Politics
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Texas Lawmakers At Odds Over Unlicensed Open Carry Proposal — Beginning Of Talks About Permitless Carry?
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AUSTIN, TEXAS — In 1995, Texas lawmakers finally allowed legally licensed gun owners to carry concealed throughout the state. By 2016, Texas gun owners could carry concealed on state college campuses. As much as Hollywood likes to depict Texas as a gun friendly state, it’s really only been a recent stark shift in politics that…
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Texas Law Could Allow Concealed Carriers To Lock Up Their Guns In Their Car While On School Property
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AUSTIN, TEXAS — The school nurse just called. Your kid has a fever of 102ºF and needs to go to the doctor. If you’re like most concealed carriers, that means leaving work and high-tailing it over to the school. There’s a catch. That gun in your car? It can’t be there when you pull into…
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LIMESTONE COUNTY, ALABAMA — The Alabama Senate recently passed a bill that would remove the need for a concealed carry permit for residents. The vote passed 25-8 but has drawn criticism from some law enforcement officials as they figure out how they’ll accommodate the potential new changes coming down the pike. The Sheriff of Limestone County,…
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WASHINGTON, DC — In a massive win for Second Amendment fans, the ATF has reversed its 2015 decision to call shouldering a pistol with a “pistol brace” redesigning because the firearm was not meant to be shot from the shoulder. In other words, brace away. The letter the ATF sent to Mark Barnes Esq., representing SB…
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Tennessee Moves To Decriminalize Suppressors — Because Why Shouldn’t You Protect Your Hearing?
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NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE — Even though the National Hearing Protection Act appears to be on the sidelines for the moment, Tennessee is pushing ahead with its own legislation to allow the possession of suppressors. Tennessee had prior laws on the books which prohibited the possession, transfer, sale, or transportation of suppressors — devices that reduce the…
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HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA — Imagine, if you will, the very worst scenario takes place right inside an elementary school. Two armed gunmen enter the property of a rural Pennsylvania elementary school and open fire. Teachers scramble to lock down their classrooms and attempt to preserve the lives of their students and themselves. They lock the doors…
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DES MOINES, IOWA — If you’re like us, you’ve been watching the Iowa legislature as they plot a course to turn Iowa into a much more gun-friendly state. It’s a thing we always love to see and wanted to share with our reading audience. Last week, Iowa Governor Terry Barnstad signed House File 517 into law.…
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SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA — Ask any First Responder and he’ll have at least one nightmare story to recall where he or she arrived at a scene where someone needed urgent medical care and the scene hadn’t been cleared by police. Now, we all know that standard procedure is to have police secure an area before First…
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JONESBORO, ARKANSAS — It’s no secret that the Arkansas State University system has fought tooth and nail against allowing concealed carry on campus. It all started when Arkansas legislators were interested in ditching a lot of superfluous ‘gun free zones’. Then they took a closer look at the university system and initially allowed public universities…
