GunReports.com publishes the detailed ammo-testing protocol from Gun Tests magazine, the most commonly requested addition to Gun Tests coverage. Gun Tests' focus is on performance before the bullet hits the target. 'We realize that results from our test gun can’t be extrapolated to every possible gun readers might own, we wanted to test ammunition in a fashion most consumers would be able to duplicate, and in fact, should conduct on their own. But our framework can potentially save you money and time by narrowing the list of candidates you might try in your own gun, and you can also follow our system to see if a given round performs for you like it did for us.

GunReports.com shows how to excess headspace in the 1903 and ’03A3 Springfield rifles better than the way Granddad did it. If you have access to a lathe, use this method to correct excess headspace easily, without the need for an expensive chambering reamer.

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(GunReports.com)--According to a Tulsa World story, Oklahoma could be headed for a showdown with the federal government over firearms regulation and the scope of interstate commerce.

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Industry members urged to support excise tax reform bills

(GunReports.com) — All firearms and ammunition industry members and their customers should urge their senators and representatives to support changes in the excise tax payment schedule.

NSSF Stages Congressional Fly-In for Members

The 3rd Annual NSSF Congressional Fly-In is scheduled for April 28-30. All voting members of the NSSF are strongly encouraged to attend this key government relations effort to help advance the firearms industry's federal legislative priorities.

NSSF Stages Congressional Fly-In for Members

The 3rd Annual NSSF Congressional Fly-In is scheduled for April 28-30. All voting members of the NSSF are strongly encouraged to attend this key government relations effort to help advance the firearms industry's federal legislative priorities.

Federal Gun Laws Are Baloney, OK Rep Says

(GunReports.com)--According to a Tulsa World story, Oklahoma could be headed for a showdown with the federal government over firearms regulation and the scope of interstate commerce.

ATF Claims Toy Guns Are Convertible to Full Auto Firearms

(GunReports.com)—David Codrea writing on the Gun Rights Examiner blog covers a story about ATF confiscating Airsoft paintguns because the agency claims they can be converted to full-auto firearms.

Cleveland Wants to Ban Guns in Ohio Supreme Court Case

(GunReports.com)--If Cleveland had its way, every gun in the city would have to be registered, no one would carry a weapon openly and assault weapons would be banned, according to the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

California Lawmaker Would Outlaw 'Open Carry'

(GunReports.com)—A California lawmaker has stepped into a growing gun rights debate by introducing legislation that would essentially outlaw what's called the 'open carry' of unloaded weapons on public property, the Christian Science Monitor reports.

Texas AG: McDonald Part of a Larger Fight

(GunReports.com)--Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has set his sights on striking down strict state and local gun laws, and a pending Supreme Court case could help him do it, according to the Kansas City infoZine.

Will Harvard Online Library of Firearms Research Tilt Anti-Gun?

(GunReports.com)--A new firearms research database launched by the Harvard School of Public Health purports to make scholarly articles more accessible to reporters, law enforcement, public health officials, policymakers, and the general public. But gun owners are right to worry that the database will not be even-handed in reporting both sides of gun ownership.

Do Gun Rights Protect Against Tyranny?

(GunReports.com)--Warren Richey, staff writer for the Christian Science Monitor, authored a piece this week that began, 'The U.S. Supreme Court is considering what could be a landmark decision on individual gun rights. An unspoken argument is that armed citizens would make any usurper think twice before subverting the Constitution.'

Analysis: 2d Amendment Extension Likely

The Supreme Court on Tuesday seemed poised to require state and local governments to obey the Second Amendment guarantee of a personal right to a gun, but with perhaps considerable authority to regulate that right.

D.C.'s Crime Rate Shoots Up! Just Kidding

(GunReports.com)--Gun banners always say that their efforts will keep horrible crime rates from getting worse, because of the availability of evil guns is restricted. So, it follows that after Washington, D.C.'s gun ban was repealed last year, crime must have jumped horribly!

