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From Neal Knox:
The Minnesota House passed a shall-issue licensed carry bill
which strips sheriff's of their frequently abused discretion in
issuing such licenses. The 85-46 vote, and Gov. Jesse Ventura's
support, may revive a companion bill which was killed by a Senate
committee last week. It requires issuance of licenses to persons over
21 without mental or felony records, who have completed some firearms
training.
In a decision issued the same day, a Michigan Court of
Appeals refused to stop the counting of petition signatures attempting
to stop a public referendum of a similar bill scheduled to go into
effect this summer. The referendum is being challenged by NRA and
Michigan groups contending that because the law contains an
appropriation it cannot be referred.
New Mexico's compromise "shall issue" concealed
carry licensing law, signed last week by Gov. Gary Johnson, is facing
constitutional challenges from both sides according to Deputy Attorney
General Stuart Bluestone.
It allows local communities to ban carrying within their
jurisdictions, but Bluestone said the constitution "is firm"
prohibiting local firearms regulations.
Opponents of the law cite the constitution's strong right to bear
arms provision "for security and defense, for lawful hunting and
recreational use" also says "but nothing herein shall be
held to permit the carrying of concealed weapons" -- which they
argue bans all concealed carrying.
Gun
Violence Studies Based on Flawed Methods, Political Agendas
Invasion
of the Anti-Gun Doctors by Dr. Michael S. Brown
Armed
Self-Defense Works By Gary Kleck in the Wall St. Journal
Shooting
For Kids: Fire a shot for a good cause. Shooting sports are some
of the safest of all sports, but the media seem to want to avoid
covering that story. By James A. Swan in National Review Online.
Take
the poll: Should the federal government require background checks at
all gun shows?
A new study by John Lott
and John Whitley finds no support for the theory that safe gun storage
laws reduce either juvenile accidental gun deaths or suicides.
Instead, these storage requirements appear to impair the ability to
use guns defensively. During the first five years after the passage of
safe storage laws, the group of fifteen states that adopted these laws
faced an annual average increase of over 300 more murders, 3860 more
rapes, 24650 more robberies, and over 25000 more aggravated assaults.
The
NRA Right To Carry Fact Sheet
KC3
Elects 8 New Directors
Annual
Membership Meeting 2001
This year's
Annual
Membership Meeting of the Kentucky Coalition to Carry Concealed had a
strong and positive tone. I came away from the meeting really pumped and
full of ideas. We talked a lot about our future and a bit about our
past. I think that a fresh vision of what our organization is about
emerged from this meeting. 8 new directors were elected to the board and 3
currently serving directors were re-elected, bringing the board to its full
compliment of 15 members. more...
Pro-Gun Organization
Announces "Safe Schools Initiative"
On Thursday, Seniors
United Supporting the Second Amendment (SUSSA) announced its "Safe
Schools Initiative" in response to the terrible school shootings that
are afflicting our country. The group will offer scholarships courses in
handgun safety and use in defensive situations at the prestigious Greg Block
Self-Defense Firearms Training School in California,
www.firearmstraining.com to five volunteers selected by the first public
school in the United States that adopts the Israeli model for protecting the
school from violence. more...
The No-where Close
to a Million Mom March Has a Layoff
Less than a year ago,
Sarah Brady declared, "You are the future now." to the tens of
thousands at the Million Mom March. "We must either change the minds of
lawmakers on these issues or, for God's sake, this November let's change the
lawmakers." more...
Kentucky
state lawmakers make
deal on concealed-carry law
Compromise
plan approves expanding permit exemptions.
The House voted
yesterday to allow more people to carry concealed deadly weapons without a
permit. more...
Please Don’t Allow CCW
in Illinois...
To
the editor:
As your neighbor, I
strongly encourage Illinois not to allow the concealed carry of handguns.
You see, we allow concealed carry here in Indiana and criminals know it is a
bad idea to attack a Hoosier because they just might wind up looking into
the barrel of a gun. This customarily makes criminals nervous and less
willing to ply their destructive trade. more...
Britain and
Australia top US in violent crime
Rates Down Under increase despite
strict
gun-control measures Law enforcement and
anti-crime activists regularly claim that the United States tops the charts
in most crime-rate categories, but a new international study says that
America's former master -- Great Britain -- has much higher levels of crime.
more...
Out-of-Staters
[will be] Free to Bring Guns to Utah
"I have relatives
who won't visit because they have to leave their guns behind," said
freshman Rep. Glenn Donnelson, R-North Ogden. "We shouldn't make people
check their rights at the border." more...
Missouri Gun owners
rally to support bills
Handguns attracted much attention in Missouri’s statehouse Wednesday as
the state Senate debated a bill to force St. Louis to drop its lawsuit
against handgun manufacturers. more...
