The National Rifle Association announced Thursday that Marion Hammer, the first female NRA president and veteran Florida-based lobbyist for the organization, is stepping down after 44 years on the front lines of the Second Amendment battle. In a statement, the NRA noted, Hammer “will continue to serve as an advisor to the NRA, assisting with […]
Quinnipiac Poll Shows Support Dropping for Semi-Auto Ban
While 50 percent of Americans favor a nationwide ban on the sale of so-called “assault weapons,” according to a Quinnipiac University poll, 45 percent oppose a ban, making this the lowest level of support since the university first began asking about it back in February 2013. At that time, 67 percent supported a ban and […]
Bipartisan Senate Group Reports ‘Proposal’; Schumer Says ‘Good 1st Step’
Almost immediately after a group of 20 U.S. senators announced a “commonsense, bipartisan proposal” on a new gun control package, anti-gun Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) set off alarm bells within the Second Amendment community by declaring the proposal “a good first step.” It raises questions from grassroots gun rights activists about what Schumer […]
Gun Company Launches Effort to Support SAF Battle v. WA Mag Ban
UPDATED: A Tacoma, Washington-based company that produces firearms and components has launched a magazine sales campaign to support the Second Amendment Foundation’s legal battle against a new law scheduled to take effect July 1 that will ban the future sale, manufacture or purchase of so-called “high capacity magazines.” Aero Precision announced in its on-line advertising, […]
SAF Attorney Contacts 9th Circuit RE: Impact of Cal. Ruling on WA Case
The attorney representing the Second Amendment Foundation in a federal court challenge to a Washington State ban on the sale of semiautomatic rifles to young adults has written to the Clerk of the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, bringing to the court’s attention the similarity between that case and California’s identical ban, which was […]
NYPD Overtime Budget in Trouble; CCRKBA Suggests Solution
One day after the New York Post reported that the New York Police Department “is expected to blow past its overtime budget by nearly $150 million” in its efforts to deal with a surge in violent crime, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms early Friday morning offered a solution. […]
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