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Senate Judiciary Committee to Hold Hearing on S. 941 (BATFE Reform) Next Tuesday
On Tuesday, September 14, the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on reforming current regulation of commerce in firearms--especially in the area of dealer licensing and oversight--by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. - more...
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:07:46 GMT

Obama's backdoor gun ban
President Obama is afraid of the M1 Garand, the U.S. rifle that helped win World War II, defeating Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan. Administration officials earlier this year moved to block the government of South Korea from selling vintage U.S. made M1 Garands and M1 carbines to eager stateside collectors. - more...
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:36:14 GMT

NRA CHALLENGES CONSTITUTIONALITY OF FEDERAL HANDGUN BAN FOR LAW ABIDING 18-20 YEAR OLDS
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Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:35:37 GMT

San Francisco: Groups mobilize to deny permit to gun store
San Francisco's only gun store could lose its permit to sell guns at a hearing today.Steven Alcairo, 36, a San Francisco native and Mission District resident, will ask the Police Department to reinstate a use permit that lapsed in January because the gun store's owner was planning to convert it to office space. - more...
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:35:04 GMT

Texas: Carrollton City Council debates gun shops
Guns took center stage at Tuesday evening's City Council meeting.Specifically, they talked about Big Slim's Firearms, which upset some residents when it opened last week across the street from houses and in the same mini mall as a liquor store. Council member Terry Simons proposed a new ordinance -- to be discussed at a future meeting -- that would restrict future gun shops from opening near liquor stores and certain other retail establishments. - more...
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:33:57 GMT

Venezuela to introduce new rules on gun ownership
The National Assembly will pass a law in the next few days that will prohibit anyone from carrying weapons in public, ban those younger than 25 from owning a gun, and limit the number of bullets a person can carry to 25. Venezuela's current gun laws date back to 1928. The National Assembly is controlled by Socialist allies of leftist President Hugo Chavez. - more...
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:32:56 GMT

Ohio: Workers protection bill
House Bill 571, which was introduced by Joe Uecker, 66th District Representative, and is co sponsored by 30 other representatives, would amend section 2923.126 of the Ohio Revised Code. The law would not allow private employers to prohibit a concealed carry permit holder from storing the employee's handgun in a locked motor vehicle on the employer's premises. Any current employer policy prohibiting such would have to be amended. - more...
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:51:23 GMT

Florida: Lee County erases ban on guns
Hundreds of signs across Lee County that proclaim guns are banned at parks, beaches, along canals and at other areas are being changed to comply with state law.The state allows guns at these locations if the gun owner has a concealed carry permit. - more...
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:50:41 GMT

Georgia: More Augusta area women purchasing firearms
Gun sales have been on the rise in Augusta, particularly to women."Over the last year, it's been on pretty much a daily basis," said Eddie Walden, the owner of Waldens. "We'd see (women) before, but not on a daily basis." - more...
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:49:44 GMT

Arizona: Proposition targets any anti-hunting laws
Proposition 109, if approved in November, would preclude legislators from making changes in hunting laws, at least by themselves. Instead, they would have to put them on the ballot and ask voters to modify what Proposition 109 would make a state constitutional right to hunt. - more...
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:48:50 GMT

Arizona: Proposition targets any anti-hunting laws
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Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:48:50 GMT

Alabama: Hunting season ignites economic engine
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Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:48:06 GMT

Alabama: Hunting season ignites economic engine
Just about everyone knows Alabama's football season began Saturday. But the state has another season that also started Sept. 4.The sound of shotguns thundered across the Alabama countryside as dove season opened up throughout most of the state. Even though it's officially still summer, it was the opening salvo of an autumn rite that consumes many Alabama sportsmen for the next six to eight months. But it's also an economic engine that provides a welcome influx of cash to much of West Alabama. - more...
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:48:06 GMT

