The Obama administration will seek to reinstate the assault weapons ban that expired in 2004 during the Bush administration, Attorney General Eric Holder said today.
“As President Obama indicated during the campaign, there are just a few gun-related changes that we would like to make, and among them would be to reinstitute the ban on the sale of assault weapons,” Holder told reporters.
A poll published today shows Iowa voters oppose dove hunting nearly 2-to-1 1, although the bill in the Legislature to allow it again shows little sign of passing.
A survey conducted last week by Mason-Dixon Polling and Research found 53 percent of Iowa voters oppose dove hunting, compared to 27 percent who support it.
In spite of its recent support for an individual right to bear arms, the Supreme Court on Tuesday adopted an expansive reading of the federal law that bans possession of firearms by those who have been convicted of felonies or of "a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence."
The meaning of the phrase about misdemeanors was the issue in United States v. Hayes, decided by a 7-2 vote.
The USDA's Wildlife Services division illicits a strong response from virtually everyone. The controversial trapping and predator control program has been called everything from a rancher's best friend to a ruthless war on wildlife.
The National Wild Turkey Federation's flying turkey logo will appear on the Earnhardt Ganassi Racing, Bass Pro Shops sponsored #1 race car, driven by current Nextel and 2-time Busch Series Champion Martin Truex Jr. . . .
In recent weeks, the [state] game commission charged six men in four separate incidents of poaching. If convicted, though, even the worst offender -- a man who allegedly poached 23 deer over 16 years -- could not be sent to prison because there is no provision for incarceration in the Pennsylvania Game Code.
Hundreds of angry anglers and river enthusiasts, some wearing hip waders, rallied on the steps of the State Capitol on Thursday, seeking to kill a proposed bill that would limit their access to streams running over private property. . . .
This past September, 170 hunters, most of them from the United States, lost their deposits for caribou hunts from a bankrupt outfitter in Quebec. Tuttulik was the name of the outfitter, a native-owned company. Many of the hunters had paid in full. . . .
An estimated $1 million is gone with no explanation.