Federal Firearm Laws

Source: NRA-ILA Hunting and Conservation Updates

Source: NRA-ILA Hunting and Conservation Updates

Source: NRA-ILA Hunting and Conservation Updates

The rule banning firearms in Seattle parks was tossed out Friday by King County Superior Court Judge Catherine Shaffer, who said the city cannot pre empt state law. Source: nra-ila-updates

Colorado State could join most public universities in the U.S. by banning concealed weapons when it meets again next week in Pueblo. The Board of Governors asked leaders at both schools in December to draft a proposed ban, following a request by Ft. Collins teachers in November of 2008 that administrators consider such a ban. [...]

Officials at Oklahoma’s national parks and refuges are preparing for controversial new measures, sponsored by U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn, that let visitors carry loaded guns. Approved last year as an amendment to a major credit card reform bill, the provisions by the Oklahoma Republican take effect Feb. 22. “The law kicked up a little bit [...]

The House of Delegates advanced legislation Monday that would repeal the state’s one-handgun-per-month condition. On a voice vote, the House took another step toward approving the repeal of Virginia’s limit on handgun purchases. The one-handgun-per-month law, passed in 1993, was a signature initiative of former Gov. Douglas Wilder. Source: nra-ila-updates

The gun grabbers are at it again in Maryland. Next month, the state’s House Judiciary Committee will initiate hearings on legislation forcing firearms enthusiasts to register with the state government before they can exercise their Second Amendment rights. Source: nra-ila-updates

An ordinance banning firearms in Battle Creek city parks is getting reworked because it goes against state law. Michigan prohibits local governments from regulating firearms possession except in certain instances, but Battle Creek has for decades had an ordinance on the books that prohibited carrying a gun into a park. Source: nra-ila-updates

West Virginia has a message for Mayor Bloomberg: Don’t come ’round here to buy our guns. A legislator there wants to ban the type of undercover stings that Bloomberg has used to showcase illegal gun sales in other states and throw the mayor’s investigators in jail if necessary. Source: nra-ila-updates