TOPEKA, KAN. Gun-rights advocates sent a strong signal Wednesday that they still have enough clout in the Republican-controlled Kansas Legislature to make sure that concealed firearms are allowed in hospitals and on university campuses starting this summer. The House Federal and State Affairs Committee rejected a bill that would have allowed the University of Kansas…
On Wednesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit found that Chicago had once again violated the Second Amendment, this time with its regulations for gun ranges. The process is basically the same every time. First, Chicago enacts some uniquely stupid gun control regime. And when we say “uniquely,” we mean that nobody…
“For the last several years, so-called “Firearms Freedom Acts” or “Second Amendment Preservation Acts” have attracted a lot of attention. Such legislation, passed or introduced in various states, seeks to make federal laws regarding firearms inapplicable to firearms and ammunition produced, sold, and used exclusively within the state’s borders on the premise that Congress’s power…
“Tomorrow, Senate Bill 1243, a bill which would expand the list of places where law-abiding gun owners can carry concealed, is scheduled for a committee hearing in the Senate Government Committee. Please use the Request to Speak application (RTS) on the Arizona State Legislature website to urge committee members to SUPPORT SB 1243. RTS is…
“More and more women seem to be seeking their Carrying Conceal Weapon (CCW) permit, most assuredly for the primary purpose of protecting themselves and others dear to them. “The ability to carry the firearm on the body everywhere we go throughout the day is necessary to have the capability if, heaven forbid, the need arises,”…
“I’m in a code red at school. I’m so scared daddy.” That’s the text that I received from my daughter Jeanne at 12:25 p.m. on Feb. 21, 2014. I called her — no answer. “I can’t talk dad. The whole school is in lockdown. Everyone was screaming in the cafeteria. … a lot of cops…
NEWARK, N.J. – Transportation Security Administration officers detect an average of more than seven firearms at checkpoints per day across the nation in 2015, many of those instances resulting in arrests, citations and the confiscation of the guns. But it doesn’t have to be like that if passengers properly pack and declare their firearms. In…
Fairfax, Va. – On behalf of its five-million members, the National Rifle Association’s Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA) applauded the introduction of H.R. 38, The Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2017, authored by Congressman Richard Hudson (NC-8). This legislation would eliminate the confusing patchwork of state carry laws by allowing individuals who possess concealed carry…
