Brian McCombie

Los Angeles assemblyman Kevin De Leon's Assembly Bill 962, a bill that would drastically restrict ammunition sales, require thumb-printing when purchasing ammunition and ban all mail-order sales, is still moving through the California legislature.

In Summit County, Ohio, home to the city of Dayton, county officials have proposed regulations to prohibit county employees from having access to firearms while on the job. But after criticism that some of the proposals violated Second Amendment rights, the county no longer will seek to prohibit employees from carrying a legal firearm or handgun in their personal vehicles when they are working a move that effectively would have barred workers from having a weapon while commuting to and from work, the Columbus Dispatch reported.

Ending nine years of litigation, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear New York City's request to continue a lawsuit that tried to hold firearms manufacturers responsible for the criminal misuse of firearms.

By a vote of 98 to 1, the Arkansas State House passed House Bill 1623 last week, proposed legislation to protect the identities of concealed carry holders.

Under a proposed law currently being debated in the Montana Legislature, firearms, weapons components and ammunition made in Montana and kept in Montana would be exempt from federal regulation, potentially releasing some Montanans from national gun registration and licensing laws, the Missoulian reported.

Tennessee gun owners will be the winners if a series of pro-gun bills are passed by the state legislature this session.

The F.A.I.R. Trade Group was formed several years ago to protect the interests of the Firearms and Ammunition Import and Export community.

Lawmakers in Texas are considering bills to authorize the ability to carry a gun on college campuses and to allow those who carry to do so openly.