U.S. Senate and House Send Letters Saying "NO" to U.N. Arms Trade Treaty

In October of 2009, at the U.N. General Assembly, the Obama administration reversed the positions of the two previous administrations and voted for the United States to participate in negotiating the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty. On September 25, 2013, Obama's designs on international gun control were realized, as Secretary of State John Kerry signed the ATT on behalf of the Obama administration. The NRA strongly opposes this treaty, which clearly jeopardizes the right to keep and bear arms protected by the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

This week, the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House released concurrent, bipartisan letters pledging their opposition to ratification of the ATT.

MPD Continues Selective Enforcement to Promote Gun Control?

Washington, D.C., has some of the strictest gun laws in the nation. This is no accident. Following the Supreme Court's decision in District of Columbia v. Heller, which invalidated the District's bans on handguns and on possession of operable firearms in the home for self-defense, the D.C. Council immediately went to work on creating the strictest guns laws they could think of, supposedly to "comply" with the Court's decision. Litigation on those laws began almost immediately and continues to this day.

At the centerpiece of D.C.'s gun control regime is an elaborate registration scheme, the absurdities of which have been highlighted by media outlets such as the Washington Post and the Washington Times, and most recently in the book Emily Gets Her Gun, by Washington Times senior opinion editor, Emily Miller.

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The AR-15 Shines in New NRA Defensive Rifle Marksmanship Events

The popularity of the AR-15 as a general-purpose rifle that is useful for defense and sports alike was demonstrated during three NRA National Defense Matches (NDM) held at Peacemaker National Training Center in Glengary, West Virginia, last weekend. Though similar rifles are permitted under match rules, almost every shooter came equipped with an AR-15. For more than 15 years, the AR-15 has been the most commonly-used rifle during the joint NRA-Civilian Marksmanship Program National Matches, held annually at Camp Perry, Ohio.

New Hampshire Clerk Fired for Defending Himself against Knife-Wielding Robber

On the early morning of Monday, October 14th, 29-year-old Shannon "Bear" Cothran was working his shift at a gas station convenience store in Nashua, N.H., when a man armed with a knife attempted to rob the establishment. Cothran, who has held a permit to carry a firearm since the age of 21, responded to the aggressor by stepping back, drawing a .380-caliber pistol, pointing it at the thief, and telling him that his robbery was a "bad idea and he didn't want to do it."

BATFE Whistleblower Can Now Publish "Fast and Furious" Book

Last week, we reported on the latest news regarding the deadly Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives' "Fast and Furious" gun-walking scandal, noting a Washington Times article that detailed how the BATFE was, "blocking the main whistleblower in the Fast and Furious case from publishing a book for pay, claiming his retelling of the Mexico 'gun‑walking' scandal will hurt morale inside the embattled law enforcement agency."

This week, ABC News reports that the BATFE has changed course--to a degree--and has now approved publication of Dodson's book.

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