Despite the best efforts of Bloomberg-financed Moms Demand Action and anti-gun politicians, Oklahomans now need nothing more than the Bill of Rights in order keep and bear arms. As of today, Oklahoma is the 16th state that doesn’t require a permit for concealed carry. A look at how concealed carry laws have changed since 1986: … Read more
Being a gun control advocate means never having to settle for defeat. After Oklahoma passed and signed a constitutional carry bill into law earlier this year, opponents — including Moms Demand Action — set out to overturn it. They mounted an initiative campaign, trying to get constitutional carry on the ballot in November in hopes … Read more
This is the kind of news that’s really going to bother Joe Biden. It might even frighten Diane Feinstein. It should worry Shannon Watts. It’ll gravely concern Julian Castro. It could muddle Chris Murphy. And it should downright perturb Mayor Pete. A report released by the nonprofit Crime Prevention Research Center this week needs a trigger warning: … Read more
Long frustrated by their inability to get much action in Washington, D.C., Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America branched out to the states in an effort to score. A win, that is. Unfortunately for the Demanding Moms, they will remain frustrated in Oklahoma as they have failed to gather enough signatures to put … Read more
This is TTAG’s weekly roundup of legal and legislative news affecting guns, the gun business and gun owners’ rights. Red Flags Continue to Wave, But For What? In a manner that’s beginning to make me feel like a broken record, this week we see New Jersey’s red flag law take effect, as we’ve discussed in … Read more
From the Associated Press: The Oklahoma Second Amendment Association is challenging efforts that would put on hold a new permitless carry law until voters weigh in on the issue. The law passed earlier this year will allow Oklahoma residents to openly carry guns without a background check or training. The new law takes effect Nov. 1, … Read more
By Chris W. Cox When I started with NRA in 1995, most of the attention our organization received was over legislative efforts in Congress. Firearm-related legislation at the federal level obviously has an impact on far more law-abiding gun owners than what happens in a single state. As I wrote last month, though, Congress often … Read more
Texas gun rights advocates have been going at it with Texas House Speaker Dennis Bonnen for months now. The Speaker is no fan of constitutional carry and kept a bill to legalize permitless carry bottled up in the House. Bonnen then used campaigning tactics by a Texas Gun Rights activist as an excuse to kill … Read more
Kentucky’s Governor Matt Bevin tries to work cooperatively with everyone in the Kentucky General Assembly. But regarding the debate over constitutional carry in the Bluegrass State, he’s heard enough doomsday hyperbole. So when push came to shove, he offered a very pointed and memorable bit of advice to those who tried to talk him out … Read more
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