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H.AMDT.292 (A045) Amends: H.R.2862 Sponsor: Rep Moran, James P. [VA-8] (offered 6/16/2005) AMENDMENT PURPOSE: An amendment to prohibit funds in the Act from being used to pay administrative expenses or compensate an officer or employee of the United States in connection with licensing the export of a nonautomatic or semiautomatic rifle capable of firing a center-fire cartridge in 50 caliber, .50 BMG caliber, any other variant of 50 caliber, or any metric equivalent of such calibers, or any nongovernmental agency. STATUS: 6/16/2005 1:17pm: Amendment (A045) offered by Mr. Moran (VA). (consideration: CR H4592-4593, H4603-4604; text: CR H4592) 6/16/2005 3:17pm: On...

NRA Members' Councils of California Please Distribute Widely To All Gun Owners/Groups ----------------------------------- NRA MEMBERS' COUNCILS OF CALIFORNIA09/21/2003 ----------------------------------- Refinery Expert Disputes .50 Caliber Rifle Threat The Violence Policy Center (VPC) has assembled inaccurate statistics and false "facts" regarding the threat to Homeland Security posed by .50 caliber rifles. Their efforts failed to convince California state lawmakers this year, and their much touted .50 caliber state-wide ban was defeated, stalled in committee. Recently, VPC has presented their fake studies to those California counties with the greatest proliferation of oil refineries, Los Angeles and Contra Costa, claiming snipers equipped with...

Descent into Madness - 48 Hours in the California Legislative System Michael Marks, Executive Director - The Fifty Caliber Policy Institute Stereotypes are a common part of American culture. Often as not they are based on a grain of truth wrapped in a mile of exaggeration. While most of us enjoy a good laugh at the wacky world of California politics, a rational man might think that accounts of strange thinking on the Left Coast, like any good bass fishing story, were a little larger than life. After spending two days in the halls of California state government in Sacramento,...

NRA Members' Councils of California Please Distribute Widely To All Gun Owners/Groups ----------------------------------- NRA MEMBERS' COUNCILS OF CALIFORNIA 07/03/2003 ----------------------------------- In January, we informed you of Ronnie Barrett's powerful letter to L.A. Police Chief William J. Bratton (see http://www.nramemberscouncils.com/caspecial/la50banbarrett.shtml) describing his hesitancy to repair the department's M82A1 rifle sent in for service after witnessing his rifles being used as props in a hearing to ban .50 caliber rifles within L.A. city limits. At last report, the rifle continues to languish in Barrett's shop, unserviced. Ronnie Barrett continues his stand against California's anti-gun agenda with a strong defense of his...

<p>As is their custom, the guns "r" us guys and gals have sent a questionnaire to legislative candidates to learn where they stand on firearms issues.</p> <p>Leaders of Gun Owners of America, a National Rifle Association affiliate, will grade the responses, and voters will be alerted as to which side of the Great Gun Divide a given candidate comes down.</p>

NRA Members' Councils of California Please Distribute Widely To All Gun Owners/Groups -----------------------------------NRA MEMBERS' COUNCILS OF CALIFORNIA 06/10/2003 ----------------------------------- In the latest "News Briefs", Tony reveals some interesting details on the dirty anti-gunner tricks Paul Koretz used to SQUEAK (passed by 1 vote) his .50 CALIBER RIFLE BAN through the Assembly. That this atrocity just BARELY made it bodes well for stopping the bill (AB 50) before it gets to Gray Davis' desk! Check out Anthony's latest at:http://NRAMembersCouncils.com/newsbriefs/And get the latest RKBA-related CA legislative info at: http://NRAMembersCouncils.com/legs.shtml ---------------------- DON'T MISS... ---------------------- * WAYNE V. CNN - Wayne LaPierre takes...