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August 2020 was the eighth consecutive month of record background checks for gun sales and transfers. 

Subway announced Wednesday that it is banning the open carry of firearms in restaurants across the nation.

U.S. District Judge Daniel P. Jordan III issued an order that prevents the city of Jackson, Mississippi, from attempting to ban the open carry of firearms so long as such carry is legal at the state level.

An Odessa, Texas, bar owner and a group of armed supporters were arrested by SWAT teams Monday after violating Gov. Greg Abbott’s (R) shutdown order.

Georgia State Rep. Matt Gurtler (R) is asking his Governor Brian Kemp (R) to suspend the handgun carry permit requirement during a state of emergency so Georgians can freely carry open or concealed during days of unrest.

Farmers market attendees in Alexandria, Virginia, were frightened by the sight of open carry demonstrators on Saturday. 

Publix supermarket used a September 11, 2019, announcement to ban open carry by customers.

On Thursday, Walgreens joined Kroger and Walmart in banning open carry in their stores. 

Former Democrat presidential hopeful Eric Swalwell (D-CA) mocked good guys with guns who did not stop the alleged Midland shooter as he went on his rampage.

The Kansas House passed a bill Wednesday that opens concealed and campus carry to 18-20 year-olds in the state. 

Bills to lower the minimum concealed carry age from 21 to 18 are on the move in Kansas and Idaho.

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The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit announced it will rehear a case which a three-judge panel decided in favor of open carry in July. 

Oklahoma’s House Public Safety Committee passed legislation this week designed to end the concealed carry permit requirement in the state.

Gov. Kristi Noem (R) signed Senate Bill 47 on Thursday to eliminate South Dakota’s requirement that residents possess a concealed carry permit in order to carry a handgun concealed.

State Sen. Donna Campbell (R) filed Senate Bill 535 to ensure the law allows Texans to carry guns into places for worship for self-defense. 

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Virginia State Senator Amanda Chase (R) is openly carrying a handgun as a way to deter violent protesters.

On Thursday, the Travis County District Court ruled that the City of Austin, Texas, violated the law by barring handguns in City Hall and assessed a nine thousand dollar penalty against the city for the violation.

Texas Rep. Jonathan Stickland (R) plans a push in the coming legislative session to eliminate the state’s concealed carry permit requirement.

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The Los Angeles Times published an editorial on July 26, 2018, claiming the Ninth Circuit’s pro-open carry ruling is fraudulent and reiterating their position that the ruling in District of Columbia v. Heller (2008) is fraudulent too. 

A three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled Tuesday that restricting the open carry of firearms to police and security-related personnel infringes the Second Amendment.

The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled Tuesday that openly carrying a firearm in public is constitutional.

An opinion piece in the San Francisco Chronicle observes that open carry was once the law of the land in California, abolished only after armed Black Panthers came to a political gathering at the state Capitol on May 3, 1967.

South Dakota Republican Senators are pressing Gov. Dennis Daugaard (R) to sign a bill removing a permit requirement for carrying a concealed handgun for self-defense.

Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson sent a letter to Arkansas State Police directing them to recognize that the open carry of handguns is “allowed.”

Baguette et Chocolat is standing by their gun ban one week after a concealed handgun carrier was escorted out by police.

While our nation’s overall concealed carry landscape is a patchwork of frustrating laws many Americans struggle to navigate, it is heartening to know that 12 states makes things easy by allowing law-abiding residents to carry guns without any bureaucratic interference.

Professor Don Patrick Haider-Markel suggests the Charlottesville car attack provides Democrats an opportunity to run on gun control in 2018.

HOUSTON, Texas — Communists, Democratic Socialists, Brown Berets, anarchists, Black Lives Matter, and other supporters of the “Destroy the Confederacy!” movement marched in the sweltering 99-degree heat in Houston on Saturday to demand that city officials tear down the “Spirit

Mayor Mike Signer addressed the August 12 car attack that killed Heather Heyer, suggesting it highlights the need to limit concealed carry.

On August 13 — the day after the Charlottesville car attack — Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) criticized types of firearms citizens can legally carry.

On August 12, Everytown for Gun Safety pushed for more gun control in connection with the Charlottesville, Virginia, rally where attendees were attacked with a car.

Florida Carry is asking a the SCOTUS to rule on open carry outside the home via David Lee Norman v. State of Florida.

Legislation to abolish Michigan’s concealed carry permit requirement passed the House Judiciary Committee and will goes before the full House.