February 2004

In Ohio, after CCRKBA Chairman Alan M. Gottlieb urged Gov. Bob Taft to sign a concealed carry measure passed by the state legislature, Taft did so. For years, CCRKBA worked with Ohioans for Concealed Carry to produce a CCW measure acceptable to both the legislature...

January 2004

introduced H.R. 3614, which would provide that NICS preserve all records of the system with respect to individuals named in the Violent Gang and Terrorist Organization file who attempt to purchase firearms and the prospective transaction until the system has provided...

December 2003

Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (MA) introduced S. 1774, to repeal the sunset provisions of the Undetectable Firearms Act of 1988, thus making permanent the ban on so-called plastic firearms, or guns that can’t be detected by X-ray machines or metal detectors. Referred to...

November 2003

In Missouri, Gov. Bob Holden has lost the support of Anheuser- Busch because he vetoed a CCW bill, which the state legislature enacted by overriding the veto. Holden said top executives at the company wanted him to sign the bill but he refused. Holden announced he was...

October 2003

The National Educational Association (NEA) is calling for renewal of the 1994 Assault Weapons Ban, which will expire in September 2004 if Congress does not take action. NEA claims the ban has been “successful” in decreasing the supply of certain semiautomatic...