Today the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that New York’s requirement of stating a “proper cause” when applying for a concealed carry permit was unconstitutionally restrictive. What does that mean? That basically ends states from being a “May Issue” state. What does “May Issue” mean? States that May Issue are those that can choose to extend a concealed carry permit to…
Late last week, the House Judiciary Committee rammed through an extreme package of gun control measures on a party-line vote. If this terrible legislation becomes law, tens of millions of law-abiding gun owners would be turned into felons and their lawfully-acquired property would be subject to confiscation by federal agents. Nancy Pelosi plans to bring this to the U.S. House…
I am happy to report that Constitutional Carry bill HB37 and Louisiana Firearm Protection Act HB43 both passed out of their respective Senate committees. At this point, the next step for both of these bills should be a vote by the entire Senate in order to send them to the Governor’s desk, but instead, HB37 and HB43 are being unnecessarily…
This article originally appeared in a newsletter by the 2nd Amendment Foundation. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is counting the number of Google searches for “ghost guns” claiming that the data supports their theory that homemade firearms are skyrocketing in popularity among criminals. The “ghost gun” crisis, which the ATF itself ginned up, appears to be nothing…
A North Carolina sheriff has been ordered by the court to stop delaying the issuance of North Carolina Concealed Handgun Permits. Using the excuse that the department was backed up due to covid and the increase in new gun owners, delayed concealed carry permits for up to a year. To take that in perspective, state law says that sheriffs have…
A bill that is part of Denver, CO’s Mayor Michael Hancock’s “Public Safety Action Plan” passed its first vote yesterday. The proposal would ban firearms in all buildings owned, leased by, or leased to the city and Denver parks. The City Council voted unanimously for the bill. But two councilmembers seem to disagree that this will do anything to prevent…
The more states continue to legalize marijuana, the more questions we get asked about marijuana, guns, and concealed carry permits. Each state has its own laws regarding them. The Oregon Supreme Court rules that sheriffs cannot deny concealed carry applications just because they have a medical marijuana card. But on the other end, you have Mississippi that says it is…
How would you feel if your kid’s school required you to tell them how many guns you owned and where and how they were stored? It sounds like an invasion of privacy, right? Well, that’s what one California lawmaker proposed in a bill that thankfully just failed. Sen. Anthony Portantino introduced Senate Bill 906 would have required just that. Parents…
It seems like I’ve been reporting on states passing constitutional carry a lot this month. Two weeks ago, Alabama’s governor signed a constitutional carry bill into law. A week later Ohio’s governor signed one into law as well. And yesterday, Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb signed House Bill 1296 into law. Starting July 1, you won’t need a permit to carry…
Yesterday, Alabama Governor Kay Ivey signed into law a Constitutional Carry law that will eliminate the requirement of obtaining an Alabama Pistol Permit or having a permit from a State Alabama honors. If you are legally allowed to own a firearm, you will be able to carry concealed in Alabama. I just signed House Bill 272, known as the constitutional…