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The Republican Party in the county where a deadly Arizona shooting rampage took place is drawing criticism for its decision to raffle a gun to raise money for get-out-the-vote efforts. The Pima County Republican Party publicized the raffle in its online newsletter last week, under a headline that read: “Help Pima GOP get out the vote [...] New Mexico’s pistol-packin’ governor is a sure shot. Gov. Susana Martinez received perfect scores on recertification for her concealed-carry permit over the weekend in Las Cruces. She scored 100 percent with both .38- and .45-caliber handguns, her staff said. Martinez’s permit to carry a concealed handgun, originally obtained in 2009, was extended for another two years. She was [...] A measure that would exempt handgun permit holders from criminal background checks to buy weapons is one of two gun bills advancing in the state Senate. The proposal sponsored by Republican Sen. Steve Southerland of Morristown was moved to the Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday after passing the Senate Judiciary Committee 8-1. [...] Wyoming residents could carry concealed guns without a permit under a bill that has cleared its first hearing in the state House of Representatives. The House voted 48-8 Wednesday in favor of the bill, which already has passed the Senate. If the bill passes, Wyoming still would continue to offer concealed-carry permits for citizens [...] Texas already lets lawmakers bring guns into the Capitol. And the governor sometimes jogs with a loaded pistol. But should people be allowed to carry concealed weapons onto college campuses? Gun advocates argue that doing so could help put a quick end to threats like the one posed by a University of [...] The Harry Reid campaign has released a campaign ad attacking Sharon Angle as “crazy” for warning that “If this Congress keeps going the way it is, people are really looking towards those Second Amendment remedies.” The spokesman is Bill Ames, president of the Peace Officers Research Association of [...] Gun Owners of America endorses Sharron Angle in Nevada Gun Owners of America Political Victory Fund is pleased to announce the endorsement of Sharron Angle for U.S. Senate . Angle is running in a three-way primary for the right to take on Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in November. Sharron Angle is just the kind of “change” Washington [...] James Roe, a 64-year-old computer consultant from rural Pennsylvania, spent a recent Saturday in a Pittsburgh suburb learning about riflings, hangfires and powder charges. The gun safety class was for people seeking a concealed-firearm permit in Utah, some 1,500 miles away. Never mind that Mr. Roe has not been to Utah in 20 years and [...] Arizona Republican congressional candidate Pamela Gorman shoots four separate firearms, including an automatic rifle, in her latest ad. The ad splices together glamour shots of Gorman, a state senator, with her firing off rounds in the Arizona desert. “This year a lot of folks think this is our best shot at changing Congress,” the narrator of the [...] Republican U.S. Senate candidate Rand Paul reached out to gun advocates in Louisville Saturday. He is trying to shore up support from a major voting bloc. Fox 41 talked exclusively with Paul in a television interview about guns, political support and his strategy for moving past the backlash against his campaign. Fox 41 was the only camera crew [...] |
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