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1/20/2011 - Representative Renee Ellmers of North Carolina joins politicians who carry concealed firearms.

12/1/2010 - Mountain View woman robbed at gunpoint. - The police department always advises victims of armed robbery to comply with robbers' demands. "It's not worth fighting," Wylie said. "You risk being hurt or killed." - They also say this about bears and mountain lions. To bad she did not have a CCW.

11/30/2010 - Tahoe Man kills 500 lb. bear in self-defense

11/30/2010 - Pepsi on Verge of Giving $250K to HSUS? - How to stop them by voting on line!

11/30/2010 - New Jersey man serving 7 years for guns he owned legally

11/27/2010 - Group sues county and sheriff over concealed-weapon permits.

10/25/2010 - Second Amendment Rights Reaffirmed After Sacramento County Sheriff's Office Changes Carry License Policies

10/22/2010 - How GOP Sweep Might Hurt 2A Cause

10/18/2010 - First NYC Test Case and Concealed Knife Precipitates a Constitutional Challenge

10/14/2010 - State accused of stripping 2nd Amendment rights

10/7/2010 - Campbell officials discuss potential gun ordinances

9/29/2010 - San Diego Pays $35,000, Agrees To Finding Of Factual Innocence For Improper "Unloaded Open Carry" Arrest.

9/20/2010 - National Guard Shooting Causes Wild Fire

9/17/2010 - Child Expelled 2 yrs for toy gun

9/15/2010 - Cops Delay Leads to Several Deaths

9/7/2010 - Long Island Man Arrested For Defending Home With AK-47 Against MS-13

8/31/2010 - BATFE using illegal aliens for sting operations

8/21/2010 - Canadian Cops Want Scrap Long Gun Registration

8/19/2010 - SAF Files Amicus Brief In Nordyke Case, Argues For Strict Scrutiny

7/23/2010 - Demand for Guns Increase July2010

7/2010 - Tight budgets and fewer cops - Time for citizens to 'arm up'

6/29/2010 - Jackson County DA - McDonald vs City of Chicago

6/28/2010 - PRESS RELEASE GS2AC and McDonald Decision

6/24/2010 - BATFE Revises Policies on Firearms "Transfers" That Have been in Plece For Over 30 Years.

6/22/2010 - District 15 Special Senate Election

6/15/2010 - Knox Report 2A and Constitution

6/3/2010 - BATFE Revises Policies on Firearms Transfers

6/2/2010 - 12 dead in Britain.... gun control not working

5/6/2010 - Lott: Chicago Gun Ban Kills

3/2/2010 - Supreme Court Considers Reach of Gun Rights

2/28/2010 - Gun owners gather at Walnut Creek restaurant

2/24/2010 - Judge Sets Bail at 1M for Suspected Colorado School Shooter

2/24/2010 - 2nd Amend March on April 19, 2010!

2/23/2010 - Sheriff says he'll undermine gun ban

2/15/2010 - Gun Rights Advocates Target California Detective Following Facebook Posts

1/24/2010 - Davidsons Gallery Of Guns

1/4/2010 - Gun owners flex their right to carry arms at Livermore event.

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10/22/2009 - Anti-Gun Senator Shoots Intruder

10/15/2009 - Governor Schwarzenegger drank the Kool-Aid and is in bed with the Brady Bunch

10/8/2009 - Obama's Anti-Gun Agenda Heads To Supreme Court

8/24/2009 - Anti-Gun Senator Shoots Intruder

5/22/2009 - Bi-Partisan Congressional Majority Moves to Restore Second Amendment in National Parks - signed into law today! <PDF>

5/14/2009 - TAX Imposed on Second Amendment Rights in Florida! If you have a Florida CCW, this affects you. <PDF>

5/12/2009 - The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Dismisses Lawsuit Against Glock

5/11/2009 - Koh’s Goal for the Legal Trade in Arms: Ban It <PDF>

5/7/2009 - College Student Shoots, Kills Home Invader

5/5/2009 - SAF Calguns Challenge Arbitrary Denial of Roght to Bear Arms in California

