The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) released “adjusted” National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) figures on April 3, showing that checks in March 2017 were up 5.2 percent over figures for March 2016.
While media outlets were focused on the collapse of Speaker Paul Ryan’s healthcare bill, Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) quietly vetoed legislation that would have granted women immediate approval to carry guns for self-defense against domestic abusers.
A robbery suspect who targeted a North Philadelphia laundromat dropped the stolen money when the business’ owner pulled a gun, chased the suspect and opened fire.
A reporter with AL.com claims an Alabama Sheriff’s Association internal email shows the group opposes constitutional carry because the sheriffs make money issuing permits.
On Thursday Governor Doug Burgum (R) signed legislation allowing North Dakota residents to carry a handgun concealed for self-defense without a permit.
On Tuesday North Dakota’s Senate passed the permitless carry legislation contained in HB 1196, which means the bill now moves to its last stop–Governor Doug Burgum’s (R) desk.
Ohio Senate Bill 199 takes effect March 21, allowing residents with concealed carry permits to carry guns for self-defense in the unsecured portions of airports.
Video of an armed passerby shooting and killing a suspect who was beating a Lee County Florida sheriff’s deputy on the side of the road has been released.
The number of concealed carry permits issued to Chicago residents was up nearly 50 percent in 2016 compared to 2015.
Petitioners in the Peruta case asked the Supreme Court to hear the case as soon as possible, taking the issue of concealed carry, a key question in Second Amendment jurisprudence, to the nation’s highest court.
On Tuesday the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled that Madison cannot ban handguns for self-defense on city buses.
The South Dakota Senate passed legislation to abolish the requirement for a concealed carry permit in the state and the bill now goes to Governor Dennis Daugaard’s (R) desk.
Figures from the Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine’s office show a new record of nearly 159,000 concealed carry permits were issued in Ohio in 2016.
On Monday, Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) introduced a companion bill to the National Reciprocity legislation that was introduced in the House by Representative Richard Hudson (R-NC-8) on January 3.
New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu (R) signed a bill which immediately abolished the requirement that state residents obtain a permit before carrying a concealed handgun for self-defense.
The governors of Texas and eight other states have taken aim at California’s restriction on concealed carry permit holders and urge that their citizens “should not be forced to check their gun rights at the [California] border.”
On February 15, the Montana Senate passed permitless carry legislation which will now head to Governor Steve Bullock’s (D) desk.
An armed citizen intervened and stopped a stabbing that was underway in a Walmart parking lot in Topeka, Kansas.
Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety Chief Jeffrey Hadley will appear with gun control proponent Gabby Giffords Monday to argue against suppressor ownership by “everyday Americans” and to oppose national reciprocity for concealed carry.
Georgia state Representative Mandi Ballinger (R-Canton) reintroduced campus carry Tuesday despite the fact that Governor Nathan Deal (R) sided with Michael Bloomberg-funded Everytown for Guns Safety and vetoed similar legislation last year.
Permitless carry is on the march with legislatures in six states weighing the option of abolishing their requirement for a permit for concealed carry.
When a 70-year-old Vietnam veteran from St. Louis was confronted by armed suspects in Madison County, Illinois, on Thursday, he pulled his own gun and opened fire, killing one and wounding the second.
This week the Arkansas House passed a campus carry bill that will require state colleges and universities to allow concealed carry permit holders to be armed on campus for self-defense. The bill is the complete opposite of the kind of
Campus Carry legislation passed in the Wyoming House by a margin of 40-19 on Wednesday night. The legislation is now headed for the Wyoming Senate.
An armed citizen, who was in Detroit’s E&S Carry Out Shrimp Shack during an alleged robbery, says he threw his wallet on the floor, and when the robbery suspect looked away to retrieve it, the citizen shot him.
Montana Attorney General Tim Fox issued an opinion halting the City of Missoula’s expanded background check ordinance on the grounds that they violate state law and “cannot be enforced.”
An armed robbery suspect who entered a convenience store pointing a gun at the clerk was shot and subdued by a concealed carry permit holder.
Palo Cedro’s North Cow Creek School District will now allow teachers with concealed carry permits to bring their firearms to school for defense of themselves and their students.
The pizza deliveryman who shot back after being ambushed Monday night credits “the gun on [his] hip” with keeping the situation from getting even worse.
At least 12 school districts in rural Colorado have armed teachers and staff to protect themselves and students in the event of a Sandy Hook-style attack.
UFC fighter Ronda Rousey was spotted at The Ranger 702 in Las Vegas on Sunday, shooting to qualify for a concealed carry permit.
A pizza delivery man who was ambushed and shot subsequently dropped his pizzas, pulled his own handgun, and opened fire on the two robbery suspects.
State senator Gerald Allen (R-Tuscaloosa) has “pre-filed” legislation that would make Alabama the 13th permitless carry state.
A January 19 survey of Ohio colleges and universities found most boards and presidents determined to prohibit guns for self-defense despite a new law allowing concealed carry permit holders to be armed on campus.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit struck down Chicago’s ban on gun ranges on January 19, calling it “unconstitutional.”
In response to growing interest in carrying a gun for self-defense, the NFL is holding “mandatory training and conversations” about gun safety and storage.
In a January 17 editorial, the Los Angeles Times argues that allowing concealed carry permit holders to be armed on campus is “dangerous” and “silly.”
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. applied in 1956 for a permit to carry a handgun for self-defense but was denied by governing authorities who enjoyed “may issue”-style discretion.
Florida state Representative Scott Plakon (R-29) is pushing campus carry in the legislature after his daughter texted that she was trapped inside a school on lockdown.
Representative Thomas Massie (R-KY-4) is pushing a repeal of the Gun-Free School Zone Act (GFSZA) in hopes that it may finally be done away with under President Donald Trump.
