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06/21/10 |
Take A Vet Fishing PASSED,
Another Fishing Bonus |
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06/09/10 |
How Obama Reduced Crime
Rates Last Year |
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06/05/10 |
OLR Rpt: SHOOTING RANGE SAFETY STANDARDS IN OTHER STATES |
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06/01/10 |
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
and the UN Arms Trade Treaty |
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05/30/10 |
Stripers Forever: OPPOSE
Striped Bass commercial quota increase.
Public Hearings Scheduled. |
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05/20/10 |
NSSF
Responds: Mexican President Call to US Ban on
"Assault Weapons" |
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05/05/10 |
Legislative Recap 2010
Legislative Session ENDED. |
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04/29/10 |
Senate Fee Credit Amendment PASSES!
Signed by the Governor!FEE
Credit
Amendment (2 MORE added to other bills). DEP Rebate/Credit Letter. CCS Rebate/Credit Position.
Sportsmen's FEES bill PASSES House & Senate
Signed by the Governor! CT State Budget -
ALL LICENSE FEES DOUBLED!!!!
Sportsmen/Camping Fees Bill
UPDATE.
Sportsmen's FEES bill
PASSES Environment Committee - Unanimously.
Public Hearing
CCS Testimony.
CCS Proposed Substitute
Language
2010 Support For
Sportsmen Fee Reduction.
Draft Fee Proposal:
25% Increase 09 Fees. Fishing &
Hunting License Sales 1989-2008.
HUNTING
AND FISHING OTHER STATES.
Comparison: License Fees of Northeast States.
License Fee Comparisons.
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04/14/10 |
Morris Vote-No public
access to Bantam Lake |
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04/10/10 |
CT Fishing License Cost Takes
Bite Out Of Season |
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03/30/10 |
2010
Marine Recreational Fishing Regulations |
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03/26/10 |
Gov reinitiates transfer
of BFPE to Dept of Public Safety.(10)
UPDATE. GOV Vetos Board of Firearms Permit
Examiners Transfer (09) |
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03/14/10 |
Woodbridge Proposed Ordinance
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03/11/10 |
TOLLAND Gun
Ordinance Passes, After Much Debate |
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03/09/10 |
DATA FOR
PUBLIC HEARING
: H.B. No. 5274
(RAISED) PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY.
'AN ACT CONCERNING THE SALE OF FIREARMS AT PUBLIC AUCTION',
to encourage the sale of firearms and firearm parts or accoutrements at
public auction as a source of revenue for the state.
REF. PUBLIC SAFETY AND
SECURITY SUPPORT. Public
Hearing 03/04.
CCS Testimony.
Committee Deadline; No action.
Possibility of inclusion in Budget. |
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03/02/10 |
NRA Files Brief in McDonald v. Chicago
Supreme Court
to Hear 'McDonald v. Chicago' (03/02/10).
On November 16, the NRA filed its brief with
the U.S. Supreme Court as Respondent in Support of
Petitioner in McDonald v. City of Chicago. The NRA brief
asks the U.S. Supreme Court to hold that the Second
Amendment applies to state and local governments through the
Fourteenth Amendment.
In addition, 3
separate Amicus Curiae, or "friend of the court," briefs
filed by: 251 Members of Congress and 58 Senators; 891 State
legislators and other elected officials; Attorneys
General from 38 states. See CT participation.
Date Set For Court To Hear
Oral Arguments In McDonald v.
City of Chicago
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02/18/10 |
PUBLIC HEARING: AN
ACT CONCERNING THE REGULATION OF FIREARMS.
Public Hearing Results. |
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01/26/10 |
Gun Permit Application
Information Declaratory Ruling- Bd of Firearms Permit Examiners |
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01/26/10 |
CT 2009 HUNTING RELATED
INJURY REPORT |
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01/23/10 |
FEDS RESPOND TO FIREARMS FREEDOM ACT LAWSUIT |
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01/08/10 |
Candlewood Lake Use
Survey.
