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FL: Answering some really bad arguments against arming teachers in Florida
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Florida lawmakers are trying to allow school districts to arm teachers, and there are some really ill-informed and nonsensical arguments against the idea out there.

On Tuesday, the Florida Senate approved a bill to allow public school teachers to carry firearms if local school boards agree to it. Conservative Gov. Ron DeSantis has previously expressed an openness to the idea, but it still hasn�t passed the House.

Under the bill, the educators who choose to bring guns to school would would have to undergo a psychological evaluation and also take over 140 hours of training, which would be evaluated by local law enforcement.

MO: Campus concealed carry inches toward law with House approval
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The Missouri House gave final approval Monday to legislation that would allow teachers, students and staff to carry concealed guns on college campuses. The bill will now move on to the Senate.

HB 575, sponsored by Rep. Dean Dohrman, R-La Monte, began as a bill to allow universities to designate faculty and staff members as campus protection officers, who would be allowed to carry concealed guns on college campuses. These officers would have to be appropriately certified.

WV: Gunshot incident deemed �justified self defense� Submitted by: Mark A. Taff Website: http://www.marktaff.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
A gunshot incident that started as a verbal domestic dispute Wednesday was determined to be a justified self-defense shooting. According to a spokesman for the West Virginia State Police, officers responded to the incident, which had escalated from a verbal domestic to a physical one, at approximately 7:15 p.m. Wednesday at a residence on Plum Run Road near Short Gap.

Inside A Girl & A Gun�s National Conference Submitted by: Mark A. Taff Website: http://www.marktaff.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
Washington Free Beacon firearms correspondent Stephen Gutowski takes you inside the national shooting conference for "A Girl and a Gun," the gun club founded for and run by women. Gutowski traveled to the Reveille Peak Ranch outside Austin, Texas, where he found a sisterhood of 450 women from around the United States learning a variety of shooting and self-defense techniques.

NV: Gun Control Bills Pass Assembly
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On April 23rd, the Nevada Assembly voted to pass Assembly Bill 291 and Assembly Bill 153. AB 291 and AB 153 have been transmitted to the Senate and assigned to the Senate Judiciary Committee for further consideration.

Assembly Bill 291, introduced by Assemblywoman Sandra Jauregui (D-41), is omnibus anti-gun legislation that is a threat to both law-abiding gun owners residing in Nevada and those who are visiting.

NH: NH Women Gun Owners To Sununu: Veto Bills, 'Hold The Line'
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Gun rights activists held a press conference on April 25, 2019, at the Legislative Office Building and then met with the governor's office to request that he veto bills they said would put women and schools in the Granite State in danger. The Women's Defense League of NH and a few of their supporters in the Legislature submitted two boxes of postcards as well as two signed posters requesting Gov. Chris Sununu "hold the line" against the bills. Specifically, members of the organization were critical of HB 109, a background check bill, HB 514, a waiting period bill, and HB 564, which seeks to ban weapons from schools.

TX: Prohibiting self-defense via gun can mean life or death
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Todd has said he believes prayer saved his life that day. But since then, he has pushed for a different kind of intervention in instances such as Columbine.

Todd has become a gun-rights activist, including carrying a concealed weapon of his own, and his pet cause is allowing teachers to carry guns in schools.

This month, as the Columbine anniversary neared, he told a Colorado radio reporter, "What actually stops these from happening? And in the world we live in, a firearm is one of those ways. And a firearm would have saved lives at Columbine."

AR: Moms played good defense on guns in legislative session Submitted by: Mark A. Taff Website: http://www.marktaff.com	There is 1 comment on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
The Arkansas chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America is touting a successful legislative session. No new gun safety legislation was adopted, but they played successful defense on some bad proposals. Those defeated, as cited by the group:

CA: California Assembly passes gun show ban at Del Mar Fairgrounds
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The Assembly voted 48-16 today in favor of a bill co-authored by three San Diego County legislators that will ban gun and ammunition sales at gun shows held at the Del Mar Fairgrounds.

The bill would ban the state's 22nd District Agricultural Association, which oversees operations at the fairgrounds, from approving sales of guns and ammunition on fairgrounds property. The bill would take effect in 2021 if the Senate and Gov. Gavin Newsom also support it.

RI: Burrillville Town Council unanimously votes to make town 'Second Amendment sanctuary' Submitted by: Mark A. Taff Website: http://www.marktaff.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
Councilors in Burrillville voted unanimously on Wednesday to make the town a "Second Amendment sanctuary." They said they want to protect legal gun owners and their Second Amendment rights. �We want to let our residents know that we�re behind them, we�re behind the constitution and that�s what we�re going to go by,� said Councilman Jeremy Bailey.

SC: Fatal North Charleston shooting may have been self-defense, officials say
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A shooting that left a 19-year-old man dead in North Charleston may have been self-defense, authorities announced Thursday.

