Looking to address the broken system that enabled the Aurora shooter to buy a gun and keep it — despite his criminal history — the Illinois House narrowly passed legislation Wednesday that requires residents to provide their fingerprints before obtaining a firearm license. The measure also would create a task force to enforce laws requiring…
WASHINGTON — On Sunday night, the Texas Legislature passed a bill that would allow residents to carry handguns in public for up to a week after a state or natural disaster declaration. The State Senate approved the bill, HB 1177, by a narrow vote of 16-15, with three Republicans joining all Democrats to vote against it. It now goes to…
SPRINGFIELD — An amendment to a controversial bill to overhaul the state’s Firearm Owner’s Identification Act has a lesser increase in the cost of applications and card renewals, but remains firm on proposed fingerprint requirements. Under the most recent proposal, both new applications for FOID cards and five-year card renewals would cost $20. That price…
Gov. Kevin Stitt on Tuesday signed a bill that will allow people to carry concealed weapons but not carry them openly in locations such as Gathering Place and the Tulsa Zoo. House Bill 2010, barring a court challenge, will now become law Nov. 1. Under the bill, facilities under a public trust, such as Gathering…
CHICAGO (WLS) — New legislation introduced late Wednesday afternoon in Springfield would, for the first time, require gun owners to be fingerprinted. Under the proposal, a Firearm Owners Identification Card would surge in price from $10 to $50 and the duration of the card would be cut in half from ten years to five years. …
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Pennsylvania State Rep. Aaron Bernstine makes no apologies for his support of the Second Amendment. The New Beaver Borough, Lawrence County, lawmaker says he carries a firearm with a concealed carry permit. But he now wants to abolish the state’s concealed carry law that requires a gun owner to register with their county sheriff…
There were around 1,300 concealed weapons permits (CCW) issued in San Diego County in February of last year. Through this April that number has risen to more than 2,400 permits. “To get a concealed carry permit you have to have good cause,” said San Diego County Sheriff Bill Gore. “We’re evaluating the good cause — we’ve…
CHICAGO (CBS)–An overnight attempted carjacking and fatal shooting in the South Loop snarled traffic in downtown Chicago Friday, as investigators cleared the scene. A 22-year-old man was fatally shot by a 41-year-old driver of a BMW the younger man tried to carjack around 3:15 a.m. in the first block of Ida B. Wells Drive, police…
Authorities have identified a 19-year-old man who was shot to death early Tuesday when he attempted to rob a concealed-carry permit holder in Fernwood. Laavion Goings had been released from Cook County Jail two months earlier after pleading guilty to a drug charge and was on probation at the time of the robbery, according to…
A woman opened fire at a person who tried to rob her Saturday evening in the South Side Hyde Park neighborhood. A male attempted to rob the woman about 6:20 p.m. in the 1400 block of East 56th Street, but she fired shots at him, Chicago police said. The woman had a concealed-carry license and was…
