Background Checks Need Total Gun Registration to be Effective

The watered-down gun control bill introduced by Senator Feinstein now comes down to “universal background checks.”

Senator Reid puts the strategy this way: “I want to be clear: in order to be effective, any bill that passes the Senate must include background checks.”

But the Department of Justice indicates Reid’s strategy is flawed unless total gun registration is put into place.  In a white paper dated January 4 and obtained by NRA-ILA, the deputy director of the National Institute for Justice–DOJ’s research and evaluation agency–said that the proposals before Congress are unlikely to have an effect unless they are made even more draconian.  For instance, the document makes clear that the effectiveness of “universal” background checks “depends on … requiring gun registration.”

Any wonder why there’s so much opposition to seemingly good legislation?

Ammunition, Firearms, Gun Control, Hunting, Self Defense

Justice to Invest $20 Million in Firearm Backgound Check System Improvements

The Justice Department’s Office of Justice Programs (OJP) plans to invest more than $20 million to strengthen the firearm background check system by improving states’ abilities to share information with the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS). OJP’s Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) and Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) are providing funding for three grants to support state, territorial and tribal efforts to reduce information gaps and make instantly available to NICS all records prohibiting the purchase or possession of firearms.

Firearms, Gun Control

Michigan’s Wild Turkey Success Story Continues

When Michigan began rebuilding its wild turkey population in the 1950s, Allegan County was the center of the effort. Birds were brought in from Pennsylvania and were released there. But as the population grew and expansion became a possibility, Michigan wildlife managers began looking north.
“A long time ago it was thought that turkeys needed Read more

Hunting, Wildlife , ,

Ammo Shortage Foretold

By Glen Wunderlich

“You can’t always get what you want
But if you try sometimes, well, you might find
You get what you need” …The Rolling Stones

No truer words were ever set to music – especially when they are applied to an ironic dilemma many gun enthusiasts now face.  Amid record profits in the gun industry, shooters of many disciplines find little solace in the unrelenting, upbeat news.  Competitive shooters, hunters, and plinkers everywhere are not able to get what they want. Read more

Ammunition, Firearms, Hunting, Self Defense

Supreme Court Reverses Devastating Decision to Forest Wildlife Habitat

Coraopolis, PA – The Ruffed Grouse Society applauds the U.S. Supreme Court in its decision to reverse a 9th Circuit Court ruling to further regulate forest management — a judgment that was potentially devastating to forest wildlife habitat. The reversal makes a strong statement against additional and unnecessary permitting of forest management practices and is good news for forest wildlife. Read more

Animal Rights, Hunting, Wildlife
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