http://www.nraila.org/60http://www.nraila.org/News/Read/InTheNews.aspx?ID=13383Residents in King were fumed over the weekend after a state of emergency declaration restricted the sale of alcohol and the carrying of firearms in vehicles.NRA-ILATue, 09 Feb 2010 09:22:20 GMThttp://www.nraila.org/News/Read/InTheNews.aspx?ID=13382In modern Chicago, decent law-abiding citizens are forbidden to own handguns. As I detailed in my amicus brief in McDonald v. Chicago (pages 39–45), many people find that a handgun is best choice for family defense, especially in urban areas such as Chicago. As the history of the Civil Rights Movement demonstrates, the denial of the constitutional right to own a handgun could endanger other constitutional rights, particularly the rights of community organizers.NRA-ILATue, 09 Feb 2010 09:21:19 GMThttp://www.nraila.org/News/Read/InTheNews.aspx?ID=13381There are still a few places in Texas where loaded concealed weapons are not allowed, but come February 22, strike another 1,200 square miles from the list.NRA-ILATue, 09 Feb 2010 09:20:33 GMThttp://www.nraila.org/News/Read/InTheNews.aspx?ID=13380Lawmakers in firearm friendly Texas are embroiled in a debate over how to make the state Capitol safer: get rid of guns or encourage even more.NRA-ILATue, 09 Feb 2010 09:19:47 GMThttp://www.nraila.org/News/Read/InTheNews.aspx?ID=13379Domenech, executive director of Raptor View Research Institute, was one of hundreds of people to send comments to the Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Commission in what has become a controversial proposal to ban lead shot on state owned wildlife management areas.NRA-ILATue, 09 Feb 2010 09:18:53 GMThttp://www.nraila.org/News/Read/InTheNews.aspx?ID=13378Last fall, then federal public safety minister Peter Van Loan said it was "offensive and inappropriate" that the RCMP had handed over the personal information of gun owners collected by the Canadian Firearms program to a polling agency. Van Loan said gun owners' privacy rights had been abused and, as a result, he filed what seemed to be a well founded complaint to federal privacy commissioner Jennifer Stoddart. NRA-ILATue, 09 Feb 2010 09:17:47 GMThttp://www.nraila.org/News/Read/InTheNews.aspx?ID=13376Committee members had lots of questions for supporters of a bill (LB889) that would change when a person is justified in using deadly force to protect against an intruder in the home, workplace or occupied vehicle. Sen. Mark Christensen of Imperial, a strong gun rights advocate who introduced the bill, said Nebraskans deserve a strong self defense law.NRA-ILAFri, 05 Feb 2010 09:32:21 GMThttp://www.nraila.org/News/Read/InTheNews.aspx?ID=13375In the early 1990's, when the push began in most states to allow citizens to be allowed to carry concealed weapons, those who opposed were fearful of a new wave of bloodbaths in the streets if this were to happen. To nearly everyone's surprise, except for those who were behind the effort, and with only two states still not offering any sort of private concealed carry, violent crime statistics per capita have slowed and in some cases reversed. Proponents of CCW point to the increase in concealed carry as the major reason, while others will say it is because of increased law enforcement, public awareness and general trends. NRA-ILAFri, 05 Feb 2010 09:31:14 GMThttp://www.nraila.org/News/Read/InTheNews.aspx?ID=13374This week, Maine gubernatorial candidate Rosa Scarcelli declared in a written statement that she is the only Democratic candidate in favor of mandatory criminal background checks for the purchase of firearms in Maine. But her Democratic opponents say the law cannot be enforced, and that there are circumstances in which guns should be allowed to be transferred or sold without background checks.NRA-ILAFri, 05 Feb 2010 09:30:10 GMThttp://www.nraila.org/News/Read/InTheNews.aspx?ID=13373Could Georgians soon be able to carry concealed guns anywhere, even college campuses, schools, sports events, even churches? The Georgia legislature could this year change the state concealed firearm law, making it legal for licensed gun owners to carry weapons anywhere except in courthouses, jails, or prisons. NRA-ILAFri, 05 Feb 2010 09:29:29 GMThttp://www.nraila.org/News/Read/InTheNews.aspx?ID=13372Oakland has joined an alliance of other cities in tightening its gun laws after a unanimous vote by the city council. This gun law is similar to what is already