[ad_1] Gun rights groups and GOP legislators argue that the new law, set to take effect in mid-June, removes costs and barriers for law-abiding people to exercise their constitutional right to bear arms and for self-defense, while critics argue that it will increase gun violence. When stopped by police, a person will no longer have
Month: March 2022
[ad_1] Democratic Gov. Ned Lamont’s proposal to expand Connecticut’s gun control laws received pushback Monday from some opponents who argue it’s a “kneejerk” reaction to combatting crime – a key issue in this year’s election. During a daylong public hearing on Lamont’s bill, numerous gun rights advocates and supportive state legislators argued more needs to be
[ad_1] Today, NRA-ILA filed an amicus curiae (or friend of the court) brief in a case pending before the Second Circuit Court of Appeals concerning how the police may respond when presented with a concealed carry permit. This case began when a Connecticut police officer approached a man who pulled over to fix his phone’s
[ad_1] The Legislature has adjourned from its 2021-2022 session. This session, the legislature passed three pro-gun bills that will soon go to Governor Tony Evers for his consideration. Please continue to contact Gov. Evers and ask him to sign Senate Bill 570, Assembly Bill 518 and Assembly Bill 495 into law. Senate Bill 570, sponsored by
[ad_1] Today, President Biden signed the Fiscal Year 2022 Consolidated Appropriations Act into law, a nearly 3000-page bill that funds all government programs. Included in the large bill was a reauthorization of the Violence Against Women’s Act (VAWA). VAWA is a law that focuses on, among others, domestic violence and sexual assault survivor programs. Originally
[ad_1] It’s a path the supporters of so-called “constitutional carry”—particularly the Second Amendment absolutists of Gun Owners of America as well as the National Rifle Association (NRA)—have been treading state by state for the past 13 years with tremendous success despite the NRA’s recent financial and legal troubles. Even if the court chooses a more narrow ruling,
[ad_1] The former president keeps telling on himself. During an appearance Sunday on Jeanine Pirro’s radio show on WABC, Donald Trump expressed, yet again, his sympathy for Russia’s reigning kleptocrat. “He’s got a big ego,” Trump said of Vladimir Putin. “I think what’s going on now is hard. I understand he’s gotten rid of a
[ad_1] Ohio’s new law allowing adults to carry concealed firearms without training classes or background checks goes into effect June 12 – marking a major change to gun policy in the Buckeye state. Gun rights groups have pushed for a permitless carry law for more than 20 years. More: Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed permitless carry.
[ad_1] Ohio’s new law allowing adults to carry concealed firearms without training classes or background checks goes into effect June 12. Gov. Mike DeWine signed the measure on Monday, which marks one of the most significant changes to Ohio gun policy and something gun rights groups have lobbied for more than 20 years. “The NRA
[ad_1] TOPEKA — Kansas senators are split once again over a bill requiring the Kansas State Board of Education to initiate a National Rifle Association gun safety program for all elementary and middle school students. The debate Monday in the Senate Federal and State Affairs committee mirrored past years for the most part but took
[ad_1] At a legislative hearing last month, something so unusual happened some in the room joked it should go down as an important moment in history: The NRA and gun-control groups agreed a Democratic gun bill was good enough to make it through a Republican committee. “So Jesus is coming any minute,” quipped Del. Nick
[ad_1] COLUMBUS, Ohio—Gov. Mike DeWine on Monday signed Republican-backed legislation to allow people in the state to carry a concealed handgun without a permit or training and no longer require them to proactively tell law enforcement during traffic stops that they’re armed. Senate Bill 215, which takes effect in 90 days, will allow anyone 21
[ad_1] From the West Alabama Newsroom– Law enforcement officials in West Alabama say the new concealed carry gun law — is going to make people in the state less safe. The law eliminates the background check and gun permit requirement — to carry a loaded handgun — concealed under clothes — in a bag —
[ad_1] Today, Governor Mike DeWine signed Senate Bill 215 into law. This makes Ohio the 23rd constitutional carry state, and the second to join that group in 2022. Constitutional carry empowers law-abiding citizens who are already otherwise eligible to obtain a carry permit to exercise their right-to-carry without having to go through government red tape and delays.
