Handguns

A mother who angered fellow parents when she openly carried a pistol to her 5-year-old daughter's soccer game got her concealed weapons permit back Tuesday after a Pennsylvania judge overruled a sheriff's decision to revoke it.

Earlier this year, the courts slapped down San Francisco's voter-approved initiative to ban the sale and possession of firearms, calling the proposition unlawful. Gun-owning residents, the National Rifle Association and other pro-gun groups, cheered.

The Associated Press reports that gun control is playing a complicated role in the 2008 campaign.

Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels does not have the authority to ban guns on public property, says State Attorney General Rob McKenna.

Washington, D.C. -- The National Rifle Association has endorsed Senator John McCain for president, despite years of attacks on his gun-policy positions.

An article in the Oct. 9, 2008 issue of The Orange County (California) Register reports that the Orange County Sheriff's Department has begun the process of revoking hundreds of concealed weapon permits across Orange County.

The Buffalo (NY) News reported on Oct. 10, 2008, that a pizza deliveryman fought off three robbers at gunpoint and shot one of them in the back.

TUSCON, Ariz.--More than three out of four (77 percent) of 1,400 present and former employees of the National Park Service (NPS) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) predict that the controversial Department of Interior (DOI) proposed rule reversing the long-standing prohibition of carrying loaded, concealed weapons in National Parks and Wildlife Refuges will have an adverse affect on the ability of NPS and USFWS employees to accomplish their mission.

FORT BENNING, Ga. - More than 300 soldiers, civilians and family members, past and present, of the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit gathered to celebrate the USAMU's 52nd birthday. The Military Marksmanship Association is conducting a reunion in honor of the 52nd anniversary of the founding of the Army Marksmanship Unit Oct. 16 to 18 at the USAMU Headquarters and ranges.

WASHINGTON – Ten soldiers from the U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program and U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit visited the White House on Oct. 7.

According to the chief political correspondent for The Washington Times, Gun control has emerged as the toxic issue of the 2008 presidential campaign, especially among Democratic blue-collar and labor-union households.

JERSEY CITY, NJ--A state appellate court struck down Mayor Jerramiah Healy's 'one handgun a month' ordinance for Jersey City, but Healy is hoping state legislators will make it a state law instead.