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	Current members of "Mayors Against Illegal Guns"
	03/27/09 - The "Veterans' Heritage Firearms Act of 2005," introduced by U.S. Representative Dennis Rehberg (R-Mont.), would provide a 90-day amnesty period during which veterans and their family members could register firearms acquired overseas between June 26, 1934 and Oct. 31, 1968, without fear of prosecution. Congress granted a limited amnesty in 1968, but most veterans did not receive enough notice to participate.


	S. 1702: Promoting Target Ranges
	03/25/09 - H.R. 1074, introduced by Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.), would remove several antiquated and unnecessary restrictions imposed on interstate firearms business since 1968.


	"Mayors Against Illegal Guns"
	01/12/09 - The national Right-to-Carry (RTC) reciprocity bills, H.R. 197 (introduced by U.S. Reps. Cliff Stearns, R-Fla., and Rick Boucher, D-Va.) would allow any person with a valid concealed firearm carrying permit or license, issued by a state, to carry a concealed firearm in any other state.


	S. 843: Lautenberg Trying Again To Regulate Gun Shows
	11/07/08 - Gun shows are large, public events that for many decades have been held in convention centers and banquet halls, attended by gun enthusiasts, hunters, target shooters, law enforcement and military personnel, and their families. Under federal law, firearm dealers—persons engaged in the business of selling firearms for profit on a regular basis—are required to conduct background checks on anyone to whom they sell any firearm, regardless of where the sale takes place. Federal law also provides that a person who is not a dealer may sell a firearm from his personal collection without conducting a check.


	Gun Owner Blacklist Bill Introduced in U.S. House
	09/26/08 - In 1969, President Lyndon B. Johnson's National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence recommended "a system of giving each gun a number and the development of some device to imprint this number on each bullet fired from the gun."


	S. 941 and H.R. 2296: The “Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Reform and Firearms Modernization Act of 2009”
	09/25/08 - Handguns account for over one-third of Americas' 250+ million privately owned firearms. More than one million new handguns are sold in the U.S. annually.


	H.R. 2324: Worse than S. 843?
	09/25/08 - Americans use upwards of seven billion rounds of small arms (rifle, shotgun and handgun) ammunition every year, mostly for target practice, competition and hunting.


	Right-to-Carry 2009
	09/24/08 - Over the last two decades, many “gun control” laws have been eliminated or made less restrictive at the federal, state, and local levels.


	Sen. Crapo and Rep. Hastings Introduce Bills to Allow Firearms for Protection in National Parks
	09/23/08 - The per capita rate and annual number of firearm accident deaths have decreased steadily for decades, and fell to all-time lows in 2006, the most recent year for which data are available from the National Center for Health Statistics.


	Gun Trafficking to Mexico: Already Against the Law
	09/03/08 - Semi-automatic firearms were introduced more than a century ago. The first semi-automatic rifle, a Mannlicher, appeared in 1885; the first pistol, a Schonberger, in 1892; and the first shotgun, the legendary Browning Auto-5, in 1900.


	H.R. 442, the "Veterans' Heritage Firearms Act”
	08/18/08 - The presidential primary season is finally over, and it is now time for gun owners to take a careful look at just where nominee Barack Obama stands on issues related to the Second Amendment. During the primaries, Obama tried to hide behind vague statements of support for “sportsmen” or unfounded claims of general support for the right to keep and bear arms. But his real record, based on votes taken, political associations, and long standing positions, shows that Barack Obama is a serious threat to Second Amendment liberties. Don’t listen to his campaign rhetoric! Look instead to what he has said and done during his entire political career.


	H.R. 1074 The Firearms Interstate Commerce Reform Act
	07/15/08 - On June 26, the Supreme Court ruled in District of Columbia v. Heller that the Second Amendment—"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"— protects a purely individual right, as do the First, Fourth and Ninth Amendments.


	The National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Bill
	06/26/08 - On June 26, 2008, the Supreme Court affirmed, in a 5-4 decision, the ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in Parker v. District of Columbia (re-cast as District of Columbia v. Heller before the Supreme Court), that the Second Amendment protects a pre-existing, private, individually-held right, to keep arms and to bear arms, without regard to a person’s relationship to a militia. Highlights of the majority opinion, written by Justice Antonin Scalia and joined by Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Samuel Alito, Anthony Kennedy, and Clarence Thomas, follow:


	The Gun Show Myth
	05/25/08 - Active National Pro-Firearms Organizations other than the National Rifle Association of America.


	"Micro-Stamping" (Summary)
	05/09/08 - Firearm Quick Facts briefly addresses topics of interest to gun owners, students and other members of the public.


	Handguns: Summary
	04/10/08 - On March 5, the National Academy of Sciences released Ballistic Imaging, the report of a committee assigned to evaluate the feasibility, accuracy and technical capability of a possible national database of so-called “ballistic images” from new guns sold in the United States.


	Ammunition Summary
	03/31/08 - Representatives Steve King (R-Iowa) and Zack Space (D-Ohio), have introduced H.R. 4900 the “Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Reform and Firearms Modernization Act of 2007.” The bill would roll back unnecessary restrictions, correct errors, and codify longstanding congressional policies in the firearms arena. This bipartisan bill is a vital step to modernize and improve BATFE operations.


	More Guns, Less Crime (Again) in 2008
	02/29/08 - These organizations have lent monetary, grassroots or other support to anti-gun organizations. Often, they have supported anti-gun activities such as HCI`s March 1995 "Campaign to Protect Sane Gun Laws."


