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A deadly shooting rampage at a Carson City IHOP restaurant last month has prompted a call for a review of Nevada's gun laws. Assembly Judiciary Committee Chairman William Horne said it would be appropriate for lawmakers to consider changes to the state's gun regulations after a man with a history of mental illness shot 11 people with an assault weapon at the restaurant, killing three Nevada National Guard members and a civilian before killing himself. Horne, D-Las Vegas, told the Reno Gazette-Journal that while he's a gun owner who supports gun rights, he questions why citizens need to own an...

My son is 18 and just got a job as a delivery driver for a restaurant. The owner recommended that he carry a weapon when he goes on deliveries. He called the local sheriff and asked if he could carry a shotgun in his car for the deliveries and the sheriff told him that it was fine as long as it was completely concealed. Does anyone know where I can find the Texas gun statutes that break this down? I really want to find something that I can print off for him to carry in the glove box - just...

CHICAGO— Chicago police are joining anti-gun violence groups in voicing concerns about a bill that would allow Illinois residents to get permits to carry concealed firearms. Assistant police superintendent Jimmy Jackson says he's concerned about gaps in the mental health screening system for would-be gun owners. He spoke at a Chicago news conference held by the Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence and the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence.

News Crew Attacked At Natomas Murder Scene SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Grieving family and friends attacked a reporter and photojournalist from a Sacramento news station Sunday as they covered the aftermath of a deadly shooting in north Natomas. KTXL reporter John Lobertini and photojournalist Rebecca Little were attacked at an IHOP restaurant on the 2900 block of Advantage Way by a number of bystanders who had gathered at the site of the murder. Video captured by CBS13 news crew a short distance away shows several people shouting profanities at the news crew at about 4:00 p.m. as a growing crowd began...

The man shot by police outside a Summerlin Costco store on Saturday was a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point with a master's degree from Duke University, friends said. Army veteran Erik Scott, 39, was at the store near Charleston Boulevard and the Las Vegas Beltway with his girlfriend before three officers fatally shot him in a confrontation.

·11250 Waples Mill Road ·   Fairfax, Virginia 22030    ·800-392-8683   Obama Administration Halts Pending Bush Regulations   Friday, January 23, 2009   NRA-ILA has received many recent inquiries regarding the new Obama administration's order to all federal agencies and departments to halt all pending regulations until incoming administration staff can review those regulations.  In particular, members are concerned about the order's impact on the new rule governing the concealed carrying of firearms in national parks.In a statement issued only hours after Obama took office, the White House said, "This afternoon, White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel signed a memorandum sent...

MT Representative Krayton Kerns (R-Laurel) is proposing a bill that he says is much more effective than the proposed "Castle Doctrine" legislation (see story).In addition to protecting yourself at home, Kerns' bill would allow a conceal-carry in Montana towns and would also allow for gun protection in the work place.Kerns says the other bills do not address all the issues: ""Those bills are very weak and they don't really accomplish much. They're a feel-good, pro-gun bill. We won't hinder gun rights by passing those bills, but we won't advance them a heck of a lot either. They're frosting. They're fluff."Kerns' bill...

A woman was shot by a police officer and two civilians after she walked into a northwest Houston office building and shot a man with a bow and arrow Monday afternoon, authorities said. Witnesses told investigators Julie Parker, 30, came into the Texas Components Corp.. office in the 1600 block of West Sam Houston Parkway with a bow and arrow and what appeared to be a handgun about 3 p.m., said Houston Police Department Sgt. John Chomiak.

You may have one at home right now: a gun. Would you use it to stop someone who’s stealing from you or from your neighbor? It’s what happened earlier this month in Pasadena, but using deadly force can have repercussions that could cost you far more than whatever it was the thieves were after.

Say goodbye to diaries — those small books with breakable locks that little brothers could easily get their hands on. Today’s women have computer programs that help them track their most cherished secrets. Women practicing Natural Family Planning (NFP) can throw away their paper charts and store that information in their palm pilot. And there is no worry about this sensitive information falling into the wrong hands — with the click of a button, the intimate details of a woman’s life can be protected by a password. Woman Calendar, a program by BEIKS LLC, is a simple program that any...