Gun Fans Cheer Starbucks, Part II

(GunReports.com)--FoxNews.com reports, 'Dale Welch recently walked into a Starbucks in Virginia, handgun strapped to his waist, and ordered a banana Frappuccino with a cinnamon bun.

Does the Second Amendment Apply in Chicago?

(GunReports.com)--Damon W. Root, writing on Reason.com, says, 'Last year’s landmark Supreme Court decision in District of Columbia v. Heller definitively settled the fact that the Second Amendment secures an individual right—not a collective one—to keep and bear arms.

Eyewitness Report from the U.S. Supreme Court

(GunReports.com)--Alan Korwin writes in his Page Nine blog, 'Are the 50 states required to obey the Second Amendment? 'Or can they do whatever they want, with no obligation to respect our right to keep and bear arms?

Teacher: Self-Defense with Gun Is a Crime

(GunReports.com)--A reader letter from the Boston Globe online site boston.com began appearing on gun websites last week. Dated Dec. 28, 2009, it was signed with the name Doug van Gorder, who identified himself as a Quincy (Mass.) resident and math teacher at Brockton High School.

Virginia Firearms Freedom Act Passes First Test

(GunReports.com)--A pro-gun bill pending in the Virginia General Assembly--the Virginia Firearms Freedom Act, HB 69--recently passed the House of Delegates overwhelmingly (70-29) and is now before the Senate's Courts of Justice Committee.

Anti-Hunting Legislator Likely Head of Key House Committee for Sportsmen

(GunReports.com)--The U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance (USSA) reports that the next chairman of a key house committee with oversight over federal funding for wildlife conservation has a long history of opposing hunting, trapping, and gun ownership.

Who Was Missing from Press Club Meet? Gun Owners, Of Course

An item on BUSINESS WIRE was laughable if you favor civil rights for gunowners:The release was from the so-called Legal Community Against Violence, publicizing an event entitled, McDonald v. Chicago: Stakeholders to Discuss Upcoming Supreme Court Handgun Case. Notable for their absence, of course, was any pro-2nd Amendment balance, including the person with the most direct stake, Otis McDonald himself.

Firearms Industry Fires Back Against Proposed Ban on Traditional Shot Shells in California

(GunReports.com) - The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) denounced the introduction of a bill in California to ban traditional shot shells containing lead BBs in state wildlife areas.

Teacher Tackles Gunman Suspected in Colo. Shooting

(GunReports.com)--The gunman was walking through a middle school parking lot and taking shots at students with a hunting rifle as terrified teenagers ran for their lives. He had just wounded two students and seemed ready to unleash more violence when a math teacher named David Benke sprung into action.

Washington State Court Sets a New Gun Rights Precedent

Washington’s state supreme court, deciding an issue that the U.S. Supreme Court will soon face, ruled on Thursday that state and local governments must obey the federal Constitution’s Second Amendment — protecting an individual right to have a gun. “This right,” the state Court ruled over two Justices’ protest, ”is necessary to an Anglo-American regime of ordered liberty and fundamental to the American scheme of justice.”

Chicago Tribune's Steve Chapman Blows Off U.N. Registry Proof

(GunReports.com)--In a recent opinion piece ('Obama Anti-gun? No, anti-gun control'), Chicago Tribune columnist Steve Champan referenced 'Obama's overall refusal to do anything to advance gun control.'

Utah Senators Favor Browning Holiday that Covers MLK Day

(GunReports.com)--Utah Senate leaders say they like the idea of honoring the late Utah gun inventor John Moses Browning with a state holiday, but aren't set on having it share a day with the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, according to a report in the Salt Lake Tribune.

When Gun Case Is Heard By Supremes, Will Scalia Flip-Flop?

(GunReports.com)--From the Wall Street Journal's Law Blog: “Of course, properly understood, it is no limitation upon arms control by the states.” — Justice Antonin Scalia, writing in 1997 about the Second Amendment.

