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February 28, 2011
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Since introducing HR308 -- "The Large Capacity Feeding Device Act" -- in mid-January, Congresswoman Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY) had more than doubled the number of cosponsors from 42 to 90 by late-February.
Essentially, the bill would re-instate the federal automatic weapons ban on large-capacity magazines, which lapsed in 2004. It is a legislative knee-jerk reaction to the Jan. 8 mass shooting in Tucson, Ariz., that left six dead and 18 wounded, including Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.).
[ Read Full Post ] February 25, 2011
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Dealers get reprieve -- for now -- from proposed reporting requirement.
A last-minute maneuvers by Oklahoma Democrat, U.S. Rep. Dan Boren, has foiled the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives' attempt to demand gun dealers in four Southwestern states report sales involving multiple semi-automatic rifles.
For now.
[ Read Full Post ] February 24, 2011
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On day one of my four-day sniper training course the instructor knelt down next to me and said "Young man, I love ya, but I'm going to beat the hell out of you if you don't stay with your trigger."
I was lying prone on the frozen ground at Sniper Country, a 50,000-acre shooter's paradise in Utah, and I had just sent a .338 Lapua round 300 yards down range into the center of an 18 by 24-inch steel plate. I was pretty pleased with the shot, but the instructor was clearly not impressed (however he didn't actually beat the hell out of me). My offense was what I did after I squeezed the trigger. Instead of hanging in there and following through, I allowed my index finger to slip out of proper position as the rifle charged into my shoulder.
[ Read Full Post ] February 18, 2011
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Travelers Insurance and State Farm Insurance have both allegedly singled out gun owners for exclusion when renewing policies.
In a Feb. 16 news story in The Hartford Courant by Matthew Sturdevant, Travelers declined to comment about specific cases because its dealings with customers are private. While it insures guns from theft, it would not say if owning certain types of rifles and handguns is a risk that Travelers considers uninsurable.
[ Read Full Post ]February 14, 2011
by Last week brought some good news for supporters of Montana House Bill 174, which would repeal the prohibition on using suppressors for hunting.
After the House Judiciary Committee that I testified in front a week ago approved H.B. 174, the bill went to floor vote in front of the full house and passed 72-28. Now it will go into committee in the Senate and, hopefully, be approved by that body as well.
[ Read Full Post ]February 8, 2011
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State Rep. Jason Brodeur introduced a bill in January, that could send doctors to jail for up to five years and fine them up to $5 million for asking about patients' gun ownership, refusing to treat patients who won't answer such questions or entering gun ownership information into any record.
The bill has the support of the National Rifle Association. It is opposed by the Florida's chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Florida Medical Association.
The measure is, in part, a reaction to AAP's guidelines encouraging physicians to talk to parents about protecting children from preventable accidents. This includes the use of booster seats in cars, swimming pool safety and proper gun storage. Second Amendment advocates, however, say physician questions regarding gun ownership are inappropriate privacy violations.
[ Read Full Post ] February 7, 2011
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A Feb. 2 nationwide alert issued by the National Association for Gun Rights claiming that a federal ban on high-capacity ammunition magazines had been surreptitiously slipped into the FAA Air Transportation Modernization and Safety Improvement Act was unfounded.
John Richardson, in a blog filed on "No Lawyers - Only Guns and Money" that same day, scoured the proposed act -- Senate Bill 223 -- in the Congressional record and didn't "find anything remotely concerned with a magazine ban."
Despite the false alarm, Richardson warns Second Amendment advocates to keep a wary eye on Congressional procedures in the coming weeks.
[ Read Full Post ] February 3, 2011
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Among the Pantheon of asinine gun laws on the books perhaps the dumbest of the lot are those that restrict the sale, ownership and use of sound suppressors. Suppressors—please don’t call them silencers as they don’t silence anything—had the misfortune of being lumped together with machine guns, short-barreled rifles and shotguns and explosive devices in the 1934 National Firearms Act.
The irony is that while you can argue back and forth about the merits of short-barreled sub-guns—personally, I’m a big fan—there shouldn’t be any debate about suppressors. Put simply, they are the most important safety devices we can attach to our guns—if only our government officials would make it easier for us to do so.
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