MADISON – People in Wisconsin would be able to carry concealed firearms without getting training or state permits, under legislation unveiled Tuesday by more than three dozen Republican lawmakers. The legislation would also end the state’s ban on tasers and allow some people to bring guns onto school grounds. That provision was included so that…
On Thursday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 1181, the Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act, sponsored by Phil Roe, M.D. (R-TN), Chairman of the House Committee on Veterans Affairs. The bill now moves to the U.S. Senate. H.R. 1181 in many respects mirrors a recently enacted resolution to repeal an Obama-era Social Security Administration…
You can take your kids to work. You can take your pets to work. But you can’t always take your gun to work. Kentucky law – like similar laws in other states – grants protection against disciplinary action for employees who store a firearm in a private vehicle on their employer’s property, if the employee’s…
U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) on Wednesday introduced his version of interstate carry legislation, titled the “Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2017.” Cornyn’s bill follows an earlier release in the House by Rep. Richard Hudson (R-NC) of the “Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2017.” Both bills seek to address the problem of law-abiding concealed…
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…
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…
