The Alaska Firearms Freedom Act would make it a crime to enforce any federal prohibitions on things like assault rifles and high-capacity gun magazines.
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Retired USCGC Storis added to National Register of Historic Places
The listing perhaps bolsters the Storis’ chances of becoming a museum on Juneau’s downtown waterfront.
Senator Begich will not support assault weapons ban
Vice President Joe Biden says he will deliver recommendations for new gun control measures to President Barack Obama on Tuesday.
Congress fails to reauthorize Violence Against Women Act
When Congress first wrote the bill 20 years ago, it required a check up every few years. But the Congress that just wound down failed to agree on another round of the legislation.
Congress passes superstorm Sandy relief bill
On Friday, Congress passed the first of two relief bills for Superstorm Sandy. Money for Alaska was not in it.
Small but insignificant increase in Cook Inlet belugas, NOAA reports
The number of endangered Cook Inlet beluga whales is up a bit from last year, but not enough to indicate a turn-around in the population’s slow decline. That’s according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Alaska Fisheries Science Center, which announced Thursday that the 2012 whale population is 312 animals, up from 284 in…