Posted in Politics, tagged Buddy Fowler, Virginia House of Delegates on March 14, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Buddy Fowler has announced he is running for the 55th House of Delegates Seat currently held by Delegate John Cox, who has announced he will not seek re-election. The 55th district includes parts of Spotsylvania and Caroline counties, with the bulk of the district being in Hanover County. Fowler currently works for the House Republican Caucus. He is an avid hunter in Hanover.
Republican candidates have until March 28th to file to run for the GOP nomination.
Posted in gun rights, Politics, tagged ATF, Congress and gun rights, gun rights, Mayor Bloomberg, NRANews on March 14, 2013| Leave a Comment »
The New York Times reports that the House and Senate appropriations committees have made permanent four formerly temporary pro-rights provisions. They are part of a spending bill that would keep the government running through Sept. 30.
The provisions, which have been renewed separately at various points, would prohibit the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives from requiring gun dealers to conduct annual inventories to ensure that they have not lost guns or had them stolen, and would retain a broad definition of “antique” guns that can be imported into the United States outside of normal regulations.
Another amendment would prevent the A.T.F. from refusing to renew a dealer’s license for lack of business; many licensed dealers who are not actively engaged in selling firearms can now obtain a license to sell guns and often fly under the radar of the agency and other law enforcement officials, which gun control advocates argue leads to a freer flow of illegal guns.
A final measure would require the bureau to attach a disclaimer to data about guns to indicate that it “cannot be used to draw broad conclusions about firearms-related crimes.”
Regarding that last one, the likes of NY Mayor Mike Bloomberg often misuse ATF data to promote their anti-rights agenda. Not that a disclaimer will discourage the lapdog “mainstream” media from continuing to misuse the data. You can read more about it here. Hat tip to NRANews.
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