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Wyoming has become the fourth state to allow citizens to carry concealed guns without a permit. Gov. Matt Mead signed a bill into law Wednesday to allow state citizens legally entitled to own guns to carry them concealed starting in July. Similar bills are pending in about half a dozen other state legislatures around the country. Alaska, [...] Wyoming residents could carry concealed guns without a permit under a bill that has cleared its first hearing in the state House of Representatives. The House voted 48-8 Wednesday in favor of the bill, which already has passed the Senate. If the bill passes, Wyoming still would continue to offer concealed-carry permits for citizens [...] Wyoming residents would be able to carry concealed guns without a permit under a bill that’s set for a hearing before a legislative committee. The House Travel, Recreation, Wildlife and Cultural Resources Committee is scheduled to hear the bill on Wednesday morning. The bill is sponsored by Casper Republican Senator Kit Jennings and already [...] Friday State Rep. Chris Holbert (R-Parker) and State Sen. Greg Brophy (R-Wray) introduced HB1205, the Constitutional Carry Act of 2011. This bill is designed to do one thing: allow citizens who are legally eligible to possess handguns to carry that handgun without obtaining a costly, burdensome and bureaucratic permit. One of the chief [...] Wyoming residents would be able to carry concealed guns without a state permit under a bill that received preliminary approval in the state Senate.The Wyoming Senate voted 21-to-8 on Thursday in favor of the bill, sponsored by Republican Sen. Kit Jennings of Casper. He says the state and federal constitutions guarantee [...] The state Senate has passed legislation requiring public schools to offer hunter safety courses and to have student restraint policies. Senate File 71 requires that districts offer an elective course to fifth and sixth graders in hunter and gun safety. It passed on a 21-9 vote Thursday. A couple of senators voiced concern about burdening [...] The federal government is arguing in a gun-rights case pending in federal court in Montana that state plans to exempt in-state guns from various federal requirements themselves make the laws void, because the growing movement certainly would impact “interstate commerce.” The government continues to argue to the court that the Commerce Clause in the U.S. Constitution [...] Utah, Alabama, Idaho, South Carolina, South Dakota, Wyoming and West Virginia all signed on to the lawsuit. The states argue that the U.S. Constitution gives them the right to control activities inside state borders, and they want the authority to do so under the firearms freedom acts advancing around the [...] State officials in Wyoming and Utah plan to enter a lawsuit pending in Montana to argue the federal government lacks authority to regulate firearms that are made and sold in the same state. The attorneys general of Wyoming and Utah say they plan to file a brief in the Montana case this week. It’s possible other [...] 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 [...] |
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