The investigation into the shooting that claimed the life of Henry Trey Norris on Tuesday night is ongoing but detectives believe Norris may have tried to rob someone which sparked the shooting, Spencer Pryor, a North Charleston police spokesman, said.

�Investigators believe the shooting may have been a result of the deceased victim attempting to rob a male subject and gunfire being exchanged between the two,� Pryor said.

OH: Employee shot man who tried to rob Cleveland cellphone store at gunpoint, police say Submitted by: Mark A. Taff Website: http://www.marktaff.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
An employee shot a man who tried to rob a Cleveland cellphone store at gunpoint Tuesday in the Union-Miles neighborhood, police said. Amhad D. Jones, 25, threatened to kill the employee before being shot just before 8 p.m. at a Metro by T-Mobile store on Harvard Avenue at East 93rd Street, according to police reports and court records.

IN: NRA kicks off 2019 conference in Indy Submitted by: Mark A. Taff Website: http://www.marktaff.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
More than 800 exhibitors continued putting final touches on their displays Thursday in the halls of the Indiana Convention Center in anticipation of Friday�s opening of the NRA�s 148th Annual Meeting. The NRA�s return to Indianapolis after five years is equal parts business meeting, trade show and fundraising extravaganza with a presidential visit and all-star country concert thrown in.

IL: East St. Louis Public Housing Residents Are Terrified They�ll Be Murder Victims Next
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The woman has a firearm owners� identification card and is licensed to carry a weapon in Illinois. But her lease says residents and their guests are prohibited from having or displaying guns in the apartment or on housing property.

Violating that condition could result in the lease being terminated.

Earlier this month, a federal judge ordered the housing authority to amend their rules to allow tenants to own guns.

In his decision, U.S. District Judge Phil Gilbert wrote: �Among whatever else, the Second Amendment protects the right of a law-abiding individual to possess functional firearms in his or her home for lawful purposes, most notably for self-defense and defense of family.�

Dems Ignore Border Crisis, But 2nd Amendment Rights 'Up for Discussion' Submitted by: Mark A. Taff Website: http://www.marktaff.com	There is 1 comment on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
The Democratic Party is anti-gun and of course, anti-NRA. They don�t think you, as a law-abiding American, deserve to protect and defend yourself and your family. Your constitutional rights are up for discussion. This, from the same party that advocates for rights for illegal immigrants, does nothing to impede illegal immigration or enforce the border, or the law.

IN: AG Hill welcomes POTUS, VP, VIPS and 80,000 Second Amendment supporters to Indianapolis Submitted by: Mark A. Taff Website: http://www.marktaff.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
Attorney General Curtis Hill welcomes President Trump, Vice President Pence and all attendees, members and supporters of the National Rifle Association to Indianapolis for the 148th Annual Meeting and Exhibits. This annual meeting is expected to attract more than 80,000 people to Indianapolis in support of the Second Amendment.

IN: Trump to speak at annual NRA convention in Indiana on Friday
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President Trump will address members and leaders of the National Rifle Association on Friday at the group's annual convention in Indiana.

Around 80,000 gun enthusiasts and more than 800 exhibitors are expected to pack the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis for the three-day event, the Indianapolis Star reported. It will mark the third straight year that Trump will deliver the keynote address, where he is expected to champion the rights of gun owners.

Harris Vows Executive Orders on Guns, �Assault Weapon,� �High Capacity� Magazine Ban Submitted by: Mark A. Taff Website: http://www.marktaff.com	There is 1 comment on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
If the Republicans don�t get with her gun-control program and they �continue to cower� to the National Rifle Association, Democratic presidential contender Kamala Harris says she�ll �take executive action� and do by fiat what Congress won�t do.

WA: Two controversial gun bills await Inslee's signature
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Second Amendment advocates say two bills headed for the governor's desk could have deadly consequences.

Those in favor of the bills say they just involve a longer wait-time to acquire firearms, but local representative Brad Klippert voted no on both.

He says they're both bad for victims of domestic violence.

Representative Brad Klippert said the wait might turn potential violent crime victims into sitting ducks.

MT: 2019 Montana Legislature Closes � Bills Head to Governor Submitted by: Mark A. Taff Website: http://www.marktaff.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
�We worked hard on protecting Second Amendment rights, promoting businesses, helped people reduce their prescription drug costs, helped the timer industry, worked with other industries and I think we did a loot of good things this session.�

AL: Concealed-carry bill holstered for now
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When it comes to regulating firearms, Alabama really doesn�t have much common sense.

This week, there was a spark, albeit a small one, in the Senate Tourism Committee. The committee rejected a bill, sponsored by Sen. Gerald Allen, R-Tuscaloosa, that would have allowed residents to carry concealed weapons legally without a permit.

This was a bad idea from the outset, but the gun culture in Alabama loved it. No longer would the gun lovers have to pay their local sheriff for a carry permit. While the fee for the permit isn�t prohibitive, the supporters of so-called �constitutional carry� believe their right to carry and hide their weapons is covered under the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.