By Ben Romans

A coalition of 24 organizations like the Ducks Unlimited, the NRA, Safari Club International and the U.S. Sportsman’s Alliance have joined the NSSF in opposition to a California bill that would ban the use of traditional lead ammunition in the state.
 
In April, Field & Stream reported on Assembly Bill (AB) 711, a proposal initiated by Anthony Rendon (D-Lakewood) that would extend a lead-free zone currently enforced in areas frequented by the California condors, to the entire state by 2016—a move many sportsmen and gun advocates are considering a back-door approach to gun-control legislation.

When Kim Rhode, then 17, stood on the podium at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta with her first gold medal hanging from her neck, she never dreamed 16 years later she would make history in London at the 2012 Summer Olympic Games, but that's exactly what happened Sunday morning.

Rhode, 33, set a new Olympic record in qualifying for Women's Skeet with 74 hits out of 75. She went on to match her own world record with a perfect 25 in the final for a total of 99 out of 100, winning the gold.

She is the first U.S. athlete in history to medal in an individual sport at five consecutive Olympic Games.

By Chad Love

Gun auctions are one of the most important fund-raising aspects of all those annual conservation group banquets so many of us attend every year. Virtually every chapter of virtually every hunter-based conservation group out there uses the banquet gun auctions to raise money for chapter projects. And since nothing gets the bids going hot and heavy like actually seeing the gun you're bidding on, it makes sense for those groups to be able to have the actual guns there at the banquet, right?

Apparently not if you live in New Jersey. Thanks to Jersey's gun-control laws, guns that are being auctioned at a banquet cannot actually be displayed at the banquet. Why? Duh! Because everyone knows that Ruffed Grouse Society or Ducks Unlimited chapter banquets are one of the leading sources of guns used in crime.

--Chad Love

Are you a Pennsylvania resident who plans on buying a gun sometime this month? You might want to check with your gun shop before making the drive...

From this story on examiner.com:
The Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) announced on Friday, that the Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS), used by the Pennsylvania State Police, will be taken out of service for three days later this month for a full system replacement. Consequently, this will temporarily restrict the purchase of firearms and negate the ability to obtain criminal history checks.