From: Bill Vance Subject: (Humor) You can tell you have celebrated too much Thanksgiving if: (fwd) Date: 01 Dec 2002 16:54:58 -0800 (PST) ----------------------- begin forwarded message from AH ----------------------- You can tell you have celebrated too much Thanksgiving if: 10. Hundreds of volunteers have started to stack sandbags around you. 9. Doctor tells you your weight would be perfect for a man 17 feet tall. 8. You are responsible for a slight but measurable shift in the earth's axis. 7. Right this minute you're laughing up pie on the carpet. 6. You decide to take a little nap and wake up in mid-July. 5. The world's fattest man sends you a telegram, warning you to "back off!" 4. CBS tells you to lose weight or else. 3. Getting off your couch requires help from the fire department. 2. Every escalator you step on immediately grinds to a halt. 1. You're sweatin' gravy. >From - Good Clean Fun. ----------------------- end forwarded message from AH ----------------------- -- RKBA! ***** Blessings On Thee, Oh Israel! ***** 4-19! ----------------+----------+--------------------------+--------------------- An _EFFECTIVE_ | Insured | All matter is vibration. | Let he who hath no weapon in every | by COLT; | -- Max Planck | weapon sell his hand = Freedom | DIAL | In the beginning was the | garment and buy a on every side! | 1911-A1. | word. -- The Bible | sword.--Jesus Christ ----------------+----------+--------------------------+--------------------- Constitutional Government is dead, LONG LIVE THE CONSTITUTION!!!!! - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Bill Vance Subject: Court Orders Municipality to Pay Over $39,000 in Michigan (fwd) Date: 04 Dec 2002 07:56:49 -0800 (PST) ----------------------- begin forwarded message from spiker -------------= ---------- gan Pro-Life Case Source: Thomas More Law Center http://www.thomasmore.org Court Orders Municipality to Pay Over $39,000 in Michigan Pro-Life Case http://www.thomasmore.org/index.cfm?location=3D5&subsectionid=3D1&release= =3D156&pageid=3D1 Tue, Dec 03, 2002 (ANN ARBOR, MI) =AD In a case that has drawn national attention, Detroit=20 Federal District Judge Victoria A. Roberts has ordered that Plymouth=20 Township, Michigan, pay monetary damages, attorneys=92 fees, and costs=20 totaling $39,545.15 and has permanently enjoined the Township from=20 interfering with the rights of pro-life demonstrators to display signs of= =20 aborted babies. The case began this past July in Plymouth Township when pro-life advocate= s=20 began to demonstrate against Michigan Attorney General and gubernatorial=20 candidate, Jennifer Granholm, and her =93pro-choice=94 stance, on the pub= lic=20 sidewalk in front of the church she attends. The demonstrators displayed= =20 various signs, including signs that depicted images of aborted=20 babies. Plymouth Township Police Officers seized the aborted baby signs = on=20 the basis that they were tantamount to pornography. The Thomas More Law Center, a national public interest law firm based in=20 Ann Arbor, Michigan, quickly filed a lawsuit in federal court on behalf o= f=20 three of the pro-life advocates who were prohibited from displaying the=20 aborted baby signs. The Law Center sought an emergency temporary=20 restraining order and preliminary injunction against Plymouth Township=20 officials. Within 24 hours after the lawsuit was filed, Federal Judge Roberts held a= =20 hearing and granted the emergency temporary restraining order and=20 preliminary injunction in favor of the three pro-life advocates, permitti= ng=20 them to display their aborted baby signs in public. Judge Roberts also=20 found that there was a strong likelihood that the Thomas More Law Center=92= s=20 clients would prevail in showing that the police had violated their=20 constitutional rights. Based on Judge Roberts=92s order, the pro-life=20 advocates resumed their peaceful protest without interference from the=20 Plymouth Township police. This past week, Judge Roberts signed a consent judgment ruling that the=20 First Amendment protects the display of aborted baby signs and that the=20 Plymouth Township Police Officers violated the United States Constitution= =20 when they prevented the pro-life advocates from displaying the aborted ba= by=20 signs in public and when they