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Sheriff could lose discretionary power to decide who can carry a firearm Next month, mind voters will elect a new Ventura County sheriff. It will be the first time in 32 years the election for the county’s top cop has been contested. Besides heading the county’s largest police force, the sheriff determines who can and [...] The Nebraska Firearms Owners Association (NFOA) today called on the city of Omaha to end its practice of registering firearms, what is ed in the wake of a case involving a private citizen who fatally shot an armed robber, more about and who continues to be denied the ability to register a new firearm by [...] Two years ago this June the United States Supreme Court said the 2nd Amendment to the Bill of Rights was an individual right to own guns unconnected with service in a militia. Today, in Washington D.C., Los Angeles Policed Department spokeswoman Sandy Jo MacArthur testified before the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs in [...] A battle is brewing between states as gun rights and open carry laws are considered by lawmakers. Oklahoma is the latest state to consider a measure allowing open carry within state boundaries, illness while in California lawmakers are considering a bill to ban open carry in the state. In Louisiana state lawmakers are debating a [...] Oklahomans soon may be able to openly carry guns in public after the House voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to allow the practice. The measure has already passed the Senate and now heads to Democratic Gov. Brad Henry, who has not indicated whether he will sign it. The requirements for obtaining a gun license, including a background [...] The Colorado Bureau of Investigation would continue conducting firearm background checks, dosage known as Insta-Check, here under a bill that passed out of the House yesterday. Gun rights enthusiasts have blasted Insta-Check as being unnecessary and costly, pharmacy while gun control activists praise the state background check as a way to prevent gun-related tragedies in [...] This is the first article in a series recounting the birth, growth, and death of California’s gun industry. Early morning sunlight beamed through windows partially covered by steel Venetian blinds shading the first patrons at Larry’s Coffee Shop, situated not on a typical retail thoroughfare, but among the concrete tilt-up buildings defining an industrial park. [...] The National Rifle Association announced its support for critical legislation being introduced in Congress today by Senators John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Jon Tester (D-Mont.), and Representatives Travis Childers (D-Miss.) and Mark Souder (R-Ind.). The Second Amendment Enforcement Act will restore Second Amendment rights to residents of the District of Columbia. This legislation is necessary because [...] Gov. Chet Culver said Monday that he plans to sign into law a measure overhauling the way concealed weapons permits are issued. Currently, those seeking a permit to carry a concealed weapon must apply with their local sheriff, who has broad discretion on whether to grant the permit. The measure Culver intends to sign would [...] Two gun-rights groups have their sights trained on an amended House bill that lets handgun-carry permit holders go armed in restaurants selling alcohol but bans their weapons from establishments that derive less than 50 percent of their gross sales from food. “We will not go along with it,” said John Harris, executive director of the [...] |
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