Daily update July 26

Jamaica: Senator proposes firearms registry
Jamaica Observer

"Opposition Senator Arthur Williams is recommending that the bill amending the Firearms Act, to introduce an independent authority to grant firearm licences, should also provide the authority with the power to set up a national firearms registry. "The firearms registry which I propose is not one to merely keep a record of the type of firearm and the serial number, but also to keep the ballistics record of each firearm," Williams contended." (07/25/05)

http://tinyurl.com/9mux5

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North Carolina: No charges pending against homeowner who shot intruder
WSOC TV

" Police say no charges are pending against a homeowner who shot an intruder. Police say Woody Williams shot a man in the leg after he kicked down the back doors in Williams' home on Sunday in the Hidden Valley Neighborhood. .... We first told you about Williams last February. He turned his home into a fortress with security cameras and floodlights, after a surge of break-ins in his community. The suspect was taken to the hospital and had wounds which were serious, but no life-threatening.Jeff Hopkins lives across the street and is long time friend of Williams."If everybody was like woody was we wouldn't have this problem," said Hopkins. " (07/24/05)

http://www.wsoctv.com/news/4763860/detail.html

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Senate GOP moves to shield gun makers, dealers
CNN News

"The Senate on Tuesday put off until fall completing a $491 billion defense bill to act this week on the National Rifle Association's top priority: shielding gun manufacturers and dealers from liability suits stemming from gun crimes. On a 66-32 test vote, the Senate indicated there's plenty of support for Republican leaders' determination to pass the gun bill before lawmakers leave at the end of this week for a monthlong vacation." (07/26/05)

http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/07/26/congress.guns.ap/index.html?section=cnn_allpolitics

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Oklahoma: Chamber uncocks gun law stance
KTOK News

Only a few days after the National Rifle Association urged members to phone the Oklahoma State Chamber of Commerce in a gun law fight, the Chamber has withdrawn support of a constitutional challenge to a year old Oklahoma gun law. Nearly two years after the Oklahoma State Chamber of Commerce cocked its guns and took legal aim at a new Oklahoma gun law, it has decided there is a 'conflict of Freedoms' and it is no longer supporting a challenge filed by a handful of major corporations. And its state President Dick Rush denies the decision had anything to do with a telephone lobbying effort sparked by the National Rifle Association which encouraged its members nationwide to phone the State chamber." (07/26/05)

http://www.ktok.com/cc-common/feeds/view.php?feed_id=135&feed=/local.html&instance=1&article_id=26445

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Ohio: Lawsuit seeks to block Columbus’ ban on assault weapons
The Repository

"A City Council candidate sued to challenge the city's recently approved ban on assault weapons that led the National Rifle Association to move its 2007 convention out of Columbus. Republican Phil Harmon, a lawyer who represented bar owners in their failed quest to overturn the city's smoking ban, wants a court to prevent the assault-weapons ban from taking effect. He filed the lawsuit Wednesday in Franklin County Probate Court. The ban that Democrat-controlled City Council adopted July 11 prohibits the sale or possession of semiautomatic rifles with pistol grips and detachable magazines. It is scheduled to go into effect Aug. 11." (07/25/05)

http://www.cantonrep.com/index.php?Category=13&ID=233764&r=1

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