House To Consider NRA-Supported Bills
- Cybercast News Service
Legislation expected before the U.S. House this week would give the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) greater flexibility to punish federally licensed firearms dealers and limit the agency`s actions at gun shows. Another bill would forbid the ATF to release so-called crime gun trace data to cities, counties or states for use in lawsuits against the gun industry.

Canadian PM Vows To Ditch Firearms Registry
- Toronto Star
Prime Minister Stephen Harper is accusing the previous Liberal government of not having done enough to prevent tragedies like the Dawson College shooting in Montreal. "Today`s laws did not protect us and we take no pleasure on this side of the House from having warned the previous government repeatedly over the past decade that the gun registry would not prevent this kind of occurrence," Harper said in the Commons.

University of Utah Temporarily Lifts Carry Ban
- KSL.com
The University of Utah said it will temporarily suspend enforcing the school`s gun ban and hopes to work out an agreement with lawmakers to keep weapons off campus and still comply with state law.

Support For Hunting Increasing
- Stockton Record
September 23 marks the 35th annual National Hunting and Fishing Day, established by Congress in 1971 to acknowledge the conservation and economic importance of sportsmen and women. The observance has not gone unnoticed by the general public. In a recent poll a strong majority of Americans 18 years and older support hunting and fishing. In fact, the 2006 survey shows support for hunting actually increased from 10 years ago from a 73- to 78% approval rating.

Hundreds Wait In Line To Get Hunting Licenses
- Chester Daily Local
The line stretched almost two blocks, around the front of the Chester County Courthouse. Hundreds of regional hunters lined up along High Street, past the statute of Old Glory and onto Market Street, waiting to purchase Pennsylvania Game Commission doe hunting licenses for the 2006-07 season.

Hazelton: The People V. The ACLU
- Washington Times
Louis Barletta, mayor of Hazleton, Pa., has thrown down the gauntlet to those who think America belongs to anyone who can walk across the border. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and a Puerto Rican group have taken up the challenge. And the mayor has upped the ante by hiring as defense counsel the former head of immigration in the Justice Department.