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The State Department’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) has issued a letter setting forth more executive gun controls
–guidelines for gunsmiths to register with the DDTC and pay fees requisite to that registration.
In January 2016, Facebook instituted a ban on private individuals advertising gun sales and,
in July, expanded the ban to include licensed gun dealers, as well.
The expanded ban lumps Federal Firearms License holders (FFLs) who operate out of their homes with private sellers,
although FFLs must...
As of July 1, if a handgun carry permit holder in Tennessee is injured, suffers bodily injury or death, incurs economic loss or expense,
property damage or any other compensable loss on a property posted as a gun-free zone, they can sue the person or entity who stripped them of their right to...
KODIAK, Alaska — "Assault-style" guns are no longer being sold at four Coast Guard exchange stores that handle firearms, the agency confirmed.
John Riley, chief operating officer for Coast Guard exchanges, said the stores define assault-style weapons as semi-automatic guns with magazines with a...
a new "gun control" group for veterans, Gen. David Petraeus & ex astronaut Mark Kelly
"The Veterans Coalition for Common Sense" [sic] will push to strengthen gun background check laws and help prevent veterans from committing suicide.
A federal judge in the Northern Mariana Islands has soundly rejected an attempt by a local school’s parent-teacher association
to intervene in the Second Amendment Foundation’s successful challenge of a Commonwealth handgun prohibition
because the case was already decided and the legislature has...
The NPRM seeks public comment on proposals to amend the regulations in Title 27, Part 478 of the Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.) to (1) implement the Gun Control Act (GCA)
requirement that applicants for firearms dealer licenses certify the availability of secure gun storage or safety...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled Monday that the right to bear arms has historically included the right to acquire them,
and remanded the case of Teixeira v. County of Alameda, CA to the lower court.
Teixeira revolves around Alameda County, CA zoning rules for incorporated...
Manglona ruled the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) is bound by the restrictions placed upon it by the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
And Manglona particularly cited the fact that the CNMI handgun ban violates Second Amendment protections...
WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA
Chief David Faulkner of the West Covina Police Department Refuses To Issue Concealed Carry Permits
“From 1978 to 2011, there have been sixteen CCW applications made and no permits issued during that time period.”
The sheriff of a county (may) shall issue a license to carry a concealed
weapon to those individuals between the ages of eighteen (18) and
twenty-one (21) years
Scotts Valley [CA] City Council voted 5 to 0 to deny Ordinance No 189 (gun store licensing)
http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2015/08/robert-farago/scotts-valley-ca-city-council-rejects-gun-store-licensing/