Day: January 29, 2018

The House of Representatives recently passed the Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2017 with bipartisan support. The act would allow people eligible to carry a concealed firearm in their home state to carry in other states, as well. Opponents contend the act violates federalism. Actually, the act is well within congressional powers under the 14th

Last week, a legally armed employee of La Bella Pizza shot and killed a robber who was holding another employee at gunpoint. Clayton Jerrell Morgan — who was 36 and will never see his 37th birthday — was challenged by a La Bella worker who has a concealed carry permit and was packing. When Morgan

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Advocates for and against gun rights spoke out at the Capitol today on a proposed amendment to the Iowa constitution. The amendment states that Iowans’ rights to acquire, keep, possess, transport, carry, transfer, and use arms for all legitimate purposes shall not be infringed, and that courts should strictly scrutinize any attempt to regulate them.

Joshua Harrison: “An old document says “shall not infringe” and isn’t limited to merely keeping arms, but specifically includes “bearing” arms. Permits are for privileges, not rights.” A proposal to repeal the state’s handgun licensing law was dumped Wednesday by an Indiana House committee in the face of opposition from several police organizations. The House

A Chicago man’s protest of U.S. gun policy failed to draw supporters outside the firearms industry’s biggest annual trade show in Las Vegas. Lee Goodman held a sign listing 11 deadly mass shootings and reading, “If not now, when?” as conventioneers streamed into the National Shooting Sports Foundation’s SHOT Show at the Sands Expo Center.

Politico posted a uniquely poor commentary last week on the real cause of mass shootings. It’s certainly not mental illness. It’s not even access to guns, per se. It’s not people coming to the end of their rope and “going postal.” What is the single motivating factor behind these massacres? Quite simple: men. Here is what journalist Laura

While U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ recent statements have raised questions about cannabis’ future in states that have legalized it, there may be another federal issue that pushes prohibition talks further. As Pennsylvania joined 28 other states that allow medical marijuana, police and health department officials told medical users that there will be an enforced deadline

A new bill introduced Wednesday in California aims to keep guns away from those who are suicidal. Because there’s no way to prove someone wants to commit suicide, they would have to voluntarily give up their right to bear arms. As Fox News reports, Democratic Representative Rob Bonta is behind AB1927, which the bill’s author says