Handguns

…On Thursday June 5, Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen issued Concealed Carry Permit #1 for a retired investigator. Van Hollen said he hoped other agencies would follow his lead. He said he has told them they have the authority to issue such permits under a four-year-old federal law that makes some of the thousands of retired Wisconsin officers able to carry a concealed weapon.

A Georgia gun dealer facing a lawsuit by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg decided not to participate in jury selection, which sends the case directly to a federal appeals court and out of U.S. District Judge Jack B. Weinstein’s court.

Participants invited are individuals and teams of the Armed Services of the United States, Reserve Components, and military academies and commissioning program. Entries will be restricted to Open Class only (no categories or classes). This is a military-only closed match.

ROCHESTER, New York, Responding to consumer demand, Crosman, a leading international designer, manufacturer and marketer of products for the shooting sports, has added three new CO2 powered, semiautomatic, BB repeater pistols

The Citizens Voice newspaper in Wilkes-Barre, Penn., has reported that the operator of the pro-open-carry site paopencarry.org. was detained by police after having his gun confiscated.

A Butler, Missouri, car dealership is offering a free handgun with every purchase of a used car.

New for 2008 Taurus offers this sidearm in Stainless Steel with black checkered grips in .45 ACP, .40 cal and 9mm.

The 800 Series, available in .45 ACP, .40 cal and 9mm, features Taurus’ industry changing “Strike Two” capability.

MIAMI – New for 2008 Taurus pushes its small frame revolvers to the next level with the Model 856.

Point and shoot handling and exceptional rapid fire capability makes this is a formidable defense gun. Based on our action tests our shooter was able to place two shots on a five yard target about 0.25 seconds sooner than with our other test guns. This could make its 9+1 capacity, (which is better than other 1911s), academic when compared to the higher capacity pistols.

…The latest survey by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press, conducted April 23-27 among 1,502 Americans, finds that public attitudes about gun control also have shown little change in recent years.

…In the next few weeks the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to decide D.C. v. Heller, which concerns whether the District of Columbia's ban on handguns violates the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. The question that the Supreme Court will be answering is whether the Second Amendment actually provides an individual with the right to own a gun or whether it provides the state the ability to form a militia.