Federal Firearm Laws

Under new legislation, all gun owners are required to invest a huge amount of time, satisfying complex and confusing red tape requirements, according to IFA countryside chairman David Wilkinson. He called on the justice minister to rethink the newly introduced licensing system for firearms. Source: nra-ila-updates

The record pace of requests for concealed weapon permits has slowed significantly in Oklahoma, but authorities say the number is still well above average compared with this time last year. Source: nra-ila-updates

You cannot legally buy a handgun in Chicago, yet the city is the nation’s most murderous city. You can own one, but only if you’ve owned it since before 1982, and it’s registered every year with the Chicago Police Department. Gun control advocates and gun rights advocates don’t or can’t agree on how a city [...]

The Philippine National Police is urging firearm holders in the province to avail of the final general Firearms Amnesty Program of the government in order to avoid hassles and inconveniences in the future. A PNP spokesman Chief Inspector Rico Santotome Jr. said as of this time, the turnout for the processing of unregistered and unrenewed [...]

Gov. Pat Quinn signed a bill Wednesday introduced by Rep. John Bradley, D Marion, which is intended to protect the right to bear arms. The bill reaffirms that it is legal to posses a firearm in one’s own home or on another person’s land with permission. Source: nra-ila-updates

The number of concealed weapons permits issued in San Bernardino County has skyrocketed, soaring seven fold from last year’s pace, according to San Bernardino County Sheriff’s data. For all of 2008, the Sheriff’s Department issued 646 concealed weapons permits. But in the first half of this year, the department issued 2,358 permits — a 730 [...]

Pittsburgh’s short lived ban on assault weapons, quashed by the General Assembly in 1994, is still on the city’s books, and it may get new life under legislation driven by next month’s G-20 summit. Source: nra-ila-updates

On Wednesday, August 26, Governor Bev Perdue (D) signed House Bill 473 into law. This new law will permit magistrates with a Right-to-Carry permit, and with some additional training, to carry concealed firearms into courthouses while on official business. Source: nra-ila-updates

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg (I) has one less anti-gun thug in his posse. Source: nra-ila-updates

The British Medical Association (BMA) and Association of Chief Police Officers have discussed ways in which doctors can be made aware of patients who own firearms. The BMA’s plan to “tag” or highlight the medical records of patients who have shotgun or firearms licenses have received a mixed reaction. Source: nra-ila-updates