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The Layman’s Guide to High Capacity Magazines ©2000 by Curt Bolding Curt Bolding is a 16-year police veteran with experience spanning four jurisdictions in Illinois. Still active in his chosen profession, he currently serves as both a street officer and as a police control and arrest tactics instructor. Ladies and Gentlemen of America: One of the facets of the ongoing firearm controversy has been over the existence of high capacity magazines, sometimes known as "clips." For those of you who have acquired your knowledge of firearms from watching late-night reruns of the A-Team, the little doodad that hold the bullets...

I just visited and finished analyzing the Brady/MMM website regarding Concealed Carry Weapons licenses case reporting. At the site you will find 48 cases that are highlighted showing the failure of Right To Carry. The Brady/MMM URL stated the newspaper stories were from 1996 to 2001. http://www.millionmommarch.org/facts/research.asp?record=8 Here is the breakdown of the 48 MMM case studies. Remember the only common thread is CCW license. · Accidental discharges: Five cases cited with zero loss of live, most with gun falling out of pocket, no charges brought. · Fighting: Nine cases cited of fighting among acquaintances and with LEO’s, with five...

The words of the Second Amendment are likely to be considered by the U.S. Supreme Court soon. We are doing important research to that end and are asking for immediate help. What we need: 1) Scanned images from old dictionaries -- 1750 to 1825 -- of certain definitions. 2) Dictionaries from 1750 to 1825 donated to us for use in this research. If a nearby library has very old dictionaries, we need your help! Please scan the FRONT COVER, TITLE PAGE (and any other page with publication date) and the PAGE WITH THE DEFINITION of the words below. The definitions...

Alert Alert The conservative website NewsMax www.newsmax.com places spybots on any visitor to it URL site. I just installed my spybot software 10 days ago. As I travels to my favorite watering holes, suprise visiting newsmax website alarm bells indicated targetnet spybot was trying to load. Every time I visited newsmax over the last 10 days newsmax tried to load the spybot targetnet during load up of newsmax URL. If you are enraged by this spying let newsmax know.

Debating the issue of WMD with liberal think tank down at the political coffeee shop. Last year remember printing out a chart of 50-70 WMD chemicals and the active life after released. It was on free republic. My searches have failed. Who might help relocate the link?? thanks Chicagofarmer

NRA lying about Silveira case AGAIN Press Release - Is the NRA Serious from Gary Gorski, attorney for Silveira Plaintiffs August 26, 2003 [filed here late due to site being down] [Additional analysis by Angel Shamaya below press release] The NRA issued the following press release: NRA Files Brief with the Supreme Court in Silveira v. Lockyer The National Rifle Association (NRA) has filed an amicus curiae brief with the United States Supreme Court, in the case of Silveira v. Lockyer, arguing that the Second Amendment is indeed an individual right, and a right that is applicable to the states...

This morning was attacked by liberal Bush bashers over coffee. Their arguement was the United States need a colalition of nations. I laughed and quoted Rummy from yesterday's briefing that 90 countries are in the fight on terrorism and 20 nations have boots on the ground. Spent a good bit of time this morning on the internet searching for the list and failed to find a current list. Can any Freeprs help with this list and where can we find it ?? Thanks

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Subject: letter to Symantec Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2003 22:03:40 -0400 Dear Sir / Madame: I have recently purchased and installed on my home computer your product – “Internet Security”, which includes firewall with parental controls allowing to block unwanted websites, containing pornography, violence, and other material inappropriate for children. This program also periodically downloads from your firm an updated list of blocked web sites. As probably most of the users, I installed it and used it for a while in it’s ‘default’ configuration. It took me a while before I’ve got to the list of the blocked categories of...

Petitioners are a group of California gentlemen, good citizens, placed at great risk and disadvantage by California legislation restricting firearm ownership. Plaintiffs would like to exercise their right to possess…In much the same manner as did the founders of the Constitution and authors of the Bill of Rights. Plaintiff Patrick Overstreet is a resident of Marin County …. He is employed by the San Francisco Police Department as a S.W.A.T officer, and is a graduate of California State University.. Plaintiff SGT. Steven Focht … performed military functions in Desert Storm … He was honorably discharged, and currently is a Sergeant...

Every Taxpayer Wins with President Bush Signing Jobs and Growth Plan into Law President Bush signed his jobs and economic growth plan into law on Wednesday - delivering substantial tax relief to 136 million American taxpayers and 4,035,000 taxpayers in Illinois. The tax relief that starts in July of this year will inject billions into the economy, creating jobs and spurring investment. Here is how you and millions of Americans win with the President's jobs and growth law in Illinois: 4,035,000 taxpayers in Illinois will see lower income tax bills this year. 1,139,000 married and single parents in Illinois will...

