[ad_1] The New Mexico House of Representatives could vote as early as Monday on HB 100 by Rep. Andrea Romero (D-Santa Fe), legislation imposing a mandatory 14-day waiting period on all firearm purchases. Contrary to the author’s claims, this legislation will not “enhance” the existing FBI background check process in any way; it will only delay your ability to exercise your Second Amendment right to defend
[ad_1] As you may have read, gun control advocates successfully pressured activist banks on the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) to create a unique merchant category code (MCC) for licensed firearms dealers. Now they are pushing lawmakers to require credit card companies to use these MCCs to gather data on and track lawful firearms purchases. Since the federal government is prohibited by law from
[ad_1] On Tuesday, February 28th, the Assembly Committee on Public Safety will hear Assembly Bills 92 and 301, to ban body armor, and Assembly Bill 97, to impose excessive penalties for violating California’s law regarding firearm markings. Please contact committee members and urge them to OPPOSE AB 92, AB 301, and AB 97. Assembly Bill 92 and Assembly
[ad_1] Today, starting at 3:30PM, the House Finance Committee will hear House Bill 984, to attempt to ignore the U.S. Supreme Court’s Bruen ruling from last year that affirmed the right-to-carry. Please consider submitting testimony AGAINST HB 984 through the Hawaii Legislative website. For help creating an account and submitting testimony, click here. House Bill 984 greatly restricts the
[ad_1] Shots fired Another shooting in Florida makes national headlines — renewing calls for solutions to gun violence. On Wednesday, a shooter allegedly shot five people, leaving at least three dead. Among those killed was Spectrum News political reporter Dylan Lyons, Pine Hills resident Nathacha Augustin and 9-year-old T’yonna Major. The Orange County Sheriff’s Office
[ad_1] Last week, House Study Bill 173 was introduced in the House Committee on Public Safety, Chaired by Representative Phil Thompson, to improve self-defense rights in Iowa. Please contact committee members and ask them to SUPPORT HSB 173. House Study Bill 173 ensures that law-abiding citizens are not deprived of their right-to-carry for their whole
[ad_1] Colorado lawmakers are wasting little time going after lawful gun owners and gun industry members in 2023. Please contact your legislators now and ask them to OPPOSE ALL anti-gun measures that would place further burdens on law-abiding gun owners and sportsmen! The gun control package: SB23-170 expands Colorado’s “red flag” gun confiscation scheme by allowing additional
[ad_1] In a Republican supermajority, Florida lawmakers are advancing bills that would remove mandatory training and fees to carry concealed weapons. So-called “permitless carry” has raised alarming new concerns among many Democrats, gun-control advocates and some law-enforcement officials. Leon County Sheriff Walt McNeil said he doesn’t support the measures because interacting with people carrying weapons
[ad_1] “Gun Owners of America” buttons sold in Lansing, Mich., on Sept. 27, 2022, during the group’s annual rally. (Photo by Rebecca Cook/AFP via Getty Images) Gun Owners of America belatedly disclosed a record $3.3 million on federal lobbying in 2022, a new OpenSecrets analysis found. The “no compromise gun lobby” group was the only
[ad_1] Stacker investigated how gun commerce has changed in South Carolina since 2010 using data from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Gun sales and ownership have been hotly debated topics in the U.S. for decades, with many interested parties vying to be heard. The 1994 federal assault weapons ban was vigorously lobbied
[ad_1] The Rand Corporation has put a death toll on last year’s gun-rights Supreme Court ruling, calculating that more permissive concealed-carry permit laws would lead to at least 150 additional firearms deaths each year. In new research released Thursday, Rand modeled combinations of state gun laws to calculate their relative lethality, and came up with
[ad_1] North Carolinians should be allowed to carry concealed guns without the government’s permission, Republican lawmakers proposed in a bill filed Thursday. The so-called Constitutional Carry Act would get rid of the state’s concealed-carry rules for guns. If it becomes law then anyone who can legally possess a firearm can also carry it concealed, in
[ad_1] Posted on Feb 23, 2023 By Paul Rozycki Two days. That’s all it took for the horrific shooting at Michigan State University to become old news and be replaced by the newest shootings. In the two days following the Feb. 13 shooting that killed three MSU students, sent five to the hospital, and dominated
[ad_1] Earlier today, the New Hampshire House held the last of several floor votes on three anti-gun bills. Thanks to the strong support of NRA members and Second Amendment supporters, the bills were defeated and will not move forward this session. NRA-ILA would like to thank all of those Representatives who defended the Second Amendment
[ad_1] Democrats are arguing amongst themselves over the location of the 2024 Democratic Convention, citing concerns that Georgia’s gun laws will fail to protect attendees, according to the New York Times. Lawmakers in Chicago, Illinois, and Atlanta, Georgia, are deep in debate over the 2024 national convention, with Illinois lawmakers concerned that Georgia gun laws
