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| Click Here for News Relating To McDonald v. Chicago News stories and press releases on the oral arguments before the Supreme Court in the McDonald v. City of Chicago case. |
| Illinois: Gun advocates push for concealed carry Advocates may have a shot at seeing legislation pass allowing Illinois residents to carry concealed firearms. Almost 8,000 people marched to the State Capitol in Springfield on Wednesday, which was Illinois Gun Owners Lobby Day. |
| Maryland: Several gun control bills proposed The House and Senate heard nearly two dozen gun related measures in Annapolis on Thursday. Supporters of the Second Amendment right to bear arms are crying conspiracy. They claim committee chairmen in both the House and Senate decided to hold hearings on gun legislation on the same day and at the same time to divide and conquer their opposition. They are particularly concerned with bills that tighten the rules for the sale and transfer of fire arms. |
| The New York Times vs. Virginia gun rights If you want to know how obsessed The New York Times is with gun control in Virginia, take a look at the Web version of its story on John Patrick Bedell, the ill fated Pentagon shooter. In one of its first stories on the subject, the writers shoe horned the gun control issue into it to no seeming purpose. Of course, the Times did have a purpose: slapping the backward yahoos down South. |
| Canada: Long-gun registry must end As many Canadians are aware, there has been a long debate over the registration of long guns, and strong opposition to the previous Liberal government's long gun registry. This opposition grew when the auditor general reported the costs of the Liberal program had reached at least $1 billion. That's why last May I introduced Bill C 391 to end the long gun registry. The bill passed second reading in the House of Commons. |
| Germany: President calls for stricter gun control German President Horst Koehler on Thursday said Germany's gun laws were still too lenient. "Both houses of parliament and the governments of all German states must bring the process of toughening our gun laws forward," |
| The NRA outshoots Obama The National Rifle Association has a higher mean approval rating among likely voters than Barack Obama. This and other fascinating facts emerged from the Democracy Corps/Third Way national security survey released this week. |
| Registering guns in Maryland Maryland politicians should be focusing on the state's budget crisis. Instead, some lawmakers are wasting the remaining days of the legislative session to pass more gun control laws. These efforts to limit freedom should be shot down. |
| Right-to-Carry in Starbucks If you want to have a nice, relaxing cup of coffee in a safe environment, try Starbucks. The coffee shop chain, generally known for environmentalist chic, is probably one of the safest places to hang out these days for a reason that doesn't fit its image Starbucks is letting customers openly carry guns in its stores. Americans thus can enjoy their rights and wash them down with a Frappuccino. |
| Tennessee: Right-to-Carry in restaurants passes first hurdle A new attempt to let handgun permit holders take their weapons into establishments selling alcohol easily cleared its first legislative hurdle Wednesday over objections from a group representing restaurants. The bill (HB3125) is intended to remove objections to a law approved last year that was subsequently struck down by a Nashville judge as too vague. Sponsor Rep. Curry Todd, R Collierville, makes it clear that guns are allowed in all establishments serving alcohol unless every entrance is posted by the owner with a sign prohibiting them. |
| Minnesota: Bill banning private sales at gun shows defeated A proposal to require background checks on all persons buying firearms at gun shows in Minnesota failed to clear its first hurdle Wednesday before a House committee. The House Crime Victims and Criminal Records panel defeated the proposal by a 5 to 3 vote, leaving the legislation's future in doubt. |
| Ohio: Battle over preemption law in State Supreme Court If Cleveland had its way, every gun in the city would have to be registered, no one would carry a weapon openly and popular semi-autos would be banned. All three of those rules, however -- and there are others the city would like to impose -- run contrary to an Ohio gun law that took effect three years ago establishing one set of firearm rules for everyone from Lake Erie down to the Ohio River. |
| Massachusetts: State Supreme Court upholds trigger-lock law In a case that drew attention from the Gun Owners Action League and the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, the Supreme Judicial Court yesterday upheld a state law requiring trigger locks on guns kept in people's homes. |
| Pennsylvania: Albion rescinds gun ban on borough property Borough officials have shelved a gun policy that got some people up in arms. Albion Borough Council voted 6 to 1 during a study session on Tuesday night to rescind a policy, adopted on Jan. 28, which barred people from carrying firearms onto some borough property. |
| Governor Bill Richardson Signs Vital Self-Defense Legislation |
| Marion Hammer: Only fair to protect Florida gun trust fund For years, legislators fought gun owners over funding a statewide licensing program that would provide uniformity and fairness to gun owners. Legislators didn't want taxpayers to fund a gun program. Gun owners are taxpayers, too, and wanted to use tax dollars. |
| Illinois: Right-to-Carry measure gets early approval in Illinois For the second time in a week, a House panel dominated by downstate lawmakers signaled its approval of a law allowing Illinoisans to carry concealed weapons. The House Agriculture Committee voted 11-2 to endorse the proposed law, which is sponsored by state Rep. Brandon Phelps, D Harrisburg. |
| Georgia: Right-to-Carry law approved by Senate committee A new Georgia law could allow people with Right-to-Carry permits to take firearms onto college campuses and in churches and bars. |
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