	Firearm Safety Summary
	02/27/08 - American Shooters and Hunters Association (AHSA) was created with the specific intent to provide political cover for anti-gun politicians by allowing them to claim support from a “sportsmen’s” group. AHSA would be more correctly called the “American Association for the Protection of Anti-Gun Politicians.” No gun owner or sportsman should fall prey to its carefully crafted lies and deceptions.


	Semi-Automatic Firearms and the “Assault Weapon” Issue
	02/12/08 - In 1974, Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) said that the "manufacture and sale of handguns should be terminated. Existing handguns should be acquired by the states."


	On the Second Amendment, Don’t Believe Obama
	02/06/08 - Every year since 1997, Brady Campaign has pretended to “grade” the states, with states that have the least gun control getting the fewest points, based upon Brady’s presumption that less gun control means more crime.


	The Second Amendment
	01/25/08 - "Encoded Ammunition" (Bullet and Cartridge Case Serialization) Means:* Forfeiture of Currently-Owned Ammunition * A Separate Registration for Every Box of New Ammunition * Outrageously Expensive Ammunition Costs for Police & Private Citizens Alike *A Waste of Taxpayer Money, Better Spent on Traditional Police Programs


	Highlights From The Heller Decision
	10/29/07 - On October 13, Arnold Schwarzenegger, governor of California, signed AB1471 into law. As of January 1, 2010, the law will define (and prohibit the sale of) any newly-designed semi-automatic pistol as an “unsafe handgun,” unless the pistol is equipped with two or more internal parts that imprint, onto the cartridge case of a fired round of ammunition, a microscopic array of characters that identify the make, model and serial number of the pistol. Despite claims by the bill’s supporters that it benefits police efforts, it wasn’t supported by statewide police groups.


	Active National Pro-Firearms Organizations
	10/24/07 - Based on incidents that are newsworthy mainly because they’re so rare, some anti-gun politicians have called for new restrictions on antique guns, replicas of antiques, and new guns that work like antiques. These guns are almost never used in crime, and are mainly owned by collectors, target shooters, and hunters who enjoy these guns’ history and the unique shooting challenges they present.


	Firearm Fact Card 2008
	10/19/07 - The number of privately owned guns in the U.S. is at an all-time high, and rises by about 4.5 million per year.


	National Academy of Sciences Says a “Ballistic Imaging” Database “Should Not Be Established”
	10/15/07 - After Hurricane Katrina, many New Orleans residents legally armed themselves to protect their lives and property from civil disorder. With no way to call for help, and police unable to respond, honest citizens were able to defend themselves and their neighbors against looters, arsonists and other criminals.


	H.R. 4900: The “Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Reform and Firearms Modernization Act of 2007”
	10/05/07 - Some opponents of the “NICS Improvement Amendments Act” (H.R. 2640) have spent the last several months painting a picture of the bill that would rightly terrify gun owners--if it was true.


	National Organizations With Anti-Gun Policies
	09/22/07 - A dozen reasons why new gun bans being proposed in some state legislatures should be rejected.


	American Hunters And Shooters Association: The Ultimate In Political Camouflage
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	Kennedy Introduces a Handgun Ban in Congress Again
	06/15/07 - On May 24, 2007 Senators Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) and Pat Roberts (R-Kans.), and Representatives Jerry Moran (R-Kans.) and Earl Pomeroy (D-N.D.), introduced S. 1502 and H.R. 2473, the Voluntary Public Access and Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program Act of 2007


	Brady Campaign Gives 48 States “Failing Scores” on Gun Control, Though Violent Crime is at an Historic Low
	06/12/07 - On March 9, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled, in Parker v. District of Columbia, that gun control laws imposed by the D.C. City Council, prohibiting possession of a handgun, and prohibiting keeping any gun assembled and loaded at home (the condition required for self-defense), are unconstitutional.


	"Encoded Ammunition"/Bullet Serialization
	04/02/07 - The National Rifle Association has always supported including the records of individuals adjudicated mentally defective into the National Instant Background Check System. We believe that the NICS should serve the intent of Congress, which is to prohibit the sale of firearms to criminals and other prohibited persons, such as adjudicated mental defectives. However, we must not forget that the NICS also serves the purpose of clearing firearm purchases by law-abiding Americans. Too often, the system has been abused and has not delivered on the promise of a fair and instant check.


	"Micro-Stamping": Incremental Gun Prohibition Advances in California
	03/30/07 - A summary of pro-gun legislation in the 110th Congress.


	Anti-Gunners’ New Target: Antique and Replica Guns
	03/28/07 - H.R. 1399/S. 1001, the “District of Columbia Personal Protection Act,” introduced in the House by Rep. Mike Ross (D-Ark.) and Rep. Mark Souder (R-Ind.) and in the Senate by Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Tex.), would end D.C.’s prohibition on using guns for self-defense in one’s home and conform other D.C. gun laws to federal laws, while retaining stiff penalties for illegal gun possession and gun crimes. It would do none of the things claimed by anti-gun groups.


	Firearm Safety In America 2009
	03/20/07 - On March 9, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled (in Parker v. District of Columbia) that certain gun control laws imposed by the D.C. City Council are unconstitutional. The laws prohibit the possession of a handgun, and the use of any gun for defense against violent criminals who invade a person's home. The court agreed with the Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, the Justice Department, the Framers of the Bill of Rights, and constitutional scholars past and present, that the Second Amendment protects a pre-existing right of individuals, not a so-called "right" of a state to maintain a select militia, or a privilege to have guns only when serving in a select militia. The court also ruled that individuals have a right to possess handguns.


	State "Emergency Powers" vs. The Right to Arms
	03/19/07 - A summary of anti-gun legislation in the 110th Congress.


	The NICS Improvement Bill: Myth and Reality
	03/01/07 - When the 108th Congress passed the original "Law Enforcement Officers` Safety Act of 2004"--authorizing active and retired police officers to carry firearms throughout the United States--it took a step forward in advancing public safety.


