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MADISON, NC – Marlin Firearms Company is offering a 2009 Fall Consumer Rebate program on many of its popular rimfire and centerfire firearms.

MADISON, NC – Remington's Premier Copper Solid Rifle, Premier Copper Solid Sabot Slugs and Premier Disintegrator Varmint lines of ammunition have been approved by the California Department of Fish and Game for use in the hunting zones within the range of the California condor, pursuant to its July 2008 law prohibiting ammunition containing lead in those areas.

The New Hampshire Fish and Game Department is offering women a chance to learn hunting skills in a special course just for them.

Zogby/O'Leary asked voters:
"Would you support or oppose a U.S. Senator who voted to confirm a Justice to the U.S. Supreme Court who does not believe in the right to keep and bear arms and the right to self-defense?"
Fifty-two percent of American voters would oppose the re-election of any Senator who votes to confirm a Supreme Court nominee who does not believe in the right to keep and bear arms. Only 26 percent of voters would support such a Senator.

The budget still remains the key issue in the North Carolina General Assembly, and if an agreement is reached soon, the legislature may soon adjourn. Still, at a moments notice, Senate Bill 460 could be brought back to the Senate Floor. This legislation, which is being heavily promoted by the anti-hunting radicals at the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), would create a new provision in state law that will undoubtedly be used to try to wipe out commercial dog breeders.

The 2009 Shotgun National Junior Olympics came to a close on August 1 with Collin Wietfeldt (Hemlock, Mich.) and Rachael Heiden (Clinton, Mich.) earning titles in the Trap event.

More and more people across the country, the state and the county are getting permits to carry handguns.
There were 2,008 conceal and carry permits issued in Minnehaha County in all of 2008. There have already been 1,548 in 2009. The state of South Dakota issued 14,628 permits in 2008, and it's already hit 11,057 in 2009.

While the national debate about the right to bear arms most likely won't be resolved anytime soon, one thing is certain: Livingston County residents believe in exercising their Second Amendment rights.
The county has issued 1,200 gun permits — both new and renewed — since January, which is nearly triple the 445 issued for the same time period last year.

"...the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed." Amendment II
Those 14 words, perhaps more than any others in the U.S. Constitution, have inspired discussions, arguments and legal debates for years and years.
Now, legislation introduced in January by Rep. Bobby Rush (D IL) and lingering in the House Judiciary Committee has stirred up emotions on both sides of the gun control issue and once again brought these words into the spotlight.