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• Fun is the target at shooting event
The New York State Muzzleloaders Association is holding its annual spring shoot and campout this weekend at the Elbridge Rod and Gun Club. Shooters will begin setting up camp today at the club, located off Laird Road in Jordan. Competition is scheduled for Saturday and Sunday. Muzzleloading enthusiasts from throughout the state are expected. Both primitive and modern guns are welcome.
• Writers' safari, New York style
Last week I had the pleasure of attending the New York State Outdoor Writers Association's Annual Safari, this year held in St. Lawrence County. The hub for the gathering was Basswood Lodge and Hunting Preserve near Rensselaer Falls. I've been friends with the Forsythe family, who own and run the operation, for many years. So the four-day visit was special in two ways: I was able to network with my fellow outdoor media members, while spending time with my friends, the Forsythe's.
• Anatomy of a home invasion
Merrily Ottomanelli stood yesterday by her kitchen door and pointed to a fist-sized dent from a shotgun blast that left her Coram home splattered with the blood of an armed teenager who police said broke into her home.
• DEC Re-Opens Application Period for Second Round of Habitat/Access Funding Grant
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Pete Grannis today announced that DEC is re-opening the application period for proposals for grants that will fund projects aimed at improving fish and wildlife habitat and public access for hunting, fishing, trapping and other fish and wildlife related-recreation and study. As a result of a procedural error with advertising the request for proposals in the New York State Register, DEC is required to extend the application period for the Habitat/Access Stamp Grants. Applications that were received by the Department in the first call for grants will also be considered in this application period.
• Group looking for champions of the outdoors
Do you know of someone who has been a champion of the outdoors? Don't be shy, or modest. Perhaps you are such a person. If so, the New York State Outdoor Writers Association would like to hear from you.
• State primary date in limbo
Imagine getting ready to run a road race. You really want to win, but no one has told you where the starting line is or when the gun will go off. For that matter, you don't know where the finish line is, either. A nightmare worthy of Freud? No, it's a bad dream that's been lived daily by potential office seekers, political parties and election boards across New York state since the state Legislature began talking about moving the date of this year's primary election from Sept. 11 to Sept. 18.
• Tenant shoots suspect during home invasion
Shots were fired during a daring broad daylight burglary attempt Tuesday. Police say the incident happened on Sharon Avenue, where a tenant opened fire at a burglary suspect.

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• Click Here for News Relating To McDonald v. Chicago
News stories and press releases on the oral arguments before the Supreme Court in the McDonald v. City of Chicago case.
• Texas: Tarrant County College violated students' rights, federal judge rules
A federal judge has ruled that Tarrant County College violated the First Amendment rights of two students when it prohibited their attempts to stage empty holster protests last fall.
• Starbucks averts gun fight with civility
Sometimes, the most civil response is no response at all. That was the option Starbucks wisely chose when the company recently found itself in the middle of a confrontation between handgun opponents and "open carry" advocates.
• Michigan: Right-to-Carry permits on the rise
More and more people across Michigan are carrying weapons. Clerks are reporting a huge jump in concealed weapons applications across the state. In 2001, Michigan passed a law making it easier to carry a concealed weapon and the numbers have been rapidly growing. Between 2007 and 2008, 26,500 people applied for a concealed weapons permit, in 2009 that jumped to 66,500.
• Missouri: House seeks to lower Right-to-Carry age limit
The Missouri House has endorsed legislation lowering the minimum age for carrying concealed weapons to 21. This legislation would also cap the fee that sheriffs charge to existing concealed weapon permits.
• West Virginia: Bill outlaws Bloomberg anti-gun investigation tactics
The Legislature passed a measure Saturday that targets anyone who tries to entice a firearms dealer or private seller under circumstances that the individual knows is unlawful. The bill addresses a tactic employed by New York during stings conducted last year at seven guns shows in Tennessee, Ohio and Nevada.
• West Virginia: Bill gives annual tax break on guns
A bill that would give gun buyers a break on the state's 6 percent sales tax passed quietly on the final day of the legislative session. Known as "The Second Amendment Appreciation Act," it creates an annual sales tax holiday on firearm purchases during the second weekend in October.
• Alaska: Lawmakers working on self-defense bill
A lawmaker on Monday agreed to rework a bill intended to protect Alaskans who use deadly force in defending themselves or their property. Neuman, R Big Lake, said he wants Alaskans to know they have a right to protect themselves, and he wants to keep law abiding citizens from ending up in court justifying acts of self defense.
• Arizona: Pro-hunting bills move ahead in Legislature
State lawmakers approved two measures Monday designed to give more power to hunters to protect their rights. Without debate, the House gave preliminary approval to a measure that would provide constitutional protection to the right to hunt. The measure is being pushed by the National Rifle Association.
• Colorado: Legislature won't extend self-defense protections to businesses
House Bill 1094, introduced by Rep. Cory Gardner, R Yuma, and a candidate for the GOP nomination for the 4th Congressional District, said the measure would help protect business owners and their employees from unscrupulous people who enter their shops. "This is a self defense bill that's empowering the people of Colorado to make sure that they have the right to self defense without worry that they would be prosecuted by their government," Gardner said. "We have seen instances in Colorado where employees of businesses have been charged with the crime for acting to protect themselves."
• Illinois: Springfield area lawmakers support Right-to-Carry
Springfield area lawmakers share the same opinion about whether the public should be allowed to carry concealed handguns. They approve.
• Virginia: Lt. Gov. Bolling: 'kill bill' panel creation broke Senate rules
Yes, Democratic leaders in Virginia's Senate broke the rules when they killed a bunch of gun rights bills in a specially formed subcommittee. And, no, there's not a thing anybody can do about it. The controversy began when Senate Majority Leader Richard Saslaw (D Fairfax) and Courts of Justice Chairman Henry Marsh (D Richmond) created a special subcommittee to consider several gun bills passed by the Republican controlled House, including an attempt to repeal Virginia's ban on buying more than one handgun a month.
• Indiana: Governor signs Right-to-Carry privacy bill
Gov. Mitch Daniels has signed into law a bill that will keep gun permit information secret in Indiana. Under House Bill 1068, which Daniels signed into law today, the information submitted to obtain or renew a license to carry a handgun is confidential. General information, such as the overall numbers of permits issued in an area, can be released for academic and journalistic studies, under the bill.
• Illinois: Suburban gun store owners expect sales to surge if Chicago's ban falls
Gun retailers, who got a boost when President Barack Obama took office, are hoping to get another one from the U.S. Supreme Court. The high court is widely expected to strike down Chicago's 28 year old handgun ban this summer, following the court's 2008 decision to overturn a similar ordinance in Washington, D.C. Suburban gun store owners anticipate the court's next move will uncork pent up demand for firearms within Chicago city limits.
• South Dakota: Legislature rejects worker's rights bill
A measure that would have made it legal for people to bring a firearm in a locked vehicle onto their workplace parking lot will not move forward to the House floor for a vote.

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