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05/21/11 |
NJ: Far fewer complaints about bears |
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04/18/11 |
OLR Report:
QUESTIONS ON LARGE CAPACITY
MAGAZINES |
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03/16/11 |
OLR Report: AN ACT CONCERNING CRIMES WITH A
FIREARM
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03/14/11 |
OLR Report: SUITABILITY FOR GUN
PERMIT AND SUMMARY OF SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 967 |
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03/11/11 |
OLR Report:
FIREARM PREEMPTION
ISSUES—DOES CONNECTICUT LAW PREEMPT MUNICIPAL FIREARM
ORDINANCES? |
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03/08/11 |
White House rejects ATF long gun
reporting proposal. House Blocks
Record-Keeping Regulation.
Pentagon Fingered as a Source
of Narco-Firepower in Mexico. NSSF
Responds: Mexican President Call to US Ban on
"Assault Weapons"
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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03/02/11 |
Wyoming governor signs no
permit concealed gun bill |
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02/19/11 |
OLR
Report: LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS SAFETY ACT (LEOSA) AND GUN
PERMIT REQUIREMENT |
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02/18/11 |
AGAIN Gov reinitiates BFPE transfer to Dept Public Safety.
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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02/14/11 |
OLR Report: DEER
POPULATION AND HUNTING ACCIDENTS |
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02/14/11 |
OLR BACKGROUNDER:
PENDING GUN PERMIT CASES |
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02/14/11 |
OLR Report:
FIREARM REGISTRATION |
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02/11/11 |
DEP Notice of
Intent to Amend Regulations
and Notice of Public Hearing |
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02/10/11 |
CT 2010 HUNTING RELATED
INJURY REPORT |
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02/05/11 |
Stripers Forever:
NC
Commercial
trawlers slaughtering thousands of striped bass in “culling”
operations for
high grade fish.NC
Marine Fisheries Sets New
Rules.
ILLEGAL STRIPED BASS SEIZURE SPURS SHUT DOWN OF FEBRUARY
GILL NET SEASON. |
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01/23/11 |
Rounding Up the Guns
John R. Lott Jr.
Interview |
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01/18/11 |
OLR Report: ZEBRA MUSSELS |
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01/18/11 |
MA Gun
Fair Organizer Not Guilty In Uzi Death |
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01/16/11 |
Most Say
Stricter Gun Laws Would Not Help Prevent Shootings |
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01/14/11 |
Could Connecticut's tough gun laws get tougher? |
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01/06/11 |
ATF to Require Multiple Sales
Reports for Long Guns Border Gun Rules Delayed |
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12/21/10 |
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12/19/10 |
CCS/SportPAC
2010 Candidate Ratings.
Judiciary Comm.
Chairmen Gone! Special Elections Upcoming! |
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12/14/10 |
Hunting traditions sag as
land, desire disappear |
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12/13/10 |
OLR Report: CARRYING HANDGUNS
IN STATE PARKS OR FORESTS |
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12/04/10 |
GOV. Rendell’s Retreat
(Castle Doctrine) PA |
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12/03/10 |
Fee for Registering
with National Saltwater Angler Registry |
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11/27/10 |
To hunt or not to hunt, that is
the deer question |
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11/26/10 |
Q&A Concerning Fishing and Hunting
Licenses, Permits and Tags Credits |
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11/26/10 |
Ban Traditional Ammunition
NSSF to
Intervene in Lawsuit Challenging EPA on Traditional Ammunition.
Great news from EPA: No
lead sinker ban!
EPA Kills Bullet Ban- Fishing Sinkers
Still Alive.
Federal Bill to Protect
Traditional Fishing Tackle Introduced. New Bill To Ban
Ammunition. |
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11/23/10 |
New Haven and Hartford
among top 20 Most Dangerous Cities |
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11/23/10 |
Heller Back in
Court |
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11/21/10 |
OLR BACKGROUNDER: RELIEF FROM
FEDERAL FIREARM DISABILITIES ON MENTAL HEALTH GROUNDS |
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11/10/10 |
Stripers Forever: OPPOSE
Striped Bass commercial quota increase.
NO
expanded commercial quotas. |
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11/06/10 |
OLR: STATE GUN LAWS AFTER HELLER AND MCDONALD |
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10/28/10 |
John Lott: More Guns, Still Less Crime |
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10/26/10 |
NRA CHALLENGES CONSTITUTIONALITY OF
FEDERAL HANDGUN BAN FOR LAW ABIDING 18-20 YEAR OLDS |
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10/25/10 |
CCS SportPAC Candidate Ratings |
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10/23/10 |
Court of Appeals Upholds
Sportsmen's Victory in ME |
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10/22/10 |
US
Crime dips for 3rd year-as gun sales rise |
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10/21/10 |
Informational meeting:
Discuss Proposed Regulations Limiting Vessel Size on
Candlewood Lake
October 20.
Candlewood Lake Use Survey |
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10/11/10 |
Obama Administration Reverses
Course, Forbids Sale of 850,000 Antique Rifles
M1 Garands and M1 Carbines. |
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10/07/10 |
Insurer Estimates Chances Of A
Car Hitting A Deer. Deer-Vehicle Collision Frequency Jumps 18 Percent
In Five Years |
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10/02/10 |
"Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act Improvements Act" PASSED |
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09/28/10 |
CT State Budget -
ALL LICENSE FEES DOUBLED!!!!
Senate Fee Credit Amendment PASSES!
Signed by the Governor!FEE
Credit
Amendment (2 MORE added to other bills).
DEP
Credit Procedure. DEP Rebate/Credit Letter. CCS Rebate/Credit Position.
Sportsmen's FEES bill PASSES House & Senate
Signed by the Governor!
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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09/28/10 |
Questions re Handgun Hunting
bill. Emergency Deer Handgun Regs
PASS |
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09/24/10 |
House Narrowly Passes Gag Order
(DISCLOSE) Act.
Stalls on the Floor of the
Senate!
Disclose Act Rears It's Ugly Head Again. DISCLOSE Act
Defeated in Senate! |
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08/23/10 |
Firearms Excise Tax
Improvement Legislation Passes
President Signs |
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07/02/10 |
Chicago approves new
handgun restrictions |
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06/28/10 |
Gun Prohibition, R.I.P.- SCOTUS
McDonald v. City of Chicago |
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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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05/05/10 |
Legislative Recap 2010
Legislative Session ENDED. |
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04/14/10 |
Morris Vote-No public
access to Bantam Lake |
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04/12/10 |
OLR
Report:
GUN PERMITS
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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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01/23/10 |
FEDS RESPOND TO FIREARMS FREEDOM ACT LAWSUIT |
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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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10/06/09 |
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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09/10/09 |
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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08/09/09 |
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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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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02/20/09 |
Major Victory for American Workers Right to Self-Defense |
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01/17/09 |
Brady Gun-Ban Strategy
Outlined |
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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: USE OF AUTOMATIC WEAPONS BY MINORS |
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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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10/25/08 |
CCS/SportPAC Candidate
Ratings |
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10/10/08 |
Sheriff begins taking away
concealed weapons permits. Our Commentary. |
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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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08/03/08 |
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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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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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 |
