Donald Trump’s victory ushers in what the NRA’s Wayne LaPierre describes as a historic “moment to go on offense” and to take new ground for the Second Amendment, rather than spend the next four years trapped in a defensive position.
On The Howard Stern Show last week, host Howard Stern questioned why concealed permit holders are only allowed to carry their guns in certain states and voiced support for Donald Trump’s plan to use national reciprocity — or national right to carry — to remove such limitations.
Wayne LaPierre stressed that the good news of Clinton’s political demise is countered by the reality that George Soros and Michael Bloomberg are still eagerly working to limit the exercise of Second Amendment rights. Moreover, he noted that Barack Obama has spent his time in office filling judicial vacancies with judges who oppose the Second Amendment.
Donald Trump has already made his support for national reciprocity clear–he says the concealed carry license of one state should be recognized in every state.
With president-elect Donald Trump headed toward a January 20, 2017 inauguration, one thing is certain–national reciprocity for concealed carry will have a friend in the White House. On September 18, 2015, Breitbart News reported Trump’s conviction that “concealed carry…is a right, not
During an October 30 campaign speech in Greeley, Colorado, Donald Trump reiterated his pledge to “save” the Second Amendment and “protect the right to keep and bear arms.” Donald Trump said: Hillary wants to effectively abolish the Second Amendment… I
Mark Kelly, a gun control proponent like his wife, Gabby Giffords, specifically cites Trump’s support of concealed carry for self-defense in the wake of the June 12 Orlando Pulse attack. In that attack, 49 unarmed, defenseless patrons were gunned down in a gun-free zone.
The Texas Attorney General has fired off a brief in the litigation over the right to bear arms in the Waller County Courthouse complex. AG Ken Paxton urges that “Both the law and sound public policy against the chilling of protected speech demand dismissal of Waller County’s claim. He also urges that the Waller County court is without jurisdiction to determine the issue.
Gun sales and concealed carry permit applications have been soaring in Washington state following the heinous September 23 attack that left five dead at Cascade Mall in Burlington, Washington.
A good Samaritan with a concealed carry permit foiled an alleged robbery at an Auto Zone and held the three suspects at gunpoint until police arrived.
A female passenger turned the tables on an alleged carjacker when she exited her vehicle at a traffic light, pulled a handgun, and opened fire.
“I think there’s a great fear that the country is leaning towards some sort of ban, [and] people want to beat the government to the punch,” Albany County Sheriff Craig Apple said. “We’re getting rocked with applications. You wouldn’t believe the amount of people who want their pistol permits.”
A Houston man with a Texas License to Carry (LTC) stopped an armed robbery at a local auto parts store.
According to CBS Chicago, “a 22-year-old man was sitting in a vehicle with another male…when two other males armed with handguns walked up and announced a robbery.” Police said the 22-year-old “then pulled out a gun and shot one of the [robbery suspects],” who died at the scene.
On September 26, Governor Jerry Brown (D) vetoed a bill that would have allowed California sheriffs to raise the price of obtaining a concealed carry permit.
Singer-songwriter Ray LaMontagne has canceled his September 22 show at University of Texas in Austin due to a state law that allows concealed carry permit holders to carry guns on campus for self-defense.
A small school district in the Texas Hill Country placed a sign that gives would-be troublemakers something to think about if they contemplate harming any students on campus.
Roanoke police chief Tim Jones is urging the City Council to curtail open carry within city limits by barring the carry of some of the most popular semiautomatics available.
A new Harvard-Northeastern study showing Americans increasingly buy guns for self-defense rather than sport has persuaded one of the study’s authors to conclude that Americans buy guns because of “fear.”
Tim Schmidt, president and founder of the U.S. Concealed Carry Association, was a guest on Tuesday’s Breitbart News Daily to talk about the weekend’s terror attacks. As SiriusXM host Alex Marlow noted, they were further examples of the jihadist strategy of hitting “soft targets” or “anti-gun safe spaces” featuring large numbers of unarmed victims.
Jason Falconer, the man who shot and killed the mass stabber in a Minnesota mall on Saturday, is a concealed carry permit instructor and tactical firearms trainer.
On September 15 a pastor’s wife in Philadelphia opened fire on an alleged assailant as her husband yelled, “Shoot him, Shoot him.”
The St. Cloud, Minnesota mall in which the September 17 mass stabbing occurred is a “gun free zone.”
Chicago police are investigating to find out how 32-year-old Michael Arquero–“a convicted felon and documented gang member”–was able to get a concealed carry permit.
On September 13, the dating site “Concealed Carry Match” (CCM) tweeted an invitation for single gun enthusiasts to join the site and find their “adorable #deplorable.”
Police say a Walmart employee with a concealed carry permit shot and killed an armed man, foiling an “attempted robbery” on Wednesday morning.
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana – Six individuals were shot, leaving one dead in New Orleans, Louisiana outside of a convenience store after the City recently expanded “gun-free zones” to now include public parks and recreation facilities.
On September 14, Missouri lawmakers will convene with the opportunity to override Governor Jay Nixon’s (D) veto of SB 656, permitless carry.
On September 2, Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich issued a written opinion that concealed carry permit holders are not prevented from being armed on private school campuses in the state for self-defense.
The latest figures from the FBI show that August was the 16th consecutive month of record background checks for retail gun sales.
A New Orleans City Council committee has passed a package of new gun controls aimed at fighting the gun violence ravaging the city.
As senior citizens continue to be a driving force behind record firearm sales, one gun-toting senior says, “My friends like to knit, I like to shoot.”
San Jose Police Chief Eddie Garcia says there are “absolutely” too many guns in America, and that more gun control is needed.
Breitbart News highlighted Antonia Okafor’s National Rifle Association (NRA) ad in which she stressed the pressure that she, as a young black woman, had to overcome in choosing to arm herself for self-defense and take her stand as part of “freedom’s safest place.” Okafor has elaborated by equating gun ownership with feminism.
The concealed carry policy currently formulated by Kansas State University will allow campus-wide concealed carry once the law takes effect in July 2017.
On August 24, Governor Chris Christie (R) vetoed a bill requiring retailers to stock “smart guns” and urged Democratic lawmakers to loosen restrictions on concealed carry in the state of New Jersey.
A new sign posted outside the school building in Claude, Texas, gives criminals advance warning that the staff is armed and “may use whatever force necessary to protect… students.”
On Monday, a 91-year-old concealed carry permit holder shot a robbery suspect in the neck after being confronted in a drugstore parking lot.
During an August 19 campaign stop in North Carolina, Donald Trump shot an M4 rifle with Iredell County Sheriff Darren Campbell.
The California Rifle and Pistol Association and a group of Los Angeles County residents have filed a suit to “block” state prohibitions against openly carrying a gun.
