Politics
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Over 16,000 Californians applications for a concealed carry permit hang in permanent limbo in San Francisco’s Federal courthouse. It all stemmed from when California’s 9th Circuit Court of Appeals struck down a measure denying San Francisco Police Department – and other anti-gun institutions in California – from unilaterally denying law-abiding citizens’ requests for a concealed…
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MADISON, WISCONSIN — The assembly overwhelmingly voted in favor of allowing soldiers to carry concealed who were stationed in Wisconsin. Right now, the state cannot issue a concealed carry permit to someone who is not a resident of the state. Under the proposed bill, anyone in the armed forces and stationed in Wisconsin for at…
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Is it a game of rinse and repeat or are Utahns ready for constitutional carry? As Utah Senate Bill 256 (SB256) advances, Gov. Gary Herbert appears poised to veto it down again. If it passes the Senate and gets approved, it could make Utah the latest constitutional carry state in the Union. If it gets…
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It’s Official: Texans Can Open Carry Handguns Starting January 1st 2016, Campus Carry August 1st 2016
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PFLUGERVILLE, TEXAS — Today, at what other place than a gun range; Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed HB 910, the Texas Open Carry Bill for Concealed Handgun Holders, into law. The Governor signed the bill into law at Reg’s Indoor Gun Range, located in Pflugerville, which is a suburb of Austin. After the signing, the Governor took…
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It’s the middle of one of the worst riots in Baltimore’s recent history. A police-related killing of an unarmed man, a country still reeling from Ferguson – Fox News understandably assigned extra security personnel to their reporters. One of those extra security officers was a contractor by the name of Donald Scott, a 50 year…
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Today was going to be the day that Missouri gun rights activists planned to put the St. Louis Zoo to the test. In an clearly organized event meant to bring attention to Missouri statutes limiting places a concealed carrier may bring his or her weapon, organizer Jeffrey Smith’s event has been cancelled due to a…
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By Dan Zimmerman via TheTruthAboutGuns.com “‘States require licenses to drive a car or even to fish in local rivers, so requiring a license to buy a deadly handgun is a commonsense step that could save countless lives. This legislation will help states develop responsible handgun licensing programs,’ said sponsor Rep. Chris Van Hollen, who is running…
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ALBANY, NEW YORK — In an obvious ‘I told ya so’ moment, some statistics are in regarding some violent crime in the Empire state. And it doesn’t seem the SAFE Act is keeping anyone safe. The SAFE Act was passed in the dead of night on January 15th 2013, and we’ve now had over two…
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By Robert Farago. Republished with permission from TheTruthAboutGuns.com “Ten states and the District of Columbia impose some form of waiting period for buying handguns,”startribune.com reports. “Wisconsin’s 48-hour period has been in effect since 1976, according to the Legislative Fiscal Bureau.” And soon it will be history. The Republican-led Assembly has just passed a bill killing…