Colo. State Debates Concealed Weapons on Campus

(GunReports.com)--ABC News, the Denver Westword blog, NPR, and several other sources are covering different aspects of Colorado State University's attempt to ban guns on campus.

NYT: Fearing Obama Agenda, States Push to Loosen Gun Laws

(GunReports.com)--The New York Times reports that when President Obama took office, gun rights advocates sounded the alarm, warning that he intended to strip them of their arms and ammunition.

Venti Coffee for Everyone! Starbucks Repels Brady Demand to Curtail Open Carry

(GunReports.com)--If you want amusement, check out Brady Campaign spokesidiot Paul Helmke's blog about Starbucks refusing to curtail Open Carry in its California stores.

Pro-gun Facebook Fan Page Sabotaged
by Anti-Gun Brady Center?

(GunReports.com)--A post on the Buckeye Firearms Association details what the Ohio pro-gun group thought when its new Facebook mysteriously disappeared.

January 2010 Ranks No. 2 in NICS Checks

(GunReports.com)--The National Shooting Sports Foundation's research department reports 1,119,229 NICS background checks were conducted on the sale of firearms in January 2010, ranking the month as the second highest January for NICS checks.

Chicago Tribune: Obama Anti-Gun?
No, Anti-Gun Control

Chicago, Ill. (GunReports.com)--An op-ed piece by Chicago Tribune's editorial board member Steve Chapman makes the case that President Obama hasn't been bad for gun rights.

National Park Retirees Release Targets Gun Owners

WASHINGTON, (GunReports.com)--A release distributed by the anti-gun Coalition of National Park Service Retirees (CNPSR) uses fictional scenarios in an attempt to paint a new gun law and gun owners as dangerous.

Interpol Realism

(GunReports.com)--Noted 2nd Amendment attorney David Kopel recently covered an issue--extending certain legal immunities to Interpol--that had worried some gunowners. Writing on the Volokh Conspiracy, Kopel said:

NAGR Appeal Warns of U.N. Gun Ban Treaty

(GunReports.com)--The National Association for Gun Rights (NAGR) has teamed up with Newsmax.com to warn gunowners about a U.N. Arms Trade Treaty Resolution.

AZ House Committee OKs Anti-BATFE Regs

EASTVALLEYTRIBUNE.com, Ariz. -- A House panel voted Thursday to let Arizonans make their own guns and bullets - and offer them for sale - without having to comply with federal regulations.

Bill Seeks to Make Permits and Background Checks Optional

PHOENIX — The Arizona legislature is seeking to make Arizona the third state where it is legal to carry a concealed weapon without a permit. Bills in the House and the Senate would also eliminate background checks and training classes for people to carry hidden guns.

Did Virginia Anti-Gun Activist Encourage Attacks on Legislators?

APPOMATTOX, Va.--An Associated Press story designed to paint an anti-gun zealot as a sympathetic figure battling the NRA in Virginia inadvertently gave him the platform to issue a veiled threat against the pro-gun-rights legislature.

Supreme Court ‘Citizens United’ Decision Supports Free Speech for Gun-Rights Groups

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. -- An editorial in the Historic City News recapped the importance of the Supreme Court’s recent “Citizens United” verdict to the national gun-rights battle:

Student’s appeal overturns his expulsion for having two shotguns in his truck parked off campus

NEWSREVIEW.COM, Calif.--The Glenn County Board of Education is giving 17-year-old Gary Tudesko another shot at completing his high-school education in the classroom.

THE PUBLIC FACE OF GUN RIGHTS

CHICAGO--The Chicago Tribune did a lengthly piece on Otis McDonald, who's the lead plaintiff in the landmark McDonald v. City of Chicago handgun ban case.

Obama BATFE Demands Texas Gun Show Require Private-Seller Checks

AUSTIN, Texas--An article on Infowars.com asserts that the BATFE pressured a monthly gun show in Austin to force attending private sellers to run background checks on buyers or be shut down.

