Federal Firearm Laws

The New Jersey Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee unanimously passed A4304 and A4301, while deciding to hold A4308. A4301 is an attempt to comply with the grant eligibility requirements set forth in the NICS Improvement Act. A4304 and A4308 would clarify the original exemption between retail dealers or registered wholesale dealers [...]

The Board of Alderman of the City of St. Robert previously passed an ordinance banning the discharge of any “projectile device” within the city limits. It was previously thought that the ordinance would prohibit the use of a firearm in self-defense, but in a recent conversation with City Attorney Kevin Hillman it was determined [...]

The U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral arguments in the McDonald v. City of Chicago case on Tuesday, March 2, 2010.
Source: nra-ila-updates

Is your name the same as, or similar to, that of someone on the FBI’s “terrorist watchlist?” Or, have you been erroneously placed on the watchlist? You can’t find out because the FBI won’t say exactly why people get watchlisted, won’t say who has been watchlisted, and therefore doesn’t offer watchlisted people the [...]

It must be remembered that Atlanta is Georgia’s largest city and commercial hub. The city therefore carries a lot of influence with the General Assembly and its policies. Atlanta has lobbied against your right to bear arms in the past, when HB 89, decriminalizing the carry of weapons on MARTA was being debated. [...]

A panel of legislators took the first step to exempt licensed gun stores, manufacturers and wholesalers from the state’s pending one-gun-per-month law.
The Assembly Law and Public Safety committee voted 6 0 for the bill, which would specify that those groups are free from limits in buying guns from the public and from each other. The [...]

On November 30, the Bloomington Herald-Times made the following announcement: “This week, HeraldTimesOnline.com will launch its new gun permit database. You’ll be able to search gun permit records by county, city or town and street.” Anyone who visits the newspaper website will be able to search the number of permits on a given street or [...]

Hawai’i residents have registered guns at a record pace for each of the past four years, and appear headed for a new high again this year, preliminary figures show.
Nearly 26,000 firearms — an annual record — were registered with the four county police departments during 2008.
Yearly gun registrations in Hawai’i have marched steadily upward for [...]