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The coffee giant Starbucks says it won’t take issue with gun owners who take advantage of “open carry” laws and bring firearms into their restaurants. Virginia is one of the states that allow gun owners to openly carry firearms in public places. In some places, activists have gathered at restaurants — [...] 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 [...] 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 [...] Arizona has always held tightly to its legacy as part of the gun-toting Wild West and a protector of individual rights. This year, the state’s Republican governor and a conservative Legislature may continue that tradition by giving Arizonans some of the least-restrictive weapons laws in the nation. This session, state lawmakers have proposed more than a dozen [...] Lawmakers are debating legislation that would make sure gun owners can’t be prosecuted for showing a weapon to warn someone who is threatening them. HB78 modifies existing law that bans threatening someone with a dangerous weapon in a fight or quarrel. The proposal would exempt from that prohibition anyone who displays a weapon — or claims [...] 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 [...] A change in leadership at the state Capitol helped open the doors to the gun-related bills and put Tennessee at the forefront of a largely unnoticed trend: In much of the country, it is getting easier to carry [...] |
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