confiscated the signs without consent, a=20 warrant, or probable cause. As a result of the lawsuit, the three pro-life advocates received a total= =20 of $23,000 in monetary damages. Thomas More Law Center attorneys Edward L. White III and Robert J. Muise=20 handled the case on behalf of the pro-life advocates. The Thomas More Law Center defends the religious freedom of Christians,=20 time-honored family values, and the sanctity of human life through=20 litigation, education, and related activities. The Thomas More Law Cente= r=20 provides its services at no charge, and depends on individual donations,=20 foundations, and corporations for financial support. The IRS recognizes=20 the Thomas More Law Center as a 501(c)(3) organization and donations are=20 tax deductible. You may contact the Thomas More Law Center at (734)=20 827-2001 or visit its website at http://www.thomasmore.org ----------------------- end forwarded message from spiker ---------------= -------- -- --- RKBA! ***** Blessings On Thee, Oh Israel! ***** 4-= 19! ----------------+----------+--------------------------+------------------= --- An _EFFECTIVE_ | Insured | All matter is vibration. | Let he who hath n= o weapon in every | by COLT; | -- Max Planck | weapon sell his hand =3D Freedom | DIAL | In the beginning was the | garment and buy= a on every side! | 1911-A1. | word. -- The Bible | sword.--Jesus Chr= ist ----------------+----------+--------------------------+------------------= --- Constitutional Government is dead, LONG LIVE THE CONSTITUTION!!!!! --- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Bill Vance Subject: UNITED STATES V. BEAN (fwd) Date: 10 Dec 2002 15:34:54 -0800 (PST) ----------------------- begin forwarded message from Paul A. Miller --------------------- -------------Forwarded Message----------------- =============================================================== UNITED STATES V. BEAN (01-704) Web-accessible at: http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/01-704.ZS.html Argued October 16, 2002 -- Decided December 10, 2002 Opinion author: Thomas =============================================================== Because of respondent's felony conviction, he was prohibited by 18 U.S.C. sect. 922(g)(1) from possessing, distributing, or receiving firearms or ammunition. Relying on sect. 925(c), he applied to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) for relief from his firearms disabilities. ATF returned the application unprocessed, explaining that its annual appropriations law forbade it from expending any funds to investigate or act upon such applications. Invoking sect. 925(c)'s judicial review provision, he filed suit, asking the District Court to conduct its own inquiry into his fitness to possess a gun and to issue a judicial order granting relief. The court granted the requested relief, and the Fifth Circuit affirmed. Held: The absence of an actual denial by ATF of a felon's petition precludes judicial review under sect. 925(c). The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to grant relief from a firearms disability if certain preconditions are met, and an applicant may seek federal-court review if the Secretary denies his application. Ibid. Since 1992, however, the appropriations bar has prevented ATF, to which the Secretary has delegated this authority, from using appropriated funds to investigate or act upon the applications. Section 925(c)'s text and the procedure it lays out for seeking relief make clear that an actual decision by ATF on an application is a prerequisite for judicial review, and that mere inaction by ATF does not invest a district court with independent jurisdiction. Grammatically, the phrase "denied by the Secretary" references the Secretary's decision on whether an applicant "will not be likely to act in a manner dangerous to public safety," and whether "the granting of the relief would not be contrary to the public interest." Such determination can hardly be construed as anything but a decision actually denying the application. Under sect. 925(c)'s procedure for those seeking relief, the Secretary, i.e., ATF, has broad authority to grant or deny relief, even when the statutory prerequisites are satisfied. This procedure shows that judicial review cannot occur without a dispositive decision by ATF. First, in the absence of a statutorily defined standard of review for action under sect.925(c), the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) supplies the applicable standard. 