Politics

TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA — Last year, campus carry was snuffed out in the Florida Senate, but was reignited Wednesday after being heard in both the House and Senate committees. The legislation would allow concealed carry on campus for any permit holders 21 years of age and older. The bill would apply to all public colleges and universities…

CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE — Following a series of disappointing measures instituted by Her Royal Majesty, Queen Maggie Hassan, a quite useless NH Senate was not able to overturn Her Majesty’s veto of constitutional carry bill SB 116.  SB 116 would have removed the antiquated and poorly written NH laws that require a person to get…

Presidential hopeful Donald Trump said Friday that the government should expand the gun rights of law-abiding citizens, while at the same time making life difficult for violent criminals by cracking down on them. Also, as part of his “position paper” on the Second Amendment, making sure that guns don’t fall into the hands of the mentally…

EL PASO, TEXAS — A University of Texas El Paso professor isn’t backing down after a new law was passed in the state that allows concealed carry on campus. The professor, David Smith-Soto, hangs a ‘No Firearms Allowed’ sign in his classroom in defiance. Speaking of the recent campus shooting in Mississippi, Smith-Soto says that it only…

SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA — Because we’ve already firmly established that you can simply “wish” a violent criminal to go away, the California Assembly has advanced the controversial SB707 which would effectively remove the provision allowing concealed carriers to take their firearms on campus. In a year where we’ve seen Texas and other states boldly advance the…

SARASOTA, FLORIDA — Florida legislators are scheduled to return to Sarasota this week to discuss a senate bill (SB 68) and a house bill (HB 4001) that would authorize Florida citizens and students to carry a concealed firearm onto campus.  Already announced just last week was a measure which would make it legal for FSU…

TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA — In a recent court victory headed by the group Florida Carry, fans (with concealed carry permits) that went to Saturday’s FSU game were able to bring their firearms… but had to keep them locked inside their vehicle. It’s a step in the right direction, but still so far away from the end…

WILSON, OKLAHOMA — The school board of Wilson Public School system announced which five people they would designate to fulfill the law’s allowance for concealed carriers in schools.  According to the Daily Ardmoreite, the superintendent, both the principals of the Elementary and High School, and two teachers would be the designated concealed carriers who would…

WASHINGTON, DC — Since a judge struck down DC’s ban on concealed carry in July of 2014, a total of 206 applications have been filed. And of that 206, just 44 have received their permits to carry concealed in our nation’s capital. That’s just 21%. Earlier this year, there were just a handful of applications…