Yesterday, House Bills 5324, 5325, 5326, 5327 and 5328 were introduced in the Michigan Legislature.  Collectively known as the “Firearms Records Confidentiality Package,” these bills seek to clarify current laws regarding the regulation and licensing of the selling, purchasing, possessing and carrying of certain firearms.  Specifically, these bills aim to rework the current regulations regarding how firearms records are collected, used and accessed.  Most importantly, they reiterate that information contained in a firearms record is confidential and not subject to disclosure Read more

Dan Haar of Connecticut’s The  Courant newspaper points out, “No one has anything close to definitive figures, but the  most conservative estimates place the number of unregistered  assault weapons well above 50,000, and perhaps as high as  350,000.  And that means as of Jan. 1, Connecticut has very likely  created tens of thousands of newly minted criminals — perhaps  100,000 people, almost certainly at least 20,000 — who have  broken no other laws.  By owning unregistered guns defined as  assault weapons, all of them are committing Class D  felonies.”  More here…

BELLEVUE, WA – Thirty-four members of Congress including Mississippi Senator Thad Cochran have signed onto an amicus curiae brief in the Second Amendment Foundation’s case of Drake v. Jerejian, which asks the U.S. Supreme Court to determine whether the Second Amendment secures the right to carry handguns outside the home for self-defense. Read more