News from The Sight M1911 - Syd Weedon

[Ed Ely]

News from The Sight M1911 Volume 283, 2/9/08

KIMBER PRO CARRY II IN 9MM By Phil White of Gunner's Journal http://www.sightm1911.com/lib/review...CarryII9mm.htm

ROCK ISLAND ARMORY M1911A1 http://www.sightm1911.com/lib/review/RIA_M1911A1.htm

COLT'S DELTA ELITE IS BACK! http://tinyurl.com/2tppga

RUGER INTRODUCES THE LCP .380 LIGHTWEIGHT COMPACT PISTOL http://www.ruger.com/Firearms/FAProd...=3701&return=Y and http://www.downrange.tv/shotshow2008/?p=11

ONE SHOT, ONE KILL AT 2100 METERS Ry reports on a new Army sniping record from Afghanistan by an Arfcom member. Awesome! http://tinyurl.com/yvhvcf

THE PERIOD & EXCLAMATION POINT ON THE CONCEPT OF THE "FIGHTING REVOLVER" http://tinyurl.com/ysuev3

THE UNIVERSAL GUN-THE AK-47 http://tinyurl.com/yphdkv
LOOK CLOSELY... Disguised spy guns http://blogonomicon.blogspot.com/200...k-closely.html

KEL-TEC RFB RIFLE/CARBINE (7.62MM NATO/.308 WIN.) AT SHOT SHOW 2008 http://tinyurl.com/3be3qz

RAY CHAPMAN HAS DIED Ray Chapman, the first world champion of the sport of Practical Shooting and founder of the Chapman Academy of Practical Shooting, died February 2, 2008, in a suburb of Austin TX. http://www.snubnose.info/wordpress/n...pman-has-died/

THE HUMAN RIGHT OF SELF-DEFENSE "Any law, international or municipal, which prohibits recourse to force, is necessarily limited by the right of self-defense." http://tinyurl.com/2en3an

"WE'RE A VICTIM…" The victims in the Tinley Park shooting are victims of a society that disarms the law abiding while enabling armed criminal predators with gun-free zones. http://www.snubnose.info/wordpress/s...were-a-victim/

THE TREE OF LIBERTY… Could quoting Thomas Jefferson become a crime in this country? Under a new bill moving through the Congress, it just might be. http://www.snubnose.info/wordpress/n...ee-of-liberty/

FEDERAL GUN MICROSTAMPING LAW Kennedy is at it again having introduced S.2605, "A bill to require certain semiautomatic pistols manufactured, imported, or sold by Federal firearms licensees to be capable of microstamping ammunition" yesterday. http://www.gunlawnews.org/News/s2605020808-3.html

U.S. PARKS OFFICIALS URGE LAWMAKERS: KEEP GUN BAN Park rangers are denying any right to self-defense exists in our nation's parks: "There is simply no legitimate or substantive reason for a thoughtful sportsman or gun owner to carry a loaded gun in a national park unless that park permits hunting." http://tinyurl.com/2u66wv

CONCEALED-CARRY COURSE GRADUATES ARE ARMED BUT NOT DANGEROUS http://tinyurl.com/2uhx2o

2008 GEEK GUIDE TO "STATE ENCODED AMMUNITION" BILLS Jerry is doing a super job of staying on top of this story. http://tinyurl.com/yrmccy

ENCODED AMMUNITION: TENNESSEE http://tinyurl.com/2trwc5

ENCODED AMMUNITION: HAWAII http://tinyurl.com/38vbpt

HELLER'S BRIEF IS ONLINE Right here, in pdf. http://www.gurapossessky.com/news/pa.../07-0290bs.pdf

NRA FILES AMICUS BRIEF IN U.S. SUPREME COURT, D.C. V. HELLER http://www.nraila.org/News/Read/News....aspx?ID=10585

LAWYERS FIGHTING D.C. GUN BAN ARGUE AGAINST MILITIA FOCUS http://tinyurl.com/yud8up

MAJORITY OF HILL STANDS AGAINST D.C. GUN BAN A majority of the Senate and more than half of the members of the House will file a brief today urging the Supreme Court to uphold a ruling that the District`s handgun ban violates the Second Amendment. http://tinyurl.com/2qtqbd

DC V. HELLER, AMICUS BRIEF ON RACIAL ISSUES In the Supreme Court's DC handgun ban case, a brief from the Congress on Racial Equality argues that there is a long history in America of gun controls being enacted and applied with racially discriminatory intent. http://volokh.com/posts/1202493629.shtml

CONGRESSIONAL BRIEF IN DC V. HELLER: A brief in favor of Respondent Heller has just been filed on behalf of 250 Members of the United States of House of Representatives, 55 United States Senators, and the President of the United States Senate, Richard B. Cheney. http://volokh.com/posts/1202506770.shtml

AN INTERESTING TURN OF THE SCREW The gun grabbers at American Hunters and Shooter Association (ASHA) have filed their amicus brief in Heller claiming that the D.C. handgun ban interferes with the city's ability to raise a militia (???!!!) [C'mon guys, you're funnin' me now, right?] http://tinyurl.com/2y428q

PAINKILLERS: POISONINGS NOW KILL MORE AMERICANS THAN GUNS For the first time in modern American history, drug overdoses and other types of poisonings now kill more people than guns. http://tinyurl.com/3czfo3
ABC HIGHLIGHTS ABSENCE OF GUN CONTROL DISCUSSION http://tinyurl.com/2byl35

OBAMA & ROMNEY MISFIRE ON GUNS http://tinyurl.com/29xfju

HILLARY OPENS FIRE ON OBAMA ON GUNS You just can't make stuff like this up. http://blog.nysrpa.org/?p=1216

GUN CONTROL ADVOCATES CALL CLINTON A HYPOCRITE http://tinyurl.com/28a64d

PAUL HELMKE: BILL INTRODUCED TO CLOSE THE GUN SHOW LOOPHOLE Video http://blog.nysrpa.org/?p=1219

FYI

Ed

[Frenchy]

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[AZXD]

I just had to check out the Ruger 380.
The slide look like a copy of my Kel-Tec slide.

Anyway just had to post this and say,
Another gun those people stuck in Commiefornia can't buy