5 U.S.C. sect. 701(a), 706(2)(A). The APA's "arbitrary and capricious" test, by its nature, contemplates review of some action by another entity. Second, both parts of sect. 925(c)'s standard for granting relief--whether an applicant is "likely to act in a manner dangerous to public safety" and whether the relief is in the "public interest"--are policy-based determinations and, hence, point to ATF as the primary decisionmaker. Third, sect.925(c) allows the admission of additional evidence in district court proceedings only in exceptional circumstances. Congressional assignment of such a circumscribed role to a district court shows that the statute contemplates that a court's determination will heavily rely on the record and the ATF's decision. Indeed, the very use in sect. 925(c) of the word "review" to describe a court's responsibility in this statutory scheme signifies that it cannot grant relief on its own, absent an antecedent actual denial by ATF. Pp. 2-7. 253 F.3d 234, reversed. Thomas, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court. ----------------------- end forwarded message from Paul A. Miller --------------------- -- RKBA! ***** Blessings On Thee, Oh Israel! ***** 4-19! ----------------+----------+--------------------------+--------------------- An _EFFECTIVE_ | Insured | All matter is vibration. | Let he who hath no weapon in every | by COLT; | -- Max Planck | weapon sell his hand = Freedom | DIAL | In the beginning was the | garment and buy a on every side! | 1911-A1. | word. -- The Bible | sword.--Jesus Christ ----------------+----------+--------------------------+--------------------- Constitutional Government is dead, LONG LIVE THE CONSTITUTION!!!!! - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Bill Vance Subject: More on the Belleisle prize revokation by Columbia (fwd) Date: 14 Dec 2002 13:27:23 -0800 (PST) ----------------------- begin forwarded message from Charles Riggs --------------------- Message: 3 back The AP article is also at: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20021213/ap_on_en_ot/banc roft_prize_rescinded_1 Jeff C. __ This is a forwarded message money back ===8<==============Original message text=============== Columbia University has determined that Michael Bellesiles' book "Arming America", which won the prestigious Bancroft Prize for history books in 2000, "had not and does not meet the standards... established for the Bancroft Prize", and has requested that Bellesiles return the $4,000 in prize money he was awarded. More at http://www.austin360.com/aas/life/ap/ap_story.html/Entertainment/AP.V8605.A P-Bancroft-Prize-.html According to http://www.jointogether.org/gv/news/summaries/reader/0,2061,555543,00.html - Bellesiles plans to teach for a year in England, where his ideas will likely meet with a friendlier reception; and after that at the high school level, where his ideas and methods aren't likely to receive scrutiny by other historians. ===8<===========End of original message text=========== Jeff Chan mailto:webmaster@rkba.org http://www.jeffchan.com/ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Message: 4 Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2002 23:28:05 -0800 From: Jeff Chan Bancroft Prize This is a forwarded message Bancroft Prize ===8<==============Original message text=============== Below is an official announcement released Friday, December 13, 2002, by the Columbia University Board of Trustees: Columbia University's Trustees have voted to rescind the Bancroft Prize awarded last year to Michael Bellesiles for his book Arming America: The Origins of a National Gun Culture. The Trustees made the decision. Based on a review of an investigation of charges of scholarly misconduct against Professor Bellesiles by Emory University and other assessments by professional historians. They concluded that he had violated basic norms of scholarship and the high standards expected of Bancroft Prize winners. The Trustees voted to rescind the Prize during their regularly scheduled meeting on December 7, 2002 and have notified Professor Bellesiles