Author: NRA News

Posted: 02.24.10 09:48 AM

Two important pro-gun bills will be up for consideration in the next couple of days.

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Posted: 02.24.10 01:27 AM

Replica guns should be licensed and registered just like the real thing, say safety advocates.The Canada Safety Council has approached police to push for gun replicas to be regulated under the federal Firearms Act, said council president Emile Therien. That would require them to be licensed and registered.

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Posted: 02.24.10 01:29 AM

The Colorado State University Board of Governors voted unanimously Tuesday to place students at both of its campuses in harm’s way with a sweeping weapons ban law abiding citizens will obey and criminals will ignore.Larimer County Sheriff James Alderden, outraged by the ban, told The Gazette’s opinion department he will undermine it in the interest of student safety.

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Posted: 02.24.10 01:30 AM

New Mexicans licensed to carry concealed handguns could soon be sitting right next to you at your favorite restaurant.At Paisano’s Italian restaurant, owner Rick Camuglia is excited about SB40, a bill that allows concealed carry by licensed gun owners into restaurants that serve beer and wine."I think it’s excellent," Camuglia said. "I think that if most of my customers were concealed carry holders, this would be the safest place that you could be in the state of New Mexico."

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Posted: 02.24.10 01:30 AM

A federal law allowing guns in national parks got more resistance from the weather than from the handful of visitors to the Cuyahoga Valley National Park on Monday — the first day for the new rule.

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Posted: 02.24.10 01:32 AM

When President Obama took office, gun rights advocates sounded the alarm, warning that he intended to strip them of their arms and ammunition. And yet the opposite is happening. Mr. Obama has been largely silent on the issue while states are engaged in a new and largely successful push for expanded gun rights, even passing measures that have been rejected in the past.

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Posted: 02.24.10 01:50 AM

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Posted: 02.23.10 09:43 AM

Anti-gun State Representative Michael Paymar (DFL-64B) and State Senator Scott Dibble (DFL-60) have once again introduced legislation that would severely regulate the sale of firearms at gun shows.

Source: http://www.nraila.org/Legislation/Read.aspx?ID=5467

Posted: 02.23.10 05:48 AM

NRA-ILA is happy to report that Governor Jack Markell (D) has signed House Bill 258 into law.

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Posted: 02.23.10 08:20 AM

On Thursday, February 25, Clark County Sheriff Doug Gillespie will be hosting a town hall meeting to unveil his tentative budget for the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department.

Source: http://www.nraila.org/Legislation/Read.aspx?ID=5465

Posted: 02.23.10 09:26 AM

On Wednesday, February 24, the State Senate Courts of Justice Committee will hear four bills of interest to Virginiaâ??s firearm owners; House Bill 8, House Bill 637, House Bill 871 and House Bill 1256.

Source: http://www.nraila.org/Legislation/Read.aspx?ID=5466

Posted: 02.23.10 01:29 AM

It is a truism to say that there are many anti gun ideologues among our educational elites. But few are as honest as Doug Van Gorder — a math teacher at Brockton High School. He admits that he would rather lose a child than exercise his right to defend himself with a gun. In the wake of a recent school shooting, he wrote this in a Letter to the Editor of the Boston Globe.

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Posted: 02.23.10 01:30 AM

A few weeks ago, I linked to a picture of civil rights activist John Salter being attacked by a mob during a lunch counter sit in during the 1960s. I also linked to a newspaper op-ed in which Salter explained how he and other civil rights workers used firearms for protection from Klansmen and other terrorists — when Klansmen knew that a homicide would not be witnessed by the news media. Since that blog post drew great interest from the readers, I thought that some persons might be interested in the longer version of Salter’s history of the role of armed self defense in the Civil Rights Movement.

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Posted: 02.23.10 01:31 AM

The Colorado State University System Board of Governors is expected to vote on whether to ban concealed weapons at its campuses. The board is expected to take a vote Tuesday.

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Posted: 02.23.10 01:32 AM

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Posted: 02.23.10 01:33 AM

A bill to limit local regulation of knives is carving its way through the Arizona legislature. The Senate today passed SB1153, which has is supported by National Rifle Association, Arizona’s NRA affiliate, the Arizona State Rifle and Pistol Association, Arizona Citizens Defense League, Arizona Sportsmen for Wildlife and Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms. Supporters say the measure will help citizens who currently face a patchwork of knife related rules in Arizona’s towns, cities and counties.

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Posted: 02.23.10 01:34 AM

The Wyoming House has advanced a bill that would allow residents to carry concealed guns without a permit provided that they can demonstrate they’re familiar with firearms. The House voted 42 15 on Monday to send House Bill 113 to the Senate.

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Posted: 02.23.10 01:34 AM

Clinton added that the National Rifle Association also played a bigger role than it’s credited in turning over Congress during the 1994 Republican revolution. "They were mad about this whole weapons ban and the Brady Bill, and they probably took 15 of our House members out. That was their number, they said between 15 and 20, and I’d say, at least on the low side, they were right," he said.

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Posted: 02.23.10 01:35 AM

This isn’t the first time people have been able to carry guns in national parks. They were allowed to do so for over two months last year, from January through March, and absolutely no problems were reported.

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Posted: 02.22.10 10:35 AM

The sponsor of two NRA-supported bills has informed us that House Bill 108 and House Bill 109 were reassigned from the Senate Local Government Committee to the Senate Courts of Justice Committee earlier today. No hearing date has been scheduled for either bill. Please continue checking your email and http://www.NRAILA.org for updates.

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