DALLAS (May 26, 2000) - Marking the fifth anniversary of Texas' concealed carry law, a new report from the National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA) shows that Texans with concealed carry permits are far less likely to commit a serious crime than the average citizen. "Many predicted that minor incidents would escalate into bloody shootouts if Texas passed a concealed-carry law," said H. Sterling Burnett, a senior policy analyst at the NCPA and the author of the report. "That prediction was dead wrong." In 1995, Texas Gov. George W. Bush signed a law granting Texans the right to carry concealed...

Veteran cop sees modern police methods failing May 5, 2003 BY MARK BROWN SUN-TIMES COLUMNIST Jimmy called. He wanted you to know that he's outraged. He's outraged by the killing of the children. He's more outraged that there's so little he can do to help. Jimmy is supposed to help. He's a Chicago cop, has been for more than 30 years. "Nothing else but a street cop," said Jimmy, "every day out on the street." But these days, Jimmy thinks he's the one wearing the handcuffs. "Nobody fears us anymore. Nobody respects us anymore," Jimmy said. "The police are now...

John, I'm not sure if I ever told you this, but I'm a physician here in Chicago. I dabble in some technology stuff, (goes back many years to my college days) and I'm very guarded about telling people about my occupation for obvious and some non-obvious reasons. I work here in Chicago and do my fare share of time in the E.R. @ UNAMED HOSPTAL (JOHN: Ever notice how gun owners in Illinois are deeply closeted and fearful of anyone finding out about their interest? Remember how gays handled this problem? Just asking.) Although we don't get the most gun...

The average age of the military man is 19 years. He is a short haired, tight-muscled kid who, under normal circumstances is considered by society as half man, half boy. Not yet dry behind the ears, not old enough to buy a beer, but old enough to die for his country. He never really cared much for work and he would rather wax his own car than wash his father's; but he has never collected unemployment either. He's a recent High School graduate; he was probably an average student, pursued some form of sport activities, drives a ten year old...

Just a few days ago, we had our first fallen American, a Marine. I pray we all come home safely. But I know that if I have to, I will give my life for this country and all it stands, and so will all the Marines that are out here with me. I also pray that we all return home soon, whether it is to San Diego, St. Louis, New York City, Franklin Park, Chicago or any other great city or town across the country. But I am prepared to be here as long as I have to. My Staff...

Do you remember the pictures of 911? Do not forget to pray for our young men and women about to put their life on the line for us. Link to 7 mg video of 911 WTC http://www.gunstuff.com/america-attacked.html pray for our troops

<p>With the capture of top al Qaeda terrorist Khalid Shaikh Mohammed (known as "KSM"), getting him to disgorge the contents of his brain quickly and truthfully is critically necessary before his network has a chance to vanish undercover.</p> <p>What, then, would the most efficient and effective form of interrogation be? In 1995, the Philippine State Police captured an al Qaeda agent. They knew he was planning some terrorist act, but didn't know what. So they tortured him — the old-fashioned way, right out of the movies with putting out cigarettes on his testicles, breaking his ribs, the whole brutal nine yards. It took two weeks and finally he broke, revealing a plot to hijack 11 airliners. By exposing and unraveling the plot, the torture saved hundreds, perhaps thousands of lives, so it was clearly justified.</p>

Dear Dad LtCol., USMC Posted on 02/14/2003 5:43 PM CST by boknows Dear Dad, A funny thing happened to me yesterday at Camp Bondsteel (Bosnia): A French army officer walked up to me in the PX, and told me he thought we (Americans) were a bunch of cowboys and were going to provoke a war in Iraq. He said if such a thing happens, we wouldn't be able to count on the support of France. I told him that it didn't surprise me. Since we had come to France's rescue in World War I, World War II, Vietnam, and the...

What's the World's Most Stupid Security Measure? By John Leyden Posted: 11/02/2003 at 11:35 GMT Human rights watchdog Privacy International has launched a quest to find the World's Most Stupid Security Measure. The global competition will identify what the group describes as the most "pointless, intrusive, annoying and self-serving" security measures. The "Stupid Security" award aims to highlight the absurdities of the security industry. Privacy International's director, Simon Davies, said his group has taken the initiative because of "innumerable" security initiatives around the world that had absolutely no genuine security benefit. "The situation has become ridiculous," said Mr Davies. "Security...