Updated 2:46 pm CDT, Tuesday, June 16, 2020 BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana municipalities will be barred from enacting most gun restrictions beyond those in state law, under legislation signed by Gov. John Bel Edwards. The measure by House Republican leader Blake Miguez won passage from lawmakers in the regular session that ended June 1.
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Over the weekend, Governor John Bel Edwards showed his strong support of the second amendment by signing the NRA’s pro-2A legislative package. Thank you to Governor Edwards for his support of these vitally important measures that expand the constitutional rights of Louisianans, especially during times of crisis. House Bill 746, sponsored by Rep. Ray Garofalo,
NRA-ILA reported to you in April that the Mississippi Justice Institute, a non-profit constitutional litigation center, had filed a lawsuit on behalf of pro-Second Amendment State Rep. Dana Criswell (R-Mount Olive) against Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba’s executive order prohibiting the open carry of firearms in the city. This legal action was filed in the U.S. District
According to a report from HuffPost, controversial former Donald Trump aide Sebastian Gorka may be headed to a new job within the president’s administration, taking a high-ranking spot overseeing Voice of America. With Michael Pack, a friend of former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon, taking over as head of the U.S. Agency for Global
by Karen Mehall Phillips, Director of Communications, NRA HLF – Friday, May 29, 2020 The NRA knows how to measure success. Nearly a year since announcing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) now allows states to use the NRA’s free Online Hunter Education Course as Pittman-Robertson (P-R) Act match dollars, the NRA is pleased
In an arrangement unique to Washington, D.C., the local police department is the only federally licensed firearms dealer that is open to the public. Residents tell the Washington Free Beacon, however, that legally obtaining a handgun has become nearly impossible due to the department’s inaction. The city faced a dilemma in mid-March when the only licensed
The NRA won. The rights of law-abiding New Mexicans to purchase a firearm and go to the range have been vindicated. In April, the NRA—along with the New Mexico Shooting Sports Association, Second Amendment Foundation, Firearms Policy Coalition, and Mountain States Legal Foundation—filed suit in federal court against Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham for shuttering retail
DATE: June 15, 2020 TO: USF & NRA Members and Friends FROM: Marion P. Hammer USF Executive Director NRA Past President Young American for Liberty declared VICTORY today after forcing Florida Agriculture Commissioner to back down. Their Press Release follows: Victory! YAL forces Nikki Fried to reopen ConcealedWeapons License applications in
FILE PHOTO: A police officer is seen on the plaza in front of the U.S. Supreme Court building during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Washington, U.S., April 15, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up a series of cases seeking to expand gun rights, showing
The Bill of Rights specifically includes the right to keep and bear arms because self-defense is fundamental to the liberty of a free society. Today’s inaction continues to allow so-called gun safety politicians to trample on the freedom and security of law-abiding citizens. This fight is not over for the NRA.
It was bound to happen. Elmer Fudd and Yosemite Sam have now been disarmed. For some in the pro-gun community, the term “Fudd” denotes a person who owns guns, typically not for self-defense, but considers themselves above the fray of Second Amendment politics. But it is not owning this or that type of gun that
Frank Smyth is an award-winning investigative journalist and the author of “The NRA: The Unauthorized History.” Never is the Second Amendment more important than during public unrest,” a National Rifle Association video claimed in March. Rhetoric about owning, wielding and using guns has grown especially heated in recent weeks. In response to protests against police
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A photo illustration shows a gun barrel sticking out from underneath a bed pillow. A legal loophole in a bill passed in 2016 in the state legislature still allows some domestic abusers in Missouri to carry guns. Hillary Tan/Missourian JEFFERSON CITY — One night in the Missouri Capitol building in 2016, lawmakers made what some
by Cathy Wright Pittsboro, NC – I write in response to Andy Foshee’s post in the May 20, 2020 Chatham Chatlist, “The Constitution & Bill of Rights.” photo collage by cgrape He wrote: ‘Digging deeper, I found the Bill of Rights is “the first 10 Amendments to the Constitution. It spells out Americans’ rights in
opinion Bill Cotterell Capital Curmudgeon Published 9:40 AM EDT Jun 12, 2020 It’s too bad the Florida Supreme Court shot down the public petition campaign for a ban on military-style “assault weapons” last week. Not because the justices ruled, 4-1, that the amendment’s ballot summary had some deceptive wording. That sort of legal technicality is
This week, the California Assembly passed anti-gun bills AB 2362 and AB 2847. The bills will now move to the Senate for further consideration. AB 2362, sponsored by Assembly Member Al Muratsuchi (D-66), authorizes the Department of Justice to levy monetary fines of up to $1,000 on licensed firearms dealers for minor technical violations. This bill is