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·11250 Waples Mill Road ·   Fairfax, Virginia 22030    ·800-392-8683 Governor Schwarzenegger/California Lawmakers Squander Limited Financial Resources on Firearm Owner Registration Scheme Tuesday, October 13, 2009 Fairfax, Va. - Governor Schwarzenegger has signed a severe yet impotent gun control measure into law. Assembly Bill 962, taking effect on February 1, 2011, mandates individuals purchasing ammunition to be fingerprinted and registered at the time of sale and outlaws mail order ammunition purchases. AB 962 also requires dealers to maintain these records indefinitely and make them available for inspection by the California Department of Justice. As an additional burden, ammunition retailers are also required...

by Jim Kouri, Law Enforcement Examiner"Gun control fanatics, frustrated in their attempts to impose severely restrictive regulations on the gun rights of law-abiding American citizens, apparently think that if they push severe restrictions on ammunition acquisition and possession, they'll come closer to their objective of restricting if not eliminating the individual Second Amendment civil right to keep and bear arms," says John M. Snyder, named Washington's senior gun rights activist. With a liberal Democrat now sitting in the Oval Office and both houses of the US Congress boasting Democrat majorities, lawmakers in Washington, DC and around the country are displaying...

Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama talked about gun control and the Second Amendment during a radio interview in Philadelphia on Friday morning. Illinois Senator Barack Obama was a guest on KYW's sister station, WPHT-AM 1210. Obama told talk show host Michael Smerconish he's a firm believer in the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms -- but admits there must be some limits: "I do believe in some gun safety measures -- so, for example, with all the shootings in Philadelphia, most recently police officers, I want to make sure that we can trace back guns and bullets that...

Your assistance is still needed to defeat this unwarranted attack on California hunters and shooting enthusiasts! SB 1152 (Scott) would treat law-abiding sportsmen and women like criminals by requiring them to submit a thumbprint and other personal information, such as an address and driver license number, each and every time they buy ammunition. Such requirements are already mandated in a few Bay Area and Southern California counties, but no formal studies have ever proven that they help to fight or deter crime. Imagine being forced to provide a thumbprint for merely purchasing a box of shells for duck hunting or...