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Spring 2015 Raffle
Enter to win our Spring 2015 Raffle! Proceeds go to the Legal Defense Fund to offset costs associated with our federal lawsuit to overturn the SAFE Act. Ticket sales close May 29. Winner to be announced at the July 12 Annual Meeting.
NY Democrat Introduces Expanded Background Checks for Gun Shows
NY Democrat Introduces Expanded Background Checks for Gun Shows - On May 19, Representative Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY)14% (D-NY-12th District) introduced legislation to expand background checks to gun shows. Titled the Gun Show Loophole Closing Act, Maloney’s...
Senator Panepinto Calls on Senate Republicans to Get Serious on SAFE Act
Senator Panepinto Calls on Senate Republicans to Get Serious on SAFE Act - Senator Marc Panepinto (D-Buffalo) issued the following statement calling out Senate Republicans on their broken promises regarding commonsense SAFE Act reforms: “Senate Republicans should...
Gun group threatens primaries against Senate Republicans
Gun group threatens primaries against Senate Republicans - Senate Republicans’ pick of a leader who voted in support of the controversial gun-control law in 2013 is not sitting well with gun-right groups, and the state’s leading gun group said it would consider...
Woman shoots, kills ex-boyfriend in self-defense: cops
Woman shoots, kills ex-boyfriend in self-defense: cops - An Ann Road woman wrested a gun away from a former boyfriend and shot him to death after he broke into her home early Saturday, police said. The 50-year-old woman, who police would not identify, was also shot...
Rep. Hanna: ‘I’m standing up for gun owners’
Rep. Hanna: 'I'm standing up for gun owners' - U.S. Representative Richard Hanna (R) stood alongside Broome County gun owners Thursday to give his stance on controversial issues. He offered his opinion on the New York Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement Act of...
Pistol permit office hours changing
Pistol permit office hours changing - The Niagara County Pistol Permit Office will roll out new hours next month in an attempt to speed up approvals, after County Clerk Wayne F. Jagow noted a spike in pistol permit applications. Effective the first week in June, the...
First and Second Amendment challenge to government restrictions on posting plans for 3-D printed guns
First and Second Amendment challenge to government restrictions on posting plans for 3-D printed guns - The case, filed today on behalf of Cody Wilson‘s Defense Distributed and the Second Amendment Foundation, is Defense Distributed v. U.S. Dep’t of State; click there...
Clinton Hires Anti-Gun Astroturfer For Her “Grassroots” Campaign
Clinton Hires Anti-Gun Astroturfer For Her “Grassroots” Campaign - Despite already amassing an anti-gun track record that would make Michael Bloomberg proud, Democratic presidential nominee candidate Hillary Clinton appears intent on adding to it whenever possible....
Local trap shooters participate in Road Runner event
Local trap shooters participate in Road Runner event - A dozen five-member trap shooting teams traversed the north country on Saturday as part of the second annual Northern Tier Trap League 200 Bird Road Runner competition. “As far as I know, nobody north of the...