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Virginia's bars and restaurants did not turn into shooting galleries as some had feared during the first year of a new state law that allows patrons with permits to carry concealed guns into alcohol serving businesses, a Richmond Times Dispatch analysis found.

Orange County employees have started removing "no firearms" signs at county parks, and soon they'll probably black out the same words on brochures. Across Florida, similar scenes are being played out as cities and counties scour their ordinances to get rid of gun regulations by Oct. 1. That's when a tough new state law, backed by the National Rifle Association, will forbid city and county governments from enacting or enforcing local gun control regulations.

The revelations about Operation Fast and Furious keep getting worse. The Obama administration needs to start showing some accountability and providing answers.

Casper's proposed ordinance banning the open carry of firearms at public meetings is an issue that needs to be addressed, according to the city's mayor. "It's truly a discussion that needs to be had," said Mayor Paul Bertoglio. "A firearm, for many, is intimidating. They really have no place in a public meeting."

Even the Super Bowl Champions didn't have a chance against concealed weapons. Hergert Sports Center, 1232 N. Sawyer St., scheduled a concealed firearm training class on Sept. 8, thinking a Thursday night would allow those interested in taking the training class needed to apply for the permit allowing them to carry a concealed weapon would still be able to enjoy the opening weekend of NFL action. Not so. It turns out the Green Bay Packers will be facing off against the New Orleans Saints at the same time as the training class. Nonetheless, the class filled to its 100 person capacity within two weeks.

Do you know what's truly pathetic (other than BHO's first two and half years in office)? I'll tell you what: the British police's limp wrist, no gun, nonsensical approach to the looting and rioting of Britain's "working class youths." That's what!

On Thursday Venezuelans held the first of numerous public debates on the proposed Law of Firearms Control and Disarmament drafted by the country's National Assembly. A legal initiative proposed by the Presidential Commission for Disarmament, the draft law is to be discussed by organized communities nationwide before being modified and passed next year.

By now you have seen the headlines and images of destruction: the rioting, looting, violent assaults, and arson.

Students for Concealed Carry on Campus is a national, non-partisan, grassroots organization comprising over 42,000 college students, professors, college employees, parents of college students, and concerned citizens who believe that holders of state-issued concealed handgun licenses should be allowed the same measure of personal protection on college campuses that they enjoy virtually everywhere else.

To give NRA members and gun owners the latest information on Second Amendment cases filed or supported by NRA-ILA, we are pleased to announce a new online newsletter, the NRA-ILA Legal Update.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has drafted a plan to guide management of the Columbia National Wildlife Refuge for the next fifteen years. The Refuge is scattered across four counties in the Columbia Basin of east-central Washington near Othello. The management plan is open for public comment until August 28 which can be submitted at www.fws.gov/columbia. Click on “Draft Management Plan” in the orange box and it will show you how to submit comments online. You may also submit comments to: mcriver@fws.gov. Please include “Columbia CCP Comments” in the subject line of all correspondence.

On Thursday, September 15, the Pennsylvania House Game and Fisheries Committee will hold its second public hearing to consider ending the prohibition on Sunday hunting. This hearing will be held at 6:30 p.m. at the East Allen Township Municipal Building, 5344 Nor-Bath Boulevard; Northampton, PA 18067. Please continue to contact members of the House Game and Fisheries Committee and urge them to support expanding Sunday hunting. Contact information for this committee can be found here.

The California Legislature returns to work this Monday, August 15. It is imperative that you call AND e-mail your state Senator and Assemblyman TODAY and respectfully urge them to OPPOSE several anti-gun bills and support the NRA CCW reform legislation. To view all the legislation and find contact information for your state Senator and Assemblymember, please click here.

Another senior Republican has questions about the Fast and Furious undercover weapons investigation on the U.S. Mexico border, demanding that Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. immediately brief his office regarding the "scope and details of any past or present ATF gun walking programs" in Texas.

In the coming months, state legislators are likely to find a bill crossing their desks that requires law enforcement agencies to auction guns confiscated in crimes rather than destroy them, as many do now. The proposal is the brainchild of the National Rifle Association, and it was adopted last week by a task force at the annual meeting of the American Legislative Exchange Council, a Republican leaning policy group that brings together state lawmakers, advocacy groups and corporations to write model legislation.

The four senate bills regarding several issues gun owners contest including expanding Right to Carry laws in Georgia, prohibiting regulations during a state of emergency as well as eliminating fingerprinting rule for a conceal carry license renewals, were passed by the Senate, but failed to be picked up by House members for a final vote before the 2010 2011 session ended in April.

Federal lawmakers are backing lawsuits against the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) following the introduction of new gun registration requirements in several border states. The lawsuits, supported by the National Rifle Association, aim to stop the ATF from compelling firearms sellers to report multiple purchases.