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Monday, December 3, 2012

Michigan handgun sales: Permit to purchase rule may be tossed

The bill, which has passed the state House and is expected to be voted on in the Senate ...

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Monday, December 3, 2012

Rep. Peterson and Sen. Moore to file legislation on Mass. Firearm licensing

For many months lawful gun owners who have been steadfastly attempting to comply with the Massachusetts gun laws ...

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Monday, December 3, 2012

Canada: Liberal leader calls long-gun registry 'a failure'

Liberal leadership candidate Justin Trudeau called the long gun registry "a failure," during a campaign stop in the ...

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Tuesday, November 20, 2012

National German gun registry on target for launch

The German government plans to launch its complete registry of legal gun owners at the beginning of next ...

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Friday, November 16, 2012

Canada: Toews never issued press release on feds' destruction of long gun registry, so gun advocates broke news

When Public Safety Minister Vic Toews disclosed early this month that the federal government's promise to destroy millions ...

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Tuesday, November 13, 2012

New York: More in Hudson Valley get handgun permits

In the six Hudson Valley counties north of New York City, 14,293 people received handgun permits in the ...

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Monday, November 5, 2012

Canada: Long gun data finally, finally gone; Conservatives can now tackle Firearms Act

On Thursday night, a spokesperson for Public Safety Minister Vic Toews confirmed that the last of the data ...

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Friday, November 2, 2012

Number of gun licenses in Mass. shoots up

The number of people getting gun licenses in Massachusetts is on the rise.That's no surprise to the Mass ...

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Friday, November 2, 2012

Canada: Government quietly confirms that gun registry data has been destroyed

The federal government says millions of records of registered long guns have all been destroyed, with the exception ...

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Thursday, November 1, 2012

Illinois: Preckwinkle backs off bullet tax

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle on Wednesday dropped plans for a 5 cent bullet tax but still ...

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