California Man Open Carries, Gets Booted from Store

A man apparently inspired by Open Carry gun activists strolled into an East Palo Alto supermarket with a handgun on his hip Wednesday and began shopping for groceries.

U.S. Supreme Court Grants NRA Motion for Divided Argument in McDonald v. City of Chicago

GunReports.com learns that the U.S. Supreme Court granted the National Rifle Association’s motion to allow it to participate in the upcoming oral argument in McDonald v. City of Chicago.

Utah May Join Firearms Rights Battle; Browning Affected?

While Montana gun-rights advocates prepare to battle the federal government's domain over regulating firearms manufactured and sold within the state's boundaries, Sen. Margaret Dayton, R-Orem, is sponsoring a bill that could put Utah in the same fight.

New Utah Law Would Allow Open Carry

SALT LAKE CITY — Newly proposed legislation here would be a green light for concealed-gun owners to openly carry firearms and, if threatened, draw or exhibit their weapons and verbally threaten deadly force.

Gun Salesman of the Decade

GunReports.com reprints an essay by Tim Case, originally posted on LewRockwell.com (used with permission). Case details reasons behind ongoing high gun-buying numbers. 'To say that the current political atmosphere has nothing to do with firearms sales would be ludicrous, at best. There are, however, more to the statistics than first meets the eyes. On closer inspection the NICS data shows the rise of firearms sales beginning in September 2005 and really taking hold in December of the same year. What accounts for this sudden rise in firearm interest can only be attributed to the events following the destruction of New Orleans and the surrounding areas in the wake of Hurricane Katrina in late August 2005.'

Indiana Bills Filed to Protect CCW Permit Data

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- State lawmakers submitted a series of bills this week to protect the privacy of Hoosiers who hold gun permits.

One Shot or Two? Gun-Toting Barista Scares Off Teenage Robber

COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho (AP) — A teen trying to rob an espresso stand in northern Idaho met his match in a gun toting barista.

Indiana: Herald-Times Publishes Gun-Permit Database

FAIRFAX, Va.--The NRA-ILA is asking gunowners to contact the editors and advertising executives of the Bloomington Herald-Times to protest the release of the Indiana gun permit database.

Another TSA Security Goof? Air Marshal Officials Blast Release of Sig Sauer Pistol Info

ABC News reported that with the approval of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), the Sig Sauer gun company has released specific information about the model of pistol that Federal Air Marshals will soon be carrying, data that both current and former Air Marshals say puts the Marshals and air passengers at risk.

N.H. Reps Ban Guns from State House

CONCORD, N.H.--A mix of pro-gun activists and Republican legislators are protesting a new rule that bans weapons from the State House, according to a report in the Concord Monitor newspaper.

N.J. Court: State's Residents Have No Right To Buy Handguns

CBSNews.com--A New Jersey appeals court has concluded that Americans have no Second Amendment right to buy a handgun.

Gun Owners, Filtered: 'New American' Editorial on Mayors Banning Guns Group

In Monday’s editorial, the New York Times reported the results of a Frank Luntz poll indicating that NRA members are much softer on key issues than the National Rifle Association itself. Unfortunately, the editorial was rife with filters in the form of hot labels and emotionally-laden words and phrases that immediately impugned the validity of the results of the study.

Murder Down, Gun Sales Up; Proof That Guns Don't Cause Crime: SAF

BELLEVUE, Wash. -- A ten percent drop in murders during the first six months of this year at a time when gun sales were up dramatically is more proof that there is no correlation between gun ownership and violent crime, the Second Amendment Foundation said today.

Gun Owners Worry that Big HSA Ammo Order Will Be Used on Them

WASHINGTON, D.C.--An innocuous story posted on GunReports.com on August 22 wound up on dozens of websites and YouTube videos last week as hundreds of gunowners publicly worried that the U.S. Government was planning to use 200 million rounds of 40-caliber ammunition to subdue its citizens.

