New York Boosts Penalty For Unlicensed CCW: Dutchess County law 
enforcement officials have a message for anyone carrying illegal 
weapons: If we catch you, you're going to prison. District Attorney 
William V. Grady said his office was spearheading a new awareness 
campaign to inform the public of a law passed last fall by the state 
Legislature. Signed into law by Gov. George Pataki on Nov. 1, the law 
calls for a mandatory prison term of 31 2/3 2 years for anyone caught 
anywhere other than his or her home or place of business with a loaded, 
unregistered handgun.

http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2007705280312
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More On Giuliani: Two commentaries question the sincerity of Rudy's RKBA 
conversion.

http://www.buckeyefirearms.org/article3763.html
http://www.renewamerica.us/columns/gaynor/070528
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Arizona Guns Fuel Mexican Shootouts: "There is a war going on, on the 
border between two cartels. What do they need to fight that war? Guns. 
Where do they get them? From here," said William Newell, special agent 
in charge of the Phoenix division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, 
Firearms and Explosives...Cartel operatives flood Arizona to buy 
semiautomatic assault rifles, grenades, plastic explosives and rocket 
launchers in bulk and all are used to fight rival drug smugglers and the 
Mexican government, according to U.S. court records and criminal 
investigation reports. (I'm sure all of you recall seeing grenades, 
plastic explosives and rocket launchers in your favorite Arizona gun shop.)

http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/daily/local/52737.php
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 From JPFO: It's here at last - the long-awaited 85-minute DVD 
documentary exposing the irresponsible, malicious, and criminal actions 
of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (BATFE). 
After just the first few shocking minutes you'll fully understand why we 
call it: The Gang...DVDs are for sale NOW at www.thegangmovie.com (or 
through our online store at www.jpfo.org/store.htm ). Now it's time for 
each of us to use The Gang. Really use it to rid ourselves, once and for 
all, of what can rightly be called an infamous criminal syndicate 
masquerading as a legitimate federal agency.

http://jpfo.org/alert20070528.htm

-- 
Stephen P. Wenger

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

http://www.spw-duf.info