Federal Firearm Laws

Source: NRA-ILA Hunting and Conservation Updates

During a recent deer hunt in Southern Maryland, Blaise Higgs killed a doe and then took it to a butcher shop for dressing. After setting aside several pounds of venison for his family, he donated the rest to an organization that helps feed the hungry.
Higgs’s bounty was distributed through Farmers and Hunters Feeding the Hungry, [...]

West Mifflin council has adopted an ordinance regarding the reporting of lost or stolen handguns despite coming under fire from residents of other municipalities urging council not to take such action.
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More than a dozen gun rights advocates spoke out Tuesday against two gun control ordinances proposed by a San Mateo County supervisor.
The first ordinance would impose new regulations on firearms dealers in the unincorporated areas of the county, including a requirement that they be at least 1,500 feet from places such as schools, parks, community [...]

The number of people applying for and receiving permits to carry concealed weapons has risen dramatically throughout the United States during the last two years, and it continues to rise, yet the number of felony killings of police officers has declined just as precipitously over the same period.
Inexplicable? “This is just the type of thing [...]

Last year’s landmark Supreme Court decision in District of Columbia v. Heller definitively settled the fact that the Second Amendment secures an individual right — not a collective one — to keep and bear arms. Yet that ruling applied only to the federal government (which oversees Washington, D.C.). Does the Second Amendment apply against state [...]

Source: NRA-ILA Grassroots Alerts

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