Gun Rights

New York criminal defense law firm Tilem & Campbell announced that all charges were dismissed against a client charged with possessing a loaded firearm in Bronx County, New York.

FactCheck.org supposedly exists to look beyond a politician's claims. Ironically, in its analysis of National Rifle Association materials on Barack Obama, these so-called 'FactCheckers' use the election year campaign rhetoric of a presidential candidate and a verbal claim by one of the most zealous gun control supporters in Congress to refute facts compiled by NRA's research of vote records and review of legislative language.

Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign has sent threatening letters to news agencies in Pennsylvania and Ohio to stop airing ads sponsored by the National Rifle Association Political Victory Fund (NRA-PVF).

What’s the difference between a bulldog and a soccer mom?In the case of Meleanie Hain, it’s a loaded sidearm.

The Illinois State Rifle Association is urging state hunters, sportsmen and gun owners to vote 'no' in November on a ballot initiative to hold a state constitutional convention. The ISRA believes that holding a constitutional convention would open the door to significant changes in the state constitution and thus imperil the rights of law-abiding gun owners.

Statistics released last week by the FBI show that the estimated volume of violent crime was down 0.7 percent, and the estimated volume of property crime decreased 1.4 percent in 2007 when compared with 2006 figures.

Trying to head off a national takeover by Congress of the city’s powers to control guns in the wake of the Supreme Court’s Second Amendment ruling, the Washington, D.C., City Council has adopted a new and narrower law to restrict possession of handguns.

The U.S. House of Representatives voted last week to approve the 'Second Amendment Enforcement Act' 266-152. The Act, passed as an amendment to H.R. 6842, will overturn the District of Columbia's gun-control restrictions that defy the recent Supreme Court ruling in District of Columbia v. Heller.

Last week the Ohio Supreme Court struck down a Clyde city law that banned people from carrying concealed guns in public parks.

U.S. District Judge John R. Adams sentenced Antrinna Collins of Cleveland, to 48 months imprisonment for violations of federal firearms laws.

H.R. 6842, which would compel the District of Columbia to comply with the Heller decision, has been reported out of committee for a floor vote in the U.S. House of Representatives.

The U.S. Army is hosting a National Hunting and Fishing Day celebration at its Heidelberg Rod and Gun Club near the U.S. military base in Heidelberg, Germany. This lone overseas commemoration of National Hunting and Fishing Day is set for Sept. 27 to coincide with hundreds of events across the U.S.