Another cert. petition asks the Supreme Court to resolve the circuit split on this question. The case is Rogers v. Grewal, which challenges New Jersey’s restrictive firearms carry license policy. There’s a split on the subject among lower courts; the details are a bit complicated, but the short version is that the First, Second, Third, and Fourth
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PIERRE, S.D. (Feb. 1, 2019) – Yesterday, South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem signed a “Constitutional Carry” bill into law, her first bill signed as governor. South Dakotans will be able to carry concealed handguns without a permit beginning July 1, 2019. “I believe this legislation will further protect the Second Amendment rights of the citizens of South
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Gilchrest questions how much ammunition a homeowner needs to carry out a viable defense. She tweeted: “I’m hearing push back about the need to protect one’s home… but how much ammunition does someone really need to do that?”’ Connecticut State Rep. Jillian Gilchrest (D-13th) is pushing a 50 percent tax on ammunition purchases in her
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December 29, 2012, marks the 122nd Anniversary of the murder of 297 Sioux Indians at Wounded Knee Creek on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. These 297 people, in their winter camp, were murdered by federal agents and members of the 7th Cavalry who had come to confiscate their firearms “for their own
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Amazing things happen when preparation meets opportunity. The issue we have is the lack of preparation in professionals as well as private citizens. Oh, they may be well prepared to run a stage imitating an overweight John Wick, but not for what we are talking about. Bruce Lee, in the landmark movie Enter The Dragon
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Very possibly the Democrat’s nominee. Democrat presidential hopeful Kamala Harris has a long history of gun control support. Some of her best known gun control pushes have been for bans on commonly-owned semiautomatic firearms and firearm accessories. But the historical record also finds her taking pains to make concealed carry permits more difficult for law-abiding
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