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Idaho Elk Hunter Survives Grizzly Encounter

March 10, 2025November 16, 2024 by Darwin Nercesian

An elk hunter in Eastern Idaho is lucky to have survived a confrontation with an adult grizzly bear after he was forced to use his hunting rifle to defend his life. The grave encounter unfolded around 3 PM on October 26 while 27-year-old Dylyn Carter hunted cow elk in a heavily timbered area north of … Read more

FELONY STUPID: Idaho Teen Converts to Islam, Planned to Attack Churches in N. Idaho

March 10, 2025April 12, 2024 by John Boch

If anyone ever needed yet another reason to start and maintain a robust church security program in your place of worship, a story out of Idaho provides it. The Feds picked up Alexander Mercurio, a Muslim convert, the day before he planned to attack churches and then set them ablaze until he got to meet … Read more

Idaho: Momentum Continues For Three Pro-Gun Bills

March 10, 2025March 24, 2024 by Mark Chesnut

While legislators in some western states like Colorado and California continue to push more restrictions on lawful gun owners, Idaho lawmakers are soaring to the finish line with a number of pro-gun measures. Fortunately for Idaho’s lawful gun owners, three such measures have been approved by the state legislature and sent to Republican Gov. Brad … Read more

Idaho Bill Bans Public Contracts For Companies That Discriminate Against Gun Industry

March 10, 2025February 12, 2024 by Mark Chesnut

A measure recently introduced in the Idaho legislature seeks to keep companies that discriminate against firearms-related businesses or groups from receiving contracts from the state government. Senate Bill 1291 was introduced in the state Senate earlier this week. The measure would prohibit public contracts with individuals or companies that are boycotting those that engage in or … Read more

Fred Guttenberg Adds A New Level Of Presumed Guilt to the Gun Control Playbook

March 6, 2025February 27, 2020 by Carl Bussjaeger

I feel sorry for Fred Guttenberg for the loss of his daughter in the Parkland shooting, but even that bit of sympathy has been stretched thin by his demand that everyone else in the country be rendered as helpless as Jaime was. Very, very thin. As Guttenberg blurted out on Twitter upon hearing of Bailey … Read more

11-Year-Old Girl Brings Her AR-15 to Idaho Statehouse for a Hearing, Internet Melts Down

March 6, 2025February 25, 2020 by John Boch

The great 2020 Virginia Gun Rights Rally last month has shown that pushing back twice as hard against gun control gets results. America’s gun owners turned out in Virginia and they brought their guns to make their point. Now, an 11-year-old girl has done the same in an Idaho statehouse hearing. Bailey Nielsen, 11, accompanied … Read more

Self-Deploying At Your Kid’s School Is A Bad Idea

June 2, 2018 by John Boch

About a week ago in Idaho, parents rushed to a local high school. They had heard rumors of an armed student on a rampage. A number of good Samaritans showed up with their guns, some even carrying AR-15 rifles, ready for a fight. Thankfully, when police showed up they used good judgement and nobody left … Read more

Fair Is Fair: Washington State Recognizes Idaho CCW Permits.

January 30, 2025January 30, 2014 by ttag

With the adoption of Idaho’s ‘Enhanced CCW’ permit, the neighboring states of Idaho and Washington now fully recognize each others’ (enhanced) CCW licenses. Now if we can just get grumpy old Oregon on board . . .

Idaho CCW: One Rule For Elected Officials, Another Rule For The Rest Of Us

November 19, 2013 by ttag

If you had an old conviction for, say…assault with intent to commit rape, you would be expected to mention that when you applied for a CCW permit. If you failed to disclose that ‘little technicality’ you would expect to lose your CCW permit and be prosecuted for perjury, and ultimately lose your gun rights all over again. Fair’s fair, right?Not according to Idaho State Representative Mark Patterson . . .

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