Federal Firearm Laws

The Second Amendment faces a decisive year in 2010. Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. has called for new semi automatic gun bans despite their decade long record of fraud and failure, and despite his own Justice Department’s failure to fully or even half heartedly prosecute federal firearm felonies. Mr. Holder and Secretary of State [...]

Today, the New Jersey Assembly Judiciary Committee voted unanimously 6 to 0 to approve S3104/A4361, which was drafted in response to recommendations put forth by the Firearms Task Force created after the midnight passage of New Jersey’s gun rationing law. Source: nra-ila-updates

Source: NRA-ILA Grassroots Alerts

Source: NRA-ILA Grassroots Alerts

Source: NRA-ILA Hunting and Conservation Updates

Source: NRA-ILA Hunting and Conservation Updates

If there is a bright side to the economic downturn over the past year, it is the fact that participation in hunting and fishing actually has increased. According to several recent leading outdoor research firms, these increases actually may be the result of the economic downturn. Source: nra-ila-updates

The Georgia General Assembly may consider legislation in the upcoming session that would allow those who have concealed carry permits to take their guns into places that are currently off limits, such as churches, school zones, bars and college campuses. The General Assembly passed a bill in 2009 allowing those with concealed carry permits to [...]

Rep. Tim Bearden is once again pushing legislation that would expand the number of places in Georgia gun owners can carry firearms, joining a host of other lawmakers trying to modify the state’s gun laws. Source: nra-ila-updates

Gun control opponents in Virginia’s legislature are proposing what would amount to a vast roll-back of handgun regulations, hoping to capitalize on a friendlier administration in Richmond to undo long-standing firearms restrictions. Conservative lawmakers have filed a flurry of bills including abolishing the state’s one-handgun-per-month rule and allowing college faculty to carry a concealed weapon [...]