Completed this summer
-on-line. |
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12/22/09 |
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11/27/09 |
Deer overpopulation helps spread Lyme.
Fairfield
County ticks laden with disease, study shows |
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11/12/09 |
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11/03/09 |
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10/26/09 |
Too Many Deer: More efficient
solutions available, experts say |
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10/22/09 |
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10/22/09 |
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10/06/09 |
NEW POLL: LESS SUPPORT FOR STRICTER
GUN LAWS |
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10/01/09 |
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10/01/09 |
"Mayors
Against Illegal Guns" |
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09/30/09 |
Deer-Vehicle Collision Frequency Jumps 18 Percent
In Five Years |
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09/21/09 |
Marine Waters Fishing
License Data |
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09/11/09 |
Obama czar pick: 'Raving animal
rights nut'
Confirmed. CT Senators vote Yea. |
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09/10/09 |
Marine Fishing Licenses,
“No-Net-Loss”
PASSED. OLR Report. Signed by the Governor
07/01. DEP Press
Release.
Licenses are now available.
Licenses Sold July-Sept 8. |
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09/06/09 |
CDC: No Health Risk with Traditional
Ammunition North Dakota Venison Donations Resumed.
Firearms Industry Rejects National Park
Service Classification of Traditional Ammunition as a Health
Threat.
ND Withdraws Venison
Restriction. |
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08/20/09 |
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08/20/09 |
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08/11/09 |
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08/10/09 |
The Myth of 90 Percent: Only a
Small Fraction of Guns in Mexico Come From U.S.
Prospects dim for
Mexican firearms treaty. |
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08/09/09 |
Metacon
Gun Club: Under Local Fire
UPDATE:
Metacon
wins the federal appeal against
Metacon
on all counts!!!
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08/07/09 |
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08/07/09 |
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08/07/09 |
Senate Passes Repeal of onerous gun
ban in the District of Columbia
DEM DOUBLE STANDARD: DISTRICT VOTING RIGHTS V. GUN RIGHTS.
SAF SUES DC
OVER CARRYING OF HANDGUNS. |
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08/03/09 |
DEP Proposed Hunting and Trapping
Regulations
PASSED.
Signed by Sec of the State/Effective August 3, 2009. |
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07/23/09 |
National Right-To-Carry
Reciprocity Bill Introduced
Democrats Scramble to Block Thune Gun Amendment.
FAILED-Close Senate Vote. |
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07/13/09 |
FEDS Trying To Take Away Your
Pocket Knives!
DEFEATED. |
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07/05/09 |
URBAN
LEGEND: SB-2099 - Bill
Requiring Federal Tax on Guns |
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06/25/09 |
More
bullets from Blue Trail?
Durham
Passes NEW $21,000 BTR "safety
assessment."
UPDATE
High Lead Levels? |
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06/17/09 |
New Jersey: Sunday bowhunting legal Governor Corzine Takes Action
Authorizes deer
hunting with bow and arrow on Sundays.
New Regs: Use of
crossbows allowed in any bow and arrow hunting season and other
hunting seasons for all species. |
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06/16/09 |
ATTORNEYS GENERAL OPPOSE
SEMI-AUTO BAN. CT ABSENT. |
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06/05/09 |
Legislative Recap 2009 |
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05/26/09 |
DEP Environmental Conservation (EC)
Fund: Special Funds Deleted! |
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05/20/09 |
Gun haters sue to block
carry in National parks UPDATE.
Nat'l Park Service
"clarification
statement."
Judge Blocks Permitting Concealed Guns. NRA Files Motion To
Appeal. Gun ban remains in place.
COBURN
AMENDMENT Passes Senate and House.
President Obama signed the gun law without comment; effective in
late February 2010. |
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05/19/09 |
Residents
shaken after ATF raids mobile home
|
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05/10/09 |
Support waning for new gun
laws |
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04/24/09 |
OPINION: The left's fear of
firearms |
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04/22/09 |
NINTH CIRCUIT RULES ON 2ND
AMENDMENT |
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03/28/09 |
MA trigger locks ruled
unconstitutional under Heller |
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03/26/09 |
Commentary: Beta testing S.B. 994, Connecticut’s proposed fur
trapping ban |
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03/19/09 |
Obama to Seek New Assault
Weapons Ban
Reid & Pelosi
opposing weapons ban.