on the books in Richmond, Berkeley and San Francisco. It dictates that those who buy bullets would have to provide thumbprints. "What this does is tightens up the records," said Councilmember Jean Quan. "It requires sales of ammunition to have the same kinds of records that we have in the sale of a gun." "It will require a fingerprint when you buy ammunition," said Quan. "It would also require a new store that would like to sell ammunition to store it in a safe place, and to certify and clear its staff for criminal records."NRA-ILAThu, 04 Feb 2010 09:17:34 GMThttp://www.nraila.org/News/Read/InTheNews.aspx?ID=13371Lawmakers heard testimony Wednesday on a proposal to reimpose restrictions on guns within Acadia National Park and along the Appalachian Trail in Maine in response to Congress' controversial decision to lift long standing limits on firearms. NRA-ILAThu, 04 Feb 2010 09:16:40 GMThttp://www.nraila.org/News/Read/InTheNews.aspx?ID=13370A residents’ handbook containing rules and regulations for everyone living in property operated by the Newark Housing Authority was “misleading,” according to Rob Detwiler, who chairs the authority’s Board of Commissioners. A section in the handbook requiring that tenants must “not possess explosives, firearms or flammable material on NHA’s property,” will be removed. NRA-ILAThu, 04 Feb 2010 09:14:46 GMThttp://www.nraila.org/News/Read/InTheNews.aspx?ID=13369The Associated Students of the University of Arizona decided to host a public forum to discuss a resolution for UA to oppose guns on campus after students protested during Wednesday’s meeting. “I honestly, in my heart, feel it is important for the people on this campus to be able to protect themselves,” said Coty McKenzie, a political science junior. “All gun free zones do is allow people who illegally bring guns on campus to harm more people.”NRA-ILAThu, 04 Feb 2010 09:13:59 GMThttp://www.nraila.org/News/Read/InTheNews.aspx?ID=13368This year, the state's Republican governor and a conservative Legislature may continue that tradition by giving Arizonans some of the least restrictive weapons laws in the nation. This session, state lawmakers have proposed more than a dozen bills on expanding rights to carry and use guns and knives. NRA-ILAWed, 03 Feb 2010 09:33:16 GMThttp://www.nraila.org/News/Read/InTheNews.aspx?ID=13367Tomorrow evening at 6:00p.m., the full City Council of Oakland ("OCC") will consider and vote on whether to adopt amendments to three ordinances that impact the rights of lawful gun owners in that city. (See proposed amendments) The aggressive package of amendments is the Legal Community Against Violence's ("LCAV") most recent attempt at pushing its gun ban agenda locally, while pushing the "envelope" of the legal doctrine of preemption as outlined in the Fiscal v. City and County of San Francisco case (which limits the authority of local governments to regulate firearms and ammunition). LCAV's last attempt to push these ordinances was in San Mateo County where they failed, likely as a result of NRA/CRPA litigation threats and the enormous public outcry by pro gun rights supporters. NRA-ILAWed, 03 Feb 2010 09:31:56 GMThttp://www.nraila.org/News/Read/InTheNews.aspx?ID=13366Baltimore's incoming mayor, Stephanie C. Rawlings Blake, pressed Annapolis lawmakers to toughen state gun laws at a packed hearing Tuesday before the House Judiciary Committee.NRA-ILAWed, 03 Feb 2010 09:30:56 GMThttp://www.nraila.org/News/Read/InTheNews.aspx?ID=13365The Second Amendment never sounded so good. In lieu of police layoffs and having fewer officers on Tulsa streets, more people are applying for a concealed carry license. However, the look of students signing up is changing, because more women are enrolling. In the last decade, weapons instructor, Robert Welch says female enrollment has tripled.NRA-ILAWed, 03 Feb 2010 09:30:04 GMThttp://www.nraila.org/News/Read/InTheNews.aspx?ID=13364A House panel on Friday OK'd a bill clarifying that the legal carrier of a concealed weapon may reveal it or mention it in an effort to keep a quarrel from escalating. NRA-ILAMon, 01 Feb 2010 09:44:40 GMThttp://www.nraila.org/News/Read/InTheNews.aspx?ID=13363If you've applied for a gun permit in New London, Norwich or Groton City lately, you know that police have been requiring that you provide three letters of reference. Now those cities' departments will no longer ask for references after it was determined that state