Federal Firearm Laws

As we reported last week, Senate Bill 928, North Carolina’s “Castle Doctrine” bill, is currently stalled in the House Judiciary I Committee. House Bill 473, which would allow magistrates with a Right-to-Carry permit to carry concealed firearms into courthouses while on official business, is awaiting consideration in the House. Finally, House Bill 1132, legislation dealing [...]

As anticipated, Tennessee counties and municipalities have started to opt-out of the park carry law passed by the Tennessee General Assembly during the 2009 session. Please contact your local officials and respectfully ask them not to create a confusing patchwork of laws that will close off local parks to law-abiding permit holders, who simply wish [...]

Today, June 26, marks the one-year anniversary of the landmark D.C. v. Heller case, in which the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Washington, D.C.’s handgun ban and affirmed that the Second Amendment protects an individual right. The Court ruled that the Second Amendment protects “the individual right to possess and carry weapons in case of [...]

Last month we reported on the arming of merchant mariners to allow them to defend their crews and ships from pirate attacks. We noted that, with the increase in pirate attacks on the high seas, many are now realizing that firearms and armed citizens can be as effective a criminal deterrent at sea, as they [...]

Source: NRA-ILA Grassroots Alerts

Source: NRA-ILA Grassroots Alerts

Source: NRA-ILA Hunting and Conservation Updates

Source: NRA-ILA Hunting and Conservation Updates

Senate Republicans on Tuesday unveiled a new narrative ahead of Sonia Sotomayor’s confirmation hearings, questioning her commitment to constitutional guarantees on the right to keep and bear arms. Source: nra-ila-updates

The Obama administration wants to expand the 50 year old ban on importing “switchblades” to include folding knives that can be opened with one hand, stirring fears the government may on the path to outlawing most pocket knives. Critics, including U.S. knife manufacturers and collectors, the National Rifle Association, sportsmen’s groups and a bipartisan group [...]