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The rush is on to ban private firearm sales at gun shows under the guise of referring to these sales as a “loophole.” Federal law does not currently restrict private firearm transfers between law-abiding citizens whether they take place at home or at a gun show, and NAGR is taking a stand to keep [...] National lawmakers were in Chicago holding a Congressional hearing on proposed gun control legislation today. The Closing the Gun Show Loophole Act would require private sellers at gun shows to perform background checks before selling firearms. Illinois passed a similar law in 2005.-[source] The Office of the Director of National Intelligence has released a warning seemingly aimed at a Washington Post article (to be released July 19th) which would provide an interactive map of government facilities, contractors and other entities involved in Top Secret operations, as well as their relationships to each other, pushing the bounds of intelligence [...] The same six bullets sat in the cylinder of the man’s .38 special for 35 years until he fired four of them at someone who crashed through his bedroom window Wednesday. “I often wondered if I could pick it up and pull the trigger,” the shaken and emotional man said Thursday morning, hours after he gunned [...] Welcome to the surveillance society. That’s what the American Civil Liberties Union concluded Tuesday with a report chronicling government spying and the detention of groups and individuals “for doing little more than peacefully exercising their First Amendment rights.” “Our review of these practices has found that Americans have been put under surveillance or harassed by the police [...] While you’re reading this, a criminal could be logging in to your router and using it as a porn server. He could be using a Bluetooth “sniper rifle” (like the one shown below) to tap into your phone while you chat by the window. He could even physically steal your printer and capture [...] California would keep a permanent record of anyone buying a shotgun or rifle under legislation passed Thursday by the Assembly. The measure would expand state law by adding long-gun buyers to a state Justice Department database that currently can identify only handgun purchasers. Opponents contend the bill is the latest in a long line of bureaucratic hurdles [...] New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s “relaxation” of gun regulations to make them more streamlined in the city is “a lot of flash and very little substance,” the Second Amendment Foundation said today, after carefully studying the new guidelines. “It is clear to us,” said SAF Executive Vice President Alan M. Gottlieb, “that Mayor Bloomberg is trying [...] Today, the Oregon State Police held their first “fee review” meeting to discuss their proposals for fee increases for background checks. As you would expect, gun owners are being asked to subsidize most of the OSP’s budget with fee increases of 100 to 300 percent. The OSP has suggested that gun purchase background check fees go from [...] Two years ago this June the United States Supreme Court said the 2nd Amendment to the Bill of Rights was an individual right to own guns unconnected with service in a militia. Today, in Washington D.C., Los Angeles Policed Department spokeswoman Sandy Jo MacArthur testified before the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs in support [...] |
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