Federal Firearm Laws

Yesterday, Friday, February 26, the Joint Standing Committee on Criminal Justice voted 7-5 to reconsider LD1737 with an amendment that would allow permit holders and law enforcement officials to carry concealed firearms in Acadia National Park. This amended version is a critical step forward in assuring the right of self-defense for the law abiding. Source: [...]

Two bills of importance to sportsmen in the Constitution State are currently awaiting consideration by the Environment Committee. Source: nra-ila-updates

Two bills of importance to sportsmen in the Constitution State are currently awaiting consideration by the Environment Committee. Source: nra-ila-updates

Yesterday, the Alabama Senate passed Senate Bill 360 by a vote of 26 to 2. The bill now heads to the House where it awaits a committee assignment. A special word of thanks to State Senator Roger Bedford (D-6), the bill’s sponsor, for his tireless efforts to pass this important piece of legislation. Source: nra-ila-updates

As we reported last month, on Monday, January 25, the U.S. Supreme Court granted NRA’s motion to allow it to participate in the upcoming oral argument in the landmark McDonald v. City of Chicago case. Source: nra-ila-updates

A number of anti-freedom bills have been proposed in Albany. Source: nra-ila-updates

On February 22, a new law took effect that applied state firearms laws to national parks and wildlife refuges across America. Source: nra-ila-updates

As we have reported, the House Fish, Wildlife Water Resources Committee is currently considering H. 484, legislation that could potentially ban the sale and use of virtually all ammunition in Vermont. Source: nra-ila-updates

As we have reported, the Colorado State University (CSU) System Board of Governors drafted a proposal that would prohibit firearms on all CSU campuses with exemptions for law enforcement, military and the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC). Source: nra-ila-updates

HB-651 by Rep. David Rivera (R) is scheduled for a hearing in the House Full Appropriations Council on Education Economic Development on Tuesday, March 2, 2010. Source: nra-ila-updates