Month: February 2023

An 80-year-old man living near Chicago’s O’Hare airport was left “​​battered” late last month when two intruders knocked on his door and entered his home.  The elderly man was a legal gun owner and managed to fire off a shot, hitting one intruder and sending the other running for cover. The incident is one of

Republican lawmakers in red states are rapidly “gutting budgets for education and health care, empowering polluters, and starving badly needed public infrastructure” writes author William Kleinknecht in his new book, States of Neglect: How Red-State Leaders Have Failed Their Citizens and Undermined America (The New Press, 2023). In the excerpt that follows, Kleinknecht analyzes how

Today, the House voted 84-14 to pass Senate Bill 10, the Campus Self-Defense Act, to ensure that law-abiding adults are not stripped of their right to self-defense when they cross an arbitrary boundary onto a college campus. It now goes to Governor Jim Justice’s desk for his signature. Please contact Gov. Justice and ask him

Alabama Representative Barry Moore, a staunch gun-rights supporter, is proposing that the AR-15 rifle should be the “National Gun of America.” “The #SecondAmendment is as American a right as freedom of speech, religion, & the press,” Moore wrote on Twitter Tuesday evening. “Today I unveiled my bill to make the AR-15 the National Gun of

The Wyoming House will vote soon on a pro-Second Amendment bill, SF 148, that enhances the current firearm preemption laws. In other words, SF 148 ensures the Wyoming state legislature has the sole authority to regulate firearms, preventing counties and municipalities from passing a patchwork of confusing and conflicting local laws throughout the state.  States that have repealed firearm preemption

West Virginia lawmakers passed an NRA-backed bill that will allow concealed carry permit holders to carry their firearms on the campuses of state colleges and universities.  “The National Rifle Association applauds the West Virginia Legislature’s passage of NRA-backed campus carry,” NRA West Virginia State Director Art Thomm told Fox News Digital on Tuesday.  “There is

Presented by With Sam Sutton and Daniel Lippman  POLICYMAKERS CALL OUT RAIL INDUSTRY LOBBYING: Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg lashed the rail industry over the weekend for its “vigorous resistance” in Washington to increased safety measures that have come under the spotlight following the Feb. 3 derailment of a Norfolk Southern train carrying hazardous chemicals in

Today, the House Judiciary Committee voted 17-6 to advance House Bill 543, the constitutional carry bill. It will now go to the House floor for debate. Please contact your state representative and ask them to SUPPORT HB 543. House Bill 543, constitutional carry, strengthens the right to self-defense in Florida by recognizing the right of

John Kennedy  |  Capital Bureau | USA TODAY NETWORK – FLORIDA TALLAHASSEE – Florida looks bound to soon allow people to carry guns without the need for a concealed weapons permit, a showcase, pro-gun move demanded by Gov. Ron DeSantis before his widely expected run for the Republican presidential nomination.  But the measure is being

Recently, plans have come to light for certain school districts in Rhode Island, a state that bans firearm registries by statute, to require parents to make declarations about privately-owned firearms when registering their children for school. Besides its tension with existing law and obvious irrelevance to the schools’ educational mission, this move risks stigmatizing innocent

On Thursday February 16th, the State Senate voted 30-8 to pass Senate Bill 116, a bill that expands access and standardizes firearm safety education for schools.  Please use the link below to contact your representative and urge them to support Senate Bill 116. House Bill 2304, the House companion bill to SB 116, has been sent

Editor’s Note: This editorial was written by Celia Hiorns and Janani Sundar, with contributions from other editorial board members. Feb. 13, a gunman opened fire at Michigan State University, killing three students and critically injuring five others before dying of a fatal self-inflicted gunshot wound.  Though every news outlet and social media platform in the

The North Dakota House will be voting on 3 pro-gun bills today. Please use the link below to contact your Representative urging them to support HB 1341, HB 1340, and HB 1339.   HB 1341 recognizes the right to self-defense while on the grounds of the State Capitol.  The amendment, however, will turn the bill into

BISMARCK — North Dakota lawmakers have made a habit of revisiting an old question when they meet for a legislative session every two years: Who can have guns, and where can they carry them? The state House of Representatives largely held off on answering the question Monday, Feb. 20, and instead advanced a proposed legislative

Newly-elected District 59 State Rep. Caleb Hemmer and District 21 State Sen. Jeff Yarbro, who last week announced his bid for Nashville mayor, have proposed a new bill aimed at holding gun owners accountable when their guns are stolen from vehicles.  The bill would require a person to keep firearms “from ordinary observation and locked

On Friday, the Senate Ways & Means Committee will hold an executive session and likely vote on Senate Bill 5078, to allow anti-gun zealots to bankrupt the firearm industry with frivolous lawsuits. NRA testified in opposition to SB 5078 at the committee’s January 31st hearing. Please contact committee members and ask them to OPPOSE SB 5078. Senate Bill 5078 aims to undermine