Politics
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Maine Governor To Sign Law Today That Will Eliminate The Requirement For Permit To Carry Concealed
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AUGUSTA, MAINE — Governor LePage is expected to sign LD 652 into law at 2pm EST today, which would bring an end to mandatory concealed carry permits. The bill would allow anyone who can legally purchase a firearm, to conceal it under his or her clothing. Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §11212, sub-§1, ¶B, as amended…
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HONEST MISTAKE: NC Tower Climber Arrested In NJ For Possessing Firearm; This Man Needs A Pardon, And Our Help
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The fourth of July marks the time when our Founding Fathers issued a proclamation to the British government. And while each year, we celebrate our new found liberty and freedom with fireworks and barbecues – one family in North Carolina is very much on edge about defending theirs. Tower climbing is one of the most…
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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA — According to FOX News, concealed carry applications in the District of Columbia more than tripled after its “good reason” clause was ruled unconstitutional. When D.C. first offered an application process for residents to obtain a concealed carry firearms permit, the chief of police reported only 45 applicants between January 1 and…
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It’s a basic curiosity most concealed carriers have. How many others are there out there just like them? It turns out it’s pretty hard to find out a true number. According to the Government Accountability Office’s 2012 report, there are certainly more than 8 million active concealed carry permits that have been issued by individual…
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SOUTHAVEN, MISSISSIPPI — July 1 marked the date when new Mississippi gun laws went into effect. In Mississippi, it is now legal to carry a firearm in an enclosed satchel, briefcase or purse without a concealed carry permit. Local Memphis covered both the changes in Tennessee, Arkansas, and Mississippi gun laws which went into effect on…
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TOLEDO, OHIO — Journalists watch scornfully as Sen. Joe Uecker brings a near identical copy of his 2013 bill to the floor. This bill would bar them from looking up the names of those with concealed carry permits. This makes many journalists very unhappy. In 2013, a similar bill got shot down in the Senate…
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Some of the very best hunting and fishing in North America can be found in Canada. However, our brother to the North does not have the same thoughts about firearms as we do. As a point of curiosity, we decided to investigate what it would take to bring our everyday carry (EDC) firearms across the…
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TOPEKA, KANSAS — KMBZ reports that today marks the first day that Kansas’ permitless concealed carry law goes into effect. All across the state, law abiding gun owners may carry a concealed firearm on their person so long as they obey current Federal and State regulations governing where a concealed carry handgun may be taken.…
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Last October, our now-absent writer Maureen explained a court case in which a man was trying to get the ok to carry his firearm on U.S. Post Office property. At the time, it looked like a small victory of parking lot carry (but not inside the building itself). But still, we knew it would be…
