OKLAHOMA CITY OK March 2 2018 — Saying it’s time to allow staff to protect themselves and avert armed intruders, House lawmakers voted Wednesday to make it easier for school personnel to carry guns on campus. State Rep. Jeff Coody’s measure allows educators who have obtained valid handgun licenses to carry on campus — as long…
Saying “children are going to encounter firearms, whether we like it or not,” a Kansas lawmaker has introduced a bill that would require all schools to use a National Rifle Association program if they teach gun safety at the elementary level. The legislation and the program are not without critics, including at least one Southeast…
Anybody who is exposed to the so-called news media these days faces a barrage of bewildering and often outlandish claims. “Breaking news” cycles through the public eye with such frequency and speed that knowing what’s important, much less what’s true, is becoming increasingly difficult. That’s why it’s more critical than ever to stay focused and…
Among those who remain frustrated by Americans’ continuing distaste for harsh, European-style gun control, a favorite point of complaint is that the Second Amendment is more vigorously and consistently enforced than are all the others and that this supposed disparity isn’t fair. Writing recently in The Atlantic, David Frum lamented that the right to keep…
On Wednesday, Judge Reed O’Conner of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas issued an opinion and order in Mance v. Holder, holding provisions of federal law that generally prohibit the interstate sale of handguns to be unconstitutional. Subject to very limited exceptions, the challenged federal law prohibited a federally licensed firearms…
Gun owners would have to undergo specific training and pass a live-fire shooting test on a firing range in order to get a permit to carry concealed weapons in California under legislation proposed Friday. The bill was introduced by Democratic state Assembly members Todd Gloria and Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher, both of San Diego, who said…
Harford County Del. Rick Impallaria has filed in a bill in Annapolis that would give public school districts across the state the authority to allow “certain, select” employees to carry firearms on school property to prevent or minimize the loss of life in a school shooting. “The bill is very simple,” Impallaria, a Republican, said….
SOCASTEE, S.C. (WBTW) – South Carolina senators will talk about a bill that would loosen the requirements for carrying a gun. That bill did not move last year, but it may this year. It was first introduced to the Senate last February and would allow South Carolinians to carry a firearm without a permit. Right…
CHEYENNE, WYO. Firearms manufacturer Weatherby Inc. is relocating its manufacturing operations and corporate headquarters from California to Wyoming, marking another catch by Wyoming of a company abandoning a state that isn’t as gun friendly. Weatherby’s move to Sheridan is expected to create 70 to 90 jobs and more than $5 million in annual payroll over the…
WASHINGTON (WUSA9) – Tim Young was heading to one of D.C.’s newest hotspots—The Wharf—when his life changed. He was walking down a well-lit section of M Street at about 7:45 p.m. Wednesday when two men approached him—one of them had a gun. “Terrified. You know, when I talk to people about this… you’re scared. There’s…
