In spite of our efforts to see protections added to HB4290, the Illinois Certified Firearms Instructor bill, it passed out of Senate committee yesterday unchanged…
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Oconomowoc WI Police Chief Says They Will Not Enforce Illegal Gun Ban Law
I received a call from Oconomowoc Police Chief today who let me know that he has reviewed their local ordinance banning open carry in parks & realized it no longer fell within state law…
Trenton, NJ: Senate Action On Democrat’s Gun & Mag Ban Could Come In Early May
If the Supreme Court decides to take the case, it could clarify the right to carry issue for the entire nation, and New Jersey would become ground zero for the gun rights movement…
SAF Wins Permanent Injunction Against New Mexico’s Citizen-Only CCW Law
The chief U.S. District Court judge in New Mexico granted a permanent injunction against the State of NM’s “citizens only” concealed carry law that unfairly discriminated against permanent legal aliens…
NJ Attorney General Opposes Supreme Court Review Of NJ Carry Law
Though less extreme in its rhetoric than in earlier phases of the case, the Attorney General in the brief essentially defends New Jersey’s carry law and tells the Supreme Court there is no reason for it to hear the case…
Campus Carry Legalized in Idaho
With the passage of this bill, Idaho joins the states of Colorado, Kansas, Mississippi, Oregon, Utah, and Wisconsin which have provisions for law abiding citizens to be able to carry firearms onto parts of campus…
Kentucky: Concealed Carry Reform Bills Continue to Move in Frankfort
Last week was another busy week in Frankfort for supporters of the Second Amendment and gun rights advocates across the Bluegrass State…
Does NJ Senate President Steve ‘I will never support concealed carry’ Sweeney have a Carry Permit?
So how about that, Steve? Are you willing to man up, come clean and publicly answer whether you do or do not hold a NJ Carry Permit???
Kentucky: Concealed Carry Reform Bill Passes in Committee & Goes to Senate Floor
SB 60 would reform the concealed carry permitting process by allowing instructors to issue training certificates to students who pass an accredited concealed carry course…
Federal Court Says ‘Good Cause’ Requirement for Conceal-Carry Permits Violates the Second Amendment
This is another nail in the coffin for States like New Jersey and Maryland that require “Justifiable Need” as a condition of getting CCW permits…
NJ Senate President Steve Sweeney Tweets ‘He Will Never Support Concealed Carry’
In an ongoing twitter tweet battle the Democratic Senate President show his hand stating “I will never support carrying a concealed weapon”…
Dozens Open Carry Rifles in Dallas, Texas
Dallas had a significant open carry event on 9 February. 60 to 70 open carriers participated in the rally…
Governor Haley Signs South Carolina Gun Law Reform
The reform restores the rights of armed Americans to eat in the same restaurants as the rest of the population. South Carolina is one of the last states to restore this right…
NRA Backs Legal Effort to Protect 2nd Amendment Right in NJ
The National Rifle Association announced today that it intends to file an amicus brief in a case that would help protect the rights of New Jersey’s law-abiding gun owners to carry handguns…
Weapons Law Reform Passes Georgia Committee (HB 875)
Georgia’s Public Safety and Homeland Security committee has passed HB 875, a reform of the state’s weapon laws. The bill has been characterized by
Iowa Carry and Pistol Purchase Permits Online
Starting on 5 February, 2014, the Scott County, Iowa Sheriff’s Department has instituted an innovative and convenient way for Iowa residents to obtain their firearms carry permit or pistol purchase permit
Colorado Concealed Carry Renewal Reform
The reform now in the Colorado legislature, HB1166, allows residents to renew their permit in the county of their residence, as well as the county of issuance…
Constitutional Carry Being Considered in Colorado
Representative Wright said that a permit should not be required to exercise a constitutional right allowing “law-abiding citizens to carry a concealed handgun without being subjected to criminal laws”…
South Carolina: Concealed Weapons Permit Bill Sent to State House for Concurrence Vote
Recently, South Carolina Senate Bill 308, which seeks to make a number of improvements to the South Carolina Concealed Weapons Permit….
U.S. Supreme Court Asked To Consider New Jersey Right To Carry Case
The Second Amendment Foundation and Association of New Jersey Rifle & Pistol Clubs today asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the appeal in the challenge to New Jersey’s unconstitutional carry laws…
Justifiable Need – New Jersey Courts Rule You Have None
Picture a woman registering to vote only to find the State has a law requiring her to undergo a background check, pay a fee, show proficiency in civics & write a summary justifying her need to vote…
Pa: Judicial Insanity: State Trooper Can Carry On Duty, But NOT Off Duty
One second after stopping his duties as an agent of the state he transforms to a normal human being, subject to the error of normal humans, & no longer able to carry those deadly firearms…
West Virginia Secures 30th Concealed Carry Handgun Reciprocity Agreement
West Virginia Attorney General has added six states — Alabama, Colorado, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa and New Hampshire — to the list of states with which it has full reciprocity or mutual recognition agreements…
Illinois State Rifle Association Executive Director’s Message for December 5 2013
On Tuesday December 3rd, both the Illinois House & Illinois Senate passed SB114, which is a trailer bill to the Illinois Concealed Carry Act HB0183, debate made clear that rules on Concealed Carry lay squarely with the State of Illinois…
Arizona Concealed Carry Weapons Permit Reciprocity
To be perfectly clear, AzCDL has no intention of supporting any legislation that returns Arizona to the bad old days of restricted rights and limited CCW permit accessibility…
Second Amendment Foundation Suit Alleges Civil Rights Deprivation Under Color Of Law In Arkansas
A legal resident alien, alleging that his right to keep and bear arms is being violated by a state law that prevents him from obtaining a concealed carry license…
Wisconsin’s ‘Only Ones’ Concealed Carry Bill AB 9 Off the Calendar for 2013
Assembly Bill 9 (when introduced last spring) would have, if passed, created a special class of off-duty and former law-enforcement officers who could carry places (school grounds) ‘we the people’ could not…
Wisconsin Republicans Sneaking In Cops-Only Firearms Carry Bill
But what about you and I and thousands of non-police citizens? We don’t get the special treatment? Wait, we’re not a special class of citizen…
Nevada Concealed Carry Improvement Law Takes Effect Today October 1 2013
This new law requires that applicants for a concealed carry permit only qualify with a single handgun of their choosing and allows them to carry both semi-automatic handguns and revolvers….
Chicago Anti-Gun Laws to be Overhauled In Face of State Concealed Carry Law
The City of Chicago must update provisions of the Municipal Code regarding firearms in order to comply with the preemption clauses in recently passed concealed carry legislation…
