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WCNC: Lawmaker Files Bill for Constitutional Carry in NC
Rep. Larry Pittman, a Republican from Cabarrus County, introduced HB746 in Raleigh Tuesday. Under the bill, North Carolinians who purchase their weapons legally would not be required to obtain a concealed carry permit or go through the training courses.
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Fox 8: Bill Would Offer Gun Education to North Carolina High School Students
North Carolina high schools could offer a class on gun safety this fall if a bill passes the state legislature. The class would also teach students about the math, history and science of guns.
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Breitbart: Gabby Giffords: Murder-Suicide at Elementary School Proves CA Gun Control Insufficient
“We can no longer call events like this ‘unimaginable,’ because they happen with alarming frequency. It’s time that all Americans have the courage to truly fight this crisis by standing up and demanding the smart gun laws we know save lives.”
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Guns.com: Connecticut Bill Requiring Those Open Carrying to Show Permits Fails
The measure, HB 6200, was backed by several gun control groups and police lobby organizations but did not pass out of committee by the required April 7 deadline, effectively killing it for the current session.
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USA Today: In Gun-Taboo China, Tourism to U.S. Firing Ranges Grows
That's a long way to travel for target practice, but its exceedingly difficult to do that here in China where the restrictions on firearms are so severe that even possession of air rifles or toy guns can land you in jail for years.
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Washington Post: Iowa Lawmakers Pass the State’s most Expansive Gun Rights Bill Ever
Lawmakers have passed a bill that many say is the most comprehensive and broadest piece of legislation on gun rights the state has seen.
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Breitbart: Gov. Terry McAulifee Calls for Handgun Rationing in Virginia
He is proposing a legislative amendment that mandates law-abiding Virginians can only buy one handgun a month.
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CA Bill Denies Public Info to Pro-2A Groups
Should public data be available to ALL who requested, or just a preferred few? That’s the question at issue in Sen. Pan’s SB 536, which gives preferential treatment to anti-gun researchers.
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Indy Star: Shooting Near Indiana Statehouse Highlights Bill to Allow Staff to Carry Guns, Sponsor Says
"We have a real opportunity to clarify the importance of what we're talking about here," Tomes said. "I just don't want to read about one of the good people that work at our Statehouse, or any citizen, becoming a victim."
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Politico: Bloomberg Gun Control Group Vows $25M to Fight ‘Concealed Carry’
Preparing for life with Donald Trump as president and Republican majorities in Congress, Michael Bloomberg’s gun control group is threatening to spend more than $25 million in 2018 races.
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Guns.com: South Carolina House Passes Permitless Carry Measure
The bill would remove the requirement to obtain a concealed weapon permit to carry a handgun in the state. It would also retain the current permitting system for those who want to take advantage of reciprocity agreements with other states.
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Daily Times: Navajo Nation Delegate Pushes for Gun Registration
If the Navajo Nation Council approves the measure and the tribal president signs it into law, gun owners would have up to 180 days to register.
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Firearms Policy Coalition Applauds Senate Confirmation of Neil Gorsuch to U.S. Supreme Court
The Senate’s prudent confirmation of Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court may very well have helped to avoid a serious constitutional crisis and put the Second Amendment back on the path of protecting something more than a second-class right.
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URGENT: Help Us Score a Pro-Gun Victory in Washington
Now we have an opportunity to move the needle much farther with a proposed common sense amendment by representative Representative John Koster that would also exempt transactions between holders of Concealed Pistol Licenses (CPLs).
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LV Review Journal: Gun Seizure Bill Reminds Nevada Legislator of Tom Cruise Movie
Senate Bill 387 would allow a law enforcement officer or an immediate family member to seek a civil court order that would keep the person from having firearms in their possession. The measure would not require the person to be arrested before taking their firearms, but they would have to show a pattern of either threats, or violent acts.
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Guns.com: Virginia Lawmakers Fail to Overturn Vetoes of Pro-Gun Bills
The reconvened session of the General Assembly on Wednesday upheld all of Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s vetoes but did not adopt his amendment to reinstate Virginia’s one-handgun-a-month law.
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Guns.com: Baltimore County Votes to Repeal Taser Ban in Wake of Lawsuit
In the past week, the Firearms Policy Coalition and Firearms Policy Foundation sent legal letters to the cities of Westminster, Maryland; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Tacoma, Washington; and Wilmington, Delaware demanding they repeal their respective bans on electronic arms or face litigation.
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AP: Tennessee Senate OKs Guns in Boats and Silencers
The Senate voted 28-1 Monday to pass the "Tennessee Hearing Protection Act," which would allow the use of silencers on guns. Supporters have touted the bill as measure of protection for sportsmen's ears. The bill still needs House approval.
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Guns.com: Iowa Senate Passes Omnibus Firearms Reform Bill
A pro-gun House bill that includes “stand your ground” provisions was approved by lawmakers in the Iowa Senate on Tuesday.
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Oregon Legislators Want to Strip your 2A Rights for Protesting
In the United States, some of our treasured core rights are the right to assemble peaceably, the right to protest, freedom of speech, and, of course, the right to keep and bear arms.
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Stop Secret Gun Confiscation Court Hearings in Nevada
Everything about this law turns your fundamental rights upside down. You have no due process, no presumption of innocence, no opportunity to confront witnesses against you, and the court relies on shoddy evidence.
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Gorsuch Headed to Full Senate Vote for Confirmation
We must make our voices heard and tell the Senate we don’t support Warren and Schumer’s childish partisan tactics.
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Fresno Bee: Agents seized 500 Guns from a Clovis, CA Family. After a Court Fight, They got them Back
After a lengthy court fight, a Clovis family forced the return of 500 firearms seized by the California Department of Justice in 2015. The weapons were confiscated by state DOJ agents acting on information that Albert Sheakalee was barred from owning guns because he was in the state’s Armed Prohibited Persons (APPS) database.
