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Gun Owners of America Endorses NJ’s David Larsen for Congress

by AmmoLand May 17, 2012 AmmoLand

Gun Owners of AmericaWashington, DC –(Ammoland.com)- Dear Friend of the Second Amendment,Meet David Larsen: a husband, father, successful businessman, firearms enthusiast, and member of Gun Owners of America.He is not a professional politician, but he decided to run for Congress in New Jersey in order to restore lost liberty and to confine the federal government [...]

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Open Carry Becomes Law in Oklahoma

by AmmoLand May 17, 2012 AmmoLand

Other NRA-Backed Measures Continue to Advance as Session Moves to a CloseNRA – ILACharlotte, NC –(Ammoland.com)- Governor Mary Fallin signed into law the Open Carry/Omnibus gun bill, Senate Bill 1733.  Senate Bill 1733 is an omnibus firearm bill containing significant improvements to Oklahoma gun laws, including allowing concealed carry permit holders the choice of open carrying.Other [...]

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Stop Missouri General Assembly from Ending Session Without Passing Right-to-Carry Reforms

by AmmoLand May 17, 2012 AmmoLand

NRA – ILACharlotte, NC –(Ammoland.com)- Please call your state Representative today and urge him or her to vote to concur with the Senate version of the NRA-supported Senate Bill 489 and Senate Bill 760.Time is running out and these bills need your help to reach the Governor’s desk by THIS Friday.Senate Bill 489, authored by state Senator Brian [...]

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DR. AWR Hawkins Expands On Our God Given Gun Rights

by AmmoLand May 16, 2012 AmmoLand

NRA NewsFairfax, VA –(Ammoland.com)- NRA-News is a valued partner that continues to cover breaking gun rights news with a new and improved short video format in the “NRA News Minute” videos.To view the current firearms or gun rights news video, please click above:Cam Edwards talk to Dr, AWR Hawkins, on his recent article in The [...]

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In Memory Of Second Amendment Advocate & Fresno DA Ed Hunt

by AmmoLand May 16, 2012 AmmoLand

In Memory Of Second Amendment Advocate & Fresno DA Ed HuntCalifornia Rifle and Pistol AssociationSacramento, CA –(Ammoland.com)- Former Fresno County District Attorney Ed Hunt passed away on April 21st at Kaiser Permanente Hospital in Fresno California.He suffered a heart attack a week earlier and was 69 years old.A memorial service was held on April 30th [...]

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Calguns Foundation Establishes “DOJ Watch” Incident Reporting System

by AmmoLand May 16, 2012 AmmoLand

Calguns FoundationSan Carlos, CA –(Ammoland.com)- As a response to an increasing number of reports of apparently improper conduct on the part of the California Department of Justice towards those seeking to acquire firearms for self-defense – a protected activity under the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution.The Calguns Foundation has established an incident and [...]

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Obama Memorials Bury Fast And Furious Law Enforcement Deaths

by DavidCodrea May 16, 2012 AmmoLand

Gun Rights Examiner David CodreaUSA –(Ammoland.com)- President Obama, as keynote speaker in yesterday’s 31st Annual National Peace Officers’ Memorial Service held by the Fraternal Order of Police on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol, elected not to address law enforcement lives lost in the Fast and Furious “gunwalking” scandal.While the name of Border Patrol [...]

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A Pro-Gun Alternative to NC’s Freedom Hating Deborah Ross, Needs Your Help

by AmmoLand May 16, 2012 AmmoLand

Apryl Major needs your signatures.Grass Roots North Carolina for Firearms EducationNorth Carolina –(Ammoland.com)- Fiercely anti-gun Rep. Deborah K. Ross (D, GRNC 0) has proven to be a constant obstruction to the rights of honest gun owners for the last decade.Prior to the Assembly, she plied her anti-gun trade as a lawyer for the ACLU.She needs [...]

