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ATF has issued its proposed rule that revises the definition of “Engaged in the Business” as a Dealer in Firearms. https://www.atf.gov/firearms/definition-engaged-business-dealer-firearms

The following 2A petitions were distributed for the conference of 6/29/22 and remain for the Supreme Court to clean up at the end of its current session: Duncan v. Bonta = California magazine capacity limit Young v. Hawaii = Hawaii open and concealed carry Bianchi v. Frosh = Maryland assault...

The D.C. Circuit decided Heller v D.C. (aka Heller II) today. The ruling sustained four D.C. firearms regulation requirements: registration, fingerprinting and photos, fees, and safety training. The ruling struck down four other D.C. firearms regulation requirements: inspection, periodic...

Court rules against EPA regulation of spent lead bullets and shot In Trumpeter Swan Society v. EPA, a unanimous panel of the Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit ruled that the EPA is prohibited from regulating spent lead bullets and shot. The case, filed by 101 environmental groups, was an...

The full text of Feinstein's AWB bill has been posted to her Senate website. Note that the section on background checks for transfers of grandfathered assault weapons starts on page #119 of the PDF file, where is could easily be overlooked after the 93-page listing of exempt firearms. The...

H.R.21 -- NRA Members' Gun Safety Act of 2013 introduced by Rep. James P. Moran (D-VA) Download PDF of the bill here. TITLE I--REQUIRING A BACKGROUND CHECK FOR EVERY FIREARM SALE Actually requires a background check for every transfer, which includes both sales that transfer title AND...

Arizona Shooting Prompts Schumer to Push for Military to Report Applicants' Drug Use to Prevent Gun Purchases Unlike McCarthy's go-nowhere magazine ban, Schumer's proposal looks like it could be implemented through action by the Administration and without Congressional approval. The...

Here it is; McCarthy's proposed magazine ban. In short, it is the magazine section of the 1994 ban, with the following changes: Prohibits the importation of the devices Bans the transfer of devices in existence before the enactment of the bill (allows for continued possession)

On June 28, 2010, the Second Amendment Foundation and three private plaintiffs, represented by Alan Gura, filed suit (Case No. 5:10-cv-265) in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina seeking a permanent injunction against North Carolina state, county and local...

An interesting, but off topic, discussion of concealed carry licensing arose in another thread. Rather than carry the other thread further off topic, let's have a separate discussion here. The topic: How do you expect concealed carry licensing to develop or change following Heller (and...

Tonight, as I was changing parts (new grip screws and such) on some of my guns, I had an irresistible urge to take some measurements to confirm a few perceptions. First, the perceptions. A single-stack Sig P239 has a very narrow grip and a single-stack H&K P7 also has a fairly narrow grip. A...

Very little information has been published about Colt's production of Series 80 guns in 9mm. If you have a Series 80 9mm, please post information about the serial number range of your gun and any information you may have about its production date. To get things started, the distributor's...

Justice of peace told to stop paddling in court Paddling sounds like a reasonable punishment option to me. And it imposes punishment directly on the offender rather than on the offender's parents. Note that the plaintiff in the lawsuit chose to paddle his stepdaughter rather than pay a fine.

Both the briefs and oral arguments in Heller discussed 'arms in common civilian use' as a possible standard for the individual right protected by the Second Amendment. Many have expressed the belief that such a standard would be too narrow and that the Second Amendment also encompasses military...

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Democrats, NRA reach deal on gun bill

Woman in wheelchair on way to gun practice shoots mugger Woman in wheelchair on way to gun practice shoots mugger In New York City!

Valerie Plame Sues Cheney, Libby and Rove Over CIA Leak Click here to read Plame's court filing. I might be more well-disposed toward this story if it were not accompanied by a photo with the caption "July 13: Valerie Plame and Joseph Wilson are seen arriving at the Democratic Policy lunch on...

Following is the summary of The Retreat of Reason: Political correctness and the corruption of public debate in modern Britain. ###################### Not to neglect the article's link to firearms, here is one of the more succinct quotes about Michael Moore's gun control efforts:

Times-Picaynue, Saturday, September 10, 2005, bottom of page A-9