National Politics

Senate: Frivolous lawsuit protections for gun-makers likely

5:10am Saturday, March 19, 2005
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer is reporting that Republicans, their ranks expanded in the Senate "with the help of the National Rifle Association", may now have enough votes to pass legislation which would shield gun manufacturers from frivolous lawsuits blaming them for instances when criminals misuse their products. The Republican-controlled House passed the legislation during the previous...

Pilots: Gun certification moving slowly

5:00am Saturday, March 19, 2005
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer is reporting that supporters of the Federal Flight Deck Officer's program say President Bush's Secretary of Transportation, a Clinton-administration holdout, is making it unnecessarily difficult for crews to take guns into the cockpit. From the story: Pilots who monitor the program estimate that between 4,000 and 4,500 have been trained and deputized to carry guns...

Time Magazine: Terrorists Planning U.S. Soft-Target Hit

1:43pm Tuesday, March 15, 2005
Time Magazine is reporting that, two weeks after intelligence officials confirmed that Osama bin Laden had sent a message to terrorist Abu Mousab al-Zarqawi, urging him to plan attacks on U.S. soil, information gathered from interrogation of a top al-Zarqawi aide indicate the terrorist has talked about hitting "soft targets" in the U.S., which could include "movie theaters, restaurants and...

Op-Ed: The Felon Vote

10:13am Saturday, March 05, 2005
March 1, 2005 New York Post By John R. Lott Jr. & James K. Glassman In the wake of their election defeat, Democrats have promised to mend their ways by emphasizing moral values. So, in their first major legislative initiative of the year, what are the party's two top senators offering? A bill to guarantee that millions of convicted murderers, rapists and armed robbers can vote. This week,...

Bill seeks to protect firearms industry from suits

5:10am Sunday, February 27, 2005
February 19, 2005 Washington Times Congress is again attempting to shield the firearms industry from civil liability lawsuits filed by third parties seeking damages for the criminal use of a gun. The Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act is likely to pass the House much the same way it did when first introduced in 2003, on a bipartisan vote of 285-to-140. The bill never made it out of the...

Victims sue businesses for lack of security

1:39pm Saturday, February 26, 2005
Ohio businesses who chose to deny CHL-holders their Constitutional right to bear arms for self-defense would do well to keep in mind the growing number of victims' families who are deciding that the responsibility for security rests on the business. If Ohio businesses won't allow Ohioans their right to defend themselves, who else but the business should be held responsible? WRONGFUL DEATH: Suit...

Book: ''Taking down outlaws''

1:00pm Saturday, February 26, 2005
February 21, 2005 Washington Times In Hollywood, outlaws are either gunned down by lawmen, like Gary Cooper's character in "High Noon," or are portrayed as anti-heroes, like Robert Redford and Paul Newman's characters in "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid." But in the real world, the bad guys are truly wicked, say brothers John and Robert Waters, and the sheriff isn't always around to stop them...

Arizona lawmakers again debating guns in bars, restaurants

5:00am Saturday, February 19, 2005
KPHO Phoenix is reporting that Arizona legislators are again weighing whether to allow people to take guns in bars and restaurants if the bearers aren't drinking alcohol and if the establishments don't opt out. Under a bill endorsed this week by the Senate Judiciary Committee, people could carry weapons in bars and restaurant but only in those establishments which didn't post notices prohibiting...

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