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Safety Bullet, a worthless piece of junk (blog)
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"The Safety Bullet is being marketed as a handgun safety device, one that lodges something in the barrel of your semi-auto or renders the cylinder of your revolver immobile. It is supposed to be counteracted by a wooden dowel. The whole point of the product is supposedly to prevent negligent homicides from children playing with guns." ...

1. I am not stupid. And no law requires me to keep a safety device on my handgun or long guns. My state has no such Brady Bunch drivel in its lawbooks. Here, we believe in PARENTING and common sense.

2. My safety device is my brain. I have told you this already.

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The author recounts correspondence with the inventor of a device called the "Safety Bullet" (read "safety disabler").

DE: Safety should be your No. 1 concern
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"Scanning the pages of The News Journal last week, I came across a story about a University of Delaware student who was abducted at gun point and sexually assaulted." ...

"There are about 10 things I could rant and rave about -- our reliance on technology, which is never better than an actual person, or the fact that it took a year to find someone who could help -- but, instead I am choosing to use this girl's terrifying experience to remind everyone that just when you think it can't happen to you, it does." ...

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Awareness of your surroundings is important, but having an effective means of self-defense is even more so.

UK: Many marksmen treasure early examples of percussion firearms
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"LAST weekend, a few of my shooting friends and I gathered at the farm that is my local shoot to spend a couple of hours trying to hit some clay pigeons."

"This was both a social event and an opportunity to maintain and improve our marksmanship for the next shooting season. There was, of course, plenty of comment when clays were missed and over-enthusiastic cheering when they were hit."

"All of us were using modern 12-bore breech-loading shotguns, either side-by-side or over-and-under barrel formation and, purely for the sake of interest, I had taken along a much larger single barrel 8-bore and a much smaller bolt- action .410 shotgun. I am pleased to say that clays were hit with all of them, by some of us."

MD: Towson student, 20, raped in her apartment
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"A 20-year-old Towson University student was raped in her off-campus apartment early this morning by a man who threatened her with a knife, Baltimore County police said."

"The woman told police she woke about 4 a.m. to find a man she did not recognize standing in her bedroom, said Officer Shawn Vinson, a police spokesman."

"The man held something over her face, then raped and committed other sexual assaults against her, Vinson said."

"After assaulting her, the man remained inside the woman's apartment on Greenview Drive -- just across from the university -- and continued to threaten her for about two hours, Vinson said. Police were called about 7:15 a.m., after the man had fled, Vinson said."

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Once again police can do nothing to prevent the crime. They come after the fact and take a report.

Report: 1 of Every 75 U.S. Men in Prison
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"America's prison population grew by 2.9 percent last year, to almost 2.1 million inmates, with one of every 75 men living in prison or jail."

"The inmate population continued its rise despite a fall in the crime rate and many states' efforts to reduce some sentences, especially for low-level drug offenders."

"The report issued Thursday by the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics attributes much of the increase to get-tough policies enacted during the 1980s and '90s, such as mandatory drug sentences, 'three-strikes-and-you're-out' laws for repeat offenders, and 'truth-in-sentencing laws' that restrict early releases."

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How many of these people are imprisoned for victimless "offenses?"

Singapore: When gum is outlawed, only outlaws will chew gum
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"ULTRA-tidy Singapore is lifting its notorious ban on chewing gum after 12 long years � but only for registered users. Gum dealers face jail if they break the rules."

"Before Singaporeans think about unwrapping a pack of the Wrigley's Orbit gum that's just started selling here � and only in pharmacies � they have to submit their names and ID card numbers. If they don't, pharmacists who sell them gum could be jailed up to two years and fined S$5000."

"This Southeast Asian city-state, known for its immaculate streets and tight social controls, outlawed the manufacture, import and sale of chewing gum in 1992 after the country's founding father, Lee Kuan Yew, complained that it was fouling streets, buildings, buses and subway trains."

PA: Militias draw federal scrutiny in northwest Pennsylvania
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"The nation's militia subculture is alive, if hardly well, in northwestern Pennsylvania, even though experts say such groups have been on the wane since members testified before Congress in the mid-1990s in the wake of the Branch Davidian disaster and the Oklahoma City bombing."

