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The Supreme Court suggested Tuesday it will strike down U.S. cities’ outright bans on handguns, a ruling that could establish a nationwide ownership right fervently sought by gun advocates. But the justices indicated less severe limits could survive, continuing disputes over the “right to keep and bear arms.” Chicago area residents [...] Wyoming citizens could carry concealed handguns without needing a state permit under a bill that passed its first committee on Tuesday. The House Judiciary Committee voted 6-2 to recommend approval of House Bill 113 after a testimony from pro-gun groups and other supporters. “I bring the bill here today because I do believe it is our right [...] New rules will allow visitors to Zion National Park to carry semiautomatic rifles as they hike Angel’s Landing. Shotguns can accompany campers’ Coleman stoves on Dinosaur National Monument’s Split Mountain beach. Want your pistol on your hip while pitching a tent at Bryce Canyon National Park’s Sunset Campground? No problem, as long as you don’t actually [...] A controversy was brewing in East Palo Alto Tuesday night after a police detective made apparently joking comments through his Facebook account saying “open carry” advocates who visibly carry guns in public should be shot. Now East Palo Alto has become a reluctant testing ground for a battle of constitutional amendments: one police officer’s ‘freedom of [...] Pragmatism versus patriotism — that was part of the argument for some Top of Utah lawmakers Wednesday as the Legislature prepares to send one of the leading message bills in this session to the governor for his signature. The heart of the message is about states’ rights, and the vehicle is gun control. “Our responsibility is to [...] Senate Judiciary Chairman Jeffrey Kessler hopes to send a strong message to the Big Apple and any others outside West Virginia: Hands off when it comes to entrapping residents with illegal firearms purchases. In fact, he dubbed his proposed new legislation Tuesday “the Bloomberg bill” after the New York mayor and his zest for rounding up [...] The Wyoming House of Representatives has voted to introduce a bill that would allow people to carry concealed firearms without the requirement of a state permit. The House voted 52-6 in favor of introducing House Bill 113, sponsored by Rep. Elaine Quarberg, R-Thermopolis. It now heads to the House Judiciary Committee. Current Wyoming law requires people to [...] One wonders if NRA members should be proud of their organization’s apparent newfound fiduciary conservatism. The so-called “premier” gun rights organization has now managed to finagle its way into the spotlight after someone else’s sweat and money rented the hall, built the stage, and set up the sound system. NRA lawyers are now second guessing pro-gun [...] If Jim Zumbo had the National Shooting Sports Foundation in his corner a few years ago, he might still be the hunting editor of Outdoor Life magazine. Zumbo was literally driven from the temple after expressing discouraging words in his web site blog about the viability of so-called “black rifles” or AR-15-style guns as hunting firearms. [...] To strengthen the Second Amendment rights of Oklahomans, state Rep. Lewis Moore has filed legislation to deter frivolous lawsuits against gun manufacturers. “In recent years gun-control fanatics have used litigation to indirectly undermine our constitutional rights. By filing frivolous lawsuits against gun manufacturers, they have attempted to put those companies out of business and, for all [...] |
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