4/30/2009 - Ohio Police Trainer Says Gun Free Zones Are Invitation For Shooting

4/30/2009 - Profiles of Mass Shooters - When Seconds Count

4/30/2009 - SAF Challenges California Handgun Ban Scheme

4/15/2009 - Obama Pushing Treaty To Ban Reloading and Even BB Guns

4/7/2009 - DHS Rightwing Extremism Memo

4/2/2009 - Only A Small Fraction Of Guns In Mexico Come From US

3/31/2009 - Mexico violence is back door attempt at gun control in US

3/31/2009 - Senator Kerry Pushes For More Gun Control

3/29/2009 - The battle over concealed carry on Texas college campus

3/24/2009 - Gun carry law shut down over environmental impact

3/18/2009 - Government Bows to Calls About Brass Resale Ban

3/17/2009 - Obama Secretly Ends Pilot Gun Program

3/17/2009 - DOD Ends Sale Of Used Military Brass

3/13/2009 - Obama Gun Ban List

3/12/2009 - BATFE Abandons Effort To Close Gun Store

3/7/2009 - Obama Voters Told To Leave Hunter Safety Class

2/16/2009 - Popular Teacher Kills Masked Intruder

2/14/2007 - Guns for Roses in SC

2/9/2009 - Student Faces Expulsion For Fake Drill Team Guns

1/27/2009 - Gun Owner Victory: San Francisco Drops Ban On Firearms in Public Housing <PDF>

1/19/2009 - Cal Guns Nordyke Argument Article <PDF>

1/16/2009 - Gun Owners of California Report on Heller Incorporation case in California <PDF>

1/15/2009 - Don Kilmer Takes the Nordyke Gun Show Ban Case to the 9th Circuit Court Of Appeals <PDF>

1/6/2009 - NRA and San Francisco Close to Deal on Guns in Public Housing <PDF>

12/30/2008 - Woman Makes Mince Meat of Carjacker - "I'm Gonna Blow Your B!*#* Off!" <PDF>

12/11/2008 - Students Challenge CU's Concealed Carry Weapons Ban <PDF>

12/7/2008 - Orange County Sherriff Halts CCW Revocations - For Now

12/5/2008 - Department of the Interior Announces Final Firearms Policy Update

12/5/2008 - Gun ban in national parks is eased

11/28/2008 - The Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence Releases A New Report - Same Old Stuff, but it will impress those legislators who are straddling the fence on gun legislation.

11/26/2008 - Second Amendment Supporter Tom McClintock Wins

11/19/2008 - Obama Nominates Anti-gun Attorney General

11/16/2008 - Owner of the El Cajon Gun Exchange in San Diego Calls Obama 'Salesman of the Month' - PDF

10/23/2008 - Man Evicted for Shooting Thief

10/17/2008 - In Many US Airports, Guns are OK Outside Security

10/14/2008 - FBI: Justifiable homicides at highest in more than a decade

08/01/2008 - After court ruling, towns rush to repeal gun bans. - PDF

6/6/2008 - Representative Bill Sali is introducing a bill to send a message to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE) that freedom still means something in this country. - PDF

6/3/2008 - The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors passed the resolution supporting AB 1634 which requires all dogs be spayed or neutered before they are 4 months old.  Anyone wishing to breed their purebred or hunting dogs will have to pay for a yearly permit to keep their animals in their natural breeding state.  A $500.00 fine awaits those who do not comply. - PDF

5/21/2008 - The City of New York v. Beretta U.S.A. Corp. suit has been dismissed by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. - PDF

4/2/2008 - Congressman: Trigger lock caused pilot's gun to fire. - PDF

4/2/2008 - Here is the holster that is mandated by the FAA.

