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It gives me pleasure to forward this, news article. (You will never see it in any news media format.)

This should be on the front page of every news paper in this country. Don't ya just love Montana!?

11 year-old girl shoots two home intruders 5-2-07 -- Two illegal aliens, Ralphel Resindez, 23, and Enrico Garza, 26, probably believed they would easily overpower a home alone eleven year old Patricia Harrington after her father had left their two story home.

It seems the two crooks never learned two things: they were in Montana, and Patricia had been a clay shooting champion since she was nine.

Patricia was in her upstairs bedroom when the two men broke through the front door of the house.

Resindez was the first to get up to the second floor only to be the first to catch a near point blank blast of buck shot from the girl's knee crouch aim.

When Garza ran to the foot of the stairs, he took a blast to the left shoulder and staggered out into the street where he bled to death before medical help could arrive.

It was found out later that Resindez was armed with a stolen .45 caliber handgun he took from another home invasion robbery.

The victim, 50 year old David Burien, was not so lucky as he died from stab wounds to the chest.

Patricia staved off a robbery and potential rape because her parents taught her how to use a gun.

Her parents just didn't hide a gun in the house and not educate her on the power that a firearm provides.

Yesterday was an historic day for gun rights in Missouri.

The Castle Doctrine law, which we have been fighting to pass for three
years, passed the Missouri Senate. In both the battle for concealed
carry, and this new Castle Doctrine Law, the Senate is always the
highest hurdle to overcome in making changes to the law.

When Castle Doctrine was in the House a week ago it passed by a 156-4
margin. While the Castle Doctrine Law does have to go for one final
vote in the House, it will easily pass there. The Governor will then
sign the bill into law and it will become effective on Aug 28, 2007.

With passage of the Castle Doctrine, the Rules of Engagement for self
defense have changed.

If, you act (use self defense) within the law (RSMo 563, Justifications
of Defense), you will have an Absolute Defense from criminal charges
*and* being sued civilly by your attacker or their family anywhere you
are forced to use self defense!

Those same statutes will clearly state, that you have *no duty to
retreat* in you home or car.

You will *never* have to go to your sheriff again for a permission slip,

(Permit to Acquire) a handgun.

There are a number of other worthwhile changes to the weapons laws in
the Castle Doctrine Law also. To see the full bill text use this link
and choose the "Perfected" version to see what passed the Senate and
will become law.

http://www.senate.mo.gov/07info/BTS_Web/BillText.aspx?SessionType=R&Bill
ID=108

So, because of the actions of all who called, emailed, wrote and faxed,
our power and ability to change things has grown in the Capitol.

Thank-you all for answering the call to show up, write and call.

This victory is yours!

To all who helped, my humble thanks.

Be Safe,
Tim Oliver

THE BILL NUMBER IS: HCS SCS SB62

WHAT THIS BILL DOES:

This legislation would protect the victims of violent crimes from malicious prosecution AND/OR civil suits brought by the perpetrator or the perpetrator's family should the victim use deadly force to stop an attack. Current jury instructions place on the victim a duty to retreat -- even if the attack is in his or her own home! HCS SCS SB62 eliminates that "duty to retreat". This "duty to retreat" was never intended to be in the law and is not in any statute, but over the years it has become de facto law by being placed in the required jury instructions by judges.

Another benefit of HCS SCS SB62 is that it eliminated the redundant system of the "Permit To Acquire" for handguns. This is an old, Jim Crow era law that was designed to give local sheriffs the ability to deny black citizens the ability to own handguns. The records checks performed by the sheriff are completely redundant to those done by the National Instant Check System (NICS) at the Federal level when you buy any type of firearm -- long gun or handgun. This brings Missouri into the 21st century on that front.

Lastly, as amended in the House, this bill directs the courts to report any findings of mental incompetence to the Highway Patrol who would then forward that information to the NICS system. This is an effort to bring Missouri into compliance with current practice to prevent someone who has been adjudicated as mentally incompetent from purchasing a firearm, as they would then fail the NICS check. This might have kept the Virginia Tech shooter from buying his firearms from a licensed dealer, at least.

This bill passed the House with an overwhelming vote of 154-6, so it has strong, bi-partisan support. It is now in the hands of the Senate, but last year similar legislation died in the Senate because it wasn’t brought to a vote before the session ended. So, we need your help in the next 24-48 hours to get this bill to a vote. Senator Goodman, the bill’s sponsor, can allow the vote to happen or send the bill to a committee which might be the end of it.

WHAT YOU CAN DO:

Now is the time to call, email and write your Senator, along with the bill's sponsor Senator Goodman. Tell them/him you appreciated their vote (except Sens. Justice and Bray – they voted “NO”) for Castle Doctrine earlier this year. Say that the changes made in the House only make the bill stronger and better for victims of violent crimes by protecting victims no matter where they are attacked.

The additional changes made in the House repeal the Permit to Acquire a handgun, replacing it with the Federal NICS (Insta-check) system. Another change requires the MULES (MO Uniform Law Enforcement System) to report those adjudicated mentally incompetent to the MO Highway Patrol and NICS database in order to keep people who can/have caused harm to themselves or others from buying a gun. In addition, the changes allow peace officers and corrections officers to use the training they already have to fulfill the training requirement for a MO concealed carry permit.

Most of these changes have already been before the Senate in individual bills and have been approved by a large majority of Senators.

Ask your Senator and Senator Goodman for an *up or down vote* on Castle Doctrine in the Senate. Ask them to *vote yes* to support your rights and victims rights throughout the state of Missouri. Time is short and this is the surest way of passing a strong Castle Doctrine bill this year.

To look up who's your Senator see:

http://www.senate.mo.gov/llookup/leg_lookup.aspx

For their contact information use this link:

http://www.senate.mo.gov/07info/senalpha.htm

Also, please contact Senator Goodman (the Bill's original sponsor) directly and politely but firmly ask him to allow a straight up or down vote on HCS SCS SB 62.

He can be reached; by phone at (417) 466-3731, by fax at (573) 526-9808, and by email at jack.goodman@senate.mo.gov

Castle Doctine Bill - Call-out

HCS SCS SB62 is now back in the Senate. It is the first item on the SENATE BILLS WITH HOUSE AMENDMENTS Calender. see:

http://www.senate.mo.gov/07info/pdf-cal/cal.htm

Now is the time to call, email and write your Senator, along with the bill's sponsor Senator Goodman. Tell them/him you appreciated their vote (except Sen Justice and Bray) for Castle Doctrine earlier this year. Say that the changes made in the House only make the bill stronger and better for victims of violent crimes by protecting victims no matter where they are attacked.

The additional changes made in the House repeal the Permit to Acquire a handgun, replacing it with the Federal NICS (Insta-check) system. Another change requires the MULES (MO Uniform Law Enforcement System) to report those adjudicated mentally incompetent to the MO Highway Patrol and NICS database in order to keep people who can/have caused harm to themselves or others from buying a gun. In addition, the changes allow peace officers and corrections officers to use the training they already have to fulfill the training requirement for a MO concealed carry permit.

Most of these changes have already been before the Senate in individual bills and have been approved by a large majority of Senators.

Ask your Senator and Senator Goodman for an *up or down vote* on Castle Doctrine in the Senate. Ask them to *vote yes* to support your rights and victims rights throughout the state of Missouri. Time is short and this is the surest way of passing a strong Castle Doctrine bill this year.

To look up who's you Senator see:

http://www.senate.mo.gov/llookup/leg_lookup.aspx

For their contact information use this link:

http://www.senate.mo.gov/07info/senalpha.htm