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Guns.com: Gabby Giffords, Mark Kelly Start Ohio-Based Gun Control Group
Mark Kelly debuted the Ohio Coalition for Common Sense at the Columbus Metropolitan Club on Wednesday with the avowed purpose to bring community leaders together to address gun violence in the state.
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They Want to Sneak SB 719 Through in Oregon
Since they’ve announced that “sine die” (adjournment) is imminent, the rules have changed - and they are not required to give us as much notice as they did earlier in the session before a hearing is held.
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Breitbart: NY Dem Pushes Bill Labeling Traditional Guns as ‘Child Operated Firearms’
According to the official New York State Senate website, S3444 “Proscribes persons, firms or corporations engaged in retail business of selling firearms from selling, delivering or transferring child operated firearms.”
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FPC Scores Major 2A Victory Over Westminster, MD
FPC and Firearms Policy Foundation had recently sent Westminster a letter threatening legal action if the unconstitutional ban was not repealed in full.
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Guns.com: North Dakota Supreme Court Invalidates Restraining Order Against Gun Owner
Justice Daniel J. Crothers, who authored the Supreme Court’s unanimous decision last week, agreed her behavior didn’t qualify as “intrusive or unwanted acts, words, or gestures that are intended to adversely affect the safety, security, or privacy of another person.”
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Breitbart: LAPD Chief Warns of Apocalypse if National Concealed Carry Passes
Los Angeles Police Department Chief Charlie Beck warns that national reciprocity for concealed carry will be a disaster in California.
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Guns.com: Illinois Lawmakers Propose ‘National Gun Violence Awareness’ Day and Month
Companion measures were introduced last week in both chambers of Congress to promote an awareness campaign backed by gun control groups.
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AP: Governor Signs Law Making Texas Gun Fees Nation's Lowest
Gov. Greg Abbott has visited a gun range to sign a law reducing Texas' fees for licenses to carry handguns to the lowest in the nation.
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Guns.com: Second Amendment group prods Tacoma, WA to repeal Taser ban
The Firearms Policy Coalition is holding Tacoma to task over its local ordinances against the sale, manufacturing, purchasing, possessing or carrying of any “electroshock device” by a law-abiding resident, visitor or traveler.
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Twin Cities Pioneer Press: Minnesota Gun Rights Legislation Fails to Get Far, Despite Republican Legislative Control
Both proponents and opponents of gun-rights bills expected strong backing this year, given that Republicans had just taken control of both houses. But Republican leaders of key committees say they didn’t want to push the bills when they were also working to craft a $46 billion budget for the state.
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ALERT: California Senate Appropriations Committee Passes Two Anti-Gun Measures, Kills One
Yesterday, the Senate Appropriations Committee met for the final time before the Legislature takes their summer break. And while we were able to score one victory over an anti-gun bill and the passage of a few pro-gun measures, two of the worst anti-2A measures were moved forward.
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Chicago Tribune: New Gun Range Rules Approved by Chicago City Council
The action came after the federal 7th Circuit Court of Appeals struck down previous, stricter provisions that only allowed ranges in isolated industrial areas that covered just 2 percent of the city.
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CA AB 424, Furthering the Campus Carry Ban, Passes State Assembly
The bill deletes the authority of a school district superintendent, his or her designee, or equivalent school authority to provide written permission for a person to possess a firearm within a school zone.
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Topeka Capitol Journal: Kansas Senate Committee Restores Medical Facility Exemption to Conceal-Carry Law
The committee’s vote took the bill back to a form in which those four state hospitals, the University of Kansas Health System, adult care homes and community mental health facilities wouldn’t be required to adhere to the 2013 Kansas law opening public buildings to carriers of concealed guns after July 1.
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URGENT: TX Knife Bill Needs Your Support
Remember Lt. Governor Patrick likely supports HB1935, but has to prioritize hundreds of bills tonight, so be respectful and simply say to whomever answers: "I am calling to respectfully request the Lt. Governor please bring HB1935 up for a vote as soon as possible, thank you."
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Guns.com: NY Lawmakers Push Bill Requiring Child-Proof Triggers on Guns
The bill, S.3444, would make it illegal to sell or transfer handguns one year after its passage unless the firearm was designed to where a five-year-old could not pull the trigger.
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We Did It - Two Anti-Gun NV Bills are Dead
Two anti-gun bills FPC and our supporters have repeatedly contacted Nevada legislators about died Friday when they weren’t acted on by a committee deadline.
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Cleveland: Ohio Bill would Decriminalize Carrying Concealed Handguns in Schools, Other Gun-Free Zones
Rep. John Becker, a Clermont County Republican, sponsored a bill decriminalizing the violation
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Fox News: Demand Soars for Concealed Carry Permits, Data Shows
The number of concealed carry permits in the United States has topped 15 million over the last year, according to data collected by the Crime Prevention Research Center.
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Oklahoma Governor Signs Bill that Lifts Ban of Carry on Public Transportation
Governor Mary Fallin of Oklahoma signed SB 397 over the weekend to allow licensed concealed carry permit holders to bring their firearm with them on public buses.
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NBC 2: Florida Concealed Weapons Permit Site Hacked
The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services says the data breach affects more than 16,000 people and some social security numbers may be at risk.
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Louisiana Record: New Orleans Lifts Stun Gun Ban
She said that because of the decision, the city had no choice but to lift the stun gun ban.
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Breitbart: Dallas Sheriff Joins Gabby Giffords’ Gun Control Group, Comes Out Against Concealed Carry
Like Giffords, Michael Bloomberg, and Bloomberg-funded gun control group Everytown for Gun Safety, Valdez is calling for Congress to refuse to pass legislation that would make the concealed carry permit of one state valid in every state.
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Secret Gun Confiscation Hearing Oregon Bill is Still a Risk!
One of Ceasefire Oregon's main priorities this year is passing SB 719, which provides for secret hearings for Extreme Risk Protection Orders - orders which, if granted, prohibit a person from possessing a firearm for a year.
