Federal Firearm Laws

According to the latest proposals contained in the National Policy on Small Arms and Light Weapons, no one will be allowed to own an AK 47 rifle, a G3 or “any automatic or semi automatic self loading military assault rifle of any other calibre”. Anyone found guilty of having one will be hanged. Source: nra-ila-updates

In an effort to make sure children are kept as safe as possible from accidental shootings, Officer Donnelly applied for a grant sponsored by the National Rifle Association. Through the Eddie Eagle gun safety program, Donnelly’s goal was to bring a message to about 450 children in kindergarten through third grades by Oct. 14. Source: [...]

Montana’s Congressman, Denny Rehberg, has joined the bipartisan Second Amendment Task Force (SATF). Members of this group act as a unified and proactive force to promote legislation that protects the Second Amendment and to fight legislation that poses a threat to citizens’ Constitutional right to keep and bear arms. Source: nra-ila-updates

TO THE EDITORS: Your article, “Akron mayor resents being target of NRA” (9/19), contains some bogus claims that warrant a response. We appreciate Mayor John McBeth publicly resigning from Mayors Against Illegal Guns. However, Mayor McBeth is ill informed to believe that MAIG has “no objection whatsoever to a legal gun owner.” Source: nra-ila-updates

The 14th Amendment, approved in the wake of the Civil War, declared that “no State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens,” who include “all persons born or naturalized in the United States.” Just four years after the amendment was ratified, however, the Supreme Court interpreted the [...]

You are invited to attend the 2009 Buckeye Bash hosted by the Buckeye Firearms Foundation on Saturday, October 17. Source: nra-ila-updates

Florida officials say qualified individuals can shorten the time it takes to get a Right-to-Carry permit by visiting one of eight licensing division regional offices. Source: nra-ila-updates

In the Windy City, men like Otis McDonald, a 76 year old retiree, tell stories of being prisoners in their own homes: unable to defend either their property or their lives because they are denied access to the very tool our Founders believed belonged in the hands of all “free men.” That tool is a [...]

Michael Bloomberg’s Mayors Against Illegal Guns — a group boasting some 450 members including Seattle’s lame duck Mayor Greg Nickels — has petitioned President Barack Obama to adopt several alleged “reforms” MAIG is pushing that sound suspiciously like a federal crackdown on gun shows. Source: nra-ila-updates