214 CT residents who tried to comply with the new state laws but were late sending in their “Assault Weapon” registration paperwork may now be getting letters stating they need to destroy or turn them in..
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Gun Issues The Elephant In The Room For Gov Christie’s National Aspirations
Mainstream Media has inadvertently, & quite unintentionally helped reveal just how much an enemy of the Second Amendment a President Christie has the potential to be. And for that, they should be thanked…
Connecticut Criminalizes The Second Amendment
As of Jan. 1st 2014, Connecticut has very likely created tens of thousands of newly minted criminals — perhaps 100,000 people…
Ruling Upholds Connecticut’s Expansive Firearm & Magazine Bans Despite Findings
A federal court judge upheld Connecticut’s new gun control law as constitutional, notwithstanding its finding that “the act burdens the plaintiffs’ Second Amendment rights”…
Arbalest Website Attacks NY Safe Act & The Notion Of ‘Assault Weapons’
To understand NYSAFE we believe it important to understand the rationale behind the words ‘assault weapon’ since the foundation of NYSAFE is built upon the notion of ‘assault weapon.’…
Federal Court Strikes Down Magazine Limit but Upholds NY Assault Weapons Ban
New York’s expanded ban on assault weapons is constitutional, but it cannot limit a magazine to seven bullets, a federal court judge ruled…
California: Sunnyvale Voters Approve Anti-Gun Measure C – Lawsuit Imminent
The NRA California legal team at Michel & Associates is prepared to file a Second Amendment civil rights lawsuit as soon as possible to prevent portions of Measure C from taking effect…
Gov. Brown Signs Lead Ammo Ban; VETOES Bill Outlawing Rifles with Detachable Magazines
Brown has vetoed SB 374, a measure that would have classified any semiautomatic center-fire rifle that does not have a fixed magazine…
Illinois: Many Local Governments Rush to Enact Last-Minute Gun Bans
Approximately sixty different local meetings were scheduled in total, and many Illinois NRA members and gun owners attended those meetings…
The AR15 – Isn’t That An Assault Weapon…
The AR-15 conversation? These days you can’t mention the AR-15 rifle without getting one of three responses from the non-gun crowd…
Illinois, is a Firearm Ban Coming to Your Community?
Lt. Governor Sheila Simon is encouraging home rule communities to pass a ban on commonly used firearms and magazines in advance of the new Right to Carry bill becoming law…
NSSF Runs Newspaper Ads; Second Amendment Supporters Counter Demonstrate
The NSSF this week ran a half-page advertisement in most of Connecticut’s daily newspapers that provided five reasons why banning modern sporting rifles would do nothing
Half-Cocked: Isn’t That Racist?
Tom McHale describes himself as a conservative gun-totin’ bible-clingin’ literary assault dude who enjoys finding humor in just about anything…
Feinstein Angry as Majority of the Senate Votes to Ban Gun Control
The good news is that a majority of Senators supported the Lee amendment by a 50-49 vote. The bad news is, since the Senate rules requires 60 votes, the Lee amendment fell ten votes short…
Beware of A Trojan Horse Surrender on MSR Ban
This is by no means a done deal. Senate Democratic leadership could still change their mind and include the gun and magazine ban legislation in the final bill…
When Did Grandpa’s Shotgun Get a High Capacity Magazine?
If you buy a performance car from a dealer, and it was originally designed, built and equipped with a 400 horsepower engine, then that is it’s “standard” and anything over that would be considered…
Congresswoman Admits ‘Assault Weapons’ Ban is ‘Just the Beginning’
According to the article, Schakowsky, who has a well-deserved “F” rating from NRA’s Political Victory Fund, told the reporter, We want everything on the table. This is a moment of opportunity. There’s no question about it…
CCRKBA Blasts Party-Line Passage Of Feinstein Gun Ban Measure
Thursday’s strict party-line vote by the Senate Judiciary Committee to move anti-gun Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s measure banning so-called ‘assault weapons’ was an insult to millions of law-abiding American…
San Diego City CA Councilmember Intros Resolution Urging Congress to Ban ‘Assault Weapons’ & ‘High Capacity’ Mags
Law-abiding gun owners cannot let this happen. San Diego Councilmembers thinking of voting for this resolution need to hear from the law-abiding gun owners in San Diego respectfully urging them to OPPOSE this anti-gun resolution…
Open Letter on Mayor Suttle’s Assault Weapons Ban from Nebraska Firearm Owners
Nebraska Firearms Owners Association Responds to Omaha Mayor Suttle’s Threat to Ban “Assault Weapons”…
Maryland Gun Bill Days – March 5 & 6, 2013 & RALLY March 5th
Out of respect and admiration for all of those who came to Annapolis, the leaders of the Maryland gun rights groups stayed until that last person testified at 3:45am in the morning…
E-mail Bomb – Over 1,000,000 Pro Gun Emails to Legislature in Annapolis
We asked for a blitz last Friday during the hearings and you responded with over 69,000 emails. You broke the 1,000,000 thermometer at about 8:30 AM last Friday. The current email count is 1,068,717…
America’s Newsroom with Erich Pratt on the Feinstein Assault Weapon Ban
Fox News Channel “America’s Newsroom” host Bill Hemmer talks with Erich Pratt, Director of Communications at Gun Owners of America, about Senator Feinstein’s assault weapon ban…
Beretta Considers Leaving Maryland as Gov O’Malley Pushes Tougher Gun Laws
One of the world’s biggest gun makers is threatening to move its Maryland manufacturing plant & roughly 400 jobs, as Democratic Gov. Martin O’Malley pushes ambitious gun-control agendas…
Connecticut Carry Responds To Governor Malloy’s Proposed Gun Bans
Unconstitutional measures abound in the Governor’s proposal to circumvent the Legislative process…
Semi-Automatic Firearms and the “Assault Weapon” Issue Overview
The first semi-automatic rifle was introduced in 1885, the first semi-automatic pistol in 1892, & the first semi-automatic shotgun in 1902 & account for 20 percent of the 300 million privately-owned US firearms…
Minnesota ‘Assault Weapon’ & Magazine Bans Off The Table (For Now)
The fight is not over yet, though: there are still a raft of anti-rights bills coming up in the Senate on Thursday and Friday, and a new ban could sneak in as an amendment to any bill…
Maryland: URGENT – Vote on Governor’s Gun Control Scheme Moved to This Week
Emergency: Last Chance to Demand Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee and Your Senator to Oppose All Aspects of SB 281…
HEY NJ Democrats – You Want a Fight? Lets Have At It, say NJ Gun Owners
New Jersey already have the most punishing gun control regimes in the country. Not a single one of these proposed laws will make anyone safer. If enacted into law, these bills will turn many of us into criminals overnight…
MO Democrat Proposes Gun Ban, 90 Days to Turn in ‘Assault Weapons’
Missouri Democrat state Rep. Rory Ellinger has put forth H.B. 545, which would ban “assault weapons” and many semi-automatic pistols. It would give owners of said weapons 90 days to either turn them in or get them out of the state…