April 6, 2002
A group of anti-gun lawmakers and gun-ban advocates held a sparsely-attended press conference on March 20 to promote another attack on gun shows, but this effort also included a curious...
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April 6, 2002
Two letters—one carrying the signatures of 16 U.S. Senators, the other bearing the signatures of 24 U.S. Representatives—have been sent to Department of Defense (DoD) Secretary Donald...
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March 29, 2002
Sarah Brady, Chair of the gun-ban lobby formerly known as HCI, apparently broke no law when, as revealed in her recently released book, she bought a hunting rifle at a Delaware gun...
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March 29, 2002
Boston became the first city to voluntarily abandon its baseless, reckless lawsuit against the firearm industry on Wednesday. The Dow Jones International News reported on Thursday that...
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March 29, 2002
Hours after campaign finance "reform"—officially known as the "Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act" (BCRA)—was signed into law on Wednesday, NRA made good on its promise to launch a legal...
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March 22, 2002
Congress is scheduled to go on break for its Spring District Work Period from March 25 until April 5. Please contact your lawmakers` district offices and ask if or when they plan to...
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March 22, 2002
In an opinion handed down on Wednesday, the Florida Court of Appeal for the 3rd District found the trigger-lock ordinance of the City of South Miami "null and void" under Florida`s...
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March 22, 2002
On March 6, the House Resources Committee, Chaired by U.S. Representative James Hansen (R-Utah), heard testimony on the scandal surrounding the National Lynx Study—a study tainted by...
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March 22, 2002
On Wednesday, the U.S. Senate joined the House in assaulting free speech when it passed H.R. 2356—the Shays-Meehan Campaign Finance "Reform" bill—on a vote of 60-40. Congressional...
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March 2, 2002
This week has seen a great deal of discussion on the Internet and via e-mail regarding the Dell Computer Corporation. It all started when the president of the American Pistolsmiths...
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March 2, 2002
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March 1, 2002
On Thursday, the House Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service and General Government held its oversight hearing on the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms...
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February 22, 2002
It has always been clear to the pro-Second Amendment community that the attacks on gun shows are merely the first step in an orchestrated effort to outlaw all private transfers of firearms—including...
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February 22, 2002
When the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (BATF) decided that it needed to change the forms individuals must fill out when they purchase a firearm from a Federal Firearms Licensee...
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February 15, 2002
H.R. 2037—the bill introduced by U.S. Representatives Cliff Stearns (R-Fla.) and Chris John (D-La.) that would shield the firearm industry from politically motivated lawsuits seeking...
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February 15, 2002
On Wednesday, U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft announced a number of new steps that will be taken to improve the efficiency of the National Instant Check System (NICS). Designed...
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February 15, 2002
After more than 15 hours of intense, often rancorous debate, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 2356—the Shays-Meehan Campaign Finance "Reform" bill—on a vote of 240-189....
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February 14, 2002
Yesterday, we alerted you concerning the debate on so-called campaign finance "reform" -- H.R. 2356. Here’s how the debate turned out:The NRA-supported Pickering Amendment, which would...
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February 1, 2002
The McCain-Feingold/Shays-Meehan campaign finance "reform" bills (S. 27 and H.R. 2356, respectively) are poised for action in the very near future. Last week, proponents of the House...
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January 26, 2002
The anti-gun lobbying group called "Americans for Gun Safety" (AGS) unveiled its latest attack on gun shows and the truth this week in an ad it ran in Roll Call, a Capitol Hill newspaper....
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January 25, 2002
This week, proponents of the McCain-Feingold/Shays-Meehan campaign finance "reform" effort (S. 27 and H.R. 2356, respectively) attained the 218 signatures needed on their discharge...
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January 18, 2002
With many hunters’ and sportsmen’s penchant for SUVs to reach their favorite hunting spots, a recent television commercial aired by Jeep (a subsidiary of DaimlerChrysler) raised the...
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January 18, 2002
With passage by Congress of the "Aviation Security Act," the move to allow properly trained commercial pilots, co-pilots, and flight engineers to carry firearms aboard commercial airplanes...
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January 11, 2002
Representative Nancy Pelosi (D-Cal.), the incoming Democratic Whip in the U.S. House of Representatives, has hired a new communications director. The January 7 edition of "Roll Call"...
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January 11, 2002
As reported in last week`s FAX Alert, an appellate court in Illinois allowed a reckless lawsuit against various gun manufacturers and distributors to proceed under the theory that the...
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January 4, 2002
As reported by the New York Times (Jan. 3) and other media outlets, on Monday, an appellate court in Illinois upheld a reckless lawsuit against various gun manufacturers and distributors,...
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December 21, 2001
The gun-ban lobby formerly known as HCI is continuing its despicable tactic of exploiting our nation`s concerns over terrorism in order to further their attacks on our Right to Keep...
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December 21, 2001
When the American Medical Association`s (AMA) president, Dr. Richard Corlin, launched his presidency in June 2001, his inaugural address included the pronouncement that the nation`s...
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December 21, 2001
H.R. 2037, the NRA-supported reckless lawsuit preemption bill introduced by U.S. Representatives Cliff Stearns (R-Fla.) and Chris John (D-La.), now has 203 cosponsors. This legislation...
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December 15, 2001
Exploiting the media frenzy over terrorism, U.S. Senators Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.) have introduced S. 1788, legislation that seeks to eviscerate the federal...
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December 15, 2001
Thanks in large part to the efforts of U.S. Representative Bob Stump (R-Ariz.), the House Armed Services Committee Chair, Section 1062 of S. 1438, the "National Defense Authorization...
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December 14, 2001
President Bush (R) has asked the Republican National Committee (RNC) to select former Montana Governor Marc Racicot (R) to be the new RNC Chairman. Racicot, who received the NRA-PVF...
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December 7, 2001
Once again, shameless gun-ban extremists are using the specter of terrorism to promote their anti-gun agenda. The gun-ban lobby formally known as HCI and the obscure gun-ban organization...
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December 7, 2001
Anti-gun extremists continue to exploit legitimate fears over terrorism in the wake of the September 11 attacks by promoting their illegitimate attacks on America`s traditional and...
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November 22, 2001
The anti-gun organization that calls itself "Americans for Gun Safety" (AGS)—in spite of the fact that it has zero Americans for members, and nothing to do with gun safety programs—is...
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November 9, 2001
Several U.S. Representatives have announced they will be hosting town hall meetings, or attending other public events, over this Veterans Day weekend. Please take the time to contact...
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November 2, 2001
On Tuesday, outgoing Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) Chairman Ann Brown, a Clinton appointee who has bragged to the Washington Post that she "like[s] to be on TV," orchestrated...
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November 2, 2001
Although the courts continue to throw out the reckless lawsuits designed to bankrupt law-abiding firearms manufacturers, the threat of these suits remains extremely high. And while...
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October 23, 2001
CLINTON APPOINTEE TAKES DANGEROUS PARTING SHOT
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) Chairman Ann Brown, one of the remaining holdovers from the Clinton Administration, has...
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