FOLLOW-UP: Fired Circle K Employee Who Shot Armed Robber Gets Donations, Job Offers
Jennifer Wertz worked at Circle K for five years in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Until last week, that is, when she shot an alleged armed robber who had pointed a gun at her. While most...
The Legacy of New York’s Sullivan Laws
You may not know what so-called Sullivan laws are, but you've probably already dealt with one at some point. Sullivan laws, as they're known, were the laws that largely created firearm permitting systems that...
Wisconsin Vehicle Carry Case: A Chance to Validate Open Carry Constitutionality
A Wisconsin truck driver, Guy A. Smith, was arrested for carrying a concealed weapon. The handgun was on the floor of his truck. It was visible to an outside camera. Smith made no attempt...
Texas Constitutional Carry Talking Points
Rachel Malone (above) is a mover and shaker in the Lone Star State. The formerly unpaid gun rights lobbyist (and concert level pianist) recently became the Operations Director for the Republican Party of Texas...
Florida Open Carry Takes “Black Man With a Gun” Case to Supreme Court
Dale Norman, a Florida man arrested for openly carrying a firearm in 2012, has petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn his misdemeanor conviction on the grounds that it infringed his right to keep...
Michigan House Passes Constitutional Carry. Will Governor Snyder Sign?
The Michigan House passed four bills on Wednesday, June 7th, that effectively would reform Michgan gun law to make Constitutional Carry legal in the state.
People who where not prohibited from owning firearms would be...
Constitutional Carry on the Move in Wisconsin
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The Wisconsin legislature is moving forward with Constitutional Carry in bill AB 247. In 1998, the people of Wisconsin voted for Constitutional Carry in a state referendum amending the state constitution. The amendment, which...
Number of Carry Permits in the US Tops 15 Million in 2017
In July, 2016, the number of concealed carry permits in the United States was over 14.5 million and was growing rapidly during the election year. It's now over 15 million, and likely to go much higher....
Constitutional Carry Bill Killed by Louisiana House Committee
HB 68 (constitutional carry) was killed in the Louisiana House Committee on Criminal Justice in an 8-5 vote. The vote wasn't recorded, so we don't know who voted which way. There are 10 Republicans, 8...
Texas Constitutional Carry R.I.P.
Rachel Malone of Texas Firearms Freedom writes:
After a season of plot twists, Constitutional Carry in Texas is dead. Activists fought hard, as did the few legislators who took a stand for the strongest gun rights...
The Road to Atlanta: Gun Rights Progress in the Last 40 Years
I drove to the NRA Meeting in Atlanta this week. I had been visiting family in Dallas, Texas, so it was only 800 miles. On the way, I reflected on the last time I was...
Michigan Marches in Support of Second Amendment
Michiganders gathered in the capital city of Lansing on Wednesday to show their support for the right to keep and bear arms. The seventh annual Second Amendment March, organized by a group of gun...