Federal Firearm Laws

The Harper government, while conceding the “die is cast” in a vote to keep the long gun registry, is firmly standing its ground to dismantle it, with the prime minister heading to the hometown of undecided MPs and a senior cabinet minister blaming “Toronto elites” for the push to save the database. Source: nra-ila-updates

For the past two weeks, the state Driver and Motor Vehicle Services has been distributing signs prohibiting firearms to all of its 64 field offices across Oregon. Source: nra-ila-updates

This November, Kansans will have the opportunity to vote for a ballot initiative which will add a provision to the state constitution protecting the right to keep and bear arms. Source: nra-ila-updates

To no one’s surprise, Rick Perry scored the critical endorsements Thursday of the National Rifle Association and the Texas State Rifle Association at a Dallas gun store. Source: nra-ila-updates

Last week, we reported that on Tuesday, September 14, the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee would hold a hearing on reforming current regulation of commerce in firearms by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE). Source: nra-ila-updates

On Sept. 15, the U.S. House Veterans Affairs Committee passed an amendment by Rep. John Boozman (R-Ark.) to provide individuals receiving veterans’ benefits with added protection against loss of the right to possess firearms due to mental health decisions. Source: nra-ila-updates

Speaking of Brady Campaign’s Paul Helmke and Dennis Henigan, we wouldn’t want them losing their grip and falling off the far left edge of the planet. Source: nra-ila-updates

Paul Helmke and Dennis Henigan — spokesmen for the beleaguered Brady Campaign these days — are old enough to know what a phonograph record is, so for their benefit we’ll put it this way: At the risk of sounding like a “broken record,” gun ownership has risen to an all-time high, and violent crime has [...]

About 4,000 fewer people are expected to apply for concealed firearm permits in Utah this year. That’s not true in Summit County, where numbers continue to rise. Source: nra-ila-updates

A Portland City Councilor is hoping to spur the Maine Legislature towards creating more limits on where people can carry firearms in the state. Dan Skolnik plans to chair two public hearings over the next two months. He’d like to see firearms banned at places like the Cumberland County Civic Center, City Hall and the [...]