Allegheny County Sportsmen’s League Legislative Committee Report February 2011 Issue 196 ALLEGHENY COUNTY SPORTSMEN LEAGUE ON THE INTERNET http://www.acslpa.org Contacts : Legislative Committee Chairman , Kim Stolfer (412.221.3346) -
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[email protected] Founding Fathers: "Men must be ready , they must pride themselves and be happy to sacrifice their private pleasures, passions and interests, nay, their private friendships and dearest connections, when they stand in competition with the rights of society." -- John Adams , letter to Mercy Warren, 1776 Gun Owners Targeted ‘Again’ by Media That website was set up by "a group of (ATF) employees who formed a non-profit organization dedicated to returning Big border region gun bust raises questions integrity, accountability and decency to the management of the By Dave Workman, Senior Editor (agency)," according to one of Codrea's Examiner columns. Federal indictments against more than 30 Arizona residents in January's arrests tended to reinforce contentions by the connection with alleged gun running to Mexico have some Obama administration that thousands of US-origin firearms are Internet gun rights activists raising questions. fueling the drug cartel wars in Mexico. The Justice Department announced charges in late January In one of the court documents, a 43-page indictment naming against 34 people who allegedly purchased an estimated 700 20 of the defendants, one gun shop was prominently identified as firearms in Arizona, including semiautomatic rifles and pistols, the source of scores of firearms purchased by various suspects and some .50-caliber long-range rifles. between March and July 2010.