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An actor faces ten years in prison for using an airsoft pellet gun as a prop in a movie he was filming last November. New Jersey has one of the toughest gun control laws in the country. Even a bb gun is treated like a real weapon under the Graves Act, a bill named after... [Read More]

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  On Thursday, March 24, 2016, Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe vetoed House Bill 1096 that sought to reverse elements of his executive order that banned guns in executive branch office buildings. McAuliffe also nixed House Bill 382 that would prevent most government agencies from prohibiting their employees from keeping firearms in their vehicles. State workers... [Read More]

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A federal appeals court on Tuesday, March 22, 2016, ordered a lower court judge to dismiss a lawsuit brought by 54 county sheriffs and others, challenging gun control laws approved by Colorado in the wake of a movie theater massacre in a Denver suburb, saying the plaintiffs lacked standing to bring the case. The measures,... [Read More]

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  Governor Butch Otter (R) signed SB 1389, which allows for permitless carry into law on Friday, March 25, making Idaho the eighth state with permitless/constitutional carry. Idaho comes right on the heels of West Virginia, whose permitless/constitutional carry law will go into effect on June 5, 2016. SB 1389 will not eliminate Idaho’s current... [Read More]

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Efforts to change how and where more than 1.5 million people with concealed weapons licenses in Florida can carry handguns easily passed the state House — but did not receive the same treatment in the Senate. Several pro-gun pieces of legislation passed by the Florida House of Representatives and sent to the Senate for consideration,... [Read More]

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Following the March 21, 2016 United States Supreme Court decision reversing a Massachusetts court ruling that upheld a state law banning the possessing of stun guns, internet blogs blew up with stories that “stun guns are legal” or “the Supreme Court throws out bans on stun guns.” Well, not so fast. While it is true... [Read More]

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President Barack Obama nominated Merrick Garland to replace Associate Justice Antonin Scalia, and Garland has been under an extreme amount of scrutiny both by conservative and liberal groups alike. However, one has to ask, what are the facts? Is he a threat to the Second Amendment or not? To answer this question for Law Shield... [Read More]

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You find yourself in a situation where you have to call 9-1-1. When should you call? What do you do? What do you say? How do you respond to the operator? Independent Program Attorney Matt Kilgo explains what happens, when you should call and what to say to the 9-1-1 operator. Remember, it is all... [Read More]

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  On March 3, 2016, Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer of Missouri introduced legislation to protect gun transfers between family members, a measure he says is necessary with expanding federal involvement in firearms transfers under President Barack Obama. The bill was immediately referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. The bill would eliminate the authority of... [Read More]

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  If you are involved in an incident where you are forced to draw your handgun to defend yourself, you can bet that you will inevitably have a face-to-face meeting with law enforcement. However, before that encounter, you will almost certainly have to deal with making the important call to 9-1-1. Knowing what you should... [Read More]

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Following the March 21, 2016 United States Supreme Court decision reversing a Massachusetts court ruling that upheld a state law banning the possessing of stun guns, internet blogs blew up with stories that “stun guns are legal” or “the Supreme Court throws out bans on stun guns.” Well, not so fast. While it is true... [Read More]

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  Ten years ago, when Kimberly Corban was a 20-year-old student at the University of Northern Colorado, a man broke into her Greeley, Colo., apartment and sexually assaulted her for nearly two hours. Now, Corban has become an advocate for the Second Amendment. In The Daily Signal interview linked below, the mother of two talked... [Read More]

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