Incumbent congressman Tom Perriello hill has gotten a little steeper in his re-election race according to the latest poll by SurveyUSA for WDBJ TV in Roanoke. ...

The Associated Press reported yesterday that Montana and other states that passed laws seeking freedom from federal gun control laws were dealt a setback by a federal magistrate.The magistrate sided with the U.S. Department of Justice, which says courts have already decided that Congress can set standards on such items as guns through its power to ...

The annual ban on feeding of deer began September 1 and runs through January 1, 2011.Some hunters feed deer between hunting seasons to provide an additional food source and provide much needed minerals that may not be available in the natural food sources in some areas.Between September 1st and January 1st, the Department of Game and Inland Fisheri...

Virginia's 9th Congressional District is one of those districts that feature two candidates with very good voting records on the Second Amendment. So the race is going to decided on other issues and guns . In the 9th, that issue would be Cap and Trade, a bill that Congressman Rick Boucher voted for and Republican House of Delegates Majority Leade...

That's the question that the Washington City Paper asks in this article about the NRA's decision not to endorse Reid.Those who were watching the battle over legislation that would have given the District full and equal voting rights in the U.S. House know Reid’s role in allowing a poison-pill amendment” on the voting rights legislation, a D.C. ...

The Blue Ridge Parkway has announced that accessing game lands adjacent to the Parkway will no longer require a permit.“However, you must contact the park prior to transporting game,” says Steve Stinnett, Chief Ranger for the Blue Ridge Parkway.With the change in federal law that became effective in national parks February 10, 2010, concealed c...

The story about the petition requesting the EPA to ban traditional ammunition is no longer just a story circulating among the firearms community. Investors Business Daily and The Weekly Standard have both picked up the story.The IBD editorial is right on target with its analysis.If the EPA approves the petition, the result will be a ban on all ammu...

I'm not sure the Hill's title in this story is entirely correct. There are a large number of pro-gun Democrats in Congress so I don't know that they made any promises to enact more gun control in 2008. On the other hand, Barack Obama most certainly lead the anti-rights crowd to believe he would be a friend to their cause. The problem? Obama can rea...

WSLS TV 10 in Roanoke is sponsoring the 4th Annual Sportsmen's Banquet to benefit Hunters for the Hungry September 25. The event will be held at the Roanoke Moose Lodge in Salem at 5:30 pm and includes dinner, dessert, and beverages, a variety of raffles as well as live and silent auctions of donated merchandise. There will be advance ticket sales ...

This event was posted on the VSSA web site earlier but it bears repeating on this site. The 5th Annual Outdoor Festival to be held Saturday August 28 in Farmville, VA. It is sponsored by the Riverside Community Church.The festival will take place at the Five County Fairgrounds off of Business 460 on the West side of Farmville. Festivities go from...

The Izaak Walton League of Lynchburg is inviting area families for a FREE day of fun in the outdoors. Enjoy swimming, fishing, picnicking, canoeing, and kayaking from 9 am to 6 pm, Saturday, August 28. Visit the archery range and check out the campground, clubhouse and pavilion. Try your hand at trap and skeet shooting. The rifle range will be open...

The Board of Game and Inland Fisheries requested a moratorium be placed on hunting of elk in Virginia at the August 17, 2010 meeting in Richmond. The proposal is to (i) designate that the term elk refers specifically to Rocky Mountain elk and (ii) prohibit the hunting of Rocky Mountain elk in Virginia. The Department will be embarking on a pilot pr...

The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) issued an alert today that the EPA has opened a public comment period on a petition by the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) – a leading anti-hunting organization – to ban all traditional ammunition under the Toxic Substance Control Act of 1976, a law in which Congress expressly exempted ammuni...

You read that right. In Sunday's Washington Post, Tom Sietsema, the paper's food critic, shared some of his reader emails. Among them was this little gem:"Now that the Commonwealth of Virginia permits unconcealed as well as concealed weapons in establishments serving alcohol, I find myself unwilling to patronize any establishment where guns may be ...

What do you get when one reporter writes a story and it runs in the Washington Post then four days later in an abridged version in the Seattle Times? Two totally different editorialized titles. I have never worked for a newspaper so I presume the reporter has no final say in the title of his story.In the case of the Washington Post story, you see t...

I subscribe to the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence's (CSGV) email list so I can keep up with what the other side is doing. They have been quite prolific of late but this latest email is a complete distortion of Glenn Beck's 8/28 event "Restoring Honor Rally." As with everything they do, CSGV is trying to politicize a non-political event.Social activ...

NPR ran this story earlier today about how more candidates are showing themselves actually using firearms in their ads, not just talking about supporting gun rights. Embedded in the story on their web site was this ad for an Arizona candidate for Congress.It should not be surprising that NPR added their snarky commentary into the article:Well, it i...

Last week, NRA-ILA sent an email alert encouraging gun owners to attend one of the town halls that Governor Bob McDonnell is holding around the Commonwealth on the subject of Government Reform. One suggesting for reforming Virginia government and saving taxpayers money would be to scrap the current Virginia Instant Check System for gun purchases an...

