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May 31, 2009 by Lost and stolen gun legislation was revived at a York City Council meeting Tuesday night, but a council member said she would not try to bring the proposal back until the next meeting.
A proposal that would require lost and stolen guns to be reported within 72 hours was tabled by the council in January. Some council members questioned its legality because of a state law that prohibits municipalities from making their own gun laws, and the city solicitor also advised the council to wait.
For more, go to: http://ydr.inyork.com/ci_12415505
[ Read Full Post ]May 30, 2009 by Los Angeles city attorney candidate Jack Weiss aired a provocative new television ad this week that again attempts to brand opponent Carmen Trutanich with the gun clients represented by Trutanich's Long Beach law firm, Trutanich-Michel.
But Trutanich’s campaign has cried foul, saying a number of the claims in Weiss’ ad take Trutanich’s comments out of context. Here’s a look at the claims and the candidates’ positions:
Weiss ad: “Trutanich proudly claims the National Rifle Assn. is his client."
Analysis: Trutanich says that he has never represented the NRA -- this was confirmed by the group’s spokesman -- and that he disagrees with many of the group’s positions. His law partner, Chuck Michel, is an attorney for the NRA. Trutanich and Michel share their firm’s profits. Weiss has said one reason he is running for city attorney is to fight the NRA.
For more, go to: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/05/analyzing-the-facts-in-city-attorneys-race-ads.html
[ Read Full Post ]May 29, 2009 by For the past 25 years, the Crossroads of the West Gun Show has drawn hordes of firearm enthusiasts to the Cow Palace. Meanwhile, a steady drumbeat of gun violence in surrounding neighborhoods has claimed those who live in the venue’s shadow.
Gun-ownership advocates say the two are unrelated, and they point to statistics showing that a very small percentage of firearms used in crimes are purchased at the show.
Local legislators say the event also brings illegal sales to areas outside the building. For them, the Daly City show is the last stand in a longtime battle to ban gun expos on San Mateo County property.
Five years ago, Michael Nevin, a former president of the county Board of Supervisors who also worked for the San Francisco Police Department for 27 years, endorsed legislation from then-state Sen. Jackie Speier to ban gun shows at the state-owned Cow Palace. SB 1733 passed the Senate, but did not pass the Assembly.
In 2007, then-Assemblyman Mark Leno took on the cause and introduced a similar measure. It passed in the Assembly, but failed by a few votes in the Senate. Now a state senator, he has not given up. Last month, he introduced new legislation, SB 585, to ban the sale of firearms and ammunition at the Cow Palace.
For more, go to: http://www.sfexaminer.com/local/Cow-Palace-gun-show-in-the-crosshairs-45562377.html
[ Read Full Post ]May 28, 2009 by The NRA claims the city of San Francisco's "trigger lock" requirement for handguns in homes violates state laws and the Second Amendment. It claims that requiring handguns to be rendered "inoperable at all times," makes it impossible for its members to use guns for self-defense, "particularly in urgent, life-threatening situations."
"What's the point of having a gun that doesn't work?" asked NRA attorney Don Kates. "In my opinion this case is a hands-down winner under state law and the Second Amendment."
For more, go to: http://www.courthousenews.com/2009/05/20/NRA_Comes_to_SF_to_Challenge_Gun_Law.htm
[ Read Full Post ]May 27, 2009 by S.E. Cupp in a May 20 Fox Forum blog, says the “left is up in arms – pun intended” because President Barack Obama is set to sign into law a bill that would allow visitors to carry loaded and concealed weapons into national parks.
“The arguments against this legislation are numerous and varied. But not surprisingly, most stem from the kind of hysterics and inaccurate caricature that the left has made a killing on,” he writes. “Columnist Gail Collins of The New York Times, for example, muses that gun owners can now hold up souvenir stands at Yellowstone ‘in order to bring home a much-anticipated geyser refrigerator magnet.’
“While everyone knows that violence is hilarious,” Cupp continues, “it seems a bit paranoid to think the Johnson family is going to whack a cashier in the middle of their family vacation. The suggestions that legalizing concealed weapons in national parks will mean increased park violence, death to Smokey the Bear or a rush on machine guns is just sloppy research and a lazy interpretation of what, exactly, this bill will mean for gun owners.”
For more, go to: http://foxforum.blogs.foxnews.com/2009/05/20/cupp_national_parks_guns/
[ Read Full Post ]May 26, 2009 by Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm is a darling of moderate Democratic politics who would become the first justice in nearly four decades without experience as a judge -- and the first since the Great Depression born outside the United States.
Granholm, 50, is in her second term of a governorship that has been defined largely by the persistent economic troubles of her state, the heart of the U.S. automobile industry with unemployment that remains highest in the country.
Her path to political power runs through Hollywood, Harvard Law School and a series of public-sector legal jobs of relatively low visibility until she catapulted to her first elected office as Michigan's attorney general.
Granholm is a Catholic who favors abortion rights. As attorney general, she supported a change sought by gun rights advocates that made it easier to carry concealed weapons. She also expanded the office's consumer protection work and created a unit to pursue internet crimes.
For more, go to: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/20/AR2009052002570.html
[ Read Full Post ]May 24, 2009 by The 47,000 gun-loving Americans who attended the 138th NRA Convention in Phoenix bore the hopes of many disgruntled, mostly white Americans who seek to check what they see as Washington's liberal trajectory.
They represent one of the most organized and entrenched groups opposed to the Obama administration and the Democratic-controlled Congress, so it's no coincidence that Sen. John McCain (R) of Arizona, potential Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney, and GOP chairman Michael Steele all spoke May 15 at a leadership forum during the convention.
Moreover, they are growing: Membership is booming, gun registrations are skyrocketing, and ammunition stores are back-ordered by the millions. This success is giving the NRA significant clout in an electorate polarized by issues ranging from gun control to government bailouts.
In addition, it is threatening to merge the organization's firebrand rhetoric – which, critics say, sometime verges on paranoia – with a broader band of political discontent.
For more, go to: http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0518/p02s04-ussc.html
[ Read Full Post ]May 23, 2009 by
A person who legally possesses a gun would not have it seized during periods of martial rule under a proposal headed to the governor for his consideration.
The measure sponsored by Republican Sen. Jack Johnson of Franklin was approved 26-0 on Thursday. The companion bill passed the House last month.
Johnson says martial rule is the same as martial law at the federal level. He proposed the bill after law enforcement in New Orleans went door to door seizing weapons in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
For more, go to: http://www.waaytv.com/Global/story.asp?S=10321064
[ Read Full Post ]May 21, 2009 by
Utah lawmakers are considering following Montana's lead and claiming state's rights in the war over gun control.
The Montana Legislature passed and its governor signed into law a measure making guns that are made and kept within state boundaries exempt from federal regulations. That means they're exempt from things like background checks, licensing and registration.
Several Utah lawmakers want to do the same thing here. They say President Barack Obama and the Congress are anti-gun and will infringe on states' rights.
For more, go to: http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=6367553
[ Read Full Post ]May 20, 2009 by
Phoenix Convention Center officials want state officials to suspend their liquor license -- but only in part of the building -- so National Rifle Association conventioneers can carry and exhibit guns.
Arizona state law bars people from carrying weapons in venues where liquor is served.
But the downtown Phoenix convention center's catering company wants to serve alcohol at next week's national convention. It wants the partial license suspension so liquor service could be limited to areas where receptions or banquets are held and where people could check their weapons.
That would allow gun owners to have firearms elsewhere in the sprawling complex.
For more, go to: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/05/AR2009050501977.html
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