Movement Roundup

A right-wing Internet radio host was convicted on Friday by a federal jury in Brooklyn of threatening three federal judges who had issued a ruling he disagreed with. Two previous prosecutions of the host, Harold C. Turner, ended in mistrials after jurors were unable to agree on a verdict, but the decision Friday came after less than two hours of deliberation. Mr. Turner, 48, posted inflammatory Internet messages about the three appeals court judges who had upheld a... [New York Times, via GunPolicy.org]

ALBANY, New York — New York Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand been endorsed for election by a leading gun control group two years after earning a top rating from the National Rifle Association. The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence notes Gillibrand had been an NRA favorite when she was an upstate congresswoman in a Republican district. But the group says in less than two years as an appointed U.S. senator she has become a leader in sensible gun... [Associated Press, via GunPolicy.org]

ROCKAWAY TOWNSHIP — A legally blind gun collector and hobbyist from Rockaway Township was back in court today, fighting once again to hold onto his right to possess weapons. The Morris County Prosecutor's Office is trying to revoke Steven Hopler's firearms ID card, after Hopler accidentally shot himself in the left shin while cleaning a weapon on Oct. 7, 2008. Hopler's last court go-round came in 2004, when he successfully challenged the Rockaway Township police... [Star-Ledger (New Jersey), via GunPolicy.org]

A former state narcotics agent was arraigned in Oklahoma City federal court Tuesday in connection with a gunrunning scheme that led to the trafficking of firearms to Mexico, according to court records. Court papers allege that Francisco Javier Reyes, 29, of Oklahoma City, recruited two friends — one of whom is now dead — to buy firearms for him. Those guns later were transported south toward Mexico where federal authorities believe they were to be delivered. Reyes... [Oklahoman (Oklahoma City), via GunPolicy.org]

ST. STEPHEN - Plans by a retired Texas couple to tour the Maritime provinces this month have run afoul of Canada's gun laws. Terry Howze Carter, 61, of Corpus Christi was fined $1,500 Tuesday for not declaring a prohibited Smith & Wesson revolver when he and his wife crossed the border into Canada at St. Stephen Aug. 3. Carter and his wife both answered 'no' when a Canadian customs officer asked if they brought firearms with them, Crown prosecutor Peter Thorn told St.... [Telegraph-Journal (New Brunswick), via GunPolicy.org]

The audience was armed - literally - at a House Judiciary Committee hearing in Upper Darby yesterday to examine a loophole in the state's concealed-weapons laws. From short, pudgy, middle-aged men to young, slim ones, gun-rights advocates came packing heat to the hearing about what's become known as the "Florida loophole." Under Pennsylvania's firearms-reciprocity agreements, the state must recognize "concealed-carry" licenses from certain other states, and vice... [Philadelphia Daily News, via GunPolicy.org]

SAN FRANCISCO — In taking aim at gun control in The City, one supervisor is looking into creating an ammunition registry that would make it easier to trace bullets bought and sold locally. Supervisor Michela Alioto-Pier said she's working with the City Attorney's Office to craft legislation that would essentially expand on state law that monitors handgun ammunition. "It's to try and crack down on gun violence," Alioto-Pier said. She's attempting to get around... [San Francisco Examiner, via GunPolicy.org]

Recently, the National Rifle Association's member magazine America's First Freedom took Garden & Gun to task for not accepting an ad from the organization. The NRA claimed it was a politically-motivated decision that doesn't stand up for a demographic Garden & Gun claims to serve. According to Garden & Gun, the magazine has a policy of not accepting political ads of any stripe. "We regret that they chose to write about us without checking their sources with us and were... [Folio (USA), Blog, via GunPolicy.org]

OKLAHOMA CITY — The federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has arrested an agent of the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics on weapons charges. Mark Woodward, a spokesman for the state agency, confirmed Tuesday that 29-year-old OBN agent Francisco Javier Reyes Luna, who goes by the last name Reyes, had been arrested by ATF. Woodward said the state agency was cooperating with federal authorities and would launch its own internal investigation. According... [Associated Press, via GunPolicy.org]

A Vallejo man involved in an illegal gun ring that trafficked more than 65 firearms from Atlanta to the Bay Area has been sentenced to 27 months in federal prison, a special agent for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives reported. Jonathan Rice, 26, was sentenced Aug. 5, for receiving firearms in California that had been unlawfully shipped from Georgia. The group he was working with bought, shipped, then resold the guns from April 2009 through June... [Contra Costa Times (California), via GunPolicy.org]