Old Dominion Leads Country in Machine Gun Ownership
The recently released annual report from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE) indicates there are approximately 500,000 registered machine guns nationally, with Virginia...
View ArticleOpen Carry Comes to Oklahoma
Legislation passed earlier this year was signed into law by Gov. Mary Fallin (R) in May, and the new law becomes effective Nov. 1, permitting Oklahomans to carry handguns openly. In order to legally...
View ArticleStrict Scrutiny Amendment Passes in Louisiana
Louisiana voters approved Amendment 2 by a significant margin, with 75 percent support, making Louisiana the first state to establish a “strict scrutiny” standard for any proposed restrictions to...
View ArticleCounty Nixes Ammo Tax, But Approves Gun Surcharge
The move could send many gun retailers packing (pun intended), including mega-outdoor gear retailer Cabela’s, which currently has a store located in suburban Hoffman Estates. Cook County Board...
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Voters in 10 Illinois Counties Support Concealed Carry
Non-binding referendums in support of concealed carry for personal protection received overwhelming support by voters in 10 primarily non-urban Illinois counties in the 2012 general election. While...
View ArticleVirginia Firearms Sales Soar, Gun-Related Violence Sinks
A study performed by Virginia Commonwealth University professor Thomas R. Baker indicates gun-related violence has fallen steadily since 2006 in the Old Dominion. Baker’s research compared state crime...
View ArticleBlack Friday Gun Sales Set Record
A new single-day record for point-of-sale background checks was established on Black Friday, Nov. 23, when 154,873 were conducted by the FBI National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS)....
View ArticleIllinois Lawmakers Override Governor’s Attempt to Grab Guns
The Illinois House of Representatives has followed the lead of the state Senate to decisively override Gov. Pat Quinn’s attempt ban certain types of firearms through the use of an “amendatory veto” of...
View ArticleConcealed Carry Permitted on 206 U.S. College Campuses
Students and faculty members are now permitted by law to carry guns on public campuses in five states—Colorado, Mississippi, Utah, Wisconsin and Oregon. That’s four more states than just two years ago....
View ArticleEager to Learn
In addition, lawmakers in multiple states are preparing measures that would permit teachers and administrators who are certified to carry firearms for protection to do so in school classrooms and...
View ArticleTradeshow Company’s Anti-Gun Actions Galvanize Firearms and Hunting Industry
Within days of an announcement by Reed Exhibitions that vendors offering legal AR-platform rifles, accessories, magazines and related items would not be permitted at next month’s Eastern Sports and...
View ArticleRecord Firearms and Ammunition Sales Enrich Pittman-Robertson Coffers
For shooting enthusiasts, hunters and wildlife managers, the spike in gun and ammunition sales means a windfall of funding to be used for wildlife habitat conservation, public shooting ranges, state...
View ArticleInterest in Personal Protection Flourishes in America’s Heartland
Last week, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI), the agency entrusted with authorizing handgun licenses (what Oklahoma calls its concealed-carry permits) under the state’s Self-Defense...
View ArticleTwo Firearm Manufacturers Make Statements on Restrictive Gun Laws
On Feb. 8, Mark LaRue, owner of LaRue Tactical of Leander, TX, announced his company would no longer sell its firearms to state and local law-enforcement agencies in states that have banned the legal...
View ArticleTexas Church Offering CHL Class as “Community Service”
Saying he’s not afraid to venture into places “where politics and the Bible intersect,” the pastor of a Southern Baptist church located in the Texas panhandle has gained some national media attention...
View ArticleOhio Issues Record Number of Concealed-Carry Licenses in 2012
Statistics released by the office of Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine Feb. 27 indicate 64,650 new concealed-carry licenses and 12,160 renewal licenses were issued in Ohio last year, for a...
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Shooting Like a Cadet
Mention shooting programs and high schools in the same breath to some people—especially some state and federal lawmakers—and you’re likely to elicit an incredulous response, and disbelief that such a...
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West Virginia University, a Dynasty in NCAA Rifle
In college basketball, there are a few storied university programs that stand above the rest, like Duke, Kentucky and UCLA. But when it comes to NCAA Rifle, the West Virginia Mountaineers always seem...
View ArticlePro-Suppressor Legislation Seeing Success in More States
On February 18, Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead signed a measure permitting the use of firearm suppressors for all types of hunting, and this week two other states appear poised to approve similar measures...
View ArticleAssociated Press Continues to Embrace “Assault Rifle” Terminology
Despite being purposefully misleading and politically driven, the terms “assault rifle” and “assault weapon” used when referring to modern sporting arms primarily built on the AR platform continue to...
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