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Florida Kerfuffle: GOA’s Luis Valdes Attacked For Calling Out an Allegedly Pro-Gun Politician

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TTAG contributor Luis Valdes, in his role as Florida Director for Gun Owners of America, called out a so-called pro-gun Republican for blocking five of six major pro-gun bills in his leadership position in...

Constitutional Carry Bill Introduced Again in Florida…Is the Third Time the Charm?

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Gun Owners of America and Florida State Representative Anthony Sabatini held a press conference on August 23rd at the Florida state capitol to bring constitutional carry to the forefront. Why? Because the Republican party...
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21 States: Happy Texas Constitutional Carry Day!

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From Gun Owners of America . . . Today, Texas takes a giant step forward to legalize the carry of handguns by honest citizens and to repeal remnants of racism. Today, HB 1927 goes into effect. This bill...
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Wackos Dial Up the Fear, Disinformation As Constitutional Carry Becomes Law in Texas Wednesday

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“When it comes down to it, it’s just a sense of disappointment that the bill ultimately was passed,” Kevin Lawrence, executive director of the Texas Municipal Police Association, told the Texas Tribune. There was some pretense...
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GOA, Rep. Anthony Sabatini Rally at Florida Capitol to Pass Constitutional Carry

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Yesterday a few dozen people gathered on the steps of the Florida Capitol in Tallahassee in support of gun rights and constitutional carry in the Sunshine State. "It's time that we actually start fighting and...
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With Texas On Board, the Media Decide That Constitutional Carry is Now a Real...

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Now that Texas is set to become the 21st constitutional carry state next month, the media are generating more concerned think pieces on the spreading menace of permitless concealed carry. They didn't pay very...
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3 Reasons You Should Still Have a Carry Permit in a Constitutional Carry State

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Governor Greg Abbott recently signed HB 1927, also known as Texas constitutional carry, into law during a ceremony on the grounds of the Alamo, making Texas the 21st state to allow some form of...
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Always Be Thinking: Put That Gun Away, ASAP!

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Any firearms instructor worth his or her salt will try to teach their charges to break tunnel vision during a criminal attack. Heaven knows police officer trainees have “scan and assess the scene" drilled...
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BREAKING: Louisiana Legislature Fails to Override Veto of Constitutional Carry Bill

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This was always a possibility. The constitutional carry bill that Louisiana governor John Bel Edwards vetoed last month had passed both the House and Senate by veto-proof majorities. But when a first-ever veto override session...
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Rally for Louisiana Constitutional Carry Veto Override Tomorrow at the Capitol in Baton Rouge

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The Louisiana legislature will convene a veto override session on Tuesday for the first time in history. On the agenda is Governor John Bel Edwards' veto of a bill that would make Louisiana the...
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Learning to Deal With the Fact That Almost Half the Country Will Soon Have...

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“I live in New York,” said James Digiuseppi who was visiting downtown Nashville. “In New York, people get searched when they go into a club.”  Some visiting downtown Saturday said they were glad to see permitless carry become law in Tennessee.   “I’ll...
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Louisiana Legislature to Hold First-Ever Veto Override Session to Vote on Constitutional Carry

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Governor John Bel Edwards effectively dared the Louisiana legislature to override his veto of a constitutional carry bill last month. He probably thought it would hold up, since the legislature had never before come...