Federal Firearm Laws

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Having been approved by the Oregon House, the bill on concealed handgun licenses as public records now rests in the state Senate. There it ought to be speedily approved. The bill would put right-to-carry permits in the same category as driver’s licenses and lots of other public records: They are off limits to public inspection [...]

The proposed ordinance, which was tabled by City Council in October, would require gun owners to notify authorities of lost or stolen handguns within 72 hours. At issue is whether ordinances enacted at local levels pre-empted or superseded state gun laws. The state constitution includes a pre-emption clause prohibiting local governments from creating their own [...]

A House committee in Baton Rouge voted on Tuesday to allow guns on college campuses across the state. The bill now goes to the full House of Representatives. Source: NRA-ILA News

Sen. Tom Coburn, R Okla., sponsored the measure, which he said would protect the Second Amendment rights of law abiding citizens. The amendment allows firearms in parks and wildlife refuges, as long as they are allowed by federal, state and local law. Source: NRA-ILA News

A bill that would allow people to keep their weapons locked inside their car in a parking garage or other parking area passed the Arizona House on Wednesday, the eve of the National Rifle Association’s convention in Phoenix. Source: NRA-ILA News

Mexico provided the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives with serial numbers for less than a third of the weapons that were seized. The National Rifle Association and others contend that various U.S. and Mexican officials have exaggerated the number of U.S. weapons seized in Mexico to push for stricter gun controls in [...]

The 10th Amendment declares, “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.” It inspired the so called Sagebrush Rebellion that swept the West three decades ago, preventing the federal takeover of public lands pushed by [...]

Democrats may enjoy a near-filibuster-proof majority in the Senate, but when it comes to voting on guns, it’s a party divided. In February, 22 two Senate Democrats joined most Republicans to amend a District of Columbia voting rights bill so that it essentially forbids the city from restricting gun ownership. And when a GOP-backed amendment [...]

The Christian Democratic Union and the Social Democrat Party agreed on Tuesday evening to reforms to Germany’s gun laws, which include a controversial ban on war games like paintball or laser tag. Source: NRA-ILA News