If you’re a gun owner, there will come a time when you’ll hear someone tell you to “just get yourself a shotgun for home defense.” The fact is, though, that pistols and rifles can be handy to have in a home-defense situation, just as much as shotgun is. The trick is knowing what each gun…
NEW HAVEN — Licensed firearms dealer David Pidgeon is happy to keep guns out of the hands of people who shouldn’t have them. “No dealer wants to sell a firearm to someone who shouldn’t have it,” he said. But the owner of Pidgeon’s Gun Shop in New Haven doesn’t think the gun-control bills Gov. Scott…
The National Rifle Association praised Nebraska lawmakers for limiting what information about gun owners was accessible under the state’s public-records statutes. Sen. Bruce Bostelman of Brainard introduced a measure (LB902) exempting information obtained by government agencies “regarding firearm registration, possession, sale, or use that is obtained for purposes of an application permitted” from the…
A North Carolina man who became an internet sensation by speaking at a city council meeting in support of gun rights says he was standing up for freedoms that the nation’s Founders died to give all Americans. “Now, if those people could give their lives for those causes to give us the freedoms we have…
The first phase of a sprawling shooting range spread across nearly 600 acres a few miles from Liberty University’s main campus now is open to students and soon will be available to the public. “We’ve been hearing for a long time that students want a place like this to shoot at,” said Brad Butler, planning…
SAN FRANCISCO — It’s been more than a decade since state lawmakers passed a law requiring expended shell casings from new-model semiautomatic pistols to carry identifying marks called microstamps, which police would be able to use to pinpoint a gun used in a crime. But, despite support from law enforcement, the stamps have yet to…
Many gun owners are aware of the success we’ve enjoyed with the expansion of Right-to-Carry laws across the country. Starting in 1986, when there were only nine states with Right-to-Carry laws, Florida led the way in adopting a “shall-issue” system for issuing concealed-carry permits. Now there are only eight states that do not have Right-to-Carry…
The National Rifle Association (NRA) commends Virginia’s leaders for reaching an agreement to secure the rights of law-abiding concealed carry permit holders. H.B. 1163 and S.B. 610 which will restore and promote concealed carry reciprocity for permit holders in the Commonwealth and around the country, were signed into law today. “Now, more than six million…
Each aisle she turned down, he seemed to be there. By the shelves of Cap’n Crunch and Cocoa Puffs. By the cans of chicken noodle soup and pinto beans and pasta sauce. By the rows of fresh lettuce. And when Jacee Cole went to check out, he was there by the cash registers, too. She…
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…
