Second Amendment - Page 64

A robbery suspect in Brazil entered a convenience store and drew his gun, only to be shot multiple times in a situation in which everyone was armed.

An intrusion suspect in Alabama Shores, Alabama, was found wounded in the woods after getting into a gun battle with a homeowner.

On Wednesday Michigan’s House passed legislation to stop requiring a government permit to carry a concealed handgun for self-defense.

During the June 7 Brady Center Bear Awards, Kristen Stewart warned that it is time to shatter the idea that playing with toy guns is cool.

FBI crime report figures show that Alaska, Arizona, and Wyoming–three states that abolished their concealed requirement years ago–have since witnessed a decreased in handgun murders.

Sampson County North Carolina Sheriff Jimmy Thornton says suppressors improve the hunting experience and make firearms training safer.

Gabby Giffords’ gun control is ramping up their misinformation campaign in hopes of derailing permitless carry as it goes to a full House vote in North Carolina.

On Thursday the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld California’s fee on firearms transfers, describing the fee as a “minimal” burden on the Second Amendment.

Legislation to abolish Michigan’s concealed carry permit requirement passed the House Judiciary Committee and will goes before the full House.

FBI figures show May 2017 shattered the background check records set under Barack Obama during May 2015 and 2016.

Oklahoma Neighbor uses Revolver to Shoot Knife-Wielding Man who was Trying to Drown three-month-old Babies in Bathtub.

Gun control proponent Shannon Watts is urging women to run for Congress with the goal of instituting gun control once in D.C.

Maryland adopted sweeping gun control in 2013 and Baltimore just witnessed the highest January through May murder rate for any year on record.

Former president Barack Obama showed support for gun control (June 2) day by drinking out of an orange cup.

Twenty-four Republican Representatives and one Democrat are pushing legislation that would make Pennsylvania gun owners a “protected class.”

Republican lawmakers in the Ohio House are pushing “Stand Your Ground” legislation and improvements for concealed carry.

Deputies in Miami County Ohio say a suspected intruder entered a home through a doggy door on Memorial Day and was shot three times by the homeowner.

The California Senate approved extending the one-gun-a-month handgun purchase limit to long guns on Tuesday, thereby limiting Californians to buying only one type of gun each 30-day period.

Forty-nine people were shot and wounded and six were killed during Memorial Day Weekend violence in gun-controlled Chicago.

New York State Senator José M. Serrano (D-29) is pushing legislation that will require retailers to label a traditional gun which lacks a disabling device as a “child operated firearm.”

Sojourn Community Church in Louisville, Kentucky, is urging members and Facebook fans to attend the June 2 gun control rally sponsored by Michael Bloomberg’s Everytown for Gun Safety.

Crime Prevention Research Center’s (CPRC) John Lott points out that police are convicted of gun crime at a higher rate than permit holders.

National reciprocity for concealed carry is really about one thing: bearing the arms we keep.

Los Angeles Police Department Chief Charlie Beck warns that national reciprocity for concealed carry will be a disaster in California.

When the House and Senate both voted to repeal the Social Security gun ban in February, Americans got the impression that we finally had legislators who were going to be proactive on the Second Amendment, who would seize the opportunity of having a pro-gun president, and pass bill after bill to bolster the exercise of Second Amendment rights. But alas, everything stalled as both the House and Senate appear to have largely embraced a return to status quo on gun rights.

On May 24, Politico Magazine ran a piece reminding current Democratic office holders of Bill Clinton’s warning that pro-gun control polling is not pro-gun control voting.

Concealed carry permits rose 215 percent between 2007 and 2015, and the murder rate dropped 14 percent during that same time period.

Mississippi resident Lori Shelton says she was “always anti-gun” until she heard noises in her home and found herself eye-to-eye with a home invader.

Hackers may have breached a database and obtained the names of over 16,000 concealed carry permit holders in Florida. The state’s Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services announced the breach this week.

The Crime Prevention Research Center reports the demand for concealed carry witnessed its greatest surge ever between May 2016 and May 2017.

The Minnesota Tribune ran an editorial which criticized Stand Your Ground laws for giving too many options to law-abiding citizens.

Democrat Assemblyman Kevin McCarty (D-Sacramento) is pushing a bill to guarantee teachers will be unarmed and unable to shoot back should an attack occur — though there have been zero incidents or accidents with armed teachers in California.

An alleged home invader wearing only underway was shot and killed after breaking into a pastor’s home and attacking the pastor and pastor’s wife.

The Los Angeles Police Department’s annual gun buyback netted about 770 guns to be melted down this year, and LAPD Chief Charlie Beck reacted by suggesting the city will be safer because the guns are gone.

Gun Owners of America is urging Congress to repeal a 20th century gun control regulation put in place by then Representative Chuck Schumer; a man who has now made a name as one of the most anti-Second Amendment members of the U.S. Senate.

A mom confronted an intruder by sticking the barrel of her gun in his face and asking, “[Is] there something I could do for [you}?”