Nevada ‘campus carry’ bill approved in Assembly
Gun-Free Zones may be on the way out in Nevada. More here…
Category: Gun Control
SAF Takes Case Of Arizona Navy Vet Whose Guns Were Seized
BELLEVUE, WA – The Second Amendment Foundation announced yesterday that it has taken on funding the case of a retired Glendale, Arizona Navy veteran whose gun collection was seized by authorities because of an on-going dispute with a neighbor who obtained a protection order.
The case of 56-year-old Rick Bailey has made headlines in the Southwest and across the Internet. Bailey had complained to the City of Glendale about the neighbor’s habit of parking dump trucks used in his landscaping company. The dispute unfolded over several months until Bailey called police over concerns of toxic chemical odors apparently coming from the neighbor’s property. The neighbor apparently alleged that Bailey had threatened him, and the following day, he obtained a harassment order against Bailey. Police showed up and took Bailey’s gun collection, and he wants his property back. Read more
Christie pardons Philadelphia mom who was arrested after bringing gun to NJ
In 2013 Shaneen Allen was arrested in Hamilton Township, NJ during a routine traffic stop for possessing a pistol. Although she told police she had the gun and a Pennsylvania concealed carry permit, she faced up to three years in prison in New Jersey.
N.J. Gov. Chris Christie pardoned her and the details are here…
Arrest of School Shooter’s Dad Shows Fatal Flaw of Gun Control Measure
BELLEVUE, WA – Today’s arrest of Raymond Lee Fryberg, father of Marysville Pilchuck gunman Jaylen Fryberg, on charges of illegally purchasing the pistol used in that shooting demonstrates the fatal flaw of so-called “universal background check” legislation, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said.
“Apparently,” said CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb, “a permanent protection order issued against Fryberg back in 2002 never made it into the National Instant Check System (NICS). Penalizing all law-abiding gun owners because a system is flawed does not prevent crime from happening, nor does it keep the wrong people from getting their hands on guns.”
The government alleges that not only did the elder Fryberg provide false information on the Federal Form 4473 when he bought the Beretta pistol his son used in the October shooting, he also allegedly bought four other firearms at various times. It is not known why information about the protection order did not appear in the NICS system, but Fryberg’s status as a disqualified person apparently never showed up during NICS checks. But he apparently knew the protection order was still in effect months before he bought the handgun, and so did the tribal court. Read more
North Texas lawmaker aims to get rid of gun-free zones
Representative Drew Springer, R-Muenster, TX, has authored a bill – laid out Tuesday before a House committee – that will lift most restrictions on where the state’s nearly 826,000 concealed handgun license holders can carry their pistols. Details here…
Another Ammo Plan Being Pushed
Bill would shut Michigan open-carry gun loophole
A bill to prevent open carry in gun-free zones would allow concealed carry with proper training is in the works. Details here…
Is gun ownership really down in America?
John Lott lays out the facts about trends in America relative to gun ownerships in this Fox News piece here…
CCRKBA Blasts Anti-Gun Dems for “Pouring Gas on Grassroots”
BELLEVUE, WA – Anti-gun Capitol Hill Democrats just couldn’t resist further provoking the nation’s law-abiding gun owners with yesterday’s renewed push to ban ammunition even after the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives had temporarily stepped back from such a proposal on Tuesday, and it’s time for the public to smack them down hard, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said today.
“Even though BATF moved its ammunition ban proposal to the shelf, Democrats started lobbying the Obama administration to push forward with a ban just as we expected,” said CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb. “New York Congressman Eliot Engel has introduced legislation, and others Capitol Hill want BATF Director B. Todd Jones to “use his ‘existing authority’ to keep ‘dangerous ammunition out of our communities,’ according to a report in The Hill.
“What do the Democrats hope to achieve, other than to keep 90 million gun owners hopping mad,” Gottlieb wondered. “This push merely reinforces the notion that Democrats are the party of gun control hysteria, and that while they claim to support the Second Amendment, they’re determined to erode it every way possible. Read more
Potterfields Donate $100K to NRA After M855/SS109 Decision and Issue Two Twenty Three Challenge
Larry and Brenda Potterfield, owners of MidwayUSA, will make a $100,000 donation to the NRA/ILA National Endowment for the Protection of the Second Amendment. The donation is being made in honor of NRA/ILA’s hard work in rallying NRA members and Congress to combat the ATF’s proposed changes to the M855/SS109 ammo exemption framework. The donation also celebrates ATF’s recent decision to refrain from seeking to issue a final framework at this time.
The Potterfields have also announced the Two Twenty Three Challenge. Issued specifically to organizations in the Outdoor and Shooting Sports Industry, the challenge is for each organization to have their own celebration and to make a contribution to NRA/ILA National Endowment for the Protection of the Second Amendment, at whatever financial level is appropriate. Read more