[ad_1] (The Center Square) — The South Carolina House has passed a constitutional carry law, allowing residents to carry a firearm without a permit. H.3594, the South Carolina Constitutional Carry/Second Amendment Preservation Act of 2023, maintains the federal background check requirements to purchase a firearm and the concealed weapons permit process for reciprocity carry in
[ad_1] A panel of lawmakers in the Iowa House is advancing a bill that would expand gun owners’ rights to keep a firearm with them in their car when they go to work, over concerns raised by private employers. Meanwhile, another bill moving forward in the House would direct K-12 schools to add lessons on
[ad_1] LANSING — Michigan House Democrats joined their Senate colleagues in the introduction of legislation which is intended to encourage gun safety and help prevent acts of violence like the shooting that took place last week at Michigan State University, legislative leaders announced Tuesday. “Gun violence has touched the lives of countless Americans. I personally
[ad_1] The West Virginia House of Delegates voted 84-13 on Feb. 22 to approve a bill that prohibits the state’s public colleges and universities from banning licensed gun holders from carrying their firearms on campus. With the West Virginia Senate already passing Senate Bill 10, the Campus Self-Defense Act, by a vote of 29-4 on
[ad_1] COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The Republican-controlled South Carolina House voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to allow lawful firearm owners to carry handguns… COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The Republican-controlled South Carolina House voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to allow lawful firearm owners to carry handguns openly or concealed without a state permit. The 90-30 vote brings the conservative state
[ad_1] Tomorrow, the Senate Civil Rights, Judiciary and Public Safety Committee is scheduled to meet, weather permitting. They will hear three gun control bill packages: to criminalize private transfers, require firearms be made unavailable for self-defense, and allow Second Amendment rights to be suspended without due process. Please contact committee members and ask them to
[ad_1] Regarding Guy Sharpless‘ Feb. 6 letter to the editor (“Did the slippery slope really start with weapons ban reversal”), he cites incorrect facts in his opinion piece. Automatic weapons were already illegal to possess without a specific Federal Firearms License, courtesy of gun laws passed in the 1930s, 1968 and 1984 (with National Rifle Association
[ad_1] Oklahoma’s new state schools superintendent is about to take a desperate situation and make it awful. His plans for stamping out “wokeness,” critical race theory, and boys using the girl’s bathrooms sounds nothing like a plan to advance education, and more like a platform to become Ron DeSantis Jr. The irony of this culture
[ad_1] Sen. Dianne Feinstein announced last week that she will not run for reelection, sounding the official starting gun for the 2024 campaign to succeed her in the Senate. As the race gets going, it probably makes sense to ask a fundamental question: What should Californians be looking for in their next U.S. Senator? Feinstein’s storied career offers some clues.
[ad_1] Alabama Representative Barry Moore, a staunch gun-rights supporter, is proposing that the AR-15 rifle should be the “National Gun of America.” “The #SecondAmendment is as American a right as freedom of speech, religion, & the press,” Moore wrote on Twitter Tuesday evening. “Today I unveiled my bill to make the AR-15 the National Gun
[ad_1] TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – A controversial bill that would allow people in Florida to carry a concealed weapon without a permit has cleared another major hurdle in the state legislature. Inside the Florida Capitol on Tuesday, the bill eliminating permits required for concealed carrying of a firearm cleared its last house committee. “We have to
[ad_1] Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor. Firing of Oaklandchief was justified The firing of Oakland Police Chief LeRonne Armstrong was justified by an investigator’s findings that he failed to properly supervise a probe of a police officer’s misconduct and his claim of lack of awareness
[ad_1] Today, the House Judiciary Committee voted 17-6 to advance House Bill 543, the constitutional carry bill. It will now go to the House floor for debate. Please contact your state representative and ask them to SUPPORT HB 543. House Bill 543, constitutional carry, strengthens the right to self-defense in Florida by recognizing the right
[ad_1] John Kennedy | Capital Bureau | USA TODAY NETWORK – FLORIDA TALLAHASSEE – Florida looks bound to soon allow people to carry guns without the need for a concealed weapons permit, a showcase, pro-gun move demanded by Gov. Ron DeSantis before his widely expected run for the Republican presidential nomination. But the measure is
[ad_1] The Wyoming House will vote soon on a pro-Second Amendment bill, SF 148, that enhances the current firearm preemption laws. In other words, SF 148 ensures the Wyoming state legislature has the sole authority to regulate firearms, preventing counties and municipalities from passing a patchwork of confusing and conflicting local laws throughout the state. States that have repealed firearm