Dec 1, 2000 | Quick Shots
A tiny southern Utah town has passed an ordinance that requires every household to own a gun and ammunition so residents can protect themselves against aggressors, reports The Associated Press. Jay Lee, the Mayor of Virgin, Utah, a town just north of the Arizona...
Nov 1, 2000 | Quick Shots
A retired Justice Department prosecutor said BATF agents “have sought to intimidate the author of a 1996 novel about a man fighting against corrupt ATF agents,†reported writer James L. Pate recently in The Washington Times. “In a harshly worded letter to...
Oct 1, 2000 | Quick Shots
Handgun Control, Inc. thinks its work can make gun control “one of the top three or four issues†on which people base their vote in the November 7 elections, HCI’s communications director, Naomi Paiss, stated recently in an article appearing in PR Week. She...
Sep 1, 2000 | Quick Shots
“Accidental deaths caused by doctors and hospitals in America reached 120,000 per year,†stated Rep. James A. Traficant, Jr. of Ohio in a July 26 speech on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives. “Meanwhile,†he continued, “gun deaths have dropped 35...
Aug 1, 2000 | Quick Shots
In Washington, D. C., CCRKBA announced its support of H.R. 4790, by Rep. Saxby Chambliss of Georgia, to recognize the hunting heritage and to provide opportunities for continued hunting on public lands. Referred to the Committee on Resources, co-sponsors include Reps....
Jul 1, 2000 | Quick Shots
Background checks blocked 204,000 of the more than 8.6 million prospective firearm sales last year, according to a U.S. Justice Department report that shows state and local police rejected a higher percentage of would-be gun buyers than the FBI. The 1999 figures...
