Pistols

Ranson, West Virginia, Mayor David A. Hamill says he doesn’t expect the Ranson City Council to approve a proposed firearms ban because of the opposition it has drawn.

Ellen Carrington, 21, who was recently crowned Miss Tennessee, has a concealed weapons permit.

Senator David Vitter (R-LA) is planning to introduce a concealed carry reciprocity bill next week.

Writing in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, gun-rights advocates Alan Gottlieb and Joe Waldron wrote that “Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels, behaving like the would-be ruler of a ‘city state,’ has decided to ignore Washington's longstanding firearms statute regarding the legal carry of concealed handguns by licensed private citizens on city property.”

MIAMI – SLIM is the name of this suave new entry into the Taurus line. Elegant in Blue and Stainless this small pistol can easily fit under a cummerbund or pair of bibs.

…Last week, the New Jersey Assembly Judiciary Committee approved legislation that would ban the purchase, transfer, and inheritance of many popular hunting guns, historical American firearms, and large-bore target firearms

GunReports.com has learned that the S&W’s M&P9 Pro Series pistol was used in its first competitive win at the 2008 Texas State International Defensive Pistol Association (IDPA) Championship.

New for 2008 Taurus is pleased to offer its popular 1911 with “Bull’s Head Walnut” grips.

Cottonwood, Ariz. - LaserLyte is proud to introduce the new Sub-compact Laser Sight Version Two (V2), the smallest and most versatile railed laser yet

…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.

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.