Federal Firearm Laws

Last August, in response to a handful of anti-gun homeowners looking to shut down the Clark County Shooting Park, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) sought public comment on an environmental assessment report that came under fire by the homeowners.
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Last week, the FBI issued its preliminary 2009 crime report, showing that the number of murders in the first half of 2009 decreased 10 percent compared to the first half of 2008.
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While other industries have suffered massive losses during recession ravaged 2009, the firearms business seems to have had one of its best years in recent memory.
Concerns about personal safety in a crippled economy and worries that Washington, D.C. democrats would limit firearms sales prompted a gun buying frenzy this year, local and national industry insiders [...]

With just two days left in the year, according to preliminary numbers from the police department, the District has had 138 homicides compared with 184 at the same time last year, setting up the city to record the lowest number of homicides since 1964, when 132 were reported killed.
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A state legislator from Norman says Oklahomans should be able to buy guns a few days each year without paying taxes on them.
State Sen. John Sparks, a Democrat, is proposing legislation that he says would set up a “Second Amendment Weekend.” If fellow lawmakers approve the measure and becomes law, all rifles, handguns and shotguns [...]

Georgia lawmakers could consider vast changes to the state’s firearm laws, including a push to allow gun owners with permits to carry their concealed weapons at a range of new areas, from churches to school zones to college campuses.
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California regulators have approved far fewer semi automatic pistols for sale in the wake of a state law that required new safety devices in 2006 and 2007.
Now, with a new bullet stamping law scheduled to take effect in 2010, the gun industry predicts it will introduce even fewer new models in California rather than install [...]

On Tuesday, December 29, the Rhinebeck Town Board passed a comprehensive zoning plan, which includes provisions that will have a negative impact on local shooting ranges. The new plan goes into effect immediately.
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The Clark County Shooting Park has been the target of a lawsuit by a handful of anti-gun homeowners intending to close this major shooting facility north of Decatur Boulevard in Las Vegas. The Shooting Park was established by federal legislation in November 2003 by transferring nearly 3,000 acres of land from the Bureau of [...]

The Sacramento Bee today reports that Sacramento’s City Council has voted to join other cities arguing in support of Chicago’s right to regulate the posssesion and use of firearms.
Other cities invited to file briefs supporting Chicago include Baltimore, Cleveland, Los Angeles, and Philadelphia.
Sacramento City councilman Kevin McCarty, who supports the city’s involvement in the case, [...]