R. Erin Lenth
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ORLANDO, FLORIDA — Florida law states that an employee of any company (with the exception of schools and prisons) with a valid concealed carry permit is authorized to keep their firearm stored in their car while in a company parking lot. According to the law, a parking lot is “any property that is used for…
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BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA — If Rep. Barry Ivey, R-Baton Rouge has his way, Louisiana will be the next state on the growing list of states that allow “Constitutional Carry.” For those not familiar with the relatively new term, Constitutional Carry is both the legal carrying of a handgun without the state requiring a government-issued permit to do…
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AUSTIN, TEXAS — Before University of Texas President, Gregory L. Fenves announced the adoption of a new policy allowing the carrying of a concealed handgun on campus on February 17th, GunFreeUT sponsored an event on the Austin Campus of the University of Texas on February 3, inviting “each graduate student to blow up a balloon as a visible “vote” for or…
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Dallas Resident Shoots And Kills Armed Burglar – What Part Of Don’t Mess With Texas Do They Not Get?
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DALLAS, TEXAS — At around 10:15am on February 5, a burglar died alone in an East Dallas alley after attempting to break into a man’s home with a shotgun in hand. Details of the situation are few, however Dallas Police do not intend to file any charges against the resident. Lt. Latoya Porter commented on…
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RICHMOND, VIRGINIA — Virginia lawmakers want to make sure that situations like last year’s shootings at the Chattanooga recruiting and U.S. Navy Reserve centers never happen in Virginia. A unanimous vote by the Virginia House of Delegates sends a bill to the Virginia Senate that would allow National Guard members who hold a valid permit…
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SAN BERNARDINO, CALIFORNIA — During the first Board of Supervisors meeting following the December 2, 2015 mass shooting in San Bernardino that cost 14 innocent people their lives, vice chair of the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors, Robert A. Lovingood said, “Terror has arrived at our doorsteps, and we will and we can never be…
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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA — There’s a saying in the concealed carry community that goes like this: “When seconds count, the police are only a few minutes away.” However, the LAPD’s Police Protective League President Jamie McBride, says it could be quite a bit longer: “The citizens need to know they need to be able to…
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CHICAGO, ILLINOIS — A 28-year-old woman is thankful to have survived a home invasion. After breaking into her home, 30-year-old Reginald Brown started beating the woman, who was able to get her handgun and end the struggle with a single fatal gun shot to the chest. Police indicated that the woman, who has a valid FOID card, knew…
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Concealed Carrier Saves Texas Deputy’s Life
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BASTROP, TEXAS — A 23-year-old deputy, Dylan Dorris, has Marine Corps veteran Scott Perkins to thank for saving his life. Just before 10pm on January 16, deputy Dorris responded to a call about a man driving erratically with a child in the car. After Dorris initiated a traffic stop, the suspect, Kenton Desean Fryer, 32,…