4/8/2008 - Demonstration of holster on YouTube

3/28/2008 - Department of Homeland Security Rules may have been the cause of an accidental discharge by a pilot as he was landing. The mandatory padlock securing the gun to the holster pushed trigger. - PDF

3/23/2008 - BATF Leatherman Tool: "always think forfeiture"

3/25/2008 - .50 Caliber Rifle Ban: Letter from Ronnie Barrett, president of Barrett Firearms Manufacturing, Inc. to Chief Boisse Correa of the Honolulu Police Department. - PDF

3/11/2008 - Arizona Boy, 10, Escapes Rabid Mountain Lion Attack With Only Scratches. He is just lucky that a companion had a gun. If this had happened in California, the outcome would have been a lot worse.

3/11/2008 - Check out the new Glock Concept Firearm on YouTube!

3/10/2008 - Boy punished for T-shirt with gun image meant to honor our troops.

3/8/2008 - Repeat of the East Palo Alto Police Department Gun Reporting Scheme. Remember the IKEA Sign? Look at this.

3/6/2008 - Another school shooting.  The murderer was stopped and killed by an armed citizen who happened to live near the school - in Jerusalem .   “ Jerusalem police chief Cmdr. Aharon Franco said the terrorist was killed by an IDF officer who lives near the yeshiva and raced to the scene.”

3/6/2008 Heller (Parker) - Justices to Release Audio in Guns Case

3/5/2008 - Arizona State Senator Karen S. Johnson Sponsored a Bill to Allow Guns on Campuses. PDF

3/5/2008 - World's Smallest Revolver 2-Inch Gun Banned in US

3/3/2008 - Colleges To Allow Guns On Campus In Response To Shootings

2/21/2008 - NIU Nightmare

2/19/2008 - Rick B. submitted this from CalGuns. We can soon see legislation banning all guns that are not black!

2/18/2008 - Clinton wants a gun summit. “I believe we really should have a summit where everybody comes together on all sides of this issue,” Clinton said. “Let’s figure out how we can be consistent with the Second Amendment, which I wholeheartedly support, and do more to keep people safe. I think we can do that, but it’s going to require us all to maybe give a little and understand the point of view of the other people,” she said. “That’s something I would do as President to really bring people together.” “We know we need better background checks and we know we’ve got to have mental health information in there,” she said.

2/15/2008 - NRA-ILA Update On Right-To-Carry In National Parks And Wildlife Refuges.

2/13/2008 - Senator Tom Coburn Champions Bill S. 2483 for CCW Rights in National Parks. CCRKBA Backs Coburn.

2/10/2008 - Oakland Police Chief Admits Gun Buy Backs Do Not Have Much Impact on Crime. - PDF

2/7/2008 - Microstamping Introduced by Edward Kennedy (S 2605) and Xavier Becerra (Representative from CA) (HR 5266) - The National Crime Gun Identification Act of 2007 (even though it is 2008).

1/25/2008 Chilling Six Minute 911 Video That May Scare You

1/18/2008 Burglars have rights too, says [British] Attorney General - From: KTOG - The Kel-Tec Owner's Group. Submitted by GS2AC member Cristy Z.

1/17/2008 Private Firearms Transactions Under Attack in the Old Dominion! - From: KTOG - The Kel-Tec Owner's Group. Submitted by GS2AC member Cristy Z.

1/14/2008 President Bush's Solicitor General Argues against 2A in Parker Case.

1/13/2008 Rifle misfire results in machine gun conviction.

1/10/2008 District of Columbia Appellate Court Upholds Dismissal of Lawsuit Against Gun Makers - Submitted by Jim W. of Yahoo CA Firearms Group PDF

1/10/2008 Forty-seven lawmakers have signed a letter asking Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to lift Reagan-era restrictions that prevent citizens from carrying readily accessible firearms onto lands managed by the National Park Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Also participate in the poll! Submitted by GS2AC member John J. If link is dead, click here for article contents.

1/9/2008 CA Appeals Court Rules Unanimously In Favor of SAF Lawsuit