On April 6th, the Senate Judiciary and Ways and Means Committees jointly passed House Bill 1366, to ban possession of home-built firearms. It will be eligible for a floor vote next week, along with House Bill 31, to increase firearm mandatory storage requirements. Please contact your senator and ask them to OPPOSE HB 1366 and
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Pulaski County Circuit Judge Alice Gray said Thursday that she will decide in about a month whether a lawsuit aimed at curtailing the authority of Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge to intervene in out-of-state litigation can go forward. Gray heard arguments Thursday on whether the lawsuit should be dismissed and concluded the proceeding by saying
Today, Governor Jim Justice signed House Bill 2499, to exempt firearms and ammunition from state sales and use taxes, and House Bill 2793, to create the option of a nonresident West Virginia concealed carry permit. These bills take effect in 90 days. House Bill 2499 recognizes that the government should not be placing additional cost
On the day before US President Joe Biden announced new gun control measures, the US recorded its seventh mass shooting for 2021. The plans to announce the new measures were already in place before a former NFL player killed five people in South Carolina. The shooting brought America’s death toll from mass shootings in 2021 to
The Alabama House of Representatives on Thursday passed a gun bill that would authorize Alabama sheriffs to sell lifetime concealed carry permits, standardize the permitting process statewide and create a state-managed database of Alabamians who are prohibited from possessing firearms. Senate Bill 308 is sponsored by state Senator Randy Price, R-Opelika, and was carried in
Earlier this week, the House of Representatives held floor votes on pro-gun measures, House Bill 307 and House Bill 334. Thanks to your strong support, these measures passed and will advance to the Senate for review this session. House Bill 307: Over recent years, numerous local governments have attempted to enact gun control ordinances in violation
Fairfax, Va. – The National Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA) today applauded Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee for signing Senate Bill 765/House Bill 786 into law. This NRA-backed legislation fully recognizes the constitutional rights of law-abiding gun owners to carry a firearm without government red tape or delays. “This bill is a great step
President Biden on Thursday, in rolling out a set of executive orders on gun control, said “no amendment is absolute,” while maintaining that “nothing” he is recommending “impinges” on the Second Amendment. “Today we’re taking steps to confront not just the gun crisis, but what is actually a public health crisis,” Biden said from the White
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — An unfinished painting on an office wall in the Florida Capitol depicts a pensive young woman in traditional Persian headdress. The woman holds a stick to an ear and sits in a garden bathed in water, flora, and color. What You Need To Know It’s the work of Nasrin Eskamani, an Iranian
Today, the House voted 69-18 to pass Senate Bill 308. It now goes to Governor Kay Ivey for her signature. Senate Bill 308 creates a statewide, uniform system to provide optional lifetime carry permits for a cost of $300. The NRA was successful in adding a rebate clause in the Senate for anyone who is
Today, the North Dakota Senate passed two pro-gun bills, House Bill 1450 and House Bill 1498. House Bill 1450 now heads to the desk of Governor Doug Burgum for his signature. House Bill 1498 must return to the House for a concurrence vote. House Bill 1450 enhances North Dakota’s permit laws by reducing certain minor violations on
Tomorrow, the Senate Judiciary Committee is holding a work session, where they will vote on Senate Bill 6. This bill makes revisions to the red flag laws passed during the 2019 session, including language to more than double the duration that authorities can keep firearms after a “red flag” order expires. The committee only heard the
WASHINGTON — One year after losing his son Daniel in the Sandy Hook school shooting, Mark Barden joined President Barack Obama at the White House as Obama unveiled a series of executive actions aimed at stopping more gun deaths. Three years later in 2016, Barden was back at the White House, at Obama’s side again
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — President Joe Biden revealed new executive orders Thursday morning in the Rose Garden with families of gun violence victims, including those of some of the children killed in the Sandy Hook massacre. The measures include tightening regulations on untraceable “ghost guns” — self-assembled weapons sold online. The orders also put restrictions
ANALYSIS/OPINION: During the Democratic presidential primary, then-candidate and California Sen. Kamala Harris said she would take executive action on guns during her first 100 days in office. Former Vice President and fellow Democratic hopeful Joseph R. Biden said, at the time, there was no constitutional authority for the president to eliminate assault weapons by executive
Today, the Kansas Senate passed pro-gun omnibus legislation, House Bill 2058, and Eddie Eagle Gun Safety legislation, House Bill 2089. Having received multiple amendments, the House will soon consider the legislation again. Please contact your State Representative and urge them to SUPPORT House Bill 2058 and House Bill 2089. Proposed by Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt, House Bill 2058 does the
© REUTERS / KEVIN LAMARQUE Calls to implement stricter measures to end gun violence in the United States have strengthened after a recent shooting in Boulder, Colorado, in late March. The killing took 10 lives and is one of the deadliest in the state’s history. The Biden administration on Wednesday announced six “initial actions to address the
President Joe Biden’s administration is slated to nominate gun control advocate David Chipman to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), the agency that attempts to prevent the trafficking of firearms. Chipman, who previously served in the ATF for 25 years, is a former adviser to the gun control advocacy group Everytown for Gun