It just gets worse
and worse in Kalifornia
Federal lawmakers on
both sides of the gun control issue will be keeping a close watch on two
controversial state laws now being considered by the California State
Assembly.
Handgun Buyer Licensing
and Proficiency Testing Bill:
The bill most hotly opposed by gun owner's rights groups, AB
35, would require Californians wanting to buy a handgun
to more...
The
Concealed-Carry Debate:
Should
Ohioans get a permit to pack?
KC3
Goes Head to Head with the Gun Grabbers
Ohio is
headed for a showdown. State lawmakers intend to push a bill that would
allow residents to obtain permits to carry concealed weapons. Recently the
Cincinnati Inquirer invited KC3 to debate the representatives of HCI
and The Million Mom March on the issue of legal concealed carry in
Ohio. more...
Robbery inspired
concealed carry campaign in Ohio
After the
pizza delivery business where he worked was robbed by someone who fired a
shot into the building as he left, Pat Feely started carrying a handgun for
protection. In the six years since,
Feely hasn't fired the gun in self-defense, but he has joined the campaign
to overturn the Ohio law that prohibits most civilians from carrying
concealed weapons. more...
Deadly force bill adds 3
crimes to lethal-defense list
Little
opposition as measure goes to full House on 10-3 vote
The list of
legal reasons for Kentuckians to kill someone could grow considerably this
year. House Bill 49, easily
approved yesterday by the House Judiciary Committee, adds several categories
to the acts that justify the use of deadly force. more...
Police
nationwide stand
behind Second Amendment Rights
"I lobbied against
the (concealed carry) law in 1993 and 1995 because I thought it would lead
to wholesaled armed conflict. That hasn’t happened. All the horror stories
I thought would come to pass didn’t happen. No bogeyman. I think it has
worked out well, and that says good things about the citizens who have
permits. I’m a convert." more...
When
Guns Are Outlawed...
If Sandy had been
permitted to carry a pistol, he could have stopped McDermott. That meant
that five other people could possibly have survived this tragedy. But Sandy
did not have that option. more...
Women,
Guns and Disinformation
Two gun control
organizations have stepped forward to bring different approaches to
the gun control debate. Make no mistake about it, both of these
groups have an agenda, and that is, circumvent the individual right
to gun ownership embodied in the Second Amendment. more...
Woman
kills 1 intruder,
other flees
A woman shot and
killed one of two suspected robbers who had broken into her home
before dawn today, a sheriff's spokesman said. more...
Make the Legally Blind
Defenseless?
The answer is "No"
A bill introduced
yesterday by Rep. Kathy Stein, D-Lexington, and Rep. Mary Lou Marzian,
D-Louisville, died in committee today when a majority of our legislators saw
through this poorly written and misguided legislation. more...
KC3's
Position on the Visual Acuity Amendment
Why we think this is bad legislation
Legislative Alert:
Bill
Number: SB 81
An act relating to prohibition of possession of firearms in domestic
violence cases. This bill represents yet another
attempt to demonize firearms and would deprive people of
constitutionally guaranteed rights on a misdemeanor conviction.
more...
Legally Blind Woman with
CCW Permit
LOUISVILLE - The case
of a blind woman caught carrying a gun onto federal property has state
lawmakers asking whether people who cannot see where they are shooting
should be allowed to carry concealed weapons. more...
Pro-Gun
Utah Legislator Needs YOUR Help!
Utah State
Representative Glenn Donnelson needs your help. Rep. Donnelson, with the
assistance of Utah Gun Owners Alliance, has introduced HB 376, Concealed
Carry Reciprocity. This bill would require that Utah recognize concealed
carry permits issued by any other state or county. It would also recognize
the right of any person to carry a concealed firearm if his home state
grants him that right, thus allowing residents of Vermont to carry in Utah
without a permit. more...
Concealed-carry
legislation fires up debate in Illinois
"The police in
Illinois do a wonderful job," Brunsvold said. "They do a fantastic
job. But there are not enough of them, and there will never be enough of
them. They just can't be every place at the same time. They can't protect
everyone." more...
KC3 Annual Membership
Meeting for 2001
This year's Annual
Membership Meeting of the Kentucky Coalition to Carry Concealed is going to
be held on March 17th, 2001 in the rooms of the Salato Wildlife Center on
the Game Farm just outside of Frankfort, Ky. more...
Colorado CCW Privacy
bill clears hurdle
Feb. 7, 2001
- A state legislator who lost a battle last year to keep confidential the
names of people holding concealed-weapons permits cleared his first
legislative hurdle with a similar bill Tuesday. more...
