Concealed Carry - Page 20

On May 13, Alabama Governor Robert Bentley (R) signed legislation which will now allow veterans to acquire a concealed weapon license for free.

Over 1 million Texans are now licensed to carry a handgun. Harris County (Houston) leads the state with nearly 150,000 licensees.

MTV is urging viewers to pinpoint politicians who want teachers to be armed for self-defense–and then vote those politicians out of office.

Police in North College Hill, Ohio, say a concealed permit holder opened fire Saturday “during an assault.”

Arizona Governor Doug Ducey (R) signed two bills on Tuesday. One enhanced concealed carry, and the other put new mechanisms in place to prevent cities and municipalities from passing additional gun control.

On May 5, Gun Owners of America (GOA) announced that National Reciprocity legislation has more than 80 co-sponsors in the House of Representatives.

On Thursday, the New Hampshire Senate concurred with the House and passed legislation to eliminate the requirement for a license to carry concealed in the Granite State.

On May 5, the Missouri House voted 101-28 to pass legislation that will allow concealed carry on campuses and on various modes of public transportation.

Presumptive Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has a plan to defend gun rights in general and the Second Amendment in particular. The plan is visible in the policies set forth by Trump as well as his understanding of the value

Concealed carry among women is up “nearly 62 percent” in Washington state.

While speaking to voters in Marion, Indiana, on May 2, Republican presidential hopeful Ted Cruz said Donald Trump once said he hates guns.

On May 2, campus carry became law in the state of Tennessee and took effect “immediately.”

On Sunday Kansas lawmakers in the House and Senate passed legislation prohibiting any ban on public employees carrying guns for self-defense on the job.

On Thursday the Fairfax County School Board sent a leader to Liberty University chancellor Jerry Falwell Jr. to say they are “deeply disturbed” by his calls for Liberty students to get concealed permits and carry guns to stop potential terror

By a vote of 112-37, the Missouri House voted to abolish the requirement to acquire a permit before exercising the Second Amendment right to bear arms.

On April 25, an armed felon was shot and killed after allegedly pulling a gun on a concealed carry permit holder.

With concealed carry continuing to surge around the country, it seems apropos to cover concealed carry handgun options in 9mm.

Concealed carry permits in Sacramento County have surged to the point that “about 1 out of every 135 adults” in the county carries a gun legally every day, according to the Sacramento Bee.

An NRA member with a concealed carry permit pulled his weapon on a fleeing suspect, cornered him, and held him at gunpoint for police.

Now that women are a driving force behind the burgeoning firearms industry and the ever-expanding number of concealed carry permits in the U.S., it is only fitting to highlight four concealed carry guns that carry as comfortably in a purse or bag as they do in holster.

The NBA’s Oklahoma City Thunder is urging the state senate’s president pro tempore, Brian Bingman, to kill two pro-gun bills now moving through the legislative body.

A professor writing under a pseudonym expressed her hesitancy April 18 to write a letter of recommendation for a female student who is pro-gun. The student–Sarah–is seeking entry into a “teacher-credential program,” and although her academic abilities are “not strong,” the

Texas A&M University and the affiliated universities in its system have embraced campus carry and will allow guns on campus with “few major restrictions.” The policy now formulated and “approved Chancellor John Sharp and A&M System legal staff” allows concealed carry

Gun Owners of America (GOA) is renewing their push to secure national reciprocity for concealed carry, thereby guaranteeing that the right to carry does not stop at a given state’s border. Representative Marlin Stutzman (R-IN) and Senator John Cornyn (R-TX)

On April 14, the Firearms Policy Foundation — together with other organizations and individuals — filed a suit against the state of California and Attorney General Kamala Harris, alleging the state made special “exemptions” for former police officers in order to secure passage of Senate Bill 707, which banned concealed carry on college campuses.

On April 15 Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant (R) signed permitless carry legislation into law.

On April 11 the Kingsburg Joint Union High School District’s board voted unanimously to adopt a policy allowing teachers and staff with concealed carry permits to be armed on campus for self-defense.

Fear of violence from the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement spurred a member of BART’s board to apply, successfully, for a renewed carry and conceal license for a handgun so that he is able to protect himself.

On April 8 Governor Chris Christie (R) loosened concealed carry restrictions in New Jersey, pointing to the fact that the gun control status quo is taking too many lives in his state.

A bill removing the requirement for a concealed carry permit is on its way to the Missouri House floor for a vote.

Kingsburg Joint Union High School District in California’s Central Valley will be voting April 11 to arm teachers and staff so that the threat response time can be “immediate” and students can be protected from any attack.

On April 7 the Alaska Senate passed campus carry legislation that also allows persons with concealed carry licenses to carry their firearms in dormitories.

The Mississippi House concurred with the Senate by passing legislation on Tuesday to abolish the requirement for a concealed carry permit in the state.

Concealed carry is surging in Orange County, with permits in the county up “nearly tenfold” over the past two years, the Orange County Register notes.

An armed citizen intervened in a parking lot attack, saving a loss prevention officer from an impending “tire iron” assault at the hands of robbery suspects.

Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is asking the Department of Justice and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) to launch an investigation that will block the release of the smartphone-shaped gun designed by Kirk Kjellberg.