[ad_1] Fairfax, Va. – The NRA’s Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA) applauds Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine for signing Senate Bill 215, NRA-backed legislation that allows law-abiding gun owners to carry a firearm without a permit from the state. “Any right requiring a fee or government permission slip isn’t much of a right at all. That’s why
[ad_1] Tomorrow, the Assembly Committee on Public Safety will hear Assembly Bill 1869, to impose excessive penalties for violating California’s law regarding firearm markings. Please contact Members of the Assembly Public Safety Committee and urge them to oppose AB 1869. Assembly Bill 1869 increases penalties for violating California’s law on serializing home-built firearms and buying, disposing, possessing, etc., any
[ad_1] On Saturday night, the Legislature adjourned sine die from its 2022 session. During this session, they passed House Bill 4048, the WV Keep, Bear and Drive with Arms Act, and sent it to Governor Jim Justice for his signature. On March 9th, Governor Jim Justice signed HB 4048 into law. It will go into effect
[ad_1] Tomorrow, the Senate Committee on State, Veterans, and Military Affairs is scheduled to consider “The Vote Without Fear Act,” House Bill 22-1086. Please contact committee members and respectfully ask them to OPPOSE this unnecessary measure. House Bill 22-1086 “The Vote Without Fear Act” – The title itself is enough to know that sponsors and supporters
[ad_1] This was originally published in The Daily Brief, our Maine politics newsletter. Sign up here for daily news and insight from politics editor Michael Shepherd. The Legislature is defined in part by bills brought back every two years with little chance of passage. For a long time, repealing Maine’s ban on Sunday hunting was one of
[ad_1] American gun sales regularly follow a boom and bust cycle, and a pandemic boom was predictable. The people buying were not. A December 2021 study found about half of the new gun owners were women and half were a racial minority. Second Amendment activists have welcomed the added diversity as an expansion of their cause. But guns
[ad_1] This week, the New Hampshire House is expected to hold floor votes on two anti-gun bills. Please act now and urge your State Representative to OPPOSE House Bills 1096 and 1668! House Bill 1096 imposes bans on the open carry of firearms within 100 feet of a polling place. These arbitrary bans are simply
[ad_1] It’s a well-known fact: NRA’s formidable power comes directly from its committed members and supporters, working on the FrontLines to protect and promote our Second Amendment! There are, however, special, dedicated patriots that go well beyond the call as grassroots warriors: Meet Lisa Bingenheimer of West Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Lisa has served at the very
[ad_1] Mar. 12—ST. PAUL — Bids on a project to replace the Drayton Dam on the Red River at Drayton, North Dakota, with a rock-riffle structure that accommodates fish passage and is safer for recreational users opened Wednesday, March 9. Prospective contractors must submit their bids to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ St. Paul
[ad_1] SXSW: The gunshot survivor and her astronaut-turned-politician husband discuss the way a new documentary captures their dramatic life story. Eleven years ago, Gabby Giffords was a popular U.S. Congressman visiting constituents in Arizona when she was shot in the head. Six people died and 19 were injured at the hands of a mentally ill
[ad_1] Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Thursday signed a constitutional carry bill into law that allows permitless concealed carry in the Yellowhammer State. Alabama House Bill 272, also known as the Constitutional Carry Bill, eliminates certain restrictions on concealed carry of pistols and transporting a handgun in a private vehicle. The bill also established a
[ad_1] The devastating and all-too-real invasion of Ukraine by the Russians has galvanized the world. It also reminded some of a movie favorite of many Americans, one loathed by the media. Its plot? A determined group of young people fight off an invasion by the Russians. Of course, I’m talking about the ‘80s classic Red Dawn. Discussing the 1984 John
[ad_1] As Kirchick explains, Putin’s deliberate cultivation of the American right-wing—and ultimately most of the Republican Party—through the efforts of Russian intelligence, began in earnest in 2013: [T]hey made a keen study of the American political scene and realized that, during the Obama years, the conservative movement had become ripe for manipulation. Long gone was
[ad_1] Today, the House voted 94-57 to pass House Bill 1358, constitutional carry. It will now go to the Senate for further consideration. The Senate has already passed their own constitutional carry bill, Senate Bill 319. Governor Brian Kemp has stated his support for constitutional carry, so the General Assembly just has to send a
[ad_1] Today, the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee issued a favorable report to Senate Bill 387, to ban Marylanders from building so-called “ghost guns,” with amendments. The legislation has been adjusted with amendments, including changes to avoid federal prohibitions for a possession violation. While a mechanism to keep currently lawful homemade firearms alleviates the impact of the restriction for
[ad_1] After years of messy partisan fights and failures, Congress on Thursday finally reauthorized the Violence Against Women Act and expanded its protections for particularly vulnerable groups of people, including Native American women and LGBTQ survivors of violence. Lawmakers tucked the VAWA bill into a massive, fast-moving $1.5 trillion government spending package that sailed through
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