WEST MILFORD - A leader of the Million Mom March is coming to town Thursday to speak to parents about the consequences of keeping a gun at home.Joyce Sooy, joyces3@excelonline.com  president of the Bergen/Passaic chapter of the Million Mom March, will speak on the topic, "Can We Prevent Gun Violence?" at 7:30 p.m. Our Lady Queen of Peace R.C. Church on Union Valley Road.Sooy led a bus caravan from Bergen County on Mother's Day in 2000 to attend the Million Mom March in Washington, D.C. Thousands of mothers around the nation gathered to call on lawmakers to enact stricter gun...

The Clinton Presidential Center’s time to shine was in 2004. Now, the former president’s detractors say, it’s the Counter Clinton Library’s turn to cast a shadow. A group pledging to build the Counter Clinton Library in Little Rock is moving forward with its plans this year for a rebuttal to the Clinton Presidential Center despite fund-raising delays. More than 40,000 letters will be sent out this month soliciting donations for a private museum criticizing Bill Clinton and his time in office. Last year the organization behind the Counter Clinton Library, Counterlibe Corp. of Washington D. C., was granted status...

The same Arlen Specter who awaits his expected coronation as chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee has a long record of betraying both his party and America's gun owners. To hear Specter talk, his fellow Republicans count on him. They do. Senate Republicans count on Arlen Specter to vote their way only until his vote is absolutely critical to the issue at hand. When he is most needed on the political battlefield, Arlen is either AWOL or preening in the enemy's tent about casting a difficult vote of conscience, to the applause of CBS, NBC, and the Washington Post. Proof?...

Columbus, Ohio-- The Ohio supreme court on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit that opponents to the state's concealed weapons law had filed in an attempt to stop sheriffs from selling the permits. The court, unanimously and without comment, dismissed the suit filed by the Ohio Coalition Against Gun Violence. The legislature passed the law after nine years of debate, and Gov. Bob Taft signed it on January 7. It went into effect on April 8, and the coalition sued the sheriffs the next day. The law, which bars people who have been institutionalized against their will from obtaining permits, does not...

FREEPER MEETING WHOLE HOG CAFE, LR - FEBRUARY 21, 2004 There were 24 attendees of which about half were Freepers We give special thanks to Dick Erickson, our quest speaker, for driving up from Houston, TX, to speak to our group. We also thank my friend for introducing us to Dick. Dick is the Executive Director and co-founder of the Counter Clinton Library and, among others things, he said: Although I have never been actively involved in politics, I am definitely a political- and news-junkie, and I consider myself politically savvy, and very patriotic. I am a member of Free...

Think for a moment of the rights that Americans enjoy. Which is the most precious? Which is the most fundamental? Which of our rights can we truly not be free without? Freedom of speech? Freedom of religion? How about Freedom against unreasonable searches and seizures? Yes these are all hallmarks of a free society. Yet there is one freedom which protects these and all our other rights in America. That right is found in our Constitution in the form of the Second Amendment. Yes truly the right of Americans to keep and bare arms is the most fundamental of all...

Take a look at this number and see if it means anything to you, 2,452,643. Does it ring a bell? No? Well if you are thinking these numbers represent a lotto winner’s purse or the number of times Democratic candidates have attacked President Bush in the last month you are mistaken. No instead this very large number represents the number of times Americans have used firearms to thwart crimes and defend themselves over the past year. According to the National Self-Defense Survey created by Florida State University criminologists in 1994 the rate of defensive gun uses can be projected to...

HOUSTON -- We could be a pen stroke away from a new law allowing Texans to secretly carry a loaded handgun into a city or county facility. A state bill, now awaiting the governor's signature, would open the door for people carrying legally concealed handguns to go freely into courthouses, libraries, even police stations. That law likely sends chills through the Houston Police Department because of the shooting, a decade ago, of Danny Vaughn. It had been a sleepy Saturday morning in 1993 -- until the gunfire began. Then -- chaos. A deranged shooter had walked into a police substation...

<p>TEL AVIV - Near a sign declaring "Winchester, what America shoots," Gil Furman loaded shining rounds into a Colt .45, preparing to fire his newly refurbished pistol at targets whose silhouettes were black on white but whose real identity was obvious to anyone.</p>