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ATF figures show more FFLs, less inspections, near-record production
by Chris EgerNew data released this week by the ATF shows FFL numbers rebounding, over 9 million firearms produced and healthy import and export activity.
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Feds hand over $1 billion to wildlife agencies from gun, equipment sales
by Chris EgerThe U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Monday announced it would make available over $1.1 billion collected from the long-standing excise tax on the sale of firearms, ammunition, archery and fishing equipment.
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More than 2.1 million names added to NICS for mental health issues since 2013
by Chris EgerThe number of records in the FBI's background check system on those with mental issues has doubled in the past three years after intense efforts to reform the program.
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Biggest October for NICS background checks on record
by Chris EgerThe adjusted National Instant Criminal Background Check System figures for October 2015 are 1,211,478 checks, the highest on record in the 17-year history of the program.
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Feds make ready $1.1 billion in gun taxes for state conservation
by Chris EgerOn Tuesday, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that it would make available over $1 billion collected from the long-standing excise tax on the sale of firearms, ammunition, archery, and fishing equipment.
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New Jersey mayor wants gun safety training in schools (VIDEO)
by Chris EgerDeborah Buzby-Cope may be the mayor of a small community in central New Jersey, but she has big ideas on bringing gun safety instruction to schools across the state.
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Physician and attorney lobby groups call for more background checks, gun restrictions
by Chris EgerSeven major medical organizations as well as the American Bar Association Monday made a call to address gun violence as a public health issue to which they proposing a number of gun control recommendations as a cure.
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Two different straw buyers face hefty sentences under new law
by Chris EgerIn Pennsylvania this week two women found themselves looking at five years or more in jail following convictions for making illegal straw purchases of guns for people not eligible to possess them.
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Gun industry group buys ads in Colorado governor’s race (VIDEO)
by Chris EgerA national firearms industry trade group is taking incumbent Colorado Gov. Hickenlooper to task for promoting gun control legislation that forced manufacturers from the state.
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How a 77-year-old Law Makes Every Shooter a Conservationist
by Chris EgerA little-known Depression-era law is responsible for pumping more than $8 billion into wildlife conservation, hunter’s education and shooting ranges, with every bullet and gun sold making a difference.
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