"Militia-type groups insist those events were government-provoked, if not sponsored, and the attorney for the man alleged to be leading one of two small Crawford County groups says his client is being unfairly targeted, too."

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Did they forget that most of us are part of a militia?

Definition of militia. TITLE 10; Subtitle A; PART I; CHAPTER 13; Sec. 311.

OH: Concealed Carry Permits Coming Soon In Delaware Co.
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"Myers said the county has received more than 500 applications for permits since the new law went into effect April 8. His office has issued more than 100 licenses, and more than 50 appointments have been made to issue more licenses." ...

"I support the Second Amendment, and the statute says I need to process these applications in 45 days... I take that legal obligation seriously."

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If the Sheriff truly supported the Second Amendment, he would also realize that the Bill of Rights says nothing about obtaining government permission to exercise your Second Amendment right.

OH: Thugs don't need licenses, don't care about gun bans, and often don't use guns
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"Two Kent residents were robbed at gunpoint by the same person within several minutes early Wednesday, police said. ..." ...

"A cancer patient who allegedly was beaten and robbed for his painkillers at his East Avenue home last month has died." ...

"Woman attacked in home after ride - police say suspect may be serial rapist..."

"He stabbed her and tried to suffocate her with a pillow. ...He pulled a knife and stabbed her twice. Once in the side and once in the hip..."

"David Reed, 56, died shortly before 7 a.m., Burke said. Police said they think Reed and Neeley got into a verbal argument on a patio behind a business at 1333 E. Third St. before the argument 'escalated to a beating.' "

"No weapons were used, said Burke."

CA: Would-be victims fight back
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"A pair of Hesperia convenience store clerks beat up an armed robber at their market on Tuesday night, according to the Sheriff's Department."

"The would-be robber walked into D&J Market near Bear Valley and Jacaranda roads, pulled out a black semiautomatic handgun and attacked an employee at 9:20 p.m., according to the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department. The gunman then demanded the money in the cash register."

"Instead of handing over the cash, the employee wrestled with the robber and stripped him of the gun, which turned out to be a toy, officials said."

NY: Police Back Gun Lawsuit (Letter)
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"I take issue with a statement in a May 21 news article that the police commissioner 'took a position that undercut the argument of the city's civil lawyers' in New York City's case against gun makers and distributors. In fact, the Police Department supports the lawsuit and has been working with the Law Department on this case since its inception."

"The police commissioner's letter in 2002 to Attorney General John Ashcroft, which you mention, addressed a ruling of a federal court in Chicago that would have permitted unrestricted release to the public of the firearms trace database maintained by the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. New York City has sought access to that same information under the very different, guarded conditions of a judicial protective order."

"Throughout the case, the Police Department and city lawyers have worked together to assure achievement of two goals: requiring gun makers and distributors to adopt responsible marketing and distribution practices, while maintaining the confidentiality of law enforcement information."

MA: Brockton to increase bike patrols
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"Two bike officers are on the streets and another is in training as police eye ways to boost patrols and prevent a summer of violence." ...

"Studenski said the patrols are centered in some of the city's 'hot spots,' where there have been shootings and other crime concerns in the past." ...

"The move comes as the Plymouth County District Attorney's Office and police formed a task force last week to swap information and coordinate crime-fighting efforts in the city. That step was taken after authorities discovered the number of gun crimes significantly increased from early spring of last year to the same time period this year, according to a study done for the district attorney."

Australia: Gun amnesty ends soon
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"Since the beginning of the amnesty on October 1 last year, almost 9000 illegal firearms have been handed in across NSW."

"Sergeant Matthew Breed of Glen Innes Police said they were more than pleased with the response and cooperation of the community."

" '100 firearms might not sound like much in comparison to the state total, however this is due to the outstanding cooperation with police during previous Buyback and Firearm Amnesty operations,' Sergeant Breed said."

"There is no excuse for people possessing illegal firearms, or storing them in an illegal manner."

CA: High Court Considers Expelled Student's Free Speech Rights
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"The California Supreme Court on Thursday considered whether to let stand the criminal conviction of a 15-year-old boy who was expelled from school and served 100 days in juvenile hall for writing a poem that included a threat to kill students." ...

"Attorneys for the San Jose boy, identified as George T. in court records, described the poem as youthful artistic expression. ... " ...

