Ohio’s Concealed Carry Reform Bill Takes Effect Tomorrow
On September - 29 - 2011
Tomorrow, September 30, Senate Bill 17, important concealed carry reform legislation, will go into effect.
Archive for September, 2011
NRA, San Francisco battle over gun control laws
On September - 28 - 2011
Handguns in someone’s San Francisco residence cannot be left out in the open, but instead must be either locked in a container or disabled with a trigger lock, under a 2007 city law. Another law, adopted in 1994, prohibits the sale of ammunition such as hollow point bullets, which expand upon impact.
The National Rifle Association has sued The City over these two laws in federal court as being unconstitutional.
NRA-ILA Site Updates
Republicans step up pressure on Holder as more details surface on ‘Fast and Furious’
On September - 26 - 2011
Congressional Republicans once again are turning up the heat on Attorney General Eric Holder, asking more questions about whether he had a role in the controversial anti gunrunning operation known as “Fast and Furious.”
NRA-ILA Site Updates
Republicans step up pressure on Holder as more details surface on ‘Fast and Furious’
On September - 26 - 2011
Congressional Republicans once again are turning up the heat on Attorney General Eric Holder, asking more questions about whether he had a role in the controversial anti gunrunning operation known as “Fast and Furious.”
NRA-ILA Site Updates
National Right-to-Carry Bill Under Attack
On September - 25 - 2011
As we reported last week, the U.S. House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security recently held a hearing on H.R. 822, the “National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act of 2011.”
NRA-ILA Site Updates
Arizona: Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Proposes Closing One-Half Million Acres of Public Land to Target Shooting
On September - 23 - 2011
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has released a plan for the future management of nearly 1.4 million acres located southwest of Phoenix in parts of Maricopa, Pinal, Pima, Gila and Yuma Counties. Of that total, over 486,000 acres are within the Sonoran Desert National Monument (SDMN) which the BLM proposes to close to target shooters. Presently, some 63 sites in the national monument are used by shooters for their recreational activity. The planning area outside of the SDNM will remain open to target shooting. The plan also addresses other issues of importance to shooters and hunters including the designation of roads and trails for motorized vehicles and areas that could be managed as wilderness.
NRA-ILA Site Updates
Crime numbers in decline for 4 years
On September - 22 - 2011
Violent crime nationwide dropped 6 percent in 2010, declining for the fourth straight year, while property crimes also were down for the eighth consecutive year, falling 2.7 percent, the FBI announced Monday.
The declines continued despite predictions that crime would worsen because of the recession.
NRA-ILA Site Updates
2011 Montana Legislative Session Wraps Up with Three Pro-Gun Bills Signed into Law
On September - 20 - 2011
On April 28, the Montana Legislature adjourned sine die. Governor Brian Schweitzer signed into law three pro-gun bills, each of which will go into effect on October 1. Two other pro-gun bills failed to pass during the 2011 legislative session.
House Crime Subcommittee Holds Hearing on National Right-to-Carry Bill
On September - 19 - 2011
On Tuesday, Sept. 13, the U.S. House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security held a hearing on H.R. 822, the National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act of 2011.
NRA-ILA Site Updates
Obama Misinformation Machine Gears Up
On September - 17 - 2011
In a clear sign the 2012 presidential election campaign is in full swing, the Obama campaign launched a new website this week: AttackWatch.com
NRA-ILA Site Updates