Hunting and Fishing News for April 18

NRA NEWS

News reports indicate that the U.S. House of Representatives may consider legislation next week to which an amendment reforming Washington, D.C.\’s restrictive gun laws would likely be offered. The bill-H.R. 157, the District of Columbia Voting Rights Act, introduced by the District\’s anti-gun delegate, Eleanor Holmes Norton-proposes that the city be authorized a vote in the United States House of Representatives.

NRA members recall that last year, a similar \”D.C. House Voting Rights Act\” bill-S. 160, introduced by Sen. Joseph Lieberman (D-Conn.)-passed in the Senate after adoption of Sen. John Ensign\’s (R-Nev.) amendment restoring the Second Amendment rights of residents of our nation\’s capital. Supporters of H.R. 157 did not pursue it at that time, however, to perpetuate gun control in D.C.

Progress Made On Military Once-Fired Brass Issue–ATK Stops Scrapping Cartridge Cases: On Friday, April 16, Montana\’s U.S. Senators Max Baucus and Jon Tester announced that ATK-the defense conglomerate that operates the Army\’s Lake City ammunition plant, and that owns the Federal ammunition, RCBS reloading equipment, and Alliant smokeless gunpowder companies-is voluntarily withdrawing from contracts it made with military bases to collect and scrap once-fired small arms cartridge cases. The scrapping of the cases became an issue several weeks ago, when it was determined to be partially responsible for reducing the quantity of intact cartridge cases sold to companies that use them to produce reloaded ammunition for sale to private individuals.