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Minnesota "Castle Doctrine" Legislation Needs Your Help!

House File 498, Castle Doctrine legislation, sponsored by State Representative Tony Cornish (R-24 would allow a person to use deadly force in and outside of their home and vehicle and removes duty to retreat when outside of the home. This legislation provides criminal immunity when someone is justified in using deadly force. The House Public Safety and Civil Justice Committee, which currently has the bill, may not even hear it because of anti-gun members.
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Michigan Senate Committee Referred Mandatory Storage Bill!

Senate Bill 119, sponsored by State Senator Martha Scott (D-2), has been referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee. This legislation would require a person to store a firearm in a locked container or with a trigger lock to make it inaccessible to minors
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Maryland Anti-Gun Legislation Back for 2007!

Marylands assault weapon ban legislation is back, along with a new proposal titled Assault Weapon Tax. Your State Legislator needs to hear from you today!
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City of Murray Tables Discharge Ban!

The City of Murrays Public Safety Committee held a hearing yesterday, regarding a ban on the discharge of firearms, air guns, and bows!
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Georgia "Employee Right's" Legislation Heads to Senate Floor!

Senate Bill 43, sponsored by Senator Chip Rogers (R-21), passed the Senate Judiciary Committee by a vote of 8-2, and will now head to the Senate floor. SB 43, Employee Rights, would allow employees to lawfully carry and possess firearms in locked motor vehicles on their employers property.
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Colorado Legislature Moving Firearm Bills!

Last week HB 1011, sponsored by State Representative Cory Gardner (R-63), passed the House Judiciary Committee by a vote of 6-5. The bill now heads to the State House floor for a vote. HB1011, the Castle Doctrine self-defense bill, simply states that if a criminal breaks into your home or your place of business, you do not have a duty to retreat.
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West Virginia Senate Passes Castle Doctrine Legislation!

On Friday, February 9, Senate Bill 197, sponsored by Senator Shirley Love (D-11), passed the State Senate unanimously and is now headed to the House of Delegates.
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New Jersey Assembly Committee Vote in Favor of One-A-Gun-Month!

On February 8, by a vote of 6-0, the New Jersey Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee voted in favor of A-3511, the gun-rationing bill that would criminalize the purchase of more than one handgun per month by honest citizens.
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Missouri Senate Judiciary Committee Taking Up Firearms Bills!

On Monday, February 12, the Senate Judiciary Committee will hear a number of firearms-related bills.
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Virginia: Pro-Gun Measures Moving to the Senate!

Several pro-Second Amendment measures have been passed by the House of Delegates and will soon be heard in various Senate committees.
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Hawaii Senate Committee Holding Pro-Gun Legislation Hostage!

