Federal Firearm Laws

Sixty seven percent (67%) of Americans say city governments do not have the right to prevent citizens from owning handguns, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. Support for stricter gun control laws also has fallen to its lowest level in several years. Source: nra-ila-updates

The Chicago City Council on Friday unanimously passed a tough set of restrictions to control the use, sale and even transport of guns in the city. The approval came four days after the U.S. Supreme Court effectively tossed out Chicago’s longstanding ban on handguns. Mayor Richard M. Daley introduced the gun restrictions Thursday and aldermen [...]

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Each year Sen. John O. Jones has been in Springfield, he has introduced or co-sponsored Right-to-Carry legislation. This January, he intends to introduce legislation again. But this time, because of a Supreme Court decision about Chicago’s gun ban, Jones thinks the legislation may move forward. Source: nra-ila-updates

While the McDonald decision will have the greatest immediate impact in Chicago and Oak Park, both of which had outright bans on handgun ownership, we believe it also should mark the beginning of a new tenor in the gun regulation debate at the state level. For years, the handgun ban in Chicago effectively set the [...]

The past 20 years have seen California’s Legislature enact a wish list for gun control advocates, including “banning” so called “unsafe handguns,” restricting handgun purchases to one per month and a number of expansions and clarifications of the original “assault weapon” legislation. All were touted as must have tools for law enforcement’s crime fighting arsenal. [...]

Some state lawmakers want to loosen Utah’s already liberal gun laws by following the Last Frontier’s example and allowing any legal gun owner to pack a concealed weapon without a permit. Source: nra-ila-updates

Gun advocates can thank two African American men for the significant roles they played in this week’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling that affirmed U.S. citizens’ right to own a gun for self defense wherever they live. Justice Clarence Thomas’ vote in favor of the ruling in McDonald vs. Chicago was steeped in the 14th Amendment [...]

As the number of President Obama’s judicial appointments and nominations continues to grow, it appears pretty clear that he does not care about the individual’s right to self defense. We can tell this by looking at the record of his two Supreme Court picks but also by examining the long list of lower level judicial [...]

Now for the first time, employers cannot stop employees from taking a gun to work as long as the employees have a permit to carry and keep it locked in their cars and out of sight. Gun rights advocates call it a victory for the Second Amendment. Source: nra-ila-updates