Month: March 2021

A bill that would allow some school staffers in Idaho to carry a concealed firearm at work without the permission of the school board moved forward Thursday after the Idaho House passed it 58-18. The Republican who sponsored the bill said it was a “Second Amendment issue,” the Idaho Statesman reported.  “The Second Amendment right doesn’t stop

On Thursday, the Senate Law & Public Safety Committee amended and passed S.568 on a unanimous vote of 6-0.  As reported earlier this week, the bill requires law enforcement to be notified of mental health expungements for firearms permit applicants.  NRA and the Association of New Jersey Rifle and Pistol Clubs (ANJRPC), the official NRA

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VIDEO FEED VIA C-SPAN Sen. Chris Murphy at the podium at a gun control press conference at the U.S. Capitol on Thursday. At center is Sen. Richard Blumenthal. For the second time since the slaughter of 20 school children and six educators in Connecticut, the U.S. House of Representatives voted Thursday to pass a bill

Share this: Please tune in Monday, March 15 at 12:06 p.m. for MidPoint Monday hosted by Seán Kinane. One guest will be U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (D-Tampa). We’ll talk about a range of issues, but especially about two gun safety bills passed Thursday by the House and about the American Rescue Plan that was signed

Prominent economist and gun rights advocate John Lott said that the enhanced background checks contained in new House-passed measures would burden law-abiding citizens and not reduce crime. The House approved two bills on Thursday that expand background checks on individuals who are seeking to purchase or transfer firearms and lengthens the review period for background checks

Today, Governor Ralph Northam signed House Bill 2310. The measure allows individuals who completed online firearms training prior to January 1st, 2021, but were prohibited from appearing in person at their circuit court clerk’s office due to COVID restrictions, to apply for a concealed handgun permit through April 30th, 2021. This bill went into law

Leading the way once again is Texas, where Republican legislators filed a bill creating a referendum election on whether Texans should create a joint legislative committee “to develop a plan for achieving Texas independence.” Its advocates call the secession movement “Texit,” and as Owen reports, it’s gaining steam not just in the Lone Star State

House Democrats on Thursday launched the first salvo in what will be an intense battle over Second Amendment rights, passing two bills that would mark the most significant legislative action on gun control in 25 years if they can pass the Senate. The legislation would impose stricter background checks on all commercial gun sales and

Contact your State Representatives in Opposition to SB 32 Earlier this week, the New Mexico Senate passed Senate Bill 32, a measure to ban the use of traps or snares on public lands, on a 26-13 vote.  The measure does exempt hunting with firearms and archery equipment, but many sportsmen and agricultural partners that are Second Amendment supporters are

Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) on Thursday introduced a ban on more than 200 “assault weapons” after the House passed two gun-control measures pertaining to background checks. Her bill (pdf), called the “Assault Weapons Ban of 2021,” is co-sponsored by 34 Senate Democrats and would ban ammunition magazines that hold more than 10 rounds—similar to the bans

Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick was first elected in 2008 to Arizona’s sprawling 1st District. | Matt York/AP Photo By ALLY MUTNICK 03/12/2021 10:04 AM EST Updated: 03/12/2021 10:27 AM EST Democratic Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick, a prominent figure in Arizona politics for the past two decades, announced Friday that she won’t run for reelection next year. She

A bill that seeks to expand New Mexico’s fledgling red flag gun laws has been bumped from this year’s 60-day legislative session by more pressing priorities, according to local reports. “For all intents and purposes, it’s gone, unless something really radical changes,” one of the bill’s Democrat sponsors, State Rep. Daymon Ely, told the Santa