Politics

SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH — Just yesterday we reported that Utah instituted a new law which drops the BAC threshold down to 0.05 for DUI. We also found out, though, that they dropped the age requirement to pursue a concealed carry permit down to 18 years of age. This opens up concealed carry to a…

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE — The law wasn’t quite specific in Tennessee before, so lawmakers decided to make it official: guns are allowed on boats. Except for private and government vessels, people are allowed to carry guns on boats in Tennessee. This is believed to be an expansion from a previous bill which allowed Tennessee residents to…

BILLINGS, NORTH DAKOTA — Even as the Governor of South Dakota prepared his statement after vetoing permitless concealed carry in the sate, North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum signed it into law. House Bill 1169 arrived on his desk and was signed into law on Friday. via the North Dakota Governor’s website “North Dakota has a rich…

SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH — For those that like to chance it behind the wheel or in the holster, Utah lawmakers just dropped the threshold police need to accuse someone of Driving Under the Influence (DUI). But the new Utah initiative doesn’t stop with drivers — concealed carriers and gun owners are held under the…

I know I harp on this a lot but basic firearm safety is something that makes everyone safer. The more people that know and abide by the four basic rules of firearm safety, the less chance of a negligent discharge or accidental shooting of another person. Whether or not firearms education had anything to do…

PIERRE, SOUTH DAKOTA — Gov. Dennis Daugaard warned legislators when two bills progressed through the state’s House and Senate. While South Dakota is a conservative state, he didn’t want to see any loosening of the restrictions on gun owners and their right to carry. Last week, he vetoed both of them when they made it to…

TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA — If a private school has a religious institution on the same property, it will be except from a recent bill which forbids guns in school. House Bill 849 amends current law to only allow law enforcement to be armed on pre-K, K-12 schools and institutes of higher learning. Concealed carriers are allowed…

DES MOINES, IOWA — The Iowa Senate is currently deliberating a bill passed by the House which would enact ‘Stand Your Ground’ as an affirmative defense for Iowans who defend their lives from an attacker. ‘Stand Your Ground’ refers to conditions in the law that roughly specify so long as an individual has a legal…

TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA — The burden of proof has shifted in Florida from the defense to the prosecution to prove ‘stand your ground’. Florida Senate Bill 128 was approved 23-15. Senate Democrats were the main block against the bill but, with the law passing the Senate, it appears prosecutors are going to have to spend more time…