The NRA is offering a special book by Les Adams, author of The Second Amendment Primer, which deals with the Heller decision.
You can order a signed copy of the District of Columbia v. Heller: An Anatomy of the Supreme Court’s Landmark Second Amendment Decision from the NRA’s Affiliate Palladium Press. You can also call them at 1-888-397-3377.
NSSF has launched a new blog aimed at hunting down and correcting inaccuracies about firearms, the firearms industry and the shooting sports. The blog, titled “Aiming for Accuracy,” is updated regularly with news, links and other helpful resources for members of the media and others
This week an 8 year old child shot and killed himself at a gun show in Massachusetts. For a good analysis of the potential negligence claims involving a child using a Machine Gun look at David Wolf’s Florida Child Injury Lawyer Blog. This unfortunate incident goes to show the dangers of letting children possess or use a Machine Gun. The NFA prohibits the transfer of weapons to children without an approval, except transfer of an item to a gun store employee or other licensed reseller. Section 5845 (j) of the NFA defines transfer:
The term. ‘transfer’ and the various derivatives of such word, shall include selling, assigning, pledging, leasing, loaning, giving away, or otherwise disposing of.
It appears that even though the gun show organizer may have been able to allow the child to shoot the Uzi under state law with the permission of the parent, the gun dealer was in violation of the NFA for transferring or loaning the weapon to the child.
In addition it is illegal under Chapter 5861 for any person to receive or possess a firearm transferred to him.
Florida Employers have to let employees keep guns in their cars if they have a concealed weapons permit. But, businesses can still have a no gun policy for customers for now.
U.S. District Judge Robert L. Hinkle states that there is no second amendment right to bring your gun to someones property and that customers would have the same right as employees under the new legislation but for the working of the statute which may be fixed later.
The law defines employer as a business with employees who own guns.
While the public perceives NFA weapons as dangerous Guncite.com reports that there have only been two murders since 1934 involving legally registered Machine Guns and one of those was by a police officer.
ATF Acting Director ATF Michael J. Sullivan released the following statement on the recent Supreme Court decision in District of Columbia et. al. v. Heller: “ATF is pleased with the Supreme Court’s ruling recognizing that the Second Amendment protects an individual right to possess firearms, including for private purposes unrelated to militia operations. The court’s ruling is in accordance with the text of the Second Amendment, historical practice, and the Attorney General’s 2001 guidance on the scope of the Second Amendment, and is consistent with the bureau’s understanding of the scope of the Second Amendment. The Bureau also is pleased that the court appropriately made clear that nothing in [the] ruling casts doubt on the constitutionality of ‘longstanding prohibitions on the possession of firearms by felons and the mentally ill, or laws forbidding the carrying of firearms in sensitive places such as schools and government buildings, or laws imposing conditions and qualifications on the commercial sale of arms.’ In addition, the court appropriately recognized that the ‘carrying of dangerous and unusual weapons,’ such as machine guns, is not protected by the amendment. The bureau is studying the decision, but expects that it will not affect its continued enforcement of all existing federal firearms laws.”
Firing Automatic Weapons From A Segway
Saw an article on the China Daily News site that armed police are using Segways in their anti-terrorist activities as they prepare for the Beijing Olympics.
I have seen police use Segways’s but not like this before.
Disney is warning its employees that they will be terminated if they leave guns in their car. This appears to be in violation of the new law. Below is a copy of a memo that is being sent to their employees. The NFA and numerous sources have reported receiving the same memo.
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Here is Obama’s Statement:
“I have always believed that the Second Amendment protects the right of individuals to bear arms, but I also identify with the need for crime-ravaged communities to save their children from the violence that plagues our streets through common-sense, effective safety measures.
The Supreme Court has now endorsed that view, and while it ruled that the D.C. gun ban went too far, Justice Scalia himself acknowledged that this right is not absolute and subject to reasonable regulations enacted by local communities to keep their streets safe. Today’s ruling, the first clear statement on this issue in 127 years, will provide much-needed guidance to local jurisdictions across the country.
As President, I will uphold the constitutional rights of law-abiding gun-owners, hunters, and sportsmen. I know that what works in Chicago may not work in Cheyenne. We can work together to enact common-sense laws, like closing the gun show loophole and improving our background check system, so that guns do not fall into the hands of terrorists or criminals. Today’s decision reinforces that if we act responsibly, we can both protect the constitutional right to bear arms and keep our communities and our children safe.”
Today the Supreme Court Ruled on the Second Amendment Right to Bear and Keep arms. John McCain issued the following statement:
“Today’s decision is a landmark victory for Second Amendment freedom in the United States. For this first time in the history of our Republic,
the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed that the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms was and is an individual right as intended by our Founding Fathers. I applaud this decision as well as the overturning of the District of Columbia’s ban on handguns and limitations on the ability to use firearms for self-defense.
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