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Legal & Legislative

  • VIDEO: NSSF DISCUSSES THREAT TO TRADITIONAL AMMUNITION . . . In response to a petition filed with the Environmental Protection Agency to ban traditional ammunition, NSSF's Lawrence G. Keane sits down to answer a few questions about this threat and what hunters and shooters can do to help. NSSF urges all sportsmen to contact the EPA to oppose the petition filed Aug. 3 by the extremist Center for Biological Diversity. Learn more | Play video

  • ILLINOIS GOVERNOR WANTS REFERENDUM ON FIREARMS . . . According to Capitol Fax, a political reporting news service, Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn has filed a petition for an advisory referendum this November asking voters in Cook County whether they support a ban on semi-automatic firearms and so-called "assault weapons" (also semi-automatic). Though it appears the petition is well short of the signatures needed to place the question on the ballot, it's clear that Gov. Quinn is attempting to attack the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding gun owners in a calculated political move that would circumvent the recent Supreme Court Decision in McDonald v. Chicago.

  • FREE HUNTING DAYS IN CALIFORNIA CLEARS COMMITTEE . . . NSSF-supported legislation (SB 1179) has passed out of the California Assembly Appropriations Committee (17-0) and will now go to the Assembly floor for a vote. The bill, sponsored by State Sen. Dennis Hollingsworth (R), requires the director of the California Department of Fish and Game to designate two free hunting days per year. This legislation cleared the California Senate by a vote of 28-6 in early June.

  • LONG-GUN REGISTRATION ON MOVE IN CALIFORNIA . . . Last week the California Senate Appropriations Committee passed Assembly Bill 1810, legislation that would establish a registration system for all newly acquired long guns. Under the bill, personal information about the purchaser, along with the make, model and serial number of the firearm, would be recorded and sent to the California Attorney General's office. This legislation will now go to the full senate for a vote. Long-gun registration has already passed the California Assembly. Should it clear the state senate, it will move to the governor's desk for his signature. NSSF is encouraging all Californians to contact their state senator and urge him or her to oppose this registration scheme.

  • RECENT UPDATES FROM ATF FOR FIREARMS RETAILERS . . . NSSF has posted several recent ATF updates for federal firearms licensees (FFLs). The updates include ATF's latest FFL newsletter, a new list of the most common errors retailers encounter when processing Form 6 applications, the most recent edition of the "FFL Quick Reference and Best Practices Guide" and an update from ATF on its current procedures for administrative hearings held as part of firearms license proceedings (as posted in the Federal Register).

  • ONCE CONSIDERED PRO-GUN, SENATOR ENDORSED BY ANTI-GUN GROUP . . . The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence has endorsed U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) in her re-election bid. As a congresswoman representing an upstate New York district, then U.S. Rep. Gillibrand was considered to be pro-gun, earning high marks from the National Rifle Association. However, upon her appointment to Hillary Clinton's senate seat, Gillibrand flip-flopped on all major Second Amendment-related issues, ultimately leading to last week's endorsement from the Brady Campaign. "She was either being dishonest with her voters in the congressional district or she's being dishonest to the voters in New York State," said NRA's chief lobbyist, Chris W. Cox. "Either way, the key word is dishonest."

  • REMEMBERING SEN. TED STEVENS . . . NSSF lost a good friend last week in former Sen. Ted Stevens. Stevens, 86, was a staunch supporter of hunters, shooters, anglers and conservation. As chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, he played a major role in securing federal funding for NSSF's Project HomeSafe/Project ChildSafe program. This support, along with additional funding from the firearms industry, has allowed this firearm safety education initiative to distribute more than 35 million gun lock safety kits free of charge to gun owners in all 50 states and in the U.S. Territories. The program continues to remind gun owners to safely store their firearms in order to help prevent gun-related accidents, particularly among children

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Legal & Legislative

  • ILLINOIS FIREARMS RETAILERS FILE LAWSUIT AGAINST CHICAGO. . . The Illinois Association of Firearms Retailers (ILAFR), a state affiliate of NSSF, has filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of several recently adopted anti-gun laws designed to circumvent the Supreme Court's recent ruling in McDonald v. Chicago. In that landmark decision, the Supreme Court reaffirmed the fundamental right of all law-abiding Americans to keep and bear arms, while outlawing the power of state and local governments to ban firearms. Read NSSF's news release.

  • CHICAGO'S STRICT NEW GUN ORDINANCE TAKES EFFECT . . . A new gun ordinance in Chicago that officials say is the strictest of its kind in the country went into effect today, the Associated Press reports. As mentioned above, the Illinois Association of Firearms Retailers has filed a lawsuit challenging the ordinance. The new regulations were pushed through quickly by Mayor Richard Daley and the City Council after the Supreme Court's decision last month. The ordinance permits residents to have only one working gun at a time in their homes and prohibits them from stepping outside, even onto their porches or in their garages, with a handgun. The ordinance also bans firearms retailers from doing business in the city.

  • MASSACHUSETTS GOVERNOR PUSHES ONE-GUN-A-MONTH LEGISLATION . . . NSSF and the Gun Owners Action League (GOAL) continue to fight Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick's legislation (H4102), which, if passed, among many other things, would make it illegal to purchase more than one gun in a one-month period. Of course, the only individuals in the state impacted by this legislation would be law-abiding firearms owners, sportsmen and firearms retailers. As if existing onerous firearms laws are not enough in Massachusetts, this would further limit the rights of citizens in the Commonwealth. NSSF urges everyone in Massachusetts to contact members of the House Ways and Means Committee and urge them to oppose H4102.

  • POLL: 67% SAY CITIES HAVE NO RIGHT BAN HANDGUNS . . . According to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey, 67 percent of Americans say city governments do not have the right to prevent citizens from owning handguns. Support for stricter gun-control laws also has fallen to its lowest level in several years.

  • FIREARMS MICROSTAMPING STUDY BILL INTRODUCED IN HOUSE . . . U.S. Rep. Dan Boren introduced legislation last week (H.R. 5667) to direct the U.S. Attorney General to work with the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a comprehensive study of firearm microstamping. NSSF supports this bipartisan legislation as a means of ensuring adequate research of microstamping is completed, and the concept is proven to work reliably, prior to states mandating microstamping through the legislative process. Read more.