Protecting America: A Note from Your Friendly BATFE

WASHINGTON, D.C.--Here's an item from the November 2009 FFL Newsletter (a monthly publication sent to FFL holders) that ought to interest gun owners who might buy 'a large number of the same or similar model firearms,' or who might discuss lunch plans privately while in the gun shop.

Really Like Your New AR-15? Be Careful What You Praise Online

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--'New FTC Rules Aim to Kill the Buzz on Blogs' is an item posted on the Citizen Media Law Project's website that raises questions about why the Federal Trade Commission want to regulate speech on sites like GunReports.com and gun blogs.

Senate Health Care Bill Includes Gun-Protection Language

SPRINGFIELD, Va.--A Gun Owners of America alert the week of December 2 apparently had some effect on the Senate's just-passed health care legislation.

Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Case Against Gun Maker

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday handed Beretta U.S.A. and the firearms industry another victory by rejecting the Brady Center's appeal of Adames v. Beretta U.S.A. Corporation challenging the constitutionality of the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA).

79 percent of NRA members believe Obama will ban gun sales

WASHINGTON, D.C.--According to The Hill Blog Briefing Room, the vast majority of the National Rifle Association's (NRA) members believe President Barack Obama will try to ban the sale of guns, a new poll found.

AP: Gun laws are getting looser across much of US

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — An Associated Press story dated Dec. 11 proposed the interesting conclusion that gun laws are loosening across much of the U.S. due to a push by the National Rifle Association to 'to chip away at gun restrictions' at the state level. According to the AP:

Bloomberg's Billions Buy Opinions: Understanding the Latest Anti-Gun "Poll"

FAIRFAX, Va.--From the NRA-ILA on December 11, 2009: This week, anti-gun New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg's anti-gun group, Mayors Against Illegal Guns, released the findings of a poll conducted by a political consulting firm called 'The Word Doctors,' whose slogan is 'It's not what you say, it's what people hear.'

Killing Slaughterhouse

Understanding the controversial 1873 decision at the center of the Supreme Court's upcoming gun rights fight At Reason.com on December 2, 2009, we found this elevated discussion of the upcoming Supreme Court case about whether the Second Amendment can overrule local gun restrictions:

Good News for Gun Owners: ABC News Anchor Charles Gibson to Retire Dec. 18

NEW YORK — ABC says Charles Gibson will sign off from the 'World News' anchor desk on Dec. 18.

Ft. Hood Smear Campaign Casts Blame on Tiahrt Amendment

WICHITA, Kans.--U.S. Rep. Todd Tiahrt wrote the Wichita Eagle newspaper on Dec. 6 to respond to what he called a 'smear campaign' about a gun-rights law that bears his name.

Colorado State University
Bans Guns on Campus

FORT COLLINS, Colo. -- Colorado State University's Board of Governors voted unanimously on Dec. 4 to ban all firearms - concealed or not - on its campuses at Fort Collins and Pueblo. Colorado State was the only college in the state to allow concealed weapons on campus until the decision.

FN Releases Five-seveN Fact Sheet to Counter Negative Ft. Hood Publicity

McLEAN, Va. -- FNH USA's Five-seveN handgun has received scathing and largely erroneous coverage in media reporting about the Ft. Hood shooting. To counter those reports, FNH USA has posted what it calls a 'fact sheet' debunking the reports.

Attorney General Holder Reveals Aggressive Gun Control In Response to Ft. Hood Terror Attack

WASHINGTON -- Before the Senate Judiciary Committee on November 18, Attorney General Eric Holder revealed a stunningly broad and aggressive anti-gun agenda, according to a release from the Law Enforcement Alliance of America.

Student Expelled for Unloaded Shotguns in Truck

WILLOWS, Calif. -- The Willows Unified School District board of trustees has expelled a 16-year-old for having unloaded shotguns in his pickup parked just off the Willows High School campus.