	Why State Legislatures Should Reject Semi-Automatic and Pump-Action Gun Bans
	03/01/07 - On Feb. 14, 2007, Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-N.Y.) introduced H.R. 1022, a bill with the stated purpose, “to reauthorize the assault weapons ban, and for other purposes.” McCarthy’s choice of words warrants explanation.


	Guarantees Of The Right To Arms In State Constitutions
	02/28/07 - Senator Charles Schumer, (D-N.Y.) has introduced S. 77, the "Anti-Gun Trafficking Penalties Enhancement Act of 2007." A more appropriate title would be the "Firearms Dealer Harassment Act." S. 77 directly threatens federal firearms license holders (FFLs) and gun buyers.


	Senators Conrad and Roberts, Rep`s. Pomeroy and Moran, Introduce "Open Fields Initiative" Bills
	02/07/07 - The Castle gun show bill (H.R. 96) masquerades as reform—imposing bureaucratic restrictions aimed at shutting down gun shows--without fixing real problems of the National Instant Check System (NICS). Despite changes from the Lautenberg juvenile justice amendment of 1999 that it is based on, this bill fails to address gun owners’ most significant concerns--and in several areas is even more restrictive than the failed Lautenberg amendment.


	D.C.’s Gun Bans Ruled Unconstitutional
	02/06/07 - If there is one thing that threatens the future of hunting more than any other, it is the challenge of finding a place to hunt. More and more hunting land is being lost, either through development or because of restrictive regulations that preclude its use. Concerned hunters working together with NRA-ILA have found a solution: protect our public hunting lands with No-Net-Loss laws.


	H.R. 297/NICS Improvement
	01/25/07 - For more than five years, cities suing the gun industry and anti-gun organizations have sought access to confidential law enforcement data on firearms traces. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE) compiles these records when it traces firearms in response to requests from law enforcement agencies.


	Pro-Gun Legislation in the 110th Congress
	12/16/06 - Anti-gun proposals at the federal level receive the most attention, but similar proposals and restrictive ordinances at the local level also threaten honest gun owners` rights and the fundamental American principle of equal protection under the law for all citizens.


	The Case For Reforming The District of Columbia`s Gun Laws
	07/27/06 - In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the citizens of New Orleans lost their right to defend themselves from thugs and looters when law enforcement systematically confiscated legally owed firearms from those who were trying to protect themselves, their families and their property. To ensure this never happens again, the passage of S. 2599/H.R. 5013, the “Disaster Recovery Personal Protection Act of 2006,” is a top NRA-ILA legislative priority.


	Federal Court of Appeals Rules That D.C. Gun Control Laws Violate Second Amendment
	07/26/06 - H.R. 3436/S. 1488 would require that the President of the United States each year certify to Congress that the U.N. has taken no action to “restrict, attempt to restrict, or otherwise adversely infringe upon the rights of individual in the United States to possess a firearm or ammunition, including the imposition of a tax that will interfere with the right to own a firearm or ammunition.”


	Anti-Gun Legislation in the 110th Congress
	07/18/06 - On July 13, 2006, 55 Republicans, joined by 28 Democrats and 1 Independent voted to pass Sen. David Vitter’s (R-La.) amendment to prohibit the use of funds allocated under the Homeland Security appropriations bill (H.R. 5441) to be used to confiscate lawfully possessed firearms during an emergency or major disaster. Sixteen Senators opposed the prohibition.


	S. 376: The "Law Enforcement Officers` Safety Act of 2007"
	05/25/06 - H.R. 1384, introduced by Rep. Phil Gingrey (R-Ga.), would remove several antiquated and unnecessary restrictions imposed on interstate firearms business since 1968.


	McCarthy Bill Bans Millions More Guns Than The Infamous Clinton Gun Ban
	03/24/06 - It is common practice among legitimate researchers to give their peers access to data used in their studies, so that other researchers can review both the data and the methodology used in their analysis. Without such â€œpeer review,"study" findings typically are not assumed to be valid. Many scholarly journals will not even publish an article summarizing the results of a study until the data and methodology have been peer reviewed.


	S. 77: The Firearms Dealer Harassment Act
	02/15/06 - Should people who lawfully possess firearms be able to leave them locked in their motor vehicles, on business property? Common sense would say, "yes."


	The Castle Gun Show Restriction Bill: Worse than Lautenberg?
	02/08/06 - Finding a place to hunt is one of the biggest concerns of hunters and NRA-ILA is actively working on multiple fronts to promote solutions to this growing problem. One such solution is called "Open Fields."


	No-Net-Loss: Ensuring Future Generations A Place To Hunt
	02/06/06 - "Law is order, and good law is good order,"Aristotle said. Without doubt, Florida's recently enacted "Castle Doctrine" law is good law, casting a common-sense light onto the debate over the right of self-defense. It reverses the pendulum that for too long has swung in the direction of protecting the rights of criminals over the rights of their victims. Despite predictable howling from the anti-gun media elite that Florida was taking an unprecented and dangerous action, in truth it joined 24 other states that reject "duty-to-retreat" laws.


	The "Tiahrt Amendment" on Firearms Traces: Protecting Gun Owners' Privacy and Law Enforcement Safety
	11/14/05 - Fresh from its defeat in Brazil, the UN is renewing its efforts to enact additional laws governing the control of firearms by law-abiding citizens.