Tenant kills
thief hiding under bed. Police overlook burglar
A burglar
undetected during a police search of an East Side apartment early
Saturday morning later crawled from beneath a bed and was shot in
the head during a gunfight with a resident. The burglar was
shot after he shot and wounded Shermaine D. Whitley, who lives in
the ground-level apartment on South Street, police said. more...
Invade a home and invite
a bullet
South
Carolina attorney general backs armed home defense
In declaring an
"open season" on burglars who break into homes, South Carolina
Attorney General Charlie Condon has instructed all solicitors, sheriffs and
police chiefs in the state to refrain from arresting "citizens acting
to defend their homes" with a firearm or other weapon. more...
ISRA Urges Bipartisan
Support for HB 401
Illinois
State Rifle Association Urges Bipartisan Support Family and Personal
Protection Act. The ISRA is pleased to
announce the introduction of HB 401, Family and Personal Protection Act.
Under the provisions of this proposed legislation, qualifying Illinois
citizens would be permitted to carry concealed firearms for the purpose of
self-defense. Enactment of HB 401 would bring Illinois in line with better
than 40 other states that allow their citizens to carry defensive firearms. more...
True
Stories of Armed Self-Defense for January, 2001
Robert
A. Waters
This
month brought numerous reminders of why many Americans own guns. But
these stories were nowhere to be seen on ABC, CBS, CNN, or NBC. They
weren't news to editors of the New York Times, the Washington Post,
or the Los Angeles Times.
Overlooked by the mainstream media, these accounts show how lives
are saved when law-abiding citizens own firearms. more...
Fight may have been racially motivated
CCW
Holder Thwarts Attack
EAST BREMERTON
- A black man was waiting for his girlfriend to get off work at Oh!
Gallagher's Sports Pub and Grill late Tuesday when he was insulted
and challenged by a young, drunk patron who used racial epithets,
witnesses told deputies. more...
A Gun Deal’s Fatal
Wound
As
a landmark pact to control gun sales falls apart, Smith & Wesson takes
the hit. For more than 50
years, George Romanoff’s family has been selling Smith & Wessons: .357
revolvers with hardwood handles, sleek pistols forged from blue and
stainless steel. more...
Committee approves concealed weapons bill
A Wyoming Senate committee has recommended a bill that would prohibit releasing a
list of concealed weapons permit holders to the public. Senate File 106 also
would lift the state restriction against honoring permits issued in other
states by local agencies. Currently, Wyoming will not honor permits issued
by county sheriffs or other local agencies. more...
City
Can't Sue Dealers for Gun Use
Gary, Ind., has lost
its lawsuit blaming the handgun industry for crimes committed with guns.
Instead, the judge advised, go after the criminals. more...
Gun buy-ups the
REAL insanity
The natural
assumption among adults living in this Commonwealth is that when we
formulate public policy that affects the lives of all our citizens
we¹ll be guided by facts and knowledge as adults should be, and NOT
by emotions or childish fears. This is, after all, what adults are
supposed to do. more...
Gun crime rockets to
record high in England
Arms
were used 15,000 times to commit offences this year alone. Gun crime in Britain is
soaring to record levels: executions, woundings and related incidents in the
past year are set to be the highest ever, an investigation by The Observer
has revealed. more...
New
Trade Group For Firearms Retailers
The National Shooting Sports Foundation has started a new trade
group for firearms retailers. The National Association of Firearms
Retailers is open to any professional firearms retailer and provides
representation in Congress, media training, employee training and
legal defense information to its members. This is an important
development given the recent legal attacks brought by anti-gun
politicians in conjunction with trial lawyers seeking a huge payoff
from the firearms industry. Read
About It: www.nafr.org
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Here for Elenore Roosevelt's CCW license application
Not all liberals are crazy..
Citizen shootings of
criminals mainly draw support
Throughout the country,
hundreds of law-abiding citizens are taking up arms, refusing to be victims.
The number of Virginia residents with permits to carry concealed weapons is
approaching 100,000. But is an armed community necessarily a safe one? more...
Michigan Gov. Signs
Concealed Weapons Bill
A bill expected to increase the number of
people carrying concealed weapons in Michigan was signed into law Tuesday by
Gov. John Engler. more...
This man wasn't
mad about guns - he was just mad
A HAND-WRINGING
Boston Globe editorial lamented the "nightmare that stalks the
nation" and "bright river of blood" bursting forth
because the country "refuses to pass stringent controls on
firearms". more...
Alaska
Modifies Concealed Carry Law
As of August 29th, 2000 there were several changes in Alaskan Law
regarding the CCW permits. Most importantly, it was changed to allow
any type of action or caliber. You can see these changes at the
following URL: http://www.dps.state.ak.us/ast/achp/
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