Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2012 2:00 PM
Subject: Freedom Times, Issue no. 71
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| At least nine separate lawsuits targeting Chicago, Cook County and Illinois are working their way through the courts, most of them backed by the National Rifle Association, which is pouring financial resources and political clout into efforts to loosen gun laws across the country... | ||
| Second gun used in ICE agent murder linked to ATF undercover operation By Sharyl Attkisson, CBS News Prosecutors recently sentenced a Texas man, Manuel Barba, for trafficking a weapon connected to the murder of Immigration and Customs (ICE) Agent Jaime Zapata... | ||
 Rep. Darrell Issa on the Latest with Eric Holder and Fast and FuriousNRAVideos Ginny Simone talks to Congressman Darrell Issa (R-CA) about Eric Holder and Fast and Furious... | ||
| Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is reportedly turning up the heat on his anti-gun crusade. Emanuel's anti-gun efforts are focused on two bills that can best be described as attempts to use punitive taxes and warranted bureaucratic fees to discourage Illinois residents from exercising their Second Amendment rights... | ||
McDonnell signs repeal of one-gun-a-month law By Olympia Meola, Richmond Times Dispatch (VA) Gov. Bob McDonnell signed a bill Tuesday to overturn Virginia's landmark one-handgun-a-month law, a restriction put on the books in the early 1990s when gun trafficking was seen as a problem along the East Coast... | ||
Number of Ohioans legally carrying concealed firearms is still rising By Reginald Fields, Cleveland Plain Dealer (OH) The number of Ohioans who have licenses to legally carry concealed firearms has more than doubled in the past three years, according to figures from the Ohio Attorney General's Office... | ||
Gun owners win a round By Emily Miller, Washington Times After four years of trying to hide from the Supreme Court's Heller decision, Washington realized its gun laws had to change. On Tuesday, the D.C. Council voted unanimously to relax firearm registration requirements... | ||
12 states on path to guns with no permits By Jonathan Ellis, USA Today Legislatures in a dozen states are considering laws that would eliminate requirements that residents obtain permits to carry concealed weapons... | ||
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