• New Law Passed To Expand Concealed Carry Rights In Illinois

    Don’t mind the headline, they’re making progress. A new law was recently passed, two years after Illinois became the last state in the Country to allow concealed carry, that looks to add a few benefits to the concealed carriers. “Two years ago we passed concealed carry in Illinois finally putting an end to the state…

  • Do Tight Gun Laws Help Criminals?  We Look At The Facts…

    There are a lot of studies on gun violence and crime.  In science, one study doesn’t prove anything.  It’s a body of studies that lead us to understand a trend.  And the only trend in recent history we have to play off of is the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994.  Nested…

  • Group Asks Local Idaho Towns To Lose Gun Laws

    BOISE, IDAHO — The Second Amendment shall not be infringed.  And yet it inevitably is.  But instead of getting mad, this group is doing something else: talking to local Idaho towns about it.  According to Boise State Public Radio, the Idaho Second Amendment Alliance is asking towns in Idaho to kindly remove them from the…

  • PA Councilman Shoots Bank Robber, Now Waits To See If He’ll Be Charged With A Crime

    HATBORO, PENNSYLVANIA –A Hatboro councilman was driving by a TD Bank minutes after it had been robbed at gunpoint.  His only indicator that the man in question was the robber was when he witnessed a dye pack explode that had been placed in the money bag.  Councilman George Forgeng then followed the suspected robber, Kevin…

  • NY Governor Cuomo Bites Off More Than He Can Chew: SAFE Act Ammunition Requirements Are Deemed Dead In Water

    ALBANY, NEW YORK — In another defeat to Cuomo’s SAFE Act, it has been agreed that the ammunition requirements for purchase have been deemed impractical — at least for now. The agreement was announced late Friday between the Republican-led Senate majority and the Administration. These ammunition requirements were to include a state-wide database of ammunition purchases, as…

  • Police Can’t Ask If a Person is Armed Without Cause, Says Oregon Supreme Court

    By Dean Weingarten via TheTruthAboutGuns.com The Oregon Supreme Court has ruled that generic “officer safety” is not sufficient justification to ask individuals if they are armed. In a ruling this week, the court found that police officers may not simply ask someone if they have a weapon without sufficient probable cause . . . From the…

  • Texas CHL Holders Rewarded With Free Brisket Sandwich On The 4th – Business Was Ridiculous!

    CYPRESS, TEXAS — Those with concealed handgun licenses were in for a treat this past fourth of July when Brooks’ Place offered up a mouth-watering brisket sandwich to everyone with a CHL permit. The main proprietor did it both in celebration of the birth of our nation as well as to support concealed carry in…

  • Ohio Teachers Training To Respond To Active Shooters – With Force

    Southeastern Ohio is just the latest are of schools sending teachers and faculty through an intense three day FASTER (Faculty/Administrator Safety Training & Emergency Response) course.  The course is designed to prepare teachers and faculty to respond to active shooters in their schools.  FOX 8 reported on a group of teachers going through the course…

  • Florida Hears Appeal For Right To Bear Arms In UF Dorms

    TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA — Florida Carry Inc. has filed an appeal to the University of Florida’s decision to not allow UF students to have firearms in their dormitory rooms.  The 1st District Court is scheduled to hear the case next Tuesday after an Alachua County circuit judge ruled in favor of the University of Florida’s rejection.…