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Constitutional Carry: Texas lawmakers advance permitless carry bill :: 04/19/2017
Lawmakers in the Texas House Homeland Security and Public Safety Committee approved a bill Tuesday that would allow lawful gun owners to carry handguns without a permit.
Disarming the Victim - The Latest Shots in the Democrat's War on Women :: 04/19/2017
So let me get this straight. A man murdered his estranged wife and an innocent student in a California school. We are so desperate to ignore our own responsibility for self-defense that we blame anything and anyone but the murderer.
Proposal to arm school employees advances to PA Senate :: 04/19/2017
A proposal to arm some of Pennsylvania’s school employees passed a Senate panel Wednesday with some bipartisan support.
Bloomberg anti-gun groups eye disrupting NRA convention :: 04/18/2017
President Trump's decision to be the first president in three decades to speak at the annual National Rifle Association convention is drawing heat from two anti-gun groups that now plan to travel to Atlanta to disrupt the massive event.
Constitutional Carry: Alabama Senate votes to allow concealed carry without permit :: 04/18/2017
Alabama could join 11 other states that allow people to carry a concealed handgun in public without getting a special permit.
Eliminating DC's Handgun Ban Had No Effect On Homicides :: 04/18/2017
Eliminating the District of Columbia’s comprehensive handgun ban had almost no effect on homicides committed with or without such firearms in the nation’s capital, according to an analysis by The Daily Caller News Foundation’s Investigative Group.
Stand Your Ground Benefits The Vulnerable In Society :: 04/18/2017
When Florida adopted a Stand Your Ground law in 2005, it not only protected law-abiding citizens’ right to self-defense, but also birthed a movement that began sweeping the country state by state. Steadily, states throughout the South and Midwest—including the upper Midwest—began instituting laws that erased any requirement that a law-abiding citizen retreat or even try to retreat when threatened with lethal force.
25 years after LA Riots: Korean gun store manager speaks :: 04/17/2017
Former gun store manager David Joo talks about the day in 1992 when he and other local business owners stuck to their guns to defend Koreatown from looters during the LA Riots.
Anti-Gunners: Federal concealed carry reciprocity is wrong for Pennsylvania and the country :: 04/17/2017
I was heartened to hear U.S. Rep. Charles Dent, R-Allentown, say he believes in the Second Amendment at his recent Lehigh Valley town hall.
Chris Christie commutes sentence of Marine facing prison on gun charge :: 04/17/2017
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) on Friday commuted the sentence of a Marine facing three years in state prison after being caught up by the Garden State’s gun laws.
Constitutional Carry: South Carolina governor supports permitless carry measure :: 04/17/2017
Republican Gov. Henry McMaster signaled last week that if given a chance he would sign a measure to bring lawful carry of handguns in South Carolina without a license.
Media fails when it puts advocacy before facts :: 04/17/2017
As time goes by, it is increasingly difficult not to remember a friend's rejoinder to my question about whether he ever missed the news business after leaving his job as a reporter with a prestigious news organization to take a job in government.
Straw purchaser with 4 felony gun charges will not get jail time :: 04/17/2017
A Chicago-area woman arrested last year for her role in illegally selling guns to prohibited buyers, some with gang affiliations, was sentenced to probation and community service last week.
Will Good Ol' American Gun Nuts Let These People Stand Their Ground? :: 04/17/2017
When I ask Carrie Lightfoot to describe the most utopian and expansive version of the America she’s working towards, this is what she says: Obviously there’d be less crime, because criminals are lazy, and if all women had guns they would no longer be considered prey.
Supreme Court to consider a gun case that could expand the Second Amendment :: 04/16/2017
The U.S. Supreme Court, including the newly confirmed conservative Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch, will soon conference to discuss a gun-rights case from California that has the potential to expand the Second Amendment.
5 reasons to support National Reciprocity :: 04/15/2017
1. Exercising a right shouldn’t be contingent upon what state you’re in.
Pennsylvania Attorney General: 'We Should Not Tolerate' Gun Violence :: 04/15/2017
Ten-year-old Faheem Thomas-Childs was on his way to school in 2004 when a drug deal went wrong. The little boy was caught in the crossfire and shot in the face. He held on for five days but eventually died. Some 2,000 people attended his funeral. For a short time, Thomas-Childs became a symbol for what needed fixing in Philadelphia, but ultimately nothing changed.
Bipartisan coalition in Congress presses for $75 million NICS investment :: 04/14/2017
A bipartisan coalition of congressional lawmakers pushed for a $75 million investment into the National Instant Criminal Background Check System in a letter last week.
Bloomberg Reemerges to Shower Cash on Antigun Causes :: 04/14/2017
In 2014, Billionaire Michael Bloomberg pledged $50 million to “take on the NRA.”
Constitutional Carry: South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster supports bill that would grant carry of handguns without a permit :: 04/14/2017
COLUMBIA — Gov. Henry McMaster said Friday he would sign a law granting open, permit-less carry of weapons if it passes the General Assembly.
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