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Post NRA show American Handgunner, Sept-Oct, 2008 by Bob Olinick As a Benefactor life member of the NRA, my wife and I recently traveled to the annual conference/show held in Louisville this year. It was a great event and the legs got pretty tired walking the many aisles. On display were hundreds of guns of all calibers and persuasions. It was very interesting speaking to the many reps and booth attendants. However something was bothering me. On the return trip home it dawned on me what it was--the sameness of many, many of the pistols on display. All about the little coloring book that caused a national controversy Speakout: Mail Call As a Korean veteran, CCW holder, ex-hunter and life-long gun nut I've owned, bought, sold and traded well over a hundred guns so far and still going strong. What I miss is the uniqueness of older firearms. What I'm speaking about are the likes of the Luger, Broomhandle Mauser, Nambu, P38, 1911, Tokarev and the others. You could glance at any one of these old timers and know instantly what it was. Today, while there are certainly many fine pistols out and about, most look like they were stamped out by a cookie cutter. I'll bet if you set out 50 different semiautos on a table and were asked to point out the Glock, S&W, Sig, H&K, Beretta, Springfield, Taurus, EAA, etc., most every-day Joes would be hard pressed to pick out a particular brand. Kind of reminded me of these so-called reality TV shows. One network comes up with some stupid idea and all the other networks jump on the bandwagon and present more of the same. By the way, if John Connor decides to run and his platform is as he spells out in the July/August issue he's got my vote instantly. Isn't it amazing out of 300 million people we get the likes of those currently running? Yuck. Great magazine, keep up the good work. Bob Olinick Bob, I'm afraid I'd have to agree with much of what you say. Many of today's best autos (especially the polymer models) are more like appliances than firearms. "Hello, I'd like to buy a 9mm bullet launching appliance, um, uh, make it black please, and may I have the compact, travel model?" There are still "cool" guns out there though, just look at S & W's new line of "Classic" revolvers, many of he 1911s, retro-guns like the SAAs, classic wood and steel rifles, shotguns and other handguns and more. But yes ... I too fear we are in the middle of a bout of "sameness" among the plastic autos. Editor COPYRIGHT 2008 Publishers' Development Corporation COPYRIGHT 2008 Gale, Cengage Learning

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With presidential candidates focused on the economy, illegal immigration, and the war in Iraq, the Second Amendment and gun ownership rights have been relatively absent in the national dialogue. The tides are set to change, however, as the Supreme Court will deliberate and ultimately issue an opinion on District of Columbia v. Heller in June of this year. The case represents the first time the Court will consider the Second Amendment since 1939, but the Court's choice to grant certiorari to this case, a request for documents from the lower court as signal of their willingness to hear the appeal, may be the impetus for gun law changes in the next administration. The case considers a District of Columbia ban on handgun ownership. D.C., which has some of the strictest gun control laws in the country, also requires that legally owned rifles must be disassembled or placed under a trigger lock. Mr. Heller, a security guard, brought suit against the District saying that the ban on handgun ownership violated his Second Amendment right to bear arms. A Federal Appeals Court upheld Mr. Heller's case saying that the Constitution did not support such a ban. Both the District of Columbia and Mr. Heller sought appeal in the Supreme Court. The Court will need to consider two main points in the case. The central question is whether gun ownership is an individual or collective right. The Second Amendment states, "A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed." The language of the Amendment has been interpreted to suggest that gun ownership parallels with service in a militia- a collective right. In 1939, the Supreme Court used this interpretation to decide in United States v. Miller that the right should be tied to such service. However, since none of the current justices have been faced with a case concerning the Second Amendment in the past, it is difficult to predict how the Court will rule. Yet under the tenure of Chief Justice Roberts, the Court has made a shift to the right, and Executive Vice President of the National Rifle Association Wayne LaPierre has told the Washington Post that he believes the presence of Justices Alito and Roberts increases the chances of a positive outcome for the NRA. -Bringing an End to the Silence; by Shawn Kothari "Cover Article: Guns and Election 2008"

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