Pro-refugee marchers of the ACLU, the local United Nations Association, and other open border groups were countered by armed, Second Amendment advocate Trump supporters at a demonstration in Dallas during the weekend.
Lawmakers in the New Hampshire House passed legislation Thursday that abolishes the concealed carry permit requirement for law-abiding citizens in the state.
Permitless carry is on the march with legislatures in six states weighing the option of abolishing their requirement for a permit for concealed carry.
State senator Gerald Allen (R-Tuscaloosa) has “pre-filed” legislation that would make Alabama the 13th permitless carry state.
On January 3–the first day of the 115th Congress–Representative Richard Hudson (R-NC-8) introduced national concealed carry reciprocity legislation.
A Texas state lawmaker has pre-filed a gun bill that if passed, will broaden the places a licensed to carry (LTC) holder can enter and would bring the State closer to “constitutional carry,” the author says. He hopes to eliminate all “gun-free zones.”
Indiana state representative Jim Lucas (R-Seymour) is sponsoring legislation that will remove the requirement for a concealed carry permit in order to carry a gun for self-defense.
The Texas Attorney General has fired off a brief in the litigation over the right to bear arms in the Waller County Courthouse complex. AG Ken Paxton urges that “Both the law and sound public policy against the chilling of protected speech demand dismissal of Waller County’s claim. He also urges that the Waller County court is without jurisdiction to determine the issue.
Texas has a “30.06 and 30.07 Information Resource” which lists “Second-Amendment unfriendly” businesses.
HOUSTON, Texas — A pizza restaurant owner in Houston is taking heat for telling gun owners and advocates to “f**k off.”
On September 15, Gun Owners of America (GOA) pointed out that Republican lawmakers’ override of Governor Jay Nixon’s (D) veto of SB 656 makes Missouri the fourth state to adopt permitless carry this year.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has sued Waller County, Texas, over the right to bear arms in the Waller County Courthouse complex. Advocates have protested the County’s actions in preventing lawful carrying pursuant to the protection of a new state law.
HEMPSTEAD, Texas — Second Amendment advocates descended on the Waller County Courthouse to support a fellow Texan who was sued by the County after he served notice on them alleging a violation of Texas gun rights.
Speaking at an August 8 town hall in Rocket Center, West Virginia, Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) criticized his state’s recently enacted constitutional carry law, suggesting that relying on the Second Amendment alone as a carry permit will actually increase ambush incidents for police officers.
HOUSTON, Texas — Texas gun rights activists are converging on the Waller County, Texas, courthouse to protest what they are calling the “tyrannical” actions of the district attorney there. The D.A. sued the founder of Texas Carry, a gun rights organization that sent notices to 76 government entities complaining that officials are violating the law by excluding licensed to carry (LTC) holders. The Second Amendment activists will be engaging in an “open carry protest.”
On May 13 Missouri lawmakers ignored the campaign blitz by Michael Bloomberg-funded Everytown for Gun Safety and sent permitless concealed carry to Govenor Jay Nixon’s (D) desk.
On April 20, the Oklahoma Senate voted 37-9 to pass legislation recognizing that the Second Amendment is a sufficient open carry permit.
On April 15 Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant (R) signed permitless carry legislation into law.
There are now eight states in America where no permit is required in order to carry a concealed handgun on one’s person for self-defense, after West Virginia legislators overrode Governor Earl Ray Tomblin’s (D) veto of a permitless carry law.
On March 4 the West Virginia House voted to override Governor Earl Ray Tomblin’s (D) veto of permitless carry legislation and on Saturday, March 5, the West Virginia Senate followed suit.
On March 3, West Virginia Governor Earl Ray Tomblin (D) vetoed HB 4145, a bill which would have allowed residents to carry a gun concealed without a permit in the state.
On February 25 West Virginia Delegate Saira Blair (R-Martinsburg) told Breitbart News that Governor Earl Ray Tomblin (D) will veto legislation abolishing a concealed carry permit requirement in the state, but lawmakers will quickly override the veto.
On February 22, the West Virgina Senate voted 24-9 in support of legislation removing the requirement for a license to carry a concealed handgun in the state.
Maine election officials have confirmed a sufficient number of signatures to get a California-style gun control referendum on the ballot this November.
Missouri state Representative Eric Burlison (R-Springfield) contends that the fees associated with a concealed carry permit amount to nothing less than a tax on the Second Amendment.
West Virginia state Representative Saira Blair (R-Berkley) has introduced legislation to residents of her state to carry concealed handguns without a permit.
Republican lawmakers on Virginia’s Senate Courts of Justice Committee defied Governor Terry McAuliffe (D) by passing a bill on January 20 to allow concealed carry in the state without a permit.
On July 8, Maine Governor Paul LaPage (R) signed Legislative Document 652 into law, thereby abolishing the requirement for a concealed carry permit in the state of Maine.
On Monday, the Maine House joined with the Senate and passed LD 652, legislation which abolishes the concealed carry permit requirement in the state.
Ohio representative Ron Maag (R-Lebanon) has introduced legislation–House Bill 48–to do away with gun-free “victim zones” in churches and government buildings and on college campuses.
On April 23, the South Carolina House took up a concealed carry reform bill containing an amendment rescinding the need for a concealed carry permit. The measure passed 90 to 18.
On April 11 Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America held a rally attended by approximately 150 people in Nashville to protest the approximately 70,000 NRA convention attendees who have flooded into the city.
On April 8, Maine lawmakers will hold a public hearing on state senator Eric Brakey’s (R-Auburn) bill–LD 652–to abolish a concealed carry permit requirement in the state.
Opponents of the Second Amendment and haters of self-defense are facing a relentless barrage of pro-Second Amendment and pro-self-defense legislation in state legislatures across the country.
On March 25 the Kansas House and Senate passed a concealed carry reform bill–SB 45–that ends the requirement for a permit to carry a concealed handgun in that state. According to The Topeka Capital-Journal, SB 45 was sponsored by state
On March 24, the Idaho House voted 57-11 for passage of a concealed carry reform bill that abolishes the need for a license in order to carry a gun for self-defense.
On March 12, the Montana Senate gave final approval to HB 298, a bill rescinding the requirement for a concealed carry permit in their state.
On March 8 the Idaho Statesman publish an opinion article by a College of Western Idaho history instructor claiming the history of firearm carry laws are based on racism.
Idaho is one of the many states now considering a repeal of the requirement for a concealed carry permit in order to carry a firearm in public. Bonner County Sheriff Daryl Wheeler supports the move, suggesting the 2nd Amendment acts as citizens’ concealed carry permit.
Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America has been on somewhat of a skid for quite some time–from Staples headquarters telling group members to get off its property to Starbucks refusing to ban guns in its stores, Moms Demand Action’s claims notwithstanding, to Kroger, Fred Meyer, Harris Teeter, and Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R) ignoring its gun control requests, as well.
