Martin O'Malley signed a sweeping anti-gun bill in Maryland. Beretta has issued its response to the bill-signing. Here at SOF, we salute Beretta for standing with law-abiding gun owners and wish them the best.

The NRA Political Victory Fund (NRA-PVF) congratulates City Councilman Jean Stothert for winning the highly contested Omaha mayoral race on Tuesday.

This election represents a great victory for the Second Amendment. NRA-PVF endorsed Jean Stothert defeated incumbent Mayor Jim Suttle, earning 57% of the popular vote compared to Suttle’s 42%.

Colo. sheriffs sue to overturn new state gun, magazine limit laws

This morning in Denver, 54 Colorado sheriffs and other plaintiffs including disabled gun owners, will file a federal civil rights lawsuit against the Centennial State’s new laws affecting sales and temporary transfer of firearms, and placing limits on magazine capacity.

http://www.examiner.com/article/colo-sheriffs-sue-to-overturn-new-state-...

Article by Dave Workman

‘Waning gun culture’ in U.S. may be myth

A well-known firearms researcher punched a pinhole in what may be one of the biggest myths being propagated by the gun prohibition lobby and repeated by the mainstream press when he noted today that the news media “ignore their own reports” that show gun ownership is increasing.

http://www.examiner.com/article/waning-gun-culture-u-s-may-be-myth?cid=d...

Article by Dave Workman

Treat gun violators like DUI and punish the perpetrator

Today’s Seattle Times reports that the National Transportation and Safety Board (NTSB) wants to ratchet down on the legal limit for blood alcohol to reduce the number of fatal traffic accidents involving drunk drivers, leading some gun rights advocates to wonder why gun crime is treated differently.

http://www.examiner.com/article/treat-gun-violators-like-dui-and-punish-...

Article by Dave Workman

CPL figure skyrockets 15K in a single month

More than 426,000 active Washington concealed pistol licenses are now in circulation, up a staggering 15,289 in the month since Examiner last checked with the state Department of Licensing (DOL), confirming what various sources in law enforcement say about the volume of applications and renewals, and the work overload to process them.

http://www.examiner.com/article/cpl-figure-skyrockets-15k-a-single-month

Article by Dave Workman

Could Benghazi, ‘IRS-gate’ derail Obama gun control agenda?

Could the twin eruption of the Benghazi and IRS scandals over the past few days derail the Obama administration’s gun control agenda, despite the insistence of Vice President Joe Biden that at least four U.S. Senators are willing to revive gun regulation proposals on Capitol Hill?

http://www.examiner.com/article/could-benghazi-irs-gate-derail-obama-gun...

Article by Dave Workman

In an op-ed published in the Houston Chronicle during the NRA convention, gun-control proponent Mark Kelly critiqued the NRA in advance of its annual convention in Houston. Kelly appears to be working to become the most prominent national spokesman for gun control, and his rhetoric ramped up considerably in the wake of the Senate votes to defeat the wide-ranging gun control agenda. In this particular op-ed Kelly went so far as to suggest it was time for new leadership at NRA.

Gov’t smackdown on 3-D gun plan distributor

Defense Distributed, the Texas-based company that has been causing a stir over 3-D printer guns has complied with a State Department ban on the online posting of details about how to make a plastic gun, just days after the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives revealed it was looking at the technology.

http://www.examiner.com/article/gov-t-smackdown-on-3-d-gun-plan-distributor

Article by Dave Workman