Canada: Sorry, Jack. The gun registry can't be saved
Jack Layton has a plan for the gun registry a compromise all Canadians can live with. He wants to drop the criminal prohibition for first time non compliers, drop registration fees and respect native treaties and the privacy rights of all gun owners. Sadly for Layton, his plan is a fiction, a farce. His proposal to save the gun registry requires him to introduce a compromise bill, which will then need to be debated, read three times, approved by the Senate and then given Royal Assent ...all in the two days before the registry's fate will be decided. Of course, Layton an intelligent, seasoned politician knows his plan doesn't have a snowball's chance in hell of working. But that's OK. Because he doesn't intend for it to succeed. It's just a political ploy.The ploy is aimed not at the government or even the other opposition parties, but at a third of his own caucus the 12 NDP MPs who voted against keeping the registry last time and who are expected to do the same this month. Layton knows that these 12 NDP members, representing rural ridings where the registry is despised, cannot support the registry as is and hope to be re elected. - more...
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:47:20 GMT

Canadians have outlets to voice their opposition to long-gun registry
Manitoba MP Candice Hoeppner's bill C 391, designed to eliminate the long gun registry, has become an extraordinary political football. Most, if not all, hunters and law abiding firearms owners ask the common sense question, "Does the long gun registry actually stop crime?" Those who support the registry often respond with emotion; "Well, if the many millions spent on the long gun registry just save one life it will be worth it."Common sense Canadians reason more lives would be saved if the funds spent on the long gun registry were put into dealing with the root causes of crime plus more effective policing. - more...
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:46:33 GMT

Canada: Parliamentary departures may play a role in coming gun registry vote
The recent departure of three MPs from Parliament and the possible resignation of a fourth in the coming days could play a pivotal role in a vote this month on whether to scrap the federal gun registry.A squeaker result is expected on Sept. 22, with Tory backbencher Candice Hoeppner predicting that "one or two votes will make the difference" in the outcome of a move to kill the contentious database. - more...
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:45:31 GMT

UK: License plan upsets the anti-gun lobby
A cash saving proposal to stop home visits for some shotgun licence renewals has been slammed as 'horrendous' by anti gun campaigners.Plans to halt some home visits for the five yearly certificate renewals as part of the growing collaboration between Bedfordshire Police and Hertfordshire Constabulary will be put forward later this month. - more...
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:44:29 GMT

New Zealand: New gun control laws proposed
Coroner David Crerar has recommended the Government review the Arms Act -- including revisiting a suggested ban on military style semi automatics -- as part of his findings into the deaths of Molenaar and Senior Constable Len Snee last May. - more...
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:42:27 GMT

State Department Squirms On Garand And Carbine Imports
A lot of things have changed in the federal government since President Harry S. Truman put his famous "the buck stops here" sign on his desk. - more...
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:19:41 GMT

NRA Freedom Action Foundation Launches 2010 Trigger The Vote Effort
This week, NRA's Freedom Action Foundation (NRA-FAF) launched the 2010 "Trigger the Vote" campaign, featuring its Honorary Chairman Chuck Norris in a new series of advertisements. - more...
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:18:16 GMT

EPA Rejects Lead Ammo Ban Petition, But Anglers Aren't Off the Hook
The Environmental Protection Agency issued a press release August 27th announcing that it had rejected a petition filed by radical environmental groups to have lead ammunition banned under the Toxic Substances Control Act. - more...
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:17:14 GMT

States Being Asked For `Right-To-Hunt` Amendments
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Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:03:29 GMT

Victory for Gun Owners in California!
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Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:55:35 GMT

Idaho, Montana seek OK for hunting of wolves
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Wed, 01 Sep 2010 09:48:07 GMT

Urgent Action Needed by California’s Pro-Gun Community!
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Tue, 31 Aug 2010 10:14:14 GMT

