From: m0102@tnc.UUCP (FRANK NEY)
Newsgroups: talk.politics.guns
Subject: GOA _In_The_States_
Date: 31 Aug 92 20:32:24 GMT
Reply-To: m0102@tnc.UUCP (FRANK NEY)
Organization: The Next Challenge, Fairfax, Va.


From _The_Gun_Owners_ July-August 1992 issue
 
PENNSYLVANIA: JOURNALIST FINALLY SEES THE LIGHT ON GUN RIGHTS
 
    After interviewing a rape victim on one occasion and being 
followed by men who tried to attacke her on another, Pamela Rohland
has decided to protect herself.
    Rohland is a journalist who writes for two Pennsylvania papers --
the _Reading_Times and _Reading_Eagle_.  She says she debated for 
years whether she should own a gun, but now believes she's better 
off with her new .38 Special than without it.
    She writes that a number of people have disagreed with her 
decision.  Some tell her that they can fend off an attacker by 
whacking him with a tennis racket, throwing a shoe at him or hiding
in the closet.  But Rohland retorts, "I think this is dangerously
unrealistic."
    "Mentally, I am prepared to put a big hole in anyone who invades
my home and tries to hurt my family," she said.  "I just pray I 
never have to."
 
TENNESSEE: JURY FREES MAN WHO FIRED ON POLICE IN RAID
 
    A jury took just 22 minutes to acquit Sterling Forgey on charges
of attempted murder in April.  Forgey had fired at four police 
officers when they burst into his home looking for drugs.
    Forgey, who has a hearing problem, was not aware that police were 
outside his door last November.  They kicked down the door and fired 
a shot, hitting his wife in the temple.  Forgey then grabbed his gun 
and fired back -- later explaining that he was acting in self-
defense, believing that a burglar was breaking into his home.
    Character witnesses during the trial described Mr. Forgey as 
honest and non-violent; and as being a model worker at his job, 
respected by fellow workers and supervisors.  The prosecution 
presented no evidence that Forgey, who was recovering from heart 
surgery at the time of the raid, had ever been involved in drugs or 
anything else illegal.  No drugs were found at his residence during 
the raid.
    Apparently, the search warrant used by the police to enter 
Forgey's home was flawed.  Judge Steven Beeb said the verdict "should 
be a message to the police department" to verify their information.
 
TEXAS: POLICE CHIEF LIES UNDER OATH
 
    A Texas police chief lied to a government panel in February while 
trying to sway members against a proposed concealed carry law.
    Richardson Chief Kenneth Yarbrough tried to scare panel members 
by telling them that if a carry law is passed, citizens will be able 
to _easily_conceal_ a 100-round Calico M-950, which comes "with 
instructions on how to convert this weapon to a full automatic."
    However, the facts are otherwise.  The Calico M-950 is 21 inches 
long and weighs over five pounds when fully loaded, making it a very 
difficult choice for concealed carry.  The Calico also does not come 
with full-auto conversion instructions.
 
_The_Gun_Owners_ is the official newsletter of 
_Gun_Owners_of_America,_Inc._, an organization dedicated to the 
preservation of our Second Amendment rights.  Membership information
may be obtained by writing to GOA, Suite 102, 8001 Forbes Place,
Springfield, VA 22151, or by calling (703)321-8585
 
Frank Ney N4ZHG EMT-P  NRA ILA GOA CCRTKBA "M-O-U-S-E"
Commandant and Acting President, Northern Virginia Free Militia
Send e-mail for an application and more information
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"Whether the authorities be invaders or merely local tyrants, the 
effect of such [gun] laws is to place the individual at the mercy of 
the state, unable to resist."
       - Robert Heinlein, in a 1949 letter concerning "Red Planet"
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