Ohio Police confiscated a driver’s CCW and permit after he failed to inform the officer of its presence during a traffic stop. The driver was traveling along Kingsdale Blvd. with darkly tinted windows, the initial cause of the traffic stop. According to Ohio Law, Section 2923.16, drivers with a proper CCW permit and weapons in a vehicle must inform law…
If you don’t know how Andrew Branca is then you should. He is an Attorney that specializes in self-defense and is the author of The Law of Self-Defense. He covered the Rittenhouse trial in detail on his blog. He is now proposing a law that will stop politically motivated prosecutions of self-defense. What I propose is that in every self-defense…
This story came across my newsfeed this weekend and reminded me why we should all be carrying a tourniquet or, at the least, have one very close. And know how to use it. This past weekend, a man was hit by an Amtrak train in New Orleans, LA, amputating his leg. According to local news reports, the man had dementia…
Adding on to when the Ohio Senate passed legislation to allow concealed carry of non-firearm weapons, they also blocked cities from placing limits on concealed knife carry. Senate Bill 156, a form of so-called “preemption” legislation, blocks cities from enacting any laws related to transporting, possessing, carrying, selling, transferring, buying, gifting or using a knife. Republicans voted in a majority…
A proposal to eliminate concealed carry on Pitt County government property was voted 5-3 by their Board of Commissioners, which has drawn opposition, to say the least. Those against the proposal emphasize they have the right to protect themselves wherever they are, including a petition signed by 300 people in favor of the current concealed carry rule. Joe McMillian, president…
Illinois has some of the strictest gun laws in the country, and they require a FOID (Firearm Owners Identification) card just to buy ammunition or own a gun. After you fill out the application, the Illinois State Police conducts the usual FBI background check, and then the ISP will issue you a card. Since you went through that long process,…
Even with one of the highest rates of gun ownership in the United States, New Hampshire is the lowest of states regarding murder rates, according to FBI data. With Maine and Vermont following close behind New Hampshire with low murder rates, all three allow Constitutional Carry, a.k.a. Permitless Carry. When Gov. Chris Sununu signed a law doing away with concealed…
TSA at Washington Dulles International Airport confiscated a SIG 365XL from a Virginia man as he was going through their checkpoint with it in his carry-on bag. Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Police were alerted and arrested the man on state charges, and he faces a financial penalty for carrying the gun to a TSA checkpoint. Bringing weapons to an airport…
Nikki Fried, Florida AG Commissioner, suspended six more concealed carry permits on top of her initial 22 suspensions in relation to these individuals in the Capitol Riot this year. “When we announced the initial 22 suspensions earlier this summer, we made it clear that this would be an ongoing effort and that additional suspensions and revocations would be issued as…
According to an audit report, the backlog for Concealed Carry Licences (CCL) and Firearm Operation Identification (FOID) cards extends well beyond the pandemic. The report from the Illinois Audit General looks at the years 2018 and 2019. For FOID cards, the percentage of applications not processed was 10% in 2018 and grew to 23% in 2019. For CCL’s, it rose…