Federal Firearm Laws

Responding to a grassroots outcry from gun owners, the Environmental Protection Agency today announced that it has denied a petition by the Center for Biological Diversity and other radical groups that had sought to ban the use of lead in ammunition. Source: nra-ila-updates

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Portland Mayor Sam Adams, a self-described “founding member” of the anti-Second Amendment group Mayors Against Illegal Guns, is circulating a 12-page draft city gun control plan, the likes of which Oregonians haven’t seen since the days of former mayor and gun ban advocate Vera Katz. Source: nra-ila-updates

Seventeen year old home school student Julia Parker, of Merrimack, has grown up learning the importance of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights — especially the right to bear arms. “Our parents have always tried to give us that love of the Constitution to help us understand so we can be forces for good [...]

After the passage of constitutional carry in Arizona, gun ranges and stores have seen a rise in sales. Source: nra-ila-updates

On August 24, 2010, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, in the case of Millender v. County of Los Angeles, et al. (07-55518), affirmed that a search warrant requesting the seizure of “all handguns, rifles or shotguns of any caliber, or any firearms capable of firing ammunition…” was unlawful, when the deputies who sought the [...]

Source: NRA-ILA Hunting and Conservation Updates

When Bill c-391, an act to repeal the long gun registry, came to a vote on second reading last November, it was passed by a count of 164 137. Those 164 votes in favor included 143 Conservatives, 12 New Democrats, eight Liberals and one independent. C-391 is now due to return to the House for [...]

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Montana’s top wildlife official confirmed today that his agency will appeal the recent district court ruling that returned the region’s recovered wolves to the federal endangered species list. Source: nra-ila-updates