Politics

By Luis Valdes via TTAG The 2019 Legislative Session is upon us in Florida and once again, the state is under Republican supermajority control. The Senate President, however, is anti-gun Republican Bill Galvano (who took $200k from Michael Bloomberg) and the House Speaker is fellow anti-gun Republican Jose Oliva, who gave SB 7026, the gun control bill signed…

Photo: Chris Eger/Guns.com If certain representatives of this state get their way with this newly introduced bill, it’ll spell trouble for nearly every single gun owner that calls this place home. SB 501 was introduced into the Oregon Senate, and it’s summary will scare any law-abiding gun owner. Requires person to secure permit before purchasing…

Texas Senator John Cornyn, along with many co-sponsors, introduced a new bill into the Senate that would allow concealed carriers to travel freely with their firearms. Coming just a few days after Senator Diane Feinstein introduced an expansive ‘assault weapons ban’, it would seem that it’s a direct response to the latter. You can read…

By Jeremy S. via TTAG Oh boy. Senator Diane Feinstein and her team are up to their old tricks, introducing new Assault Weapons Ban legislation for 2019 that builds on her failed 2017 effort and adds a bunch of new restrictions, regulations, and bans. Her new bill would outlaw private sales, enact safe storage mandates, and prohibit the transfer…

By Luis Valdes via TTAG Florida Democrat state representative Margaret Good has filed House Bill 135, the latest gun control bill to be introduced in the Sunshine State. In some respects it’s your typical universal background check bill that would outlaw all private transfers of firearms and require that sellers and buyers use a federally licensed dealer as the middle man to perform a…

By Dan Zimmerman via TTAG As has been long anticipated, the Trump administration has announced that bump fire stocks have officially been banned. The plastic rifle accessories will be regulated and treated by the ATF the same as machine guns are under the National Firearms Act. As CNN reports, Under a new federal rule, those who possess the devices, commonly known as bump stocks, will get 90…

Image courtesy Washington Post and Evan Vucci/AP That didn’t take long at all. H/T to TTAG. Washington, D.C., Dec. 18, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Today, attorneys for an owner of a “bump-stock” device and three constitutional rights advocacy organizations filed a federal lawsuit against the Trump Administration’s new confiscatory ban on firearm parts, additionally challenging Matthew Whitaker’s legal…

Last week, a new law came into reality in the State of New Jersey that would make it illegal to possess any firearm magazines that are capable of holding more than 10 rounds. The owners who do not comply can face up to 18 months in prison and up to a $10,000 fine per magazine.…

If things couldn’t get worse for New Jersey gun owners, think again. Also think about jumping ship if you’re a resident, because this slippery slope is already being seen in New York. As of 12:01 am today, anyone in the state who possesses a magazine that is capable of holding more than 10 rounds is…