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Anti-Gun Politicians Accidentally Make “Shooting Fundraiser” a Huge Success

by AmmoLand May 16, 2012 AmmoLand

Buckeye Firearms FoundationOhio –(Ammoland.com)- Representative Margaret Conditt (Butler County District 55) held a fundraiser at the Middletown Sportsmens Club on Saturday, May 12, 2012.The plan was to invite a handful of supporters, spend a few hours shooting at targets, and raise a little money for her reelection campaign. But what actually happened took everyone by [...]

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Louisiana Right to Keep and Bear Arms Amendment Now Eligible for Consideration

by AmmoLand May 16, 2012 AmmoLand

NRA – ILACharlotte, NC –(Ammoland.com)- Please call your state Representative today and urge him or her to vote to concur with the Senate version of the NRA-supported Senate Bill 489 and Senate Bill 760.Time is running out and these bills need your help to reach the Governor’s desk by THIS Friday.Senate Bill 489, authored by state Senator Brian [...]

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Michigan Considers Legislation to Repeal Firearms Permit to Purchase & Registration Laws

by AmmoLand May 16, 2012 AmmoLand

NRA – ILACharlotte, NC –(Ammoland.com)- As previously reported, the Michigan House Judiciary Committee will have a hearing this Thursday, May 17, to review an important and long-overdue bill that would eliminate the state handgun “permit-to-purchase” and registration requirements. This committee will hear House Bill 5225 and consider this proposed amendment language that will be used as [...]

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Last Chance for New Hampshire Constitutional Carry this Year

by AmmoLand May 16, 2012 AmmoLand

The deadline is Thursday.New Hampshire Firearms CoalitionMilford, NH –(Ammoland.com)- If we want to pass Constitutional Carry this year, it has to be taken off the table in the Senate in the next two days.A few hours ago I told you how the Senate was planning on taking the Incumbent Protection Act of the table and [...]

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Have Canadian Chief Firearms Officers Outlived Their Usefulness?

by AmmoLand May 16, 2012 AmmoLand

Canadian Shooting Sports AssociationQuebec –(Ammoland.com)- In this post-Bill C-19 world, the CFOs are working overtime to create a need for themselves.They represent “kangaroo court” sensibilities and the postings should be discontinued across the country.Responsible firearms owners know that Chief Firearms Officers never did provide a useful service. We also know they are not required in the [...]

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Calguns Foundation Defends Innocent Gun Owner & Wins $35,800 Settlement From Calexico, Ca

by AmmoLand May 16, 2012 AmmoLand

Calguns Foundation defends innocent California gun owner from criminal charges, secures $35,800 settlement from City of Calexico in Federal civil rights lawsuit!Calguns FoundationSan Carlos, CA –(Ammoland.com)- In an excellent conclusion to another federal civil rights lawsuit, The Calguns Foundation has secured a settlement agreement from defendants the City of Calexico, the Calexico Police Department, Chief [...]

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Two Representatives Looking to Neuter the NDAA

by AmmoLand May 16, 2012 AmmoLand

– Amendment would protect you from indefinite detention.Gun Owners of AmericaWashington, DC –(Ammoland.com)- Representatives Justin Amash (R-MI) and Adam Smith (D-WA) are looking to fix one of the most troubling pieces of legislation that have passed during Barack Obama’s presidency.As you know, at the end of last year, Congress passed and Barack Obama signed a [...]

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Pro Defensa of Costa Rica Joins IAPCAR

by AmmoLand May 15, 2012 AmmoLand

Pro Defensa of Costa Rica Joins IAPCARSecond Amendment FoundationBELLEVUE, WA –(Ammoland.com)- Pro Defensa of Costa Rica is the latest organization to join forces with the International Association for the Protection of Civilian Arms Rights (IAPCAR), which now boasts 22 affiliated groups in 14 different nations around the globe.With member groups on every continent, IAPCAR executive [...]

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The Controversial Faith of Barack Obama

by AmmoLand May 15, 2012 AmmoLand

By Dr. Gary Scott SmithThe Center For Vision & ValuesGrove City, PA –(Ammoland.com)- President Obama’s recent statement on gay marriage has again thrust his religious views onto the front pages.In defending his position, Obama stressed that he and his wife were “practicing Christians” and that his stance was supported by Christ’s teaching of the Golden [...]

