West Virginia Legislature Weighs Lifting Machine Gun Ban
West Virginia lawmakers are weighing a bill to end a decades-old prohibition against machine gun ownership in the state.

West Virginia lawmakers are weighing a bill to end a decades-old prohibition against machine gun ownership in the state.

The West Virginia House of Delegates passed legislation Tuesday to allow 18-20 year-olds to carry handguns concealed for self-defense without a permit.

Utah state Rep. Walt Brooks (R) is pushing a ban on open carry on public college campuses and offering a consolation prize that consists of being able to concealed carry without a permit.

Minnesota concealed carry permit applications for January 2026 were “nearly double” what they were in January 2025, according to CBS News.

The West Virginia Senate passed legislation Tuesday to allow law-abiding 18-20 year-olds to carry concealed for self-defense without a permit.

The Republican-led New Hampshire House passed campus legislation February 5 which would end gun-free zones on college and university campuses in the state.

Utah state Rep. Candice Pierucci (R) is pushing a bill to allow concealed carry at Utah Jazz and Mammoth home games in Salt Lake City’s Delta Center.

U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro posted a video on Tuesday stressing that she is a gun owner and noting that responsible gun owners will not have a problem with her.

Billie Eilish’s brother Finneas went on an all-out, anti-gun rights tirade in reaction to a federal agent shooting and killing a man who tried to disrupt law enforcement actions while armed in Minneapolis Saturday.

During an appearance on FOX News’s The Sunday Briefing this week, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem stressed that concealed carry in Minnesota is illegal “without an ID on you.”

During Tuesday’s oral arguments in Wolford v. Lopez, Justice Samuel Alito contended that Hawaii’s gun control relegates the Second Amendment to “second-class status.”

A three-judge panel for the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit struck down Maryland’s private property concealed carry ban on Tuesday.

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Montana and 26 other states filed an amicus brief in Wolford v. Lopez urging SCOTUS to strike down Hawaii’s concealed carry ban.

The National Fraternal Order of Police (FOP), together with the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), sent a letter to Congress urging them to reject national reciprocity for concealed carry.

Gabby Giffords’ gun control group, Giffords, is breaking out the adjectives against national reciprocity, describing it as a “dangerous bill” which “extremists” are pushing in order to carry “hidden guns.”

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Broward Circuit Judge Frank Ledee ruled that Florida’s prohibition against 18–20-year-olds carrying concealed for self-defense is unconstitutional.

President Donald Trump made clear national reciprocity is currently being discussed during an Oval Office presser Wednesday with FBI director Kash Patel and Attorney General Pam Bondi.

Gabby Giffords gun control group, Giffords, claims the public is less safe now that Publix Super Markets made clear its Florida stores will comply with Florida’s open carry law.

The parent company of Winn-Dixie grocers is making clear customers are prohibited from carrying openly in its stores despite Florida’s open-carry law, which took effect in September.

Now that open carry of handguns is the law of the land in Florida, Publix grocers is confirming its policies will be in compliance with the law, which means customers will be able to openly carry.

The Supreme Court of the United States agreed Friday to hear Wolford v. Lopez, a case that centers on Hawaii’s ban on concealed carry on private property that is open to the public.

President Trump’s DOJ filed suit Tuesday over the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s delays in issuing concealed carry weapons permits.

Wisconsin Democrats are pushing a ban that would end licensed concealed carriers’ ability to be armed for self-defense on college campuses.

A three-judge panel for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit overturned a lower court ruling and upheld a concealed carry ban Illinois on public transit.

A three-judge panel of the Gibson County Chancery Court on Friday sided with Gun Owners of America, ruling that Tennessee’s ban on carrying guns in state parks unconstitutional.

The process for acquiring a Washington, DC, gun permit has been slashed from months to days amid President Trump’s crackdown on crime in the U.S. capital.

Wythe County, Virginia, Sheriff Anthony R. Cline announced he will no longer collect a $35 fee for concealed carry applications.

A concealed carry permit holder shot and killed one of two shooters who opened fire on a party shortly after 8 p.m. Saturday in the Chicago suburb of Harvey.

CLAIM: During a gun control rant on CNN’s Inside Politics, Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) noted the alleged Manhattan shooter had a concealed carry permit and claimed the permit allowed him to have an AR-15.

NYPD police commissioner Jessica Tisch indicates that the 27-year-old Las Vegas man who allegedly opened fire in a Manhattan office building Monday legally purchased a revolver in June.

The New York Post is identifying the Manhattan shooter who allegedly opened fire in the office building housing Blackstone and NFL headquarters as a 27-year-old Las Vegas man named Shane Tamura.

An initial application for a concealed carry weapon permit in San Jose, California, costs $1,443, according to the city’s Police Department website.

On Tuesday, U.S. District Court judge Cathy Ann Bencivengo issued an order granting summary judgment after finding California’s “provisions barring nonresidents from applying for CCW licenses violate the Constitution.”

A man who opened fire on Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity chapter picnic in Atlanta Saturday night was left in critical condition after at least one concealed carry permit holder returned fire.

New restrictions on concealed carry passed the Oregon legislature last week and are now headed to Gov. Tina Kotek’s (D) desk.

North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein (D) vetoed legislation Friday that would have made the Tar Heel State the 30th constitutional carry state in the Union.

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Constitutional carry legislation passed in the North Carolina House Wednesday afternoon and now heads to Gov. Josh Stein (D).
