Politics

PORTLAND, OREGON — Prosecutors successfully argued before Multnomah County Circuit Judge Thomas Ryan that concealed carrier and independent videographer-journalist Michael Aaron Strickland, 37, did not have reasonable fear of his own life when he pulled out a semi-automatic pistol and attempted to withdraw from a Black Lives Matter and Don’t Shoot Portland demonstration. According to Oregon Live, Strickland…

BALDWIN COUNTY, ALABAMA — A brutal homicide, a lengthy pursuit by police, and a population living with the reality that true violence is never far from home… These are some of the factors that Baldwin County residents have brought up in a recent rush for concealed carry permits. via WKRG News “January 30th through February…

CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE — The House of Representatives passed Senate Bill 12 last Thursday in a 200 to 97 vote. The vote confirms an earlier approval by the New Hampshire Senate and means this bill will go to Governor Chris Sununu’s desk. via New Hampshire’s Union Leader “This was not done by out-of-state lobbyists,” said…

SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH — In 2013, permitless concealed carry passed all the hurdles of the Utah legislature and landed on Governor Will Herbert’s desk. Result? Insta-veto. Bam! Last year, permitless concealed carry begins to creep up through the vine of the legislature and it doesn’t even make it to his desk. Welcome to Current…

LAKE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA — Correctional officers working in Lake County are alleging that the Lake County Sheriff has violated a previous agreement, stopping them from carrying guns while on duty and outside the jail. Their current requirements stipulate they are not allowed to go armed into a correctional facility and they’re not allowed to be…

OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, NEBRASKA — It used to be that in order to carry a firearm onto a military base, you would have to be directly given permission from the Base Commander. This permission was usually only extended to active duty military police and security forces. But, according to a recent provision that went…

PIERRE, SOUTH DAKOTA — South Dakota is one of the few states that is extremely permissive about firearms but bans them inside the State Capitol. A bill intended to allow those with an enhanced concealed carry permit to carry a handgun onto the premises was introduced to committee. To accentuate the need for such a…

RICHMOND, VIRGINIA — A new bill proposed under HB 1852 would allow anyone under the protection of a protective order to use that order as a de facto permit to carry a concealed handgun. According to the bill’s wording, HB 1852 promises to be a solution to the problem of long wait times and lengthy…

ALBANY, NEW YORK — If you’re not from New York, there’s a good chance you have no clue about the SAFE Act of 2013. No one can blame you. But for New York gun owners, and especially licensed concealed carriers, elements of this Act have really made it difficult to own, possess, transfer, or sell…