Month: February 2023

The Rand Corp. has put a death toll on last year’s gun rights Supreme Court ruling, calculating that more permissive concealed-carry permit laws would lead to at least 150 additional firearms deaths each year. In research released Thursday, Rand modeled combinations of state gun laws to calculate their relative lethality and came up with estimates

North Carolinians should be allowed to carry concealed guns without the government’s permission, Republican lawmakers proposed in a bill filed Thursday. The so-called Constitutional Carry Act would get rid of the state’s concealed-carry rules for guns. If it becomes law then anyone who can legally possess a firearm can also carry it concealed, in public,

The Rand Corporation has put a death toll on last year’s gun-rights Supreme Court ruling, calculating that more permissive concealed-carry permit laws would lead to at least 150 additional firearms deaths each year. In new research released Thursday, Rand modeled combinations of state gun laws to calculate their relative lethality, and came up with estimates

Posted on Feb 23, 2023 By Paul Rozycki Two days. That’s all it took for the horrific shooting at Michigan State University to become old news and be replaced by the newest shootings.  In the two days following the Feb. 13 shooting that killed three MSU students, sent five to the hospital, and dominated the

Earlier today, the New Hampshire House held the last of several floor votes on three anti-gun bills. Thanks to the strong support of NRA members and Second Amendment supporters, the bills were defeated and will not move forward this session.  NRA-ILA would like to thank all of those Representatives who defended the Second Amendment for

Michigan State University has been around for over a hundred years and history has been made on campus, including a massive student protest march on the state Capitol, with over 10,000 demanding an end to the Vietnam War. Presidents and other national officials have spoken on campus, and, in the sports arena, the history is

(The Center Square) — The South Carolina House has passed a constitutional carry law, allowing residents to carry a firearm without a permit. H.3594, the South Carolina Constitutional Carry/Second Amendment Preservation Act of 2023, maintains the federal background check requirements to purchase a firearm and the concealed weapons permit process for reciprocity carry in other

LANSING — Michigan House Democrats joined their Senate colleagues in the introduction of legislation which is intended to encourage gun safety and help prevent acts of violence like the shooting that took place last week at Michigan State University, legislative leaders announced Tuesday. “Gun violence has touched the lives of countless Americans. I personally have

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The Republican-controlled South Carolina House voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to allow lawful firearm owners to carry handguns openly or concealed without a state permit. The 90-30 vote brings the conservative state one step closer to joining 25 others with some form of so-called “constitutional carry” laws. The fate of the state’s latest

Today, the House of Representatives voted 68-47 to pass House Bill 50, the House companion bill to Senate Bill 40 that repeals the permit-to-purchase a firearm requirement. HB 50 eliminates the redundant background check.  As previously reported, the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) is already in place to do background checks and instantly provides that

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Tomorrow, the Senate Civil Rights, Judiciary and Public Safety Committee is scheduled to meet, weather permitting. They will hear three gun control bill packages: to criminalize private transfers, require firearms be made unavailable for self-defense, and allow Second Amendment rights to be suspended without due process. Please contact committee members and ask them to OPPOSE

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT IN HISTORY: On Feb. 22, 2021, the number of U.S. deaths from COVID-19 topped 500,000, according to Johns Hopkins University. ON THIS DATE: In 1630, English colonists in the Massachusetts Bay Colony first sampled popcorn brought to them by a Native American named Quadequina for their Thanksgiving celebration. More from this section

There is no section of the Code of Virginia titled, “Prohibition on providing young children with gasoline and matches to play with.” Does that mean it’s legal in the Old Dominion to give young children gasoline and matches to amuse themselves? Of course not. VA Code Ann. § 18.2-371.1 provides, A. Any parent, guardian, or

Today in History Today is Wednesday, Feb. 22, the 53rd day of 2023. There are 312 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Feb. 22, 2021, the number of U.S. deaths from COVID-19 topped 500,000, according to Johns Hopkins University. On this date: In 1630, English colonists in the Massachusetts Bay Colony

As the Internal Revenue Service seeks to bolster the ranks of its weapon-carrying Criminal Investigation unit, a former special agent described the inner workings of the division and said its key function is “to put the fear of God in people” and intimidate Americans into tax compliance. Former IRS Special Agent Robert Nordlander told Accounting