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Gun Related News From Around the World 10-22-01 US Court of Appeals 5th Circuit Upholds Indivdual Firearms Ownership as a Constitutional Right In another precedant setting case, the US Circuit Court of Appeals, 5th District made the annnouncement we all know to be true. For a look at the entire court response, go HERE. 10-23-01 Justice Department Approves $4.4 Million Grant to NSSF The U.S. Dept. of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs has given final approval for a $4,989,000 grant to the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) for expansion of the Foundation’s award-winning firearm safety campaign, Project HomeSafe. To learn more about Project Home Safe, go to the NSSF Web Site. 10-23-01 K-Mart to Cease Sale of "Handgun Ammo". Recently announced due to some underhanded tactics by film maker Michael Moore, and the help of some Columbine survivors, K-Mart will phase out selling any and all handgun ammo in the next 3 months. This happens even though the sale of at least some of the ammo used at the Columbine shooting was purchased at K-Mart ILLEGALLY by minors. Rather than tighten their security, and better trian their minimum wage employees on how to not break the law, K-Mart has decided to stop it all together. 10-23-01 NSSF CEO Bob Delfay Announces Retirement Bob Delfay,CEO of the National Shooting Sports Foundation for more than 15 years, has announced his plan to retire at the end of 2002. While Mr. Delfay's opinions on several key policy issues, and the way that the NSSF so freely "represents" the entire firearms industry without what could only be called "proper consultation" have been critisized, there is little doubt the Bob is a dedicated pro-gunner and has put his life's blood into the NNSF. This announcement comes from the 10-22-01 issue of Bullet Points, a free e-zine published by the NSSF. For a free subscription to Bullet Points, go HERE! 09-21-01 The Cost of Doing Business State records indicate that Navegar Inc., of Miami-Dade County, maker of the TEC-9, and a sister corporation, were voluntarily dissolved on April 16, the Miami Herald reported. Last week, the company won a major legal victory when the California Supreme Court ruled it was not liable for a 1993 attack in which a disgruntled businessman used a Navegar TEC-DC9 military-style assault pistol to kill nine people, including himself, in a San Francisco office building. The court ruled that shooting victims may not sue firearm manufacturers if their weapons are used in a crime. Navegar's lawyer, Ernest Getto, told the Miami Herald he tried without success to notify the company that they had won the suit but its phones had been disconnected. Experts suggested Navegar has gone out of business due to the expense of fighting lawsuits, the Herald reported. An industry source told the Herald that the TEC-9 might live on despite the demise of the company. He said he had heard that the sale of the design was under discussion. 08-10-2001 Firearms Marking Regulations Amended by Feds The Department of the Treasury has issued new regulations through the BATF with regards to the stampings/markings that will be required on all domestically manufactured and imported firearms. Regulations requiring the proper markings of firearms have been on the books for decades, but this amendment specifies exactly how they must be placed on the controlled part, as well as precisely the wording that must be used. Examples; All markings must be “a minimum height of 1/16 inch and a minimum depth of .003 inch for serial numbers and a minimum depth of .003 inch for all other required markings.” Export and law enforcement markings will also be specifically standardized. For all of the regulations, check out the ATF-On line. 08-03-2001 This one you are not going to beleive. The American Academy of Pediatrics is pushing for a National, "Ask your neighbeor if they have a gun" campaign. If you read nothing else from this page, please read this. Click National ASK campaign for all of the details. 08-03-01 Star of Gory Flicks Blasts Movie Dad Charlton Heston Another Hollywood move star speaks out against guns after he rakes in MILLIONS making movies full of gun violence. In the imortal words of Val Kilmer in "Tombstone", "There are no limits to my hypocrasy". 08-03-01 Book Demolishes Anti-gun Arguments 08-03-01 Weapons Scanner Raises Constitutional Concern 07-31-2001 New York: Bronx: Man Charged After Child's Death 07-30-2001 My Party And Guns 07-31-2001 The NRA's True Target 07-31-2001 Nations Reach Pact on Trade of Small Arms 07-31-2001 In Guns We Trust 07-31-2001 2 Charged in Friend's Death; Teens Stole Gun, Police Say 07-30-2001 Princes Guard Drops Gun in Public 07-30-2001 Gun-control group expels 3 over stunt 07-30-2001 FBI Lost Guns!! Check Back Often for more Updates! Questions or comments reguarding this page? Please send them to webmaster@olyarms.com |