EPA Denies Ammo Ban Petition
Responding to a grassroots outcry from gun owners, the Environmental Protection Agency today announced that it has denied a petition by the Center for Biological Diversity and other radical groups that had sought to ban the use of lead in ammunition. - more...
Fri, 27 Aug 2010 19:15:28 GMT

NRA-Backed Measure Signed By President
Last week, the NRA-backed “Firearms Excise Tax Improvement Act of 2010” (H.R. 5552) was signed into law. - more...
Fri, 27 Aug 2010 19:14:33 GMT

Oregon: Attention Portland-Area NRA Members:Tell Mayor Adams You Oppose His City Gun Control Plan!
Portland Mayor Sam Adams, a self-described "founding member" of the anti-Second Amendment group Mayors Against Illegal Guns, is circulating a 12-page draft city gun control plan, the likes of which Oregonians haven't seen since the days of former mayor and gun ban advocate Vera Katz. - more...
Wed, 25 Aug 2010 16:43:04 GMT

California: Ammo Sales Bill (AB2358) Heads Back to Senate Floor
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Tue, 24 Aug 2010 11:59:26 GMT

Montana will appeal wolf ruling
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Tue, 24 Aug 2010 10:00:14 GMT

TV scriptwriters portray hunters in negative light
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Mon, 23 Aug 2010 09:48:27 GMT

New Jersey: Bear hunt could save taxpayers money
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Mon, 23 Aug 2010 09:47:41 GMT

Nevada: Attracting young hunters, a new apprentice license
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Mon, 23 Aug 2010 09:46:40 GMT

NRA Letter to EPA Regarding Lead Ammunition Ban
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Sun, 22 Aug 2010 22:21:09 GMT

Anti-Gun Group Shows Why The American Way Is Better, As U.S. Firearm Production Soars
Anyone who traveled behind the Iron Curtain back in those days probably didn’t have to look very hard to find groups of “workers” sitting around doing pretty much nothing, except collecting a taxpayer-funded government paycheck. - more...
Fri, 20 Aug 2010 18:47:01 GMT

Ammo Sales Bill (AB2358) Sent Back to Senate Public Safety Committee in California
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Fri, 20 Aug 2010 16:33:45 GMT

California: Pro-Hunting Bill Heads to Governor Schwarzenegger’s Desk!
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Fri, 20 Aug 2010 14:24:10 GMT

Arizona: OHV Restrictions in Kaibab National Forest Allow for Big Game Retrieval
The Tusayan Ranger District of the Kaibab National Forest has issued a draft plan for managing off-highway vehicle (OHV) use. OHV use will be restricted to those roads and trails designated in the plan, depending on which management alternative is selected following public review and comment. Tusayan Ranger District offers four plan alternatives for managing OHV use. Alternative 1 is the status quo and is used as a baseline to compare the changes to be made in OHV use by the other alternatives. Alternatives 2 and 3 allow motorized big game retrieval up to a mile off of a designated road or trail. Alternative 4 allows no such exemption for hunters using OHVs for game retrieval. Comments on the plan are being accepted until August 30th and can be emailed to comments-southwestern-kaibab-tusayan@fs.fed.us. The plan can be found online by going to http://fs.usda.gov/goto/kaibab/projects and look for the Tusayan Travel Management Project. If you have questions about the plan or need additional information, you may call 928-635-5649. - more...
Fri, 20 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Update on CCW Confidentiality in Nevada
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Wed, 18 Aug 2010 15:44:59 GMT

Virginia: Help Support Repeal Of Obsolete Gun Buyer Check
In 1989, Virginia passed its first-in-the-nation state instant check statute. - more...
Wed, 18 Aug 2010 15:05:32 GMT

Idaho commission resolves to fight wolf ruling
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Wed, 18 Aug 2010 09:30:24 GMT

Washington: Record revenue leads to more hunting access
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Mon, 16 Aug 2010 09:41:13 GMT

Game officials hope to hold wolf hunt despite ruling
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Thu, 12 Aug 2010 09:59:08 GMT

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