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• Texas: Duel over gun safety in Capitol
Lawmakers in firearm friendly Texas are embroiled in a debate over how to make the state Capitol safer: get rid of guns or encourage even more.
• Montana: Wildlife agency takes up lead ammo ban this week
Domenech, executive director of Raptor View Research Institute, was one of hundreds of people to send comments to the Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Commission in what has become a controversial proposal to ban lead shot on state owned wildlife management areas.
• Canada: Blatant invasion of privacy
Last fall, then federal public safety minister Peter Van Loan said it was "offensive and inappropriate" that the RCMP had handed over the personal information of gun owners collected by the Canadian Firearms program to a polling agency. Van Loan said gun owners' privacy rights had been abused and, as a result, he filed what seemed to be a well founded complaint to federal privacy commissioner Jennifer Stoddart.
• Nebraska: Committee hears arguments on bill on using deadly force against int...
Committee members had lots of questions for supporters of a bill (LB889) that would change when a person is justified in using deadly force to protect against an intruder in the home, workplace or occupied vehicle. Sen. Mark Christensen of Imperial, a strong gun rights advocate who introduced the bill, said Nebraskans deserve a strong self defense law.
• Still waiting for those wild west shootouts
In the early 1990's, when the push began in most states to allow citizens to be allowed to carry concealed weapons, those who opposed were fearful of a new wave of bloodbaths in the streets if this were to happen. To nearly everyone's surprise, except for those who were behind the effort, and with only two states still not offering any sort of private concealed carry, violent crime statistics per capita have slowed and in some cases reversed. Proponents of CCW point to the increase in concealed carry as the major reason, while others will say it is because of increased law enforcement, public awareness and general trends.
• Maine: Democratic candidates differ on gun background checks
This week, Maine gubernatorial candidate Rosa Scarcelli declared in a written statement that she is the only Democratic candidate in favor of mandatory criminal background checks for the purchase of firearms in Maine. But her Democratic opponents say the law cannot be enforced, and that there are circumstances in which guns should be allowed to be transferred or sold without background checks.
• Georgia: Right-to-Carry in Churches
Could Georgians soon be able to carry concealed guns anywhere, even college campuses, schools, sports events, even churches? The Georgia legislature could this year change the state concealed firearm law, making it legal for licensed gun owners to carry weapons anywhere except in courthouses, jails, or prisons.
• California: Oakland passes record-keeping requirement for ammunition sales
Oakland has joined an alliance of other cities in tightening its gun laws after a unanimous vote by the city council. This gun law is similar to what is already on the books in Richmond, Berkeley and San Francisco. It dictates that those who buy bullets would have to provide thumbprints. "What this does is tightens up the records," said Councilmember Jean Quan. "It requires sales of ammunition to have the same kinds of records that we have in the sale of a gun." "It will require a fingerprint when you buy ammunition," said Quan. "It would also require a new store that would like to sell ammunition to store it in a safe place, and to certify and clear its staff for criminal records."
• Maine: Proposal targets gun ban for parks
Lawmakers heard testimony Wednesday on a proposal to reimpose restrictions on guns within Acadia National Park and along the Appalachian Trail in Maine in response to Congress' controversial decision to lift long standing limits on firearms.
• Delaware: Newark Housing Authority withdraws gun ban
A residents’ handbook containing rules and regulations for everyone living in property operated by the Newark Housing Authority was “misleading,” according to Rob Detwiler, who chairs the authority’s Board of Commissioners. A section in the handbook requiring that tenants must “not possess explosives, firearms or flammable material on NHA’s property,” will be removed.
• University of Arizona students protest gun resolution
The Associated Students of the University of Arizona decided to host a public forum to discuss a resolution for UA to oppose guns on campus after students protested during Wednesday’s meeting. “I honestly, in my heart, feel it is important for the people on this campus to be able to protect themselves,” said Coty McKenzie, a political science junior. “All gun free zones do is allow people who illegally bring guns on campus to harm more people.”
• Arizona: Push is on to liberalize gun laws
This year, the state's Republican governor and a conservative Legislature may continue that tradition by giving Arizonans some of the least restrictive weapons laws in the nation. This session, state lawmakers have proposed more than a dozen bills on expanding rights to carry and use guns and knives.
• California: NRA/CRPA submit letter opposing gun control ordinances being cons...
Tomorrow evening at 6:00p.m., the full City Council of Oakland ("OCC") will consider and vote on whether to adopt amendments to three ordinances that impact the rights of lawful gun owners in that city. (See proposed amendments) The aggressive package of amendments is the Legal Community Against Violence's ("LCAV") most recent attempt at pushing its gun ban agenda locally, while pushing the "envelope" of the legal doctrine of preemption as outlined in the Fiscal v. City and County of San Francisco case (which limits the authority of local governments to regulate firearms and ammunition). LCAV's last attempt to push these ordinances was in San Mateo County where they failed, likely as a result of NRA/CRPA litigation threats and the enormous public outcry by pro gun rights supporters.
• Maryland: Baltimore's incoming Mayor seeks more gun control
Baltimore's incoming mayor, Stephanie C. Rawlings Blake, pressed Annapolis lawmakers to toughen state gun laws at a packed hearing Tuesday before the House Judiciary Committee.
• Oklahoma: More women are exercising Right-to-Carry
The Second Amendment never sounded so good. In lieu of police layoffs and having fewer officers on Tulsa streets, more people are applying for a concealed carry license. However, the look of students signing up is changing, because more women are enrolling. In the last decade, weapons instructor, Robert Welch says female enrollment has tripled.

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