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In a setback for gun dealers in four U.S. states bordering Mexico, a federal judge on Thursday refused to temporarily block new rules requiring them to report the sale of multiple semi-automatic rifles. Judge Rosemary Collyer said the dealers, backed by the National Rifle Association, had not sufficiently shown they would [...] U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) joined his colleague Senator Jerry Moran (R-KS) and 43 other Senators in expressing grave concern about the dangers posed to Second Amendment rights by the United Nations’ Arms Trade Treaty. In a letter to President Obama and Secretary of State Hilary Clinton, the 45 senators said they would oppose ratification [...] Anti-gun violence activists in the U.S. are renewing their push for new gun laws in the wake of the revelation that the alleged Norway shooter claims to have purchased high-capacity ammunition magazines from a United States retailer. Anders Behring Breivik, the alleged lone-wolf terrorist accused of shooting and killing 68 people at [...] Guns are selling at a record pace this year at sporting-goods stores and specialty shops in Arizona, creating millions of dollars in revenue for retailers. The ability to carry a concealed weapon without a permit, general apprehension and lingering concerns that the Obama administration could crack down on gun ownership are among [...] With Congressional investigators now on the ground in Arizona, as reported by CBS News and this column , new revelations about the controversial “Project Gunrunner” and its Phoenix off-shoot, “Operation Fast and Furious” are anticipated during the National Rifle Association convention, which opens here tomorrow, but one thing is clear from [...] JPFO today launches “The High Capacity Freedom Campaign”. First, some background to highlight the hypocrisy and stupidity of a high-capacity magazine ban. Imagine you bought a Glock 17 9mm pistol a year ago. Your purchase was legal and included two 17-round magazines. Now along come Obama and other “common sense” gun-grabbers with a ban on [...] Recently the American Bar Association published a report urging: [F]ederal, state … governments to enact laws requiring that all newly-manufactured semi-automatic pistols be fitted with microstamping technology which would ensure that when a firearm is fired, an alphanumeric and/or geometric code would be stamped on the cartridge casing … that would enable [...] As was widely reported several weeks ago, on June 28, 2010, the United States Supreme Court issued its ruling in the case of McDonald v. Chicago. While the decision is long, in general, it represents a tremendous victory for individual gun rights since it applied the Second Amendment’s protections as described in [...] 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, [...] Spreading the word that South Dakota is home to a “culture of hunting,” the state’s delegation to January’s Shooting, Hunting, Outdoor Trade Show and Conference made a splash with participants. The SHOT Show, which concluded Jan. 22 in Las Vegas, is the largest exposition of firearms, ammunition, archery, cutlery, outdoor apparel, optics, camping and related products [...] |
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