"A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms cannot be infringed."

New York State Civil Rights Law Article 2, Section 4

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November 4, 2009

• Massachusetts: Court battle over gun storage law
The Middlesex district attorney's office argued before the state Supreme Judicial Court yesterday that a law that requires guns to be stored in locked containers or outfitted with trigger locks is valid. But the attorney for a Billerica man charged with keeping a gun in an unlocked carrying case said the law is negated by a recent decision of the US Supreme Court.
• Women turning to guns for peace of mind
Home is where we feel the safest. Or at least we should. When that security is stolen, it leaves many people, especially women, wondering how to fight back. Pepper spray is a popular option. But these days, more and more women are turning to something much stronger.
• Canada: Gun registry rejected
The first step in getting rid of the boondoggle known as the long gun registry was taken in the House of Commons on Wednesday. MPs voted to scrap the requirement to register individual rifles and shotguns -- a registry that has consumed more than $1 billion, been condemned for its wasteful and reckless spending by the Auditor General, and pitted urban residents against those who actually use guns as tools for hunting, sport shooting and predator control.
• Canada: Battle heats up over gun registry
Public Safety Minister Peter Van Loan, is under fire for sitting on a 2008 RCMP report on the Canadian Firearms Program, suggested staff at the national firearms registry are deliberately hiding information in order to ensure the registry's survival.
• NRA looks to ban adoption agencies from asking about gun ownership
The National Rifle Association is pushing legislation to ban adoption agencies from asking potential parents if they have guns and ammunition in the home. NRA lobbyist Marion Hammer said adoption agencies are violating gun owners' rights by asking about firearms in an adoption form. She said any request about gun ownership from an agency connected with government was tantamount to establishing a gun registry.
• Arizona: Restaurants let Right-to-Carry permit holders know they're welcome
Mark Peagler, owner of the Silver Spur Saloon, says his business is safer by allowing people with Right-to-Carry permits to dine in his establishment, calling it "a deterrent" to criminals looking for a place to rob. He said businesses posting signs stating, "We do not permit firearms" would logically be more desirable targets.
• New Jersey: Cape May County Sheriff introduces Eddie Eagle program
Cape May County Sheriff Gary Schaffer is pleased to announce that the Sheriff's Office is offering a new educational program on gun safety for children from pre K to grade 3. Sheriff Schaffer said, "The purpose of the program isn't to teach whether guns are good or bad, but rather to promote the protection and safety of children."
• UK: Minister tells sportsmen: 'Get into the real world'
A war of words erupted last night over the future of the ban on hunting with dogs. Labour's rural affairs minister Dan Norris claimed hunt supporters who wanted to see the law repealed had to "get into the real world", with public opposition to the sport on the rise.
• Another good night for the Second Amendment
NY-23: Winning Democrat Bill Owens was A-rated by NRA (as was Hoffman).

Virginia: Either Deeds (B rating) or McDonnell (A) were sure to be a big improvement over outgoing Governor Kaine. Deeds lost the NRA endorsement by supporting closing of the (non-existent) “gun show loophole.” In the Attorney General race, Republican Ken Cuccinelli (A+) handily defeated a D-rated Democrat who advertised very aggressively on the gun show issue. Incumbent Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling (A+) trounced an F-rated challenger.

• NRA-PVF Celebrates Landslide Victories in 2009 Elections
• Maryland judges uphold state anti-handgun law
Courts in New Jersey and Illinois have concluded that the Second Amendment poses no obstacle to local governments enacting stringent anti gun laws. Now a Maryland appeals court has followed suit. A three judge panel ruled last Thursday that the Second Amendment does not interfere with a Maryland law that generally restricts state residents from carrying handguns.
• Gun case heading to Massachusetts Supreme Court
The case stems from a challenge to the state law that requires stored firearms be secured in a locked container or equipped with a tamper-resistant safety device, except when "carried by or under the control of the owner or other lawfully authorized user."
• Past NRA president talks gun rights
Sandy Froman went from a life without guns to president of the National Rifle Association. The attorney and former NRA president discussed on Tuesday the implications and future of the Second Amendment. She shared personal sentiments and her take on past and current gun control cases with law students.
• Canada: Gun registry appears doomed
Opponents of a long gun registry in Canada are coming close to abolishing it. Both sides of the gun control debate believe the Conservatives now have enough Commons votes to give parliamentary approval in principle to a private member's bill to kill the registry for rifles and shotguns.
• Canada: Time to get rid of the long-gun registry
After 11 years of low caliber crime fighting, shooting blanks at bad guys, backfiring financially or taking aim at all the wrong targets, the billion dollar boondoggle uncovered in 2002 by the auditor general will likely be placed on the de registration block Wednesday afternoon.

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