Politics

MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN — Gov. Scott Walker plans on continuing to expand gun rights in Wisconsin by signing in two measures into law – Senate bills 35 and 70. According to the Washington Post, one is to repeal the 48 hour wait period all residents of Wisconsin must wait before purchasing a firearm and the other…

SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA — Sacramento Police Department recently released statistics showing 2015 is shaping up to be a very violent year for Californians.  Even as the statistics make their rounds, it’s looking like aggravated assaults are up 23% from the previous year.  Keep in mind, this is tabulated from just the first five months of 2015…

AUSTIN, TEXAS — In January, Texans will be legally allowed to open carry their handguns with pride. Considered a major win for pro-Second Amendment rights supporters, Governor Abbott signed two laws into effect – one for campus concealed carry and the other for open carry. Now that the law is signed and set to go…

According to the Second Amendment Foundation, a recent court victory gives Puerto Rico residents the ability to open carry and concealed carry without a permit. The class action lawsuit has apparently blown everyone’s expectations out of the water. In the lawsuit, it challenged Puerto Rico gun law, some of which the court ruled unconstitutional. As…

EUGENE, OREGON — A retired Lane County judge is seeking to dispute a sheriff’s denial of his concealed carry license renewal and it’s calling into question the entire process that Oregon uses to issue concealed carry permits in the first place. Retired Circuit Judge James Hargreaves, 72, asserted that he had completed all the proper…

ATLANTA, GEORGIA — A series of videos have made their way onto YouTube depicting an open carrier by the name of Jim Cooley walking onto the premises of Hartfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia. These videos have stirred up quite a bit of controversy as the man is confronted by police as he makes his…

Not all states were created equal.  Some states have taken extreme liberties with their interpretations of the Bill of Rights.  If you’re from these states, here are some of the obstacles you face when trying to obtain a concealed carry permit. Notable Notorious Exceptions for Concealed Carry Permits   California California is a tough state…

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…