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US Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ) introduced a bill in Congress — the Stop Online Ammunition Sales Act of 2015 — that would require all ammunition purchases to involve an in-person photo ID check, and create a registry of people who purchase more than 1,000 rounds in five days that will then be forwarded to law enforcement for “follow-up.” Note […]
Act to stop online ammo sales. Fired shell cases in MD. Read More »
On Friday, May 1, 2015, the US House of Representatives passed HR 2028, the “Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016,” by a bipartisan vote of 240-177. This bill is designed to protect the rights of gun owners on lands owned or managed by the US Army Corps of Engineers and to help end the patchwork of
Legislative wrap-up for May 8, 2015 Read More »
Kansas is poised to become the fifth US state to allow CCW everywhere without a permit (see MS legislation below). You haven’t heard much out of the other four states (Alaska, Arizona, Vermont and Wyoming, plus unincorporated areas of Montana [and Idaho — April 3, 2015 correction]) because the predicted bloodbath didn’t happen. Again. In the green states in the
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Twenty-three state attorneys general have sent a letter to the ATF urging the agency to permanently discard a proposed ban on M855 5.56 x 45mm ammunition. Our report indicates that those states are: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming. I
Ammo bans: Over 300K respond + 2nd attempt Read More »
US Senators Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker (both R-MS) have cosponsored a bill to allow persons with concealed carry permits to use them in other states with similar laws. The “Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act,” S. 498 is authored by Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) and has 14 other original co-sponsors; all but one are Republicans. An identical bill, HR 923,
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On February 13, the ATF announced that it was seeking comments on its proposal to removed the “sporting purposes” exemption of M855 and SS109 ammunition, meaning that it would ban production and sale of these popular 5.56mm loads. The same day the proposal was released, on a Friday of a three day holiday weekend, ATF opened up a shortened 30-day
5.56 ammo ban update Read More »
[From my email newsletter sent February 20, 2015] Last Friday, the ATF issued a notice proposing to rescind the exemption of so-called M855 “Green Tip” 5.56 x 45 ammunition from the federal armor piercing ammo ban, saying that since “5.56 mm projectiles loaded into the SS109 and M855 cartridges are commonly used … in both ‘AR-type’ rifles and ‘AR-type’ handguns…
US Reps. Don Young (R-AK) and Collin Peterson (D-MN) have introduced HR 697, The African Elephant Conservation and Legal Ivory Possession Act of 2015, that would reverse the recent US Fish and Wildlife Service – imposed ban on elephant trophies legally taken by American hunters in Zimbabwe and roll back and further halt constraints on the import and export of
Federal legislation roundup, Feb. 13, 2015 Read More »