" 'At the heart of this case is the First Amendment right of any young person to explore the whole range of his emotions and experiences, and write about disturbing subject matter without fear that he will be punished should his work be misinterpreted,' Ann Brick, an American Civil Liberties Union attorney, said in a statement."

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"A police code of ethics committee dishonorably discharged an officer on Thursday for his role in a brutal attack on the Makassar-based Indonesian Muslim University (UMI) that injured 65 students." ... "The committee said Hasyim was no longer eligible to serve as a police officer as a result of the incident, which had damaged the honor and image of his force."

UK: 'Go out with air guns and you could end up dead'
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"POLICE have issued a stark warning to children that if they are seen carrying air guns they could end up being shot by armed officers."

"The warning comes in response to dozens of emergency calls made by residents in Ravensbourne Gardens, Clayhall, after youngsters were spotted heading into Claybury Woods with guns."

"Officers think they may be using the woods for target practice or to shoot small wildlife."

Renewing assault weapons ban ill-conceived
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"Semiautomatic pistols, shotguns and rifles are commonplace firearms in this country, and almost all of them remain legal. They were not targeted even though they are functionally identical to the 'assault weapons' that were forbidden. The latter firearms were banned not because they fire faster or do more damage than other guns, but because they look scary."

"The Million Mom March charges that these weapons are 'far more powerful than conventional guns' and 'able to pierce body armor.' But as Don Kates, co-author of 'Armed: New Perspectives on Gun Control,' points out, 'All rifle rounds [except mere .22s] will pierce body armor.' "

Australia: Firearms audit almost complete
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"More than 3705 firearms owners have been audited during Operation Firearm Safety." ...

"Crime Manager Detective Inspector Greig Stier explained that general duties police were joined by detectives, highway patrol officers, rural crime investigators and target action group police to ensure that the audits were completed by the deadline of Monday, May 31."

"In the Cootamundra LAC, police began with the Firearms Register and contacted all the firearms owners listed."

"Due to this register being outdated, local police had in excess of 1200 more audits to conduct than originally planned."

IL: Officers indicted on official misconduct, weapons charge
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"DuPage County State's Attorney Joe Birkett, DuPage County Sheriff John Zaruba and Oakbrook Terrace police Chief Mark Collins announced last week that the DuPage County Grand Jury returned true bills against two Oakbrook Terrace police officers."

"A six-count indictment was returned against James A. Scales, 46, of Lombard, including one count of official misconduct, three counts of obstructing justice, one count of aggravated assault and one count or reckless discharge of a firearm."

"A two-count indictment was returned against Richard E. Winniger, 59, of Yorkville, including one count of official misconduct and one count of obstructing justice."

IL: Hey Springfield, ever hear of the Second Amendment? (Letter)
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"Why do We, the People, go off to fight and kill people in far off lands when we can't even muster the courage to stand up to our elected officials and say 'You are the servants of the people, not vice versa!' "

"I write this letter because we seem to be overcome with joy because our representatives in Springfield are thinking of tossing us a crumb by allowing us to defend ourselves in our homes. They are giving us nothing that is not already provided to us by the US Constitution. But the real irony is that Gov. Blago is threatening to veto the bill? I've never been to Springfield but it's obvious to me they don't need a mental hospital--the State Legislature is the only looney bin they need there!"

NH: 1st District GOP rep challenger offers his positions on Web site
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"On the issue of gun ownership, Bevill said he strongly supports the Second Amendment."

"Except for felons and the adjudicated mentally ill, the government has no right to maintain records of law-abiding citizens who buy guns... Guns are used five times as often to stop crimes than to commit them, according to a University of Chicago study. In those states where gun ownership is heavily restricted, crimes with guns are disproportionately high."

Government Computer Surveillance Rings Alarm Bells
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"Nine months after Congress shut down a controversial Pentagon computer-surveillance program, the U.S. government continues to comb private records to sniff out suspicious activity, according to a congressional report obtained by Reuters." ...

"Overall, 36 of the government's 199 "data mining" efforts collect personal information from the private sector, a move experts say could violate civil liberties if left unchecked."

"Several appear to be patterned after Total Information Awareness, which critics said could have led to an Orwellian surveillance state in which citizens have little privacy."

US asks private sector to ease bullet shortage
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"Even in the age of unmanned aerial vehicles, satellite-guided bombs and night-vision goggles, the US army cannot fight a war without its most basic necessity: bullets."

