Politics

Over the weekend, terror struck in Copenhagen, Denmark as a gunman left two civilians dead and five police officers wounded in two separate attacks. News reports indicate that the first attack took place at the Krudttonden Café Saturday afternoon. Danish film director Finn Norgaard was killed. A free-speech event was taking place in the café at…

Arizona representatives have introduced a bill to require ‘gun free zones’ in public buildings to have teeth.   If the public officials are not willing to insure that the buildings actually prevent people from bringing guns into them, then people who are licensed to carry concealed weapons will not be required to disarm, merely by ‘gun…

New legislation was introduced in the Senate today that would allow gun owners to carry concealed anywhere in the US with their state’s permit. The Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act would work similar to a drivers license, where are you are able to drive anywhere in the US with your state-issued drivers license. So for…

Today, the Texas State Senate is holding public hearings on SB11, which would allow holders of Texas concealed carry permits to carry on college campuses within the state, including the interior of campus buildings. Current Texas law allows permit holders to carry while on parking lots and campus grounds, but not in campus buildings. The proposed…

Today, The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms won a huge federal court ruling after a Federal Judge declares that the ban on interstate transfer of handguns is unconstitutional. The full text can be viewed here. There is no doubt that this will play out in the courts for quite a while, but…

Enough is never enough when it comes to certain people trying to pass gun control bills. It’s one of those things that I still can’t quite wrap my head around. “Magazines that hold >10 rounds of ammo don’t belong on our streets or in our schools.” That’s what Sen. Robert Menendez tweeted the other day.…

On Tuesday, the North Dakota House of Representatives passed Legislation that would allow licensed concealed carry permit holders to carry on school property with the schools permission. Teachers groups opposed the bill, arguing that they don’t want the option to allow concealed carry in the schools. The bill also contained addendums such as the schools having to…

A pair of Democrats in Alabama are looking to make criminals out of legally armed citizens if they try to carry their firearms while at church. Two Democratic members of the Alabama House of Representatives are sponsoring a bill to make it illegal to carry a gun in a church without permission, even if you…