Gun Rights News 20 Aug 2008 - Matt Long

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Guns at church, college next on Georgia lawmakers’ agenda
http://www.ajc.com/news/content/metro/stories/2008/08/12/guns_at_church.html

New sheriff tightens concealed gun policy
Sandra Hutchens tightens restrictions for controversial weapons program aimed at reducing the number of permits given.
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/permits-sheriff-gun-2121534-hutchens-policy

Gun owners arm themselves with advocacy group
Aim to loosen strict D.C. law
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/aug/07/gun-owners-arm-themselves-with-advocacy-group/

Bloomberg Tries Again On Gun Control
http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2008/08/bloomberg-tries-again-on-gun-c.html

TSA weighs airport gun ban in unsecured areas
Weapons Aren’t Allowed Past Checkpoints, But What About in Airport Parking Lots?
http://abcnews.go.com/Travel/story?id=5537963

Evanston amends its gun-ban law
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chicago/chi-evanston-gunaug12,0,7386423.story

Gun Lobbying
http://www.citypaper.com/columns/story.asp?id=16135

Sacramento police seize guns, ammo under new law
http://www.sacbee.com/292/story/1152631.html

From: The Smallest Minority
From the Dept. of “Make ‘Em Mad”
http://smallestminority.blogspot.com/2008/08/from-dept-of-make-em-mad.html

Quotes of the Week:

“Never give in — never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never
give in except to convictions of honour and good sense.  Never yield  to force;
never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.
– Sir Winston Churchill, Speech, 1941

“Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed; as they are in almost every kingdom of Europe. The supreme power in America cannot enforce unjust laws by the sword; because the whole body of the people are armed, and constitute a force superior to any bands of regular troops… ” Noah Webster, “An Examination into the Leading Principles of the Federal Constitution (1787)