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• Click Here for News Relating To McDonald v. Chicago
News stories and press releases on the oral arguments before the Supreme Court in the McDonald v. City of Chicago case.
• West Virginia: Bill outlaws Bloomberg anti-gun investigation tactics
The Legislature passed a measure Saturday that targets anyone who tries to entice a firearms dealer or private seller under circumstances that the individual knows is unlawful. The bill addresses a tactic employed by New York during stings conducted last year at seven guns shows in Tennessee, Ohio and Nevada.
• West Virginia: Bill gives annual tax break on guns
A bill that would give gun buyers a break on the state's 6 percent sales tax passed quietly on the final day of the legislative session. Known as "The Second Amendment Appreciation Act," it creates an annual sales tax holiday on firearm purchases during the second weekend in October.
• Alaska: Lawmakers working on self-defense bill
A lawmaker on Monday agreed to rework a bill intended to protect Alaskans who use deadly force in defending themselves or their property. Neuman, R Big Lake, said he wants Alaskans to know they have a right to protect themselves, and he wants to keep law abiding citizens from ending up in court justifying acts of self defense.
• Arizona: Pro-hunting bills move ahead in Legislature
State lawmakers approved two measures Monday designed to give more power to hunters to protect their rights. Without debate, the House gave preliminary approval to a measure that would provide constitutional protection to the right to hunt. The measure is being pushed by the National Rifle Association.
• Colorado: Legislature won't extend self-defense protections to businesses
House Bill 1094, introduced by Rep. Cory Gardner, R Yuma, and a candidate for the GOP nomination for the 4th Congressional District, said the measure would help protect business owners and their employees from unscrupulous people who enter their shops. "This is a self defense bill that's empowering the people of Colorado to make sure that they have the right to self defense without worry that they would be prosecuted by their government," Gardner said. "We have seen instances in Colorado where employees of businesses have been charged with the crime for acting to protect themselves."
• Illinois: Springfield area lawmakers support Right-to-Carry
Springfield area lawmakers share the same opinion about whether the public should be allowed to carry concealed handguns. They approve.
• Virginia: Lt. Gov. Bolling: 'kill bill' panel creation broke Senate rules
Yes, Democratic leaders in Virginia's Senate broke the rules when they killed a bunch of gun rights bills in a specially formed subcommittee. And, no, there's not a thing anybody can do about it. The controversy began when Senate Majority Leader Richard Saslaw (D Fairfax) and Courts of Justice Chairman Henry Marsh (D Richmond) created a special subcommittee to consider several gun bills passed by the Republican controlled House, including an attempt to repeal Virginia's ban on buying more than one handgun a month.
• Indiana: Governor signs Right-to-Carry privacy bill
Gov. Mitch Daniels has signed into law a bill that will keep gun permit information secret in Indiana. Under House Bill 1068, which Daniels signed into law today, the information submitted to obtain or renew a license to carry a handgun is confidential. General information, such as the overall numbers of permits issued in an area, can be released for academic and journalistic studies, under the bill.
• Illinois: Suburban gun store owners expect sales to surge if Chicago's ban falls
Gun retailers, who got a boost when President Barack Obama took office, are hoping to get another one from the U.S. Supreme Court. The high court is widely expected to strike down Chicago's 28 year old handgun ban this summer, following the court's 2008 decision to overturn a similar ordinance in Washington, D.C. Suburban gun store owners anticipate the court's next move will uncork pent up demand for firearms within Chicago city limits.
• South Dakota: Legislature rejects worker's rights bill
A measure that would have made it legal for people to bring a firearm in a locked vehicle onto their workplace parking lot will not move forward to the House floor for a vote.
• Illinois: Gun advocates push for concealed carry
Advocates may have a shot at seeing legislation pass allowing Illinois residents to carry concealed firearms. Almost 8,000 people marched to the State Capitol in Springfield on Wednesday, which was Illinois Gun Owners Lobby Day.
• Maryland: Several gun control bills proposed
The House and Senate heard nearly two dozen gun related measures in Annapolis on Thursday. Supporters of the Second Amendment right to bear arms are crying conspiracy. They claim committee chairmen in both the House and Senate decided to hold hearings on gun legislation on the same day and at the same time to divide and conquer their opposition. They are particularly concerned with bills that tighten the rules for the sale and transfer of fire arms.
• The New York Times vs. Virginia gun rights
If you want to know how obsessed The New York Times is with gun control in Virginia, take a look at the Web version of its story on John Patrick Bedell, the ill fated Pentagon shooter. In one of its first stories on the subject, the writers shoe horned the gun control issue into it to no seeming purpose. Of course, the Times did have a purpose: slapping the backward yahoos down South.
• Canada: Long-gun registry must end
As many Canadians are aware, there has been a long debate over the registration of long guns, and strong opposition to the previous Liberal government's long gun registry. This opposition grew when the auditor general reported the costs of the Liberal program had reached at least $1 billion. That's why last May I introduced Bill C 391 to end the long gun registry. The bill passed second reading in the House of Commons.

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