Eight men have been detained by police in Philadelphia for legally carrying concealed firearms with Florida permits. It would be nice if police in Philadelphia knew the law they were supposed to be enforcing.
Read the story here.
September 2, 2010
September 1, 2010
California’s Anti Gun Bills 1810, 2358, and 1934, All Fail!
Very good news for Californian’s and the rest of the nation. The enemies of freedom know that their plans will meet intense opposition. All of the onerous and restrictive bills that were up for vote in the Capitol of California failed passage. This means no open carry ban, no turning rifle ammunition into a restricted commodity to be regulated, and no registration of all long gun sales.
Read an informative post at calguns.net.
California’s AB 2358 Fails At The Eleventh Hour
According to the live feed at www.calchannel.com/ the bill was “on call” until the session ended. That means no addendum to AB 962 that was going to include most calibers of rifle ammunition in the mix of pistol ammunition. It didn’t receive the votes to pass. Great news indeed.
August 31, 2010
August 29, 2010
Gun Restrictive City’s Gun Laws Not Enforced
The city of New York has some of the most restrictive gun laws on the books. Yet prosecutions relating to firearms are low in regard to said ordinances because state and federal laws are enough. This tells us that people like Mayor Bloomberg don’t mind discouraging citizens from exercising their rights. The city police have made 12,967 arrests since 2000 and only 2068 were convicted. Official New York City personnel have all but confirmed the lack of effectiveness of the city’s gun laws.
Read the article.
August 27, 2010
EPA Denies Petition For Lead Ammunition Ban
The Center for Biological Diversity has had their petition for a lead ammunition ban denied by the EPA. The EPA claims that they have no authority to do so which is certainly good news.
Read the info here:
August 25, 2010
Victory in Millender v. County of Los Angeles
Legal win in California’s Los Angeles County. The California Rifle Association and NRA are on a roll.
Millender v. County of Los Angeles, et al. (07-55518), affirmed that a search warrant requesting the seizure of “all handguns, rifles or shotguns of any caliber, or any firearms capable of firing ammunition…” was unlawful, when the deputies who sought the warrant were aware that they were searching for one specific firearm.
This should help end some of the overzealous confiscatory actions by law enforcement agencies in California.
Ream more:
calgunlaws.com
August 24, 2010
NRA/CRPA Foundation Legal Action Project Submit Pre-Litigation Petition For Review Of Fish & Game Hunting Regulations
The NRA and CRPA have teamed up to file a petition against game hunting regulations that infringe on Second Amendment rights. The petition asks the California Fish and Game Commission to repeal regulations that prohibit the mere possession of firearms or lead ammunition when engaged in certain activities, or when present in certain areas, such as designated wildlife areas. Among other things the letter explains that the Commission lacks the authority to adopt such regulations in the first place. This is just the thing that gives the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) nightmares.
This is a great example of where member funding dollars are used. You should send money and send it often. Read more at the link below.
August 23, 2010
NYSRPA Challenges Sen. Antoine Thompson’s Push For Micro-stampting
The New York State Rifle & Pistol Association is challenging Sen. Antoine Thompson in his push for more anti-gun measures. He’s not surprisingly trying to sell micro-stamping. This seems to be the same MO that we see from anti-gun politicians regardless of locale.
August 21, 2010
Apparently Kevin De Leon Is Not Through Trying To Destroy Californian’s Rights
Assemblyman Kevin De Leon writes a follow up to the current law(AB 962) that’s about to be legally eviscerated. It’s AB 2358. Kevin De Leon would like free people in California to know that he is not done attempting to remove the rights of law abiding citizens and he has added rifle ammunition to his hit list of things that he’d like verboten in California. He certainly would do totalitarians of old proud with his display of political class elitism.
(a) “Handgun ammunition” a
mmunition,” which does not include blanks and ammunition
designed and intended to be used in an “antique firearm” as defined
in Section 921(a)(16) of Title 18 of the United States Code,
means ammunition principally for use in pistols, revolvers,
and other firearms capable of being concealed upon the person, as
defined in subdivision (a) of Section 12001, notwithstanding that the
ammunition may also be used in some rifles. any
variety of ammunition in the following calibers,
notwithstanding that the ammunition may also be used in some rifles:(1) .22.
(2) .25.
(3) .32.
(4) .38.
(5) .9mm.
(6) .10mm.
(7) .40.
(8) .41.
(9) .44.
(10) .45.
(11) 5.7x28mm.
(12) .223.
(13) .357.
(14) .454.
(15) 5.56x45mm.
(16) 7.62×39.
(17) 7.63mm.
(18) 7.65mm.
(19) .50.
Please use the following information to contact the appropriate representatives:
From the NRA-ILA:
Ammo Sales Bill (AB2358) Sent Back to Senate Public Safety Committee
Please Contact the Senate Public Safety Committee Today!
[B]Assembly Bill 2358 was recently amended to include common rifle ammunition like .223 and 7.62 x 39.[/B] The bill has been directed back to the Senate Public Safety Committee for approval of this alteration where it will be considered on Monday, August 23.
As we reported, AB2358 is anti-gun legislation meant to “clean-up” and address problems encountered with the passage of AB962 in 2009. Make no mistake about it; this bill does nothing to improve AB962 for California’s gun owners. In fact, it makes things far worse.
AB2358 would force licensed state ammunition retailers to obtain a special local license to operate in municipalities. These retailers would also be required to notify local law enforcement before conducting business within their jurisdiction.
Moreover, this bill mandates that ammunition retailers submit sales records to local law enforcement agencies and allows them to maintain those records indefinitely. It does not require the same privacy and destruction requirements mandated for state ammunition vendors.
Passage of AB2358 would make it difficult for ammunition retailers to sell ammunition at sporting events and gun shows. It would also leave law abiding Californian gun owners vulnerable to identity theft and political persecution by local, anti-gun politicians.
Please contact the members of the Senate Public Safety Committee IMMEDIATELY and respectfully urge them to oppose AB2358. Contact information for the committee can be found below.
SENATE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE:
State Senator Mark Leno (Chair)
(916) 651-4003
[email]senator.leno@senate.ca.gov[/email]State Senator Dave Cogdill (Vice-Chair)
(916) 651-4014State Senator Gilbert Cedillo
(916) 651-4022State Senator Loni Hancock
(916) 651-4009State Senator Robert Huff
(916) 651-4029State Senator Darrell Steinberg
(916) 651-4006State Senator Roderick Wright
(916) 651-4025