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Last news: August 20, 2008 09:42:46

Avianna Chao arrived home from being hailed as a first-time Olympian to find an eviction notice from the city. Chao has been informed that the shooting club she uses as her main training base, the Canadian National Recreation Association, upstairs in Union Station, is being closed Aug.29, five days after the closing ceremonies at the Beijing Olympics. - [Read more]

Comments due on NRA-backed proposal to ease ban on concealed weapons - [Read more]

No shots were fired but the battle lines were clearly drawn as lawmakers discussed SB67, which would allow individuals with concealed-carry permits to keep their guns locked in their parked cars during work hours. - [Read more]

It is now clear why Barack Obama has refused John McCain`s offer of joint town hall appearances during the fall campaign. McCain is obviously better at them. - [Read more]

When classes start Aug. 25 in the tiny Harrold school district, there will be one distinct difference from years prior: Some of the teachers may have guns. - [Read more]

Democratic leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives have agreed to allow a vote next month on a bill that would end local handgun control in the District, making it easier for D.C. residents to acquire pistols, including semiautomatics, while eliminating the strict handgun-storage requirements imposed by the city. - [Read more]

The mayor and other officials in Washington, D.C., are trying to circumvent the Supreme Court’s rejection of the District of Columbia’s gun ban, Rep. Mark Souder, R-Ind., says. So he is trying to repeal all restrictions the city has on guns. - [Read more]

What business does Justice Ginsburg have trying "to propel legislative change"? - [Read more]

The Supreme Court’s decision does not eliminate reasonable restrictions on firearms possession and ownership. D.C.’s licensing and registration provisions, for example, were left intact. The next fight between gun-rights advocates and the smelters will be over the definition of reasonable. - [Read more]

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife is proposing to scale back hound hunting of cougars to protect declining populations of the big cats. - [Read more]

For anti-gunners, the idea of giving college students the right to carry on campus may seem counter-intuitive after last year`s Virginia Tech massacre. But the proposal is deadly serious, said young men and women from colleges across the country who attended the first Students for Concealed Carry on Campus National Conference on Friday. The issue is not keeping guns out of the hands of college students, but whether properly licensed students should be able to defend themselves while on campus... - [Read more]

Students for Concealed Carry on Campus held its first national meeting last Friday. The group hopes to convince state legislatures to allow guns onto college campuses. - [Read more]

Anti-gun activists are calling the mid-July meeting of the U.N.” Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects.” That cannot be good news to anyone who values American Constitutional liberties. - [Read more]

In June, when the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Washington, D.C.’s 32-year-old gun ban, gun enthusiasts hailed the historic ruling as, “a great moment in American history” as Wayne La Pierre, vice president of the NRA, said. At the same time, liberals like D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty, lamented that the ruling would “lead to more handgun violence.” While I sympathize with the D.C. mayor, I fail to see what impact the tough ban has had on gun violence. In fact, statistics show that the... - [Read more]

New gun laws are front and center in two states this summer. These laws don`t restrict access to guns, but expand where residents can carry their weapons, even to their workplaces. CBS News correspondent Mark Strassmann reports on the legal showdown between gun rights and property rights that is about to take place in Federal Courts in Georgia and Florida. - [Read more]

The District of Columbia has the most restrictive gun laws in the country. But that’s a distinction the nation’s capital might soon lose. - [Read more]

The Tennessee Republican Party has unearthed a potentially damaging bombshell regarding House Speaker Jimmy Naifeh.

The party accuses Jimmy Naifeh of lying in a press release describing himself as a concealed carry permit holder nine days after catching heat from the gun rights community for engaging in some inspired parliamentary maneuvering in order to to scuttle a piece of legislation which would have concealed the identities of concealed permit holders. - [Read more]

“The U.S. Supreme Court D.C. v. Heller decision now makes it clear to all -- the Second Amendment affirms an individual right to own firearms for the purpose of self-defense,” writes Timothy Wheeler. - [Read more]

The Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence`s Dennis Henigan has written a very interesting response to Robert Levy`s Cato Unbound essay on the future of gun rights after D.C. v. Heller. - [Read more]

If one is going to examine Jerome Corsi’s The Obama Nation: Leftist Politics and the Cult of Personality, one probably ought to also read David Freddoso’s book on the Democratic nominee, The Case Against Barack Obama. - [Read more]