Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Holds that the Second Amendment Applies to the States
from NRA-ILA
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recently marked a milestone in Second Amendment history by ruling that the Second Amendment limits state and local government infringements on our right to keep and bear arms through the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. NRA has been involved in, and supportive of, this case for the past ten years and has filed several amicus briefs in the case. More

Heavy Demand for Guns, Ammo Puts Strain on Supply Chain
from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch
What started late last year — about the time President Barack Obama took office — as a nationwide surge in gun buying has evolved into something much larger. Good luck finding ammo for all those guns. Or the components and tools to make your own. More

Gun 'Loophole' Challenged Again
from the The Free Lance-Star
Rep. Frank Lautenberg, D-New Jersey, has introduced a bill to close the so-called "gun show loophole." The "loophole" is that federally licensed gun dealers are required to run instant background checks on people buying guns, but those who are selling guns privately and are not dealers do not have to run such checks. More

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Western Republicans Mull Options for Concealed Gun Bill
from The New York Times
A group of Western Republicans are searching high and low for an opportunity to push ahead with legislation to allow citizens to bring concealed weapons into national parks. House and Senate bills would codify a Bush-era rule to allow visitors to carry concealed firearms into national parks and wildlife refuges in states with concealed carry laws. More

Proponents of Gun Control Shooting Blanks
from the Baltimore Sun
Every so often the author finds himself stepping into the minefield that is public discussion of guns, gun violence, gun control and how these things relate to the Second Amendment to the Constitution. Because of misleading public statements by the president of the United States and his secretary of state, it's now time he does it again. More

Assault Weapon Ban Talk Increases Gun Sales
from the Daily Telegram
John Sprague, the store manager at Johnson’s Sporting Goods in Adrian Township, Mich., gestures to half-empty shelves of ammunition behind the counter. He said a campaign pledge by President Barack Obama to reinstate a weapons ban led to a rush on sporting goods stores to buy guns and ammunition, a buying trend that continues. More