Federal Firearm Laws

On Thursday, November 12, the Michigan Senate Committee on Hunting, Fishing and Outdoor Recreation passed Senate Bill 792 and Senate Bill 793. These bills will be heard on the Senate floor in the coming weeks. Source: nra-ila-updates

As a critical Second Amendment case goes before the United States Supreme Court, U.S. Senators Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) and Jon Tester (D-MT), and Congressmen Mike Ross (D-AR) and Mark Souder (R-IN) are gathering signatures for an amicus curiae (“friend of the court”) brief by Members of Congress. And we need your support for this [...]

As we’ve been reporting for months, Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) have introduced S. 941, the “Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Reform and Firearms Modernization Act of 2009” in the U.S. Senate. Representatives Steve King (R-Iowa) and Zack Space (D-Ohio) have introduced a companion bill—H.R. 2296—in [...]

Source: NRA-ILA Grassroots Alerts

Source: NRA-ILA Hunting and Conservation Updates

Keep the champagne corked. It’s far from a done deal yet, but who imagined they’d even get this far without a majority? Mirabile dictu, last Wednesday Tory MP and former police officer Candice Hoeppner’s private member’s bill to abolish Canada’s long gun registry passed second reading in the House of Commons by a vote of [...]

Source: nra-ila-updates

Active members of the Kansas Army and Air National Guard who are Kansas residents may obtain free Kansas hunting and fishing licenses, as well as free state park entrance permits. To receive free licenses and permits, Kansas guardsmen apply through the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks’ (KDWP) Pratt Operations Office. Source: nra-ila-updates

Seven thousand two hundred thirty four. If Chicago is your home, that number tells you something about your city, and police say it’s not necessarily good. As CBS 2′s Kristyn Hartman reports, there have been 7,234 guns recovered or confiscated by Chicago Police so far this year. When you think about it, that’s about one [...]

A binational task force on U.S. Mexico border issues will call Friday on the Obama administration and Congress to reinstate an expired ban on popular semi-automatic firearms. Source: nra-ila-updates