We certainly appreciate our working relationship with the mayor and his office.

If anyone is involved in the trade of selling and buying firearms, they have to obtain a federal firearms license. That is the law of the land today, so to say that there's a loophole is disingenuous.

I think we're in really good territory, with a lot of hunters, a lot of sportsmen and a lot of NRA members.

It is a priority. In states where the statute calls for victims of crime to retreat, we think that that's wrong.

This ban was enacted at the federal level, and Congress decided that it was an ineffective tool to combat violent crime, and as a result they did not renew it in 2004.

If a crime was committed, and the police are trying to trace the crime gun, they will get all the information they need.