	Firearms Preemption Laws
	11/01/05 - On October 26, 2005, President Bush signed S. 397, the "Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act." Introduced by Sens. Larry Craig (R-ID) and Max Baucus (D-MT), this legislation is a vitally important first step toward ending the anti-gun lobby`s shameless attempts to bankrupt the American firearms industry through reckless lawsuits. Reps. Cliff Stearns (R-FL) and Rick Boucher (D-VA) introduced similar legislation, H.R. 800 in the House of Representatives.


	S. 2599/H.R. 5013: Disaster Recovery Personal Protection Act of 2006
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	H.R. 3436/S. 1488 The “Second Amendment Protection Act of 2005”
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	The NOT Sweet 16
	08/26/05 - "The circumstances of workplace homicides differ substantially from those portrayed by the media and from homicides in the general population. For the most part, workplace homicides are not the result of disgruntled workers who take out their frustrations on co-workers or supervisors, or of intimate partners and other relatives who killed loved ones in the course off a dispute; rather, they are mostly robbery-related crimes." --National Institute for Occupational Safety And Health


	H.R. 1384: The Firearms Commerce Modernization Act
	08/23/05 - NRA has undertaken the effort to protect gun owners' rights in their workplaces by fighting efforts by employers to ban firearms, including firearms locked in private vehicles in employee parking lots. This has generated the predictable response from the anti-gun community, with claims of workplace horrors assigned to firearms and "studies" that purport to show firearms are a threat to workplace safety. Careful examinations of these studies reveal both bias in their source material and serious flaws in their methodology.


	Does Anti-Gun Researcher David Hemenway Have Something To Hide?
	08/14/05 - The status or disposition of lawsuits brought by state and local governments against lawful firearms businesses.


	Parking Lot Gun Laws and the Right to Transport Firearms
	05/06/05 - On April 26, 2005, California Attorney General Bill Lockyer, Sen. Joe Dunn and Senate President pro tem Don Perata held a press conference announcing the introduction of SB 357, a bill to mandate that all handgun ammunition carry a unique serial number engraved on the casing of each cartridge and on the bottom of every bullet. During this conference, Lockyer made a number of claims in support of the bill that are not supported by the facts. The Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers Institute, Inc. responded to those claims, and provided important insight into the real impact of this ill-conceived legislation.


	Providing Increased Access To Hunting Lands Through "Open Fields
	04/25/05 - The leaders of the House Judiciary Committee`s Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security--Reps. Howard Coble (R-N.C.) and Bobby Scott (D-Va.) have joined forces to introduce H.R. 5092, the "Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE) Modernization and Reform Act of 2006." This bipartisan bill is a critical first step toward reforming BATFE.


	Fortifying The Right To Self-Defense
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	U.N. Gun Control Document
	03/14/05 - In the early days of America, so-called blue laws restricted many activities on Sunday. In recent years, however, state governments have recognized that the people`s right to choose for themselves what they do, or don`t do, on Sunday is more consistent with America`s founding principals. Present day bans on Sunday hunting are the last holdouts of these blue laws, and hunters are questioning why they are being treated differently from their fellow citizens.


	"Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act"
	03/09/05 - Anti-gun groups and Rep. Jim Moran (D-Va.) are making far-fetched claims about crimes they believe might be committed with .50 caliber rifles.1 Urged on by such speculations, CBS and CNN recently aired unbalanced, irresponsible stories portraying the rifles as "too dangerous to be in the hands of private citizens" and "a clear and present danger to the public safety."


	Guide To Interstate Right-To-Carry Reciprocity And Recognition
	03/09/05 - Given the large number of lies that anti-gun groups and politicians have told over the years, we hesitate to say that this is the most dishonest and deceptive thing we have ever heard from them. But what they are saying about Fabrique Nationale`s Five-seveN pistol is among the most dishonest and deceptive to date.


	Sponsor’s Arguments for Proposition H And NRA's Response
	03/09/05 - Rep. Jim Moran (D-Va.) is one of the most irrationally anti-gun members of the U.S. House of Representatives. For example, in 1993, when the House voted 424-4 to require a law enforcement agency to explain to a person why it rejected that person's handgun purchase under the former federal waiting period law, Moran was one of the four who voted against the measure. In Moran's mind, anyone who wants to buy a gun doesn't deserve to be treated fairly.


	The Reality of "Workplace Homicides"
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	The Truth About "Workplace Homicides"
	02/24/05 - U.S. Rep. Juanita Millender-McDonald represents California`s 37th Congressional District, in Los Angeles County. According to her website, Glamour magazine-a stridently anti-gun publication-has named her "one of eleven women who will change the world."


	Taxpayer Funded Reckless Lawsuits Against The Firearms Industry
	01/18/05 - With the demise of the Clinton Gun Ban, and several independent studies for the federal government showing that the "assault weapons" ban was ill-conceived, gun prohibitionists have found new firearms to demonize--those chambered to fire the vintage .50 BMG cartridge.


	Lockyer, Dunn and Perata Misrepresent Their Bullet Registration Scheme
	01/18/05 - Established in 1975, the Institute for Legis-lative Action (ILA) is the "lobbying" arm of the National Rifle Association of America. ILA is committed to preserving the right of all law-abiding individuals to purchase, possess and use firearms for legitimate purposes as guaranteed by the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.


	H.R. 5092: The "Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE) Modernization and Reform Act of 2006"
	01/06/05 - America`s sporting heritage is under attack by animal "rights" extremists who want to ban all hunting, trapping and fishing. Recently, two of the most rabid anti-hunting organizations merged. The Fund for Animals has joined forces with the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) to form an anti hunting cabal with a budget of nearly $90 million.


	Reckless Lawsuits—What The Courts Say
	09/11/04 - Two decades of opposing gun owners` rights in the U.S. Senate make John Kerry the most anti-gun presidential nominee in U.S. history!


