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Whether you're traveling interstate, have recently moved, or are a long-time resident, knowing your specific state's gun laws is an important part of gun ownership.

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Monday, February 25, 2008

U.S. considers easing ban on guns in national parks

In a victory for gun-rights advocates, the federal government is preparing to relax a decades-old ban on bringing ...

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Monday, February 25, 2008

Montanans insist on gun rights

Montana officials are warning that if the Supreme Court rules in the D.C. gun ban case that the ...

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Monday, February 25, 2008

Before Banning Guns, Consider Those Behind 2nd Amendment

Picture in your mind the rough-and-tumble individualists who gave birth to this nation, men who had tamed a ...

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Monday, February 25, 2008

Minnesota: Gun debate will return to Capitol

Minnesotans would find it easier to claim self-defense if they shot someone but harder to buy a pistol ...

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Monday, February 25, 2008

Can armed students stop campus gun tragedies?

Nathaniel Sheetz knows he and other Penn State University students are protected by armed campus police. Just the ...

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Monday, February 25, 2008

Gun buybacks a noble idea that always misfires

On February 9, Oakland police, led by state Sen. Don Perata D-Oakland, offered to buy handguns and assault ...

Monday, February 25, 2008

Interior Secretary Kempthorne Testifies At A House Committee On Natural Resources Hearing

Interior Secretary Kempthorne Testifies At A House Committee On Natural Resources Hearing 2/14/08 TRT 12:03

Friday, February 22, 2008

Kennedy Introduces A Handgun Ban In Congress…Again

In 1974, Senator Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) said that the “manufacture and sale of handguns should be terminated. Existing ...

Friday, February 22, 2008

Following The Playbook To A "T"

One week after the shootings at Northern Illinois University, the Violence Policy Center (VPC) reverted to its playbook ...

Friday, February 22, 2008

Mayor Daley Unveils Gun Control Package in Illinois!

In the wake of the recent tragedy at Northern Illinois University, anti-gun extremists in Illinois and across the ...

NRA ILA

Established in 1975, the Institute for Legislative Action (ILA) is the "lobbying" arm of the National Rifle Association of America. ILA is responsible for preserving the right of all law-abiding individuals in the legislative, political, and legal arenas, to purchase, possess and use firearms for legitimate purposes as guaranteed by the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.