KS First Cougar Shot In 100 Years A mountain lion has been shot in Kansas. A Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks official obtained the pelt Monday. A Barber County landowner shot the adult male mountain lion on his property west of Medicine Lodge in November. Tracy Galvin, a Kansas Department...
FL Guns Locked In Cars Bill For three years we have fought corporate giants and big business bullies. They want ban firearms and prohibit you from parking in public access parking lots if you have a firearm locked in your car or truck for protection while traveling to and from shopping, work, or wherever your daily...
SC Poised To Close Public Access To Concealed Carry Permits South Carolina is poised to become the 28th state to keep secret the list of residents allowed to carry concealed weapons, a move favored by gun owners but opposed by advocates of open government. South Carolina is among six states with legislation pending that would...
UT Gov Signs Emergency Powers Bill SB157, sponsored by State Senator Mark Madsen (R-13), would prevent the state of Utah from restricting the possession, transfer, sale, transport, storage, display, or use of firearms or ammunition during a declared state of emergency. Simply put, this legislation will...
FL Important Self-Defense Bill Senate Bill 1130, by Senator Durell Peaden was heard by the Senate Criminal Justice Committee Tuesday afternoon, March 18. SB 1130 was amended with an unfriendly amendment and then passed by a vote of 7 to 1. The amendment was a so-called "compromise"...
TN Several Firearms Related Bills
To Be Heard House Bill 702, sponsored by State Representative Joe McCord (R-08), allows a person who has a valid Right-to-Carry permit to carry a firearm into restaurants where alcohol may be served, as long as the permit holder is not consuming alcohol or is not otherwise...
WA Pro-Hunting Legislation Signed HB2438 will extend a pilot program that would permit certain counties to allow the pursuit and taking of cougars with the aid of dogs. It will also permit counties that are not part of the pilot program and which are experiencing cougar management problems to opt-in to the program.
Nation Awaits DC Handgun Ruling The rarity of the case and the potential consequences of the ruling account for the widespread attention it has received: Nearly 70 amicus briefs have been filed on behalf of more than 320 members of Congress, 36 states and other interested parties on both sides of the...
MT Tweaks Rules On Archery Elk Tags Fish, Wildlife & Parks commissioners on Thursday left intact elk hunting regulations adopted in February that require archers to apply for permits in 23 hunting districts outside the Missouri Breaks. Rifle hunters already were required to apply for permits in those areas.
IL Ammo Tracing Bill Shot Down Opponents said that the process of etching the codes would cost the ammunition industry millions and all but force the Winchester Ammunition plant in Alton to close. They also argued that using high-powered lasers near the explosive materials found in bullets...
Hunting, Shooting Gear Outsells Golf Hunting- and shooting-related equipment has out-driven golf in sales, according to data released by the National Sporting Goods Association. New statistics show that hunting gear and firearm sales topped $3.7 billion in 2006, up 4.1 percent from the previous year.
WY Governor Signs Emergency Powers Legislation Sponsored by State Representative Allen Jaggi (R-18), HB 57 will prevent government authorities from confiscating firearms from law-abiding citizens, such as occurred in New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. This legislation will prevent the state of Wyoming...
ID Two Pro-Gun, Pro-Hunting Bills Need Your Help Two important pro-gun and pro-hunting measures are currently pending action in the Idaho House of Representatives and they need your help to succeed. House Joint Resolution 3 would ensure Idaho’s proud hunting heritage by amending the state’s constitution to provide...
WV Pro-Gun, Pro-Hunting Bills Head To Governor’s Desk On Friday, March 7, the State House passed Senate Bill 9 by a 90-6. Introduced by State Senator Billy Wayne Bailey (D-9), SB9 would mandate firearm and hunter safety education programs be offered in public schools for students in the eighth through twelfth grades.
WY Castle Doctrine Heads To Governor While the bill was stripped of its “no duty to retreat in a public place” provision, the amendments did keep the “no duty to retreat inside one's home”, as well as provide that individuals whose homes are unlawfully entered into cannot be held civilly liable if they use...