Armed Pols Who Ignore Gun-Ban Laws: A Chicago Tradition

CHICAGO--Steve Chapman wrote a great piece for the Creators Syndicate website: Last week, the body of Chicago school board president Michael Scott was found in the Chicago River with a single bullet wound in his head. The big story was that this powerful, well-connected public official had, according to the county medical examiner, committed suicide. The less-noticed story was that he did it with an illegal weapon.

Prosecutor: Fatal Shooting Was Self-Defense

WESTLAND, Mich. -- No charges will be filed against a Westland woman over the fatal shooting of her husband Monday evening, according to a story in the Observer & Eccentric newspaper.

ATF Streamlines Required Firearms Markings

WASHINGTON — ATF has issued a ruling authorizing licensed manufacturers who perform a manufacturing process on firearms for another licensed manufacturer not to place their serial numbers and other required identification markings on the firearm, provided the firearm is already properly marked with a serial number and all other requirements of the ruling are met.

Gun-Ban Groups Want Executive Order to Ban Import of FN FiveseveN Handgun

WASHINGTON -- In a letter sent to the White House, six national gun-banning groups -- the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, Violence Policy Center, Coalition to Stop Gun Violence, Freedom States Alliance, Legal Community Against Violence, and States United to Prevent Gun Violence -- urged President Barack Obama to use his executive powers to ban the import into the U.S. of the FN Herstal Five-seveN semiautomatic pistol.

SAF Files Amicus Brief in Chicago Gun Ban Challenge

BELLEVUE, Wash. -- The Second Amendment Foundation has filed a brief to the United States Supreme Court in the case of McDonald v. Chicago, which challenges the constitutionality of that city’'s ban on handguns.

Obama Pushing Anti-Gun "Radical's Radical" to the Federal Bench

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Gun Owners of America group is warning gun owners to oppose the appointment of Judge David Hamilton to the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals.

Time to Put An End to Army Bases as Gun-Free Zones

“Shouldn't an army base be the last place where a terrorist should be able to shoot at people uninterrupted for 10 minutes? After all, an army base is filled with soldiers who carry guns, right? Unfortunately, that is not the case. Beginning in March 1993, under the Clinton administration, the army forbids military personnel from carrying their own personal firearms and mandates that 'a credible and specific threat against [Department of the Army] personnel [exist] in that region' before military personnel 'may be authorized to carry firearms for personal protection.'

GunPal Ramps Up as Replacement for PayPal on Firearms Transactions

PayPal's 'Acceptable Use Policy' prevents electronic transaction of firearms and many firearms accessories, but the GunPal money-transfer service is expanding its services to solve that problem.

Gun Rights Organizations File Lawsuit to Stop Seattle Ban

BELLEVUE, Wash. -- The Second Amendment Foundation, National Rifle Association and five local residents today filed a lawsuit challenging a new Seattle parks regulation that bans firearms, arguing that the ban violates Washington State's long-standing preemption statute. They are joined by the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms and the Washington Arms Collectors.

Homeland Security Budget Vote Also Protects Pocketknife Use

WASHINGTON, D.C.--The United States Senate recently approved the FY2010 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Bill Conference Report, which included an amendment to protect the use of pocketknives.

Anti-Hunting Connecticut Couple Refuse Access, Allow Legally-Killed Deer to Rot

REDDING, Conn. -- This from the Connecticut Post: There is a dead deer lying about 40 yards beyond Lynn Gorfinkle's back deck.

Pennsylvania to Consider Nullifying Some Federal Gun Laws

The Tenth Amendment Center reports that Pennsylvania State Rep. Sam Rohrer has introduced the “Firearms Freedom Act” (HB1988) for consideration in the state legislature. The bill is “An Act prohibiting certain firearms, firearm accessories or ammunition from being subject to Federal law or Federal regulation.”

GunBroker.com Hosting Charity Auction of Pink Rifle to Fight Breast Cancer

In support of the fight against breast cancer, GunBroker.com is hosting a charity auction of an unusual pink rifle. The auction ends October 25.

