BATON ROUGE, La., Nov. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Louisiana residents can now add a legal, digital version of their Louisiana Concealed Handgun Permit to LA Wallet, the state’s official digital driver’s license app. Of the 1.5 million users of LA Wallet, thousands have explicitly requested the addition of the Concealed Handgun Permit through LA Wallet’s feature request website. “Digital Concealed Handgun Permits represent another…
On Monday, a majority of the Assembly Judiciary Committee advanced a bill that would enact some of the nation’s restricted gun laws for concealed carriers, including a new list of restricted places and requiring concealed carriers to have liability insurance. Last Thursday, New Jersey lawmakers introduced a bill, A4769, in response to the Supreme Court striking down the ‘probable cause’…
The 2nd Annual ConcealedCarry.com Guardian Conference will take place September 16-18, 2022, in Oklahoma City, OK. The event features a great lineup of top-tier instructors to anchor the three-day conference focusing on the concealed carrier. The conference will be held at the Oklahoma City Gun Club, located on the northeast side of OKC. This location features plenty of pistol bays…
Biden DOJ Responds to Florida Lawsuit Saying Medical Marijuana Patients Are Too ‘Dangerous To Trust’
On April 20, 2022, Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried filed a suit in an attempt to block a federal rule that prohibits medical marijuana users from buying a firearm or obtaining a Florida concealed carry permit. On Monday, the Department of Justice filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit. The memo attached to the motion basically stated that marijuana users…
A few weeks ago, I covered a story about a Missouri Sheriff stating he wouldn’t comply with requests from the FBI for an audit on CCW permit holders that would give up their personal information. Now, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) sent a letter demanding some answers about these audits to the FBI Director. Dear Director Wray: Despite being fresh…
A slew of new gun laws will be going into effect on September 1, 2022, in New York. Yesterday we reported on one police department stating they would not enforce some of them. One of the new laws will restrict gun owners from carrying concealed in businesses unless the business has a sign that allows concealed carry. So one New…
Late last month, we reported on a data breach in California that exposed the personal data of every CCW holder in the state. Yesterday, Assemblymember Jim Patterson requested an audit of the California Department of Justice to investigate the data breach. The DOJ suffered a data breach on June 27 associated with the launch of it’s “2022 Firearms Dashboard Portal.”…
The FBI contacted Scotland County Sheriff Bryan Whitney and the Missouri Sheriff’s Association, stating they wanted to audit the sheriff’s office’s concealed carry records. This would include giving out personal information of those that have a concealed carry permit. Missouri has a law in place that prohibits the sharing of this personal information. Sheriff Whitney contacted outside counsel and then…
If you aren’t familiar with Dick Heller, take a few minutes and read the District of Columbia v. Heller Wiki page to get up to speed. District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570 (2008), was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects an individual’s right to keep and bear arms in the United States, unconnected…
Two more states are now Shall Issue after they released statements removing the ‘Good Cause’ standard when reviewing concealed carry permit applications. We have updated our Concealed Carry Maps accordingly and will do so as other May Issue states address how the Supreme Court ruling affects their state. Maryland Governor Hogan Directs Maryland State Police to Suspend ‘Good and Substantial…