Nearly 3,000 Seek Kansas Concealed Weapon Licenses: Kansas enters the 
new year with nearly 3,000 people cleared for carrying concealed 
handguns. And more applications are coming into the Kansas Attorney 
General's Office.

http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2007/jan/02/nearly_3000_seek_concealed_gun_permits/?city_local
http://www.wibw.com/news/headlines/5060446.html
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Self-Defense Stops Crime: Alan Gottlieb, of SAF and CCRKBA, takes on 
prohibitionists who have sought to blame the expansion of licensed CCW 
and other restorations of the RKBA for the recent surge in violent crime.

http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2007/012007/01032007/245933
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NRA Sounds Alarm On "Gun Control": Newsmax presents a favorable summary 
of the key points in the much-maligned draft NRA publication about the 
potential assault on the RKBA, engendered by the Democratic takeover in 
Congress.

http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2007/1/2/121144.shtml?s=us

Related Commentary:

http://newsbusters.org/node/9907
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131 FFL's Revoked In 2006: 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.

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/bal-te.md.license02jan02,0,5160217.story?coll=bal-local-headlines
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New Year Resolutions: A gun owner in Ohio provides some food for thought 
in his five resolutions for the new year. (Finally, someone who is not 
willing to settle for the training that comes in the box with the gun.)

http://www.ohioccw.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3786&Itemid=83
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What About CCW?: Editorial in The Baltimore Sun stops short of calling 
for reform of Maryland's restrictive handgun-licensing system as a means 
to "beef up protective orders."

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/bal-ed.orders02jan02,0,7243565.story?coll=bal-opinion-headlines
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One Picture Is Worth 10,000 Words: In this case, the cartoon also 
contains a few words of its own.

http://www.newsleader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Site=AA&Date=20061130&Category=OPINION09&ArtNo=1130001&Ref=PH&Params=Itemnr=6
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Kentucky Man Recalls Fatal Shooting: Article is of interest because it 
shows how quickly a confrontation can move from words to lethal force. 
(This is why some of us counsel keeping at least one firearm on your 
person at all times and not carrying in a manner that requires two hands 
to draw.)

http://www.wlwt.com/news/10647053/detail.html
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Oh, Canada...: Canadian border guards who want to train their colleagues 
in the use of weapons will have to pass a test of their own later this 
month - to see if they're psychologically fit to handle a gun.

http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=a7c25079-23f5-406a-902e-b9b930d06261&k=5778
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 From JPFO: ...In one 111-minute film, attorney David T. Hardy has 
compiled literally _hundreds_ of years of information regarding the 
Second Amendment. The film, entitled _In Search of the Second 
Amendment_, covers all aspects of the Second Amendment: the political 
implications, the deterrence of tyranny, the prevention of genocide, and 
much much more. David Hardy is considered the "expert's expert" when it 
comes to the Second Amendment.

http://www.jpfo.org/alert20070102.htm

-- 
Stephen P. Wenger

Firearm safety - It's a matter 
for education, not legislation.

http://www.spw-duf.info