N E W S

The Dick Anthony (2nd Amendment Man)

H e l l e r F o u n d a t i o n

U.S. Supreme Court, June 26, 2008

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                                                                                                           2/18/10
                                  A Case for Concealed Carry

Two customers displaying holstered pistols deterred an armed robbery
in a Kennesaw, Georgia Wafflehouse recently.
http://www.examiner.com/x-5619-Atlanta-Gun-Rights-Examiner~y2010m2d18-Open-carry-deters-armed-robbery-in-Kennesaw

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                                    WHY did this young couple
             allow this trajedy to happen to themselves ?

                     "The great object is, that every man be armed."
                                                                      ~ ~ Patrick Henry

Why not every woman also be armed ??

Florida is a "SHALL ISSUE" Concealed Carry state -- since 1987

The Florida girl in the followng story was stalked for TWO years !!

                            THIS DID NOT HAVE TO HAPPEN !!
                        http://www.news8.net/news/stories/0210/705308.html

                            California Police Chiefs Association
                        Calls for Firearms Microstamping Study
                                                                                                                     1/13/2010

NEWTOWN, Conn. -- In a recent letter to California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown, the California Police Chiefs Association (CPCA) expressed concern over the "hasty implementation" of firearms microstamping in California and called for further in-depth study of the technology before it is implemented by law in California.

1/13/2010NEWTOWN, Conn. -- In a recent letter to California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown, the California Police Chiefs Association (CPCA) expressed concern over the "hasty implementation" of firearms microstamping in California and called for further in-depth study of the technology before it is implemented by law in California.

Microstamping will have a second look In the letter, CPCA Acting President Susan E. Manheimer wrote,
"There are too many unanswered questions with microstamping in its current iteration" and raised concerns that "statements about the capabilities of microstamping may have been technologically premature." In 2007, CPCA supported legislation (AB 1471) to require firearms microstamping in California.

Firearms microstamping is the process by which firearms manufacturers would have to micro laser-engrave a gun's make, model and serial number on two distinct parts of each gun, including the firing pin, so that in theory the information would be imprinted on the cartridge casing when the pistol is fired. Legislation mandating microstamping in California was signed into law in 2007 by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R-Calif.) and was slated to take effect this New Year's Day (2010); however, since the technology remains encumbered by patents it cannot be certified by the California Department of Justice and therefore has not been implemented.

The letter continues, "We support further research of microstamping in light of the new information that has surfaced since California passage of the legislation.Publicly available, peer-reviewed studies conducted by independent research organizations conclude that the technology does not function reliably and that criminals can remove the markings easily in mere seconds. We believe that these findings require examination prior to implementation."

The CPCA also expressed concerns over implementing the technology during a very difficult budget environment and the negative impact on law enforcement budgets which are already under significant pressure.

December 2009 NCIS Background Check Stats
1/13/2010

Data released by the FBI's National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) reported 1,407,155 checks in Dec. 2009, ranking the month in the top five for most NICS checks of all time.

This figure, while being a 7.6 percent decrease from the 1,523,426 checks conducted in Dec. 2008 -- the beginning stage of an ongoing surge in firearms and ammunition sales -- is an increase of 14.4 percent over checks in December 2007.

Year-to-date background checks for 2009 total 14,033,824, an increase of 10.4 % over the same time period last year. The total number of background checks reported since the beginning of NICS is 110,017,832.

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        Time to relax India's gun control laws, to fight militants?

Should India ease up on its tight gun control laws to arm citizens so that they can put up a fight next time they are attacked in their hotels, train stations and even a hospital as it happened in Mumbai (Bombay) last month?       Read About It: Reuters (India)   Posted: 12/12/2008

SOUL SEARCH:
A "Bombay" reaction plan is on the books for DC.
YET, so many "elite" eggheads continue to press for the disarming of the law abiding !
Should residents be at the mercy of terrorists like people in Baghdad & Bombay ?
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