Tag Archive: gun rights

on September 13, 2013 in World News

Mississippi Open Carry

                      Mississippi Open Carry: The 2nd Amendment Is Your Carry Permit While everyone was watching news in Colorado during the final weeks of the recalls, Mississippi was instituting a new law to allow the open carry of firearms without a concealed carry permit. House Bill 2 was passed in Mississippi’s last legislative session and signed into law by Governor Phil Bryant (R), but put on hold in July when Circuit Judge Winston Kidd issued an injunction to have the legislature “clarify it.” On August 29 the Mississippi Supreme Court “unanimously… View Article

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on September 13, 2013 in World News

NY Sheriffs Refuse to Enforce Cuomo’s Gun Control Law

                      NY Sheriffs Refuse to Enforce Cuomo’s Gun Control Law A group of New York Sheriffs have announced that they will not enforce the gun control measures contained in the SAFE Act, which was signed into law by Governor Andrew Cuomo in January. The SAFE Act limits magazine capacity to seven rounds, “prohibits the sale of certain types of semi-automatic rifles and gives current owners of such weapons one year to get them registered with the state,” or else. But according to PoliceOne.com, “the New York State Sheriffs Association and… View Article

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on September 10, 2013 in World News

Over 1,200 Weapons Found at CT Schools

                      Over 1,200 Weapons Found at CT Schools in 2011-2012, Only 18 Were Guns A recent report on the number of weapons reported at Connecticut schools (K-12) during the 2011-2012 school year shows that over 1200 weapons were brought onto school grounds but only 1.4 percent of them were firearms. This is critical news in a state that has been at the epicenter in a fight for more gun control since the Sandy Hook Elementary school shooting on December 14, 2012 and which instituted some of the most extreme gun… View Article

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on September 10, 2013 in World News

Recalls over gun rights wrap up today in Colorado

                      Recalls over gun rights wrap up today in Colorado A gun-rights organization says today’s recall election of two state senators proves many Coloradans are angry about restrictive anti-gun legislation passed by the state legislature. Colorado Senate president John Morse and Senator Angela Giron – both representing districts in the southern part of the state – are facing recall elections Tuesday because they voted for tougher gun-control legislation limiting the size of ammunition magazines and requiring universal background checks. Early voting began August 30 and ended yesterday. Gun-rights advocates launched… View Article

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on September 6, 2013 in World News

Stops Home Invader with Concealed-Carry Handgun

                      Disabled Woman Stops Home Invader with Concealed-Carry Handgun A 64-year old disabled Middletown, Ohio woman named Mabel Fletcher used a concealed-carry handgun to stop a home invader who entered her house just after midnight Wednesday. According to Cincinnati.com, Fletcher acquired her concealed carry permit in June and was home alone with her dog when the burglar entered. Her dog woke at the sound of the intruder, giving Fletcher time to grab her Glock 9mm handgun as the invader closed in and attacked her. The assailant was a female, and Fletcher… View Article

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on September 6, 2013 in World News

Gun Applications Soar in Maryland Ahead of Gun Ban

                      Gun Applications Soar in Maryland Ahead of Gun Ban This year, Maryland passed strict gun-control legislation. In response, residents have flooded the state police with applications to purchase weapons, before the new law takes effect. Through August, more than 85,000 residents have made new requests to purchase firearms. This is almost double the amount who sought buy guns in all of 2011. The Maryland law, pushed through by Democrat Gov. Martin O’Malley and a Democrat legislature, bans 45 types of “assault weapons” and limits ammunition magazines to a maximum… View Article

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on September 5, 2013 in World News

NRA joins ACLU lawsuit, NSA starting ‘gun registry’

NRA joins ACLU lawsuit, NSA starting ‘gun registry’ The National Rifle Association joined the American Civil Liberties Union’s lawsuit on Wednesday to end the government’s massive phone record collection program. In a brief filed in federal court, the NRA argues that the National Security Agency’s database of phone records amounts to a “national gun registry.” “It would be absurd to think that the Congress would adopt and maintain a web of statutes intended to protect against the creation of a national gun registry, while simultaneously authorizing the FBI and the NSA to gather records that could effectively create just such… View Article

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on September 2, 2013 in World News

Gun Owners Turn Ohio Gun-Control Rally into NRA Rally

                    Gun Owners Turn Ohio Gun-Control Rally into NRA Rally As six members of Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s gun control group rallied for more gun laws on August 30, about 50 gun rights supporters hijacked the event and said that there are enough gun laws already. According to 10TV.com, the Columbus, Ohio rally was hosted by members of Mayors Against Illegal Guns but ended up looking “more like an NRA rally.” When organizer Blanche Luczyk took to the mic and tried to claim Ronald Reagan would support more background checks she was… View Article

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on August 31, 2013 in World News

Clamps Down on Guns, Loosens Restrictions on Marijuana

                      Clamps Down on Guns, Loosens Restrictions on Marijuana While President Barack Obama placed new restrictions on legal gun ownership Thursday, the Department of Justice loosened federal restrictions on marijuana “to mark a retreat from guidelines of the past.” The new guidelines give “recreational users” a pass and instead focus on “keeping marijuana from being sold to minors and preventing marijuana sales from funding criminal operations.” According to The Hill, “these new standards are beneficial to marijuana users in Washington and Colorado, the two states where recreational marijuana use was… View Article

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