On Tuesday, July 20, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted 13-6 to send Elena Kagan’s Supreme Court nomination on to the full Senate for a vote.

This week, by a margin of 307-113, a bipartisan majority of the U.S. House of Representatives voted to amend the federal definition of “household goods” to protect firearms from creditors in bankruptcy proceedings.

Gun owners and sportsmen earned a victory this week as the House Financial Services Committee considered and adopted an amendment offered by Congressman Tom Price (R-Ga.) to protect the Second Amendment rights of public housing residents.

In an important Second Amendment decision that charts a course for evaluating the validity of gun laws now that the U.S. Supreme Court has declared the right to be an individual one, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has refused to strike down a federal law that bans possession of guns with obliterated serial numbers.

The Bullhead City area is drawing closer to getting its own shooting range off Boundary Cone Road, eight miles east of Highway 95 in Mohave Valley.

Ten years ago, the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services issued 258 concealed weapon licenses in Alachua County, according to records. Between July 1, 2009 and June 30, 2010, the department issued 1,912 licenses. Marion County saw a similar trend.

In defiance of state law, Chester city council approved a resolution Wednesday calling for the state Legislature to pass a law requiring lost or stolen handguns to be reported missing to police within a reasonable amount of time after the discovery of their disappearance. Council voted, 4-0, in favor of the resolution. Councilperson Marrea Walker-Smith was absent.

The New Mexico Department of Game and Fish proposes to increase the number of bears and cougars that can be killed by hunters. The department plans public hearings starting next week on proposed rules changes for hunting bears, cougars, antelope and deer. The agency will make final recommendations to the Game Commission on Aug. 28.

Starting today, Arizona residents at least 21 years old can carry a concealed weapon without a permit. The change is part of a broad weapons law by state Sen. Russell Pearce passed by the state Legislature in April that eases restrictions on concealed carry.

The House this afternoon passed a bill that would change the law to allow someone going through bankruptcy proceedings to retain their rifles, shotguns, and pistols so long as they are worth less than $3,000 combined.

One month ago, the Supreme Court held in McDonald v. City of Chicago that states, not just the federal government, are prevented from violating Americans' Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms. The Supreme Court did not, however, define the full scope of the right, nor the standard of review by which challenged statutes will be judged. In other words: It ain't over yet. A number of pending lawsuits across the country will further shape how the Second Amendment will be applied.

The more it looks like the Senate will confirm Elena Kagan for the Supreme Court, the more gun owners should worry. Yesterday, Sen. Olympia J. Snowe of Maine became the fourth Republican to stand behind President Obama's nominee on the phony basis that Ms. Kagan supports gun rights.

In January, a small group of enthusiasts met in Delhi to found The National Association of Gun Rights India (Nagri) to lobby lawmakers and to fund legal cases that make it easier to own and carry arms in India. This month the organisation began a membership drive -- and in doing so, they have provoked a debate about the role of fire arms in the land of Mahatma Gandhi.

The smuggling of weapons of all calibers has risen as the result of their import ban and also prompts citizens to buy guns illegally to protect against the latest nationwide crime spree.

The city of Tucson is getting ready for Arizona's new concealed weapons law by removing some signs, from city parks. The signs being taken down say, "Carry a firearm in this park is limited to persons who possess a permit." But the city said the new law just makes them obsolete because people will no longer be required to have a permit to carry a concealed weapon.

Tehama County Sheriff Clay Parker didn't know that he would be named as the lead plaintiff on a suit challenging a new law that would require handgun ammunition buyers to register with the government.

Tougher laws targeting the sale of high powered air rifles will not stop criminals getting their hands on the weapons, say Taranaki gun dealers. Police Minister Judith Collins announced this month that the Government planned to change the Arms Order to require anyone who bought or owned a pre charged pneumatic (PCP) air rifle to hold a firearms licence.