Tomorrow, Senate Judiciary C Committee will consider Constitutional Carry Legislation, Senate Bill 118. It is very important that NRA Members and Second Amendment supporters contact committee members and respectfully urge them to SUPPORT Senate Bill 118. Senate Bill 118 removes the requirement for law-abiding individuals to obtain a concealed handgun permit before being allowed to carry concealed, a
With the cycle typically ending in legislative gridlock before repeating itself, activists are seizing on the most recent spate of deadly shootings to try to disrupt the system. “God help us if we ever become complacent, or if this should ever just become routine and we just look the other way,” said Mark Barden, a
Republicans have issued increasing warnings in recent weeks to major businesses that have dared to oppose voter suppression laws in Georgia and elsewhere. From Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., deriding “oligarchy” and threatening trust busting to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s warning businesses to “stay out of politics,” Republicans have signaled that opposing their agenda on
While reports about the House passing House Bill 1927, NRA-backed permitless carry legislation, dominated the news this week, there are a number of other significant pro-Second Amendment measures that are progressing through the legislative process as well. We thank the authors of this important legislation for their work to push these initiatives through their respective legislative chambers! This week the Texas Senate
Here’s what you need to know: Credit…Maddie McGarvey for The New York Times INDIANAPOLIS — Officials with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department identified the eight victims of the mass shooting at a FedEx warehouse in Indianapolis on Friday night, more than 20 hours after the gunman opened fire on Thursday. Families of people who worked
Helena-West Helena Mayor Kevin Smith sent me a message this morning about the “Arkansas Sovereignty” law heading to Governor Hutchinson that declares the state won’t enforce gun laws it believes to be unconstitutional. The governor has said these laws trouble him. A veto likely would be speedily overridden, however. This would bring to pass just
MAYOR SMITH: Will continue to enforce federal gun law in his city. Helena-West Helena Mayor Kevin Smith has issued a fuller statement on his note to me this morning promising to defy a proposed state law meant to prevent local law enforcement from co-operating the federal government in enforcement of gun laws legislators don’t like.
On Friday, April 16th, House Majority Leader Representative Cathy Tilton and 14 Second Amendment supporting co-sponsors introduced HB 179, NRA-backed legislation to protect Alaskans from infringements on their right to keep and bear arms during times of emergency, like the COVID-19 pandemic. Please contact your State Representative and ask them to SUPPORT House Bill 179. House Bill
Here’s what you need to know: Refugees displaced by a government offensive at a tent camp in February in Afrin, Syria.Credit…Ivor Prickett for The New York Times After a backlash from Democrats and human rights activists, the White House abruptly reversed course on Friday on the number of refugees it will allow into the United
Here’s what you need to know: Refugees displaced by a government offensive at a tent camp in February in Afrin, Syria.Credit…Ivor Prickett for The New York Times After a backlash from Democrats and human rights activists, the White House abruptly reversed course on Friday on the number of refugees it will allow into the United
President Joe Bide presides over the most anti-gun White House in the history of America. The Biden administration continues beating the drum for more gun control, calling on Congress to enact new laws. But resistance among lawmakers keeps prompting Biden to threaten executive action. Now more than a dozen states move to pass legislation that
INDIANAPOLIS — A former employee whose mother had warned law enforcement officials last year that he might try to commit “suicide by cop” stormed a FedEx facility in Indianapolis late Thursday, fatally shooting eight people and injuring at least seven others. The violence gave way to a day of grief and suspense, as families waited
INDIANAPOLIS — The authorities were searching for a motive on Friday after a gunman stormed a FedEx facility in Indianapolis late Thursday, fatally shooting eight people and injuring at least seven others in a fast-moving, chaotic scene that emerged as the latest mass shooting to rock the nation in a matter of weeks. The violence
Here’s what you need to know: Video transcript Back transcript Gunman Kills 8 People at FedEx Warehouse in Indianapolis The police said a gunman fatally shot eight people and injured several others at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis late Thursday before killing himself. Just after 11 o’clock, on Thursday evening, the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department
