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		<title>Armed Citizen Defends Police Officer</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Aug 2012 09:46:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A story about a man in Texas who defended himself and a police officer with his .357 handgun is here.  The attacker is not here, however, and never will be again.  Oh, yeah.  Where&#8217;s the anti-gun crowd screams about the evils of handguns in society?]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Michigan House Committee Votes to Repeal Permit to Purchase Today</title>
		<link>https://thinkingafield.org/2012/05/michigan-house-committee-votes-to-repeal-permit-to-purchase-today.html</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 09:32:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[After two weeks of consideration, the Michigan House Judiciary Committee today passed House Bill 5225 as amended; important and long-overdue legislation that would eliminate the state handgun “permit-to-purchase”   and registration requirements.  This committee also approved House Bill 5498, sponsored by state Representative Richard LeBlanc (D-18), and House Bill 5499, sponsored by state Representative Ray Franz (R-101).  All three bills were]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Michigan Legislation to Repeal Permit to Purchase</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 09:34:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Michigan: House Committee Considers Legislation to Repeal Permit to Purchase and Registration this Thursday, May 17 As previously reported, the Michigan House Judiciary Committee will have a hearing this Thursday, May 17, to review an important and long-overdue bill that would eliminate the state handgun “permit-to-purchase” and registration requirements. This committee will   hear House Bill 5225 and consider this proposed]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>World&#8217;s Most Extensive Firearms Guide Released</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 20:29:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Los Angeles, CA &#8212; The 3rd edition of the Firearms Guide www.firermsguide.com presents over 55,000 firearms and ammunition from 500 manufacturers around the world. The guide is a stunning and highly-detailed firearm source and much more! The Firearm Guide contains 3,000 printable schematics, parts lists, full specifications and much more on everything from single shot handguns to machine guns. The]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>D.C. Changes Stance on Handguns</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 09:41:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[After years of end-runs around the historic decision of Washington D.C. v Heller, some needed changes are coming to its handgun laws.  A five-hour training mandate, ballistics testing, vision testing and the requirement that application documents be notarized are no longer required. The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) will take photographs of applicants. Registered gun owners will no longer be subject to arrest,]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Michigan Legislative Update Senate Bill 59</title>
		<link>https://thinkingafield.org/2012/03/michigan-legislative-update-senate-bill-59.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 13:20:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This from MCRGO&#8230; The most important legislation for legal gun owners since the Castle Doctrine and shall-issue is currently under consideration by the Michigan Legislature.  The bill would eliminate county gun boards and allow all CPL holders to be exempt from pistol free zones after additional training. Senate Bill 59 (S-3) passed the Senate Natural Resources Committee last Thursday.  A]]></description>
		
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		<title>Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Bill Introduced</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Mar 2012 14:51:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[For the second time in as many weeks, a national Right-to-Carry reciprocity bill has been introduced in the U.S. Senate. &#160; On March 20, U.S. Senator John Thune (R-S.D.) introduced Senate Bill 2213, the &#8220;Respecting States&#8217; Rights and Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act.&#8221;  NRA strongly supports this measure.  Under this self-defense bill, an individual who has met the requirements for a]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>National Right to Carry Legislation in Senate</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 10:18:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Today, March 13, U.S. Senators Mark Begich (D-Alaska) and Joe Manchin (D-W.V.) introduced S. 2188, the “National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act of 2012.”  The bill is the Senate companion to H. R. 822, which was approved by the U. S. House last November by a vote of 272-154. S. 2188, like H.R. 822, would allow any person with a valid state-issued]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Michigan HB 5249 Falls Short of Meaningful Change in Firearms for Shotgun Zone</title>
		<link>https://thinkingafield.org/2012/01/michigan-hb-5249-falls-short-of-meaningful-change-in-firearms-for-shotgun-zone.html</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 12:12:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[By Glen Wunderlich When Michigan House Bill 5249 was proposed, this month by Representative Matthew Lori (R) District 59, it appeared as though Michigan’s Zone III (shotgun zone) deer hunters would be allowed a viable alternative to shotguns, muzzleloaders, and handguns. (This is a repeat of an identical proposal by Rep. Green in October of 2011 that went nowhere.) For]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Texas Concealed Handgun License Report</title>
		<link>https://thinkingafield.org/2012/01/texas-concealed-handgun-license-report.html</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 02:32:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Wanna know the demographics of handgun facts and figures for Texas?  Crime stats, too.  Click here&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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