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Bateman v. Perdue (E.D.N.C. Mar. 29, 2012) involves a North Carolina law that bans “transport[ing] or possess[ing] off [one's] own premises any dangerous weapon” when a state of emergency has been declared. “Due to natural disasters and severe weather, states of emergency are declared with some frequency in North Carolina. In 2010, for [...] Requirements for people who want to openly carry guns in Oklahoma were changed Thursday in one of two bills in the state Legislature to make it mandatory to have proof of training but not a firearm license. The changes passed by the Senate Public Safety Committee would require [...] S. 2213, officially titled the Respecting States’ Rights and Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act, treats concealed carry as a RIGHT belonging to the people – not as a privilege granted by the government. “Rather than establish a national standard, our bill will ensure that law-abiding citizens are able to carry concealed firearms while [...] Alan Gottleib of the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) and the Citizen’s Committee For The Right To Keep And Bear Arms (CCRKBA) explains the value of Florida’s and other states’ “Stand Your Ground” laws. Some people are twisting the events of the recent Florida shooting of a young adult by an overzealous block watch captain. Those that don’t [...] Guns cause strong arguments, and two camps have an unbridgeable clash of assumptions. One side assumes guns put us in danger. The other assumes guns, in the right hands, make us safer. This division was most obvious 11 years ago, when Michigan made it much easier for law-abiding residents to obtain licenses to carry concealed [...] Kansas Senator Jerry Moran’s newly-introduced legislation to protect Second Amendment rights from a proposed United Nations small arms treaty is an idea that needs to be passed quickly, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said today. Sen. Moran’s proposed Second Amendment Sovereignty Act, S. 2205, is similar [...] On August 1-2, 1946, some Americans, brutalized by their county government, used armed force as a last resort to overturn it. These Americans wanted honest [...] Gov. Dennis Daugaard vetoed a measure Friday that would have allowed South Dakotans to carry concealed handguns without a permit as long as they had a driver’s license and met state standards for carrying guns. In his veto message to the Legislature, the governor said he supports people’s right to carry a concealed [...] A new monument is coming to Wesley Bolin plaza, across from the state Capitol. This one doesn’t honor a person or veterans of a war, but the U.S. Constitution’s Bill of Rights. What is the Bill of Rights? The first ten amendments to the Constitution. It guarantees, to name a few — freedom of speech, freedom of [...] Can the president kill an American simply because the person is dangerous and his arrest would be impractical? Can the president be judge, jury and executioner of an American in a foreign country because he believes that would keep America safe? Can Congress authorize the president to do this? Earlier this week, [...] |
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