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Defeat the NH Incumbent Protection Act – Lite

by AmmoLand May 15, 2012 AmmoLand

New Hampshire Firearms CoalitionMilford, NH –(Ammoland.com)- The fight isn’t over yet.Last week I told you about the Incumbent Protection Act, an amendment that was trying to silence gun owners like you and me.Thankfully, the Senate killed that amendment and tabled the bill.Unfortunately, however, sources are telling me that they tabled the bill in order to [...]

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Issa Invites Questions While Staffers Ignore Them

by DavidCodrea May 15, 2012 AmmoLand

Gun Rights Examiner David CodreaUSA –(Ammoland.com)- House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., addressed apparent stonewalling by the Republican leadership in pursuing a contempt of Congress citation against Attorney General Eric Holder on last night’s “On the Record” with Greta Van Susteren. Although Holder has not produced subpoenaed documents and information demanded [...]

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NRA Announces 2012 Youth Education Summit Participants

by AmmoLand May 15, 2012 AmmoLand

National Rifle AssociationFAIRFAX, Va. –(Ammoland.com)- The National Rifle Association is pleased to announce the 45 students selected to attend the 2012 Youth Education Summit (Y.E.S.), a seven-day, expense-paid educational experience in Washington, DC.Summit participants will tour memorials and monuments surrounding the nation’s capital throughout the week as they learn the significance of the American Constitution, [...]

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From My Cold Dead Hands Is Not Enough

by AmmoLand May 15, 2012 AmmoLand

By James KaledaAmmoLand Gun NewsNew Jersey –(Ammoland.com)-  Often when I speak about the Second Amendment, the right to keep and bear arms, and what actions we need to take in order to preserve our rights, I am rebuked with the apathetic response, “From my cold dead hands.”While this is very poetic expression of an admirable [...]

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The Feds’ Intrusions Into American Farms and Families

by AmmoLand May 15, 2012 AmmoLand

By Chuck NorrisChuck NorrisDallas, TX – -(Ammoland.com)- With Mother’s Day right at our back, I want to address one of the most extreme overreaches by the federal government into American homes that I’ve seen in a long time.Then I want to call on my own 91-year-old mother, who was raised in rural Oklahoma and worked [...]

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Major Victory for Hunters and Sportsmen in Iowa

by AmmoLand May 14, 2012 AmmoLand

Governor Branstad Announces Lifting of Iowa Traditional Ammo Ban.NRA – ILACharlotte, NC –(Ammoland.com)- On Friday, May 10, Governor Terry Branstad announced that he will nullify the traditional ammunition ban in Iowa.In July 2011, the Iowa Natural Resources Commission imposed the ban –after the topic was debated and resoundingly rejected by the legislature– following the enactment of [...]

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How Many Anti-Gun Activists Does it Take To . . . ?

by AmmoLand May 14, 2012 AmmoLand

How Many Anti-Gun Activists Does it Take To . . . ?NRA – ILACharlotte, NC –(Ammoland.com)-  . . . to sort simple statistics incorrectly?The answer is, “Just a handful of busy beavers at the Violence Policy Center (VPC).”  In April, VPC posted a press release on its website titled “Massachusetts Has Lowest Gun Death Rate [...]

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Media Matters Doesn’t Really Matter

by AmmoLand May 14, 2012 AmmoLand

Media Matters Doesn't Really MatterNRA – ILACharlotte, NC –(Ammoland.com)- The group Media Matters for America hates NRA.Few organizations have more strongly proclaimed their disdain for our right to keep and bear arms and self-protection.According to a recent FoxNews.com op-ed piece by acclaimed author and scholar John R. Lott, Jr., in April alone, the George Soros-backed Media [...]

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“Stand Your Ground” Laws Attacked Despite Broad Public Support

by AmmoLand May 14, 2012 AmmoLand

NRA – ILACharlotte, NC –(Ammoland.com)-  In an effort to capitalize on the Trayvon Martin shooting, this week, Reps. Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and Keith Ellison (D-Minn.), co-chairs of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, threatened to offer a so-called “Trayvon Amendment” that would cut funding to states with “stand your ground” laws.The legislators quickly reversed course when they [...]

