Federal Firearm Laws

A spate of shootings over the past 24 hours in NSW has lead to calls for both federal leaders to back national uniform gun laws. NSW Greens Senate candidate Lee Rhiannon on Tuesday said it was time for tighter gun control laws, with a ban on semi automatic pistols, following four separate shooting incidents. Source: [...]

Raymore’s politicians have argued since last winter about whether City Council members should be allowed to carry concealed weapons at meetings. On Nov. 2, the people will get their say. Source: nra-ila-updates

Gun rights organizations point to news stories about otherwise decent people who, through a terrible but brief lapse in judgment, have been arrested for domestic violence. The 73 year old woman busted for allegedly slapping her granddaughter for swearing is a popular reference. Presumably her picture wasn’t in legislators’ crosshairs when they established the lifetime [...]

Gov. Deval Patrick says his gun control bill has been hurt by gun lobbyists and may not even get debated. Patrick told reporters Monday that he believes members of the House are “feeling the pressure from the gun lobby” to oppose a bill that would restrict licensed gun owners to purchasing one firearm a month. [...]

Two years after filing a lawsuit that ultimately forced the city to dismantle its 28 year old handgun ban, Otis McDonald walked into a police station Monday and applied for a permit allowing him to keep a gun at home. Source: nra-ila-updates

Tougher laws targeting the sale of high powered air rifles will not stop criminals getting their hands on the weapons, say Taranaki gun dealers. Police Minister Judith Collins announced this month that the Government planned to change the Arms Order to require anyone who bought or owned a pre charged pneumatic (PCP) air rifle to [...]

Tehama County Sheriff Clay Parker didn’t know that he would be named as the lead plaintiff on a suit challenging a new law that would require handgun ammunition buyers to register with the government. Source: nra-ila-updates

The city of Tucson is getting ready for Arizona’s new concealed weapons law by removing some signs, from city parks. The signs being taken down say, “Carry a firearm in this park is limited to persons who possess a permit.” But the city said the new law just makes them obsolete because people will no [...]