Feed Editor Lite (Unlicensed) 29 Oct 2008 15:34:23 GMT www.tsra.com en An anti-gun group is suing to stop a last-second Bush administration change that would allow Americans to carry concealed, loaded guns in most national parks and wildlife refuges. The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence sued the Interior Department in federal court last week. They want a federal judge to stop the elimination of a 25-year-old federal rule severely restricting loaded guns in national parks. 7 Jan 2009 14:13:40 GMT http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2008/12/30/anti-gun-group-sues-stop-concealed-weapons-federal-parks/ FD7F653B-F1F0-4B21-A013-DEEBDF029A0F Nobody could expect gun-control advocates to like rules that make it easier to carry concealed weapons. It's just not in their DNA. But the reaction by some opponents of a U.S. Interior Department rule allowing concealed-weapons permit holders to carry in national parks is just out of touch with reality. 7 Jan 2009 14:13:40 GMT http://www.redding.com/news/2009/jan/03/permit-holding-gun-owners-dont-threaten-parks/ 36216773-42B8-4D90-8A68-19B2163F3466 Here are some of the top stories we brought you in the NRA-ILA Grassroots Alert in 2008. With what will no doubt be a very busy 2009, we must redouble our efforts to ensure we are prepared to meet the opportunities and challenges we will face next year. We will continue to provide you with information in future Alerts to ensure our mutual success. 7 Jan 2009 14:13:40 GMT http://www.hawaiireporter.com/story.aspx?ee7c6ea8-3b8f-4207-83fa-41b69caa5f25 D246D5A7-EF2B-406D-9E28-25BEEED65F2C Baton Rouge hunter Wayne Blackwell had tears in his eyes last spring when he described the effects the state’s expanded approach to getting more physically challenged hunters afield. His plea to the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission continued his long-standing effort to keep the program moving forward. Blackwell is a wheelchair-bound outdoorsman, and he couldn’t have known months ago that his work -- and that of state wildlife managers and so many others -- would have abundant rewards. 7 Jan 2009 14:13:39 GMT http://www.2theadvocate.com/sports/36966494.html 1821D0BB-18FB-4884-AED4-2008DB0C0FAC As the new year dawns, America's sportsmen and the wildlife resources we treasure face an uncertain future. Sportsmen face two primary issues. On one hand is our collective concern for the future of the constitutional right to own the firearms we use for hunting and personal protection. On the other is concern for the future of wildlife and wild places. Public access to those wild places is as much of an issue as protecting them. What most people don't understand is the vast majority of funding for wildlife and wild places is tied to personal firearms ownership. 7 Jan 2009 14:13:39 GMT http://www.lvrj.com/sports/36968014.html 6B3F5582-5A21-4B69-8200-E2CD55FC7CCA Metal gods Iron Maiden summed up the way many of us feel when we are awakened in the middle of the night. An instinctive, primal, fear of the dark seems to affect us all to varying degrees. The best way to confront this fear is to eliminate it through technology, no matter what your shrink says. Thankfully, many of us already own the most important item needed to make the dark fear us, an AR-15. 7 Jan 2009 14:13:39 GMT http://www.nrapublications.org/si/FearoftheDark.html F17E16C2-31BA-4F64-9D07-80E49EC21E43 Rocker Eric Clapton is a fan of shooting trips in the countryside - because the outings help him bond with like-minded people. The star is the co-owner of London shop Cordings, a supplier of hunting and fishing supplies, and admits he often indulges in trips to bag game. And Clapton is adamant he has learned a lot from his favorite pastime. 7 Jan 2009 14:13:39 GMT http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/clapton%20shooting%20helps%20social%20skills_1090072 C19F0917-87B5-45F7-871C-B399B225C6F8 The favorite hunting rifle of President Theodore Roosevelt was a Winchester Model 1895 lever-action rifle in .405 caliber. It was this rifle that accompanied the former commander in chief on a 1910 safari in Africa, as well as Roosevelt’s 1915 expedition to Brazil to find the source of the Amazon River. Roosevelt used his .405 to hunt moose, bear and elk stateside, too. Join National Firearms Museum senior curator Phil Schreier as he takes a look at the gun that Roosevelt dubbed, "Big Medicine for Lions." Roosevelt’s Model 1895 is on display everyday in the Beretta Gallery of the National Firearms Museum. 7 Jan 2009 14:13:38 GMT http://www.nrahunterrights.org/Article.aspx?id=1349 8293D9F4-20F0-4B80-BE33-5F1F86D063C3