Politics

By Dan Zimmerman via The Truth About Guns Let’s say you’re a dedicated anti-gun politician. Things haven’t been really going your way in recent years. Not only are Americans are buying more guns than ever before, but at the same time that the number of guns increased by 50 percent to over 300 million, violent crime dropped…

SOUTH JORDAN, UTAH — Getting teachers to become comfortable with guns in the classroom has traditionally been an uphill battle.  With most schools being designated “gun free zones” by state legislatures, it’s difficult to have a fast response system in place should a mass shooter arrive.  The Utah Shooting Sports Council is trying to change…

LANSING, MICHIGAN — Concealed carriers on university campuses will now be doing so with the full privilege of the law being on their side.  According to the Oakland Post, the Michigan Senate Judiciary Committee cleared Senate Bills 442 and 561 to go to the Senate floor.  The Senate has yet to vote in the measure…

PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA — A little known bill has reached the Senate Judiciary Committee of Pennsylvania legislature.  Nestled within its insidious pages are provisions that would greatly restrict and infringe the gun rights of every Pennsylvania resident.  Senate Bill 1029 was first introduced by Senators Art Haywood and Vincent Hughes on October 9, 2015 and quickly…

SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH — According to Utah legislators, the interpretation of the law does not grant school districts the ability to ask teachers if they are carrying a concealed firearm or not.  This was determined after KSL was asked by a parent if there was a list of teachers who concealed carried in the…

LINCOLN, NEBRASKA — Nebraska Senator Tommy Garrett is proposing to revise Nebraska state law to remove many of the designated “gun free zones”.  According to the Lincoln Journal Star, the senator from Bellavue argues that many of those designated areas are where concealed carriers have a right to be armed. “The gun-free zones are what’s…

PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA — Desperate world, much?  We’re hearing tale from The Morning Call of a Philedelphia man getting shot in his own home after posting a fabricated photo of $60,000 on his Facebook wall.  Apparently, several armed robbers thought it was for real and raided his home.  This raid resulted in his death, according to…

By Robert Farago via The Truth About Guns That’s the question Gallup put to 1,015 adults in a poll whose results were released yesterday. And the survey said! Fifty-six percent answered yes, 41 percent said no, three percent said “say what?” It’s something of a shame that the pollsters added the bit about a criminal background…