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www.gunowners.org Feb 2005 GOA On Offense As New Congress Convenes -- Citizens' Self-Defense Act protects gun owners who save lives Gun Owners of America 8001 Forbes Place, Suite 102 Springfield, VA 22151 (703)321-8585 February 1, 2005 With the defeat of the semi-auto ban reauthorization last year, and the election of several new pro-gun Members of Congress, it's time for gun owners to go on offense and demand legislation that advances gun rights nationwide. One perfect example is H.R. 47, the "Citizens' Self-Defense Act of 2005," introduced by Rep. Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD). GOA helped author this important bill that would protect...

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Environmental campaigners have condemned the breakdown of talks in The Hague intended to combat global warming. Hopes of a compromise deal over U.S demands to count toxin-absorbing forests against its target reduction in carbon dioxide emissions were dashed as delegates headed home empty-handed. Green lobby groups who have pressured ministers to reach agreement during two weeks of negotiations say they are outraged. Click here for complete article

WITH the anniversaries of Waco, Oklahoma City, Ruby Ridge and Columbine fast approaching, those of us who keep and bear arms will once again be scapegoated and demonized by press and politicians. We will be cast as the nation's greatest threat to our children's safety, and ostracized as anti-government extremists. But if it weren't for the courage and convictions of an armed citizenry willing to go to extremes, none of us would be here today. click here for complete article.

Firearm foes go down By Bob Bernick Jr. and Lucinda Dillon Deseret News staff writers Those tallying winners and losers of the 2000 legislative session will find it hard to top the performance of gun-rights advocates who skunked the gun-control competition 16-0 during a 45-day match on Utah's Capitol Hill. No bill passed if Second Amendment defenders disliked it. For rest of article click here.

JARBIDGE CAMPGROUND CHALLENGE The campgrounds on South Canyon road will need new camping facilities after the road is opened. They will need PICNIC TABLES, BBQ PITS, OUTHOUSES etc. To meet this challenge, a Twin Falls Boys Scout troupe led by Jim Hughes, has taken on the challenge to build tables and bbq pits. They have issued a challenge to all other scouts and organizations to do the same. Jim's troupe knows how to build them...they have built many for the US FOREST SERVICE as past projects. The Jarbidge road brigade is taking its picnic table search a step further. Magic ...

Jarbidge shovel parade Elko's largest ever Monday, January 31, 2000 EDFP The largest parade in Elko history — bigger than Fourth of July parades, bigger than Nevada Day parades, bigger even than Elko County Fair parades, went off without any problems Saturday afternoon. click here for complete article

When Militias are Outlawed, Only Outlaws Will Have Militias Richard Poe November 10, 1999 "We've got to dismantle the NRA," urges filmmaker Spike Lee. "It's time to rethink [the Second Amendment]..." says Mia Farrow. "I think [the Second Amendment] is in the Constitution so we can have muskets when the British people come over in 1800," opines talk-show host Rosie O'Donnell. It's unanimous. The chic, the pompous, the fashionable and the trendy have ruled on Americans' right to keep and bear arms. And they've decided we don't need it. Even conservative pundit George Will has joined the chorus. "Whatever ...