August 2003

A congressional report released  June 30 found that federal law enforcement agencies still are unable to account for 824 of 1,012 lost or stolen firearms issued to their officers a year after the guns were determined to be missing. The Republican chairman and...

July 2003

The President “would be wise to consider a policy flip-flop” on the issue of support for the so-called assault weapons ban, editorialized The Washington Times. “The law was signed by Bill Clinton in 1994 and expires next year,” wrote the Times. “Two weeks...

June 2003

The President “would be wise to consider a policy flip-flop” on the issue of support for the so-called assault weapons ban, editorialized The Washington Times. “The law was signed by Bill Clinton in 1994 and expires next year,” wrote the Times. “Two weeks...

May 2003

In California, a spokesman for Wal- Mart Stores, Inc. said the company agreed to halt temporarily firearm sales in the Golden State. This is the first time the largest retailer in the country has stopped gun sales across an entire state. The company made the decision...

April 2003

Maryland Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich came out against a proposal that would expand the state’s so-called “ballistic fingerprinting” program to rifles and other long guns, citing concerns about the cost and effectiveness of the program. Returning to an issue from last...