Florida’s Anti-Gun Rights Republicans Revealed

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A reader writes: Yesterday, March 7, 2017 was the first day of the Legislative Session for Florida and with that two 2nd Amendment related bills were up for debate in the Senate Judiciary Committee. The...

Kentucky Constitutional Carry Dead for 2017?

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Will the Constitutional carry bills in the Kentucky House and Senate get out of committee and head to the governor's desk? On opencarry.org, a poster has been in intimate contact with the attempt to pass...

South Dakota: Constitutional Carry Passes Senate Committee

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The South Dakota Senate Judiciary Committee passed the current "permitless" or Constitutional carry bill, HB 1072. The next stop for the bill: the full Senate. The bill has already passed the House of Representatives...

Constitutional Carry Passes Alabama Senate Committee

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SB 24, the "permitless" or Constitutional carry bill in Alabama, cleared another hurdle. Last Wednesday, it passed the Senate Judiciary committee. "The committee voted 6-3 for the bill after a fiery public hearing with...

Kentucky Constitutional Carry Back in the Running

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A week ago, the Kentucky Senate pulled a bill for permitless or Constitutional carry. Pols claimed they didn't have the votes; the Republican leadership didn't want to risk a loss. Senate bill (SB 7) has now been...

Iowa House Introduces Omnibus Gun Law Reform Bill

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Iowa House Study Bill 133 is an omnibus weapons law reform bill. The authors of the bill appear to have searched through various weapons laws enacted in the United States in the last several decades...

Montana Governor Bullock Vetoes Constitutional Carry…Again

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Governor Steve Bullock (D) of Montana has vetoed constitutional carry again. The bill, HB 262 was struck down on Thursday afternoon. In an nbcmontana.com article, Governor Bullock stated that individuals can't be trusted to decide whether or...

Is Supreme Court Nominee Judge Neil Gorsuch Good or Bad for Gun Rights?

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Judge Neil Gorsuch’s nomination to the Supreme Court caused a minor kerfuffle among Second Amendment advocates. Judge Gorsuch's philosophy of textual originalism and strict adherence to precedent prompted comparisons between the Colorado jurist and the late...

New Hampshire: Governor Sununu Signs Constitutional Carry Bill Into Law

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Governor Chris Sununu has just signed SB12, the "permitless" or Constitutional carry bill for New Hampshire in a signing ceremony this morning. From Governor Sununu's facebook page: Signing #SB12 into law is a commitment I made...

Montana Governor Set to Torpedo Constitutional Carry: Third Time Unlucky

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Montana has "permitless" or Constitutional Carry for areas outside of city and town limits, which accounts for more than 99 percent of the state. Bills to extend Constitutional Carry to the entire state have passed...

Three Best Arguments for Constitutional Carry

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Back in the day, when the Texas legislature was considering reforming the licensing system for concealed carry, a lot of politicians were caught unawares. They had no idea Texans needed a permit to carry a firearm....

Alabama Considers Constitutional Carry

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State Senator Gerald Allen is pushing to restore "permitless" or Constitutional carry in Alabama. Senator Allen is leading the charge. From al.com: Sen. Gerald Allen, R-Tuscaloosa, has pre-filed a bill to end a requirement that he...