A measure supporting residents` right to own guns is under consideration in some area counties. A group of gun-rights advocates is bringing the non-binding resolution before county boards across the state. The measure would affirm citizens` Second Amendment protections in

Right now Illinois and Wisconsin are the only two states in the U.S. that entirely outlaw citizens carrying concealed firearms. But two Winnebago County board members are pushing a proposal to change that, starting with Winnebago County.

The Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries is forging ahead with its "Hunting with Hounds in Virginia: A Way Forward" study designed to examine the issue of hunting with dogs.

Demand for concealed handgun licenses has risen nearly 40 percent in Texas in a year, an increase being attributed to many factors, even presidential politics.

Ohioans should have the ability to use force and, if necessary, deadly force to defend themselves and their family against a violent intruder in their home, writes Senator John Carey. "That belief is the genesis behind an important bill passed

A week after a Colorado state agency refused to ban shooting white-tailed prairie dogs, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Tuesday it will study the rodent to determine if it should be protected as an endangered species.

John McCain steps out of his comfort zone Tuesday to address his judicial philosophy, a hot-button matter for social conservatives that encompasses abortion, guns and gay rights — all topics on which Sen. McCain has rankled the right.

Sen. John McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee for president, will address the National Rifle Association`s annual convention at the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville on May 16.

Even with their flawed assumptions exposed, what is especially insidious is that gun control does not work. The results of their policies are abject failures. Whether in Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, New York or Chicago, gun control does not work.

With the other party still waist-deep in its presidential nomination fight, John McCain, the presumptive GOP nominee, has been quietly courting the white working-class Democrats who have proved elusive for Barack Obama, his most likely rival in the fall.

Assembly Bill 2948 is en route to the Assembly floor for deliberation and could be voted on as soon as TOMORROW, Thursday, May 8. Sponsored by State Assembly Member Mark Leno (D-13), AB2948 would ban the sale of firearms and

The House Administration of Criminal Justice Committee was scheduled to hear arguments for House Bill 68 and House Bill 78, both sponsored by State Representative Cedric Richmond (D-New Orleans).