65 House
Democrats oppose. |
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03/16/09 |
Proposed
S.B. No. 353
AN ACT CONCERNING THE MICROSTAMPING
OF SEMIAUTOMATIC PISTOLS
VIDEO
of the Judiciary Committe Hearing
mms://ctnv1.ctn.state.ct.us/J/jud_3-16-09.wmv |
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03/16/09 |
DOD Ends Sale of Expended Military Brass to Remanufactures
RESOLVED |
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03/15/09 |
"AN
ACT CONCERNING LEGHOLD TRAPS" PASSES Environment Committee.
Link
to the HSUS press conference. |
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03/15/09 |
AN ACT CONCERNING SUNDAY HUNTING
Passes Environment Committee |
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03/13/09 |
OLR Report:
ARRESTS AND
CONVICTIONS FOR FAILURE TO REPORT LOST AND STOLEN FIREARMS |
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02/27/09 |
Professor Called Police
After Student [Firearms] Presentation |
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02/20/09 |
Major Victory for American Workers Right to Self-Defense |
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01/19/09 |
OLR Report: MINORS AND
POSSESSION OF MACHINE GUNS |
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01/19/09 |
OLR Report: SUMMARY OF
STATE AND FEDERAL MACHINE GUN LAWS |
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01/17/09 |
Brady Gun-Ban Strategy
Outlined |
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01/16/09 |
Obama Called ''Best Gun Salesman of the Year'' |
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01/15/09 |
Gov. DEFICIT MITIGATION - Motor Boat
Fuel Taxes |
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12/31/08 |
Person shot at Cheshire shooting range?
The Reality. |
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12/19/08 |
OLR
Report USE OF AUTOMATIC WEAPONS BY MINORS |
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12/17/08 |
National Geographic TV Takes Aim
At Your Guns |
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11/21/08 |
NRA Eyes More Targets After D.C. Gun-Ban
Win/The First
Dominos Fall. Winnetka
IL
20-year-old weapons ordinance reversed |
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11/04/08 |
GOA:
Gun Rights in Peril |
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10/25/08 |
CCS/SportPAC Candidate
Ratings |
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10/19/08 |
Open Letter to Sportsmen: That's
the Barack Obama I know |
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10/10/08 |
Sheriff begins taking away
concealed weapons permits. Our Commentary. |
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10/09/08 |
NRA & GOA Candidate
Ratings |
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10/02/08 |
NEW STUDY SAYS GUN SHOWS
DO NOT BOOST HOMICIDES, SUICIDES |
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09/16/08 |
NRA 2008 CONNECTICUT
CANDIDATE QUESTIONNAIRE |
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08/14/08 |
On the Second Amendment, Don’t
Believe Obama! #2 |
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08/13/08 |
DEMS PLATFORM
STILL ‘DON’T GET IT’ ABOUT GUN RIGHTS |
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08/03/08 |
Huge Defeat to
Florida Business Lobby on "Guns-at-Work" law |
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07/30/08 |
PETA Killed over 90 Percent of "Companion Animals" in 2007 |
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07/24/08 |
Obama's Shifting Positions Leave Questions Unanswered On Guns... |
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06/26/08 |
Supreme
Court says individuals have right to own guns |
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05/15/08 |
Ballistic Imaging
National Research Council Peer Review.
"At the current time
it is not recommended that a mandate for implementation of this
technology be made. Further testing, analysis and evaluation is
required." |
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05/07/08 |
Animal Rights
Group Dupes Donors HSUS |
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04/19/08 |
2nd
Amendment attorneys outspoken on gun permit issues |
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04/13/08 |
Out of
Control, Deer Send Ecosystem Into Chaos |
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03/17/08 |
INDUSTRY CALLS PRESS
CONFERENCE, Testifys Against
Microstamping and Bullet
Serialization Legislation.
