Gun Rights

This from a letter from Sarah Brady to a list of supporters: 'I was so excited when I heard that Rahm Emanuel was going to be the Chief of Staff in the Obama White House.'

The United States Sportsmen’s Alliance (USSA) has spoken out against U.S. Representative Henry Waxman (D-CA) toppling Representative John Dingell (D- MI) as chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee.

NORTH POLE, Alaska – The Anchorage Daily News reports that a homeowner interrupting a burglary in progress late last week morning opened fire on the intruder as the burglar approached him and his wife, Alaska State Troopers said.

GREENBELT, MD - U.S. District Judge Alexander Williams has sentenced Leonard Stephan Lockley, age 28, of Bowie, Maryland, to 21 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release for receiving and selling machine guns that he secreted out of Iraq while deployed as an Army soldier near Baghdad.

From the 'he-just-doesn't-get-it' file: Joseph J. Bobbitt, Jr., a resident of Dallas, Georgia, has been sentenced in federal court in Pittsburgh to 36 months' imprisonment, to be followed by three years supervised release on his conviction of violating federal firearms laws.

…Palm Beach Post (FL) editorial writer Jac Wilder VerSteeg thumped a hornet's nest and got dozens of angry gun-owner responses with his Nov. 15 article, 'Muzzle all that gun paranoia.'

Irish Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform Dermot Ahern, T.D. outlined his proposals to ban licensed handguns in that country.

November 21, 2008--Found this while going down the rabbit hole looking for news to post on GunReports.com. I thought the GR community might like to see what the National Shooting Sports Foundation is doing to combat the misnamed 'assault weapons' push. --Admin.

This from 2nd Amendment scholar and lawyer Dave Kopel, writing on UCLA Professor Eugene Volokhs's legal-discussion site, 'The Volokh Conspiracy':

WASHINGTON -- The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) announced the release of an electronic version of ATF Form 4473, the Firearms Transaction Record, which all firearms purchasers are required to complete before buying a gun from a federal firearms licensee (FFL).

South Carolina will waive the state’s sales and use tax on purchases of handguns, rifles and shotguns during the first annual Second Amendment Sales Tax Holiday Nov. 28 – 29.

Mark W. DeYoung, ATK Senior Vice President and President of ATK Armament Systems has been elected to the Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation's Board of Directors. His term will begin on January 1, 2009.