NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE — Even though the National Hearing Protection Act appears to be on the sidelines for the moment, Tennessee is pushing ahead with its own legislation to allow the possession of suppressors. Tennessee had prior laws on the books which prohibited the possession, transfer, sale, or transportation of suppressors — devices that reduce the […]
Pennsylvania May Allow Teachers To Be Armed At School
HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA — Imagine, if you will, the very worst scenario takes place right inside an elementary school. Two armed gunmen enter the property of a rural Pennsylvania elementary school and open fire. Teachers scramble to lock down their classrooms and attempt to preserve the lives of their students and themselves. They lock the doors […]
Gun Rights Massively Expanded In Newly Passed Iowa Legislation
DES MOINES, IOWA — If you’re like us, you’ve been watching the Iowa legislature as they plot a course to turn Iowa into a much more gun-friendly state. It’s a thing we always love to see and wanted to share with our reading audience. Last week, Iowa Governor Terry Barnstad signed House File 517 into law. […]
LA Bill Would Allow First Responders To Carry
SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA — Ask any First Responder and he’ll have at least one nightmare story to recall where he or she arrived at a scene where someone needed urgent medical care and the scene hadn’t been cleared by police. Now, we all know that standard procedure is to have police secure an area before First […]
ASU President Responds To Upcoming Campus Carry Implementation
JONESBORO, ARKANSAS — It’s no secret that the Arkansas State University system has fought tooth and nail against allowing concealed carry on campus. It all started when Arkansas legislators were interested in ditching a lot of superfluous ‘gun free zones’. Then they took a closer look at the university system and initially allowed public universities […]
FHTC Getting Ready For Concealed Carry On Campus
FLINT HILLS, KANSAS — One technical college is having a serious discussion about how they plan to alter policy to come into compliance with new Kansas legislation allowing concealed carry on campus. via Emporia Gazette “At this point we don’t have a choice, this is something that our attorney has drawn up,” Jacinda Kahle, director […]
National Reciprocity Is (Finally) Being Pushed In Washington
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Well, it’s finally happening. We’ve all heard the rumblings from Capitol Hill about a supposed National Reciprocity Act. If it ever made it to the floor, we’d have a chance of traveling all fifty states so long as our home state permits us to carry concealed and we follow the rules of […]
New Bill Would Allow For Guns On Maine College Campuses
AUGUSTA, MAINE — Maine legislature is considering a bill that would permit concealed carriers to carry on college campuses, The Forecaster reports. According to The Forecaster, the bill, LD 1370, would impact the University of Southern Maine as well as the Southern Maine Community College. Private universities would not be affected. According to a summary […]
Alabama Senate Passes Permitless Carry Bill By 25-8 Vote
TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA — In a stunning win for concealed carriers everywhere, the Alabama senate has voted to allow the concealed carry of handguns without a permit. Hail to the Constitution, baby. Not only did the senate vote to allow permitless carry, but they voted to bring it in by a landslide. WIAT reports that senators […]