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In the spirit of the holidays, www.NRAhuntersrights.org is holding a very special DOUBLE gift giveaway well-suited for late season hunting conditions. For the month of December we’re giving away a complete big-game hunting package featuring a Ruger M77 Hawkeye rifle and a Hawke Panorama 3-9×40 scope. Free to one lucky entrant, the combined value of this package is more than $1,000.

Marrying function with classic style, the Ruger M77 Hawkeye is chambered in 7mm-08 Rem. It incorporates a 22-inch, high-luster blued barrel; four-round magazine; and upgraded American black walnut stock. Each stock comes with a checkered cut grip and wrap-around checkered fore-end. Other features include integral scope mounts, a three-position safety and the LC6™ (“light-crisp”) trigger. Overall weight is just seven pounds; length is 42 inches.

Normally available only at Friends of NRA* events, this limited-edition rifle also features the NRA logo in 24k gold with the number 0NRA-0503 of 1125 on the floor plate.

No hunting rifle is complete without a quality scope. The Panorama EV 3-9×40 is waterproof, fogproof, shockproof and comes with Hawke’s worldwide warranty. Other features include a red/blue illuminated 1/2 Mil Dot ballistic reticle; fully multi-coated optics for edge-to-edge clarity; 1/4 MOA finger tip turrets; all-weather zoom ring; and Hawke’s Extreme View (EV) optical system, which provides a 20 percent wider field of view over standard riflescopes. The scope normally retails for $189.99.

To enter the December Gift Giveaway, simply visit www.nrahuntersrights.org, and scroll down to the yellow box, “TO ENTER GIFT GIVEAWAY” on the right. Just send an e-mail to the address provided and write “Gift Giveaway” in the subject line. No other information is needed. Entries will be accepted now through Dec. 31, and a winner will be announced Jan. 1 on www.NRAhuntersrights.org. (One entry person, please.)

For the most up-to-date information about your hunting rights there’s just one source: www.NRAhuntersrights.org.

*Friends of NRA (www.friendsofnra.org) banquets boil down to one goal-fundraising for the future of the shooting sports. Since its inception in 1992, Friends of NRA has held over 13,500 events, reached over two million attendees and raised over $170 million for The NRA Foundation, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization. Each year, The NRA Foundation allocates half of all net proceeds to fund projects within the state in which the money was raised and uses the other half to fund similar projects with a national scope.

A California man and his girlfriend were at home with their two small children when two teenagers broke into their home through a back window in search of money.

When the intruders were confronted by the homeowners, they fired their guns, striking the man and his girlfriend. But the couple did not give up.

Though wounded, the man wrestled the gun from one of the teens and returned fired, killing him.

The other teen was charged with the murder of his accomplice under the provacative-act doctrine, which holds accomplices responsible when their crime partners act in a way that leads to death, and was also accused of two counts of attempted murder, attempted residential robbery and one count of burglary.

The man and woman were hospitalized and faced no charges.

Source: The San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco, CA, 06/10/2010

Editor’s Commentary:

• As a side-note, because the alleged attackers were under the age of 18 they are categorized as “children”. Because one of them was killed, statistically he is categorized as a “child killed by a gun” — the statistics make no exception for “children” who are robbers, burglars, or murderers and are injured or  justifiably killed by their victims defending themselves.