	The Truth About Sunday Hunting: Why Hunters Shouldn`t Be Treated as Second-Class Citizens
	09/10/04 - The federal "assault weapon" ban championed by Bill Clinton expired September 13, 2004. Here are the top 10 reasons why it should never have been imposed in the first place.


	Anti-Gunners and .50 Cal. Rifles: Same Song, Different Gun
	08/23/04 - His voting record makes John F. Kerry the most anti-gun Presidential nominee in United States history. Since his election to the U.S. Senate in 1984, John F. Kerry has cast 59 votes (NRA did not score 4 of them) on issues involving firearms rights and hunting. These votes included votes to ban guns, to impose waiting periods on gun buyers, to financially punish gun manufacturers for operating a legal business and to restrict the free speech of Second Amendment advocates.


	Lautenberg, Schumer Join Brady Campaign In Lying About the FN Five-seveN Pistol
	08/20/04 - A listing of organizations that lobby at the state or federal level for passage of anti-gun legislation.


	Hunting Rifle Ban Introduced as "Sniper Rifle" Ban
	07/09/04 - These files -- for the U.S., the 50 states, and the District of Columbia -- contain annual statistics for total, serious, violent, and property crimes and incarcerations.


	In Their Own Words - Anti-Gun Supporters Of Lawsuits Against The Firearms Industry
	05/22/04 - Claiming people "can`t be so fixated on our desire to preserve the rights of ordinary Americans to legitimately own handguns and rifles," President Bill Clinton championed the federal "assault weapon" (AW) and "large" ammunition magazine ban, and signed it into law on Sept. 13, 1994.


	H.R. 165`s Not-So-Deceptive Handgun Ban
	03/02/04 - Important facts regarding hunting and conservation.


	.50 Caliber Rifles And Ammunition: Latest Anti-Gun Targets Of Opportunity
	01/29/04 - Semi-automatic firearms were introduced more than a century ago. The first semi-automatic rifle, a Mannlicher, was introduced in 1885; the first semi-automatic pistol, a Schonberger, in 1892; and John Browning patented his famous Auto-5 semi-automatic shotgun in 1900. President John F. Kennedy, an NRA Life Member, owned an M1, a semi-automatic rifle used by the U.S. Armed Forces during World War II and the Korean War, and owned by hundreds of thousands of competitive target shooters and collectors today.


	What Is The Gun Lobby?
	01/24/04 - As it has for several years, the "gun control" lobby has again produced an annual "report card" on which it grades the states on their "gun aws protecting children." As in previous years, the more "gun control," the higher the grade.


	Animal "Rights" Extremists Look To New Strategies
	01/21/04 - President Clinton signed the 1994 federal Crime Bill into law on Sept. 13, 1994, including the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, which made it a federal crime for a private individual to possess or transfer (sell, give, etc.) a "semiautomatic assault weapon" (AW) manufactured after that date.


	John Kerry Wants to Ban Guns in America
	01/21/04 - Gun Shows, a piece of Americana. Like boat shows, car shows and art shows, gun shows are large events open to the public. Held in convention centers and similar facilities, they attract a broad range of people with an interest in guns, including collectors, hunters, target shooters, police officers and military personnel.


	Top 10 Reasons The Clinton Gun Ban Was Allowed To Expire
	01/16/04 - The highly respected research firm Zogby International has conducted the first installment of its 2004 Zogby Values Poll, surveying 1,200 voters nationwide on issues that included firearms and hunting issues.


	John Kerry`s Voting Record on Second Amendment and Hunting Issues
	01/14/04 - Every year since 1997, the group has "graded" the states on their gun laws. It released its 2003 grades on Jan. 8, 2004. Since Brady`s pretense with the grades is that there aren`t enough "gun control" laws, it ignores the fact that federal gun laws apply in every state.


	Anti-Gun Lobbying Organizations
	01/13/04 - H.R. 2038/S. 1431, introduced by Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.), does not just "reenact" or "reauthorize" the 1994 Clinton Gun Ban--the federal "assault weapon" law. It bans millions more guns and begins backdoor registration of guns.


	Crime Statistics
	01/11/04 - On May 8, two bills to expand the 1994 Clinton Gun Ban, the so-called "assault weapon" law, were introduced in Congress. In the House of Representatives, Rep. Carolyn McCarthy introduced H.R. 2038, a bill to ban millions more guns than the Clinton ban does, by arbitrarily changing the federal definition of "assault weapon" so that it applies to more guns and basic types of guns than before. The bill also ban millions more ammunition magazines than the Clinton ban does, and it begins backdoor registration of gun owners.


	Good Riddance to the Clinton Gun Ban
	01/10/04 - "Gun control" advocates purposely mischaracterize BATFE firearm commerce tracing for several purposes, frequently to promote "assault weapon" (AW) bans.


	NRA-ILA Hunting Fact Card
	12/11/03 - "Referrals for the prosecution of gun crimes by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE) have almost tripled in recent years," according to a new report from the independent, non-partisan Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) at Syracuse University. This continues an upward trend that began in 1997 after federal enforcement actions hit their recent all-time low under the Clinton-Gore-Reno Administration.


	Semi-Automatic Firearms
	11/19/03 - George Soros has made an immense fortune manipulating international stock and currency markets. Over the past few years the Hungarian-born billionaire has used that fortune to become a preeminent funding source for global gun control. Directly and through his organization Open Society Institute (OSI), he has funneled cash to various anti-gun groups, such as the Tides Foundation, the HELP Network and SAFE Colorado.


	Brady Campaign (Handgun Control, Inc.) 2003 "Report Card" Again Gives Higher "Grades" To States With Higher Violent Crime Rates
	10/25/03 - NRA has never adopted any policy or practice regarding unions, organized labor, labor management or labor relations issues of any kind. Can the AFL-CIO say the same with respect to our issues?


