National Politics

The Problem With "Intrastate" Firearm Laws

12:10am Monday, May 11, 2009
By Ken Hanson, Esq. There has been much excitement sweeping the gun-owner boards recently over Montana's passage of a law and Texas' introduction of a bill "exempting" homemade firearms from Federal regulation. Homemade firearms are often referred to as "intrastate" firearms on the theory that they are created and exist entirely within one state. By contrast, "interstate" firearms are ones that...

USA Buys Enough Guns in 3 Months to Outfit the Entire Chinese and Indian Army

12:10am Thursday, May 07, 2009
Law abiding US citizens bought on average 3,177,256 guns every 3 months in 2008 (AmmoLand.com) In just 3 months Americans bought enough guns to outfit the entire Chinese and Indian armies combined. "You cannot invade the mainland United States. There would be a rifle behind every blade of grass." - attributed to Isoroku Yamamoto, Fleet Admiral and Commander-in-Chief of the Imperial Japanese Navy...

Conservation efforts benefit from 31 percent jump in excise taxes

12:05am Thursday, May 07, 2009
Sales remain strong for manufacturers Firearm and ammunition manufacturers paid more than $98 million in excise taxes in the fourth quarter of 2008, up 31.2 percent over the same period in 2007, according to figures released earlier today by the U.S. Department of the Treasury. From Oct. 1 to Dec. 31, $27.6 million was collected for pistols and revolvers, $35 million for long guns and $35.5...

Obama's gun control plans center on South American treaty as an end-run around the Constitution

12:05am Friday, May 01, 2009
CIFTA Gun Treaty Removes Congressional Oversight By Dave Kopel I've completed my review of the South America gun-control treaty that Mr. Obama wants to get ratified. It is known as CIFTA, the Inter-American Convention Against The Illicit Manufacturing Of And Trafficking In Firearms, Ammunition, Explosives, And Other Related Materials. It can be found here verbatim: http://www.oas.org/juridico/...

9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling sets the stage for another precedent-setting Second Amendment decision

12:10am Thursday, April 30, 2009
By Jim Shepherd When United States Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia penned the majority-opinion in the landmark Heller decision last year, he was roundly criticized by legal scholars (primarily from the dissenting position) for having created a document that left many legal questions regarding firearms unanswered. Justice Scalia's response was simple: the broad decision was written, and the...

Obama's National Park Service bureaucrats won't defend visitors' civil rights

12:05am Thursday, April 30, 2009
Amend Constitution by Statute, Using EPA Laws By Dave Kopel "The National Parks Service has announced it will not challenge a court order that temporarily stops the late-term Bush administration policy of allowing CCW-permit holders to carry in National Parks." That's the news media's backwards way of saying the bureaucrats running the National Parks are delighted they don't have to allow CCW-...

The Uninvited Ombudsman Report, No. 63 - International Gun Treaty Sidesteps Congress

12:05am Friday, April 24, 2009
Taken from the most recent "Page Nine" Alan Korwin's "The Uninvited Ombudsman Report" ---------- STARTERS: In a stunningly clever move, president Barack Obama, speaking from Mexico, announced support for an international firearms treaty that could have far-reaching effects on U.S. gun ownership -- without needing to pass legislation and deal with normal congressional representation . See item #1...

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