Handguns

New Hampshire state law is pretty clear about protecting its citizens' rights to carry firearms in public. Carrying a pistol or revolver openly is permitted without a license; carrying a concealed weapon requires a license from the state or local police. William Kostric took advantage of that law on Tuesday to show up outside President Obama's Portsmouth, N.H. town hall meeting and hold a sign saying It Is Time To Water The Tree Of Liberty.

A resident shot and killed an intruder in southwest Bakersfield after the suspect shot the resident twice, a Bakersfield Police official said.

A Wisconsin nursery owner detains a thief-in-the-night with a .22 caliber revolver, and helps the authorities apprehend the suspect.

Nearly 100 people crowded into a small room on the warm summer evening to listen intently to the message conveyed by Richard Mack, former sheriff of Graham County, Arizona. A career in law enforcement led Mack to the conclusion that the county sheriff is our nation's last line of defense for the preservation and return to fundamental and individual liberty.

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said he would raise money for a national campaign to counter the political influence of the National Rifle Association, building on the recent defeat of federal legislation that would have eased prohibitions against carrying concealed weapons.

In early August, New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine (D) signed a bill into law making it illegal to buy more than one handgun per month. The law aims to impede straw purchasers - people who have clean records and buy guns legally, then pass them to criminals, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported.

President Obama's call for the Senate to ratify a hemispheric small-firearms treaty dominated his last visit to Mexico, but in the four months since, both the treaty pledge and the drug violence that prompted it have dropped off the radar - a victim of Congress' full schedule and gun politics.

One year ago, David Thweatt made a decision so controversial and groundbreaking the story about it sped around the world. The superintendent of the isolated Harrold Independent School District, made history last August when he and his school board decided to allow select teachers and staff members at the 110-student school to carry guns on campus - a first for Texas and the nation.

A Philadelphia pizza shop owner refuses to be a victim. A would-be robber learns a tough lesson when it comes to messing with an armed citizenry.

The Senate easily confirmed the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court.  Only 31 Senators took seriously their oath to uphold the Constitution and voted against this radical anti-gun nominee, with 68 voting for confirmation.

It came as no surprise when Sen. Christopher Bond declared moments ago that he would support President Obama's choice of Sonia Sotomayor to become a Supreme Court justice.

By a vote of 13-6, Judge Sonia Sotomayor's nomination to become an Associate Justice on the U.S. Supreme Court was voted out of the Senate Judiciary committee on Tuesday, July 28. Her nomination will now be decided by the full Senate, in a vote likely to occur this week.

A Revolutionary War buff charges the Bloomberg administration with tyranny for trying to seize his handmade flintlock rifle - a dead ringer for the weapon once used against the redcoats.

Ninth Circuit to Review Nordyke: A federal appeals court in San Francisco set aside its ruling Wednesday - the only one of its kind in the nation - that allowed private citizens to claim a constitutional right to bear arms in challenging state and local gun laws.

Small mountains of ink, electrons and hot air have been expended talking about the so-called Thune Amendment, which would have liberalized conceal carry reciprocity. While the amendment itself may have been pro-gun, the shenanigans surrounding the vote should cause many gun rights activist to pause.

After months of being blamed for Mexico's surge in drug related violence, the United States is now being blamed for the illegal gun trade in Canada as well.