• What You Need To Know About The Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act Of 2017

    This is a post from firearms legal expert Phil Nelsen of MyLegalHeat.com and is republished here with permission. Have you heard there is new federal legislation that will allow someone with a concealed carry permit from one state to carry in all 50 states? It actually might not be as awesome as you have heard. The purpose…

  • Medical Marijuana User In Honolulu? Give Us Your Guns, No Permit For You.

    By Robert Farago via The Truth About Guns “The Honolulu Police Department is reviewing a policy requiring medical marijuana users to turn over their firearms,” usnews.com reports. “The department sent letters to at least 30 gun owners last month, saying they had 30 days to surrender or transfer ownership of their guns.” That caused something of an uproar in the Aloha…

  • Mountain Lion Shot By Hunter In Colorado During Close Encounter

    By Dean Weingarten via The Truth About Guns Dylan Ross, of Montrose, Colorado, was in the woods, hunting mule deer on November 5. He was sneaking through the woods a little after daylight when he heard a noise. From facebook.com/dylan.ross: Words can’t even describe my hunting experience yesterday. I was and hour over a vertical mountain before it got light.…

  • New ‘Assault Weapons’ Bill Would Ban GLOCK 17 And Many Other Popular Pistols

    By JOHANNES PAULSEN via The Truth About Guns The text of Senator Dianne Feinstein’s assault rifle ban bill is now available on her website and, contra Nick’s expectations, it isn’t simply a copy-and-paste re-run of the failed Clinton era assault rifle ban language. It’s worse. Much worse. How bad is it? In the first four pages, it bans the popular GLOCK 17…

  • Since Trump Took Office: 11.3 Million Additional Firearms In America

    Perceived wisdom has held that firearms sales fell drastically after President Trump was elected. But the so-called “Trump slump” hasn’t happened. Yes, increased production has driven down prices. But sales remain strong. While President Obama may have been the greatest firearms salesman of all time, President Trump’s first year is likely to beat all of President Obama’s eight years…

  • Two States Ban Concealed Carry In Church, Seven Require Permission

    Dean Weingarten via The Truth About Guns According to concealedcarry.com, two states ban concealed carry in churches: Nebraska and Louisiana. Nebraska allows a church to authorize an armed security team if the team members have carry permits and written notice is given to church members.  Louisiana law is similar but requires an extra eight hours of training every year. Seven states and D.C. that require the…

  • Concealed Carry And The Holiday Season – When Waistlines Meet Waistbands, Part I

    As a concealed carrier, calories count. An inside the waistband holster with a concealed carry micro-compact or sub-compact pistol is sure to add at least an inch and a quarter to the waistline. When that competes with Aunt May’s turkey, hilarity ensues. What are some holiday considerations you take as a concealed carrier? There’s more…

  • Replacement Triggers Might Be Illegal Under Feinstein’s “Automatic Gunfire Prevention Act”

    By Nick Leghorn via The Truth About Guns Moments ago we heard that Dianne Feinstein had introduced her “Automatic Gunfire Prevention Act,” a bill which would ban bumpfire stocks like the one used in the Las Vegas shooting among other things. In an attempt to make her new law apply as broadly as possible she not only…

  • President Trump Hints at New Gun Control Laws

    By Robert Fargo via The Truth About Guns “President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the US will ‘be talking about gun laws as time goes by’ in the wake of the Las Vegas shooting, the nation’s deadliest in modern history,” CNN reports. He had even less to say about the prospects of the SHARE Act, which would deregulate silencers…