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Student disciplined for pen with gun company logo A student has been threatened with a 3-day suspension from school for bringing to campus, and using, a pen with the corporate logo of the Glock company, a large stylized "G" with the letters "lock" inside. Cooler heads eventually prevailed, and the father reports that he was successful in convincing the school officials to not only withdraw the threat, but also the formal reprimand that already had been placed in his son's educational file. "Sounds like under this policy, any student or teacher with the last name of Winchester, Remington, and possibly even Smith (Smith & Wesson) would not even be allowed to attend or work at the school,"....
Credit card company: No more buying guns A major credit card company has issued a letter to a gun dealer canceling his payment processing services because of corporate concerns firearms were being sold to consumers in other states, in "a non face-to-face environment." Now the move has raised the ire of the National Shooting Sports Foundation. "Your anti-gun corporate policy is based on ignorance of the law applicable to the sale of firearms," the NSSF wrote in response to the action taken by First Data Corp., which operates Citi Merchant Services. "It is perfectly legal, in fact commonplace, for a federal firearms licensee in one state to sell a firearm to a non-licensee (consumer) from another state," the foundation continued. "What you fail to appreciate is that the firearm is not shipped in interstate commerce directly to the consumer. Rather, as required by federal law, the firearm is shipped by the selling licensee to another federal firearms licensee in the state of residence of the consumer … The consumer acquires the firearm from that licensed dealer in a face-to-face transaction…."....
On Thursday, documents are needed to enter U.S. Starting Thursday, telling a customs agent you're a citizen will no longer be enough to enter the United States. For years, customs agents have accepted verbal declarations at border crossings, but a new rule taking effect this week requires documents to prove identity and citizenship. The simplest way to comply is to carry a passport or a driver's license and birth certificate, but U.S. Customs and Border Protection will accept combinations of about two dozen valid documents. Nothing changes for Mexican nationals and people living in the United States under permanent resident-alien status, who must already show documentation. The new rules requiring proof of citizenship apply to U.S. and Canadian citizens. The Homeland Security Department first proposed the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative in the fall of 2005. Under the original plan, anyone crossing the border into the U.S. by any means of travel was required to carry a passport by Dec. 31, 2007. But that requirement got pushed back to 2009 because of confusion and delays in issuing passports. The new rule that takes effect Thursday is a phase of the overall initiative....