Volokh: Criticism of "Guns Did Not Protect Those Who Possessed Them from Being Shot in an Assault”

Conspicuously missing from the press release and the news story were two critical limitations that were admitted in the original study. These qualifiers mean that the press release headline, as well as all the other statements and implications of causation, were quite mistaken.

Fishing and Hunting Heritage Bill Would Protect Outdoors Activities in Parks

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Reps. Dan Boren (D-Okla.) and Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) have introduced the Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act (HR 3749).

House Members Join Senators in Support of Traditional Ammunition in National Parks

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A letter signed by members of the U.S. House of Representatives' Second Amendment Task Force raises important questions about the National Park Service's intent to ban the use of traditional ammunition in parks.

Hunting Communications a Major Focus of Justices’ Questions

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Hunting communications were a central focus of the United States Supreme Court last week as the justices heard arguments in the case U.S. v. Stevens, 08-769.

Car Consoles Are 'Cases' in Illinois

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Last week the Illinois Supreme Court issued a unanimous opinion in People v. Diggins, in which a car glovebox was ruled to be a 'case' when transporting guns.

Schwarzenegger Signs Bill Restricting Ammunition Sales in California

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed into law legislation that bans all mail-order and internet sales of handgun ammunition in the state, as well as other regulations.

Chicago Sun-Times: Drop in Crime if Ban is Lifted?

CHICAGO -- A story in the September 30 edition of the Chicago Sun-Times covered both sides of the upcoming gun-ban case in front of the Supreme Court fairly.

Supreme Court to Hear 2nd Amendment Challenge to Chicago Gun Ban

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Supreme Court announced September 30 that it will hear the case of McDonald v. City of Chicago, and decide whether the right to keep and bear arms secured by the Second Amendment protects Americans from state and local governments.

New Arizona Law Allows Concealed Carry in Bars

PHOENIX—A new Arizona law that went into effect September 30 allows guns into Arizona bars and restaurants that serve alcohol.

Gun Groups File Lawsuit to Validate Montana Firearms Freedom Act

MISSOULA, Mont. -- The Montana Shooting Sports Association and other gun groups has filed a federal lawsuit filed in Missoula to validate the principles and terms of the Montana Firearms Freedom Act (MFFA), which took effect Oct. 1.

Senators Inquire About Traditional Ammunition Ban in National Parks

WASHINGTON -- Thirteen U.S. senators have begun asking Department of the Interior Secretary Ken Salazar about actions by the National Park Service (NPS) to ban the use of traditional ammunition in parks that allow hunting.

GOP Candidate Holds 'Machine Gun Social'

GREENVILLE, SC -- A South Carolina candidate for the state's adjutant general position held a 'machine gun social' at Allen Arms Indoor Range as his first campaign fundraiser.

Utah Gov Worried About State's Nonresident CCL Totals

SALT LAKE CITY — Gov. Gary Herbert is concerned that Utah's high counts of out-of-state concealed weapons permits -- more than 50 percent of all the state's concealed weapons applicants were from outside Utah.

Amendment to End
Gun Ban on Amtrak
Overwhelmingly Passes in the Senate

WASHINGTON, D.C. — An amendment to end the complete gun prohibition on Amtrak trains passed overwhelmingly Wednesday in the U.S. Senate by a vote of 68-30.

California Firearms Retailers Urge Veto of 3 Anti-Gun Bills

NEWTOWN, Conn. -- The California Association of Firearms Retailers (CAFR) and the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) -- the trade association for the firearms and ammunition industry -- are urging Gov. Schwarzenegger to veto three anti-gun bills in the state.

2009 Gun Rights Policy Conference Slated for Later This Week

ST. LOUIS -- The 24th Annual Gun Rights Policy Conference is set to run Sept. 25-27 at the Airport Renaissance Hotel in St. Louis.

Hunting and Gun Rights Opponent Formally Confirmed

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The sportsmen’s community came within five votes of stopping the nomination of Cass Sunstein to serve as the head of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), otherwise known as the “Regulatory Czar, ” according to the U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance.