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Court Orders Issuance of D.C. Concealed Carry Licenses to Eligible Applicants

3:00pm Monday, June 01, 2015

On May 18, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued an order prohibiting enforcement of provisions of D.C. law that effectively grant to the police chief the discretion to decide who may lawfully exercise the right to bear arms in public for self-defense. This follows on the heels of an earlier ruling in which the District lost the argument that the right to “bear arms” does...

Report: Administration preps new gun regulations

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Monday, June 01, 2015

TheHill.com is reporting that the Justice Department plans to move forward this year with more than a dozen new gun-related regulations, citing a list of rules the agency has proposed to enact before the end of the Obama administration. From the article : The regulations range from new restrictions on high-powered pistols to gun storage requirements. Chief among them is a renewed effort to keep...

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Passage of H.R. 2028 Includes Right-to-Carry on Army Corps Land Provision

3:00pm Friday, May 29, 2015

On Friday, May 1, 2015, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 2028 the "Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016," by a bipartisan vote of 240-177. This bill is designed to protect the rights of gun owners on lands owned or managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps). This legislation would help end the patchwork of firearm laws and regulations...

When it comes to a concealed carry gun, how small is too small?

by Rich Grassi

7:00am Friday, May 29, 2015

Republished from The Outdoor Wire . Recently, I met someone who was interested in the new Glock 43. He said that he was carrying a six-shot Kahr pistol and, due to size comparisons he'd stay with it. I'd wondered about carrying such a small gun as a primary self-defense tool and said so in an article. A reader replied. While I won't identify him, I'm going to post his comment here – noting that...

History relived at the Centerburg Conservation Club

by Clint Lake

3:00pm Thursday, May 28, 2015

When I got into the shooting I generally thought that people just went to the range once in a while for practice. The more I got involved in Second Amendment issues I found defensive shooting leagues were really big and seemed to be growing leaps and bounds as more people obtained their concealed handgun licenses. This made sense, because in those leagues a participant is given a possible...

Confessions of a Middle-Aged Woman Gun Owner

by Mary Rose Maguire

7:00am Thursday, May 28, 2015

"You what?" My friend looked at me with a mixture of shock and admiration. We were having lunch at one of my favorite restaurants while I shared with her my secret. It was a secret I had kept from her until now. My friend had to be in Columbus, Ohio for a business training session and stayed in a downtown hotel. We made arrangements to have dinner on Friday. I realized that although she had a car...

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Anti-Gun Lawmakers Seek to Stop Online Ammunition Sales

3:00pm Wednesday, May 27, 2015

On May 12, 2015, Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-N.J.) introduced H.R. 2283 or the Stop Online Ammunition Sales Act of 2015. According to a report from The Hill (full text of the legislation has not been received by the Government Publishing Office at press time) the bill would require that ammunition sellers be federally licensed, that online ammunition purchasers show a photo identification in-...

HB 35 (Prohibit Firearms Seizure/Registry) scheduled for proponent testimony in House committee

7:00am Wednesday, May 27, 2015

Chairman Ron Maag has announced that the House State Government committee will be hearing proponent testimony on two firearms-related bills today, Wednesday, May 13, at 2:00 p.m. in Room 121. The Chairman had previously announced a hearing for HB 152 (Constitutional Carry) , and he has now added HB 35 (Prohibit Firearms Seizure/Registry) , sponsored jointly by Representatives Wes Retherford (R-...