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 Sheriff could lose discretionary power to decide who can carry a firearm
Next month, mind voters will elect a new Ventura County sheriff. It will be the first time in 32 years the election for the county’s top cop has been contested.
Besides heading the county’s largest police force, the sheriff determines who can and cannot carry a concealed weapon. But legislation making its way through Sacramento seeks to limit the amount of control the sheriff has in authorizing the permits.
According to California law, the sheriff may issue a concealed weapons permit to persons of good moral character who prove to the sheriff that they have “good cause” for the permit.
Assembly Bill 2053 would define “good cause” to carry a concealed handgun to include self-defense, defending the life of another or preventing crime that threatens human life. Permit applicants who give one of these three reasons why they need the permit would not have to prove their claim.-[source]
The Nebraska Firearms Owners Association (NFOA) today called on the city of Omaha to end its practice of registering firearms, what is ed in the wake of a case involving a private citizen who fatally shot an armed robber, more about and who continues to be denied the ability to register a new firearm by the Omaha Police Department, which took his defensive sidearm used in the shooting into evidence.
NFOA President Andreas Allen said that the hero in this incident, Harry (James) McCullough, now faces gang reprisal because the armed robber man he fatally shot was a documented gang member. Mr. McCullough has “great concern for his personal safety.”-[source]
 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 of legislation that would take away an individual’s right to buy a firearm and allow the Attorney General to deny anyone the right to buy a gun by merely claiming that he or she might be a potential terrorist or appears on some watch list. The hearing was labeled “TERRORISTS AND GUNS: THE NATURE OF THE THREAT AND PROPOSED REFORMS” S.1317 is titled “Denying Firearms and Explosives to Dangerous Terrorists Act of 2009″
This really shouldn’t surprise anyone. The LAPD has a long history of opposition to our Constitutional right to own a gun. Have you heard about the LAPD death squad? Not the 1996 Rampart one but the original set up in 1926 by then LAPD Chief James E. Davis.-[source]
A battle is brewing between states as gun rights and open carry laws are considered by lawmakers.
Oklahoma is the latest state to consider a measure allowing open carry within state boundaries, illness while in California lawmakers are considering a bill to ban open carry in the state. In Louisiana state lawmakers are debating a bill allowing congregants with concealed weapons permits to carry guns into churches and temples.
The Oklahoma measure would allow Oklahoma residents with concealed-carry licenses to carry their guns openly. The bill has passed both the Oklahoma House and Senate and now awaits action from Governor Brad Henry.
If enacted into law, the bill would give the estimated 97,000 Oklahoma residents with a concealed carry permit the right to carry firearms openly.-[source]
 If Chicago were serious about bringing its violent crime problem under control, it would recognize the constitutional right of residents to use firearms to protect themselves.
The city’s troubles are so extreme that a pair of state lawmakers are calling on a fellow Democrat, Gov. Pat Quinn, to deploy the National Guard to help restore calm. The latest figures show that Chicago had racked up 122 homicides for the year, exceeding the 116 killings over the comparable period in 2009, a very bad year. Among the top 10 U.S. cities, Chicago is within shooting distance of advancing from second place to win the dubious distinction of being the U.S. murder capital. It’s no coincidence that the Windy City is already the U.S. gun-control capital.-[source]
 Proposed Amendments to the 1968 Gun Control Act Would Deny Your 2A Rights Based on Secret Government List
** A little publicized hearing for 5/5/10 **
In February 2004, medical then Attorney General Alberto Gonzales directed the Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Legal Policy (OLP) to form a working group to review federal firearms and explosives laws – particularly in regard to NICS background checks – to determine whether additional authority should be sought from Congress to prevent firearms and explosives transfers to known and suspected terrorists.
In the 111th Congress, Senator Frank Lautenberg and Representative Peter King have reintroduced a bill (S. 1317/H.R. 2159) that would authorize the Attorney General to deny the transfer of firearms or the issuance of firearms and explosives licenses to known or suspected terrorists. This bill reportedly reflects a legislative proposal developed by DOJ.
In general, this bill would amend the Gun Control Act (GCA) to grant the Attorney General the discretionary authority to deny a firearm transfer or state-issued firearms permit to any prospective transferee or permittee through Brady background checks, if the Attorney General determines that the prospective transferee is known (or appropriately suspected) to be or to have been engaged in conduct constituting, preparation for, in aid of, or related to terrorism, or providing material support or resources for terrorism, and has a reasonable belief that the prospective transferee may use the firearm in connection with terrorism (proposed 18 U.S.C. §§ 922A and B).-[source]
Oklahomans soon may be able to openly carry guns in public after the House voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to allow the practice.
The measure has already passed the Senate and now heads to Democratic Gov. Brad Henry, who has not indicated whether he will sign it.
The requirements for obtaining a gun license, including a background check and completion of a firearms training course, remain unchanged. An estimated 97,000 Oklahoma residents hold concealed-carry permits.
The bill’s author in the House, Rep. Rex Duncan, R-Sand Springs, said allowing people to openly carry firearms will deter violence.
“A criminal is far less likely to attack once he sees a citizen is armed,” said Duncan, a former prosecutor.-[source]
 The Colorado Bureau of Investigation would continue conducting firearm background checks, dosage known as Insta-Check, here under a bill that passed out of the House yesterday.
Gun rights enthusiasts have blasted Insta-Check as being unnecessary and costly, pharmacy while gun control activists praise the state background check as a way to prevent gun-related tragedies in Colorado.
House Bill 1391 would extend the Colorado Bureau of Investigation’s Insta-Check program indefinitely.
The measure now moves to the Senate after passing out of the House by a vote of 41-23.-[source]
This is the first article in a series recounting the birth, growth, and death of California’s gun industry.
Early morning sunlight beamed through windows partially covered by steel Venetian blinds shading the first patrons at Larry’s Coffee Shop, situated not on a typical retail thoroughfare, but among the concrete tilt-up buildings defining an industrial park. Larry, the store’s proprietor and three friends sat bantering about the issues of the day. The get together had become their daily ritual.
The men’s attire, blue collar, working class, belied a sharp intellect they each possessed. One of the group’s members, George Jennings, owned a machine shop and manufactured parts for the aerospace industry. Another owned a Pawn Shop and had recently lost the ability to sell inexpensive handguns manufactured overseas because of recent legislation—The Gun Control Act of 1968.
The assassination of Martin Luther King, and subsequently Robert Kennedy culminated a five year debate about gun-control within Congress. Whether or not the Congressional action would solve any problems would be debated, but politicians being as they are were certainly not going to allow these tragedies go to waste. -[source]
Starting on May 1, what is ed 2010, all applicants for concealed handguns will be able to complete the entire application form, as well as schedule their digital fingerprint appointments online.
“Completing the application form online is convenient for applicants and will allow us to process applications faster,” said RenEarl Bowie, the Assistant Director, Regulatory Licensing, for DPS. “We are excited to offer this online service to concealed handgun applicants and hope they take advantage of the online application process.”
Applicants are also encouraged to have their fingerprints digitally scanned, instead of sending in ink fingerprints. Digital fingerprints have a 98 percent accuracy rate, far higher than traditional fingerprint captures, reducing the number of fingerprint card rejects and the inconvenience of reprints for applicants.
At this time, although supplemental materials (such as citizenship documents and criminal history) are still required to be mailed in, completing the application form online and submitting digital scanned fingerprints will alleviate much of the application processing delays.
Also starting on May 1: applicants for CHL renewals will no longer have to submit fingerprints, and applicants with a valid Texas ID or Driver License will no longer have to provide photos for renewal.-[source]
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