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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.

MONTEZUMA, Iowa -- Brownells just honored its one-millionth customer, Jason Wright, by presenting him with a personalized Bushmaster AR-15 in Wright's caliber choice, .450 Bushmaster.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (November 20, 2008) — USA Shooting has officially announced the induction of Ruby Fox and Daniel Carlisle into the U.S. International Shooting Hall of Fame for 2008.

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.

The Second Amendment Foundation believes that the nomination of Eric Holder for the post of attorney general of the United States sends an “alarming signal” to gun owners about how the Barack Obama administration will view individual gun rights.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - USA Shooting is pleased to announce that 2008 Olympic gold medalist Glenn Eller (Katy, Texas) and 2008 Olympic silver medalist Kim Rhode (El Monte, Calif.) have been selected as the 2008 USAS Athletes of the Year.

MOLINE, Ill. — The Rock Island Auction Company has announced the firearms and estate of Wilbur Henry Hoffeld will be auctioned on December 6, 7, and 8, 2008 here. Proceeds from a portion of this auction will benefit the NRA Foundation. The auction will include more than 1,000 Colts, 8 Patersons, 2 Walkers, more than 350 Colt Percussions, more than 80 Colt Brevetes, more than 100 Colt First Generation Single Actions, dozens of 1877s and 78s, more than 300 Winchesters, 5 Henry Rifles, Civil War items, and more.

FAIRFAX, Virginia - The Boy Scouts of America are looking for volunteers to help with the shooting sports events at their 100th anniversary in 2010.

FAIRFAX, Va. - Hundreds of the world's best action-pistol competitors competed at the NRA's Sixth World Action Pistol Championships in Hamilton, New Zealand, last week, but it was the U.S. Pistol Team who walked away with four titles.