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“More people have had their rights violated at my shows than at Annette’s show,” Elliot said, referring to colleague Annette Gelles, who owns the Showmasters Gun Show, which was the target of another ATF Task Force operation last month.

“They’ve been pulled over when they left the building and had their guns taken away from them,” Elliot continued. “In one case, we had a guy with a valid concealed-carry permit who had his gun confiscated. He had to go to ATF headquarters the next day to pick that gun back up.”

Gun Show Owner, Patrons May File Civil Rights Suit —
By Jeff Johnson
CNSNews.com Senior Staff Writer
09/12/2005

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California state Assemblyman Paul Koretz (search), D-West Hollywood, is one of the bill’s authors.

“Imagine how much easier it would be, in the case of my bill microstamping, if there was just a number and you call it into a database and you know exactly who it is in five or 10 minutes,” Koretz said.

Critics argue the laws will punish law-abiding citizens and sportsmen by raising costs. Those in the gun and ammo manufacturing business add that they’re tired of bearing the brunt of gun crime and accuse lawmakers of targeting their livelihood.

“I will stop selling ammo the day after. So if that’s what the lawmakers want, is that guys like me to get out of the ammunition business, then all they have to do is tell me I have to spend 15, 20 minutes to paperwork a $2 box of ammo and I’m out,” says Ted Szajer, owner of L.A. Guns.

God I love living in Texas. This from the TSRA.

TSRA Members and Texans:

OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
R i c k P e r r y
For Immediate Release
June 17,2005

Gov. Perry Signs Bills to Protect Gun Owners’ Rights

AUSTIN – Gov. Rick Perry today signed legislation aimed at clarifying existing firearm laws, enhancing protections for law-abiding gun owners and reducing barriers for gun ownership.

“The right to keep and bear arms is a fundamental right of every law-abiding citizen of our country,” Perry said. “This legislation will clarify existing firearm laws, enhance protections for law abiding gun owners and reduce barriers for gun ownership.”

The bills Gov. Perry has signed include:

* House Bill 225 (Driver) which extends the renewal period for a concealed handgun license from four to five years without an increase in renewal fee.
* House Bill 322 (Hupp) which reduces all fees for a concealed handgun license for military members and veterans by 50 percent and lowers the age from 21 to 18 for members of the military or veterans to obtain a concealed handgun license.
* House Bill 685 (Rose) which exempts military members and veterans from taking the range portion of the concealed handgun licensing process if they had been weapons certified in the military within the past five years prior to application for the license.
* House Bill 1483 (Frost) which will expand methods by which applicants for a concealed handgun license may pay the fees to include personal check, cash, and credit card. Currently only cashiers checks and money orders are accepted.
* House Bill 823 (Keel) which clarifies the current definition of “traveling” as it relates to someone carrying a firearm. Current law is ambiguous and is interpreted differently by courts and law enforcement.
* House Bill 1038 (Isett) which reduces the fee for renewal of a canceled handgun permit for senior citizen by 50 percent. The current renewal fee for a senior citizen is $70 for a four-year renewal period and this bill will reduce that fee to $35 for those 60 years of age or older.

All bills become effective Sept. 1, 2005.

Copyright 2005, Texas State Rifle Association.

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LOS ANGELES — Arizona schools have added a fourth “R” to reading, writing and arithmetic — rifles.

Students who choose to enroll in this new course learn the safe way to handle a gun and earn one credit — the equivalent to ceramics or photography electives. Critics are gunning the debate; they say handing teenagers loaded weapons equals trouble. more

NRA-ILA Grassroots Alert Vol. 12, No. 20 05/20/05

HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE
CONTINUES WORK ON H.R. 800

On Wednesday, May 18, the House Judiciary Committee met to continue debating amendments to H.R. 800, the “Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act,” sponsored by Reps. Cliff Stearns (R-Fla.) and Rick Boucher (D-Va.). The legislation has 254 cosponsors.

Anti-gun members of the committee offered a series of amendments that had no purpose except to try and score political points–including one by Rep. Bobby Scott (D-Va.) to eliminate the bill’s statement that the Second Amendment protects an individual right to keep and bear arms. Scott and his supporters, including Reps. John Conyers (D-Mich.) and Maxine Waters (D-Cal.), argued that the Second Amendment wasn’t intended to protect individuals’ self-defense rights–a theory long discredited by modern Second Amendment scholars.

Pro-Second Amendment Rep. Chris Cannon (R-Utah) led supporters of the bill in responding to the opponents, and soundly defeating all the anti-gun amendments.

Unfortunately, the “mark up” session was interrupted by other House business, but we expect the bill will be taken up again at an upcoming Judiciary Committee meeting. In the meantime, please continue to contact your U.S. Representative and Senators in support of H.R. 800 and its Senate counterpart, S. 397–without any anti-gun amendments.

To access the most up-to-date information on this issue, and to find out if your lawmaker is a cosponsor, please go to the “Help Save America’s Firearms Industry” heading at www.NRAILA.org. This function will allow you to easily send an e-mail or letter to your U.S. Representative and U.S. Senators. Please forward this link to your family, friends, and fellow firearm owners.

For additional information on effectively communicating with your lawmakers, please go to: http://www.nraila.org/CurrentLegislation/ActionAlerts/Read.aspx?ID=274 (Grassroots Alert, Vol. 12, No. 12).

From NRA-ILA:

CALIFORNIA
SB 357 would establish a program requiring serialization of handgun ammunition to be enforced by the Department of Justice. The manufacture, transfer, and possession of non-serialized handgun ammunition after July 1, 2007 would be considered a crime. SB 357 would also require ammunition vendors and manufacturers to register with the Department of Justice. SB 357 passed out of the Senate Public Safety Committee and is on its way to the Senate Appropriations Committee. Please contact members of the committee at (916) 651-4101 and urge them to oppose SB 357. AB 352 is expected to be heard on the Assembly floor May 9. AB 352 expands the definition of “unsafe handguns” to include semi-automatic pistols that are not designed and equipped with a microscopic array of characters, which identify the make, model, and serial number of the pistol, etched into the interior surface or internal working parts, which are then transferred by imprinting on each cartridge case when the firearm is fired. Please contact members of the Assembly at (916) 319-2800 and ask them to oppose AB 352.

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Team Phyrfight routinely de-geekafies at the range.

Here TomCat gets some practice with a 308 caliber Remington 700, in an Accuracy International AICS chassis system, Nightforce 5.5-22×56 scope with NPR2 reticle, Jet Titanium suppressor, The action was trued and tactical bolt handle added by Texas Brigade Armory. TomCat shoots quarter MOA groups at 100 yards with this rifle and can hold sub-minute groups beyond 500 yards. On a recent trip to the 1000-yard range both Maverick and Q Ball took turns knocking down a ten-inch plate at that distance. Maverick was shooting a Remington 700 similar to this one but Q Ball was shooting an AR-10, not bad for a gas gun.