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Democrats File the First of Many Anti-Rights Bills Aimed at Honest Gun Owners Submitted by: Robert Morse Website: http://slowfacts.wordpress.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
Democrat politicians said they wanted to disarm us. The Democrats didn�t wait long. Texas Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee filed two gun control bills. This is exactly what we expected from Democrat politicians. The mainstream media will echo Lee�s lies. It is up to us to spread the truth.

MT: House Concurs on Permitless Carry Legislation � Heads to Governor�s Desk
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House Bill 102 will strengthen Montana�s self-defense laws by allowing law-abiding Montana gun owners to carry a firearm for self-defense throughout the state without first having to obtain a government mandated permit to do so. Further, this bill will remove some of Montana�s �gun-free zones� from the list of prohibited places and stop the unnecessary disarming of Montanans as they go about their day-to-day lives.

SC: South Carolina lawmakers propose bill to allow open carry of firearms by certain people Submitted by: Mark A. Taff Website: http://www.marktaff.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
Lawmakers in South Carolina are proposing a bill that could allow some people to openly carry firearms in the state of South Carolina. House Bill 3094 would be the "Open Carry with Training Act". The bill would amend the 1976 code by revising the definition of the term, "concealable weapon" to allow a permit holder to carry a concealable weapon openly on his person.

Ukraine: Ukrainians want regulation of right to bear arms, feel responsible enough for this Submitted by: Mark A. Taff Website: http://www.marktaff.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
The majority of Ukrainians consider themselves responsible enough to grant them the right to carry short-barreled weapons, according to the data of the first national survey on the request of citizens for the right of armed self-defense.

UT: Permitless Carry Legislation Passes Utah Senate!
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Today, the Utah Senate passed HB 60, clearing the last major hurdle. The bill will now be transmitted back to the House for a concurrence vote before heading to Governor Cox's desk.

House Bill 60, sponsored by Representative Walt Brooks (R-75), allows a law-abiding adult to carry a concealed firearm in the State of Utah, without first needing to obtain government permission. This ensures that citizens have their right to self-defense without government red tape or delays. Additionally, this legislation maintains the existing Concealed Firearm Permit (CFP) system, so citizens who still wish to obtain a permit may do so.

GA: Georgians apply for gun background checks in record numbers Submitted by: Mark A. Taff Website: http://www.marktaff.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
Shanique Shaw got a license to carry a firearm two years ago, but held off on buying a gun. She wanted it for protection, but feared the consequences of ever having to use it. �It was more of, I am afraid of going to prison or of making the wrong move,� said Shaw, a single mother in Cobb County.

IN: Ask Your Representative to Support Right-To-Carry
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House Bill 1369 allows any law-abiding adult who is legally eligible to obtain a carry permit, to carry a handgun without first having to obtain government permission. This ensures that citizens have their right to self-defense without government red tape or delays. It does not affect previously issued carry permits, and allows citizens who still wish to obtain a permit in order to carry in other states recognizing Indiana permits, to do so.

NH: Bad Actors or Fundamental Rights Argued Over Self-Defense Laws
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Three bills expanding the use of deadly force in the state turned out opponents in hearings lasting all day before the House Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee Friday.

People of color testifying said they would be the victims of the bills and argued the bills were not about self-defense but racism, while others said the changes would encourage �bad characters� to be more reckless with their guns.

This Draconian Bill Would Turn Millions of Peaceful Gun Owners Into Felons
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A gun control bill that Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D�Texas) recently introduced gives you an idea of what Democrats might do if they did not have to worry about the Second Amendment. The Sabika Sheikh Firearm Licensing and Registration Act would establish a national database that is supposed to include every gun in the country, make it a felony to own a firearm or ammunition without a license from the Justice Department, ban magazines that hold more than 10 rounds and "ammunition that is 0.50 caliber or greater," and criminalize possession of a "military-style weapon" without a special license. Violating the bill's provisions would be punishable by hefty fines and long minimum prison sentences, which Lee ordinarily claims to oppose.

Modern Sporting Rifles as Bear Stoppers? They Worked in Every Recorded Incident
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At the time, I thought it strange someone would prefer a .223 semi-automatic rifle to a 30-30 or larger caliber rifle.

50 years and considerable time investigating actual defensive shootings of bears later, my opinion has become less certain.

Of the defensive bear shootings I have found, four of them were with rifles reasonably characterized as semi-automatic civilian versions of popular military rifles.

All four defensive shootings were successful.

