Politics
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By Robert Farago via TheTruthAboutGuns.com Texas law recently made “campus carry” legal, effective August 2016 at universities and August 2017 at community colleges. The caveat: public education facilities may designate certain “sensitive” areas “gun free zones”. A TTAG tipster sent us a leaked document from a meeting at the University of Texas-Arlington wherein the university discussed…
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DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA — An 18-year old was found dead in a resident’s apartment following an alleged home invasion. Durham police are still actively investigating the shooting and the county prosecutor has not yet ruled whether or not the case will be ruled “self-defense”. According to ABC 11, this is the same apartment complex a…
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ORLANDO, FLORIDA — “A person licensed to carry a concealed firearm or weapon pursuant to this chapter may openly carry such firearm or weapon,” reads an amended lines recently submitted in a bill to the Florida House of Representatives. If Republican House member Matt Gaetz has his way, Florida concealed carriers may just be the…
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HOUSTON, TEXAS — The City of Houston is voluntarily removing signage prohibiting the carrying of concealed firearms from many of its locations – including the Houston Zoo. ABC 13 covered the story of attorney Edwin Walker filing a complaint that some municipal buildings were prohibiting concealed carriers illegally following the enactment of Texas Senate Bill…
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Since the deadly attacks at two military recruitment centers in Tennessee two months ago, Florida Governor Rick Scott has issued an Executive Order that focused on protecting the National Guard in his state. The order includes speeding up the concealed carry permit applications for active military and vets. “So, we went about and developed a…
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By Johannes Paulsen via TheTruthAboutGuns.com Last week, the Utah Supreme Court held, allowed the matter of Shawn H. Ray et al v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. to proceed. That’s news because under Utah law the right of self-defense trumps an employer’s right to terminate at-will employees in situations where “an employee reasonably believes that force is necessary to defend against…
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By Johannes Paulsen via TheTruthAboutGuns.com The DC Circuit Court of Appeals today struck down several parts of the District’s firearms laws as unconstitutional. [ED: click here for the NRA’s press release on the ruling.]The case is styled Dick Anthony Heller v. District of Columbia (and yes, we are talking about that Dick Heller). Heller was challenging…
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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…
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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…
