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SAF challenges interstate handgun sales ban

3:00pm Friday, May 20, 2011

The Second Amendment Foundation [has] filed suit in U.S. District Court in Virginia challenging the constitutionality of federal and Virginia provisions barring handgun sales to non-residents. SAF is joined in the lawsuit by Michelle Lane, a District of Columbia resident who cannot legally purchase handguns because there are no retail firearms dealers inside the District. The Supreme Court's 2008...

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Restoration of Rights bill (SB61) scheduled for sponsor testimony in House committee

12:00pm Friday, May 20, 2011

[UPDATE May 23, 2011 - Chairman Mecklenborg has removed this bill (and one other) from the meeting agenda due to time contraints related to the volume of testimony scheduled to be given on another bill the committee is considering.] On Tuesday, May 24, the House Committee on State Government and Elections, which is chaired by BFA "A" -rated Rep. Bob Mecklenborg, will hear sponsor testimony on Sen...

Congressman Bob Gibbs Introduces the Recreational Lands Self-Defense Act

7:00am Friday, May 20, 2011

Seeks to close loophole limiting second amendment rights on over 7.6 million acres of federal land On May 12, Congressman Bob Gibbs (R-OH) introduced HR 1865, the Recreational Lands Self-Defense Act. "Today, I am proud to introduce HR 1865, the Recreational Lands Self-Defense Act and continue my commitment to preserve the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution," said Congressman Gibbs. "HR...

Love and death, Chicago style

3:00pm Thursday, May 19, 2011

by Tim Inwood Illinois is a beautiful state with a great history, but it is a state that is dragged down by the ridiculous liberal politics and policies of the Chicago area and its suburbs. The liberals and progressives of the Chicago area have kept the rest of the citizens of Illinois from having a right to carry firearms for their defense for too long. Recently the liberals also made it safer...

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Chicago's Daley a hypocrite to the bitter end

7:00am Thursday, May 19, 2011

Having retired from office on Wednesday, May 18, Chicago Mayor Richard Daley remains a monumental hypocrite to the bitter end and his request for publicly-financed armed bodyguards proves it, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said recently. As Daley prepared to leave office, a Washington Times editorial bared the anti-gun Democrat's hypocrisy. For years, Daley has had...

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Another Year, Another Meaningless Brady Scorecard

3:00pm Wednesday, May 18, 2011

It's that time of year again -- the time when the Brady Campaign releases its annual scores and rankings, lavishing praise on state governments that infringe upon the rights of their citizens and scorn on those that respect the Constitution. This year, the occasion was met with about as much enthusiasm as that other spring ritual, the income tax filing deadline. If this is the first you're...

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Kasich's enemies happy to offer advice on how he can supposedly gain support by turning his back on gun owners

7:00am Wednesday, May 18, 2011

by Chad D. Baus With both the House and Senate having passed similar versions of Restaurant & Car Carry Rules Fix legislation, the media now know their anti-self-defense editorial and biased news-coverage campaign has failed, and their hopes for stopping the bill up in the House have withered. Instead, the new focus is on encouraging Republican Governor John Kasich to go back on the...

Guns are not allowed in Restaurants: The forensic examination of the anti-gun claims

3:00pm Tuesday, May 17, 2011

by Ken Hanson, Esq. Ohio has now passed bills in the House and Senate that would allow concealed carry licensees to carry firearms in liquor facilities. Since this legislative action is contrary to the editorial position of Ohio's major newspapers, and since editors such as The Columbus Dispatch 's Joe Hallett cannot allow facts to interfere with their own biases , it is left to Buckeye Firearms...