CCW Reciprocity In A Nutshell: Article highlights the varying 
recognition of out-of-state permits across the nation and give some 
sense of which states do and don't recognize others' permits. The 
federal bill to mandate reciprocity is discussed but only in the context 
that it is unlikely to pass, not the fact that the federal government 
should not be regulating CCW.

http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2007/8/14/142326.shtml?s=lh
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Don't Forget HR 1897: United States Representative Ron Paul has 
introduced a bill that I hope gets some traction. HR1897 would restore 
our ability to carry firearms in the National Parks for our defense. How 
important is this? Every year we hear some terrible story of someone 
getting mauled or killed by wild animals on Federally owned land - land 
that we are encouraged to visit and pay for, but where we are forbidden 
the ability to defend ourselves. This, to me, is insane.

http://www.buckeyefirearms.org/article3896.html
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LAPD Hosts Microstamping Demonstration: A proposed California bill 
requiring all new handguns to be stamped with microscopic identification 
tags could significantly decrease violence and shut down the illegal gun 
market if passed, proponents said in a news conference Tuesday. The 
Crime Gun Identification Act, AB 1471, would require that lasers be used 
to create a "microstamp" of each gun's make, model and serial number 
that would become imprinted onto shell casings when a bullet is fired. 
The technology was demonstrated Tuesday by its co-inventor, Todd 
Lizotte, at the Los Angeles Police Academy.

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-guns15aug15,1,7580261.story?coll=la-headlines-california&ctrack=6&cset=true
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Clayton Cramer Defends NICS Improvement Act: ...Now, a lot of gun rights 
organizations whose commitment to the cause I do not question have 
broken with NRA on HR 2640. Gun Owners of America and Jews for the 
Preservation of Firearms Ownership are notable examples of groups that 
are very concerned that HR 2640 is going to open a Pandora's Box of new 
gun restrictions, and they have managed to get this concern expressed to 
a large part of the gun rights community... (Cramer's credentials 
include writing Armed America, a response to the fraudulent Arming 
America by Michael Bellesiles.)

http://www.shotgunnews.com/cramer/
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Which Rules Were Violated?: An off-duty San Francisco rookie police 
officer died after he accidentally shot himself during a party at his 
San Mateo apartment over the weekend, authorities said today..."I 
believe he was at a party and sometime during the party the weapon was 
produced and discharged," Foucrault said..."The victim was at home with 
friends when the tragic accident occurred," police Capt. Kevin Raffaelli 
said in a statement. "The victim was in possession of his firearm when 
he accidentally discharged it, striking himself."

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/08/13/BAGKARHNPS6.DTL

The Rules:

http://www.spw-duf.info/safety.html

Do We Need A New Rule?: A ten-year-old Massachusetts boy spent 15 
minutes locked in a gun safe on display at a Sam's Club store after he 
and his cousin inadvertently discovered the correct combination to its 
digital lock. (I thought it was pretty much taken for granted that 
parents should maintain control of their kids.)

http://www.telegram.com/article/20070814/NEWS/708140455/1116

-- 
Stephen P. Wenger

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

http://www.spw-duf.info