	The 1994 Clinton Crime Bill`s Firearm Provisions
	10/23/03 - On January 19, 2001, during Senate confirmation hearings for Attorney General nominee Sen. John Ashcroft, Michael Barnes, the president of Handgun Control, Inc. (HCI, now Brady Campaign) grossly exaggerated the number of children who are killed with firearms each year.


	Gun Shows: An American Tradition
	10/16/03 - Court after court, including the U.S. Supreme Court and three state Supreme Courts, have rejected these lawsuits. Spearheaded by the anti-gun lobby, the suits are intended to circumvent Congress and state legislatures--all of which have rejected handgun prohibition legislation--by attempting to achieve handgun prohibition through the courts.


	What American Voters Believe About Firearm Owners' Rights And Hunting
	08/29/03 - Sen. Jon Corzine (D-N.J.) and Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy (D-R.I.) have introduced S.1224 and H.R.2403, the "Firearms Safety and Consumer Protection Act," legislation that is not intended to increase "safety" or protect consumers.


	Brady Campaign "Grades" The States
	06/16/03 - Law enforcement uses ballistic imaging technology in criminal investigations all across the nation. The science is very effective at examining evidence left at crime scenes and matching it with firearms collected from suspected criminals. The ballistic "fingerprinting" that is now being proposed has nothing to do with that activity. What is being promoted now is a much broader program that will serve as firearm registration for guns owned by law-abiding citizens.


	The Most Sweeping Gun Ban Ever Introduced in Congress--Clinton Gun Ban "Reenactment" Bans Millions More Guns
	05/22/03 - On May 20, 2003, Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) made public a confidential memorandum prepared at his request, by the Congressional Research Service (CRS). He now mischaracterizes both his purpose in soliciting the memo and the information the memo contains.


	Authors Of The 1994 Clinton Gun Ban Push To Expand It
	05/18/03 - Shooting ranges have a long tradition of service to a wide variety of citizen groups in local communities. However, population shifts from urban to suburban or rural areas have placed people in closer proximity to ranges.


	Setting The Record Straight On BATF Firearms Traces
	03/02/03 - To answer questions new airline security procedures have raised for NRA members transporting firearms in their checked baggage, NRA-ILA staff contacted the Office of Security Regulation and Policy at the Transportation Security Administration (TSA).


	Federal Firearms Law Enforcement Efforts
	01/31/03 - Bill Lockyer (D) has finally acknowledged what NRA has been saying for some time—any ballistic "fingerprinting" scheme implemented today would be flawed and unworkable.


	George Soros: Anti-Gunner Who Would Remake America
	01/22/03 - Quotes from the author of the Declaration of Independence on the Right to Keep and Bear arms. Taken from the collection "Thomas Jefferson On Politics & Government: Quotations from the Writings of Thomas Jefferson."


	Gun Control And The AFL-CIO
	01/15/03 - In the United States, the first efforts to prevent the ownership of firearms, in particular, handguns, were aimed at Blacks.


	Not "12 Children Per Day": Handgun Control, Inc. Misled Senate Judiciary Committee
	01/15/03 - Federal law requires persons engaged in the business of dealing in, manufacturing, or importing firearms, or manufacturing or importing ammunition, to have a Federal Firearms License, which is regulated and administered by the BATFE.


	Courts Reject Lawsuits Against Gun Makers
	10/21/02 - In 2000 Maryland became the first state to require that new handguns must be "ballistically fingerprinted" before they could be sold in the state. Since then anti-gun activists have pushed such legislation in other states and at the federal level.


	Corzine-Kennedy "Consumer Protection" Bills Poor Smokescreen For Back-Door Gun Prohibition
	08/01/02 - TIME magazine long ago admitted that its position on "gun control" is that of an advocate. In 1982, it declared, "The point has now been reached where, in our judgment, the solution is not tighter controls but an outright ban. . . ." On July 12, 2002, TIME.com, the magazine`s website, ran "America`s Most Wanted Guns: A new ATF study reveals the country`s Top 10 crime guns," an article by Elaine Shannon of the magazine`s Washington Bureau.


	S. 980 and H.R. 2436: A Comprehensive Study Of Ballistic "Fingerprinting" Should Show That It Is Both Unworkable And Unneeded
	04/09/02 - These files -- for the U.S., the 50 states, and the District of Columbia -- contain annual statistics for total deaths, total accidental deaths, deaths due to various common types of accidents, total homicides, total suicides, and firearm-related deaths (suicides, homicides, and accidents).


	Agenda-Pushing Senator Frank Lautenberg Mischaracterizes Congressional Research Service Memo
	03/11/02 - Recently, a group that is opposed to Right-to-Carry legislation currently under consideration in Wisconsin argued against Right-to-Carry based upon the fact that, recently, the South had the highest regional violent crime rate, while also having a high percentage of states with Right-to-Carry laws.


	Range Protection Laws
	02/11/02 -


	Airline Transportation of Firearms
	12/11/01 - In October 2001, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled in U.S. v. Emerson that the Second Amendment protects an individual right to keep and bear arms.


	CA Attorney General Lockyer Reports Ballistic "Fingerprinting" Flawed
	12/11/01 - Is a firearm in your home "22 times more likely" to be used to kill or injure a family member than to be used for protection? Or "43 times more likely?" How about "18 times more likely?" Anti-gun groups and politicians say it is, citing research by Arthur L. Kellermann, M.D.


