Month: March 2021

[ad_1] Yesterday, important self-defense legislation, House Bill 1212, was brought to the Senate Floor following a successful “Smoke Out” motion by Senator Wiik.  The pro-gun measure is supported by Governor Kristi Noem and is expected to be considered as early as Monday.  Please contact your State Senator and ask them to SUPPORT House Bill 1212. House Bill
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[ad_1] Guests look over pistols in the Smith & Wesson booth at the 148th NRA Annual Meetings & Exhibits on … [+] April 27, 2019 in Indianapolis, Indiana. Getty Images Gunmaker Smith & Wesson reported that net sales doubled in its third quarter to $257.6 million compared to last year, with record net income of
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[ad_1] For many, the most disquieting takeaway from the Trump-inspired assault on the nation’s Capitol and democracy, and the ensuing effort to exonerate the defeated president of sedition, is the inevitable conclusion that terrorism and its inspirations are now deeply embedded in our culture. Right-wing terrorists like Timothy McVeigh, Terry Nichols, Richard Wayne Snell and
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[ad_1] Today, the Kansas House passed House Bill 2058 through a bipartisan 85 to 38 vote after including the “Owens Amendment” yesterday​.  The measure now heads to the Senate for further consideration.  Please contact your State Senator and ask them to SUPPORT House Bill 2058. Proposed by Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt, House Bill 2058 seeks to recognize all out-of-state concealed
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[ad_1] On Thursday, March 11, at 1:00pm, the House Committee on Healthcare (HCC) is scheduled to hear anti-gun bill, House Bill 2510.  HB 2510 requires owners or possessors of firearms, to lock up their firearms and impose increased fines and strict liability penalties for failing to do so.  Please use the TAKE ACTION button below to contact members of the
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[ad_1] Gov. Asa Hutchinson signed controversial stand-your-ground self-defense legislation into law Wednesday, after the measure passed with overwhelming majorities in the Legislature despite the governor’s public hesitancy to support it. The governor’s decision on Senate Bill 24 came on the final day for him to act before the bill became law without his signature. Had
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[ad_1] Oh, Arkansas. What a terrible day we had. On March 3, 2021, Governor Hutchinson said he would sign both a voter ID requirement and a stand your ground law that will let Arkansans kill anyone they deem a threat, even if they could have simply walked away instead. The former will suppress the votes
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[ad_1] Republican Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson signed a ‘Stand Your Ground’ bill into law on Wednesday afternoon despite past concerns that he raised regarding the measure. SB24 removes the obligation for a person to retreat before deadly force can be used. “A person who uses or threatens to use physical force as otherwise permitted under
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[ad_1] The 2021 legislative session ends on Friday, March 5th, and two important self-defense bills are eligible for action on the Senate floor. Please contact your state senator and ask them to SUPPORT HB 227 and HB 216. House Bill 227, sponsored by Representative Karianne Lisonbee (R-14), improves Utah’s self-defense laws by defining justifiable use of force, and
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[ad_1] Governor Hutchinson announced today he’d sign the stand-your-ground bill (SB 24) that eliminates a need to retreat before shooting a perceived threatening person and also HB 1112 to eliminate a means for absentee voters to attest to their identity through an affidavit without providing a photo ID. Easier to kill; harder to vote. That’s
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[ad_1] Tomorrow morning, the Senate Judiciary Committee is scheduled to consider House Bill 1212.  This self-defense legislation was passed out of the House with strong support, and now committee members need to hear from you!  Please contact members of the Senate Judiciary Committee and ask them to SUPPORT House Bill 1212. House Bill 1212 clarifies the use of
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[ad_1] Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Wednesday signed into law a measure easing the state’s restrictions on the use of deadly force in self-defense. The Republican governor signed the measure that removes the duty to retreat before deadly force can be used, despite past concerns he’s raised about changing the state’s self-defense law. The governor’s decision
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[ad_1] Today, the House of Representatives passed House Bill 175 by a vote of 73-21. It prevents discrimination against firearm businesses. This bill is also considered critical legislation by the National Shooting Sports Foundation, and the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation. HB 175 now goes to the Senate for further consideration. Please contact your state senator and
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[ad_1] Yesterday, House Bill 477 was introduced to create a new lifetime carry permit option for state residents. Speaker McCutcheon, along with Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee chair Rep. Treadaway, join this fight for a lifetime permit in Alabama, throwing their weight in as co-sponsors of this important piece of legislation. The sheriffs have already
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[ad_1] After the November election last year, the national coordinating group of Republican state attorneys general boasted about the success of its aggressive advertising and media campaign against Democrats. The group had used incidents of violence that occurred alongside massive peaceful protests of police killings of unarmed Black men to portray Democrats as “lawless liberals”
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[ad_1] DES MOINES — Majority GOP legislators forged ahead Tuesday with plans to ease gun restrictions by adopting permit-less “constitutional carry” legislation over objections that the proposed changes would make Iowans less safe. Members of the Iowa House Public Safety Committee voted 12-8 to approve a bill allowing Iowans to purchase and carry firearms without
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[ad_1] Ever since Dylann Roof walked into Emanuel AME Church in Charleston and gunned down nine Black parishioners in 2015, U.S. Rep. Jim Clyburn has been trying to institute gun reforms to prevent another such tragedy.  Over the last five years, the Democratic House Majority Whip has introduced a bill to close the so-called “Charleston loophole”
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