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Governor Hutchinson announced today he’d sign the stand-your-ground bill (SB 24) that eliminates a need to retreat before shooting a perceived threatening person and also HB 1112 to eliminate a means for absentee voters to attest to their identity through an affidavit without providing a photo ID. Easier to kill; harder to vote. That’s how

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Republican Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson signed a ‘Stand Your Ground’ bill into law on Wednesday afternoon despite past concerns that he raised regarding the measure. SB24 removes the obligation for a person to retreat before deadly force can be used. “A person who uses or threatens to use physical force as otherwise permitted under this

The 2021 legislative session ends on Friday, March 5th, and two important self-defense bills are eligible for action on the Senate floor. Please contact your state senator and ask them to SUPPORT HB 227 and HB 216. House Bill 227, sponsored by Representative Karianne Lisonbee (R-14), improves Utah’s self-defense laws by defining justifiable use of force, and establishing

Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Wednesday signed into law a measure easing the state’s restrictions on the use of deadly force in self-defense. The Republican governor signed the measure that removes the duty to retreat before deadly force can be used, despite past concerns he’s raised about changing the state’s self-defense law. The governor’s decision on

Democrats on Tuesday announced plans to re-up their push for new gun control measures, but they face a recently changed landscape of more people than ever, especially black people and women, buying firearms for protection. What’s more, the promoters of the package to expand FBI background checks are facing demands from liberals to do far

Senate Bill 246 has been referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee. It ensures that law-abiding adults are not stripped of their right to self-defense when they cross an arbitrary boundary onto a college campus. Please contact committee members and ask them to support SB 246. Senate Bill 246 allows law-abiding CHL holders to carry on

The House Public Safety Committee has approved a Republican-backed bill that would get rid of the required state permits for buying guns and for carrying a concealed weapon. The plan has cleared initial review in the Iowa Senate as well. Senator Jason Schultz, a Republican from Schleswig, said 18 states have taken this step already.

She places her gun in a red leather handbag and gets into her car. The gun, in her bag, sits in the front seat of the vehicle as she drives to work. She then brings the gun, still in the bag, to a meeting with colleagues at the office. She then takes the gun, in

These NRA-backed proposals would allow law-abiding citizens to carry a handgun without a state-issued License To Carry (LTC).  The existing LTC law would not be repealed.  Criminals who are prohibited from possessing firearms (i.e., felons, fugitives from justice, individuals committed by the courts for mental illness, domestic abusers) would still be barred from carrying guns.  It

DES MOINES — Majority GOP legislators forged ahead Tuesday with plans to ease gun restrictions by adopting permit-less “constitutional carry” legislation over objections that the proposed changes would make Iowans less safe. Members of the Iowa House Public Safety Committee voted 12-8 to approve a bill allowing Iowans to purchase and carry firearms without a

Today, the House Judiciary Committee issued a favorable report to House Bill 3094, to legalize the open carry of handguns. It will now go to the House floor for further consideration. Please contact your state representative and ask them to SUPPORT HB 3094. House Bill 3094 allows citizens who hold a concealed weapons permit, to carry a handgun in the

Topline With New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) beleaguered by accusations of sexual harassment and facing mounting calls for resignation, Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul has taken a rare turn in the national spotlight as the first in line to succeed the embattled governor if he were to resign or be removed from office. NEW YORK,

After the November election last year, the national coordinating group of Republican state attorneys general boasted about the success of its aggressive advertising and media campaign against Democrats. The group had used incidents of violence that occurred alongside massive peaceful protests of police killings of unarmed Black men to portray Democrats as “lawless liberals” who

Tomorrow, the House State and Local Government Committee is hearing House Bill 89 to amend Ohio’s “duty to inform” law. Please contact committee members and ask them to SUPPORT HB 89. House Bill 89 removes the requirement that a concealed handgun licensee notify a law enforcement officer that they are carrying a concealed handgun when

Ever since Dylann Roof walked into Emanuel AME Church in Charleston and gunned down nine Black parishioners in 2015, U.S. Rep. Jim Clyburn has been trying to institute gun reforms to prevent another such tragedy.  Over the last five years, the Democratic House Majority Whip has introduced a bill to close the so-called “Charleston loophole” multiple