintroducing legislation intended to ban so-called "assault" weapons, a Second Amendment group warns.
 

New Orleans residents arming themselves

The number of permits issued to carry concealed weapons is running twice as high as it was before Katrina — this, in a city with only about half its pre-storm population of around 450,000.

VA - Officials to consider closing records on gun permits

A state senator who heads an open records council is calling for a study of whether the identities of Virginians who have permits to carry concealed handguns should remain public.
 

TN - Community Suggests Gun Possession Is Illegal For Residents
Some people in a Nashville neighborhood are furious over a new rule that makes it illegal to own a gun.

Ohio law change will allow motorists to have hidden guns

A revision to Ohio's 3-year-old law allowing people to carry hidden guns takes effect Wednesday. Here are some questions and answers on the new regulations:
 

National Park Carry is Not Dead Yet! YOUR ACTION REQUIRED!

Virginia Citizens Defense League (VCDL) has just learned from our sources on Capitol Hill that the Department of the Interior (DOI) is **livid** over the National Park Service's (NPS) asinine rejection letter sent to VCDL concerning VCDL's Petition for Rule Making!
(http://www.vcdl.org/pdf/NPS_Denial_of_VCDL_PRM.pdf)  That petition would allow a law-abiding citizen to carry a handgun
for self-defense in a National Park if the state in which the park is
located allows such carry.

US lawyers group (ABA) fights gun rights

The ABA, meeting in Miami, is expected to go on record early next week supporting the right of employers "to exclude from the workplace and other private property, persons in possession of firearms or other weapons."

UPDATE: US Forest Service Jihad Against Recreational Shooting Rolls On!

[BLOG post] Short story...USFS officials are holding "public meetings" all over the country to access recreational uses of the public forestry resource. The local head rangers, who run their area like little medieval fiefdoms, get to choose which "critical areas" to address first.
 

KC3 Website Woes

Recent visitors to the Kentucky Coalition to Carry Concealed website have no doubt noticed that we’ve been having some difficulty lately. Well, we're back!
 

Boston MA - Gun buyback programs a thing of the past

In the end, we found that most of the weapons being handed in were not street weapons,” Taunton police Lt. James Costa, said. “They were more like grandpa's old gun that looked like they had been kept under a sink for years.
 

UK  - Guns 'out of control' as robberies soar

Guns were used in 4,120 robberies last year - a ten per cent jump - including a nine per cent rise to 1,439 in the number of street robberies where guns were used.  Residential firearms robberies show a 46 per cent leap, a record 645 cases in England and Wales - up 204 on the previous year and four times the level recorded in 2000-01.  [But..., but...guns were all but banned in the UK weren't they!??!! - Ed.]
 

Mexican Police Lose Guns, Get Slingshots

The police department has issued about 60 slingshots to officers in the violent border city of Tijuana, where soldiers confiscated police weapons two weeks ago amid allegations of collusion with drug traffickers. [Reasonable gun control?  - Ed.]

KS - Cities move to restrict gun law

The state law permitting license holders to carry concealed handguns includes a provision preventing cities and counties from regulating, restricting or prohibiting the practice within their jurisdictions. [But, as we have seen in numerous other states, that won't stop them from doing it anyway! - Ed.]

GA - Bill would let workers have guns in cars

Georgia lawmakers in both the House and the Senate are trying once again to pass a measure that would allow Georgians to leave registered guns in their vehicles while they are at work.

Scranton, PA - Road-rage shooting charge filed

Nationwide, there were about 1,200 cases of road rage in 2006 that escalated into gunfire, said Leon James, Ph.D., a driver-psychology professor at the University of Hawaii and co-author of “Road Rage and Aggressive Driving.”  [That is a staggering number considering that you don't see this in the press daily.  You would think think that they would be all over these stories! - Ed.]
 

Bloomberg Under Fire From Gun Groups

How about it BATFE?  He apparently had people video-tape themselves violating federal gun laws regarding "straw purchases"!

Kansas recognizes KY license to carry concealed deadly weapons

VA - Added gun show checking promoted

Legislation introduced January 15 would require private sellers at gun shows to obtain criminal background checks on buyers.

Crime in the UK versus Crime in the US

The public misconception is that the UK is a safe country and the US violent, but the truth is just the opposite. Depending on which numbers you choose, the violent crime rate in the UK is five times higher than the rate in the US.
 

Government wants to limit [constitutional] arguments in machine gun case

Fayetteville, AR -- The federal government is arguing that it is the court's role to decide matters of law and to instruct the jury. The jury's role is to then determine and apply the facts to the law as instructed by the court. The jury has no role in deciding legal issues, according to the motion.

More U.S. gun stores closed

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives pulled federal firearms licenses from 22 gun dealers across the country in 2001. That number increased almost six-fold last year when ATF revoked 131 licenses, statistics show.

Concealed Handgun Permit Law Set to take Effect

Beginning January 2, 2007, Nebraska residents wishing to apply for a Concealed Handgun Permit will be able to do so.  [There is NO recognition of out-of-state licenses whatsoever.  But for any Nebraskans that read this, yours is good here because KY recognizes ALL valid state issued licenses! - Ed.]

KY - NICS Update

From the BATFE:

“...a determination was made that the permits issued prior to July 12, 2006 did not qualify for the exception, as the process for their issuance did not meet the requirements. Permits issued prior to July 12, 2006, will not be further considered for the exception.”

Ohio Senate Changes Journalist Access

While certain information is still available to the media, they are only granted the right to view that information at a Sheriff's office. They may not write it down, copy it, or record it. Most importantly, they can not go to the Sheriff and request a written or electronic copy of the personal information about every single licensee. [Anyone in OH with, or contemplating, a CCDW license needs to contact their legislator and ask them to pass this bill in the House as well as override Taft's impending veto.  Then go to your senator and ask for the veto override as well!! - Ed.]

OH - Legislature overrides veto on gun law overhaul, cities prepare legal fight against gun bill

In a rare confrontation with lawmakers, Gov. Bob Taft vetoed a bill that wiped out half a dozen assault-weapons bans across the state and dozens of other local gun laws - but the Legislature overrode the veto soundly, the first time it had done so since 1977.

New Jersey - JERSEY CITY GUN BAN DEFEATED!

In a lengthy and carefully reasoned decision read from the bench December 13, New Jersey Superior Court Judge Maurice Gallipoli declared Jersey City’s one gun a month handgun rationing law null and void, holding that it violates state pre-emption, equal protection, and was "arbitrary and capricious."

Sovereign Immunity Needs to Go

So far, Houston gun store owner Bob Arwady’s direct expenses (not counting loss of business) in defending himself against a string of lying, lawbreakers with badges exceeds half a million dollars.

National Gun Rights groups define stand on federal gun laws

Jews For The Preservation Of Firearms Ownership take the National Rifle Association to task for statements they made in a letter to a member.  Their remarks highlight the crux of the debate over federal firearms legislation and enforcement of such laws.