Posted on 01/17/2002 8:54:01 AM PST by Redbob
Tut tut. There's Russ Martin on 105.3 :)
http://www.tsra.com/ftworth.htm
It's that "One gun a month" thing that has me worried: I just can't afford that many guns!
You begin with one for every birthday you've had. After that, it gets easier.
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Jan. 21, 2000, 10:11PM
Gun show regulations hit a snag
By MATT SCHWART
Copyright 2000 Houston Chronicle
The city of Houston this week continued to shoot blanks in its attempt to regulate gun shows at the George R. Brown Convention Center.
The U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday upheld a lower court ruling that shot down a city ordinance requiring show promoters to remove firing pins and install trigger locks on all weapons displayed at city-owned facilities.
In doing so, the court also affirmed a jury verdict ordering the city to pay more than $383,000 in lost profits and attorneys fees to a Houston gun show operator.
The operator of High Caliber Gun and Knife Shows Inc., Todd Bean, sued the city in 1996, claiming the 1993 ordinance all but banned gun shows from the convention center.
City officials said the intent was to protect public safety, but Bean said the ordinance provisions were too onerous for a small operator to be able to put on a profitable show.
In addition to mandating trigger restraints and the removal of firing pins from all weapons on city grounds, the ordinance mandated that all entrants to gun shows at city-owned facilities fill out forms declaring all firearms in their possession.
"It made it physically impossible to do the shows," Bean said. "They required trigger locks, which would have cost me upwards of $100,000 to purchase. And I'm a one-person operation. It just wasn't cost effective to me. The second part was they required firing pins removed. And not all guns can have the firing pins removed without damaging the guns."
Bean's lawsuit claimed the city was preempted by state and federal law from regulating weapons.
U.S. District Court Judge Melinda Harmon agreed, enjoined the city from enforcing the ordinance and ruled Bean was entitled to damages from the city for the loss of business.
A jury awarded Bean $329,000 in lost profits and more than $54,000 in legal fees.
Bean called Thursday's ruling "vindication for the little guy."
He said that since Harmon struck down the ordinance in 1997, he has held about five shows a year at the George R. Brown Convention Center. The next one is scheduled for Feb. 12-13.
Bean said he hires off-duty police officers to check all weapons brought into the convention center to make sure they are unloaded. He said he uses plastic tie-wraps around the triggers of all guns on display, rendering them unable to fire.
Gerard J. "Jordy" Tollett, director of the city's Department of Convention and Entertainment Facilities, said "I don't know why we can't regulate someone from coming in with a loaded firearm."
Tollett said, "It's a public building. There are other shows in there at the same time. Bullets can penetrate our walls. I just thought it was a very safe way to do gun shows."
Two people were slightly injured at a convention center show in 1990 when a man loaded a handgun he had brought to the show and accidentally fired it while demonstrating to a potential customer. The two people were struck by bullet fragments and taken to the hospital, where they were treated and released.
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Well, I spoze it all depends on if you take it literally. I mean, does that mean one per household? Or one per person per household? Do you have to count pets? Etc.
Maybe, and maybe not. But you've got to admit that for pure camoflage, if beset by the nasty goblins, an imitation of his probable whining and whimpering would likely get one's assailants into at least a more relaxed posture in which they might be more easily and efficiently be dealt with. Oh please, PLEASE, don't hurt me....
And with any luck at all, they might even bust a gut laughing at such a display. At least until the hardware clears leather.
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116 stations for Davis' Sunday show, from the East coast to the West Coast
He was the host of a talk show here in Memphis before his move to Dallas, and one of the talk stations here is one of those 116 that carries his weekend show.
It may also be worth noting that he is or was also a regular columnist for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, in which his pieces appear on Wednesdays and Sundays, last I regularly saw the rag. I don't know if they're syndicated to any other city's newspapers or not.
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This is a great picture for the Soccer Moms - the same Morons that thought Bill was such a Hunk.
What will it take to enlighten them as to the Real World ------------------- a Rape or two ----------- a home invasion (never reported because the perp was "misunderstood or Poor") or, another Politically Correct news items that makes a "victim" or every Moron that is really a criminal!BULL SH*T!
(Other than that - I have NO strong feelings!)
Laura Miller is a fiscal conservative. Get over it.
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