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Bills sought by Ariz. gun-rights activists signed

Gov. Jan Brewer has signed into law two bills supported by gun-rights activists.

1 of the bills signed Monday would broaden the state’s current restrictions on local governments’ ability to regulate or tax guns and ammunition. One specific provision bars local governments from prohibiting a person with a concealed weapons permit from possessing a gun [...]

Gutting the 2nd Amendment imperils freedom

I don’t drive a pickup truck with a gun rack.

I don’t hunt.

I’ve never fired a weapon and never intend to do so.

With all of that said, side effects I consider attempts to gut the words of the Founding Farmers in the Second Amendment as an assault on our collective freedom.

Those 27 [...]

Rattling the Second Amendment Saber

According to Webster’s New World College Dictionary, cheap the term “saber rattling” is defined as:

a threatening of war, buy information pills or a menacing show of armed force.

Some people call it posturing. In the animal world it’s related to establishing “pecking order”. Some people would have us believe that a pecking order is [...]

Does the Second Amendment apply outside the home?

On March 2, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments addressing whether the Second Amendment applies outside of jurisdictions controlled by the federal government. The court will almost certainly say that it does, and soon it may consider a question that should be equally easy to answer: whether the Second Amendment applies outside of the home.

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Gun Rights Groups Rejoice, Local Sheriffs Cringe

They’re sworn to uphold the law, but some Iowa sheriff’s aren’t happy with new rules that take away their power to decide who can pack heat and who can’t.

Until now, sheriff’s have been able to deny people concealed/carry gun permits if they saw fit. Under the new law, they “must issue” permits to anyone [...]

Next Challenge to Gun Laws Headed to D.C. Circuit

A federal appeals court in Washington will have the chance to examine the latest version of the District of Columbia’s gun restrictions, in a possible test of how to apply the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2008 decision in D.C. v. Heller.

Lawyers for Dick Heller, a name party in the earlier case, filed a notice Thursday [...]

Missouri, Kansas move to relax concealed-carry rules

It’s been a quiet week in Jefferson City.

Legislators writing laws. Debating the budget.

Training with handguns.

About 16 Missouri lawmakers — along with several legislative staffers and at least one representative’s wife — are taking a firearms-training course sponsored by the bipartisan “Sportsmen’s Caucus” that will qualify them for concealed weapons permits.

Tuesday’s lesson [...]

Heller’s Offspring: A Look at the New Generation of Gun-Control Suits

These are the offspring of Heller:

A woman contends her small stature makes her an appealing target for criminals but says she was turned down for a concealed-carry handgun permit by the Sacramento County sheriff.

A Californian man, born without an arm below the right elbow, information pills argues that the state’s roster of “approved” [...]

Tennessee gun permits up 23% last year; increase 16% in Shelby County

The number of Tennesseans licensed by the state to go armed increased by nearly 51,000 people last year — to 268,711, according to new state statistics.

That’s an increase of 23 percent over the 218,004 Tennesseans with handgun-carry permits on Jan. 1, 2009. By comparison, the 2008 increase was 14 percent, according to Tennessee Department [...]

82-year-old fights off attacker

SIERRA VISTA – An 82-year-old woman takes matters into her own hands after she’s attacked in a Wal-Mart parking lot in Sierra Vista.

Police said the suspect Stephen Prickett beat the woman with her own cane until she grabbed her gun from her purse and started firing.

After a few days in the hospital, she’s [...]