Politics
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SARASOTA, FLORIDA — The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services has recently instituted a measure enacted by Florida Governor Rick Scott. The new measure would reduce concealed carry weapon permit fees by $10 for both first time and renewing permit holders. According to a press release by the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer…
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CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE — The New Hampshire Legislature is once again on the rise with proposing and passing in the Senate and House agreeing that it’s time to dispense with concealed carry permits altogether. Governor Maggie Hassan has swore that she will veto the measure if it makes it to her desk — just like…
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FLATHEAD COUNTY, MONTANA — State laws lock horns with federal law when a legal immigrant was denied her right to obtain a concealed carry permit in the State of Montana. She is filing suit against the sheriff alleging that this denial of a permit constitutes an infringement upon her constitutional rights. The sheriff of Flathead…
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Last week, Senator Rand Paul pushed legislation that would allow pilots to carry firearms while flying in the US and internationally. “I want every potential jihadist and terrorist in the world to know that our pilots are armed, and that if you come into the cockpit you will be shot,” Paul told CNN of his…
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Concealed Carry At University — This One Gun Owner Reached Out To His University’s Vice President
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Recently, one Alabama university student took issue with an email circulated to his inbox by his university. In that email, the university (which does not allow concealed carry) advised students to: Act aggressively against an active shooter Use improvised weapons against someone armed with a firearm Do you know what would have been better? Actually…
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Petition To Allow First Responders To Carry Concealed Is Circulating In Tennessee; What Do You Think?
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NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE — A petition is circulating amongst first responders in the State of Tennessee which would allow them to carry a concealed firearm on the job. First responders are sometimes the very first people on the scene of an active emergency — sometimes arriving well before police. This means that in potentially deadly situations,…
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NJ Making Changes To “Ensure Efficient Consideration in Processing Firearm Permit Applications”
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New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s office announced on Friday a set of regulatory changes that are supposedly going to “Expedite Review of Firearm Identification and Carry Permits for New Jersey Residents. Part of this is the addition of “‘serious threats’ to the circumstances that could demonstrate a special danger to the applicant’s life.” Is driving through…
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NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE — There’s tense debate about campus carry coming to Tennessee even as its Senate passes a measure which would allow it. It’s a hard conversation that needs to be carried out between law enforcement tasked with clearing and securing an area — arguably a function requiring militaristic coordination — and the individual liberty…
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Wisconsin Dishes Out 300,000 Carry Permits In 5 Years, Blood Does Not Run In The Streets
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By Dean Weingarten via The Truth About Guns Wisconsin started issuing concealed carry permits in November of 2011. In the last 53 months, they have issued 300,000 concealed carry permits and you probably won’t be shocked to learn that permit holders have been exceptionally law abiding. Only one permit holder has been convicted of a…
