Outdoor commentary and legislative issues.
The tsunami at the ballot box will continue next year when millions of gun owners will finish what they started in the mid-term election.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/nov/3/gun-owners-to-count-at-the-ballot-box/
A South Carolina sheriff encourages citizens to get a concealed weapons permit, after a woman was attacked while walking her dog in a park.
BELLEVUE, WA – Wednesday’s revelation by Gallup that a record low number of Americans support a legal ban on handgun possession by private citizens demonstrates a positive change in the public attitude about personal protection and the Second Amendment, the Second Amendment Foundation said.
According to Gallup, only 26 percent of Americans favor a handgun ban. The annual Gallup Crime poll was conducted Oct. 6-9. Read more
People in the U.S. do not favor more gun control, especially relative to handguns and semi-automatic firearms.
http://www.gallup.com/poll/150341/Record-Low-Favor-Handgun-Ban.aspx
Monday, October 17, 2011
Last week, House Bill 5064 was assigned to the House Committee on Judiciary and will likely be up for a vote in the near future. HB 5064, authored by state Representative Paul Opsommer (R-93), would provide protections for law-abiding gun owners to legally store firearms in their locked vehicles while parked at their place of employment.
On Sept. 29, a federal judge in the Northern District of Texas decided in favor of the federal government in a case brought by the NRA challenging the federal restriction on the purchase of handguns by 18-20 year old adults. The case is far from over, as the NRA has already filed an appeal.
In the case, Jennings v. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the NRA and a group of responsible young adults argued that since 18-20 year olds are considered adults for virtually every other purpose, such as voting and military service, adults in this age group should also be able to purchase handguns from licensed dealers. Read more
When a couple of low-lifes broke into this Canton Twp. home, they met their match – a bail bondsman with gun in hand…
http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/dpp/news/local/canton-homeowner-shoots-intruder-in-the-leg-20111012-ms
Friday, September 16, 2011
On Tuesday, Sept. 13, the U.S. House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security held a hearing on H.R. 822, the National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act of 2011.
The bill, introduced earlier this year by Congressmen Cliff Stearns (R-Fla.) and Heath Shuler (D-N.C.) and cosponsored by more than 240 of their colleagues, would enable millions of permit holders to exercise their right to self-defense while traveling outside their home states. Read more
Under the Senate legislation, laws that cover the use and licensing of concealed handguns also would apply to stun guns or Tasers. That includes certain no-carry zones such as schools and stadiums.
Michigan would join 43 other states that let residents carry stun guns under certain circumstances. Michigan law has banned the use of stun guns since 1976, with exceptions for police and some other personnel.