WY: Second Amendment Preservation Act Bill Filed In Wyoming
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A bill that would claim the right to invalidate federal laws that limit the right to bear arms for the state of Wyoming has been filed in the legislature.

You can read Senate File 81 here.

It's sponsored by Sens. Bouchard, Biteman, French, Hutchings, James, McKeown and Salazar and Representative(s) Baker, Bear, Burt, Fortner, Gray, Haroldson, Heiner, Laursen, Neiman, Ottman, Rodriguez-Williams, Wharff, and Winter.

OH: Loychik, Grendell introduce Ohio Second Amendment Safe Haven Act
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State Reps. Mike Loychik, R-Bazetta, and Diane Grendell, R-Chesterland, on Thursday introduced House Bill 62, known as the Ohio Second Amendment Safe Haven Act, which would designate Ohio as a Second Amendment protective state.

�I�m happy to represent my constituency and Ohioans across our great state that unequivocally deserve to have their constitutional rights protected,� Loychik said in a news release. �Ohioans have the freedom of the Second Amendment here in our state, and we must prioritize the protection of their right to keep and bear arms.�

NY: NRA Applauds Attorneys General Amicus Brief in New York Carry Case at the Supreme Court Submitted by: Mark A. Taff Website: http://www.marktaff.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
In December, The National Rifle Association�s Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA) partnered with the New York State Rifle and Pistol Association and asked the Supreme Court to hear a challenge to New York�s restrictive process for issuing concealed carry licenses.

NRA Gun of the Week: Browning Buck Mark Plus Vision UFX Black
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The Browning Buck Mark series stepped on the scene in the mid-1980s, following the ceased production of the company�s Challenger pistol. New for 2021, this latest Buck Mark Plus Vision UFX Black pistol is rich in features that tailor to the competitive shooter and weekend plinker alike. Distinctive curb appeal and thoughtful engineering combine to provide a capable platform that is fun to shoot and enhanced for modern accessories.

TX: The Bowie Knife Will Soon be Officially named the State Knife of Texas
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The legendary Bowie knife is soon to become the official state knife of Texas according to a recently introduced resolution which is a companion resolution that would have made the Bowie knife the State knife of Texas if it hadn�t been vetoed by Governor Greg Abbott. However, the governor doesn�t actually oppose the resolution but in fact, supports it. The resolution originally passed with bipartisan support back in 2019 but was vetoed due to an obvious historical error.

ID: Kamiah council considers Second Amendment sanctuary city resolution
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At the Jan. 27 meeting of the Kamiah City Council, member Stephen Rowe proposed a Second Amendment sanctuary city resolution for the city of Kamiah.

Rowe said that he is concerned that the new presidential administration will restrict guns and he wants to protect people�s gun rights in Kamiah. The examples he used were potential limits on magazine size and putting red flag laws in place. In the case of red flag laws, Rowe said they allow for �taking guns away from people who have not committed a crime.�

Nonviolent Felons Have Second Amendment Rights
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Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) and Firearms Policy Foundation (FPF) announced the filing of an important United States Supreme Court brief in the case of Flick v. Wilkinson, a case challenging the federal lifetime firearms prohibition for felons. The brief, authored by FPC�s Director of Constitutional Studies, Joseph Greenlee, is FPC�s fourth U.S. Supreme Court brief filed in less than three weeks, and FPF�s third, and is available at FPCLegal.org.

Gun control and the new administration Submitted by: Mark A. Taff Website: http://www.marktaff.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
If you are one of the more than five million first-time gun owners in this country, you may have just become an undesirable in the eyes of our new presidential administration. If you�re already a firearms owner, then you already know how the new administration views you.

Winning In 2022 And 2024 Requires A Coalition
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If there is one lesson that we should take from some recent events, it is that removing anti-Second Amendment extremism from the levers of power at the federal, state, and local level is going to require a lot of work. Part of that work will involve building bridges, often to those who are most affected by the failures we have seen anti-Second Amendment extremists use their calls to attack our rights to distract their ill-served constituents.

DC: 'I will carry my Glock to Congress' \| Rep. Boebert granted DC concealed carry permit Submitted by: Mark A. Taff Website: http://www.marktaff.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
After going viral in a Twitter video last month definitively proclaiming she would "carry [her] Glock to Congress," freshman Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) has been issued a concealed carry permit by DC Police, according to Acting Chief Robert Contee. "A concealed carry permit was issued in that case," Contee said in a press conference Thursday.