Read more gun rights stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/34280/gun-rights.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 12:18:21 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71220/pistol-packin-soccer-mom-shot-dead.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Pennsylvania mom who hit the headlines last year for carrying a loaded handgun to her 5-year-old daughter's soccer games has been found shot dead with her husband in an apparent murder-suicide. The couple’s three children were home during the shootings but were unharmed, police told the Patriot-News . The pair...http://www.newser.com/story/71220/pistol-packin-soccer-mom-shot-dead.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 08 Oct 2009 2:32:58 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69612/senate-oks-passenger-guns-on-amtrak.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAmtrak passengers would be allowed to carry unloaded guns in locked containers in their checked baggage under a measure passed by the Senate yesterday, reports the New York Times . The rail corporation banned guns from checked baggage after the 9/11 attacks. The measure won the backing of all Senate Republicans...http://www.newser.com/story/69612/senate-oks-passenger-guns-on-amtrak.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 17 Sep 2009 4:38:28 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63024/ky-church-praise-the-lord-pack-your-heat.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSome 200 pistol-packing parishioners filled a church in Louisville, Ky., yesterday to celebrate the somewhat unlikely combination of freedom of religion and the right to bear arms, reports the Courier-Journal . Church members checked to ensure the weapons were unloaded and holstered before pastor Ken Pagano led the congregation in patriotic...http://www.newser.com/story/63024/ky-church-praise-the-lord-pack-your-heat.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 28 Jun 2009 7:09:09 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60929/sotomayors-nunchuks-ruling-worries-gun-groups.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNinjas aren't the only people concerned about Sonia Sotomayor's decision earlier this year to uphold New York's ban on nunchuks, or nunchakus, CQPolitics reports. The Supreme Court nominee was on a panel that rejected a man's claim that the ban on the martial arts weapon violated his Second Amendment right...http://www.newser.com/story/60929/sotomayors-nunchuks-ruling-worries-gun-groups.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 04 Jun 2009 1:44:43 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/51177/fla-gun-requests-spike-in-recession.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFloridians are arming themselves, literally, against the recession and fears of being burgled. There's been a 42% jump in concealed weapons permit requests in the past 45 days, and the state office that issues them is buried under a 95,000-application backlog. It's seeking a $4 million budget transfer to...http://www.newser.com/story/51177/fla-gun-requests-spike-in-recession.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 18 Feb 2009 15:55:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/51009/gillibrand-moves-twin-rifles-from-under-her-bed.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAfter admitting in an interview that she and her husband kept a pair of rifles under her bed—to protect their upstate home—New York's new senator, Kirsten Gillibrand, has moved the weapons, Newsday reports. “Given that the location of the guns has been disclosed, they have been moved for...http://www.newser.com/story/51009/gillibrand-moves-twin-rifles-from-under-her-bed.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 17 Feb 2009 7:30:06 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/43315/obama-gun-question-has-nra-crowd-up-in-arms.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn its questionnaire for job seekers, the Obama transition team is asking applicants if they own guns, and to provide detailed registration information on any that they do or did, Politico reports. The team says the question is just aimed at ferreting out any potential gun law violations, but gun...http://www.newser.com/story/43315/obama-gun-question-has-nra-crowd-up-in-arms.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 21 Nov 2008 9:28:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/40984/guess-whats-still-selling-strong.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFears of an anti-gun presidency and the threat of civil unrest in a worsening economic climate are fueling record sales of firearms and ammunition, the Washington Post reports. Sales have been climbing since 2006 and this year have shot past the average annual 5% increase to reach 10%, as gun...http://www.newser.com/story/40984/guess-whats-still-selling-strong.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 27 Oct 2008 7:47:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/36506/palin-resurrects-the-culture-wars.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe culture wars are heating up again, thanks to Sarah Palin’s staunch opposition to abortion and demonstrated fondness for firearms, Politico reports. Social issues have been largely absent from the campaign so far, with both candidates preferring to focus on the war and the economy. But Palin’s own pregnancy (and...http://www.newser.com/story/36506/palin-resurrects-the-culture-wars.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 03 Sep 2008 10:22:34 CDT