December 1997

Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott of Mississippi, a CCRKBA Congressional Advisor, last month announced there will be a delay until next year of a confirmation vote on the nomination of anti-gun Dr. David Satcher to be Surgeon General of the United States and Assistant...

November 1997

Smith & Wesson and Sturm, Ruger & Co. already had indicated they voluntarily would equip their handguns with the devices. Feldman said that the locks should be accompanied by safe storage and firearms training. “Please do not be fooled into believing that...

October 1997

The Second U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed dismissal of a suit by anti-gun Rep. Carolyn McCarthy of New York against Olin Corporation’s Winchester division in a 2-1 ruling that blocks state courts from hearing her case. McCarthy is a politician who rode an...

September 1997

In July, the U. S. Senate Judiciary Committee shot down a proposed trigger lock provision that had been introduced by Sen. Herb Kohl of Wisconsin as an amendment to the juvenile justice bill. The Committee replaced the proposal with one introduced by the Chairman,...

August 1997

In Fairfax, Virginia, the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors decided last month to end the practice of fingerprinting applicants for CCW permits. The Board did this against the urging of Fairfax County Police Chief M. Douglas Scott. Under the fingerprinting program,...