Firearms Policy Coalition

Apparently Democrats in Congress are seeking to introduce even more federal gun control legislation – this time regulating ammunition sales. CBS News reports:

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Jennifer Cruz for Guns.com reports:

It appears that New Jersey elected officials are considering eliminating legislation that mandates smart gun technology. Claude Brodesser-Akner for NJ Advance Media reports:

The lawmakers say they want to replace or change the Childproof Gun Law with a measure that encourages rather than requires gun shops to sell “smart guns” — and provides economic incentives for Garden State consumers to buy them.

Passed in 2002 to respond to accidental child deaths from guns, the law’s mandates for gun sales were supposed to kick in three years after the weapons became available for retail purposes. However, it hasn’t resulted in the sale of smart guns and instead moved gun rights activists to intimidate gun shops around the country not to carry them because that would start the countdown clock for the New Jersey law…..

….Speaking in Dover, N.H., at a 2016-themed town hall meeting last week, Gov. Chris Christie had singled out the Childproof Gun Law for special scorn, holding it up as the epitome of Democratic legislative overreach.

You can read the rest of the story at NJ.com.

Kare 11 News in Minnesota reported yesterday that:

Yesterday, Kelsey Harkness for the Daily Signal reported that:

A small business owner from Central Florida alleges she was denied service by one of the largest banks in the United States strictly because she sells guns.

“It’s a slap in the face,” Peggy Craig, owner of Michael’s Pawn and Gun in Fruitland Park, Fla., told The Daily Signal in an exclusive interview. “It affects my livelihood, it affects how I feel, and I think it’s total bias and discrimination.”

On May 7, Craig called TD Bank seeking a new line of credit to buy inventory and produce advertisements for her small, 23-year-old storefront, Michael’s Pawn and Gun.

When a TD Bank representative pulled up the shop’s Facebook page and discovered that it sells guns, Craig says the representative told her, “We can’t lend to anyone who sells firearms.”

Read the rest of this story at the Daily Signal.

California Assembly Bill 84, authored by Assemblyman Mike Gatto (D-Los Angeles) would amend the law to require people charged or convicted of any felony, and some misdemeanor crimes, to provide buccal swab (DNA) samples, right thumbprints, and a full palm print impression of each hand, and any blood specimens or other biological samples required for law enforcement identification analysis. Many non-violent or technical firearm crimes in California are charged as a felony, implicating AB 84’s DNA and biometric data collection requirements.

The Associated Press reported today:

HARRISBURG, Pa. —A few hundred gun rights activists brought their message to what has become an annual event at the state Capitol, urging lawmakers on Tuesday to protect their right to keep and own firearms and to widen legal protections.

The crowd at the Second Amendment Action Day reacted strongly to warnings about threats to gun rights, as speakers peppered their remarks with references to northeastern states, President Barack Obama and Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton.

“I feel that they’re trying to take my gun rights away from us,” said Harry Norton, a retired over-the-road trucker from New Brighton. “I’m here to kind of protect that.”

….Kim Stolfer, with Firearm Owners Against Crime, called gun control an abridgment of freedom that makes people less safe. He said some local leaders need to be replaced.

Read the rest of the report at WTAE.com.

Bruce Alpert for NOLA.com reported today:

WASHINGTON – House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, R-Jefferson, has introduced legislation that would make it easier for licensed gun dealers to sell guns to out-of-state buyers.

But a leading gun control advocate says the legislation “would make it even more difficult for federal and state law enforcement to identify individuals who are already prohibited from purchasing firearms.”

Scalise, a long-time supporter of gun rights, said the legislation is designed to eliminate “archaic red tape burdening gun owners who legally purchase firearms across the nation.” And his staff says that the legislation does nothing to intefere with state laws — including specific background checks required by some states.

Read the rest of the story at NOLA.com.

Reuters reported today on the new background check law in Oregon:

The Oregon Firearms Safety Act expands background check requirements, already in place at stores and gun shows in the state, to include person-to-person and online gun sales.

“The bill provides a common-sense approach to accomplishing that goal without interfering with the lawful right of citizens to bear arms,” said Brown, a Democrat who took office in February after her predecessor resigned in an influence-peddling scandal.

The bill provides several exemptions, including gun loans for usage at shooting ranges or for hunting, or transfers between family members.

Supporters say that tighter background checks are key to preventing violence by people already prohibited from owning guns, such as those with domestic violence or felony convictions.

It was vehemently opposed however by gun rights advocates and the state Republican Party, which decried as excessive the fines and potential jail time violators could face.

Read the rest of the article at RawStory.com.

By Evan Gillespie, Firearms Policy Coalition

Fearing future school shootings, anti-gun movements continue to push for more stringent gun control policies across the nation. Virginia Gordan for Michigan Radio News reports:

Thanks to the efforts of thousands of dedicated gun owners who Took Action at FPC’s StopSB678.com and your Firearms Policy Coalition Direct Advocacy Division, California Senate Bill 678 stalled in the Senate Committee on Appropriations early this afternoon. SB 678 was referred to the Committee’s “suspense file” due to the bill’s fiscal implications and committee rules.

The Second Amendment Foundation announced today that a retired Navy veteran has had his firearms returned after they were taken by police. PR Newswire reported:

The Providence Journal noted yesterday that the University of Rhode Island has followed through and begun arming its campus police. Lynn Arditi writes:

Often our perceptions and bias are evident in our arguments for gun rights or gun control. Greg Camp for Guns.com writes a little about the framing of arguments:

Senate Bill 678, a bill that would create a new state-mandated “smart gun technology” exploration committee and DOJ reports on feasibility, is scheduled to be heard by the Senate Committee on Appropriations TOMORROW (Monday, May 11).

Brian Anse Patrick, a professor at the University of Toledo drew an interesting analogy about a recent event in gun rights. He wrote:

Verena Dobnik for the Associated Press reported today:

Brendan Pringle for Guns.com noted today: