Handguns

Statistics released last week by the FBI show that the estimated volume of violent crime was down 0.7 percent, and the estimated volume of property crime decreased 1.4 percent in 2007 when compared with 2006 figures.

Chris Tilley of Raleigh, North Carolina held off defending champ Max Michel by more than 24 points to take 2008 Open National Championship, capping off a week of competition in Tulsa, Oklahoma at the U.S. Practical Shooting Association’s National Handgun Championships.

Trying to head off a national takeover by Congress of the city’s powers to control guns in the wake of the Supreme Court’s Second Amendment ruling, the Washington, D.C., City Council has adopted a new and narrower law to restrict possession of handguns.

The U.S. House of Representatives voted last week to approve the 'Second Amendment Enforcement Act' 266-152. The Act, passed as an amendment to H.R. 6842, will overturn the District of Columbia's gun-control restrictions that defy the recent Supreme Court ruling in District of Columbia v. Heller.

Last week the Ohio Supreme Court struck down a Clyde city law that banned people from carrying concealed guns in public parks.

U.S. District Judge John R. Adams sentenced Antrinna Collins of Cleveland, to 48 months imprisonment for violations of federal firearms laws.

H.R. 6842, which would compel the District of Columbia to comply with the Heller decision, has been reported out of committee for a floor vote in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Forjas Taurus S.A. announced September 9 its acquisition of the manufacturing and distribution rights of all Rossi products, including the famous Model 92 lever-action rifle from Rossi Firearms S.A.

The Heckler & Koch USP Compact Tactical USP45CT 45 ACP was a sexy gun tested in the January 2008 issue of Gun Tests, but it was also expensive—$1235 MSRP. Part of that was due to the gun’s extras: The Compact Tactical USP45CT arrived in a ballistic nylon attaché case with tool kit and cleaning kit and two magazines. The gun’s price also included a longer barrel threaded for a suppressor. The Gun Tests’s team thought the package was professional and businesslike.

Todd and Kathy Brown of Rosston, Arkansas, are suing Smith & Wesson in federal court in Texarkana, Texas, alleging negligence by the gun manufacturer that led to a Dec. 27, 2007, accident in which Todd Brown’s left thumb was severed.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - District residents will be able to buy handguns starting Sept. 9, according to a report by WTOP radio in Washington, D.C.

A report in the Pocono Record newspaper said an attempted robbery in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, went bad for the alleged robber.