John P. Wiles

A lot of things have changed in the federal government since President Harry S. Truman put his famous “the buck stops here” sign on his desk.

This week, NRA’s Freedom Action Foundation (NRA-FAF) launched the 2010 “Trigger the Vote” campaign, featuring its Honorary Chairman Chuck Norris in a new series of advertisements.

The Environmental Protection Agency issued a press release August 27th announcing that it had rejected a petition filed by radical environmental groups to have lead ammunition banned under the Toxic Substances Control Act.

In response to the escalation in gang-related shootings in Portland, Mayor Sam Adams is proposing actions that are typical of those with liberal leanings. Rather than blaming the criminals, he`s blaming the guns, and he`s proposing five ordinances, some of which will restrict the gun rights of law-abiding citizens and will also likely end up in court because they violate Oregon`s firearms pre-emption law.

Some rural and northern New Democrat MPs may stay away from the upcoming vote on the long-gun registry, a move that could save the controversial program, the Star has learned.

The South Korean government, in an effort to raise money for its military, wants to sell nearly a million antique M1 rifles that were used by U.S. soldiers in the Korean War to gun collectors in America.
The Obama administration approved the sale of the American made rifles last year. But it reversed course and banned the sale in March — a decision that went largely unnoticed at the time but that is now sparking opposition from gun rights advocates.

For the Assembly, the curtain fell at midnight Tuesday after a final hour marked by animosity that began with a partisan fight that ultimately killed legislation to ban the open display of unloaded guns in most public places.

Yakima County commissioners approved an ordinance Tuesday allowing gun owners to carry their weapons to county parks and festivals.
KAPP TV reports the change was made because the county law was more restrictive that the state law on concealed weapons.