Federal Firearm Laws

There’s a video on YouTube by Citizens for Safety featuring James Mathes and a young woman attempting to dupe the public into believing they are speaking on behalf of all hunters and gun owners. Mathes says he’s the hunter and gun owner and the woman says she’s a gun owner and that they are in [...]

The National Rifle Association is in the process of educating the next generation of gun rights advocates, taking their message directly into the belly of academia with their campus initiative, NRA University, or NRA U for short. Source: nra-ila-updates

Thomasson is unhappy with the Supreme Court because of Justice Alito’s opinion in the recent McDonald case, in which the court ruled that the Chicago law forbidding handguns in the home was unconstitutional. Thomasson claims that the National Rifle Association “disdains to bring sanity into the gun debate.” Really? I retired from the legal office [...]

People walking the streets armed with guns must be dangerous, right? The Brady Campaign and the Violence Policy Center keep claiming that even those individuals who have legally obtained permits to carry concealed handguns are extremely dangerous. With millions of Americans already having been issued such permits from the various states, this is an important [...]

In less than a week, Arizona residents will be allowed to carry a gun in their pocket or purse without needing paperwork to do so. Senate Bill 1108, which allows people to carry concealed guns with no permit takes effect on July 29. Source: nra-ila-updates

The United Nations is holding secret closed meetings to work out a global arms trade treaty. The agreement, which could be finished by 2012, is a threat to Americans’ Second and First Amendment rights. Source: nra-ila-updates

The Sporting Shooters’ Association is frustrated laws around high powered rifles are to become tougher, saying it will do nothing to curb violent crime. Police Minister Judith Collins announced today she plans to seek cabinet approval for a new law so that would mean people must have a firearms licence to own or possess a [...]