Early Thursday evening, on a 84-56 vote, the Texas House gave initial approval to House Bill 1927, by Rep. Matt Schaefer (R-Tyler), an NRA-backed permitless carry proposal that would allow law-abiding citizens to carry a handgun without a state-issued License To Carry (LTC). This is the first time a permitless carry bill has been debated by, and passed out of, one legislative
This morning, House Bill 1293 and House Bill 1297 were passed on a concurrence vote from the House, and will now be sent to the desk of Governor Doug Burgum for his signature. Please contact Governor Burgum and ask him to sign these important measures into law. House Bill 1293 expands the list of firearms that
NovX just announced the release of its newest self-defense load, dubbed the Pentagon. New NovX Pentagon brings maximum terminal performance for defensive, concealed carry applications. NovX Pentagon Ammo Pentagon ammunition establishes new benchmarks in terminal performance for handgun ammunition, according to NovX. The bullet utilizes a monolithic copper hollow point design, specifically engineered for controlled
Jaime Guttenberg was 14 when she was shot and killed in her high school in Parkland, Florida. That day in 2018, Valentine’s Day, her father began chasing an elusive dream. “I have a dream of ending the gun violence epidemic in this country, and I am dedicating my life to it,” says Fred Guttenberg. “When
The Texas House gave initial approval to a “constitutional carry” bill that would allow Texans to carry a handgun without a license. Current Texas law requires gun owners to obtain a permit to carry their weapon in the open or in a concealed manner. House Bill 1927 passed 84-56 after several hours of emotional debate.
Back in 2019, Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke made this provocative statement about gun control in a primary debate: “Hell yes, we’re going to take your AR-15, your AK-47…!” To those on the political right, this statement confirmed all that they had feared about those on the left. I will paraphrase their fears: “If Democrats
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, a legendary business professor and associate dean at the Yale School of Management, has watched this split grow in recent years, and has heard it from CEOs he knows and works with. What the GOP cares about and what major businesses care about are, increasingly incompatible, he says. “The political desire to use
The Virginia Tech campus in Blacksburg was still on lockdown. A gunman had killed 32 students and teachers before turning the weapon on himself. Kaine, sleepless, returned to Virginia on the next flight out, traveling from hospital to hospital to visit the wounded once he arrived. “Every April, I always think about this,” Kaine (D-Va.),
Monday night was a busy night for the Senate Judiciary Committee as the panel heard testimony on nearly two dozen gun bills. As previously reported, there were a few pro-gun bills discussed, however most of the attention was focused on legislation, which if passed, would present a historic assault on the Second Amendment rights of
The House of Representatives is reconvening next week. Senate Bill 6, to ban magazines over an arbitrary capacity limit, has been assigned to the House Judiciary Committee. Please contact committee members and ask them to OPPOSE SB 6. Senate Bill 6, the so-called “Delaware Large Capacity Magazine Prohibition Act,” bans possessing magazines with a capacity
Thursday morning, Gov. Phil Murphy held a press conference to unveil yet another gun control package in the Garden State. Every time he reverts back to the same playbook, it is nothing more than an admission that years of gun control have been a failure. But because he has no real ideas about how to
Don’t give in to the relentless misinformation campaign perpetuated by Democrats regarding the Second Amendment. They want our guns, and they’re saying anything and everything to win public support. But a new McLaughlin Poll shows the majority of Americans still support the Second Amendment. It further shows most folks just want better enforcement of current
On Wednesday, April 21, the Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Committee is holding a public hearing on several Sunday hunting bills, including Legislative Document 1033, which would allow Sunday hunting on private property with written landowner permission. This bill creates more hunting opportunities for Maine sportsmen and women. Maine is just one of two states that
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Tennessee’s new permitless handgun law set to take effect in July has raised objections and concerns from law enforcement professionals across the state, including from some in Williamson County. The incoming law will allow adults 21 and older as well as military members between 18 and 20 to open or concealed carry handguns on their
US President Joe Biden speaks about gun violence prevention in the Rose Garden of the White House in … [+] Washington, DC, on April 8, 2021. – Biden on Thursday called US gun violence an “epidemic” at a White House ceremony to unveil new attempts to get the problem under control. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI
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