OPINION. |
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03/17/08 |
An Act Concerning Ammunition
Coding |
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03/03/08 |
Microstamping would
link weapon to crime |
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01/10/08 |
Anti-rights "NICS Improvement Act"
Re-Written |
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01/12/07 |
ANTI-GUN VIOLENCE INITIATIVE |
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11/09/06 |
HUNTING NOT THE REASON FOR
NATIONAL INCREASE IN DEER-RELATED COLLISIONS
|
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10/20/06 |
Editorial: Arming The Schools |
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06/28/05 |
Cops Can't Be Sued for Restraining Orders
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03/14/05 |
Audubon labels deer a threat and pushes
hunt
|
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02/10/05 |
Hard Facts in Opposition to a Ban on Fifty Caliber Rifles
|
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02/04/05 |
SUNDAY HUNTING Public Hearing UPDATE:
DEP & CCS Testimony. UPDATE: Status/AR Testimony
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02/03/05 |
GOLDILOCKS APPROACH TO GUN CONTROL |
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01/12/05 |
MARYLAND REPORT REJECTS BALLISTIC IMAGING
|
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01/08/05 |
Bush Lawyers Target Gun Control's Legal Rationale
|
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12/31/04 |
Gun control doesn't reduce crime, violence, say studies
|
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12/10/04 |
NJ Legislature Approves "Smart Guns" Governor Signed. 'Smart
gun' requirement still at least five years away
|
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11/19/04 |
Deer-car
accidents on increase
|
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11/06/04 |
Greenwich:
Sunday Bowhunting on Private Land for Whitetail deer
|
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09/15/04 |
AWB
Aftermath/Politicians Opinions
|
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06/28/04 |
What
Gun Controllers Don't Want You to Know
|
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06/12/04 |
Gun
Meltdown - Burning $$ UPDATE
|
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05/24/04 |
South
Carolina Repeals "One-Gun-A-Month" Law
Signed
by Governor
|
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05/10/04 |
"Ballistic
Fingerprinting" Lawsuit
|
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03/25/04 |
Gun-control
groups concede AW Ban worthless
|
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03/16/04 |
Gun
Control and Crime (symbiosis)
|
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02/06/04 |
Audubon
to allow bowhunting of deer
UPDATE
|
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01/14/04 |
Guns
vs. Teddy Bears
|
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01/03/04 |
Why
People Fear Guns
|
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11/25/03 |
Audubon
Management Plan for the Control of White-tailed
Deer A Must Read
|
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10/04/03 |
CDC
Questions Impact of Gun Control Laws
UPDATE
|
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04/30/03 |
Ballistic
Imaging: Not Ready for Prime Time
|
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04/17/03 |
FIREARM
BALLISTIC IDENTIFICATION PUBLIC HEARING
UPDATE
|
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01/30/03 |
Emerson
Sentenced/Emerson Convicted/Court Rejects Gun
Appeals Cases/Big
Win For Gunowners: U.S. vs. Emerson Decision/Comments A
decision of historic importance
UPDATE
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10/20/02 |
Firearms
Registration: New York City's Lesson
|
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10/05/02 |
Deer
v. Car (Durango)
|
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07/13/02 |
America's
Most Wanted Guns [WHERE ARE THE "Evil Black ASSAULT
WEAPONS" ?????]
|
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06/16/02 |
ORANGE:
Hunting - Exceeding Authority Update
|
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05/14/02 |
State
Supreme Court upholds hunter harassment law
|
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12/14/01 |
!!
Public Meetings On BHC/Kelda Properties !!
UPDATE/Testimony - FOA
in Attack Mode
|
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2/02/01 |
Environment
Committee: Deer Management Information Hearing
|
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12/20/00 |
Woodbridge
bans hunting on its land Ordinance, Testimony, Background
|
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11/08/00 |
Appeals
Court Hunting Decision Won - East Hartford |