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House Republicans have introduced an amendment to the bill that funds the Department of Justice which would prevent the executive agency from using any funds to ban “green tip” .223 ammunition. On Tuesday, Rep. Richard Hudson (R., N.C.) introduced the amendment to HR 2578. “This amendment is a strong first step to reduce the ATF’s threat to our Second Amendment and protect our right to keep and bear arms,” Hudson said in a speech on the House floor. “I will continue to fight against this bullet ban and any overreaching regulations that would prevent us from responsibly exercising our Second...

un Control: Fifty-two senators, 238 House members and 80,000 public comments have forced the ATF to pull back for "more study" its proposed ban on ammo for the AR-15, the leading gun for hunting and self-defense. The Second Amendment, written in the era of muskets, does not mention what arms we have the right to keep and bear. But we have an idea, based on how they were used: to protect their owners' homes, businesses, farms and families, and to resist the tyranny of government, which during the American Revolution was the British crown.

SACRAMENTO — California Fish and Game commissioners signaled Monday they are leaning toward enacting a ban on lead ammunition in deer-hunting zones within the range of the 70 condors now flying free in the state. At the close of a daylong hearing, commissioners asked that the formal public comment period on the proposed ban be opened quickly so they can consider enacting the ban at their Nov. 1 meeting. "I'd like to see us take the lead on this," said Vice President Cindy Gustafson. "I'm very concerned that if, as a commission, we don't address this issue, others will address...

The California Fish and Game Commission on Friday will consider a bold proposal to help the endangered California condor: a ban on lead bullets. Several environmental groups and some hunters have petitioned the state for an immediate ban on the use of lead ammunition in the range of the California condor, which includes parts of Los Padres National Forest, and an eventual phase-out throughout the state to protect other wildlife. The commission will consider the proposal and hear public comments at its meeting Friday in San Diego. Condors swallow the bullets by eating carcasses of animals that have been shot....