of their decision. [To see the rest of the announcement, click on the URL below] http://hnn.us/articles/1157.html Charles Riggs Gunsite 1991 - DVC! "Fight Crime - Be armed - Fight back!" GOA-NRA-SAF ********************************* The Kentucky IDPA Studies Group: http://www.kyidpa.org ********************************* A parable for our times: http://www.chazrigz.net ********************************* ----------------------- end forwarded message from Charles Riggs --------------------- -- RKBA! ***** Blessings On Thee, Oh Israel! ***** 4-19! ----------------+----------+--------------------------+--------------------- An _EFFECTIVE_ | Insured | All matter is vibration. | Let he who hath no weapon in every | by COLT; | -- Max Planck | weapon sell his hand = Freedom | DIAL | In the beginning was the | garment and buy a on every side! | 1911-A1. | word. -- The Bible | sword.--Jesus Christ ----------------+----------+--------------------------+--------------------- Constitutional Government is dead, LONG LIVE THE CONSTITUTION!!!!! - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Bill Vance Subject: CCRKBA DEMANDS APOLOGY FROM PORTLAND (fwd) Date: 23 Dec 2002 17:49:49 -0800 (PST) -------------------- begin forwarded message from Joe Waldron -----------= -------- For your reading pleasure Have a safe and happy holiday season from Joe Waldron & Dave Workman CITY ATTORNEY WHO CALLED GUN OWNERS =91EVIL OR INSANE=92 SHOULD APOLOGIZE= ,=20 SAYS CCRKBA For Immediate Release: Contact: Joe Waldron (425) 454-4911 BELLEVUE, WA =96 The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear=20 Arms (CCRKBA) today called upon the Portland, Oregon City Attorney to=20 publicly apologize for remarks by Assistant City Attorney Harry Auerbach=20 that licensed private citizens who consider it prudent to carry their=20 guns are =93insane or evil.=94 Auerbach left his inappropriate remarks in a recorded message to=20 attorney Kristian Roggendorf, who represents Oregon gun activist Kevin=20 Starrett. In his message, responding to an inquiry about concealed carry=20 during Portland=92s New Year=92s Eve celebration at Pioneer Courthouse=20 Square, Auerbach also said anyone with a concealed handgun permit=20 wanting to go armed that night is =93nutty.=94 His remarks have come unde= r=20 fire from Oregon gun rights activists and popular radio talk host Lars=20 Larson. =93Harry Auerbach=92s inflammatory remarks about gun owners are the worst= =20 kind of social bigotry,=94 said CCRKBA Executive Director Joe Waldron. =93= If=20 he had made the same kind of statements about any other group, for=20 example an ethnic or sexual minority, he would be publicly condemned. =93Oregon=92s state constitution specifically says that citizens have the= =20 right to keep and bear arms in defense of themselves and the state,=94=20 Waldron continued, =93and state statute requires that licensed gun owners= =20 must pass background checks before they can exercise their right to=20 carry concealed for their own protection. Yet here comes Harry Auerbach,=20 with his obvious prejudice against firearms owners, declaring these=20 people to be evil or insane. It is contemptible for a public employee,=20 much less an officer of the court, to utter such a slander, publicly or=20 in private.=94 Waldron said the kind of celebration being planned on public property,=20 with the blessing of Portland Mayor Vera Katz=92 administration,=20 occasionally produces criminal acts as a byproduct. He said those are=20 exactly the kinds of situations for which a reasonable, sensible citizen=20 would feel it prudent to carry his or her licensed firearm. =93It is simply not acceptable for anyone in Auerbach=92s position to sme= ar=20 law-abiding gun owners,=94 Waldron said. =93Officers of the court should=20 uphold the law, not denigrate it. Not only should Auerbach publicly=20 apologize, but so also should Mayor Katz, because his remarks reflect on=20 the entire city government. If Katz does not publicly renounce=20 Auerbach=92s remarks, then one can only presume that it is current=20 Portland city policy to discriminate against legally-armed citizens, a=20 philosophy that is not simply unconstitutional, but unconscionable.