Politics
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BREAKING: Ninth Circuit Rules 2A Doesn’t Protect a Right to Carry a Concealed Firearm In Public
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By Dan Zimmerman via The Truth About Guns The Ninth Circuit, in an en banc decision of Peruta v. Cty. of San Diego, has ruled that the Second Amendment does not protect an individual’s right to carry a concealed in public. This in effect ratifies jurisdictions’ use of “may issue” permitting, requiring individuals to show…
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We talked about a recent push for National Reciprocity awhile back. Now, it’s starting to gain some momentum. After all, if your state thinks you’re good to carry a concealed firearm, why shouldn’t the other states think that too? More importantly, why should New Jersey get to throw any law-abiding gun owner in prison for…
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Bill Gets Attention That Would Let Domestic Violence Victims Receive Temporary Concealed Carry Permit
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BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA — Remember when we brought up a few short weeks ago a quiet little Louisiana House Bill to allow victims of domestic violence to get a concealed carry permit faster? Well, apparently it’s picked up quite a head of steam in the Louisiana legislature — and we couldn’t be happier. As ABC…
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COLUMBUS, OHIO — Concealed carriers in good standing with the State of Ohio will no longer need to get a background check when they purchase firearms. This comes from the Ohio Attorney General in a recent press release. Because Ohio concealed carriers already go through an advanced screening process including federal and state background investigations,…
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Army Officer In NJ Denied Concealed Carry Permit Because Terrorist Threats Aren’t Enough Justification
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OCEANPORT, NEW JERSEY — New Jersey won’t even issue a permit to carry to an Army officer tasked with anti-terror operations. That’s the most recent verdict in the appeals case for a lieutenant colonel who was denied a permit to carry because threats against his life due to his occupation did not seem justifiable enough…
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PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA — The Pennsylvania House is preparing to evaluate a recent proposal to allow permitless carry for residents. House Bill 230 has just been passed to the Judiciary Committee which will seek to evaluate the potential ramifications of repealing multiple different laws related to an individual being required to demonstrate a proof of permit…
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By Robert Farago via The Truth About Guns “Hawaii could become the first state in the United States to enter gun owners into an FBI database that will automatically notify police if an island resident is arrested anywhere else in the country,” bigstory.ap.com reports. “Most people entered in the ‘Rap Back’ database elsewhere in the U.S.…
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JEFFERSON CITY, MISSOURI — Gov. Jay Nixon of the grand state of Missouri is going to have a lot to mull over after the Missouri legislature pushed forward a 72-page proposal expanding gun rights and broadening out the scope of Stand Your Ground laws. According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, the proposal has been hotly contested…
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New WV Gun Laws Go Into Effect Today – Welcome To The Growing Number Of Permitless Carry States
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CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA — Today is the day that permitless concealed carry goes into effect for residents of West Virginia. It’s a momentous occasion that’s been a long time in the coming. Permitless concealed carry means that any resident of West Virginia that can legally possess a handgun is able to carry it on his…