	Thomas Jefferson on The Right To Bear Arms
	10/12/01 - Without a doubt, the low point of the fiercely contested Florida presidential race was the desperate effort of Al Gore`s legal legions to have courts reject absentee ballots cast by America`s armed forces serving overseas. To prevent a recurrence of such a spectacle and to address related problems predating the 2000 elections, corrective legislation has been introduced in Congress.


	The Racist History of Handgun Bans in America
	10/05/01 - History of conservation and wildlife management legislation in the United States.


	Federal Firearms Licenses
	09/25/01 - Sen. Dianne Feinstein`s (D-Calif.) "Military Sniper Weapon Regulation Act" (S. 505) proposes to subject all ".50 caliber" center-fire rifles to the National Firearms Act (NFA), requiring owners to forfeit their rifles to the federal government.


	"Ballistic Fingerprinting" -- The Maryland Example:Costing Taxpayers Without Benefiting Law Enforcement
	09/25/01 - Anti-gun researchers grabbing for guns--and Uncle Sam`s pocketbook--again.


	TIME Misrepresents BATF Firearm Transaction Tracing Data
	08/28/01 - The Violence Policy Center is trying to manufacture yet another phony "issue" to further its gun prohibition goals.


	Accident Statistics
	08/28/01 - Pittman-Robertson has been strongly supported by hunters and conservationists since its passage. Proper management of tax dollars paid by sportsmen is crucial to effective management of resources and protection of our hunting heritage.


	Right-to-Carry And Regional Violent Crime
	07/10/01 - In his inaugural speech as president of the American Medical Association, Dr. Richard F. Corlin launched an ill-informed broadside attack on the private ownership of firearms in America.


	Books, Law Reviews, Magazine Articles On The Second Amendment
	06/11/01 - Our constitution confers extensive powers to the federal government. Citizens demanded that our Constitution be amended to include a Bill of Rights, to safeguard individual liberties.


	U.S. Appeals Court Ruling In U.S. v. Emerson:" An Individual Right"
	05/23/01 - A list of groups, companies and individuals who served as primary sponsors of the so-called "Million Mom March" in May, 2000.


	22 Times Less Safe? Anti-Gun Lobby's Favorite Spin Re-Attacks Guns In The Home
	04/20/01 - Part of the Soros Foundation Network, the Open Society Institute released a report written by an Australian gun prohibition advocate, endorsing a wide range of schemes promoted by anti-gun activists in the U.S.


	Ensuring Voting Rights For Those Serving Their Country Away From Home
	04/19/01 - On April 14, 2001 an AP headline claimed, "Handgun industry dying in the U.S. - Sales are down and are not expected to improve."


	Wildlife Management Legislation
	04/13/01 - Firearm-related deaths are declining significantly. The trends show that NRA has been right on crime and safety issues.


	Sen. Feinstein`s ".50 Caliber" Gun-Ban
	04/10/01 - Do other countries all have more restrictive gun laws and lower violent crime rates than the U.S.? How do U.S. and other countries` crime trends compare? What societal factors affect crime rates?


	National Firearms Injury Surveillance System
	02/15/01 - Handguns are widely owned, they're used for protection against criminals 3-5 times more often than to commit crime, they're commonly used for formal and recreational target shooing, and they're increasingly used for hunting.


	.50 Caliber Rifles - Latest Bugaboo From Anti-Gun Fringe
	10/20/00 - They`ve run ads attacking pro-gun candidates. Most of the group`s donors are wealthy social activists with a history of supporting extreme causes with which many Americans don`t agree, such as legalizing drugs.


	Pittman-Robertson Act: Friend Of The Hunter & Hunted
	10/09/00 - Usually, anti-gun activists oppose Right to Carry laws because the laws focus attention upon the right of self-defense and the benefits of firearms ownership.


	AMA Head Calls For Research . . .
	10/07/00 - Handgun Control Chair Sarah Brady told the New York Times that her ultimate goal is a "needs-based licensing" system, with all guns and all gun transfers registered, as in England, where subjects first had to register guns, then had their guns confiscated.


	NRA And The Second Amendment
	10/07/00 - England's gun prohibition laws came about only after its gun owner licensing system was established.


	Sponsors Of The "Million Mom March"
	07/27/00 - In an effort to scare voters on the gun issue, politicians often try to resurrect two phony issues: "Plastic Guns" and "Armor-Piercing Ammunition."


	The Open Society`s Closed Mind On Guns
	03/28/00 - Anti-gun officials in Australia complained when NRA focused attention on their country`s crime trends after the 1996 gun ban on. But they couldn`t change what their government`s own statistics showed.


	Associated Press Handgun Prediction Premature?
	03/09/00 - Results of a recently released General Accounting Office investigation into the FBI`s implementation and operation of the National Instant Check System--the national database containing records of persons who are disqualified from receiving firearms--point to significant failures of the Clinton-Gore Administration.


	CDC Report Validates NRA Positions On Crime, Gun Safety
	03/09/00 - So-called "one-gun-a-month" laws prohibit law-abiding citizens from purchasing more than one handgun at a time, and impose a 30-day waiting period between single handgun purchases. Supporters of such laws claim that they are needed to prevent criminals in states with relatively unrestrictive gun laws from buying large quantities of handguns for illegal resale in high-crime cities like Washington, D.C., and New York City.


	Gun Laws, Culture, Justice & Crime In Foreign Countries
	02/15/00 -


	The War Against Handguns
	01/27/00 - To decrease the chances of law enforcement officers being feloniously shot with their own guns, the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) funded a "Smart Gun Technology Project" in 1994.


	The Truth About "Campaign For A Progressive Future"
	01/27/00 - The Clinton-Gore-Reno Administration called for more gun laws, while failing to enforce current law.


