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(GunReports.com) -- Clutching a .38-caliber revolver stashed in her sparkly blue purse makes 36-year-old Nikki Goeser feel more secure when walking back to her car at night.

This week marks the eight-year anniversary of the expiration of the federal 'assault weapon' and 'large' ammunition magazine ban of 1994-2004. While gun owners have been preparing to celebrate by going to three-gun competitions, doing some recreational target practice, taking carbine classes, or zeroing their ARs to get ready for hunting season, their detractors have been busy too.

This from NRA-ILA's Chris Cox: President Obama is running from a crime scene.

A Washington Times editorial says the Obama administration is making it easier for bureaucrats to take away guns without offering the accused any realistic due process.

(GunReports.com) -- The NRA-ILA says gun owners hoping the failure of the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty in July would finally convince the UN to respect our rights shouldn't hold their breath.

In a victory for hunters and sport shooters, on August 8, the California Fish and Game Commission rejected a proposal to expand the existing ban on the use of lead ammunition that applies to hunting in certain parts of California. The proposal would have expanded the existing ban on the use of lead ammunition, now applicable only in the limited 'Condor Zone' created by AB 821, to also include State Wildlife Areas, Ecological Reserves, and depredation hunts.

AAC is canceling all of its 10/22-SD orders, effective immediately, Nick Leghorn at The Truth about Guns blog reports.

In years past, zero-tolerance weapons policies in overzealous school districts have ensnared students for 'weapons' such as a Cub Scout camping utensil, a 2-inch Lego toy gun and even a misappropriated chicken finger. But last week, Grand Island Public Schools officials in Grand Island, Neb. went for the record in zero-tolerance hysteria when they sought to bar a three-year-old deaf student from using his name, the NRA-ILA reports.

The members of the Canadian Shooting Sports Association (CSSA) are mad as hell and they're not going to take this any more.

NRA-ILA marked the one-year anniversary of Senate Bill 321 taking effect in Texas, a law which allowed the transportation and storage of firearms in locked, employee-owned motor vehicles parked on company-controlled parking lots.

Thanks to the folks over at NRA E-Media, it's now easier to get the specs on your favorite gun using the new NRA Ultimate Gun Guide for iPad.

The National Rifle Association has selected Nicole R. Goeser of Nashville, Tennessee, to receive the 2012 Sybil Ludington Women’s Freedom Award.