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HARRISBURG, Pa. – A recently renewed Pennsylvania law is now being challenged by school employees who has had some past run-ins with the law, and specially those who has ... Read MoreRead More
Passed and written by Rep. Joseph M. McNamara (D-Dist. 19, Warwick, Cranston) and passed today, House bill (2012-H7077)will make national and state criminal background check a requirement for anybody ... Read MoreRead More
Like many states, Maine depends on the FBI to conduct background checks of people who want to acquire firearms from the state’s federally licensed gun dealers. And like many ... Read MoreRead More
Update 10:31 a.m. – August 4, 2011 Virginia Tech is in lockdown as authorities look for a man three youths said may have had a weapon, possibly a handgun. The ... Read MoreRead More
Representative Gabrielle Giffords, an Arizona Democrat, and at least 17 others were shot on January 8, 2011, Saturday morning when a gunman opened fire outside a supermarket where Ms. ... Read MoreRead More
Osama Bin Laden is dead, President Obama announced Sunday night, in a televised address to the nation. His death was the result of a U.S. operation launched today in ... Read MoreRead More
PHOENIX (Reuters) – Arizona’s Republican Governor Jan Brewer on Monday vetoed two controversial bills, one mandating proof of U.S. citizenship to run for president, the other allowing guns on ... Read MoreRead More
The Second Amendment and court precedent guarantee an individual’s right to bear arms, but improved and expanded background checks are needed to prevent gun violence like the shocking attack ... Read MoreRead More
NEWTOWN, Conn –(Ammoland.com)- The January 2011 NSSF-adjusted National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) figure of 784,856 is an increase of 9.7 percent over the NSSF-adjusted NICS figure of ... Read MoreRead More
Debunking the False Claim of 500,000 Pedophiles Removed from Background Check Database Under Obama Debunking the False Claim of 500,000 Pedophiles Removed from Background Check Database Under Obama In a ... Read MoreRead More