	Texas RTC Under Attack -- Bush Presidential Bid Real Target
	01/27/00 - "Gun control" advocates seek gun prohibition through incremental, "reasonable" steps. To see how the strategy plays out, consider the example of New York City.


	Licensing And Registration
	01/11/00 - Gun control advocates claim, foreign countries that harshly restrict gun ownership have crime rates much lower than that of the U.S. Even in instances where the claim is true, the anti-gunners ignore important civil rights differences between criminal justice systems.


	To See Where Gun Licensing Leads, Look To England
	11/06/99 - It has long been the practice of anti-gun groups and elements of the media to lump firearm suicides, homicides and accidents--whose causes are separate and distinct, and must be in order to be addressed as such--in order to scare the public with alarming statistics.


	"Armor Piercing Ammunition" & "Plastic Gun" Non-Issues
	10/28/99 - The purchase, sale, possession and transportation of firearms in the United States are regulated by tens of thousands of federal and state laws and local ordinances. Many of these regulations impose greater restrictions upon persons below certain ages, with age cut-offs ranging from as high as 21 years of age to as young as 12.


	Australia`s Gun Ban, Crime & Video Tape
	10/23/99 - Solicitor General Seth P. Waxman issued a letter on Aug. 22, 2000, stating that the Second Amendment does not protect an individual right. The evidence, however, supports a different view.


	GAO Finds Faults With FBI`s NICS Operation
	10/06/99 - Coinciding with a so-called "Gun Safety Day" (9/9/99), the Conference produced a "fact sheet" parrotting anti-gun activist propaganda.


	One Gun A Month: Rationing a Constitutionally-Protected Right
	09/29/99 - Courts have held on at least 20 reported occasions that a restrictive or prohibitive arms law was unconstitutional because it impermissibly infringed the individual right to keep and bear arms.


	NRA`s Friend Of The Court Brief In U.S. V. Emerson
	09/09/99 - D.C., with the highest homicide rate of any major U.S. city, locked up only two criminals for breaking federal gun laws, yet received glowing press coverage for a pointless gun turn-in.


	"Smart" Guns
	07/29/99 -


	More Gun Control, While Prosecutions Plunge
	07/29/99 - NCIPC has demonstrated a continuing and almost vicious sentiment against personal firearms ownership reflected in the lack of objectivity and balance in its work.


	Firearms Registration: New York City`s Lesson
	07/29/99 -


	It`s Not Just Gun Control Laws
	07/29/99 -


	Suicide And Firearms
	07/29/99 - In 1966, Lorain County, Ohio, coroner Dr. Paul Kopsch, Lorain Police Sgt. Daniel Turcus, Jr., and Dr. Kopsch`s special investigator, Donald Ward, began designing special-purpose handgun ammunition for law enforcement agencies` use. The objective was to provide police with handgun ammunition capable of penetrating hard materials such as automobile doors, cinder blocks and walls.


	Age Restrictions On The Purchase And Possession Of Firearms
	07/29/99 - If your right to purchase a handgun can be limited to one per month, what's to stop a limit of one per year, or one per lifetime?


	Contrary Evidence To Waxman Letter
	07/29/99 - "Concealed Carry: The Criminal`s Companion" was an attempt, by a tiny anti-gun group that calls itself the Violence Policy Center (VPC), to derail the RTC movement.


	U.S. Conference Of Mayors: Strong On Dislike Of Guns, Weak On Facts
	07/29/99 - A congressionally-mandated study concluded that taggants or markers in black and smokeless powders were unfeasible and of uncertain value.


	Court Decisions Voiding Restrictive Or Prohibitive Arms Laws
	07/29/99 - Reports by the Departments of Justice and Education show, notwithstanding media-induced perceptions to the contrary, schools are safe.


	The False Hope Of Gun Turn-In Programs
	07/29/99 - Fully-automatic firearms, first introduced in the late 1800s, are those that, after firing a round of ammunition, automatically reload and fire again, performing this sequence repeatedly as long as their triggers are depressed and their ammunition supplies have not been expended.1 By comparison, other types of firearms -- semi-automatic, bolt-action, lever-action, pump-action, single shot, revolver, double-barrel, etc. -- fire only once each time the trigger is pulled.


	Mandatory Storage/Trigger Lock Legislation
	07/28/99 - In addition to federal gun laws imposed by the National Firearms Act (1934), the Gun Control Act (1968), the Firearms Owners' Protection Act (1986) among others, most states and many localities have their own firearm restrictions in place. There are currently more than 20,000 firearms laws in the U.S., clearly more than enough to punish criminals who misuse firearms, but the laws have to be enforced.


	Defunding CDC`s Nat`l Center For Injury Prevention & Control
	07/28/99 - The Gun Control Act (1968) includes provisions governing the importation of firearms. The provisions do not establish criteria for BATF to use in determining a firearm`s eligibility for importation, outside the "sporting purposes" test. However, BATF usually uses these criteria for handguns.


	Federal Court Cases Regarding The Second Amendment
	07/28/99 - By what standard should the Brady Act be judged? Former President Clinton and Handgun Control, Inc., consider the law a success, because it disapproves hundreds of thousands of firearm purchase applications. But does the law prevent crime?


	America`s Founding Fathers On The Individual Right To Keep And Bear Arms
	07/28/99 - T-Shirts being sold in conjunction with an "Earth Day" celebration in California read: "I kill hunters for fun and sport." In the U.S., animal extremists wage terror campaigns aimed at elevating animals to the same status as humans.


	History Of Federal Ammunition Law . . .
	07/16/99 - Answers to some of the most common questions about NICS.


	Rationing Handgun Purchasing Rights
	04/21/99 - They`re not favored by criminals and efforts to prevent their sale impact most upon persons most likely to need them for self-defense.