North Dakota Continues To Debate Castle Doctrine: The legislation has 
already passed the House. Right now lawmakers and interested parties are 
working on amendments to the bill. Even though it has not yet been 
assigned to a Senate committee, there's a lot of debate about whether or 
not this would make North Dakotans safer. Proponents of the bill say 
it's all about self defense and that people have a right to protect 
their home.

http://www.kfyrtv.com/News_Stories.asp?news=5498
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New Jersey Likely To Ban .50-Caliber Rifles: New Jersey is looking to 
become the second state to outlaw a powerful gun that critics say can be 
used by terrorists to shoot down an airliner. Democratic lawmakers and 
Ceasefire NJ, an antigun group, unveiled a plan on Monday to make it 
illegal to sell .50 caliber weapons in New Jersey. (I suspect that a 
bird sucked into a jet engine may have a greater chance of downing an 
airliner than a .50 BMG bullet.)

http://www.courierpostonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070305/NEWS01/70305014/1006
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Washington Gun-Show-Restriction Bill Advances: A bill that would require 
all sellers at gun shows to conduct background checks passed out of 
committee Tuesday, but Senate Majority Leader Lisa Brown, D-Spokane, 
said it's uncertain whether it will reach the Senate floor. Even if the 
bill makes it to the Senate floor and passes, House Speaker Frank Chopp, 
D-Seattle, said last month that it doesn't have enough support to pass 
the House.

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/306099_guncontrol05.html
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University Of Miami Coach Bans Firearms: Randy Shannon has issued a 
straightforward warning to his University of Miami football players: Get 
caught carrying a firearm and your days as a Hurricane are over. After 
two shooting incidents involving UM players last year, Shannon plans to 
enforce a "zero-tolerance'' policy regarding weapons.

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/sports/content/sports/epaper/2007/03/06/a1c_umfoot_0306.html
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Citizen Intervenes, Stops Murder: As customers watched in horror Sunday 
afternoon, a man stabbed a woman and attempted to set her on fire in the 
parking lot of a Jackson MS store, witnesses said. The attack was 
stopped by a passer-by, who held the man at gunpoint until police 
arrived, witnesses said. "He told the man, 'Stop, or I'm going to shoot. 
And if you run, I'm going to kill you.' "

http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070305/NEWS/703050350
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Mea Culpa From Jim Zumbo: As part of what appears to be some sort of 
twelve-step plan, Jim Zumbo confesses the error of his public 
denunciation of military-looking rifles in a letter to CCRKBA. An 
earlier step appears to have been a re-education session on 
semi-automatic firearms by Ted Nugent.

http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=260101
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Britain To Ban Replica Samurai Swords: The sale of imitation samurai 
swords could be banned by the end of the year, the Home Office announced 
today. Importing or hiring the weapons could also be made illegal 
following a string of samurai sword attacks in recent years. Breaching 
the ban, which is targeted at cheap imitation samurai swords rather than 
the more expensive genuine collectors' items made by licensed 
swordsmiths in Japan, would result in up to six months in jail and a