The Kentucky Senate passed a constitutional carry bill last week. Constitutional carry, if you’re unaware, means that Americans don’t need a government permission slip to own, keep and bear arms. It applies the Second Amendment as it was written and intended, acknowledging every American’s innate right to armed self-defense. That Senate vote, however, was a […]
The Kentucky Senate made the local chapter of Moms Demand Action very unhappy yesterday. As kentucky.com reports, “This is how our state decided to mark that anniversary of the deadliest high school shooting in our nation’s history — pass more gun legislation, making it easier for people to carry weapons in our state,” said Connie Coartney, […]
Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin vetoed a constitutional carry bill that reached her desk last year. She said she killed the bill because constitutional carry removed the ability of law enforcement officers to distinguish between people carrying guns who had been trained and those who haven’t. No, really, she said that. But Fallin is no longer […]
In 2017, former South Dakota governor Dennis Daugaard vetoed a constitutional carry bill that made it to his desk. Governor Daugaard said he was a big supporter of Second Amendment rights, but as he wrote in his veto message a the time . . . As a longtime member of the NRA, I support the right […]
South Dakota is on a fast track to become the nation’s fourteenth state with nationwide constitutional carry after Senate Bill 47 passed on Tuesday with a 23-11 vote after about one hour of debate. Both the Senate and House currently have Republican majorities, the House even more than the Senate. The reason constitutional carry hasn’t been […]
In November, Florida narrowly elected Ron DeSantis as governor of the former Gunshine State. Along with governor-elect DeSantis taking office, the House and Senate will also have Republican majorities. In just about any other state, that would mean good news for gun owners. But as Florida’s past legislative history has shown, that isn’t the case. The […]
The picture hasn’t been all that rosy for the gun rights cause of late. What with the President virtually ordering the ATF to reclassify bump fire stocks as machine guns (a dangerous precedent) and the Californication of Washington state gun laws with the passage of I-1639, there hasn’t been much good news lately. However, two […]
As we reported last month, the National Rifle Association endorsed Lt. Governor Casey Cagle in the Peach State run for the governor’s office. But that endorsement was apparently outweighed by one from the commander-in-chief for Cagle’s opponent, Brian Kemp. Last night, Kemp defeated Cagle and it wasn’t by a small margin. The Lt. Governor even lost his […]
The Oklahoma Senate passed a constitutional carry bill on May 2. The bill was sent to Governor Mary Fallin’s desk…where it remains. The popular bill passed both the House and the Senate by veto-proof margins. But the legislature no longer has the power to override a veto because they’ve adjourned for the year. From nraila.org: […]
The Oklahoma Senate passed SB 1212 this week which would make Oklahoma a constitutional carry state. The bill is now headed to Governor Mary Fallin’s desk. The popular bill passed both the House and the Senate by veto proof margins. From koko.com which paints Second Amendment rights as somehow controversial: On a 33-8 vote, the Oklahoma […]
Yesterday the Oklahoma House of Representatives passed a constitutional carry bill, SB 1212, 59-28. The measure had already passed the Senate unanimously in March but as a bill removing wildlife refuges as gun free zones. Opponents made the same arguments against constitutional carry heard in all the other states where it’s now law. From kfor.com: Other critics […]
“As you know, there is absolutely no national consensus when it comes to the right to carry a concealed weapon in public places. You have Missouri, where you can just buy a gun and put it in your pocket. You have places like California, where people are carefully screened, trained and tested before they can […]
