Category: FPC Newslinks

The Department of Defense will allow privately owned firearms to be carried on base! Via Military.com: The Pentagon recently released detailed guidance that allows U.S. military personnel to carry privately owned, concealed firearms on base, a move that the Army’s service chief argued against publicly.... Read More

Good news out of Pennsylvania! Via Guns.com: A long running and very popular push to end the total ban on hunting with semi-automatic rifles in the Keystone state is now in the hands of the Pennsylvania Game Commission. The legislation has spent the past 21... Read More

Even though there was strong opposition to the gun shows continuing, the board did not take action. Via Del Mar Times: Gun shows still have a future at the Del Mar Fairgrounds. The board of the 22nd District Agricultural Association, which runs the state-owned Del Mar... Read More

One of the downsides of a Trump presidency… gun sales may plummet. Via Fox News: President-elect Donald Trump is expected to push to relax gun laws when he takes office, but significant changes in the firearms industry began as soon as he was elected –... Read More

The Mexican Senate is currently debating the right to self defense. Via Mexico Daily News: The pros and cons of gun control were debated this week at an event organized by a Senator who last month proposed a constitutional change that would permit the carrying... Read More

“Trying to learn what we’re going to have to do is a hassle,” said Danielle Terry, manager of Shooter’s Paradise. “The Department of Justice tells us to refer to the bill text to figure out what we’re going to have to do.” Via Appeal Democrat:... Read More

One thing that’s for sure is that we’ll keep fighting! Via Guns.com: California lawmakers and voters in 2016 passed multiple layers of new gun laws set to take effect over the coming years, but just exactly how they translate to practice is a bit murky.... Read More

Ohio schools will be better protected next year. Via the News Messenger: The next person to be shot in an Ohio school could be at the hands of a teacher allowed to carry a gun. In a trend that has grown rapidly since the late 2012... Read More

A not so shocking result to Seattle’s bullet and gun tax. Via Breitbart: On January 1, Seattle implemented a violence tax which is added to the cost of every gun and bullet sold at retail in city limits. And just over 10 months later, one... Read More

Maine voters turned out en masse to defeat Michael Bloomberg’s funded gun control measure. Via Guns.com: In the only state that saw an anti-gun voter referendum defeated this year, Mainers showed up in greater numbers than to decide the fight for the White House. This... Read More