"And with more troops in Iraq, more intense combat than expected and the need for almost every soldier from frontline infantryman to rearguard logistician to be prepared for an ambush, the army suddenly finds itself in a bullet crunch."

"According to a requisition last week by the Army Field Support Command, the service will need 300m to 500m more bullets a year for at least five years, or more than 1.5m a year for combat and training. And because the single army-owned, small-calibre ammunition factory in Lake City, Missouri, can produce only 1.2m bullets annually, the army is suddenly scrambling to get private defence contractors to help fill the gap." ...

Zimbabwe: Farmer to be charged with Murder of Black settler
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Farmer says he fired in self-defense when mob attempted to disarm him... No justice for Farmers in former Rhodesia...

KABA Note: There's also no justice when property is appropriated by government force and arbitrarily given to those who haven't earned it or worked for it. Such is the nature of tyranny.

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"A white farmer will be charged with murdering one of a group of black Zimbabweans that took over part of his land, police said today."

"Spiro Landos also faces a charge of attempted murder for allegedly wounding another settler during a dispute at the farm near Odzi, 140 miles east of the capital Harare, police spokesman Oliver Mandipaka said." ...

"President Robert Mugabe�s government has seized 5,000 white-owned farms in an often-violent campaign to redistribute land to black Zimbabweans."

NV: Shotgun prize in raffle raises questions
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"At an employee-only party Wednesday celebrating the creation of the Clark County Parks and Community Services Department, staff bought $1 raffle tickets for a chance to win a variety of items including fishing gear, a free buffet at the Bellagio -- and a shotgun."

"No county money was used to pay for the event. The $1,200 raised Wednesday goes into a private account used by employees to pay for future parties or items such as flowers for a fellow employee who has a baby or has a death in the family, county officials said. But top county management will review the raffle because of the shotgun prize." ...

" 'Why would you raffle something you know people don't want?' he asked. 'It's not illegal, and if someone objects to it, they just don't put in for it.' "

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It's called freedom and choice. Maybe the hanky wringers who object to this raffle should read about it sometime.

AL: Right to bear arms has responsibilities
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"Rhonda Smith obviously missed the point about her right to carry a loaded gun, and apparently will lose that privilege when the sheriff's department revokes her permit."

"From all accounts, Ms. Smith flunked the test of gun responsibility when she retrieved her pistol from her vehicle at a girls' softball game at the Aquadome fields Monday night."

"Understanding why anyone would bring a loaded firearm into a place filled with mostly parents and children is difficult. A person who would even use a gun as a show of force in that setting is irresponsible."

GA: Inmate death prompts questions about safety of stun guns
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"For the second time in eight months, an inmate at the Gwinnett County Detention Center died after being shocked with a stun gun." ...

"Williams fought with deputies all the way into the building, sheriff's spokeswoman Stacey Kelley said. Deputies then shocked him twice while trying to put him into a restraining chair, she said."

"Seconds later, Williams' heart stopped. Deputies tried to revive him, Kelley said, but he had to be transported to the hospital where he died about 36 hours later."

AZ: American Border Patrol head sentenced
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"The head of a civilian border watch group in southern Arizona has been fined $2,500 on an endangerment conviction."

"Glenn Spencer of Sierra Vista, head of the group American Border Patrol, also was sentenced to one year's probation."

"Spencer was arrested in August, accused of illegally firing a gun in a residential area."

"Spencer said he had received death threats, was concerned that he was being burglarized and worried about his safety after hearing noises outside his house. He allegedly fired his rifle three times."

Australia: Bent cop in compo bid
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"A CORRUPT detective who resigned in disgrace after admitting he was involved in a drug rip-off has made a WorkCover claim for stress."

"Former senior detective James Anthony McCabe blames lack of supervision for creating the stress that led to his resignation."

"The disgraced detective worked in South-East Asia for several months last year with an informer during a major drug operation by the Australian Crime Commission."

"McCabe, 35, is eligible for a payment of 95 per cent of his police salary, to a maximum of $1050 a week, if his WorkCover claim is accepted."

