Proposed anti-gun laws that have been debated and discussed for weeks in Trenton continue to move closer to approval in the state legislature.  Many of these onerous legislative proposals, previously reported here by the NRA-ILA, have already passed in the Assembly and are now tentatively scheduled for floor action in the Senate on Monday, May 13.  The state legislature has reached a critical point in its process, and New Jersey gun owners must continue to pressure state lawmakers to defeat these dangerous gun bills.

Today, an anti-gun amendment was offered to Senate Bill 1002, turning this bill into another vehicle for gun control.  Sponsored by state Senator Antonio Munoz (D-1), this amendment seeks to ban the possession, purchase, manufacture, sale or delivery of all magazines in Illinois that can hold more than ten rounds of ammunition or that can be readily converted to do this. 

House Bill 937, a comprehensive Right-to-Carry reform bill, passed its second reading in the state House of Representatives on Monday by a partisan 76-38 vote.  On Tuesday, the state House passed H 937 on its third reading by a 78-42 vote, with state Representative Paul Tine (D-6) as the sole Democrat to vote in favor of it.  (Representative Tine was not on the floor for Monday’s vote, so he did not cast a vote on its second reading.)  H 937 now moves to the state Senate for further consideration.  Please contact your state Senator and urge her or him to support H 937 and to work to ensure that it is taken up for consideration as soon as possible.

Manager Joe Cho was working in the office of Pepe’s Grocery and Deli in Dallas, Texas when two armed men wearing bandannas entered the store and demanded money from a cashier. Cho responded by retrieving a .38-caliber revolver and firing at the criminals, who returned fire and fled. None of Cho’s employees were hurt during the incident.Cho’s decision to provide for his and his employee’s defense proved to be a wise one. Following the attempted robbery, Cho notified the police, telling them, “Hey, we got robbed, I need police as soon as possible.” “As soon as possible” turned out to be about an hour and 20 minutes later.

A House panel has approved legislation that would greatly curtail when veterans deemed mentally incompetent are reported to the FBI's background check system.

The legislation signed Wednesday is the first bill in a package of gun control measures proposed by Markell after the Connecticut school shooting in December to be enacted into law.

A New Jersey Senate committee is set to consider several gun control bills, but a limit on the number of bullets allowed in ammunition magazines is not among the measures due to be discussed.

The Special Republican Canvass Election for the 14th Senate District seat being vacated by Sen. Harry Blevins will be held from 5 PM to 8 PM on THURSDAY, MAY 9th. It is vitally important that this seat remain in the GOP as a flip will put the Senate Courts of Justice Committee in the hands of vehemently anti-rights Richmond Senator Henry Marsh.  Delegate John Cosgrove is running to replace Harry Blevins and he has been a true friend to gun owners.  Here is a partial list of his voting record:

HB940 - Repeal of Handgun Rationing
SB408 - Possession of concealed weapons in vehicles
HB505 - Repeal of Restaurant Ban
HB530 - Pre-emption - prohibits localities from passing laws restricting sale and ownership of firearms

This is just a very small list of the pro-rights bills Delegate Cosgrove has supported.  He also was a regular attendee at the Richmond Metro Friends of NRA Fun Shoot that was held at Sussex Shooting Sports in the early 2000's.  So, not only did he vote with us, he put his money where his mouth is so to speak.

All gun owners in the District are urged to go to the SPECIAL VOTING LOCATIONS (not your normal Polling Place) and VOTE FOR JOHN COSGROVE For State Senate.


The SPECIAL VOTING LOCATIONS ARE BELOW:

CHESAPEAKE VOTING PLACES:
Chesapeake Golf Club, 1201 Club House Drive, Chesapeake, VA 23323
Russell Memorial Library, 2808 Taylor Road, Chesapeake, VA 23321

FRANKLIN CITY VOTING PLACE:
James L. Camp, Jr. YMCA, 300 Crescent Drive, Franklin, VA 23851.

ISLE OF WIGHT VOTING PLACE:
Walters Ruritan Club, 27746 Walters Highway, Carrsville, VA 23315

PORTSMOUTH VOTING PLACE:
Pinecrest Baptist Church, 209 Felton Road, Portsmouth, VA, 23701

SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY VOTING PLACE:
Ebeneezer Baptist Church, 10686 Ivor Road, Ivor VA 23866.