=94 With more than 650,000 members and supporters nationwide, the Citizens=20 Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is one of the nation's=20 premier gun rights organizations. As a non-profit organization, the=20 Citizens Committee is dedicated to preserving firearms freedoms through=20 active lobbying of elected officials and facilitating grass-roots=20 organization of gun rights activists in local communities throughout the=20 United States. -END- -------------------- end forwarded message from Joe Waldron -------------= ------ -- --- RKBA! ***** Blessings On Thee, Oh Israel! ***** 4-= 19! ----------------+----------+--------------------------+------------------= --- An _EFFECTIVE_ | Insured | All matter is vibration. | Let he who hath n= o weapon in every | by COLT; | -- Max Planck | weapon sell his hand =3D Freedom | DIAL | In the beginning was the | garment and buy= a on every side! | 1911-A1. | word. -- The Bible | sword.--Jesus Chr= ist ----------------+----------+--------------------------+------------------= --- Constitutional Government is dead, LONG LIVE THE CONSTITUTION!!!!! --- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Bill Vance Subject: In Texas,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, (fwd) Date: 23 Dec 2002 19:54:55 -0800 (PST) -------------------- begin forwarded message from BOBWORN@aol.com -------------------- A tough old Texas cowboy once counseled his grandson that if he wanted to live a long life, the secret was to sprinkle a little gunpowder on his oatmeal every morning. The grandson did this religiously and he lived to the age of 93. When he died, he left 14 children, 28 grandchildren, 35 great grandchildren... and a fifteen foot hole in the wall of the crematorium..... -------------------- end forwarded message from BOBWORN@aol.com -------------------- -- RKBA! ***** Blessings On Thee, Oh Israel! ***** 4-19! ----------------+----------+--------------------------+--------------------- An _EFFECTIVE_ | Insured | All matter is vibration. | Let he who hath no weapon in every | by COLT; | -- Max Planck | weapon sell his hand = Freedom | DIAL | In the beginning was the | garment and buy a on every side! | 1911-A1. | word. -- The Bible | sword.--Jesus Christ ----------------+----------+--------------------------+--------------------- Constitutional Government is dead, LONG LIVE THE CONSTITUTION!!!!! - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Bill Vance Subject: Re: [firearms-alert] CA: LOCKYER COVERING UP 2nd BALLISTIC (fwd) Date: 28 Dec 2002 05:11:49 -0800 (PST) -------------------- begin forwarded message from Doug Spittler -------------------- >CA: LOCKYER COVERING UP SECOND BALLISTIC IMAGING REPORT >DOJ REFUSES TO RELEASE NEW STUDY ON FEASIBILITY >A gun ban lobby proposal to establish a ballistics imaging computer >database was introduced this legislative session by state Senator >Jack Scott (D-Altadena). State Attorney General Bill Lockyer, who >apparently supports the proposal, has recently tried to dispute a >research report by his own DOJ ballistics experts, and reportedly has >gagged those experts from expressing their professional opinions >publicly. The report is posted at www.nssf.org. Now, Lockyer is >refusing to release a new study, recently written by expert Jan De >Kinder in Belgium especially for Lockyer, to address the earlier DOJ >report. The De Kinder study was commissioned by DOJ in response to >the controversy that the first DOJ report generated. The new report >apparently confirms the earlier conclusion that the technology is >unreliable and the database infeasible. A CRPA public records act >request has been denied, as have requests from several media outlets. >http://www.crpa.org/pressrls122702.html -------------------- end forwarded message from Doug Spittler -------------------- -- RKBA! ***** Blessings On Thee, Oh Israel! ***** 4-19! ----------------+----------+--------------------------+--------------------- An _EFFECTIVE_ | Insured | All matter is vibration. | Let he who hath no weapon in every | by COLT; | -- Max Planck | weapon sell his hand = Freedom | DIAL | In the beginning was the | garment and buy a on every side! | 1911-A1. | word. -- The Bible | sword.--Jesus Christ ----------------+----------+--------------------------+--------------------- Constitutional Government is dead, LONG LIVE THE CONSTITUTION!!!!! -