(GunReports.com) — Here’s our weekly collection of gun-related legislation, offbeat gun news, and other items of interest to the gun-owning community. Feel free to add links to other items in the comments section.
Flight Attendant’s Gun Goes Off at Philly International Airport
Flight Attendant’s Gun Goes Off at Philly International AirportGeorgia Gun Range OK’d to Serve Alcohol
The Powder Springs City Council approved the $3.5 million Governor’s Gun Club application for an alcohol licenseThe NRA Surge: 99 Laws Rolling Back Gun Restrictions
In the past four years a barrage of measures across 37 states have made it easier to own, carry, and conceal firearms, according to Mother Jones. Since 2009, the NRA and its allies in state capitols have pushed through 99 laws making guns easier to own, easier to carry in public — eight states now even allow them in bars — and harder for the government to track. More than two-thirds of the laws were passed by Republican-controlled legislatures, though often with bipartisan support.Scope of proposed D.C. gun bill questioned
A proposed bill in the District that would decriminalize some gun and ammunition charges for nonresidents will send the wrong message about gun laws in the District, the city’s office of the attorney general said at a hearing Monday.Donnelly Asks for a Veto to a Ban on Long Guns
California Assemblyman Tim Donnelly has sent a letter to Governor Jerry Brown asking him to veto AB 1527, a bill that would ban the open carrying of all long guns.Aerosmith star backs gun laws
Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry is adamant American politicians should ignore calls to tighten the country’s gun laws. The musician, who recently appeared on reality TV show “Sons Of Guns” about a firearms business, admits he is “fascinated” by weapons and has become a collector in recent years.