As vacation week begins, posting will be light for the next seven days....

This isn't Virginia related but it is worth noting because former WRVA (Richmond) radio talk show host Michael Graham has a good Op/Ed in the Boston Herald that demonstrates the hollowness of the "blame guns" crowd.Here is the story. Three years ago, 8-year-old Liquarry Jefferson was shot and killed by his 7-year-old cousin in Dorchester, Massachu...

This is really neat story from the Roanoke Times. For years, Tyler has been longing for somewhere to play with his airsoft guns. So, with the help of his father, Roger, the young Vinton teen is now an entrepreneur.He started the Star City Airsoft Club last winter so fellow airsoft gun players could have a place to play. The club's first game day wa...

VSSA affiliated Lafayette Gun Club can be proud of two of their junior shooters who participated in the American Legion Junior Air Rifle National Championships this past weekend.Hanna Black of Yorktown, VA, claimed the 2010 sporter champion title after firing a 2312.0 out of 2509."I had a fun time with the competition, and it was nice making friend...

ABC News has a story on their web site and a related video from the August 3rd Nightline titled "Guns - The Open Carry Controversy." But the story line is two fold - open carry, and what Dennis Hennigan of the Brady Campaign termed a new challenge not only to gun control efforts but to the NRA. That new challenge being the state groups that have ga...

7th District Democratic Congressional Candidate Rick Waugh appears to be trying to have it both ways on the right to keep and bear arms. He says he believes the Second Amendment protects an individual right but states and cities should be able to pass laws that fit their situation. I wonder if this means Waugh does not support Virginia's preemption...

That the New York Times Magazine did a hatchet job on the Appleseed Project does not surprise me. Reading the article, it doesn't take long to see the political bent of the author:While Dailey has said Appleseed should be apolitical, the talk at this Appleseed boot camp and at several others I attended across the country over the course of a year c...

Last week WDBJ7 in Roanoke released the results of a Survey USA Poll showing incumbent congressman Tom Perriello trailing his challenger, State Senator Robert Hurt by 23 points in Virginia's 5th District. The next day, WDBJ released the results of a Survey USA Poll in the 9th District race between incumbent Rick Boucher and challenger Morgan Griffi...

For those who have an IPhone, IPad or IPod Touch, you may already be aware of this but just in case, Blackleaf Software LLC, has an application called Concealed Handgun License State Reciprocity List, that will give you the information you need to know if your concealed carry permit is recognized where you may travel.These are some of the features ...

Details about the 2010 VSSA Annual Meeting are now posted on the web site. Enjoy an afternoon of shooting, learn a new shooting discipline, or simply get some range time with your family. You will also get a chance to see some of the trophies that the VSSA Highpower Rifle Team won at the first Eastern Armed Forces Memorial Match over Memorial Day...

The North American Hunting Club had this article about a classic deer hunting load for the growing class of hunters using AR style rifles.A lever-action .30-30 Winchester is an all-time classic deer rifle. But wouldn't it be cool if it shot farther, hit harder (without anymore recoil) and came as a semiautomatic? If you answered yes, then check out...

The Virginia Gazette ran this story over the weekend about firearms sales levels and applications for concealed handgun permits (CHPs) leveling off somewhat in the Williamsburg area. The Sheriff and Circuit Court clerks office noted that in 2007 they processed 356 permits. Last year that number almost doubled, to 615. This year is trending more to ...

A number of Democratic congressmen and senators will be looking to gun owners to help them keep their congressional majority this fall.Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.comWill it work, or will gun voters look to other issues to help them make a final decision in those races when both candidates have equally good records on Second Amendment I...

Over on National Review's web site, Jim Geraghty runs down 20 GOP challengers who are running in districts that Bush and McCain won but that are currently held by Democratic congressmen.Rob Hurt, Virginia’s 5th district: A recent Survey USA poll offered the jaw-dropping result that Hurt is ahead of first-term Democrat Tom Perriello, 58 percent to...

It appears that the Disclose Act may be resurrected in the Senate. You can find the story here.The "NRA Exemption" will be preserved, but it appears that the exemption for the unions (tucked in the bill by he House) is gone, which means they won't be happy.As I've always said, it's not over until the gavel adjourning the session drops. Will RINOs ...

Jim Geraghty's Morning Jolt email this morning discusses John Fund's Wall Street Journal article entitled Obama Girl is No Where to be Found. Geraghty's daily email is a light hearted look at the morning's headlines, or at least items that would likely be of interest to conservatives. The poll numbers indicate that Obama is losing support for every...

Virginia 7th District Rep. Eric Cantor has declined Congressman Michelle Bachmann's invitation to join the Congressional Tea Party Caucus."Part of what is so inspiring about the tea-party movement is that it is not structured like a political party and, instead, is a truly organic, grass-roots effort," Cantor said. "The movement was born outside of...