Federal Firearm Laws

Two years after California passed a novel law requiring the next generation of semiautomatic handguns to leave a microscopic identifying code on shell casings, the controversial technology appears no closer to being introduced here or anywhere else. California Attorney General Jerry Brown has not certified the law, which is required before it can take effect [...]

Is it safe to go back to the restaurants? Has the smoke cleared? It’s almost been almost a month since the law allowing gun carry permit holders to carry in bars and restaurants if they’re not drinking, and I haven’t heard of even one violent incident. Have you? Source: nra-ila-updates

Collierville is set to join other Tennessee communities on Monday night in deciding whether people with permits to carry concealed handguns can pack them in town parks. On Sept. 1, a new state law will allow handgun carry permit holders to take their guns with them in municipal parks and on trails unless local officials [...]

Florida gun owners are grabbing up concealed weapons permits at a record pace. It might be concern for President Obama’s record on guns, or fear that a bad economy will cause crime to rise or reaction to last year’s guns at work law. Or maybe a combination of all three is behind the rapid rise [...]

While the national debate about the right to bear arms most likely won’t be resolved anytime soon, one thing is certain: Livingston County residents believe in exercising their Second Amendment rights. The county has issued 1,200 gun permits — both new and renewed — since January, which is nearly triple the 445 issued for the [...]