Committee Chair, Senator Lorraine Inouye (D-1), has indicated she may not bring Senate Bill 1224 before the Intergovernmental & Military Affairs Committee for a hearing before the Friday, February 16th lateral" deadline. If the bill does not cross over to the House before the deadline, the bill is considered dead this legislative session.
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Feds Shoot Down Mike`s Gun Suit
- New York Daily News
The federal government will not file criminal charges against any of the 15 out-of-state gun dealers accused by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg in a federal lawsuit of selling guns illegally, the Daily News has learned.
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Running A Yellow Light
- New York Sun
The Bloomberg administration is brushing off the warning it received from the federal government in respect of the mayor`s tactics against out-of-state gun dealers. The federal government decided that there were no criminal violations by the dealers the mayor went after.
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Despite DOJ Decision, Gun Cases Will Go Forward
- New York Sun
Legal analysts expect the city to be able to proceed with civil lawsuits against 15 gun dealers targeted by Mayor Bloomberg`s out-of-state sting operations, despite the Department of Justice`s decision not to file criminal charges against them.
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Repeal D.C.`s Gun Law
- Washington Times
Mayor Adrian Fenty has acknowledged the obvious: "We have one of the highest homicide rates in the country but at the same time have the strictest [gun] law." Of course, his solution was that every place else needed more gun control. Then, D.C. Council member Marion Barry and three other lawmakers proposed suspending the city`s 30-year-old handgun ban. For 90 days, Washingtonians should be able to buy and register handguns. It is a good start, though a permanent repeal would make more sense.
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LAPD Targets 11 Violent Gangs
- Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Police Chief William J. Bratton says he is assigning more than 200 officers to a crackdown on the city`s most dangerous street gangs, even as officials acknowledged that their plan of attack was controversial. "Eleven gangs and their 800 members committed over 1,700 violent crimes last year," Bratton said. "That`s 6% of all the violent crime in the city. It makes sense to focus our very limited resources on these criminals."
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Look At Qualifications And Records For Drivers, Too
- South Florida Sun-Sentinel
" I grew up in New York City, where only the police and criminals had guns, unless you were rich and famous," writes Carl Solomon. "I was fortunate to move to Florida, one of 31 states that have a "shall issue" law whereupon most people who receive a concealed weapons-carry permit are law abiding and most are extremely careful how they take care of their guns."
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Moser Shoots Down Carry Reciprocity
- Columbus Telegram
Columbus, Ohio Mayor Mike Moser vetoed the ordinance that would have allowed Nebraska Carry permit holders to carry handguns in Columbus.
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Debate In Senate Heated Over Gun-Show Restrictions
- Seattle Times
A proposal to cinch the so-called gun-show loophole was chided and cheered at a raucous Senate hearing February 8.
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Engineer: GPS Shoes Make People Findable
- APNews
Isaac Daniel calls the tiny Global Positioning System chip he`s embedded into a line of sneakers "peace of mind." He wishes his 8-year-old son had been wearing them when he got a call from his school in 2002 saying the boy was missing. The worried father hopped a flight to Atlanta from New York where he had been on business to find the incident had been a miscommunication and his son was safe.
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Important Pro-Hunting Legislation Pending in South Dakota State Legislature!

State Representative Mike Buckingham (R-33) has introduced HB1305, legislation designed to reduce the minimum hunting age in South Dakota. The bill would lower the age for big game to 10, and remove the restriction on small game. States with restrictive hunt ages have the lowest hunter retention numbers in the country. Thirty states do not have a minimum age requirement, and those states have the highest youth hunting rates while enjoying safety records that are equal to, or better than, states with the restrictive ages.
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North Dakota: Vital Self-Defense Legislation Heading to House Floor!

HB1319, critical Castle Doctrine legislation sponsored by State Representative Todd Porter (R-34), is moving towards the House floor for a vote.
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Virginia: Pro-Gun Measures Need Your Help!

Several pro-gun bills that will further protect the rights of law-abiding Virginians have passed the House of Delegates and will now move over to the Senate for consideration. Please be sure to contact your State Senator at (804) 698-7410 and strongly encourage him or her to vote for the following bills:
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Maryland Anti-Gun Legislation Back for 2007!

Senate Bill 43, Assault Weapon Ban of 2007, sponsored by Senator Michael Lenett (D-19), would designate specified firearms, including many semi-automatics as assault weapons, prohibit persons from transporting possessing, selling, offering to sell, transferring, or receiving a specified assault weapon(s), and require the Handgun Roster Board to compile and maintain a roster of prohibited specified assault weapons. House Bill 441, sponsored by Delegate Craig Rice (D-19), the Assault Weapon Tax, would impose a 10% tax on the sale of an assault weapon.
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Right-to-Carry Under Attack in Nevada Legislature!

In a direct assault on Nevada's Right-to-Carry Permit holders, the Nevada Chiefs and Sheriffs Association has sponsored a bill before the 2007 Legislature that would double the maximum fee an issuing authority can charge not only for first time permit applicants, but for the permit renewals as well.
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Westchester County, New York Considering Anti-Gun Legislation!

County Executive Andy Spano has proposed changing the pistol license authority in Westchester County from elected county judges to the un-elected police commissioner. Under this proposal, all pistol license holders would have to reapply for their licenses every five years and provide justification as to why they still need them.
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Pennsylvania Pigeon Shoot Ban Meeting Has Been Scheduled!

Early next week the House Judiciary Committee will be voting on House Bill 73, sponsored by Representative Frank Shimkus (D-113). House Bill 73 is a proposal that would ban pigeon shoots in the Commonwealth. This meeting was scheduled at the request of the Judiciary Committee Chair for Tuesday, February 13, Room 205, Ryan Office Building.
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