SUFFOLK VOTING PLACE:
Lee-Jordan Club House, 1709 Pitchkettle Road, Suffolk, VA 23434

VIRGINIA BEACH VOTING PLACE:
Victory Baptist Church, 4125 Indian River Rd, Virginia Beach, VA 23456

Please spead the word to your pro-rights friends

Today, Governor Rick Snyder (R) signed into law an important hunting reform that will help preserve Michigan’s rich hunting heritage for generations to come.  Senate Bill 288, introduced by state Senator Tom Casperson (R-38), passed in the state Senate by a 25 to 11 vote on April 25 and was approved in the state House by a 72 to 38 vote on May 2.  SB 288, which took immediate effect, will improve the scientific management of wildlife and ensure that hunting rules and regulations are based on verifiable biological evidence – not a political agenda.

NRA members in Kansas spoke loudly during the 2013 legislative session and state legislators answered the call.  However, your action is still needed to advance a critical pro-gun reform, Senate Bill 45.  The state legislature’s veto session is currently underway and SB 45 is one of the few pro-gun measures still awaiting final approval.

With a few days remaining in the 2013 legislative session, the Missouri General Assembly is taking critical steps to reform the state’s Right-to-Carry law and further protect your inherent right to self-defense.

National rates of gun homicide and other violent gun crimes are strikingly lower now than during their peak in the mid-1990s, paralleling a general decline in violent crime, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of government data.

The debate over gun control is coming back to the Senate earlier than expected.Sen. Tom Coburn (R Okla.) intends to file a pair of firearms related amendments to the Water Resources Development Act that the Senate began considering on Tuesday afternoon.One amendment would repeal a gun prohibition on land under the jurisdiction of the Army Corps of Engineers. The other would require annual reports from federal agencies on ammunition and gun purchases as well as firearm thefts, excepting some national security arms of government.

Gun crime has plunged in the United States since its peak in the middle of the 1990s, including gun killings, assaults, robberies and other crimes, two new studies of government data show.Yet few Americans are aware of the dramatic drop, and more than half believe gun crime has risen, according to a newly released survey by the Pew Research Center.

It's honestly a strange time for politicians to push ever tighter restrictions on gun controls. Even if you're the sort of person who thinks that everybody's personal liberty should be restricted if somebody, somewhere, misbehaves, a report released today by the Bureau of Justice Statistics makes it apparent that crimes committed with firearms continue their steady, two decade decline. In terms of specific policy, the recent focus on restricting "assault weapons" makes no sense in an environment in which the preferred weapon for committing those diminishing crimes is the handgun. And the recent obsession with extending background checks on people making legal gun purchases is a true head scratcher, since most criminals don't buy their guns legally, with fewer than one percent acquiring their weapons at much demonized gun shows.

Even as President Barack Obama works with legislators in Washington to revive efforts to enact stricter federal gun control legislation, local politicians have filed seven pro gun bills in an effort to pass even more permissive state gun laws.

A Missouri House committee has advanced a proposed constitutional amendment aimed at protecting gun rights.The amendment approved on Tuesday would define the right to bear arms as "unalienable" and require the state to defend against any "infringement" of that right. It would also include defending one's "family" with a firearm as a guaranteed constitutional right.

Oregon Senate President Peter Courtney blocked four gun control bills from coming to the Senate floor to avoid what appeared to be a certain defeat for them.

The state's top gun advocacy group says membership has soared in recent months.The Gun Owners Action League of Massachusetts said that it has surpassed 16,000 members in the state. The group said it has added about 3,000 members since January.

Gun owners’ patience and persistence was rewarded on Saturday and yesterday, as the Texas House of Representatives led by Speaker Joe Straus (R-San Antonio) gave approval to a wide range of pro-gun legislation while the NRA Annual Meeting was underway in Houston.  Most of these bills passed overwhelmingly, in spite of repeated attempts by anti-gun members of the minority party to kill some of these measures by raising parliamentary “points of order” against them for alleged violations of House rules.  Many violations are procedural in nature, involving the committee process and committee reports.  Thanks to the meticulous work of House Homeland Security and Public Safety Committee Chairman Joe Pickett (D-El Paso) and his staff, none of the points were sustained, and debate and votes on the bills were allowed to proceed on the House floor.