Federal Firearm Laws

On Friday, September 11, the California Assembly passed Assembly Bill 962 by a 44-31 vote. AB962 now joins Senate Bill 585 on the desk of Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) where they await his consideration. Source: nra-ila-updates

Chris W. Cox, the NRA’s chief lobbyist, announced this afternoon that the group has endorsed McDonnell for governor and will urge the NRA’s 120,000 Virginia members to vote for the Republican. Source: nra-ila-updates

Source: NRA-ILA Grassroots Alerts

Source: NRA-ILA Hunting and Conservation Updates

Studies show that the programs make only a small dent in the local gun market. Many of the guns that are turned in don’t work. Often, middle aged and elderly people are getting rid of their guns for some quick cash. “It’s highly unlikely that a person who would use guns for violence would turn [...]

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Perhaps Obama isn’t making any speeches about disrupting the lifestyle of rural America these days, but he’s certainly putting people in place to do it for him. The number one candidate for that kind of hit work on sportsmen in the United States is Cass Sunstein. Sunstein is a professor from Harvard University, who formerly [...]

During Wednesday’s extraordinary Supreme Court oral argument in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, some of the more remarkable moments came when Justice John Paul Stevens repeatedly referred, with approval, to a brief filed in the case by the National Rifle Association. Source: nra-ila-updates

The Legislature passed several pieces of legislation Thursday, including restrictions on the sale of ammunition, as it moves into its last day before the deadline to send bills to the governor’s desk. The ammunition measure, AB962, requires that vendors make ammunition accessible to customers only with the assistance of an employee, such as behind the [...]

The days of gun shows at the Cow Palace appear numbered. On a 45-33 vote, the California Assembly on Wednesday passed legislation banning the sale of firearms and ammunition at the state owned entertainment venue. The Assembly’s vote came three months after the state Senate approved the bill, which is expected to head to the [...]