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Eleven Wins for Gun Owners

by AmmoLand May 14, 2012 AmmoLand

NRA – ILACharlotte, NC –(Ammoland.com)- On Thursday, May 10, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 5326 –the appropriations bill for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies fiscal year 2013–by a vote of 247-163.One of the most important ways that Congress has protected the Second Amendment is through a number of general [...]

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Khaleid Sheikh Mohammed Hijacks Trial – ‘Jihad in a Courtroom’

by AmmoLand May 14, 2012 AmmoLand

AmmoLand Gun NewsWashington DC – -(Ammoland.com)-From all reports available, the arraignment of 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammad and his four co-defendants last Saturday was nothing less than an insult to the families of 9/11 victims.A mockery of justice itself, the five men “refused to acknowledge the judge” while their attorneys “repeatedly challenged the legitimacy of [...]

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Kelly McMillan Answers Questions if Bank of America Anti-Gun

by AmmoLand May 14, 2012 AmmoLand

National Association for Gun RightsColorado -–(Ammoland.com)- You may have heard recently that Bank of America informed McMillan Firearms Group that their business was no longer welcome at their bank.My inbox has been filled with emails from folks just like you asking me what I knew about this story.What I did is go straight to the [...]

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SAF & Calguns Foundation Sue Oakland & San Francisco Police

by AmmoLand May 14, 2012 AmmoLand

Second Amendment FoundationBELLEVUE, WA –(Ammoland.com)- The Second Amendment Foundation has filed a federal lawsuit against the police departments in San Francisco and Oakland, California for refusing to return firearms to people who had been charged with crimes, but subsequently cleared of any wrongdoing.SAF is joined in the lawsuit by the Calguns Foundation and two private [...]

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7 Reasons the Left Should Be Pro-Hunting

by AmmoLand May 14, 2012 AmmoLand

By Rob SextonNSSF Urges Members to Use #gunvote ButtonU.S. Sportsmen's AllianceColumbus, OH –(Ammoland.com)- The last 30 days have been chock full of key events that have a tremendous impact on the future of hunting, fishing and recreational shooting in America – events that are leading many sportsmen and women to draw conclusions about (or further [...]

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The Other Bad Guy, a More Sinister Threat

by AmmoLand May 14, 2012 AmmoLand

Paul Markel © 2012The Other Bad Guy, a More Sinister ThreatStudent of the GunLUVERNE, AL –(Ammoland.com)- When we were little kids we were taught to identify the villain in our favorite cartoon or TV shows.All the bad guys wore black masks, were unshaven, and often wore black knit caps.Consider the bad guys that Ralphie shoots [...]

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Gun Rights LettersTo Editor Contest Winner Selected

by DavidCodrea May 11, 2012 AmmoLand

AmmoLand Gun NewsUSA –(Ammoland.com)- Judges turned out to be secondary to chance in selecting today’s winner of the Gun Rights Examiner letters to the editor contest, first announced one month ago in this column. In the end, three finalists split one vote from this correspondent and one each from fellow judges, Seattle Gun Rights Examiner [...]

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New Hampshire Time Running Out for Action on Permitless Carry Legislation

by AmmoLand May 11, 2012 AmmoLand

NRA – ILACharlotte, NC –(Ammoland.com)- Important pro-gun legislation needs your IMMEDIATE help.There is only ONE week left for the state Senate to act on House Bill 536.  If the Senate does not take action on HB 536 by Thursday, May 17, law-abiding residents of New Hampshire will lose an opportunity to expand their gun rights.Introduced by [...]

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Iowa Governor Branstad Overturns Illegal Ban On Ammunition

by AmmoLand May 11, 2012 AmmoLand

Iowa Firearms CoalitionIOWA – -(Ammoland.com)- Iowa Firearms Coalition has worked hard with the NRA to preserve the use of traditional ammunition for hunters and firearms owners in Iowa.Today was a big victory as Gov. Branstad signed an Executive Order rescinding the ban on using traditional ammunition for dove season in Iowa.Brenna Findley who provides legal [...]

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