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The 2008 USA Shooting National Championships for Rifle/Pistol came to a close today with Matt Emmons earning his third national title of the competition, taking first place in the Men's 3 Position Rifle event. Emmons, from Browns Mills, N.J., a 2004 Olympian and 2008 Olympic team member, finished on top with final of 101.1 and a total score of 2455.1. Earlier in the competition, Emmons also claimed the Men's Air Rifle and Men's 3 Position Rifle…

Disney World claims that it's exempt from a new state law that allows workers to bring handguns to work. Disney says by banning the guns, it's looking out for the safety of its workers and guests.

The Massachusetts Gun Owners’ Action League will mark the ten-year anniversary of the signing of the state’s 1998 Gun Control Act on July 23, 2008. It has marked the upcoming anniversary by outlining what it calls the “Decade of Disaster” that resulted from the passage the law, officially known as Chapter 180 of the Acts of 1998.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.— Rifle shooter Lones W. Wigger, Jr. was inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame June 19 in Chicago at the Joan W. and Irving B. Harris Theater.

NASHVILLE, N.C.—Young skeet shooters from across North Carolina earned state titles—with many qualifying to represent North Carolina at upcoming national championships—at the recent Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) North Carolina Skeet State Championship.

SPARTA, Ill.—Young trap shooters from across Illinois earned state titles—with many qualifying to represent Illinois at upcoming national championships—at the recent Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) Illinois Trap State Championship.

ODESSA, Fla.—Young skeet shooters from across Florida earned state titles—with many qualifying to represent Florida at upcoming national championships—at the recent Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) Florida Skeet State Championship.

Smith & Wesson Holding Corporation has announced new appointments to its senior management team.

Marie Cocco, a writer for the Washington Post Writer's Group, tried to undercut the value of Heller by castigating gun-rights advocates for pushing their rights before the court, and in local jurisdictions: The gun lobby already has filed suit against municipalities that have laws similar to the one struck down in the District of Columbia. Wayne LaPierre, the National Rifle Association's executive vice president, told me that licensing and permitting systems, such as the one long…

In the end, the court settled a matter that had been ruled by sensibilities. When fashionable people can afford to hire security guards or live in gated communities, they tend to think of self-defense as a neurotic obsession of the gauche and overwrought. They don't think they need handguns, therefore no one needs handguns. They are undeterred by research that shows that their gun bans don't reduce crime, because it only matters that they mean well.

The AP has reported that in Atlanta, gun-rights advocates are saying a new Georgia state law allows visitors to carry firearms at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. City officials in charge of the airport declared it a 'gun free zone' when the new law took effect Tuesday. Gun rights supporters, including a state legislator who helped pass the law, quickly filed a lawsuit in federal court challenging the designation. …

The Washington Post has reported that gun shops in suburban Maryland and Virginia felt an immediate impact from the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling Thursday that the District's handgun ban is unconstitutional. City leaders said it would take about three weeks to iron out which kinds of guns will be legal and how the registration process will work.