law does not call for them. NRA-ILAMon, 01 Feb 2010 09:41:46 GMThttp://www.nraila.org/News/Read/InTheNews.aspx?ID=13362A proposal to allow guns in Indianapolis parks will go before the City County Council Monday, a measure its sponsor admits will be controversial. Current law bans weapons in city parks, but they are permitted in state parks and will soon be allowed in national parks, 6News' Joanna Massee reported.NRA-ILAMon, 01 Feb 2010 09:40:58 GMThttp://www.nraila.org/News/Read/InTheNews.aspx?ID=13361State Sen. Preston Smith (R Rome) filed Senate Bill 342 today to protect legally carrying citizens' gun rights during a state of emergency. Currently, state law grants extraordinary powers to a Georgia governor to suspend or limit the sale, dispensing or transportation of firearms during an emergency. Sen. Smith's bill would repeal that existing statute to remove a governor's power to limit gun rights during an emergency.NRA-ILAMon, 01 Feb 2010 09:40:09 GMThttp://www.nraila.org/News/Read/InTheNews.aspx?ID=13360State constitutional protection of Tennesseans' right to hunt and fish passed unanimously in the Senate Thursday and is on track to go to voters this fall, according to Sen. Doug Jackson, D Dickson. "This is an important day not just for the thousands of sportsmen in Tennessee, but for anyone who supports the protection and conservation of our natural resources," Sen. Jackson said.NRA-ILAMon, 01 Feb 2010 09:39:18 GMThttp://www.nraila.org/News/Read/InTheNews.aspx?ID=13359A group of state legislators and gun-rights advocates wants to make hunting and fishing a constitutional right in Arizona. Rep. Jerry Weiers, R-Glendale, has proposed House Concurrent Resolution 2008. It states that citizens would have a right to "hunt, fish and harvest wildlife" and make public hunting and fishing the "preferred means of managing and controlling wildlife."NRA-ILAMon, 01 Feb 2010 09:38:30 GMThttp://www.nraila.org/News/Read/InTheNews.aspx?ID=13358Virginia's Senate Bill 289, a proposal introduced by Sen. Creigh Deeds, D Bath County, allows the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries to establish a lifetime hunting and fishing license for infants. The primary goal of the license would be to provide residual revenue for the department, which gets no money from Virginia's general fund and which relies on license sales for 65 percent of its revenue.NRA-ILAMon, 01 Feb 2010 09:37:37 GMThttp://www.nraila.org/News/Read/InTheNews.aspx?ID=13357A new grant program dedicated to Vermont's shooting ranges may mean that hunters and recreational shooters will soon have more access to safe places to shoot. Shooting clubs, sportsmen's groups and government agencies involved in operation, improvement or maintenance of shooting ranges, including archery ranges, have until 4:30 p.m. on March 15, 2010 to submit applications for grants from the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department.NRA-ILAMon, 01 Feb 2010 09:36:47 GMThttp://www.nraila.org/News/Read/InTheNews.aspx?ID=13356In the land of Mahatma Gandhi, Indian gun owners are coming out of the shadows for the first time to mobilize, U.S. style, against proposed new curbs on bearing arms.NRA-ILAMon, 01 Feb 2010 09:36:03 GMThttp://www.nraila.org/News/Read/InTheNews.aspx?ID=13355A perennial effort to close the so called "gun show loophole" was shot down in a House subcommittee Thursday evening. The bill would have required prospective buyers to undergo an instant criminal background check before buying a firearm from a private seller at a gun show.NRA-ILAFri, 29 Jan 2010 09:24:31 GMThttp://www.nraila.org/News/Read/InTheNews.aspx?ID=13354State lawmakers are considering of getting rid of one requirement for New Mexicans with concealed carry gun permits. New Mexico grants concealed carry licenses good for four years with the requirement that those with the licenses take a refresher course after two years. Most other states do not require that course.NRA-ILAFri, 29 Jan 2010 09:23:42 GMThttp://www.nraila.org/News/Read/InTheNews.aspx?ID=13353Sen. Greg Brophy, R Wray, has drafted a letter to the Colorado State University Board of Governors opposing the college's unconstitutional gun ban on campus. In the letter, which has bipartisan support, Brophy points out that "no carry criminal safe zones" actually embolden criminals. States that allow citizens to carry concealed weapons see a reduction in crime rates.NRA-ILAFri, 29 Jan 2010 09:22:48 GMT