UK: The man who knifed Birmingham detective Michael Swindells dropped his weapon only when armed police threatened to shoot him Submitted by: Newslinks Admin	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"Det Ch Insp Glenn Moss told the Birmingham coroner officers had earlier chased the man down a canal towpath and sprayed him with CS gas 'to no effect'." "Det Con Swindells died in hospital after being stabbed in the stomach in Nechells, Birmingham, on 21 May." "Glaister Butler, 48, of Long Acre, Nechells, has been charged with murder."

MN: Wes Skoglund: Who's won and who's lost in a year of conceal-and-carry
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"The conceal-and-carry law -- more aptly named the Handgun Marketing Act of 2003 -- took effect one year ago on May 28. Proponents of the law said having guns handy makes people safer, despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary. They say the use of guns in self-defense is common."

"Where are all these defensive gun uses in Minnesota? Although more than 20,000 new handgun permits have been issued since last May, there have been no incidents of defensive gun use by permit holders, according to the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. This is a major problem for pro-gun activists, who constantly repeat the National Rifle Association's assertion that there are more than 2 million defensive gun uses each year. ..."

MA: Senate votes to extend state's assault weapons ban
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"The state Senate voted Thursday to extend the state's ban on the sale or import of military style semi-automatic weapons."

"Supporters said the bill is needed to guarantee the state prohibition will remain even if Congress fails to renew a similar federal ban set to expire in September."

"The Senate first approved, then quickly rejected, an attempt to close what critics described as a 'loophole' in the original law that allowed the sale and transfer of assault weapons owned prior to 1994."

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"A Kerr County Sheriff�s deputy suffered a bullet wound to his hip and upper thigh area Tuesday after his gun discharged during a timed weapons proficiency exam." ... "Investigators determined that in the urgency of the timed exam, O�Keefe pulled the weapon out of the holster without realizing his finger was on the trigger and the gun discharged."

OH: FirstMerit victim zone robbed again
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"Last week, a new policy of banning firearms in FirstMerit Bank began to be enforced. Signs were posted in several branches, with word that they will be posted in all Ohio branches. Unfortunately for residents in Pennsylvania, who have been able to bank at FirstMerit for several years without being confronted with discriminatory signs, we have learned the bank plans to post them there too. That state has had a concealed carry law since the late 1980's."

"OFCC has learned that yesterday marked the FIFTH robbery at an Ohio FirstMerit in the past two weeks."

WA: Panel Recommends End To Handcuffing Policy
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"There are new recommendations out on the controversial practice of handcuffing students in the Kent School District."

"An independent panel says the practice should be dropped."

"The panel was formed in response to allegations that guards used excessive force to discipline black students." ...

"The panel says school officials should call police if restraints are necessary."

"It also says school security guards should not carry firearms, batons or pepper spray."

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Yeah, real bright. Wait about 15 minutes for the police to arrive and see how many innocents a violent kid can mow down with a firearm he brought into the school illegally.

Nigeria: Eradication of Illegal Firearms From the Country
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"WORRIED by general alarm over the state of insecurity across the country, arising from the spate of killings in the recent time, the police authorities under the dynamic leadership of the Inspector General of Police, Tafa Balogun, recently inaugurated a task force on the recovery of illegal arms and ammunitions in circulation in the country."

"This move is highly commendable in view of the fact that the law-abiding citizens are now living in fears over these mindless killings which are traceable to acquisition of illegal firearms in the country."

Australia: Rare rifle among five guns stolen
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"A RIFLE believed to be one of only three in Australia is among a haul of five guns stolen from a house in New Norfolk."

"The guns were stolen from a Dean St house on Tuesday night when thieves entered the home and removed the firearms from a locked cupboard in a workshop area."

"A Ferlach .22 bolt-action rifle is believed to be one of only three in Australia and is about 90 years old."

"All the guns were stored correctly, were registered and used for recreational hunting purposes."

AL: Major changes to hunting regulations just a signature away from passage
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"The Alabama State Conservation Advisory Board narrowly approved some drastic changes in hunting regulations last weekend."

" 'They aren't changed until they are signed by Barnett Lawley (commissioner of the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resource) and the governor,' said Randy Yeargan of Clanton, president of Bowhunters of Alabama Inc."

"Yeargan is working to kill passage of a new law that will allow hunting of deer with a crossbow the entire season."

"Yeargan said Bowhunters of Alabama is against the use of a crossbow for hunting."