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Schnucks, the St. Louis-based grocery store chain, has taken down the signs barring concealed weapons from its stores, including the company’s location in Jefferson City. “At the time conceal and carry passed, Missouri allowed for signs to be put up in businesses and we did,” said Schnucks spokesperson Lori Willis. “As time passed, we had [...] The Supreme Court is poised to forbid cities and states from banning handguns, advice bringing an anticlimactic end to a political firefight that petered out decades ago. Court-watchers expect the ruling in McDonald vs. City of Chicago to have little immediate policy impact outside the Windy City. And the ruling is unlikely to alter the [...] America’s gun control proponents might want to consider shooting (pun intended) this memo to Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley. “Dear Mayor Daley: Please shut up. You ain’t helping us.” Is there anyone doing more damage against advocates of gun control than Daley? The man is a walking billboard for right-to-carry laws. Anyone needing proof [...] President Obama poses a real and present danger to the Second Amendment, and he’s working to pack the Supreme Court with justices who will undermine Americans’ gun rights. Mr. Obama didn’t fess up to this radical agenda when running for the highest office in the land. “I have said consistently that I believe that the [...] In a strong reaffirmation of the fundamental right of self-defense, medical the Tennessee House and Senate have successfully overridden Governor Phil Bredesen’s veto of Senate Bill 3012. This NRA-supported bill will enable law-abiding right-to-carry permit holders to carry firearms for self-defense in establishments where alcohol is served, as long as they do not consume [...] Yet another high-profile shooting this morning of a criminal by an armed Chicago homeowner further reinforces the Second Amendment Foundation’s justification for its lawsuit to overturn the city’s handgun ban. SAF Executive Vice President Alan Gottlieb said the early-morning shooting in the city’s South Austin neighborhood involved a fleeing felon who had run from police [...] To avoid getting delayed behind noisy schoolkids waiting in line to pass through new metal detectors at the state Capitol, lobbyists are signing up for concealed handgun permits exempting them from the security checkpoints. Visitors to the Capitol also now are subject to inspections of purses, bags and briefcases by Department of Public Safety [...] California would keep a permanent record of anyone buying a shotgun or rifle under legislation passed Thursday by the Assembly. The measure would expand state law by adding long-gun buyers to a state Justice Department database that currently can identify only handgun purchasers. Opponents contend the bill is the latest in a long line [...] Second Amendment: Chicago is deciding whether to prosecute a great-grandfather and Korean War veteran under its handgun ban. He refused to be a victim, and now there’s one less armed thug roaming the streets. What’s the problem? If the 80-year-old vet living on the city’s West Side didn’t have the gun the city said he [...] The Chicago gun debate finally shows signs of changing. With the Supreme Court’s decision on the city’s gun ban imminent, people might be beginning to understand that gun bans don’t stop criminals from getting guns. At a press conference two weeks ago, Mick Dumke, a reporter from the liberal Chicago Reader, asked Mayor Richard Daley [...] |
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